VirusTotal
4 / 92 engine detections
보고서 열기“Buy & Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum | Cryptocurrency Exchange | Changehero”
The sent-report ledger records the first outgoing report at .
The recorded recipient is abuse@publicdomainregistry.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 15 days has elapsed since the first outgoing report.
ICANN RAA §3.18 describes registrar abuse-contact and handling obligations. This section records outgoing timestamps, listed recipients, case identifiers, and later availability. It does not by itself prove receipt, acknowledgement, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
changehero.global — 확인되지 않음. 브랜드 사칭: Ethereum; 사기 유형: Impersonation. 증거 요약: VirusTotal 4/92 (alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, SOCRadar); PhishDestroy score 86/100. 등록기관: PDR.
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4 / 92 engine detections
보고서 열기Scan report
보고서 열기4 community references
보고서 열기Scan report
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보고서 열기Results reflect each source’s collection time. Zero detections do not guarantee safety. OTX references are community publications.
AI-assisted evidence review
changehero.global is an impersonation phishing page that presents itself as a cryptocurrency exchange under the Changehero name. It targets people looking to buy, sell or swap Ethereum and Bitcoin. PhishDestroy first detected it on 2026-10-03. As of 2026-10-19 the site still responded, but the host serving its content no longer resolved in DNS, so the phishing pages were not reachable.
The page title, "Buy & Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum | Cryptocurrency Exchange | Changehero", is written to look like a real instant-swap service and to appear credible in search results and shared links. Our classification lists Ethereum as the impersonated brand, while the page title presents Changehero exchange branding. Fake exchanges like this usually ask the visitor to send coins to a deposit address for a swap that never arrives. Some also request login details or wallet information. Anything sent is lost, and victims are often pressed to pay extra "fees" to release funds that do not exist.
On 2026-10-15, 4 of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker and SOCRadar. That is a low count, so most security tools would not have warned a visitor. The domain also appears in 4 AlienVault OTX threat pulses, which means other researchers have tracked it independently. Among blocklists, it is currently listed only by PhishDestroy.
The domain was registered on 2026-10-02 through PDR Ltd. (PublicDomainRegistry.com), one day before we detected it. That short gap fits a site built to go live at once rather than an established business. Traffic passes through Cloudflare (address located in CA), which hides the real origin server. The Let's Encrypt certificate only means the connection is encrypted. It says nothing about whether the operator is legitimate.
If you sent crypto to this site for a swap, treat it as lost. Do not pay any "withdrawal fee" or "verification deposit" to get it back, and ignore anyone who offers paid recovery. Record the transaction hashes and report them to your exchange and local authorities. If you created an account or entered an email and password, change that password everywhere you reused it and turn on 2FA. Security teams should block the domain and look in proxy and DNS logs for users who reached it after 2026-10-02.
urlscan.io scan and screenshot: https://urlscan.io/result/01a1035d-fcee-7762-abdc-546b0a857425/
VirusTotal report: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/domain/changehero.global
Google Safe Browsing status: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=changehero.global
Report phishing to Google: https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/
Site owner? Request a review: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/
For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.
RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
Edge-IP 평판은 이 도메인에 귀속되지 않습니다.
gail.ns.cloudflare.comyew.ns.cloudflare.comLocation describes the IP network.
b498a249590d7aafd9a9014a21e01fa439e2702786f0f7d25310d4ac54e2bfd2Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
An estimated time describes an observation window. It does not prove a registrar action or the exact moment a site became unavailable.
Dated changes retained by the monitor and source collectors. Newest observations appear first; source states are not proof of a takedown.
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View sourcePD-20261003-B961E4
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changehero.global
PD-20261003-B961E4 Recipient: abuse@publicdomainregistry.com Registrar: PublicDomainRegistry (PDR Ltd.) (India) Policy Violations: Explicit policy to immediately suspend domains used for phishing, 419 scams, identity fraud, malware distribution without prior notice Applicable Laws: IT Act 2000 §§66C–66D (identity theft, cheating by personation), Indian Penal Code §420 / Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita §318 (fraud)
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Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
Keep original emails, receipts, messages and screenshots in a secure place. A factual timeline helps the receiving authority understand what happened. IC3 evidence guidance ↗
changehero.global)비록 모든 세부 사항을 알지 못하더라도 — 어쨌든 신고를 하세요. 부분적인 정보라도 수사에 도움이 됩니다.
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
Further guidance: NIST · phishing responseFBI IC3 · reports & evidenceFTC · recovery scams
This report combines saved page captures, registration and network records, scanner results and PhishDestroy reporting history. Each source keeps its own observation date. Open a source report to inspect the original result.
The AI-assisted analysis was written on . It describes the evidence available at that time; later source checks can change.
A capture documents what was shown. A scanner result records that provider’s assessment at the time of its check. Neither a valid certificate nor a zero-detection result is a guarantee of safety.