changenow-dex.at is an impersonation phishing page that copied the ChangeNOW instant-exchange brand under the page title "ChangeNOW | Instant Crypto Swaps". The added "-dex" and the Austrian .at ending were chosen to look like a plausible regional or decentralized edition of the real service. It targets people who want to convert one cryptocurrency into another quickly. PhishDestroy first saw it on 2026-09-03. The site went offline on 2026-09-12 and was still dead when last checked on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
ChangeNOW's real model is simple: pick a pair, send coins to a deposit address, and receive the other asset. A clone of that flow lets the operator show a deposit address they control. The victim sends their coins and nothing comes back. Swap clones with "DEX" branding may also ask visitors to connect a wallet and sign transactions or token approvals, which can hand an attacker the ability to move assets directly. Either way, the loss is the crypto sent or exposed, and on-chain transfers cannot be reversed.
Evidence
Sixteen of 89 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain as of 2026-09-16, including BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, CyRadar and the Vietnamese anti-scam group Chong Lua Dao. That is a broad mix of vendors for a site that was live only about nine days. The MetaMask and SEAL blocklists list it alongside PhishDestroy, so wallet users with those protections would have seen warnings. Spamhaus places it on its Domain Block List as spam. Five AlienVault OTX pulses reference it, which ties it to threat activity that other researchers tracked independently.
Infrastructure
The site was served from 130.12.180.128 on a network in the Netherlands, far from the Austrian identity the domain name suggests. Its whole visible life lasted from first detection on 2026-09-03 to going dark on 2026-09-12. That short window is typical of throwaway phishing domains that are used briefly and then dropped once blocklists catch up.
What to do
If you sent coins to an address shown on this site, record the transaction hash and the receiving address, then report them to ChangeNOW's official support and to your local police or cybercrime unit. If you connected a wallet or signed anything, revoke token approvals with a trusted approval checker. Move remaining funds to a new wallet if you entered a seed phrase. Treat any follow-up message offering to "recover" your funds as a second scam. Defenders should block the domain and the hosting IP, and watch for lookalike ChangeNOW domains using swap or DEX wording.
집계 기준
처음 저장된 악용사례 신고부터 콘텐츠를 사용할 수 없다는 첫 번째 관찰까지의 경과 시간입니다. 이것은 원인을 확립하지 못합니다.
각 보고서에 포함된 내용
저장된 발신 보고서 기록은 공급업체 평가, 등록 데이터, 호스팅 세부 정보, 분류 또는 스크린샷과 같이 당시 사용 가능한 증거를 참조할 수 있습니다. 이 페이지는 전달된 정확한 페이로드, 수신, 확인 또는 수신자의 작업을 추론하지 않습니다.
기술 세부 정보Provenance & timestamps
최초 발견2026년 9월 3일
Submitted URLhttp://changenow-dex.at/
Favicon Hash
사건 ID
Observed page title
ChangeNOW | Instant Crypto Swaps
TLS 인증서
발급자 YE1
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
130.12.180.128
Observed location
Amsterdam, NL
Server header
openresty
네임서버 3
a.dnspod.com
b.dnspod.com
c.dnspod.com
Location describes the IP network.
TLS 인증서
Issuer
YE1
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
We are writing to report a phishing website that impersonates the cryptocurrency exchange ChangeNOW in order to deceive its users. The domain changenow-dex[.]at is indexed by Bing and shown under the exchange's own brand title, "ChangeNOW | Instant Crypto Swaps". The page is buil
2 reports filed for changenow-dex.at (2 written by people) · category: Phishing · source checked
“We are writing to report a phishing website that impersonates the cryptocurrency exchange ChangeNOW in order to deceive its users. The domain changenow-dex[.]at is indexed by Bing and shown under the exchange's own brand title, "ChangeNOW | Instant Crypto Swaps". The page is built entirely from the ChangeNOW name and its red brand styling — the logo, a menu reading The Story / How It Works / Why ChangeNOW / Assets / FAQ, and a red "Open ChangeNOW io" button — and its own copy repeats the exchang”
— reported by Anonymous on Sep 12, 2026 · Source: ChainAbuse (TRM Labs) — full report and evidence there.
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After a phishing incident
피해자를 위한 권고 사항 및 조언
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
지금 당장 어떻게 해야 할까요?
긴급
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
모든 비밀번호 변경 — 이메일, 익스체인지 계정 등, 동일한 비밀번호를 사용하는 모든 것
2단계 인증 활성화 인증 앱(SMS 제외)을 사용합니다. SMS 기반 복구 기능을 비활성화하세요.
카드 동결 피싱 사이트에 은행 계좌 정보를 입력한 경우
보고서를 작성하기 위해 어떤 정보를 수집해야 할까요?
FBI 지침
Keep original emails, receipts, messages and screenshots in a secure place. A factual timeline helps the receiving authority understand what happened. IC3 evidence guidance ↗
Payment records — if you paid, save the receipt, amount, date, payment provider and recipient details.
정확한 날짜 및 시간 — 각 거래 내역 및 사기범과의 첫 접촉 시점
스크린샷 — 사기 웹사이트, 채팅 메시지, 이메일, 지갑 거래, 소셜 미디어
모든 URL 및 도메인 사기꾼이 사용한 (다음과 같은 것들을 포함하여 changenow-dex.at)
커뮤니케이션 — 사기꾼이 사용한 이메일, 문자, 전화번호, 사용자 이름
비록 모든 세부 사항을 알지 못하더라도 — 어쨌든 신고를 하세요. 부분적인 정보라도 수사에 도움이 됩니다.
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
지역 경찰 — 비록 당장 조치를 취할 수는 없더라도 공식 기록을 남깁니다
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
How do phishing scams typically work?
가짜 웹사이트 — 도메인을 약간만 변경한, 정식 사이트와 픽셀 단위로 완벽하게 일치하는 복제 사이트
pig butchering — Telegram·왓츠앱·데이트 앱을 통해 몇 주에 걸쳐 신뢰를 쌓은 뒤, 돈을 훔쳐갔다
회복 사기 — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
AI를 이용한 사기 — 딥페이크, 자동화된 피싱, AI로 생성된 사이트 등으로 인해 사기 행각을 적발하기가 더 어려워지고 있다
앞으로 어떻게 하면 스스로를 지킬 수 있을까요?
공식 사이트 즐겨찾기 추가 — 이메일, DM 또는 광고에 포함된 링크는 절대 클릭하지 마세요
도메인 확인 — 확인하기 PhishDestroy 상호작용을 시작하기 전에 HTTPS, 맞춤법, 도메인 등록 기간을 확인하세요.
About this reportSources, observation dates and corrections
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.
