iqminds.me is an impersonation phishing site that presents itself as a service it is not, so that visitors trust it with information or money. Its page title is just the bare domain name rather than a recognizable brand. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-11. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online, and its content was answering with a redirect, so visitors are still being passed along to another destination.
How the scam works
Impersonation pages borrow the identity of a legitimate company, project or person and copy its look, wording or name closely enough that a visitor does not question the request in front of them. That request is usually a login form, a sign-up or verification step, or a payment. Anything submitted goes to the operators rather than the real service. Victims typically lose account credentials, personal details or funds, and stolen logins are often reused against other services. The redirect means the domain can work as an entry point that forwards traffic to wherever the operators currently host the deceptive page.
Evidence
On 2026-10-12, six of 92 VirusTotal engines marked the domain as malicious or phishing: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Seclookup and SOCRadar. That is a modest share, but these six are independent vendors that reached the same verdict within a day of our detection. The domain also appears in 33 AlienVault OTX threat pulses, which shows that other researchers are tracking it. Among blocklists, it is currently listed by PhishDestroy.
Infrastructure
The domain is not new. It was registered on 2018-02-06 through GoDaddy.com, LLC, more than eight years before it surfaced as phishing. An aged registration carries reputation that freshly created domains lack, so age alone should not reassure anyone about this site. It resolves to 162.241.85.89 on the Unified Layer network, which is geolocated in India. The site uses a domain-validated Sectigo certificate. The padlock only confirms an encrypted connection and says nothing about whether the site is honest.
What to do
If you entered a password on iqminds.me, change it right away on the genuine service and on every other account that uses the same password, then turn on two-factor authentication. If you submitted card or bank details, contact your bank to block the card and dispute the charges. Watch for follow-up emails or messages that reference your visit, because phishing operators often reuse captured contact details. Security teams should block the domain and its IP at the DNS, proxy and email gateway, search logs for past visits or redirects through it, and treat any credentials entered from those sessions as compromised.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026년 10월 13일score 88/1002 brand signals
Submitted URLhttp://iqminds.me/
Favicon Hash
Observed page title
iqminds.me
Automated brand references
ScrollWordpress
TLS 인증서
발급자 Sectigo Limited / Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36· stored validity ends in 6 days
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
162.241.85.89
Network ASN
AS46606
Organization
Oracle Corporation
Observed location
Mumbai, IN
Server header
Apache
네임서버 1
ns66.domaincontrol.com
Mail routing 1 MX record
iqminds-me.mail.protection.outlook.compriority 0
Location describes the IP network.
TLS 인증서
Issuer
Sectigo Limited / Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36
Valid from
2026-04-10 00:00:00
Valid until
2026-10-25 23:59:59
Hostname coverage
Certificate hostname mismatch
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection time
2026-10-12 22:02:07 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprint9f536d377aa22a4ab21ed9caec2dcb15694c006cc722dc502e04c92a828b013fCertificate names · 1 SANs
webhostbox.net
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Latest HTTP observationRedirectingHTTP redirect observed80%2026-10-19 10:01:02 UTC
RDAP registration알 수 없음
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 10:01:02 UTC
Availability, content, DNS and registration are independent evidence layers. NXDOMAIN, an unreachable origin or missing content alone does not prove registrar action. A registrar or provider is credited only when a direct technical marker identifies that actor. Report causality is shown separately.
Recorded subdomains4
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
fintech.iqminds.meDomain record
pay.iqminds.meDomain record
tech.iqminds.meDomain record
www.iqminds.meDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
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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 iqminds.me)
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.
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