kakaokap.com is an impersonation phishing domain whose name is built to pass for Kakao, the South Korean messaging and payments brand. It targets users who trust that name with their logins or payment details. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-14. The site has been offline since 2026-10-14 and was still down at the last check on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Impersonation sites copy the look and wording of a trusted service so that a victim, usually arriving from a message or search result, believes they are on the real thing. Once there, the victim is asked to sign in, confirm an account or approve a payment. Whatever they type, such as usernames, passwords, verification codes or card details, goes straight to the operators, who can then take over the account or move money. When we last loaded it, the page showed only a "404 Not Found" title, which differs from the impersonation activity we classified it for.
Evidence
Fifteen of 91 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain as of 2026-09-25. The vendors include BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar and the Vietnamese anti-phishing project Chong Lua Dao. That is a moderate but meaningful level of agreement from independent security engines, enough to show that our verdict is not an isolated call. The domain also appears in three AlienVault OTX threat pulses, where other researchers have tied it to malicious activity, and it is listed on the PhishDestroy blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2025-09-09 through NameCheap, Inc., roughly a year before PhishDestroy detected it. A domain that sits that long before it shows up in phishing is often registered early and then put to use later, which helps it avoid filters that distrust brand-new names. It was hosted on Namecheap's own network in the United States.
What to do
If you entered a password on kakaokap.com, change it right away through the official Kakao app. Change it on any other service where you reused it, and turn on two-step verification. If you entered card or bank details, call your bank to block the card and dispute any charges you don't recognize. Review your Kakao account's active sessions and log out any device you don't know. Security teams should block the domain at DNS and proxy level and search mail and chat logs for links to it. They should also keep watching it, because a dead site on a domain that is still registered can come back online.
집계 기준
Raw elapsed time since the first stored abuse report. It is not a registrar response-time measurement. Latest observed status: 마지막으로 알려진 활성.
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.
HTTP 상태200
기술 세부 정보Provenance & timestamps
최초 발견2026년 9월 14일
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026년 9월 16일score 98/100
Submitted URLhttp://kakaokap.com/
Favicon Hash
Observed page title
404 Not Found
TLS 인증서
발급자 WE1
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Shared CDN edge
Resolved IP
104.219.250.37
Network ASN
AS22612
Organization
3402 East University
Observed location
Phoenix, US
Server header
cloudflare
Edge-IP 평판은 이 도메인에 귀속되지 않습니다.
네임서버 1
dns102.registrar-servers.com
Location describes the IP network.
TLS 인증서
Issuer
WE1
Collection time
2026-10-13 19:02:27 UTC
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.
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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 kakaokap.com)
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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