ledgerdownloads.com was a seed phrase theft page that impersonated Ledger, the hardware wallet manufacturer, targeting cryptocurrency holders who believed they were visiting an official Ledger download resource. PhishDestroy first identified it on 2026-10-15, five days after the domain was registered. The site is now dead, with DNS going inactive on 2026-10-16, meaning it is no longer reachable.
How the scam works
The page carried the title "Ledger Wallet (ex. Ledger Live) - Crypto App | Ledger", closely mimicking Ledger's legitimate branding to convince visitors they had reached an official app or software download. In a seed phrase theft scheme, the fake site presents a form or prompt asking the user to enter their 24-word recovery phrase, typically under the pretense of restoring access, verifying a device, or completing a download. Once submitted, that phrase gives the attacker complete and permanent control over every wallet and asset it protects.
Evidence
Three of 92 engines on VirusTotal flagged this domain as malicious on 2026-10-15, with detections from CRDF, DNS8, and Gridinsoft. While that detection count is low, urlscan.io independently returned a malicious verdict and identified Ledger as the impersonated brand. Four OTX pulses also reference this domain. PhishDestroy has added it to its blocklist. Google Safe Browsing and Spamhaus data are not present in the available facts.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-10-10 through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com, making it only five days old when PhishDestroy detected it. It was hosted on Cloudflare infrastructure at IP 188.114.97.3, with the hosting node geolocated to Canada. The TLS certificate was issued by Let's Encrypt under the YE2 authority, a free and automated service commonly used for rapid site deployment.
What to do
If you visited this site and entered your seed phrase or recovery words, treat your wallets as fully compromised: transfer all assets to wallets secured by a freshly generated seed phrase that has never been entered online. Do not reuse the exposed phrase under any circumstances. If you only browsed without submitting anything, no immediate action is required beyond ensuring your security software is up to date. Security teams and threat-intelligence platforms should add ledgerdownloads.com to their blocklists and monitor for related domains using similar naming patterns targeting Ledger users.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcomeDNS 비활성reason: DNS NXDOMAIN80% confidence
Attributionsource: Dns Cache
Evidence layersAvailability: DNS inactiveContent: UnreachableDNS: NXDOMAINRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observation알 수 없음Probe Inconclusive20%2026-10-19 01:19:48 UTC
RDAP registration알 수 없음
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-15 22:08:05 UTClast content: 2026-10-15 22:08:05 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-17 08:21:17 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-15 22:08:05 UTC → 2026-10-17 08:21:17 UTC · 34.22hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-16 15:14:41 UTC · precision medium · basis bounded
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 subdomains1
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
www.ledgerdownloads.comDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
기술 · 5 identified
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Contentful
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Contentful is an API-first content management platform to create, manage and publish content on any digital channel.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
Ledger Live is now Ledger Wallet™, the all-in-one crypto app to securely compare top cross chain service providers, CEX & DEX to buy, swap, stake, track 15,000+ coins & NFTs.
대응 HTTP 200
HTML body 632.8 KB
Compressed 112.7 KB
Links 125 internal · 0 external
Detected technologies
cloudflare
Selected response headers
Content-Type: text/html
Server: cloudflare
CF-Cache-Status: DYNAMIC
Content-Encoding: gzip
HSTS: not observedDNSSEC: not observedWAF / firewall: observedCloaking flag: not observed
Open Graph description:Ledger Live is now Ledger Wallet™, the all-in-one crypto app to securely compare top cross chain service providers, CEX & DEX to buy, swap, stake, track 15,000+ coins & NFTs.
PDF notice generated Notice text archived (800 chars)
Abuse notice text as sent to the provider
AUP & Terms of Service Violations:
Acceptable Use Policy: Active phishing operations targeting internet users directly violate standard AUP provisions prohibiting fraud and deceptive practices.
Terms of Service: Material breach of service terms regarding malicious use, providing contractual justification for immediate suspension.
Applicable Legal Framework (DE):
German Criminal Code § 263 (Fraud)
German Criminal Code § 263a (Computer Fraud)
Telemedia Act (TMG)
German law prohibits fraud and computer-based deception.
Investigation Notice: We fully respect your internal investigation processes and discretion. Prompt remediation protects innocent users while mitigating regulatory compliance scrutiny, legal liability, and brand reputation risks associated with ongoing malicious infrastructure.
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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 ledgerdownloads.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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