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ABUSE NOTICE · 7D+ OPEN
Outgoing abuse reports are recorded; the latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable.
Notification and current-status evidence
The sent-report ledger records the first outgoing report at .
The recorded recipient is abuse@namecheap.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 1 month 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.
merlin.finance presents itself as a bridge and swap platform under the Merlin brand, targeting DeFi users who expect to exchange or bridge tokens quickly. PhishDestroy first identified it on 2026-09-11, roughly two months after the domain was registered on 2026-07-18. As of 2026-10-18 the site remains alive, though its content is currently unreachable.
How the scam works
The page title "Merlin | Bridge & Swap in Seconds" is designed to attract users looking for a legitimate cross-chain bridge or decentralized swap service. When a visitor connects their crypto wallet to complete a transaction, the underlying drainer code requests broad token approvals or triggers malicious contract calls that silently transfer assets out of the wallet. The victim believes they are swapping or bridging tokens but instead loses control of their holdings the moment they sign the prompted transaction.
Evidence
VirusTotal flagged merlin.finance as malicious across 13 of 89 security engines as of 2026-09-21, with detections from BitDefender, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, alphaMountain.ai, and Chong Lua Dao, among others. Spamhaus classifies it as DBL_PHISH on their domain blocklist, and it has generated 4 threat pulses on AlienVault OTX. The domain appears on three independent blocklists: PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL, giving it broad cross-industry confirmation as a drainer site.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-07-18 through NameCheap, Inc. and is hosted on Cloudflare's network at an IP geolocated to Canada. Its TLS certificate was issued by Google Trust Services under the WE1 intermediate, which is a standard automated certificate and does not indicate legitimacy.
What to do
If you visited merlin.finance but did not connect a wallet or sign any transaction, no immediate action is required beyond avoiding the site. If you connected a wallet, immediately revoke all token approvals granted to any contract associated with this site using a trusted approval-management tool, and move remaining assets to a fresh wallet address. If you signed a transaction, treat your wallet as compromised and transfer funds out before the drainer can act on any pending approvals. Security teams and wallet providers should ensure merlin.finance is present in their blocklists and alert users who may have interacted with it.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026년 9월 11일score 100/1003 brand signals
IoC Extractionscanned 2026년 9월 12일2 wallet · 1 Telegram IoCs
Submitted URLhttp://merlin.finance/
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ICANN OVERSIGHT
인증 및 RAA 상황
Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations
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.
Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.
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.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Proton Mail is the world’s largest secure email service with over 70 million users. Available on Web, iOS, Android, and desktop. Protected by Swiss privacy law.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
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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 merlin.finance)
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.
