palitexunion.com is an impersonation phishing site built to pass itself off as a trusted service and win the confidence of crypto users. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-03. As of 2026-10-19 the domain was still online and reachable, but its content sits behind access protection. The page currently shows the title "403 Forbidden," while we classify the site as impersonation phishing.
How the scam works
Impersonation sites copy the name, look and tone of a real platform so visitors believe they are dealing with the genuine service. The victim is then steered into the step the operator wants: signing in, submitting identity details, or sending a deposit to an account they think is their own. Logins entered on the page go straight to the operator, and any money sent is lost to the fake platform. A forbidden-access screen shown to some visitors does not mean the site is harmless. Anyone arriving through a direct link or promotion may still see the full impersonation page.
Evidence
Five of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain in a scan on 2026-10-15: Bfore.Ai PreCrime, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft and SOCRadar. That is a small share of engines, but it comes from five unrelated vendors, several of which specialise in catching newly launched phishing infrastructure. The domain also appears in one AlienVault OTX threat pulse and on the PhishDestroy blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-01-30 through Global Domain Group LLC. It went roughly eight months before PhishDestroy caught it. That gap suggests the name was held in reserve or used quietly before it surfaced in an active campaign. It resolves to 23.153.104.17 on the Aquiryn LLC network in the United States. Its Let's Encrypt certificate gives visitors a padlock icon, which shows only that the connection is encrypted, not that the site is legitimate.
What to do
If you logged in to anything through palitexunion.com, change that password immediately, along with any other account that reuses it, and turn on app-based 2FA. If you sent money or crypto, contact your bank or the real platform's support right away and keep every transaction reference. Do not pay any "verification" or "release" fee the site or its contacts demand, because those payments only add to the loss. If you submitted ID documents, watch for identity misuse and targeted follow-up messages. Security teams should block the domain and its IP at DNS and proxy level, and search mail and web logs for users who reached it after 2026-10-03.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcomeReachable but protectedreason: Captcha85% confidence
Attributionmechanism: Challengesource: Current Http Probe
Evidence layersAvailability: Reachable but protectedContent: UnknownDNS: ResolvedRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationReachable but protectedCaptchaChallenge85%2026-10-19 10:32:02 UTC
RDAP registration알 수 없음
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 10:32:02 UTClast content: 2026-10-09 10:07:25 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.
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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 palitexunion.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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