store.steampowered.app196002.com is an impersonation phishing site posing as the Steam store. It targets Steam users, especially players and traders whose accounts hold games, inventory items and wallet balance. The hostname begins with "store.steampowered" to mimic Valve's real store address, but the actual domain is the unrelated app196002.com. PhishDestroy first detected it on 2026-09-07. As of 2026-10-19 the site is dead: its DNS stopped resolving, and it has been offline since 2026-10-17.
How the scam works
Fake Steam store pages usually reach victims through chat messages, trade offers or giveaway links. The link looks like an ordinary Steam address because the fake subdomain comes first. The page copies Steam's look and asks the visitor to sign in, and anything typed into that form goes straight to the operators. With the password and any Steam Guard code entered alongside it, attackers can take over the account in real time. They can then drain tradable items, spend the wallet balance, change recovery details and use the account to send the same lure to the victim's friends. The browser tab showed only the hostname as its title, so it gave no extra clue beyond the Steam-styled address itself.
Evidence
On 2026-09-18, VirusTotal showed 14 of 89 engines flagging the domain. Among them were BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, CRDF, CyRadar and Chong Lua Dao. That is a modest share, but these are separate vendors reaching the same conclusion on their own. urlscan.io rated the page malicious and recognized Steam branding on it. Spamhaus lists the domain in its DBL as phishing (DBL_PHISH), and it is on the PhishDestroy blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2025-09-06 through Web Commerce Communications Limited (WebNic.cc), about a year before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap suggests the name was held in reserve or used quietly before this Steam campaign surfaced. The site resolved to 216.120.147.200 on the H2NEXUS LTD network, which is registered in Great Britain, while the IP itself is located in the United States. It used an R13-issued TLS certificate, so visitors saw a normal padlock even though the site was fraudulent.
What to do
If you entered your Steam login here, change your Steam password right away from the official app or by typing the address yourself. Then deauthorize all other devices and check Steam Guard settings, the linked email and your trade API key. Review recent trades, market listings and wallet activity, and file a report with Steam Support if items or funds are gone. Warn friends, since hijacked accounts often send this same lure. Defenders should block app196002.com and its subdomains, and watch for hostnames that place "steampowered" in front of an unrelated domain.
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 01:20:05 UTC
RDAP registration알 수 없음
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-15 22:18:11 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-17 08:21:17 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-15 22:18:11 UTC → 2026-10-17 08:21:17 UTC · 754.05hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-01 15:19:44 UTC · precision very low · 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.
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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 store.steampowered.app196002.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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