tether-gold.online is a crypto drainer site that impersonates Tether Gold, the tokenized gold product associated with the Tether brand, to lure holders of XAUT or related assets. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-08-26, and as of 2026-10-18 the site remains fully live with active content. The domain was registered on 2026-09-20, meaning it went up nearly a month after we first detected its presence, suggesting early infrastructure staging before the final domain was locked in.
How the scam works
Sites of this type present a convincing replica of a legitimate Tether Gold interface, prompting visitors to connect their cryptocurrency wallet to claim tokens, stake assets, or access a supposed account. The moment a wallet is connected and the user signs a transaction or approves a contract interaction, a drainer script silently transfers tokens and any other approved assets out of the wallet to attacker-controlled addresses. The victim loses funds instantly and irreversibly. The current page title shows a 403 Forbidden response, which conflicts with the live-content status our checks recorded; this may reflect access controls on certain paths rather than the drainer being offline.
Evidence
VirusTotal returned 14 detections from 91 engines as of 2026-10-06, with flagging vendors including BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, and alphaMountain.ai — a solid cross-vendor consensus across commercial and open-source engines. The domain appears on three independent blocklists: PhishDestroy, ScamSniffer, and CryptoFirewall. Spamhaus DBL classifies it as DBL_PHISH, and it has generated 4 OTX threat-intelligence pulses, indicating active community tracking.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-09-20 through Spaceship, Inc. and is hosted on a HostPapa network address in the United States. TLS is provided by Let's Encrypt under the YR2 intermediate, a free certificate that requires no identity verification and is routinely used by fraudulent sites to display a padlock in the browser.
What to do
If you visited the site but did not connect a wallet or sign anything, no immediate action is required beyond avoiding the domain. If you connected a wallet, go immediately to a trusted token-approval checker and revoke every approval granted to any contract address associated with this session. If funds have already moved, document the transaction hashes and report them to your exchange and local authorities, as recovery is unlikely without swift action. Security teams should block the domain and the hosting IP 172.245.64.246 at the network perimeter and push the blocklist entries to endpoint protection tools.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026년 9월 21일score 100/1006 brand signals
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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.
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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.
Certificate fingerprint03ff2bff2c4320a878756d03ef025e1409f5a41afe4853ae3041983f93d8c408Certificate names · 2 SANs
www.tether-gold.live
www.tether-gold.site
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Evidence layersAvailability: Content servingContent: Content served at rootDNS: ResolvedRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observation활성 콘텐츠Ordinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-19 01:48:41 UTC
RDAP registration알 수 없음
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 01:48:41 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 01:48:41 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 tether-gold.online)
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
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About this reportSources, observation dates and corrections
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