usdc028.com is an impersonation phishing site whose domain uses the USDC stablecoin name plus a numeric suffix, a pattern built to look like an official or regional USDC service. It targets crypto users who hold or trade stablecoins. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-10-09. The site has been offline since 2026-10-14, with its content blocked at the provider level, and was still down at the last check on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Impersonation pages like this borrow a trusted crypto brand to make a fake platform feel legitimate. The victim is then steered into whatever the operator wants: connecting a wallet and signing a transaction, entering login details or a recovery phrase, or depositing USDC into an account they will never be able to withdraw from. The page carried only the generic title "Home", which names no brand, while the domain itself is what invokes USDC. Victims typically lose the stablecoins they send or approve, along with any credentials typed into the site.
Evidence
Four of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain as of 2026-10-13: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, LevelBlue and SOCRadar. That is a small share, which is common for short-lived scam domains that are only scanned after they go live. Four AlienVault OTX threat pulses also reference it, so researchers outside PhishDestroy have independently tracked it. Among the blocklists we checked, only PhishDestroy lists it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Gname.com Pte. Ltd. on 2025-12-29, more than nine months before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap suggests it was either held in reserve or ran for a long time before anyone reported it. Traffic passed through Cloudflare, Inc., which places the visible IP in Canada and hides the real origin server behind the proxy.
What to do
If you deposited USDC on this site, do not pay any "fee", "tax" or "unlock" charge to get it back. Those demands are a second round of the same theft. If you connected a wallet, revoke any token approvals granted during that session and move remaining funds to a fresh wallet if you signed anything unfamiliar. If you entered a seed phrase, treat that wallet as compromised and empty it immediately. If you reused a password there, change it everywhere and enable 2FA. Defenders should block the domain and watch for other domains that combine "usdc" with numbers, since operators often rotate through these variants.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-13 10:42:32 UTClast content: 2026-10-13 10:42:32 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-13 22:40:02 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-13 10:42:32 UTC → 2026-10-13 22:40:02 UTC · 11.96hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-13 16:41:17 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.usdc028.comDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
기술 · 3 identified
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보안
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS.
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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 usdc028.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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