variationsal.io was an impersonation phishing page that presented itself under the bland title "Service Status". It mimicked an official status or verification screen, and urlscan.io matched its look to a generic Cloudflare-style template. It was listed by MetaMask and SEAL, which points to crypto wallet users as the intended audience. PhishDestroy first saw it on 2026-08-14, and the site has been offline since 2026-09-16, with its DNS still inactive as of 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
A "Service Status" page borrows the authority of an infrastructure or platform notice. It typically tells visitors that a service needs attention, a check must be passed, or an account must be re-verified, then steers them to the action the operator wants. On impersonation pages aimed at crypto users, that action is usually entering login details or a recovery phrase, or approving a wallet request. Whatever is handed over goes straight to the attacker.
Evidence
On 2026-09-15, 11 of 89 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. The vendors included ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet and G-Data, a mix of crypto-specific and general security vendors. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict, and Spamhaus lists the domain in its DBL under the phishing category. Alongside PhishDestroy, the MetaMask and SEAL blocklists carry it, and three AlienVault OTX pulses reference it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through GNAME.COM PTE. LTD. on 2026-08-11, only three days before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap fits a disposable domain stood up for a short campaign. Traffic ran through Cloudflare, Inc. on an address geolocated to Canada, which places the real origin server behind the proxy. The site went dark a day after the last VirusTotal check and did not come back.
What to do
If you entered a password on this page, change it right away on the real service and on any account that reuses it, then turn on app-based 2FA. If you typed a seed phrase, treat that wallet as compromised and move your funds to a new wallet with a fresh phrase. If you connected a wallet and signed anything, review and revoke token approvals with a trusted approval checker. Defenders should block the domain at DNS and proxy level and search mail and web logs for visits between 2026-08-11 and 2026-09-16.
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 01:18:54 UTC
RDAP registration알 수 없음
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-15 22:25:11 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-15 20:22:19 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-15 22:25:11 UTC → 2026-10-01 01:51:14 UTC · 363.43hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-23 12:08:12 UTC · precision 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 variationsal.io)
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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