watchdogcompliance.online presented itself as "Watchdog Compliance - Automated License Management - Michigan." It borrowed the identity of a compliance service to reach businesses and professionals who handle licensing in Michigan. PhishDestroy first saw the domain on 2026-09-20 and classified it as an impersonation phishing page. The site went offline on 2026-10-17 and was still unreachable when last checked on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Impersonation pages copy the name and look of a trusted service so visitors believe they are dealing with the real provider. A license-management front gives the operator a believable reason to ask for business details, login credentials or payments for renewals and compliance fees. The page title points to a regulatory service, not a crypto product, and our classification rests on the impersonation itself. Victims can lose account access, sensitive business information, or money paid to an operator who delivers nothing.
Evidence
On 2026-10-02, 6 of 91 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: alphaMountain.ai, Bfore.Ai PreCrime, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft and SOCRadar. That is a small share of engines, but the flagging vendors include predictive and threat-intelligence feeds that specialise in newly weaponised domains. The domain appears in 4 AlienVault OTX pulses, so other researchers have tracked it independently. Among blocklists, only PhishDestroy lists it, which means many browsers and filters may not have warned visitors.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Network Solutions on 2026-04-02, about five and a half months before PhishDestroy detected it. A domain that sits that long before active use often reflects a planned campaign rather than an improvised one. It resolved to 23.153.104.17 on the Aquiryn LLC network in the United States and used a free Let's Encrypt certificate. The padlock in the browser therefore showed only an encrypted connection and said nothing about who ran the site.
What to do
If you entered a username or password on this site, change it on the genuine service and on any account that reuses it, then turn on two-factor authentication. If you paid a licensing or compliance fee here, contact your bank or card issuer to dispute the charge, and verify any outstanding obligation directly with the real provider or the relevant Michigan licensing authority. If you shared business or identity details, watch for follow-up emails and calls that cite them. Defenders should block the domain and its IP, search mail and proxy logs from 2026-09-20 onward for visits, and reset credentials for any users who reached it.
집계 기준
처음 저장된 악용사례 신고부터 콘텐츠를 사용할 수 없다는 첫 번째 관찰까지의 경과 시간입니다. 이것은 원인을 확립하지 못합니다.
각 보고서에 포함된 내용
저장된 발신 보고서 기록은 공급업체 평가, 등록 데이터, 호스팅 세부 정보, 분류 또는 스크린샷과 같이 당시 사용 가능한 증거를 참조할 수 있습니다. 이 페이지는 전달된 정확한 페이로드, 수신, 확인 또는 수신자의 작업을 추론하지 않습니다.
기술 세부 정보Provenance & timestamps
최초 발견2026년 9월 20일
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026년 9월 20일score 88/1001 brand signal
Submitted URLhttps://watchdogcompliance.online/
Favicon Hash
사건 ID
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.
Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.
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 fingerprint808af859008c47ae3194a0c44544f78f6782fa859ffef69c3a46f41477983a34Certificate names · 2 SANs
lyonshost.online
www.watchdogcompliance.lyonshost.online
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
jQuery is a JavaScript library which is a free, open-source software designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax.
Template-based draft · optional AI wording assistance requires separate consent
AI 지원 초안 - 사고 세부정보는 AI 제공업체에서 처리됩니다. · 직접 검토하고 제출하세요.
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 watchdogcompliance.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
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.
