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ABUSE NOTICE · 7D+ OPEN
Outgoing abuse reports are recorded; the latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable.
Notification and current-status evidence
The sent-report ledger records the first outgoing report at .
The recorded recipient is abuse@spaceship.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 1 month has elapsed since the first outgoing report.
ICANN RAA §3.18 describes registrar abuse-contact and handling obligations.
This section records outgoing timestamps, listed recipients, case identifiers, and later availability. It does not by itself prove receipt, acknowledgement, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
wintergatelegal.com presents itself as the "National Crypto Helpline — Recover Funds Lost to Crypto Fraud" under a name styled like a law firm. PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page. It targets people who have already been scammed, offering them a path back to their money. We first flagged it on 2026-09-17, and the site was still online with its content live on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
This is a recovery scam. A victim searching for help after a theft finds what looks like an official helpline or legal service and is told their funds can be traced and returned. The catch usually follows quickly: an upfront retainer, a "tracing fee", taxes or release charges, sometimes paid in crypto. These schemes often also ask for identity documents, exchange logins or wallet seed phrases. The victim loses money a second time, and anything they hand over can be used for further theft or identity fraud.
Evidence
Nine of 91 engines on VirusTotal flagged the domain as of 2026-09-29, including ESET, Kaspersky, Fortinet, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, CRDF, Gridinsoft, alphaMountain.ai and Bfore.Ai PreCrime. That count is modest, but several established vendors agree. Spamhaus lists it in its domain blocklist as phishing (DBL_PHISH), and it is blocked by MetaMask and SEAL alongside PhishDestroy. Four AlienVault OTX threat pulses reference it, so other researchers are tracking it as well.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-09-05 through Spaceship, Inc., just 12 days before we detected it. A brand-new domain posing as an established national helpline is a strong red flag on its own. It is hosted on DigitalOcean, LLC servers in the US and uses a free Let's Encrypt certificate, so the padlock in the browser says nothing about whether the service is legitimate.
What to do
If you contacted this site, stop all payments. Real recovery services and authorities do not demand upfront fees to return stolen crypto. If you already paid by card or bank transfer, contact your bank immediately to dispute it. Report the original theft and this contact to your police and national fraud reporting body. If you shared ID documents, watch for identity misuse. If you gave out a seed phrase or exchange login, move your remaining funds to a new wallet and change passwords and 2FA. Uninstall any remote-access software they had you install. Defenders should block the domain and its DBL_PHISH listing at mail and web gateways, and warn fraud-victim support channels about fake helpline recovery offers.
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 01:56:01 UTC
RDAP registration알 수 없음
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 01:56:01 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 01:56:01 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 wintergatelegal.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.
