Mecanismos de segurança relatando uma detecção: 13. Listas de bloqueio públicas relatando uma correspondência: 2. Tenha extremo cuidado – não insira credenciais ou informações pessoais.
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@namecheap.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.
merlin.finance presents itself as a bridge and swap platform under the Merlin brand, targeting DeFi users who expect to exchange or bridge tokens quickly. PhishDestroy first identified it on 2026-09-11, roughly two months after the domain was registered on 2026-07-18. As of 2026-10-18 the site remains alive, though its content is currently unreachable.
How the scam works
The page title "Merlin | Bridge & Swap in Seconds" is designed to attract users looking for a legitimate cross-chain bridge or decentralized swap service. When a visitor connects their crypto wallet to complete a transaction, the underlying drainer code requests broad token approvals or triggers malicious contract calls that silently transfer assets out of the wallet. The victim believes they are swapping or bridging tokens but instead loses control of their holdings the moment they sign the prompted transaction.
Evidence
VirusTotal flagged merlin.finance as malicious across 13 of 89 security engines as of 2026-09-21, with detections from BitDefender, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, alphaMountain.ai, and Chong Lua Dao, among others. Spamhaus classifies it as DBL_PHISH on their domain blocklist, and it has generated 4 threat pulses on AlienVault OTX. The domain appears on three independent blocklists: PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL, giving it broad cross-industry confirmation as a drainer site.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-07-18 through NameCheap, Inc. and is hosted on Cloudflare's network at an IP geolocated to Canada. Its TLS certificate was issued by Google Trust Services under the WE1 intermediate, which is a standard automated certificate and does not indicate legitimacy.
What to do
If you visited merlin.finance but did not connect a wallet or sign any transaction, no immediate action is required beyond avoiding the site. If you connected a wallet, immediately revoke all token approvals granted to any contract associated with this site using a trusted approval-management tool, and move remaining assets to a fresh wallet address. If you signed a transaction, treat your wallet as compromised and transfer funds out before the drainer can act on any pending approvals. Security teams and wallet providers should ensure merlin.finance is present in their blocklists and alert users who may have interacted with it.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 11/09/2026score 100/1003 brand signals
IoC Extractionscanned 12/09/20262 wallet · 1 Telegram IoCs
Submitted URLhttp://merlin.finance/
Favicon Hash
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ICANN OVERSIGHT
Credenciamento e contexto RAA
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.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Proton Mail is the world’s largest secure email service with over 70 million users. Available on Web, iOS, Android, and desktop. Protected by Swiss privacy law.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
Os relacionamentos armazenados são agrupados pelo atributo de correspondência exata. Um provedor ou registrador compartilhado por si só não prova propriedade comum.
Mapa da infraestrutura · merlin.finance
Cada faixa representa um motivo pelo qual um domínio está vinculado a este host. O tamanho dos nós indica as detecções do VirusTotal, e os nós tracejados já estão offline. As listas completas seguem abaixo.
Outros relatórios sobre borda Cloudflare compartilhada6
Esses relatórios são resolvidos para o mesmo IP de borda compartilhado. Eles ajudam na descoberta de relatórios, mas não implicam propriedade comum ou um servidor de origem compartilhado.
Registrados pelo mesmo registrador. Um registrador atende a milhões de clientes sem qualquer relação entre si; portanto, isso apenas agrupa os registros, em vez de comprovar uma ligação.
6 evidence signal groups linked1 stored notification recordsNão verificado
If credentials were compromised, report immediately. Do not engage with recovery scammers.
Se você inseriu credenciais de conta, informações pessoais ou de pagamento, ou baixou um arquivo deste domínio, tome medidas imediatas. Abaixo estão os recursos para ajudá-lo a relatar o incidente e se proteger.
Cuidado com os golpistas que prometem recuperação! Os criminosos podem entrar em contato novamente com as vítimas fingindo ser investigadores, advogados ou agentes de recuperação. Não pague taxas antecipadas nem compartilhe credenciais.Saiba mais sobre fraudes relacionadas à recuperação →
Template-based draft · optional AI wording assistance requires separate consent
Rascunho assistido por IA – os detalhes do incidente são processados pelo provedor de IA · Revise e envie você mesmo
After a phishing incident
Recomendações e orientações para as vítimas
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
O que devo fazer agora mesmo?
Urgente
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
Alterar todas as senhas — e-mail, contas do Exchange, qualquer coisa que use a mesma senha
Ativar a autenticação de dois fatores usando um aplicativo autenticador (não por SMS). Desative a recuperação por SMS
Cartões de congelamento se você inseriu dados bancários no site de phishing
Que informações devo coletar para o meu relatório?
Diretrizes do FBI
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.
Datas e horários exatos — de cada transação e do primeiro contato com o golpista
Capturas de tela — sites fraudulentos, mensagens de bate-papo, e-mails, transações em carteiras digitais, redes sociais
Todas as URLs e domínios utilizado pelo golpista (incluindo merlin.finance)
Comunicações — e-mails, mensagens de texto, números de telefone e nomes de usuário que o golpista utilizou
Mesmo que você não tenha todos os detalhes — registre uma ocorrência mesmo assim. Mesmo informações parciais ainda ajudam nas investigações.
A quem devo denunciar o golpe?
FBI IC3 — Centro de Denúncias de Crimes na Internet (sistema federal de denúncias dos EUA)
Europol — Relatórios sobre crimes cibernéticos na Europa (UE)
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
Polícia local — cria um registro oficial, mesmo que não possam agir imediatamente
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?
Sites falsos — clones idênticos, até o último pixel, de sites legítimos, com domínios ligeiramente alterados
Abate de suínos — confiança construída ao longo de semanas pelo Telegram, WhatsApp e aplicativos de namoro; em seguida, o dinheiro foi roubado
Golpes relacionados à recuperação — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
Golpes baseados em IA — deepfakes, phishing automatizado e sites gerados por IA, o que torna a fraude mais difícil de detectar
Como posso me proteger no futuro?
Adicione os sites oficiais aos favoritos — nunca clique em links de e-mails, mensagens diretas ou anúncios
Verificar domínios — verificar PhishDestroy antes de interagir. Verifique se o site usa HTTPS, a ortografia e a idade do domínio
"Bom demais para ser verdade" = golpe — retornos garantidos, endossos de celebridades, prazos urgentes
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.
