orange3.hostel.town presents itself as the website of Orange3 Hostel Lagos, a hostel in Lagos, Portugal. PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page aimed at travelers who search for the hostel and land on this lookalike instead of the real property or a trusted booking platform. We first flagged it on 2026-09-25. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online and serving content.
How the scam works
The page title, "Orange3 Hostel Lagos - Lagos, Portugal", is built to look like an official listing, so a traveler comparing options has little reason to doubt it. Fake accommodation sites like this usually take a booking and then ask for card details, a deposit or a bank transfer to "confirm" the reservation. The guest loses that payment and may find on arrival that no reservation exists. Any card data typed into the form can also be reused for further fraud.
Evidence
On 2026-10-07, 17 of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. That is a solid minority verdict for a page that superficially looks like an ordinary hotel site. The vendors include alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data and Gridinsoft. PhishDestroy lists it on its own blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-04-21 through Spaceship, Inc., about five months before we detected it. It runs on a subdomain under hostel.town, a name that sounds like a generic hostel directory rather than the property's own address. The server sits on RouterHosting LLC infrastructure in the US. The free ZeroSSL certificate only means the connection is encrypted; it says nothing about whether the business behind the page is real.
What to do
If you paid a deposit or entered card details on this site, contact your bank or card issuer now. Ask them to block the card and dispute the charge, and keep any booking emails or receipts as proof. If you sent a bank transfer, report it to your bank right away, since recall windows are short. Confirm any stay directly with Orange3 Hostel through contact details you find independently, or through an established booking platform. Do not send further "confirmation" payments. Defenders and booking platforms should block orange3.hostel.town and watch for sibling subdomains under hostel.town.
Registration (base domain)hostel.town · Criado 21/04/2026 (181d)—Expires 21/04/2027
Status HTTP200
Detalhes técnicosProvenance & timestamps
Detectado pela primeira vez25/09/2026
DOM Analysisanalyzed 09/10/2026score 88/1002 brand signals
Submitted URLhttp://orange3.hostel.town/
Favicon Hash
ICANN OVERSIGHTRegistration: hostel.town
Credenciamento e contexto RAA
Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations
For the registrable domain hostel.town behind this subdomain, 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.
Accountability draft
Nada é enviado automaticamente.
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
172.86.104.14
Network ASN
AS14956
Organization
FranTech Solutions
Observed location
Staten Island, US
Server header
nginx
Servidores de nomes 1
launch2.spaceship.net
Location describes the IP network.
Certificado TLS
Issuer
ZeroSSL GmbH / ZeroSSL ECC DV SSL CA 2
Valid from
2026-07-30 00:00:00
Valid until
2026-10-28 23:59:59
Hostname coverage
Certificate hostname mismatch
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection time
2026-09-25 10:02:05 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprintfe0f956260b8922e430976a74f3ef092630dbb8a215e472c5692b68090669f0bCertificate names · 1 SANs
hostel.town
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 observationConteúdo ativoOrdinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-19 22:32:01 UTC
RDAP registrationDesconhecido
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:36 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:32:01 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.
Tecnologias · 6 identified
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WordPress
CMSBlogs
WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system.
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 · orange3.hostel.town
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.
O conteúdo corresponde4
O mesmo hash do favicon ou o mesmo título da página que este host.
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.
3 evidence signal groups linked0 stored notification recordsÚltimo ativo conhecido
Listed domains receive at least one abuse report; this entry has no retained notification history.
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
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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 orange3.hostel.town)
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.
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