cercleprivate.com presented itself as an exclusive-access portal, with its page title reading "Cercle Privé | Acces Exclusiv" suggesting a members-only or VIP-tier offering aimed at French-speaking cryptocurrency users. PhishDestroy first identified it on 2026-10-13, just three days after the domain was registered, and flagged it as a crypto wallet drainer. The site is now offline as of 2026-10-17, with DNS inactive, meaning it is no longer reachable.
How the scam works
Wallet drainer sites like this one lure visitors with the promise of exclusive access, premium content, or token-gated membership, then prompt them to connect their cryptocurrency wallet to verify eligibility. Once a wallet is connected, the drainer executes malicious approval transactions in the background, granting the attacker permission to transfer tokens and NFTs out of the victim's wallet without further interaction. The victim loses assets silently, often only noticing after the funds are gone. The French-language branding suggests the operators were deliberately targeting Francophone crypto communities.
Evidence
VirusTotal returned zero detections across 92 scanning engines as of 2026-10-16, meaning automated antivirus tools had not flagged the site at the time of checking. Despite that, cercleprivate.com was added to three independent blocklists: PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL. MetaMask's inclusion is particularly significant because it directly warns users at the point of wallet connection. Four threat-intelligence pulses on OTX further corroborate the classification as a malicious drainer site.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-10-10 through CNOBIN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, giving the operators only a three-day window before PhishDestroy detected it. Hosting resolved to Cloudflare's network (AS13335) on an IP geolocated to the United States. A Let's Encrypt TLS certificate was used, which provides encryption but carries no identity verification and is freely obtainable by anyone.
What to do
If you visited this site and connected your wallet, immediately revoke all token approvals granted to unknown contracts using a trusted approval-management tool, then transfer remaining assets to a fresh wallet address. Do not approve any pending transactions originating from this site. Security teams and wallet providers should ensure cercleprivate.com and any associated contract addresses are present in their blocklists. Report any connected wallet addresses to your exchange or custody provider so they can monitor for suspicious outflows.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcomeDNS 非活动reason: DNS NXDOMAIN80% confidence
Attributionsource: Dns Cache
Evidence layersAvailability: DNS inactiveContent: UnreachableDNS: NXDOMAINRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observation未知Probe Inconclusive20%2026-10-19 01:20:27 UTC
RDAP registration未知
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-16 10:45:00 UTClast content: 2026-10-16 10:45:00 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-16 20:22:38 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-16 10:45:00 UTC → 2026-10-16 20:22:38 UTC · 9.63hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-16 15:33:49 UTC · precision medium · 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
针对受害者的建议与指导
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
我应该立即采取什么措施？
紧急
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
更改所有密码 — 电子邮件、Exchange 账户，以及任何使用同一密码的账户
启用双因素认证 使用身份验证器应用（而非短信）。禁用基于短信的恢复功能
冻结卡片 如果您在钓鱼网站上输入了银行信息
我应该为报告收集哪些信息？
联邦调查局（FBI）指南
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.
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
当地警方 — 即使无法立即采取行动，也能留下正式记录
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?
虚假网站 — 与正规网站完全一致的克隆网站，仅域名略有改动
猪的屠宰 — 通过Telegram/WhatsApp/交友软件花数周时间建立信任，随后钱被骗走
退款诈骗 — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
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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