creatorsettle.com poses as an "Arc Creator Settlement" platform, presenting itself as a legitimate USDC milestone payment portal aimed at content creators who might believe they are owed funds. PhishDestroy first identified it on 2026-09-11, one day after the domain was registered on 2026-09-10. The site remains alive and reachable as of 2026-10-18, meaning it is still actively capable of harming visitors.
How the scam works
The site uses the page title "Arc Creator Settlement — Verifiable USDC milestone payments" to convince targets they have a legitimate USDC payout waiting for them. Victims are prompted to connect their cryptocurrency wallet to claim the supposed settlement funds. Once a wallet is connected, the drainer silently requests broad token approvals or executes malicious transactions that transfer the victim's assets to the attacker, emptying the wallet without any settlement ever being paid.
Evidence
Seven of 89 engines on VirusTotal flagged this domain as malicious as of 2026-09-21, with detections from alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar, and VIPRE. Spamhaus DBL lists it under the DBL_PHISH category, independently confirming its phishing nature. Four OTX pulses have also been published against this domain, and PhishDestroy carries it on its own blocklist. Detection coverage is moderate rather than universal, which underscores why the site remains reachable.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-09-10 through Cloudflare, Inc. and is hosted on Amazon.com, Inc. infrastructure in the United States at IP 76.76.21.21. TLS is provided by Let's Encrypt under the YR1 issuer, giving the site a padlock that conveys no trustworthiness. The combination of same-day registration and immediate deployment is consistent with a purpose-built fraud operation.
What to do
If you visited the site but did not connect a wallet or enter any credentials, no immediate action is required beyond avoiding the site entirely. If you connected a wallet, immediately use a trusted revocation tool to cancel all token approvals granted to any contract associated with this site, and transfer remaining assets to a fresh wallet address. If you entered personal information, monitor those accounts closely and consider changing associated passwords. Security teams and platform defenders should block creatorsettle.com at the DNS and network perimeter levels and alert any creator communities that may have been targeted by this campaign.
颁发者 Let's Encrypt / YR1· stored validity ends in 49 days
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Shared CDN edge
Resolved IP
76.76.21.21
Network ASN
AS16509
Organization
Vercel, Inc
Observed location
Walnut, US
Server header
Vercel
Edge-IP 声誉不属于此域。
域名服务器 2
emma.ns.cloudflare.com
jay.ns.cloudflare.com
Location describes the IP network.
TLS 证书
Issuer
Let's Encrypt / YR1
Valid from
2026-09-10 09:59:15
Valid until
2026-12-09 09:59:14
Hostname coverage
Certificate hostname mismatch
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection time
2026-10-11 01:03:00 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprint156fd8bde15f7bb9b9fdb01241e951add7ba77ece227b7a2f91fd8d15b5f8dcfCertificate names · 1 SANs
www.creatorsettle.com
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Latest HTTP observationRedirectingHTTP redirect observed80%2026-10-19 22:37:49 UTC
RDAP registration未知
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:37:49 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.
技术 · 2 identified
V
Vercel
PaaS
Vercel is a cloud platform for static frontends and serverless functions.
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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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