equinoxxmint.com is an impersonation phishing page whose name suggests a mint page for a project called Equinox, aimed at people expecting to claim or buy tokens or NFTs with a browser wallet. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-15. The site went offline on 2026-09-22, and as of 2026-10-19 its DNS no longer resolves. The page title read "Bot Verification", which suggests a captcha-style gate rather than a branded mint page, while our classification is impersonation phishing.
How the scam works
Fake mint sites copy the look and language of a real project launch and push visitors to connect a wallet and approve a mint or claim. The "Bot Verification" title fits a common opening step: an interstitial that looks like a routine human check and makes the next prompt feel legitimate. In this kind of scheme, the wallet prompt that follows is not a mint at all. It is a signature or token approval that lets the operator move the victim's assets, and those losses are typically irreversible.
Evidence
Wallet-focused defenders reached the same conclusion: MetaMask and SEAL both list the domain alongside PhishDestroy. Google Safe Browsing marks it as social engineering, and Spamhaus carries it in its DBL as phishing. On VirusTotal, 10 of 89 engines flagged it on 2026-09-15, including alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CyRadar, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft and Lionic. The domain also appears in three AlienVault OTX threat pulses, so it has been tracked by multiple research feeds.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2025-03-23 through Global Domain Group LLC, roughly eighteen months before it surfaced as phishing. That long gap points to a name that was either held in reserve or repurposed rather than spun up the week of the campaign. It was hosted on the FranTech Solutions network in the United States, behind a free Let's Encrypt certificate that gave it the padlock visitors tend to trust.
What to do
If you connected a wallet or signed anything on this site, use a token approval checker to review your approvals and revoke any you do not recognize. If assets are exposed, move what remains to a fresh wallet. Never enter a seed phrase on any mint or verification page; if you did, treat that wallet as compromised and abandon it. Defenders should block the domain at DNS and proxy level, hunt logs for visits around 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-22, and watch for lookalike Equinox mint domains that the same operator may register next.
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 01:16:06 UTC
RDAP registration未知
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-21 22:43:28 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-21 22:43:28 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTC · 209.52hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-26 07:29:11 UTC · precision low · 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.
