perktide.com is an impersonation phishing page that dangles a fake reward under the title "Claim your $750 Target Gift Card". It borrows the Target retail brand to lure ordinary shoppers into believing they have won or qualified for a gift card. PhishDestroy first saw the domain on 2026-10-15. As of 2026-10-19 the site was alive and serving a redirect.
How the scam works
Fake gift card giveaways like this one usually start with a short survey or a "you've been selected" message that creates urgency and a sense of luck. The visitor is then pushed through one or more redirects toward forms that ask for a name, address, email, phone number and often card details, framed as a small shipping or verification fee. No Target gift card is ever delivered. Victims risk unauthorized charges, recurring subscription billing they never agreed to, and having their contact details resold for further scams. Because the domain was redirecting when last checked, the final landing page may change from visit to visit.
Evidence
On 2026-10-19, VirusTotal showed 3 of 92 engines flagging the domain: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft and Netcraft. That is a low detection count, so many browsers and security tools may not yet warn users about this site. The domain is listed on the PhishDestroy blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-09-03 through GoDaddy.com, LLC, about six weeks before PhishDestroy first saw it. It resolves to 216.198.79.1 on AS16509 (Amazon.com, Inc.) in the US. Its TLS certificate was issued by Let's Encrypt (YR2), so the padlock in the browser says nothing about whether the site is legitimate.
What to do
If you opened the page but entered nothing, close it and clear the tab. Do not follow any further redirects. If you submitted card details, contact your bank or card issuer right away, dispute any unfamiliar charges and ask about cancelling the card. Watch your statements for small recurring subscription fees. If you gave out your email or phone number, expect follow-up phishing and do not trust messages that claim to come from Target about prizes. Target does not hand out $750 gift cards through surveys on unrelated domains. Defenders should block perktide.com at DNS and web proxies and add it to email and SMS filtering. Report it to Target's brand protection team and the registrar's abuse channel to speed up takedown.
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 22:31:49 UTC
RDAP registration未知
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:36 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.
威胁情报交叉核验 · source references
ScamAdviserPublic lookup
A public ScamAdviser lookup is available. Review its current score and warnings at the source; the existence of a lookup page is not itself a malicious verdict.
Live-fetched via CF worker proxy pool · cached 24h
Recorded subdomains1
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
www.perktide.comDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
技术 · 2 identified
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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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