safepal-io.net is an impersonation phishing domain posing as SafePal, the crypto wallet brand, and aimed at its users. The hyphenated "-io" name is designed to pass for an official SafePal address at a glance. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-13. The site has been offline since 2026-09-24, and on 2026-10-19 its DNS was no longer resolving.
How the scam works
Fake SafePal sites usually copy the wallet's look and push visitors to "verify", "sync" or "restore" a wallet. They do this by typing in the 12- or 24-word recovery phrase or by connecting the wallet and signing a request. Either step gives the attacker control of the funds, and transfers made this way cannot be reversed. The last page title served was a "502: Bad gateway" error, so the domain was not displaying working content at that point, even though we classify it as SafePal impersonation.
Evidence
On 2026-09-22, five of 89 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar and VIPRE. That count is low, so many security tools would not have warned a visitor. Wallet-focused defenses did better. MetaMask's blocklist and SEAL both list the domain alongside PhishDestroy, which means MetaMask users would see a warning before interacting. It also appears in six AlienVault OTX threat pulses.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-09-05 through Hosting Concepts B.V. (Registrar.eu), eight days before PhishDestroy caught it. That short gap is typical of brand-impersonation domains that are registered and put to use quickly. Traffic ran through Cloudflare, with the edge address located in Canada. This setup hides the real origin server. The site stayed live for about eleven days after first detection before going dark.
What to do
If you entered your SafePal recovery phrase on this site, treat the wallet as compromised. Create a new wallet with a fresh phrase on a trusted device and move any remaining assets immediately. If you connected a wallet or signed anything, review and revoke token approvals with a reputable approval checker and watch for unexpected transactions. Only reach SafePal through its official app or a bookmarked address, and remember that no genuine support flow ever asks for your recovery phrase. Defenders should block the domain and look for lookalike "safepal-" registrations that may follow the same pattern.
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 01:16:23 UTC
RDAP registration未知
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-23 10:01:56 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-23 10:01:56 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTC · 174.22hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-27 01:08:25 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.
技术 · 2 identified
Cloudflare
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Dear Team,
We are writing to report a phishing domain, safepal-io[.]net, which has been set up under the name of the SafePal cryptocurrency wallet. The string joins the wallet's brand to the "io" of one of the vendor's two official addresses, so that written out it reads as a pr
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1 report filed for safepal-io.net (1 written by a person) · category: Phishing · source checked
“Dear Team,
We are writing to report a phishing domain, safepal-io[.]net, which has been set up under the name of the SafePal cryptocurrency wallet. The string joins the wallet's brand to the "io" of one of the vendor's two official addresses, so that written out it reads as a property of the company itself. The name was created on 5 September 2026.
The address does not put a page in front of a visitor at present: the apex, and every path requested beneath it, returns a gateway error, and the e”
— reported by Anonymous on Sep 12, 2026 · Source: ChainAbuse (TRM Labs) — full report and evidence there.
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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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