ABUSE NOTICE · 7D+ OPEN
Outgoing abuse reports are recorded; the latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable.
Notification and current-status evidence
The sent-report ledger records the first outgoing report at .
The recorded recipient is abuse@name.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 1 month has elapsed since the first outgoing report.
ICANN RAA §3.18 describes registrar abuse-contact and handling obligations.
This section records outgoing timestamps, listed recipients, case identifiers, and later availability. It does not by itself prove receipt, acknowledgement, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
variational.money is a phishing site that impersonates Variational. Its page is titled Variational Money - Dashboard 2.0, and it targets crypto users who expect a new or upgraded account dashboard. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-13. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still alive and its content reachable through a redirect, so it remains a live risk.
How the scam works
The Dashboard 2.0 label is the hook. It suggests an upgrade or migration that users must complete, which gives visitors a reason to log in or connect a wallet without much thought. Impersonation pages of this kind usually lead to a wallet-connect prompt, a request to sign a transaction or approval, or a form asking for a recovery phrase or account credentials. Whatever the victim hands over lets the operators move funds out of the wallet or take over the account.
Evidence
On 2026-09-22, 12 of 89 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. The vendors included alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, Ermes, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data and Gridinsoft. That is a minority of engines, but the vendors flagging it are independent of one another and agree on the verdict. Spamhaus lists the domain in its DBL with a phishing classification, which matters because mail filters and resolvers use that list. The domain also appears in 4 AlienVault OTX threat pulses.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Name.com, Inc. on 2026-07-31, 44 days before PhishDestroy caught it. That gap suggests it was set up in advance rather than spun up for a single burst. The site is hosted on Amazon.com, Inc. infrastructure in the US at 64.29.17.65. Its Let's Encrypt certificate gives the page a padlock, but the padlock only means the connection is encrypted and says nothing about whether the operator is legitimate.
What to do
If you connected a wallet to this dashboard, review your token approvals and revoke any you granted to unfamiliar contracts. Then move remaining assets to a fresh wallet if you signed anything. If you typed a recovery phrase, treat that wallet as compromised and transfer funds to a new wallet created from a new phrase. If you entered a password, change it everywhere you reused it and reset your 2FA. Defenders should block the domain and its IP at DNS, proxy and mail gateways, and warn users that Variational dashboard upgrade messages are a known lure.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年9月13日score 98/10014 brand signals
IoC Extractionscanned 2026年9月14日5 wallet · 0 Telegram IoCs
Submitted URLhttp://variational.money/
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ICANN OVERSIGHT
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Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations
For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.
Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.
RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
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 22:33:00 UTC
RDAP registration未知
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:39 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.
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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.
