vgmkts.online is a seed phrase theft page that impersonates Vanguard, the well-known investment brand, to deceive cryptocurrency wallet holders. PhishDestroy first identified it on 2026-09-11, the same day the domain was registered, indicating it was flagged immediately upon launch. The site carried the page title "VG Affiliate," which differs from a direct Vanguard brand claim though urlscan.io independently detected Vanguard as the impersonated brand. The site is now dead and has been DNS-inactive since 2026-09-16.
How the scam works
Seed phrase theft pages present victims with a fake wallet recovery or verification interface, typically dressed in the branding of a trusted financial or crypto entity. In this case, the Vanguard association was used to lend legitimacy, prompting visitors to enter their 12- or 24-word seed phrase under the pretense of connecting or verifying an account. Once submitted, that phrase gives the attacker complete and permanent control over every wallet it secures, allowing instant and irreversible theft of all funds and tokens held there. The "VG Affiliate" page title suggests the site may have been positioned as a partner or affiliate portal rather than a direct Vanguard clone.
Evidence
Nine of 89 engines on VirusTotal flagged vgmkts.online as malicious as of 2026-09-13, with detections from alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, and SOCRadar. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict and independently identified Vanguard as the targeted brand. Spamhaus lists the domain under DBL_SPAM, and it appears in three OTX threat intelligence pulses. PhishDestroy has the domain on its blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-09-11 through Global Domain Group LLC. Hosting resolves to IP 163.61.188.9 on the NEW DHAKA HARDWARE network, physically located in the United States. The site used a Let's Encrypt TLS certificate issued under the YR2 authority, a free and automated service commonly used for rapid site deployment.
What to do
If you visited this site but did not enter any information, no immediate action is required beyond ensuring your security software is up to date. If you typed your seed phrase into any field on this site, treat every wallet secured by that phrase as fully compromised: move all assets to a brand-new wallet generated on a trusted, offline device immediately, as the attacker may act at any time. Do not reuse the compromised phrase anywhere. Security teams and platform defenders should ensure vgmkts.online and its associated IP are present in their blocklists and feed the domain into internal threat intelligence pipelines.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年9月12日score 73/1003 brand signals
Submitted URLhttps://vgmkts.online/
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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.
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 01:15:16 UTC
RDAP registration未知
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-15 22:52:16 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-15 22:52:16 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTC · 353.38hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-23 07:33:35 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.
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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.
