Phishing site — do not log in
Phishing page impersonating ESL Federal Credit Union on a 1-day-old domain flagged by Google Safe Browsing and five antivirus engines.
Is alert-text-esl.top legit or a scam?
Phishing page impersonating ESL Federal Credit Union on a 1-day-old domain flagged by Google Safe Browsing and five antivirus engines.
This is a phishing site impersonating ESL Federal Credit Union. The domain was registered yesterday, carries a self-signed certificate, and is flagged as phishing by Google Safe Browsing plus five other engines.
These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.
What this means for you
You were probably about to log in or type personal details here.
Anything you enter — username, password, card number, one-time code — goes straight to criminals, who use it to take over your real accounts and drain them.
How this scam works
The trap, step by step
They clone a real login page (a bank, email provider, PayPal, a courier) pixel-for-pixel.
You're driven here by an email, text, or ad with an urgent reason to “verify”, “unlock”, or “confirm” your account.
You type your username and password — which flow straight to the scammers instead of the real company.
They log into your real account, change the password, and drain it or sell the access.
Recognising the pattern is the best defence — if a site follows these steps, close it and don't enter anything.
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
Intelligence
The page displays a login form branded as ESL Federal Credit Union and asks for username credentials. The domain alert-text-esl.top was registered only one day ago through NameSilo with no privacy protection. Twelve of 92 antivirus engines flagged the URL as phishing, including Google Safe Browsing, Emsisoft, Fortinet, and Forcepoint. The certificate is self-signed and issued to the same domain name, a pattern typical of throwaway phishing infrastructure. Browser blocklists also mark the site under the social-engineering category. These signals together confirm the site is actively harvesting login credentials rather than serving any legitimate banking function.
Web Research Findings
Independent findings for alert-text-esl.top, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for alert-text-esl.top. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Domain Timeline
- Jul 21, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 1 day old today.
- Jul 22, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as dangerous
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
alert-text-esl.top was registered very recently and is already flagged. Freshly-registered domains are disproportionately used for scams, and a young domain with active threat signals warrants extra caution.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Detected threat categories: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 of 21 categories showed signals
Each card names a specific harm pattern and the concrete facts that support it. The category score is supporting context; the report verdict above remains the final severity decision.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- The evidence pattern matches phishing / data-harvesting.
1 of 21 categories showed signals
Each card names a specific harm pattern and the concrete facts that support it. The category score is supporting context; the report verdict above remains the final severity decision.
- Google Safe Browsing flagged this as social engineering / phishing.
- The evidence pattern matches phishing / data-harvesting.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedThe plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
What to do
Phishing site — act fast
This page shows signs of attempting to steal credentials or impersonate a trusted brand.
- Do not interact with alert-text-esl.top
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- If you already typed your password — change it now
Change the password on the legitimate site and anywhere else you re-used it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Review recent account activity.
- OpenReport the phishing URL
APWG (Anti-Phishing Working Group) accepts phishing reports at reportphishing@apwg.org. Google Safe Browsing reports help protect other users.
- OpenGet help on the forum
MalwareTips members can help you assess damage and next steps.
Final Verdict
This is a phishing site impersonating ESL Federal Credit Union. The domain was registered yesterday, carries a self-signed certificate, and is flagged as phishing by Google Safe Browsing plus five other engines.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- alert-text-esl.top is a high-risk phishing — do not enter your login or personal details. Our review tagged it for phishing and clone site. 13 of 92 security engines flag it (12 as outright malicious). The domain is only 1 day old through NameSilo,LLC — a fresh registration is a classic scam fingerprint. This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
- No — alert-text-esl.top scored just 1/100 on our trust scale, and we detected active threat indicators. We recommend avoiding it entirely: don't log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on alert-text-esl.top, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on alert-text-esl.top and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
- Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
- If you entered anything on alert-text-esl.top, assume it was captured. Phishing pages exist purely to harvest what you type — usernames, passwords, card numbers, or one-time codes. Change the password immediately on the real site and anywhere you reused it, enable two-factor authentication, and if you entered card or banking details, contact your bank about the risk of fraud. Also be alert for follow-up "security" calls or emails that try to exploit the same information.
- You can report alert-text-esl.top through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
- Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
- Yes. 13 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged alert-text-esl.top, 12 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
- Yes. alert-text-esl.top is listed on the major browser blocklist feeds under: SOCIAL_ENGINEERING. Modern browsers use these feeds to warn or block billions of users before a page even loads — a listing here is one of the strongest safety signals there is.
- alert-text-esl.top is 1 day old, registered on July 21, 2026 through NameSilo,LLC. Scam sites are very often freshly registered and short-lived, so an age under six months is a reason for extra caution.
- alert-text-esl.top resolves to an IP operated by Cloud Web Manage in CA (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 22, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about alert-text-esl.top has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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