Crypto scam / wallet-drainer
Crypto404.com is a fake wallet scanner that solicits seed phrases and private keys under the guise of security checks. Signals match fake investment platforms and wallet drainers. Never connect a wallet, paste a seed phrase, or deposit crypto here.
Is crypto404.com legit or a scam?
Crypto404.com is a fake wallet scanner that solicits seed phrases and private keys under the guise of security checks.
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.
Wallet-drainer patterns detected
This page uses language and API references consistent with modern crypto wallet-drainer kits. If you connected your wallet or signed a transaction on this site, assume your wallet is compromised — revoke approvals, move funds to a fresh wallet with a new seed phrase, and treat the original as burned.
- ·Page asks for a wallet seed phrase / recovery phrase — legitimate wallets never do this.
- ·Page asks the user to paste a private key.
Analysis Summary
MT Intelligence
The site presents itself as an address security scanner supporting dozens of blockchains yet includes forms that explicitly ask for private keys and 12-24 word seed phrases. Visual analysis confirms the page is designed to harvest these credentials rather than perform any legitimate scan. The domain itself is over seven years old with a clean blocklist record and valid SSL, but these factors are outweighed by the active credential-harvesting pattern. No contact information is provided, which is inconsistent with any legitimate crypto service. The combination of phishing language and direct key-input fields makes the malicious intent unmistakable.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →
Visual Screenshot Analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The page is a wallet-drainer scam that solicits seed phrases and private keys under the guise of a security scanner. No legitimate service asks users to enter recovery phrases on a third-party site.
What our vision model saw
5 signalsForm explicitly requests "Private Key / Seed Phrase" input with 12-word seed fields and "Derive Public Address" button
Trust claims "OFAC + Threat Intel", "Client-Side Key Derivation", and "21+ Blockchains" displayed as badges
Header shows "404" badge next to "Crypto404 Address Security Scanner" branding
Pre-selected Ethereum option and full list of 50+ blockchains with no verification of legitimacy
Tabs labeled "Seed Phrase" and "Private Key" directly above the input area
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for crypto404.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
We searched scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, and general web sources for crypto404.com and did not find scam reports, complaints, or impersonation signals. The domain age, registration record and aggregator reviews shown above are consistent with a legitimate site.
Scam Network Intelligence
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
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.
- Page contains phishing language (account verification, suspension warnings, etc.).
- Scam family match: Phishing Patterns.
- Links to 4 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1308http://crypto404.com/
- 2200https://crypto404.com/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as crypto fraud / wallet-drainer.
- Page asks for wallet connect or seed-phrase / private key.
- AI analyst categorised the site as crypto-themed.
- Phishing copy patterns in the scraped page.
- Primary scraped category is phishing / credential-harvest.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing.
0 of 13 categories showed signals
We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.
- AI analyst tagged this as crypto fraud / wallet-drainer.
- Page asks for wallet connect or seed-phrase / private key.
- AI analyst categorised the site as crypto-themed.
- Phishing copy patterns in the scraped page.
- Primary scraped category is phishing / credential-harvest.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing.
Crypto scam / wallet-drainer indicators
The page shows patterns common to crypto-investment scams, fake airdrops, and wallet drainers.
- Do not interact with crypto404.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Never paste your seed phrase anywhere
Legitimate wallets, exchanges and support staff will never ask for your 12/24-word recovery phrase. Typing it into any website — even one that looks real — gives attackers full access to your funds.
- If you already connected a wallet
Revoke token approvals immediately using revoke.cash or Etherscan's Token Approvals tool. Move remaining funds to a fresh wallet (new seed phrase). Assume the original wallet is compromised.
- OpenReport the wallet and URL
File a report at IC3 (FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center) or your country's cybercrime portal. Recovery is unlikely, but reports help law enforcement map the network.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.
- Our automated security review flags crypto404.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — crypto404.com scored 11/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. crypto404.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R13, expiring in 44 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- crypto404.com is 7.1 years old, registered on 4/9/2019 through Cloudflare, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. crypto404.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- crypto404.com resolves to an IP operated by Vercel, Inc in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- We cache results for 24 hours. Signed-in MalwareTips members can trigger a manual rescan at any time using the "Rescan" button on the report page, which re-runs every check from scratch and refreshes this page.
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