Is etherfi-wc26.com legit or a scam?
A malicious Ether.fi clone registered today that uses a fake World Cup 2026 promotion to deploy crypto-draining scripts.
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.
Analysis Summary
Brand impersonation — not the real site
Domain was registered only 0 days ago — brand-new sites are higher-risk by default. This page is styled as a brand but is not the brand's real site. Go to the official site directly, and treat any download, login, or payment request here as unsafe.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
MT Intelligence
The domain was registered less than 24 hours ago and immediately began impersonating the legitimate Ether.fi brand. Our analysis confirms it is a typosquatting domain that clones the visual identity of the real service to deceive users. Technical signals show it loads scripts associated with wallet-draining activity under the guise of a 'World Cup 2026' prediction game. Multiple security engines have already flagged this specific URL and its variants as phishing threats. There is no evidence of legitimate business operation or official affiliation with the real Ether.fi project.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for etherfi-wc26.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain registered 0 days ago (extremely new, registered around mid-June 2026 based on similar domains)
- Official Ether.fi promotion #EtherFiWC26 is a World Cup 2026 prediction game for Cash card holders, promoted only on ether.fi, x.com/ether_fi, Instagram @etherfi.official, and gitbook (no .com variant mentioned)
- Similar domain etherfiwc26.net flagged as malicious by PhishDestroy (2/95 VT detections, 3 blocklists, risk 73/100), impersonates EtherFi with page title "ether.fi Cash", created June 16 2026
- etherfi-wc26.com appears in PhishDestroy reports as a flagged domain (2/95 detections) alongside other phishing sites
- ether.fi has history of phishing clones using fake giveaways, airdrops, and wallet drainers (e.g. claim-ether.fi, eligibility check scams)
- No reviews, complaints, or mentions of legitimate business tied to etherfi-wc26.com found; official site is www.ether.fi and app.ether.fi
- World Cup 2026 has seen increased crypto phishing activity including fake sites and memecoins per TRM Labs
- PhishDestroyopen
"etherfi-wc26.com favicon etherfi-wc26.com 2/95"
Domain name directly references official #EtherFiWC26 World Cup 2026 promotion; similar variants like etherfiwc26.net flagged for impersonating ether.fi Cash with page title matching official promotion
Scam Network Intelligence
Antivirus Engines
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 postal address visible on the page.
- Phone number listed (2000-206).
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://etherfi-wc26.com/
- 2200https://etherfi-wc26.com/
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
2 scam-type patterns detected
2 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.
- Domain is a typosquat of ether.fi.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- Domain is a typosquat of ether.fi.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing / data-harvesting.
2 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.
- Domain is a typosquat of ether.fi.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- Domain is a typosquat of ether.fi.
- AI analyst tagged this as phishing / data-harvesting.
Brand impersonation detected
This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.
- Do not interact with etherfi-wc26.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Go to the brand's real site directly
Type the brand name into a search engine or open it from your bookmarks — don't use links from emails, SMS, ads, or social posts, which are the delivery vectors for impersonation.
- Never download or sign in here
Even if the page "just" offers a download or a giveaway, impersonation pages frequently deliver malware or set up follow-up phishing. Assume anything accepted from this site is hostile.
- OpenReport the impersonation to the brand
Most major brands have a dedicated abuse or anti-phishing reporting channel — reporting helps them take the site down and protects other users.
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 directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review flags etherfi-wc26.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — etherfi-wc26.com scored 8/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. etherfi-wc26.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 89 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- etherfi-wc26.com is 0 days old, registered on 6/18/2026 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 1 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged etherfi-wc26.com as malicious or suspicious. Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. etherfi-wc26.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- etherfi-wc26.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, 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.
- This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 19, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around etherfi-wc26.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.
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