Crypto scam / wallet-drainer
3 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. Signals match fake investment platforms and wallet drainers. Never connect a wallet, paste a seed phrase, or deposit crypto here.
Is layer-bank.net legit or a scam?
Clone of legitimate LayerBank DeFi protocol on a 41-day-old domain flagged as phishing by Kaspersky and others.
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
MT Intelligence
The site presents itself as LayerBank, a money market protocol for lending and borrowing, with market statistics and wallet-connect features. Strongest signal is the confirmed clone match to the legitimate layerbank.finance domain, which has established documentation and funding. The domain itself is only 41 days old and was registered through a high-risk registrar with no business records found. Multiple antivirus detections label it malicious or phishing, and independent reports confirm it as a live banking phishing domain. These factors together override the clean visual appearance and valid SSL certificate.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
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
Clean professional DeFi interface with standard wallet-connect modal; no scam indicators visible.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for layer-bank.net, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- Domain layer-bank.net created April 14, 2026 (41 days old as of May 25, 2026)
- Flagged as malicious phishing site by PhishDestroy and 15/95 VirusTotal vendors
- Mimics legitimate LayerBank DeFi protocol (layerbank.finance) which raised $2.3M pre-seed and has active docs/Twitter presence
- Registered via high-risk registrar Trustname.com (Fewmoretaps OU, Estonian shell with Belarusian owners)
- Resolves to Cloudflare IP, uses Let's Encrypt SSL, listed in MetaMask/PhishDestroy/SEAL blocklists
- No mentions or reviews of layer-bank.net as legitimate; all references tie it to phishing alerts
- Legitimate project uses layerbank.finance domain with established documentation and funding announcements
- phishdestroy.ioopen
"This domain has been flagged as malicious. Detected by 15 security vendors and listed in 3 public blocklists. ... PhishDestroy identifies layer-bank[.]net as a live banking phishing domain currently impersonating a legitimate financial inst"
- phishdestroy.ioopen
"15/95 VT vendors ... 88 Risk Score ... HIGH ... layer-bank.net is a fake banking portal posing as a financial login page. Flagged by 8 of 95 VirusTotal"
Exact match to page title 'LayerBank | Universal Money Market' and description of legitimate omni-chain DeFi lending protocol at layerbank.finance / docs.layerbank.finance
Phishdestroy.io published two reports identifying layer-bank.net as a live banking phishing domain that impersonates the legitimate LayerBank protocol. The reports note multiple security vendors and blocklist listings. No legitimate business records, reviews, or positive mentions of layer-bank.net were located; all references tie the domain to phishing alerts. The genuine project uses layerbank.finance with documented funding and active presence.
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 (2023-2026).
- Links to 2 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Server Reputation
Scam-Type Likelihood
3 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.
- AI analyst categorised the site as crypto-themed.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- 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.
- AI analyst categorised the site as crypto-themed.
- AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.
- Clustered with known brand-impersonation infrastructure.
- 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 layer-bank.net
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 layer-bank.net as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
- No — layer-bank.net scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
- Yes. layer-bank.net presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E8, expiring in 69 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- layer-bank.net is 1 month old, registered on 4/13/2026 through Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- 8 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged layer-bank.net as malicious or suspicious (3 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
- No. layer-bank.net is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- layer-bank.net 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.
- 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.
Final Verdict
Layer-bank.net is a fake DeFi lending site impersonating the real LayerBank protocol. Our analysis shows it is a clone of layerbank.finance, registered only 41 days ago, and flagged as phishing by multiple engines including Kaspersky. Avoid connecting any wallet or entering credentials.
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