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Wells Fargo phishing: sites, fake domains & scam patterns

Name: Wells Fargo phishing hostnames and lookalike domains
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PhishPin's phishing-feed index currently lists 1,165 hostnames that reference Wells Fargo, across 1,991 reported URLs from 1 of 5 threat feeds we track. Wells Fargo ranks #14 of 579 brands we track by reported hosts. In the last 15 days, 2 newly registered domains contained or closely resembled the name.

Banks & lenders · rank #14 of 579 by reported hosts

1,165hosts in phishing feeds+0 vs last week

1,991reported URLsacross all matching hosts

1 of 5feeds list this brand0% of hosts seen in 2+ feeds

2new lookalike domainsregistered in the last 15 days · -1 wk

Key findings for Wells Fargo

Impersonation pressure is High (62/100): Wells Fargo has more reported hosts than 97% of the 579 brands we track.
That is 18× the average for banks & lenders (65 hosts per brand).
1,121 hosts (96%) hide the Wells Fargo name in a subdomain of an unrelated site, the trick that makes a link look official at a glance.
The most common ending is .com (1,101 hosts, 95%).
8% of hosts pair the brand with a bait word. The most common is “secure” (38 hosts).
2 lookalike domains were registered in the last 15 days, 1 of them in the three most recent days of data.

How attackers fake Wells Fargo

These breakdowns cover all 1,165 matching hostnames, not only the rows listed below.

Top endings (TLDs)

.com1,101 95%

.org22 2%

.net10 1%

.ga3 <1%

.top2 <1%

.club2 <1%

.xyz2 <1%

.icu2 <1%

Bait words next to the brand

secure38 3%

online16 1%

verify14 1%

update5 <1%

help5 <1%

auth3 <1%

login3 <1%

account2 <1%

Hostname tricks

Name in a subdomain of another site1,121 96%

Name inside the domain itself44 4%

Name + a bait word96 8%

Listed by 2+ feeds0 0%

Hosts reported in phishing feeds

The most widely reported hostnames that reference Wells Fargo, ranked by how many feeds list them and then by reported URLs. Search, filter and export all 100 rows.

#	Hostname (defanged)	Pattern	Feeds	URLs
1	wf-securewellsfargo[.]sytes[.]net	subdomain tricksecure	1 feed	14
2	m-wellsfargo658075[.]4nmn[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	8
3	wellsfargogo[.]shop	name in domain	1 feed	7
4	wellsfargos[.]aicsolutions[.]co[.]za	subdomain trick	1 feed	7
5	verify-wellsfargo[.]ga	verify	1 feed	6
6	www--wellsfargo--com--xf49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	6
7	securewellsfargo-online[.]port25[.]biz	subdomain tricksecure	1 feed	5
8	securewellsfargo-online03c[.]duckdns[.]org	subdomain tricksecure	1 feed	5
9	security-wellsfargo[.]000webhostapp[.]com	subdomain tricksecurity	1 feed	5
10	www--wellsfargo--com--t749329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	5
11	www--wellsfargo--com--u049329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	5
12	www--wellsfargo--com--u149329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	5
13	www--wellsfargo--com--u249329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	5
14	www--wellsfargo--com--u349329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	5
15	www--wellsfargo--com--u449329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	5
16	www--wellsfargo--com--u849329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	5
17	www--wellsfargo--com--wp49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	5
18	www--wellsfargo--com--xe49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	5
19	www--wellsfargo--com--xj49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	5
20	connect--secure--wellsfargo--com--716c708pd[.]3pco[.]ourwebpicvip[.]com	subdomain tricksecure	1 feed	4
21	securewellsfargo[.]ga	secure	1 feed	4
22	wellsfargo-1[.]duckdns[.]org	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
23	wellsfargo-help-center[.]com	help	1 feed	4
24	wellsfargo-s3cured[.]duckdns[.]org	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
25	wellsfargocare[.]myvnc[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
26	wellsfargoteam[.]hopto[.]org	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
27	www--wellsfargo--com--ng49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
28	www--wellsfargo--com--t249329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
29	www--wellsfargo--com--t349329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
30	www--wellsfargo--com--t449329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
31	www--wellsfargo--com--t549329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
32	www--wellsfargo--com--t649329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
33	www--wellsfargo--com--u549329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
34	www--wellsfargo--com--u649329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
35	www--wellsfargo--com--u749329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
36	www--wellsfargo--com--uy49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
37	www--wellsfargo--com--v449329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
38	www--wellsfargo--com--vd49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
39	www--wellsfargo--com--vf49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
40	www--wellsfargo--com--vl49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
41	www--wellsfargo--com--vu49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
42	www--wellsfargo--com--vv49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
43	www--wellsfargo--com--vy49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
44	www--wellsfargo--com--w049329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
45	www--wellsfargo--com--w149329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
46	www--wellsfargo--com--w249329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
47	www--wellsfargo--com--w549329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
48	www--wellsfargo--com--w649329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
49	www--wellsfargo--com--w749329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
50	www--wellsfargo--com--w849329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
51	www--wellsfargo--com--w949329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
52	www--wellsfargo--com--wh49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
53	www--wellsfargo--com--wj49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
54	www--wellsfargo--com--wk49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
55	www--wellsfargo--com--wl49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
56	www--wellsfargo--com--wm49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
57	www--wellsfargo--com--wn49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
58	www--wellsfargo--com--wq49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
59	www--wellsfargo--com--wu49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
60	www--wellsfargo--com--wv49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
61	www--wellsfargo--com--ww49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
62	www--wellsfargo--com--wx49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
63	www--wellsfargo--com--wy49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
64	www--wellsfargo--com--x049329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
65	www--wellsfargo--com--x149329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
66	www--wellsfargo--com--x249329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
67	www--wellsfargo--com--x349329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
68	www--wellsfargo--com--x449329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
69	www--wellsfargo--com--x549329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
70	www--wellsfargo--com--x649329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
71	www--wellsfargo--com--x749329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
72	www--wellsfargo--com--x849329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
73	www--wellsfargo--com--x949329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
74	www--wellsfargo--com--xa49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
75	www--wellsfargo--com--xb49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
76	www--wellsfargo--com--xc49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
77	www--wellsfargo--com--xd49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
78	www--wellsfargo--com--xg49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
79	www--wellsfargo--com--xh49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
80	www--wellsfargo--com--xk49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
81	www--wellsfargo--com--xl49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
82	www--wellsfargo--com--xm49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
83	www--wellsfargo--com--xn49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
84	www--wellsfargo--com--xq49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
85	www--wellsfargo--com--xt49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
86	www--wellsfargo--com--xu49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
87	www--wellsfargo--com--xv49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
88	www--wellsfargo--com--xw49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
89	www--wellsfargo--com--xx49329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
90	www--wellsfargo--com--y049329d48d6c[.]wsipv6[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
91	banking[.]wellsfargo[.]com-online[.]loginwellsnv[.]top	subdomain trickonline	1 feed	3
92	bestserviciewellsfargoauth8[.]000webhostapp[.]com	subdomain trickauth	1 feed	3
93	connectsecure[.]wellsfargoreport[.]com	secure	1 feed	3
94	https[.]wells-fargocom[.]updateinformations[.]mymdlog-in[.]xyz	subdomain trickupdate	1 feed	3
95	https[.]wells-fargocom[.]updateinformations[.]verifyinfo[.]icu	subdomain trickupdate	1 feed	3
96	https[.]wells-fargocom[.]updateinformations[.]wellsfargoss-com[.]monster	subdomain trickupdate	1 feed	3
97	mobile[.]loginaccs[.]wellsfargo[.]gate01wellsfargo[.]xyz	subdomain tricklogin	1 feed	3
98	mobile[.]loginaccs[.]wellsfargo[.]loginwells[.]site	subdomain tricklogin	1 feed	3
99	wellsfargo233[.]000webhostapp[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	3
100	wellsfargoverify[.]whf[.]bz	subdomain trickverify	1 feed	3

Showing the top 100 of 1,165 matching hosts. Need the full list, daily alerts or takedowns for your own brand?Get the full feed

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New lookalike domains registered recently

Domains registered in the last 15 days that contain Wells Fargo's name, sit one character away from it or use look-alike characters. Attackers often register these days before sending the first email.

Registrations per day

17 Oct 2026peak 1 in a day31 Oct 2026

Top endings of new lookalikes

.com2 100%

#	Domain (defanged)	Why it matched	Registered
1	wellsfargoconsulting[.]com	contains brand name	31 Oct 2026 · yesterday
2	https-wellsfargo[.]com	contains brand name	23 Oct 2026 · 9 days ago

Newly registered is not the same as malicious. Many of these are unrelated businesses or hobby sites. They are listed because attackers use exactly this pattern. Domains sharing a brand name with a keyword such as login, secure or verify deserve the closest look.

How Wells Fargo phishing works

Phishing against Wells Fargo follows patterns common to banks & lenders. Typical lures:

Wells Fargo impersonators frequently use "account suspended" alerts and fake fraud-department calls.
A "suspicious sign-in" or "account locked" alert that asks you to verify your login.
A fake fraud-department text asking you to confirm a transaction you never made.
A "new statement" or "secure message" email linking to a cloned online-banking page.
A phone call or SMS that sends you to a page asking for your card number, PIN and one-time code.

Red flags

The sender domain is not the bank's real domain, or is the real name with extra words (secure, login, verify) added.
The message creates urgency: your account will be closed, frozen or charged in the next few hours.
The page asks for a one-time passcode, full card number, PIN or SSN, which a real bank never requests by link.

Real Wells Fargo domains

If the address in your browser is not one of these (or a subdomain of them), it is not Wells Fargo. The list is not exhaustive.

wellsfargo.comwellsfargoadvisors.com

If you already clicked or entered details

Call the number printed on the back of your card, lock the card, change your online-banking password from a clean device, and ask the bank to review recent activity. If you shared a one-time code, treat the account as compromised.

Protecting a brand like Wells Fargo from lookalike domains

If you run security, brand or fraud for a company that is copied this way, this is the order that works in practice:

Enforce DMARC. Move your policy to quarantine, then reject, so attackers cannot send mail that passes as your domain.
Watch new registrations. Lookalikes appear daily; the earlier you see one, the sooner you can act, ideally before the first email goes out.
Register the obvious typos and keyword variants you can afford to hold, and check which lookalikes are already registered by someone else.
Report fast. A live fake needs a request to the registrar and host, plus a report to browser safe-browsing lists and the public feeds shown above.
Tell your customers where you will and will not ask for logins, codes or payments.

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Questions about Wells Fargo phishing

How can I tell if a message from Wells Fargo is phishing?

Check the sender and link domain first. The sender domain is not the bank's real domain, or is the real name with extra words (secure, login, verify) added. The message creates urgency: your account will be closed, frozen or charged in the next few hours. The page asks for a one-time passcode, full card number, PIN or SSN, which a real bank never requests by link. When in doubt, do not use the link: type wellsfargo.com into your browser or open the official app.

How many Wells Fargo phishing sites has PhishPin found?

As of 1 Nov 2026, 1,165 hostnames referencing Wells Fargo appear in the phishing feeds PhishPin indexes (1,991 reported URLs). These are reported hostnames, not a count of sites that are online today; many are removed quickly and some matches are coincidental.

What do fake Wells Fargo domains look like?

In our data, the most common ending for reported hosts is .com. The brand is most often combined with the word "secure". 1,121 hosts put the brand name in a subdomain of an unrelated site. Always read the part of the address just before the first single slash: that is the real site. Real Wells Fargo addresses end in wellsfargo.com.

What should I do if I entered my details on a fake Wells Fargo page?

How do I report a fake Wells Fargo website or message?

Forward phishing emails to reportphishing@apwg.org, report scams at reportfraud.ftc.gov, and report the page to Google Safe Browsing. Also tell Wells Fargo through the contact options on its official website (wellsfargo.com).

Is it safe to visit the domains listed on this page?

No. They are shown defanged, with dots in brackets, so they cannot be clicked by accident. Do not type them into a browser. Listings are warnings from automated matching, and some are harmless coincidences.

How does PhishPin find lookalike domains of Wells Fargo?

We read the daily list of newly registered domains (1,050,000 domains over the last 15 days) and flag those that contain the brand name, differ by one character or swap look-alike characters. A match is a warning sign, not proof of abuse.

How can a company protect its own brand from lookalike domains like these?

Publish an enforced DMARC policy so nobody can send mail as your domain, monitor newly registered domains that resemble your name, register the obvious typo domains, and file takedown requests with the registrar, host and browser safe-browsing lists when a fake goes live. PhishPin's free brand audit checks the first three for your domain.

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