PrizeHand affiliate fraud kit
PrizeHand is a prize and parcel lure kit that decodes its handoff host from the URL and forwards the visitor's details. We have matched it on 333 sites since 11 September.
PrizeHand in numbers
Since 11 September, the first PrizeHand match in our records, counted on 13 October 2026. How we count.
| Sites with PrizeHand code | 333 |
|---|---|
| Sites with a match in the last 30 days | 330 |
| New sites in October so far | 83 |
| Sites captured since 25 September | 317 |
A prize or parcel claim starts the handoff
PrizeHand impersonates retailers and parcel delivery services. A retained prize page announces an air-fryer winner, asks for delivery preferences and presents a discounted product offer. A parcel page shows a tracking form followed by a failed-delivery notice and a button to update the recipient's details.
The pages personalize those claims with details already in the link. The script reads e, fn and ln for the visitor's email, first name and last name, then fills matching elements on the page. Both lures use the same destination decoder and continue-link builder.
The destination travels in the link
The dd parameter carries the encoded handoff host. PrizeHand converts URL-safe Base64 to ordinary Base64, decodes it and XORs each byte with a secret value plus that byte's position. The result becomes the HTTPS address in the buyLink anchor.
The link forwards e, fn, ln, app_vl and z when they are present. A retained parcel page falls back to sendung[.]paket-tracker[.]info/campaign/, with tracking placeholders named p1 through p4. The script sets the continue button's destination when the page loads.
What we see
| Month | New sites |
|---|---|
| September | 250 |
| October so far | 83 |
Checking a PrizeHand page
Keep the original link with its query parameters and inspect the continue button's destination. Look for:
- prize, discounted-product or failed-delivery claims personalized from
e,fnandln - a
ddparameter decoded bydecryptDomain - a position-dependent XOR operation using
SECRET_KEY + i - an anchor with the id
buyLinkthat receives the decoded host - visitor details forwarded alongside
app_vlandz - a
/campaign/route with custom tracking placeholders
Remove the lure and its handoff configuration. Review hosting and deployment access and rotate those credentials.