# PhishDestroy threat dossier — 118924-coinbase.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-26 07:12:04 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/118924-coinbase.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency Targeted brand: Coinbase (and: coinbase, google) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 19/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, ChainPatrol, Criminal IP, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Kaspersky, Lionic, Phishing Database, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot URLQuery: 100 detections AlienVault OTX: 18 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.80.1 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: amalia.ns.cloudflare.com, arvind.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2025-01-09 Expires: 2026-01-09 Page title: Coinbase - Sign In ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: CLOSED — no report required. This domain was neutralised before the abuse-report cycle could be dispatched — either the hosting provider / registrar suspended it on their own, the DNS went dead, or the operator abandoned the infrastructure. PhishDestroy keeps the evidence bundle on file for audit but no formal notice was sent. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2025-01-09 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2025-09-03 13:19:16 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-05-26 09:20:38 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-26 00:00:48 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/01991060-01eb-74ea-9f5a-6401fa81d1b3/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/118924-coinbase.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.118924-coinbase.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=118924-coinbase.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/118924-coinbase.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/118924-coinbase.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-18 23:57:36 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies 118924-coinbase.com as a high-risk brand impersonation domain targeting Coinbase users. The domain’s page title "Coinbase - Sign In" attempts to lure victims into providing sensitive login credentials by mimicking the legitimate Coinbase platform. Classified as a phishing threat, this domain exploits user trust in the Coinbase brand to facilitate credential theft. Technical indicators reveal that 118924-coinbase.com was registered recently on January 9, 2025, through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited, a registrar often linked with suspicious domains. The domain resolves to IP address 104.21.80.1 and is flagged by Google Safe Browsing for social engineering. It appears on multiple security blocklists and is referenced in 18 threat intelligence pulses reported by AlienVault OTX. Scamadviser assigns it a very low trust score of 1/100, underscoring its malicious intent. VirusTotal detection engines also identify this domain as suspicious, reinforcing its classification as a phishing site. Currently, 118924-coinbase.com is offline, indicating that takedown efforts have been successful or the operators abandoned the domain. Despite being inactive, the domain’s history and detection by multiple threat intelligence sources highlight the importance of vigilance. Users are strongly advised not to interact with this domain or provide any personal information. PhishDestroy recommends monitoring for similar variants and maintaining strong security hygiene to avoid credential compromise. ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- Composite score is NOT derived from VirusTotal alone. PhishDestroy aggregates: - VirusTotal positive ratio - Public blocklist consensus (MetaMask, ScamSniffer, OpenPhish, PhishTank, URLhaus, CryptoFirewall, SEAL, Polkadot, Enkrypt, Phishunt, DiscordPhishing, PhishingDB) - Cloaking detection (HTTP 666 or rendering delta between bot and real visitor) - DNS-filter consensus (Quad9, CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, AdGuard, Cloudflare, etc.) - AlienVault OTX pulses + Cloudflare Radar + Google Safe Browsing - URLScan / URLQuery verdicts - Brand-impersonation heuristics (DOM analysis of forms, logos, wording) - Known phishing-kit fingerprinting (favicon hash, JS obfuscation signatures) - Wallet-drainer family classification (Angel, MS, Rainbow, Pink, Inferno, ...) - Free-TLS vs paid-cert ratio (throwaway infrastructure signal) - Registrar/hosting abuse history (this registrar's track record) - Human researcher sign-off (volunteer takedown team) A domain present in our database is ALREADY flagged. A low VT count by itself does NOT mean the domain is safe — new scam domains routinely show 0/95 VT for their first 7–30 days while actively draining wallets. Always cross-reference the composite score and the individual indicators above, not just VT. ## CORRECTIONS / APPEALS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/118924-coinbase.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=118924-coinbase.com Appeal a flag: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%) Submit a report: https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 153,839 domains (38,093 alive under monitoring, 114,013 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io