# PhishDestroy threat dossier — 23122.tax
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Fetched:   2026-07-22 21:35:24 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/23122.tax/

## VERDICT
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ACTIVE THREAT — multiple warning signs
Composite threat score: 59/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      13/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Kaspersky, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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Registrar:       Dynadot Inc
Nameservers:     ["ns7.alidns.com", "ns8.alidns.com"]

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-07-19 12:59:51 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-22 20:20:25 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-19 22:57:54 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

23122.tax Fake Tax Refund Scam Alert

Analysis of the domain 23122.tax indicates it is actively serving a high-risk phishing operation targeting tax-related financial fraud. As of July 19, 2026, the domain returns an HTTP 200 status, confirming it is live and accessible. It appears on one security blocklist and is flagged by 13 of 91 security vendors on VirusTotal, suggesting broad recognition as malicious infrastructure. The domain's naming convention (numeric sequence followed by '.tax') aligns with patterns observed in tax refund or IRS impersonation scams, though no specific brand or agency impersonation has been confirmed in available metadata. The exact content hosted on the site remains unanalyzed, but the combination of a tax-related TLD, active hosting, and detection by security vendors supports classification as a generic phishing threat. Defenders should treat this domain as malicious and prioritize blocking or monitoring traffic to it. No registration or creation dates were provided, limiting temporal analysis of the domain's lifecycle. Further investigation into associated IP addresses, SSL certificates, or hosting providers may reveal additional infrastructure links.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       54eea7228c26f3b871f3a231225bec95

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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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 (operator 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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/23122.tax/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=23122.tax
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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