# PhishDestroy threat dossier — 898a40.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-29 17:47:45 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/898a40.com/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 84/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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Registrar:       GoDaddy.com, LLC
Nameservers:     ["davina.ns.cloudflare.com", "hugh.ns.cloudflare.com"]
HTTP response:   200

## 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 13:00:04 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-29 16:20:32 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-19 22:00:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

898a40.com Safety Check — Phishing Detected

898a40.com is currently listed on a security blocklist and has been flagged by PhishDestroy as an active phishing infrastructure. The domain responds with HTTP 200, indicating that a web server is reachable. VirusTotal analysis shows that three of ninety‑one scanning engines have identified malicious activity associated with the domain, confirming its involvement in phishing campaigns. The presence on a blocklist and the detections by multiple security vendors provide concrete evidence that the domain is being used to host malicious content or to relay phishing traffic. No additional information about hosting provider, IP address, registration details, or page content is available in the supplied intelligence, so the full scope of the operation remains unclear. Defenders should add 898a40.com to deny‑list and URL filtering policies, monitor DNS queries for the domain, and ensure that any email or web gateway solutions reference the latest blocklists that include this indicator. Continuous re‑scanning with multi‑engine services is advised to capture any new detections as the campaign evolves.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       1383544cf5f52e3d01c248ebaaf4e391

## 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/898a40.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=898a40.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

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