# PhishDestroy threat dossier — accountverify.co.za
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Fetched:   2026-07-21 10:33:26 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/accountverify.co.za/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 94/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Credential Phishing

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

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      98.91.9.77 (US, Ashburn)
ASN:             AS14618 Amazon.com, Inc.
Hosting org:     AWS EC2 (us-east-1)
Page title:      404 Not Found
HTTP response:   404

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YE1
Expires:    2026-10-06
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 36441e3ee6f807d33fbec58b22bbbe7ee67588936aae034e61c8d9a61cd49bb4
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - accountservicescenter.au
  - accountservicescenter.co.za
  - accountservicescenter.net
  - accountservicescenter.nz
  - accountverify.au
  - accountverify.nz
  - banque-online.com
  - biiing.net
  - companylogin.au
  - companylogin.co.za
  - companylogin.nz
  - companypolicy.com.au
  - f1nancier.com
  - gohelpdesk.co.uk
  - hellpdesk.net
  ... +18 more

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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First detected:    2026-07-19 13:29:35 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-21 12:20:24 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-20 00:26:25 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-19 13:45:49 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

accountverify.co.za Fake Account Verification Alert

Analysis of accountverify.co.za indicates active credential phishing infrastructure as of July 19, 2026. The domain is listed on a single security blocklist and has been explicitly blocked by the PhishDestroy mitigation service, confirming that it is recognized as malicious by at least one defensive platform. HTTP responses from the site return a 301 redirect, a behavior commonly used to funnel victims to a final malicious landing page while obscuring the original URL. VirusTotal scans show that 3 of 95 participating security vendors have flagged the domain, providing independent corroboration of its malicious nature. The available intelligence does not disclose the specific brand or service being spoofed, nor does it reveal the underlying phishing kit or hosting details. Consequently, the precise victim profile and payload delivery mechanisms remain uncertain. Defenders should immediately add accountverify.co.za to URL filtering and DNS blocklists, ensure that any inbound or outbound traffic to the domain is denied, and monitor for related C2 indicators that may emerge in network logs. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, as additional detections or vendor classifications could surface as the campaign evolves.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      36441e3ee6f807d33fbec58b22bbbe7ee67588936aae034e61c8d9a61cd49bb4

## 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/accountverify.co.za/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=accountverify.co.za
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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