# PhishDestroy threat dossier — albemarle.meme
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Fetched:   2026-07-24 10:15:04 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/albemarle.meme/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      2.24.198.130 (US, Boston)
ASN:             AS47583 Hostinger International Limited
Hosting org:     Hostinger US
Registrar:       Porkbun LLC
Nameservers:     curitiba.ns.porkbun.com, fortaleza.ns.porkbun.com, maceio.ns.porkbun.com, salvador.ns.porkbun.com
Registered:      2026-07-04
Expires:         2027-07-04
Page title:      City of Albemarle, NC | Official Municipal Website

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YE1
Expires:    2026-10-02
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: a43145a9c626d9d79f338f02de9fb2d29d18b8de405ed6e79cde5fd4b5545a6c
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.albemarle.meme

## 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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Domain registered: 2026-07-04 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-22 12:42:12 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-22 10:46:48 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-24 08:20:21 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f896a-49ed-75c8-9018-d5e35acd66e4/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/5310cc5d-9a34-4ef5-a53a-3db069db5a54
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/albemarle.meme
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.albemarle.meme
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=albemarle.meme
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/albemarle.meme
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/albemarle.meme/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-22 12:42:28 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

albemarle.meme phishing site impersonates crypto wallets - high

Analysis of albemarle.meme indicates an active phishing domain targeting cryptocurrency users, registered on July 4, 2026, through Porkbun LLC. The domain currently resolves to IP address 2.24.198.130 and is flagged by three security blocklists, including PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL, suggesting it is being used in credential harvesting or wallet-draining operations. Two of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal have detected the domain as malicious, though the specific detection context remains limited. Nameservers are hosted under Porkbun (curitiba.ns.porkbun.com, fortaleza.ns.porkbun.com, maceio.ns.porkbun.com, salvador.ns.porkbun.com), which may aid in tracking related infrastructure.

No additional details on page content, SSL certificates, or hosting provider are available at this time. Defenders should treat this domain as high-risk and prioritize blocking it at the DNS or network level.

Further investigation into associated IP addresses and hosting patterns is recommended to identify linked phishing campaigns. The domain remains active as of July 22, 2026, with no signs of takedown or mitigation.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260722-2F547F
Favicon MD5:       405ba2e31a535ed9f7326035236d6361
TLS cert SHA-256:      a43145a9c626d9d79f338f02de9fb2d29d18b8de405ed6e79cde5fd4b5545a6c

## 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/albemarle.meme/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=albemarle.meme
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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