# PhishDestroy threat dossier — americanxpresses.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-19 03:19:47 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/americanxpresses.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 21/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Certego, Cluster25, Ermes, ESET, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safe Browsing, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, Lionic, Netcraft, OpenPhish, SOCRadar, Sophos, URLQuery, VIPRE, Webroot URLQuery: 3 detections AlienVault OTX: 3 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 92.205.27.200 (FR, Strasbourg) Hosting org: AS21499 Host Europe GmbH Registrar: UnstoppableUS3 LLC Nameservers: ns1.unstoppabledomains.com, ns2.unstoppabledomains.com Registered: 2026-07-16 Expires: 2027-07-16 Page title: Log In to My Account | American Express US HTTP response: 302 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR1 Expires: 2026-10-14 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: d6e23de53539684a36d6eb5dded682cf57d72c9c9646b2086fa645246c27dd0f Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - mail.americanxpresses.com ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-07-16 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-18 19:09:46 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-18 17:10:59 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-19 04:20:25 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f7632-f481-7616-80b3-e17f5c032df6/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/8c30c5fd-e04e-4fab-80c2-b849d2b9f02e Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/americanxpresses.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.americanxpresses.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=americanxpresses.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/americanxpresses.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/americanxpresses.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-18 19:20:40 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] americanxpresses.com — American Express Phishing Domain Alert This domain, americanxpresses.com, is flagged as an active phishing threat targeting American Express users, based on its naming pattern and confirmed security vendor classifications. Registered on July 16, 2026, through UnstoppableUS3 LLC, the domain resolves to IP address 92.205.27.200 and uses nameservers ns1.unstoppabledomains.com and ns2.unstoppabledomains.com. Analysis indicates a high-risk classification due to detection by 21 of 91 security vendors and inclusion in Google Safe Browsing’s SOCIAL_ENGINEERING category. The domain appears in one threat intelligence pulse on AlienVault OTX, reinforcing its association with malicious activity. Defenders should note the recent registration date and the use of a domain registrar commonly linked to phishing infrastructure. While the exact content of the site has not been analyzed, the combination of technical indicators and vendor detections strongly suggests it is actively used for credential harvesting or fraudulent transactions. Immediate blocking of the domain and its resolving IP is recommended, along with monitoring for related subdomains or redirects. Further investigation into the hosting provider and associated network infrastructure may reveal additional compromised assets or threat actor patterns. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260718-DA9816 TLS cert SHA-256: d6e23de53539684a36d6eb5dded682cf57d72c9c9646b2086fa645246c27dd0f ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/americanxpresses.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=americanxpresses.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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 180,257 domains (51,270 alive under monitoring, 127,206 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io