# PhishDestroy threat dossier — aml-shield.app
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Fetched:   2026-06-26 22:14:30 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/aml-shield.app/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 91/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: AML Scam

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      8/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Ermes, G-Data, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar, Sophos
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      107.189.16.56 (NL, Zaandam)
ASN:             ASAS14956 RouterHosting LLC
Hosting org:     AS14956 RouterHosting LLC
Registrar:       Dynadot LLC
Nameservers:     ["ns1.dyna-ns.net", "ns2.dyna-ns.net"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      AMLBot - Comprehensive Crypto Compliance Solution | Free AML Crypto Check

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E8
Expires:    2026-06-10
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 02c5e71acb2a173ea6b189da72dd33f386450dfa0c379add4615aa75ebd56b0b
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - aml-def.app
  - api.aml-def.app
  - api.aml-def.one

## 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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Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Earliest abuse rec: 2026-02-20 16:58:16 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name
Last verified:     2026-06-26 20:20:34 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-03-15 12:08:55 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means
the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered
by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution
research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands.

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019c7bfa-abda-70fa-bb7e-dc7f22752075/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/9ba89a7f-7df6-442e-b572-b0fc8f46ecdf
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/aml-shield.app
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.aml-shield.app
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=aml-shield.app
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/aml-shield.app
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/aml-shield.app/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-23 22:05:39 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain aml-shield.app is currently down, having presented itself as an AML scam operation. This site was designed to defraud users under the guise of anti-money laundering services.

Eight out of 95 security vendors, including Sophos, G-Data, Gridinsoft, and SOCRadar, detected aml-shield.app as malicious. It appears on 3 public blocklists, but Google Safe Browsing has not flagged it.

Dynadot LLC registered the domain on 2026-02-21. It resolved to IP 107.189.16.56 and was first seen on 2026-02-20.

Block aml-shield.app at the network perimeter.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260220-93B5EB
Favicon SHA-256:       f61d79e3c727c92844032c3195165d6afd89f971b5633849b5521eaf9ba83abc
TLS cert SHA-256:      02c5e71acb2a173ea6b189da72dd33f386450dfa0c379add4615aa75ebd56b0b

## 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 (volunteer 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/aml-shield.app/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=aml-shield.app
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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