# PhishDestroy threat dossier — amperagemep.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-04 20:59:29 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/amperagemep.com/

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

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

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      163.61.188.7 (US, Staten Island)
ASN:             AS153568 NEW DHAKA HARDWARE
Hosting org:     MIT
Registrar:       TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown
Nameservers:     dns1.lytehosting.com, dns2.lytehosting.com, dns3.lytehosting.com, dns4.lytehosting.com, ns1.cprapid.com, ns2.cprapid.com
Registered:      2025-10-31
Expires:         2026-10-31
Page title:      Amperage Limited | West Africa’s Certified MEP Distributor

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R12
Expires:    2026-07-31
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 808b432edfef3df4c9238cd34e6cfd41c22668a836137abf6c317da7033c2849

## 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: 2025-10-31 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-01 03:49:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-01 01:54:14 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-04 22:45:31 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-01 12:02:52 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f1b5c-b904-73ca-bafe-c161451b48b7/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/f5c7cd68-3bba-4629-83b2-706b2d59dcb2
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/amperagemep.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.amperagemep.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=amperagemep.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/amperagemep.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/amperagemep.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-01 05:06:26 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This domain presents a high risk level due to credential theft via brand impersonation. It replicates the legitimate Amperage Limited corporate identity to harvest authentication data from visitors in West Africa targeting MEP sector entities.

Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain amperagemep.com resolves to IP 163.61.188.7, was registered on October 31 2025 through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown, uses a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, and employs WordPress with MySQL PHP Bootstrap LiteSpeed Underscore.js Slider Revolution and Slick. VirusTotal reports 3/95 security vendors flagging the domain while it appears on 1 security blocklist and is blocked by PhishDestroy with status remaining active.

Mitigation requires immediate DNS and firewall blocking of amperagemep.com and 163.61.188.7, deployment of browser extensions enforcing real-time reputation checks against the single known blocklist, and user verification of all Amperage Limited login portals against official certificate transparency logs prior to credential submission. Organizations should monitor for similar subdomain registrations and conduct forensic review of any traffic logs showing connections to the identified IP address.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260701-E58869
Favicon MD5:       8109421fe75ab0f3260d7a2702782d49
TLS cert SHA-256:      808b432edfef3df4c9238cd34e6cfd41c22668a836137abf6c317da7033c2849

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