# PhishDestroy threat dossier — amznsale.shop
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Fetched:   2026-07-22 03:41:00 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/amznsale.shop/

## VERDICT
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HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed
Composite threat score: 73/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/91 security vendors flagged this domain
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      185.66.141.42 (NL, Amsterdam)
ASN:             AS200514 KnownSRV Ltd.
Hosting org:     KnownSRV Ltd.
Registrar:       Turingsign Inc.
Nameservers:     ["ns15.knownsrv.com", "ns16.knownsrv.com"]
Page title:      Spring Sale - Get Your $500 Gift Card
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R13
Expires:    2026-08-22
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: afe2dcc7834aa637ef9c6fdeea25546397d06d900317f9861aada716e0adf77d
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - amznsale.com
  - amznsale.com.curdeals.com
  - amznsale.shop.curdeals.com
  - www.amznsale.com.curdeals.com
  - www.amznsale.shop.curdeals.com

## 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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First detected:    2026-07-12 17:37:58 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-22 04:20:22 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f56fa-0520-761d-8cfa-c38d05a03b6c/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/amznsale.shop
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.amznsale.shop
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=amznsale.shop
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/amznsale.shop
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/amznsale.shop/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-13 00:15:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Is amznsale.shop a Fake Amazon Gift Card Scam Site?

Analysis of the domain amznsale.shop indicates it is currently active and under investigation for phishing activity targeting users with a fraudulent gift card offer. The site resolves to the IP address 185.66.141.42, hosted in the Netherlands under KnownSRV Ltd., with nameservers ns15.knownsrv.com and ns16.knownsrv.com. The page title, 'Spring Sale - Get Your $500 Gift Card,' suggests an attempt to impersonate a retail promotion, though the exact brand or legitimacy of the offer cannot be confirmed without further content analysis.  Infrastructure review shows the domain is flagged on one security blocklist and is actively blocked by at least one detection system. The site returns an HTTP 200 status, confirming it is operational as of July 12, 2026. No detections were reported by the 91 vendors that scanned the domain, though this does not confirm safety. The SSL certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt, a common practice among both legitimate and malicious sites.  Defenders should treat this domain as high-risk until further analysis confirms its intent. Network-level blocking or monitoring of connections to 185.66.141.42 is recommended, particularly for environments where retail or gift card scams pose a risk. Users encountering this domain should avoid interaction, as the offer is likely fraudulent. Additional investigation is required to determine if this domain is part of a larger campaign or linked to known threat actors.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      afe2dcc7834aa637ef9c6fdeea25546397d06d900317f9861aada716e0adf77d

## 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/amznsale.shop/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=amznsale.shop
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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