# PhishDestroy threat dossier — api-payments.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-02 09:18:36 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/api-payments.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Generic Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 2001:df0:27b:3::5:40bc (ID, Jakarta) ASN: ASAS58487 CRI-AS-AP - CV. Rumahweb Indonesia, ID Hosting org: AS58487 CV. Rumahweb Indonesia Registrar: CV. Rumahweb Indonesia Nameservers: ns1.rumahweb.com, ns2.rumahweb.com, ns3.rumahweb.net, ns4.rumahweb.net Registered: 2025-10-11 Expires: 2026-10-11 Page title: Selamat, website api-payments.com telah aktif! ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / R12 Expires: 2026-08-14 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: e0425c6c1b440645a5505cbd4ce0a79e07906c01bb214c9c16bf3e41e79017ac Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - autodiscover.api-payments.com - cpanel.api-payments.com - cpcalendars.api-payments.com - cpcontacts.api-payments.com - ipv6.api-payments.com - mail.api-payments.com - webdisk.api-payments.com - webmail.api-payments.com - www.api-payments.com ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2025-10-11 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-07 01:37:32 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-06 23:36:41 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-02 08:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-14 00:57:12 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019e9f48-2bbd-732a-8b86-2001c4fbdcb1/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/2efdb293-233e-492e-b32d-ebcc34f4921d Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/api-payments.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.api-payments.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=api-payments.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/api-payments.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/api-payments.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 18:21:50 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, api-payments.com, is confirmed as an active fake payment gateway phishing site designed to harvest financial credentials and payment details. Analysis indicates the site mimics legitimate payment processing portals, likely targeting users of banking or e-commerce platforms. The page title, 'Selamat, website api-payments.com telah aktif!', suggests a localized campaign, possibly aimed at Indonesian-speaking users, though the threat may extend globally. No specific brand impersonation has been identified, but the infrastructure aligns with generic payment fraud schemes. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on October 11, 2025, through CV. Rumahweb Indonesia, a registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. It resolves to the IP address 202.10.43.133, hosted within AS58487 (CV. Rumahweb Indonesia), located in Indonesia. Detection rates are low but notable: the domain is flagged by 1 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, indicating early-stage detection or evasion techniques. It appears on 3 security blocklists, including PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL, which classify it as malicious. The SSL certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt (R12), a common tactic to lend superficial legitimacy to phishing sites. Current status confirms the domain remains active, posing an ongoing risk to users who may encounter it through phishing emails, malicious advertisements, or compromised websites. The low detection rate suggests the campaign is either new or employs evasion techniques to avoid widespread flagging. Organizations and individuals are advised to block the domain and its resolving IP at the network level. End-users should avoid interacting with any payment prompts or login forms hosted on this domain. Security teams are recommended to monitor for related infrastructure, such as subdomains or newly registered domains under the same registrar, and update detection rules to include this domain and its associated indicators. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260606-8809F5 Favicon MD5: b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71 TLS cert SHA-256: e0425c6c1b440645a5505cbd4ce0a79e07906c01bb214c9c16bf3e41e79017ac ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/api-payments.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=api-payments.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 173,583 domains (14,589 alive under monitoring, 158,288 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io