# PhishDestroy threat dossier — api.powerups.club
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Fetched:   2026-04-22 02:54:56 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/api.powerups.club/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      14/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Cluster25, CyRadar, DNS8, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Kaspersky, Lionic, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      216.24.57.7 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS397273 RENDER - Render, US
Hosting org:     AS397273 Render
Registrar:       Gandi SAS
Nameservers:     ["ns-1993.awsdns-57.co.uk", "ns-156.awsdns-19.com", "ns-522.awsdns-01.net", "ns-1360.awsdns-42.org"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-04-17
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 3038cce423f2cc7a99cbcce128d939603eb38884d181bd7f9ec994e2150b2956

## 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:    2026-02-26 23:20:08 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-13 01:44:31 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/019ce61f-dc4c-745c-8532-c096d5b1caac/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/api.powerups.club
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.api.powerups.club
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=api.powerups.club
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/api.powerups.club
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/api.powerups.club/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 15:00:00 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies api.powerups.club as a high-risk delivery scam domain actively targeting users. This domain poses significant threats by attempting to defraud victims through fraudulent delivery schemes.

Evidence shows api.powerups.club was registered recently and is currently active. It appears on multiple security blocklists, with 14 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors flagging it for malicious behavior, indicating a well-documented threat infrastructure.

Users should exercise caution and avoid interactions with this domain. PhishDestroy recommends updating security measures and monitoring for suspicious activity, as the threat remains active and capable of causing harm.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      3038cce423f2cc7a99cbcce128d939603eb38884d181bd7f9ec994e2150b2956

## 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/api.powerups.club/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=api.powerups.club
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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