# PhishDestroy threat dossier — app-merkl.com
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Fetched:   2026-05-26 10:05:28 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/app-merkl.com/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Wallet drainer: Angel Drainer

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      13/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, Ermes, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Gridinsoft, Lionic, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE
Public blocklists: listed on 6 independent blocklists
Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.133.248 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!!
NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with
illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources:
  https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real
  https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict

Nameservers:     kristin.ns.cloudflare.com, vern.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-11-27
Page title:      Your rewards are waiting!
HTTP response:   403

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-04-25
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: ff2011cfcb519094e4f6179cfcb8ad412df0e44404b328bbddaebd6c62721090

## 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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Domain registered: 2025-11-27 (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)
First reported:    2025-12-03 13:14:07 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-05-26 09:20:38 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019ae458-e219-7399-a79d-543f0bd114eb/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/app-merkl.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.app-merkl.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=app-merkl.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/app-merkl.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/app-merkl.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 01:29:34 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies app-merkl.com as a dangerous crypto drainer domain that tricks users into losing digital assets. This site is flagged as a social engineering threat and appears on multiple blocklists.

The phishing campaign uses a fake rewards page titled 'Your rewards are waiting!' to lure victims. It employs the Angel Drainer kit to steal cryptocurrency wallets by prompting users to connect or authorize transactions.

If you visited app-merkl.com, immediately disconnect any connected wallets and monitor your accounts closely. Avoid entering any sensitive data and report suspicious activity to your wallet provider to prevent potential theft.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      ff2011cfcb519094e4f6179cfcb8ad412df0e44404b328bbddaebd6c62721090

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