# PhishDestroy threat dossier — appeal.health
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Fetched:   2026-04-22 15:16:21 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/appeal.health/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 90/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation (ups)
Targeted brand: ups

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      8/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      34.111.179.208 (US, Kansas City)
ASN:             ASAS396982 GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM, US
Hosting org:     AS396982 Google LLC
Registrar:       GoDaddy.com, LLC
Nameservers:     ns37.domaincontrol.com, ns38.domaincontrol.com
Registered:      2025-03-28
Expires:         2026-03-28
Page title:      Appeal Health - AI-Powered Lab Appeals

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E7
Expires:    2026-05-23
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 5a7cc1be459d47cd28a5fc9bd0fe36d9e6cd1c02b6e2181ed5fd03f7b7f19986

## 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: 2025-03-28 (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:    2025-12-14 01:48:31 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-13 07:51:50 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-03-15 18:08:22 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/019b1a8b-317c-701f-bc4f-0e219c582dec/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/appeal.health
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.appeal.health
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=appeal.health
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/appeal.health
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/appeal.health/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 02:17:00 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies appeal.health as a brand impersonation domain targeting UPS, using the guise of AI-powered lab appeals to deceive users. Classified under medium risk, this domain was registered recently on March 28, 2025, through GoDaddy.com, LLC. The fraudulent intent is underscored by its attempt to leverage UPS’s trusted brand identity for malicious purposes.

Technical analysis reveals that appeal.health was flagged by 8 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal and appeared in one AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulse. It is listed on two security blocklists, indicating recognition by multiple threat detection systems. The domain resolves to the IP address 34.111.179.208, which may be part of the hosting infrastructure used for phishing operations. The Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100 further confirms its lack of credibility.

Currently, appeal.health is offline, which prevents ongoing exploitation but does not eliminate the risk to users who may have encountered it. PhishDestroy recommends continued monitoring of related domains and educating users about recognizing brand impersonation scams. Blocking the IP and associated infrastructure at enterprise levels is advisable to mitigate potential future threats linked to this campaign.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 8/95 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       c23919f0927004a1b7d3aebcc5200d5e
TLS cert SHA-256:      5a7cc1be459d47cd28a5fc9bd0fe36d9e6cd1c02b6e2181ed5fd03f7b7f19986

## 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/appeal.health/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=appeal.health
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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