# PhishDestroy threat dossier — arbitragenest.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-22 02:41:10 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/arbitragenest.com/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 95/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Investment Scam

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Netcraft
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      185.93.220.48 (RO, Bucharest)
Hosting org:     AS395092 Shock Hosting LLC
Registrar:       PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com
Nameservers:     ns1.shockhosting.com, ns2.shockhosting.com
Registered:      2025-05-14
Expires:         2027-05-14
Page title:      Arbitrage Nest | Trading online with regulated Copy Trader
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR1
Expires:    2026-10-13
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 699cfbb3adaa6940fe834a58c0d0a033cda8b1a9ad9583fcb6b11af6f76dc3c0

## 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: 2025-05-14 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-21 22:55:54 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-21 20:57:21 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-22 04:20:18 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f8674-bed2-777a-927e-df7b5270ccb7/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/8e1dbac7-5768-4979-a17d-5936e689bd31
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/arbitragenest.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.arbitragenest.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=arbitragenest.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/arbitragenest.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/arbitragenest.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-21 22:56:07 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

arbitragenest.com: Investment Scam Site Confirmed

Analysis of arbitragenest.com indicates this domain is actively involved in investment-related fraudulent activity. Registered on May 14, 2025, through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com, the domain currently resolves to IP address 185.93.220.48 and is hosted on nameservers ns1.shockhosting.com and ns2.shockhosting.com. As of July 21, 2026, the site remains operational and has been flagged by one security blocklist, specifically PhishDestroy.

While VirusTotal scans from 95 vendors show no current detections, this absence does not confirm the domain's legitimacy or safety. The domain's infrastructure, including its hosting provider and nameservers, aligns with patterns observed in other confirmed phishing operations, though no specific phishing kit or targeted brand has been identified in available data. Defenders are advised to monitor network traffic for connections to 185.93.220.48 and consider blocking the domain at the DNS or proxy level.

Additional scrutiny of the domain's SSL certificate and HTTP headers may reveal further indicators of compromise. Given the domain's persistence and lack of widespread detection, security teams should treat this as a potential low-visibility threat vector until further evidence emerges.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260721-DFAD89
Favicon MD5:       b75d9c6a7debf98aa196e6c304d6466e
TLS cert SHA-256:      699cfbb3adaa6940fe834a58c0d0a033cda8b1a9ad9583fcb6b11af6f76dc3c0

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