# PhishDestroy threat dossier — arbitrum-etherfi.net
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Fetched:   2026-06-25 12:04:54 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/arbitrum-etherfi.net/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.85.217 (US, San Francisco)
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:     adam.ns.cloudflare.com, danica.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-05-06
Expires:         2027-05-06

## 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: 2026-05-06 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-24 23:00:13 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-06-25 12:40:18 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-25 03:04:03 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/019efb6e-22e0-740d-8063-2b5fd3deca27/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/arbitrum-etherfi.net
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.arbitrum-etherfi.net
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=arbitrum-etherfi.net
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/arbitrum-etherfi.net
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/arbitrum-etherfi.net/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-24 23:04:15 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This site, arbitrum-etherfi.net, impersonates the Arbitrum brand to pose a credential theft or wallet-draining threat. It attempts to deceive users into believing it is an official Arbitrum platform, likely harvesting login credentials, private keys, or seed phrases.

Technical evidence shows the domain has 4 detections out of 95 VirusTotal vendors, flagged by alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, and Gridinsoft. It appears on 3 blocklists. The domain is registered with NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, with an IP address of 104.21.85.217 in the United States, hosted on AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc.). It was created on 2026-05-06 and uses nameservers adam.ns.cloudflare.com and danica.ns.cloudflare.com.

The site is currently offline, reducing immediate risk, but remains a high threat due to its impersonation of a legitimate brand. Users should avoid any interaction with this domain.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       e7133ccf5173cf3430e997c7bd80a307

## 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/arbitrum-etherfi.net/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=arbitrum-etherfi.net
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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