# PhishDestroy threat dossier — arcas.bet
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Fetched:   2026-06-21 23:29:53 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/arcas.bet/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      6/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.135.44 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Arcas: Elon Musk’s Official Crypto Casino Powered by Blockchain

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     WE1
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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 23:22:53 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:22:53 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-22 00:20:33 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-21 22:03:44 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/019bbd80-6863-7165-bb58-e29e083ea22c/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/arcas.bet
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.arcas.bet
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=arcas.bet
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/arcas.bet
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/arcas.bet/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 17:56:52 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies arcas.bet as a site that poses a brand impersonation threat, specifically targeting the sei brand, which can lead to financial loss and identity theft for unsuspecting users. 

This domain was flagged due to several risk indicators, including being created on February 21, 2026, and having 6 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flag it as malicious, which suggests a potentially high-risk environment for users, and it resolves to the IP address 172.67.135.44, with a WE1 SSL certificate. 

If a user visited arcas.bet, they should immediately monitor their financial accounts for any suspicious activity, as this site has been taken offline but may have already caused harm, and they should also be cautious of similar brand impersonation attempts in the future, keeping in mind that arcas.bet appeared on 1 security blocklist and was known to impersonate the sei brand, with a page title claiming to be Elon Musk's official crypto casino

## 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/arcas.bet/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=arcas.bet
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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