# PhishDestroy threat dossier — avax-trades.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-27 21:39:15 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/avax-trades.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 68/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: Avalanche

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Fortinet
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      107.172.61.186 (US, Buffalo)
ASN:             ASAS36352 AS-COLOCROSSING, US
Hosting org:     AS36352 HostPapa
Registrar:       GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com
Nameservers:     1
Registered:      2025-05-30
Expires:         2026-08-05
Page title:      Avax-trades || Home

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     GoDaddy.com, Inc. / Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2
Expires:    2026-08-28
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 3822c93e2d1351fbc80afe779e2da930cff3c590e1c0a2a70be79669b001ebd2

## 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: 2025-05-30 (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:    2025-08-05 16:39:51 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-12 22:45:00 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-03-16 00:05:52 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/01987bbf-31ac-703e-9bbe-7c9dbe8f8862/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/avax-trades.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.avax-trades.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=avax-trades.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/avax-trades.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/avax-trades.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-24 00:35:57 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies avax-trades.com as a domain engaged in brand impersonation targeting the Avalanche cryptocurrency ecosystem. The overall risk level for this domain is assessed as low due to its limited detection history and current offline status, reducing immediate threat potential to users.

Supporting evidence includes the domain's creation date of May 30, 2025, and its registration via GMO Internet Group, Inc. d/b/a Onamae.com. Despite appearing on one security blocklist and receiving a very low trust score from both Gridinsoft (0/100) and Scamadviser (1/100), only a single out of ninety-five security vendors flagged it on VirusTotal. The domain resolved to IP 107.172.61.186 and used a deceptive title, "Avax-trades || Home," designed to evoke association with the legitimate Avalanche brand.

Mitigation efforts are aided by the domain currently being taken offline, effectively neutralizing ongoing risk from this source. Users are advised to remain cautious with any new or suspicious domains mimicking established brands like Avalanche, especially those with poor trust scores and limited reputation history. Vigilance and reliance on official channels remain the best defense against brand impersonation schemes like avax-trades.com.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 1/95 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       942476b68de2cdb922a15270f3b665e6af7335cc9825344b2a8ddc55620ef367
TLS cert SHA-256:      3822c93e2d1351fbc80afe779e2da930cff3c590e1c0a2a70be79669b001ebd2

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