# PhishDestroy threat dossier — begomex.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-25 15:46:46 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/begomex.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency Targeted brand: MEXC Phishing kit: Gambler Scam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 18/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Certego, CRDF, CyRadar, Ermes, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, Trustwave, VIPRE URLQuery: 100 detections AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: MAT BAO CORPORATION Nameservers: collins.ns.cloudflare.com, konnor.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2025-11-23 Expires: 2026-11-23 Page title: Begomex: Most Popular Online Crypto Casino Based on Blockchain ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: REPORTS FILED. Domain eventually taken down after 2 abuse notice(s). Reports filed: 2 independent abuse notifications First report: 2026-01-28 07:40:39 UTC Latest report: 2026-02-08 18:17:51 UTC Days since first notice: 148 (eventually taken down) Methodology: follow-up reports are sent ONLY when a victim re-submitted a re-report via our public form, our monitoring detected the domain resurfacing in SEO/feeds, OR our live-checker confirmed the domain is still technically active and fraudulent. Each report contains: VT verdict, URLScan snapshot, WHOIS, SSL metadata, IP/hosting chain, impersonated-brand evidence, drainer/kit classification, screenshots, and a cryptographic hash of the forensic PDF. ICANN RAA Sec. 3.18 applies. Per-report timeline: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/begomex.com/#coordinated-suppression ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2025-11-23 (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: 2026-01-28 07:40:40 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-25 16:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-05-12 00:07:23 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019b6e2d-c035-7005-8850-25df3567758d/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/begomex.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.begomex.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=begomex.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/begomex.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/begomex.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-24 06:04:14 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain begomex.com is a fraudulent cryptocurrency scam site, with a page title claiming to be the "Most Popular Online Crypto Casino Based on Blockchain." It impersonates the brand MEXC and is categorized under a "Gambler Scam" kit. The threat posed is that users may be deceived into depositing cryptocurrency on a fake platform, leading to financial loss. Technical analysis shows the site was created on 2025-11-23, registered with MAT BAO CORPORATION, and hosted on IP 188.114.97.3 (US, AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.). VirusTotal reports 18/95 detections, with flags from alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Certego, CRDF, and CyRadar. The site has no SSL certificate and uses nameservers collins.ns.cloudflare.com and konnor.ns.cloudflare.com. The site is currently DOWN/OFFLINE. GridinSoft trust score is 1/100 and ScamAdviser trust score is 1/100, indicating a very high risk level. Users should avoid any interaction with this domain. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-1769585977-begomex.com Favicon SHA-256: c164e1ea36438d14fea9b88996d154275a4c92fd80bfa082c7e00a343f241147 ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/begomex.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=begomex.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 169,968 domains (16,056 alive under monitoring, 153,570 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io