# PhishDestroy threat dossier — bot-captcha.co
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Fetched:   2026-05-01 22:24:02 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/bot-captcha.co/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 64/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Generic Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/94 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.221.90 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com
Nameservers:     kinsley.ns.cloudflare.com, trey.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-04-04
HTTP response:   530

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
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: 2026-04-04 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-05 00:00:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-24 07:40:10 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-05 10:27:21 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/019d5a4a-6b54-74f7-8364-4fada5b46b59/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/bot-captcha.co
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.bot-captcha.co
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=bot-captcha.co
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/bot-captcha.co
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/bot-captcha.co/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-04-05 00:02:23 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy domain safety report for bot-captcha.co

PhishDestroy identifies bot-captcha.co as an ACTIVE captcha phishing domain currently under investigation. The domain is designed to mimic legitimate captcha services to harvest user credentials or deliver malware. No specific brand impersonation has been confirmed at this stage; however, the threat remains high due to active deployment.

This domain was flagged by 0 of 95 VirusTotal vendors, indicating it remains undetected by current antivirus engines. The domain resolves to IP 172.67.221.90, was registered through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com on April 03, 2026, and operates under a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate. As of this report, no known blocklists include this domain, and no trust or reputation scores are available due to its recent creation.

The current status of bot-captcha.co is ACTIVE and under investigation. Users are strongly advised to avoid clicking or interacting with this domain. Enterprises should implement network-level blocking for IP 172.67.221.90 and the domain itself. Security teams are encouraged to monitor for lateral movement if any users have already engaged with this domain. Immediate reporting to PhishDestroy via the unique seed ae078d is recommended for further analysis.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 1/94 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## 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/bot-captcha.co/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=bot-captcha.co
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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