# PhishDestroy threat dossier — chaintax.org ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-29 02:12:20 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/chaintax.org/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 89/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: CRDF, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 198.187.31.49 (US, Phoenix) ASN: ASAS22612 NAMECHEAP-NET - Namecheap, Inc., US Hosting org: AS22612 Namecheap, Inc. Registrar: NAMECHEAP INC Nameservers: dns1.namecheaphosting.com, dns2.namecheaphosting.com Registered: 2026-07-03 Expires: 2027-07-03 Page title: ChainTax: Automatic Tax on Your Crypto Withdrawals HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Sectigo Limited / Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36 Expires: 2027-01-17 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 62d9e3d42ca264bcc5dc53472ae938c04c703430eaf9303be1a66bb193d4f5ba Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - www.chaintax.org ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-07-03 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-25 17:58:20 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-25 15:59:59 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-29 03:51:50 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f9a02-9c88-7780-91eb-1c4388d49f1a/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/3e62f802-9010-4194-8ac0-254112107136 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/chaintax.org crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.chaintax.org Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=chaintax.org AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/chaintax.org URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/chaintax.org/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-25 18:00:14 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] chaintax.org Fake ChainTax Service Alert Analysis of chaintax.org as of July 25, 2026 indicates that the domain was registered on July 03, 2026 through Namecheap Inc. The authoritative name servers are dns1.namecheaphosting.com and dns2.namecheaphosting.com, and the domain resolves to the IPv4 address 198.187.31.49. The site presents the page title “ChainTax: Automatic Tax on Your Crypto Withdrawals,” suggesting it is positioned as a service that claims to levy taxes on cryptocurrency withdrawals. No additional metadata such as SSL certificate details, HTTP response codes, or content snapshots are currently available for public analysis. The domain appears on a single security blocklist and has been flagged by the PhishDestroy blocklist, indicating that at least one security vendor has classified it as malicious. VirusTotal records show that the domain was scanned by 91 vendors, with none reporting a detection at the time of the scan; this absence of detections does not constitute a validation of safety. No listings were observed on Google Safe Browsing, Open Threat Exchange, or other reputation feeds in the available data set. Given the recent registration date, the use of a generic hosting provider, and the presence on a blocklist, the infrastructure is consistent with a newly deployed phishing or scam operation. Defenders should consider adding chaintax.org to network‑level deny lists, monitoring DNS queries for the associated IP address, and reviewing any outbound traffic that may contact the domain. Further investigation, including retrieval of the HTTP payload and verification of TLS certificates, is recommended to confirm the malicious intent and to support any incident response actions. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260725-FF4FE8 Favicon MD5: f31ad7721115c082c4479c817685a583 TLS cert SHA-256: 62d9e3d42ca264bcc5dc53472ae938c04c703430eaf9303be1a66bb193d4f5ba ## 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 (operator 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/chaintax.org/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=chaintax.org 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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 208,204 domains (82,861 alive under monitoring, 124,312 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io