# PhishDestroy threat dossier — circle-rewards.us
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Fetched:   2026-06-06 21:26:58 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/circle-rewards.us/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3
Registrar:       Cloudflare, Inc.
Nameservers:     george.ns.cloudflare.com, itzel.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-05-25
Page title:      Claim Your $750 Gift Card
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-08-21
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 7c257848462ca01c868a9cc45321add5ce999239d6061ee91e8cff723e2f1eee

## 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: 2026-05-25 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-05-26 05:30:09 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-06-06 23:08:56 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-06 17:30:03 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/019e5e9d-066a-716c-8d63-e097dc340707/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/circle-rewards.us
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.circle-rewards.us
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=circle-rewards.us
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/circle-rewards.us
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/circle-rewards.us/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-06 23:08:56 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Threat Overview
This domain, circle-rewards.us, is a live phishing/scam operation actively serving traffic. It impersonates the MetaMask brand.

Risk Indicators
- This domain has a high threat score of 83 out of 100.
- 3 public blocklists list this domain.
- 1 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flagged this domain as malicious.
- The domain creation date is 2026-05-25, indicating a future registration date.

Technical Details
- Registrar: Cloudflare, Inc.
- Hosting IP: 188.114.96.3
- VirusTotal: 1 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flagged this domain as malicious (domain scan, not IP)
- Creation Date: 2026-05-25

Recommendations
- Block and report this domain immediately via your threat-intel platform
- Educate users about phishing attempts impersonating cryptocurrency brands
- Implement robust email and web filtering to prevent access to this domain

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       bb08ad7f54e933a36e09a5ce8a163f3d
TLS cert SHA-256:      7c257848462ca01c868a9cc45321add5ce999239d6061ee91e8cff723e2f1eee

## 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/circle-rewards.us/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=circle-rewards.us
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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