# PhishDestroy threat dossier — citytradeglobal.com
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Fetched:   2026-05-01 01:14:22 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/citytradeglobal.com/

## VERDICT
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STATUS STALE — last probed 18 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified
Composite threat score: 58/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/93 security vendors flagged this domain
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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ASN:             ASAS153568 NEWDHAKAHARDWARE-AS-AP NEW DHAKA HARDWARE, BD
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      City Trades Global

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     R11
Status:     INVALID chain

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:24:15 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-12 19:51:04 UTC (STALE — 18 days ago, re-verify)
Flagged dead:      2026-03-04 23:42:40 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 18 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed)
Current status:    UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 18 days stale)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/01988603-255d-755a-847e-fb45eb2e1a46/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/citytradeglobal.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.citytradeglobal.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=citytradeglobal.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/citytradeglobal.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/citytradeglobal.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-24 01:10:40 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy has identified citytradeglobal.com as a domain associated with generic phishing activity. The site, titled "City Trades Global," was designed to deceive users, potentially aiming to harvest sensitive credentials or personal information. Despite limited current detection by security vendors, the domain exhibits suspicious characteristics warranting caution.

The domain was registered recently on February 21, 2026, and appeared on one security blocklist. VirusTotal scans show 0 out of 95 detections, indicating it has not yet been flagged by major antivirus or security platforms. The infrastructure details suggest a newly created domain with minimal reputation data, commonly used in short-term phishing campaigns to evade detection.

As of now, citytradeglobal.com has been taken offline, temporarily mitigating the immediate risk. Users are advised to remain vigilant for any phishing attempts referencing this domain or similar names. Reporting suspicious emails or messages and avoiding engagement with unknown links or requests for credentials remain critical preventive measures.

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