# PhishDestroy threat dossier — claim.ratex.network ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-11 14:29:25 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/claim.ratex.network/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 99/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: MetaMask ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.67.29 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: NameSilo, LLC !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NameSilo !!! NameSilo is a registrar documented by PhishDestroy as (1) publicly lying about received abuse reports, (2) shielding a $20M+ Monero-theft operation (xmrwallet.com) for 10 continuous years, and (3) retaliating against PhishDestroy by getting our X/Twitter account @Phish_Destroy banned after we published the evidence. Researchers/victims must ALWAYS CC compliance@icann.org on every abuse ticket — NameSilo has a track record of later claiming reports were never received. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/namesilo-killed-our-twitter https://phishdestroy.io/xmrwallet-namesilo-exposed Nameservers: ["kim.ns.cloudflare.com", "odin.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-05-05 Page title: Just a moment... ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-07-24 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 71cedf1d121d807e887013457367ce40757d85a6e84b6a6b72367182dab159a2 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - ratex.network ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: REPORTS FILED. Domain eventually taken down after 1 abuse notice(s). Reports filed: 1 independent abuse notifications First report: 2026-05-05 09:45:20 UTC Days since first notice: 6 (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/claim.ratex.network/#coordinated-suppression ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-05-05 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-05-05 09:45:44 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-05-05 06:45:20 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-05-09 07:40:06 UTC Neutralised: 2026-05-09 01:13:48 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019df6e1-dc4b-77cc-b979-c405d7354926/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/claim.ratex.network crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.claim.ratex.network Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=claim.ratex.network AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/claim.ratex.network URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/claim.ratex.network/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-05-05 09:46:09 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain claim.ratex.network is flagged as an active crypto-drainer under investigation, posing a high-risk threat to cryptocurrency users by draining wallet assets under the guise of a RateX claims process. This domain was flagged by 0 of 95 VirusTotal vendors, blocked by MetaMask and SEAL, and resolves to IP 104.21.67.29. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services. It has appeared on 2 security blocklists and remains active despite these warnings. No registrar or creation date details are provided in the current intelligence. Users must avoid interacting with claim.ratex.network and immediately block or report the domain if encountered. Disable wallet connections to unknown domains, verify URLs via official sources, and use security tools like MetaMask’s phishing detection or SEAL’s blocklists to prevent exposure. Remain vigilant for unsolicited claims or airdrop offers, as these are common lures for crypto-draining scams. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - WHOIS creation date: 2026-05-05 - VirusTotal detections: now 1/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-1777963516-claim.ratex.net Favicon MD5: 2e2f0ea789ea0dad6748ebd17c0806c6 TLS cert SHA-256: 71cedf1d121d807e887013457367ce40757d85a6e84b6a6b72367182dab159a2 ## 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/claim.ratex.network/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=claim.ratex.network 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: 148,214 domains (45,055 alive under monitoring, 102,878 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io