# PhishDestroy threat dossier — claims-etherex.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-25 14:32:00 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/claims-etherex.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 84/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: wallet_connect_phish
Targeted brand: discord (and: metamask, twitter)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: CRDF, Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.67.207 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Web Commerce Communications Limited
Nameservers:     ["isla.ns.cloudflare.com", "vern.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Dashboard - Etherex Exchange
HTTP response:   403

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-06-06
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: dcebfd3efadad33f8643783cf7b7e43b87b3f36176cae297ff21b2b2a3a9eb41

## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:19:50 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-23 20:20:14 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/01993d30-7070-706c-9aac-16cc9d541d6c/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/claims-etherex.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.claims-etherex.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=claims-etherex.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/claims-etherex.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/claims-etherex.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 05:56:23 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy has classified claims-etherex.com as a low-risk crypto drainer domain. Its primary threat involved attempting to siphon cryptocurrency by masquerading as a legitimate exchange platform. Although the risk level is assessed as low, users should remain cautious given the nature of crypto-related scams.

This domain was registered on February 21, 2026, and resolved to IP address 104.21.67.207. It used the page title "Dashboard - Etherex Exchange" to create a convincing facade for victims. Despite being flagged by only 2 out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors and appearing on 3 blocklists, the domain’s Gridinsoft trust score was a critical 0/100, indicating very low reliability. The domain was registered via Web Commerce Communications Limited.

Currently, claims-etherex.com is offline, eliminating immediate risk to users. To mitigate potential harm, users should avoid interacting with similar suspicious domains, ensure their crypto wallets are secure, and monitor for phishing attempts. PhishDestroy continues to monitor such threats to protect the crypto community.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 2/93 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      dcebfd3efadad33f8643783cf7b7e43b87b3f36176cae297ff21b2b2a3a9eb41

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