# PhishDestroy threat dossier — coinbasegenie.online
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Fetched:   2026-06-07 00:27:02 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/coinbasegenie.online/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 79/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: Coinbase

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      11/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, BitDefender, CRDF, ChainPatrol, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Lionic, Seclookup, Sophos, alphaMountain.ai
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      198.18.2.3 (US, Tampa)
ASN:             ASAS16509 AMAZON-02, US
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registrar:       Dynadot LLC
Nameservers:     ns1.dyna-ns.net, ns2.dyna-ns.net
Registered:      2025-11-20
Expires:         2026-11-20
Page title:      coinbasegenie.online
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R13
Expires:    2026-04-22
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 27802f4fbee8af13b21196af988c1479ca05ad3a4c31f1f226b73028f8b6419e
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.coinbasegenie.online

## 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: 2025-11-20 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-11-21 13:39:09 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-02 17:20:40 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-06 15:26:26 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/019aa6a2-fe44-72fb-acf2-beaa7fff3c65/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/coinbasegenie.online
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.coinbasegenie.online
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=coinbasegenie.online
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/coinbasegenie.online
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/coinbasegenie.online/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 02:57:18 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies coinbasegenie.online as an active phishing domain impersonating the well-known cryptocurrency platform Coinbase. The domain was registered recently on November 20, 2025, through DYNADOT LLC, raising immediate concerns due to its association with brand impersonation and fraudulent intent.

Technical analysis reveals that coinbasegenie.online resolves to IP address 198.18.2.3 and is flagged by 11 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal. Furthermore, it appears on three distinct security blocklists, reinforcing its malicious classification. The page title matches the domain name, suggesting a direct attempt to deceive users into believing it is an official Coinbase service.

Currently, the domain remains active and poses a high risk to unsuspecting users. PhishDestroy recommends immediate caution and avoidance of any interaction with this site. Users are urged to report any suspicious communication referencing this domain and to verify official Coinbase URLs before entering personal or financial information.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       5a0687ea8c9aa404a7724490f046e30023ec6b5aa81d01ae4f225889a64174f6
TLS cert SHA-256:      27802f4fbee8af13b21196af988c1479ca05ad3a4c31f1f226b73028f8b6419e

## 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/coinbasegenie.online/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=coinbasegenie.online
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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