# PhishDestroy threat dossier — crypto-founds.com
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Fetched:   2026-05-30 14:38:26 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/crypto-founds.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 70/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: Ethereum (and: tron)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, SOCRadar, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.203.227 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Ultahost, Inc.
Nameservers:     corey.ns.cloudflare.com, opal.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-02-25
Expires:         2026-02-25
Page title:      Crypto Founds - Cryptocurrency trading and invest platform

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     ZeroSSL / ZeroSSL RSA Domain Secure Site CA
Expires:    2026-05-27
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 202e52bd8cf83fe4e1775042b0216ddf7118efcc74016aeca1b5e0ede49cfd06

## 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: 2025-02-25 (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:    2025-11-10 01:07:36 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-05-30 17:20:41 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-03-15 12:08:28 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/019a6b4d-8b0f-768f-ac4d-9637591f319e/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/crypto-founds.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.crypto-founds.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=crypto-founds.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/crypto-founds.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/crypto-founds.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 05:33:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies crypto-founds.com as a medium-risk phishing site that impersonated the Ethereum brand to deceive users. Such scams aim to steal sensitive information by mimicking trusted crypto platforms.

This phishing site presented itself as a cryptocurrency trading and investment platform, misleading users into believing it was affiliated with Ethereum. It was registered recently and flagged by multiple security tools before being taken offline.

If you visited crypto-founds.com, avoid entering any personal or financial data. Monitor your accounts for suspicious activity and consider changing your passwords. Report any suspicious transactions to your financial institution immediately.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       d6acb46e36597eadd74d43df7e92a505
TLS cert SHA-256:      202e52bd8cf83fe4e1775042b0216ddf7118efcc74016aeca1b5e0ede49cfd06

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