# PhishDestroy threat dossier — cryptoswap.finance
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Fetched:   2026-06-06 21:45:23 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/cryptoswap.finance/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 88/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: WalletConnect
Wallet drainer: Wallet Connect Abuse

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/95 security vendors flagged this domain
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      76.76.21.98 (US, Walnut)
ASN:             ASAS16509 AMAZON-02, US
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registrar:       NameCheap, Inc.
Nameservers:     1
Registered:      2023-11-16
Expires:         2025-08-09
Page title:      CryptoSwap | Effortless, Decentralized Trading

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R13
Expires:    2026-05-27
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 7fc7b60a4613369bd9351be252368d31bbd2a857b8e15e7e14c27cb44487ae64

## 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: 2023-11-16 (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:    2025-08-09 15:25:31 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-02 17:20:40 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-05-15 12:01:07 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/01989014-9969-75d9-9d14-f16aae4a83da/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/cryptoswap.finance
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.cryptoswap.finance
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=cryptoswap.finance
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/cryptoswap.finance
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/cryptoswap.finance/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-05 06:10:42 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies cryptoswap.finance as a medium-risk crypto wallet drainer active since its domain registration on November 16, 2023. Classified under crypto drainer threats, this site targets users by abusing wallet connection protocols to illicitly access funds.

The domain is hosted at IP 76.76.21.98 and registered through NameCheap, Inc. It appears on three separate security blocklists, indicating prior detections of malicious activity. The attack technique involves a Wallet Connect Abuse drainer kit, a known method for tricking users into granting unauthorized access to their cryptocurrency wallets. The infrastructure and tactics signal a well-orchestrated attempt to compromise users through wallet interaction deception.

Currently, cryptoswap.finance remains active and poses a direct threat to users interacting with it. PhishDestroy recommends immediate avoidance of this domain and any wallet connection prompts originating from it. Users should maintain vigilance by confirming official sources when managing crypto assets and report suspicious domains to relevant security platforms to aid in containment.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      7fc7b60a4613369bd9351be252368d31bbd2a857b8e15e7e14c27cb44487ae64

## 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/cryptoswap.finance/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=cryptoswap.finance
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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