# PhishDestroy threat dossier — darknetmarketstats.com
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Fetched:   2026-05-20 01:01:20 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/darknetmarketstats.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 40/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/95 security vendors flagged this domain

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     CloudFlare, Inc.
Registrar:       TUCOWS.COM, CO.
Nameservers:     aryanna.ns.cloudflare.com, javon.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2024-11-22
Page title:      darknetmarketstats.com | 520: Web server is returning an unknown error

## 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: 2024-11-22 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-05-19 22:40:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-05-19 19:41:13 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-05-20 02:03:25 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-05-19 23:10:24 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/019e41bf-65d6-7112-8ebd-7fb0b508f2e6/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/a19d5e16-8a7a-47d9-9043-85ef1f8d240b
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/darknetmarketstats.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.darknetmarketstats.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=darknetmarketstats.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/darknetmarketstats.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/darknetmarketstats.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-05-19 22:41:40 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies darknetmarketstats.com as an active generic phishing domain posing as a darknet market statistics tracker. The site is currently under investigation but remains accessible and operational as of today. No specific brand impersonation has been confirmed beyond the generic darknet market theme.  darknetmarketstats.com was registered on November 22, 2024 through TUCOWS.COM, CO. The domain resolves to IP address 188.114.97.3 and holds an SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services. Despite zero detections on VirusTotal (0/95 vendors), the domain’s recent creation date and suspicious thematic focus warrant caution. The absence of network blocklist entries and low trust scores suggest a newly deployed threat infrastructure.  Users are advised to avoid interacting with darknetmarketstats.com and to report the domain to their security teams or browser vendors. Organizations should monitor outbound connections to IP 188.114.97.3 and inspect internal DNS logs for resolution attempts. Security solutions should flag this domain based on behavioral analysis and domain age heuristics until further threat intelligence emerges.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260519-961D87
Favicon MD5:       4997321cda96795f5ed5c7f22e01b42e

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