# PhishDestroy threat dossier — deluxefinanceinvestment.com.mercatorgenius.org ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-30 08:38:46 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/deluxefinanceinvestment.com.mercatorgenius.org/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 57/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Investment Scam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Gridinsoft Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 198.12.66.123 (US, Buffalo) ASN: ASAS36352 AS-COLOCROSSING, US Hosting org: AS36352 HostPapa Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Nameservers: ns1.host-forest.com, ns2.host-forest.com Registered: 2025-06-27 Expires: 2026-06-27 HTTP response: 530 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2025-06-27 (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: 2025-08-12 00:29:07 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-04-23 17:59:59 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-23 08:03:34 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/01989c52-f667-740a-b572-13172a07c279/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/deluxefinanceinvestment.com.mercatorgenius.org crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.deluxefinanceinvestment.com.mercatorgenius.org Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=deluxefinanceinvestment.com.mercatorgenius.org AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/deluxefinanceinvestment.com.mercatorgenius.org URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/deluxefinanceinvestment.com.mercatorgenius.org/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-24 00:14:45 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy has identified deluxefinanceinvestment.com.mercatorgenius.org as a generic phishing domain posing a low risk to users. The domain was created on June 27, 2025, and is designed to mimic legitimate finance-related websites to steal sensitive information. The domain resolves to IP address 198.12.66.123 and is registered through GoDaddy.com, LLC. VirusTotal analysis indicates that 2 out of 95 security vendors flagged the domain, and it appears on one security blocklist. These factors suggest limited but confirmed malicious activity associated with this infrastructure. Currently, the domain has been taken offline, mitigating immediate threats. Users are advised to avoid visiting or interacting with this domain or related URLs. Organizations should maintain updated blocklists and monitor for similar phishing attempts to prevent credential compromise or fraud. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon SHA-256: 7125afe1d7537c367bd11769e974318c676f36aa9a49ff2c4b1db901e0c039cc ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/deluxefinanceinvestment.com.mercatorgenius.org/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=deluxefinanceinvestment.com.mercatorgenius.org Appeal a flag: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%) Submit a report: https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io