# PhishDestroy threat dossier — emusk.club
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Fetched:   2026-06-29 09:18:22 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/emusk.club/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 72/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Fake Giveaway
Phishing kit: Giveaway Scam

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      167.86.67.26 (FR, Lauterbourg)
ASN:             ASAS51167 CONTABO Contabo GmbH, DE
Hosting org:     AS51167 Contabo GmbH
Registrar:       Dynadot Inc
Nameservers:     ns1.contaboserver.net, ns1.streetplug.me, ns2.contaboserver.net, ns2.streetplug.me
Registered:      2026-06-11
Expires:         2027-06-11
Page title:      Elon Musk — X Crypto Giveaway
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR1
Expires:    2026-09-11
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: d47a221ca30a9aead41507ee85db99e62041182cf3c9e77fb43e1b1a36ff4ca6

## 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: 2026-06-11 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-26 14:23:21 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-26 12:26:28 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-29 08:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-26 18:16:44 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/019f03e1-c6ca-7145-aa3c-8607573c1539/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/bff761c4-0dd1-4e15-8901-51747a52b85c
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/emusk.club
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.emusk.club
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=emusk.club
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/emusk.club
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/emusk.club/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-26 14:27:03 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain emusk.club has been identified as a source of generic phishing through brand impersonation, and it is currently active. The website impersonates Elon Musk and misleadingly claims to offer a crypto giveaway, potentially luring unsuspecting users into sharing sensitive information or making unauthorized transactions.

Analysis indicates that emusk.club was created on June 11, 2026, and currently resolves to the IP address 167.86.67.26. The domain is registered through Dynadot Inc and is secured with a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate. Despite its active status, the domain has not been flagged by any of the 95 vendors on VirusTotal, suggesting that it may be a relatively new or unreported threat. The lack of detection does not diminish the risk, as the website is designed to exploit the trust associated with the Elon Musk brand and the perceived legitimacy of a crypto giveaway.

The current status of emusk.club remains active, and users are advised to exercise extreme caution when encountering this domain. Recommendations include avoiding any interactions with the website, not following links or submitting personal information, and reporting the domain to relevant authorities or security platforms. Network administrators are encouraged to consider blocklisting this IP address to prevent potential exposure to the phishing threat.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260626-23BFE7
Favicon MD5:       93ecdb5115873bb4078c7cdce169cbbf
TLS cert SHA-256:      d47a221ca30a9aead41507ee85db99e62041182cf3c9e77fb43e1b1a36ff4ca6

## 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/emusk.club/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=emusk.club
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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