# PhishDestroy threat dossier — espresso.investments ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-21 20:37:08 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/espresso.investments/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 73/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Investment Scam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.176.95 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: indie.ns.cloudflare.com, trace.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-02-21 Expires: 2027-02-08 Page title: Espresso Foundation HTTP response: 200 ## 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: 2026-02-21 (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) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-02-11 05:56:10 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-06-21 20:20:35 UTC Neutralised: 2026-02-23 03:15:03 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019c4a9f-57fb-743b-8edd-19e7b1d5e06f/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/espresso.investments crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.espresso.investments Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=espresso.investments AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/espresso.investments URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/espresso.investments/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-19 05:34:48 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies espresso.investments as a medium-risk phishing domain associated with fraudulent activity under the guise of 'Espresso Foundation.' The domain was registered recently on February 21, 2026, and has been flagged by multiple security blocklists due to suspicious behavior indicative of credential harvesting or scam attempts targeting unsuspecting users. Technical analysis reveals that espresso.investments resolves to the IP address 172.67.176.95 and was registered through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited. VirusTotal reports 3 detections out of 95 security vendors, confirming a moderate level of concern. The domain’s presence on two security blocklists further corroborates its malicious intent, suggesting it was leveraged in phishing campaigns or other fraudulent schemes. Currently, espresso.investments is offline, mitigating immediate risk to users. PhishDestroy recommends maintaining vigilance and avoiding engagement with this domain or any communications referencing it. Users should ensure their security software is up to date and report any suspicious messages or sites resembling espresso.investments. Continuous monitoring of related domains is advised to preempt similar threats. ## 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/espresso.investments/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=espresso.investments 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: 167,442 domains (12,741 alive under monitoring, 154,383 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io