# PhishDestroy threat dossier — ethbo.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-31 20:23:00 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/ethbo.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Crypto Scam
Targeted brand: Ethereum

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, CyRadar, Seclookup
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      18.66.102.72 (DE, Mörfelden-Walldorf)
ASN:             ASAS16509 AMAZON-02, US
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      ETH Pledge

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Amazon RSA 2048 M03
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:24:39 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:24:39 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-31 20:21:08 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-22 08:40:19 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/01995fe6-4aa4-7740-9ff2-8eccd5916cb8/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/ethbo.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.ethbo.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=ethbo.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/ethbo.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/ethbo.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-23 12:09:59 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

ethbo.com Phishing Intelligence Report - PhishDestroy

The domain ethbo.com presented a page titled "ETH Pledge" and was identified as a cryptocurrency scam that impersonated the Ethereum brand. The threat posed by this site was the potential for financial theft, as it likely attempted to trick users into sending cryptocurrency under the false pretense of a pledge or investment scheme.

Technical analysis revealed that the site was flagged by 5 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors, with specific detections from ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, CyRadar, and Seclookup. It was also listed on 1 blocklist. The domain was registered on 2026-02-21, hosted on IP 18.66.102.72 (DE) under AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc., and used an Amazon RSA 2048 M03 SSL certificate. The DOM risk score was 63, while GridinSoft and ScamAdviser trust ratings were 0/100 and 56/100, respectively.

As of the latest check, the site is DOWN/OFFLINE, indicating it is no longer accessible. Based on the high DOM risk score and low trust ratings, the overall risk level is considered elevated, though the immediate threat is mitigated by the site's offline status.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 5/95 (narrative was written when count was lower)

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