# PhishDestroy threat dossier — ethfee.live
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Fetched:   2026-04-28 15:13:16 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/ethfee.live/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Ethereum

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      14/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, Netcraft, Sophos, Webroot

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     CloudFlare, Inc.
Registrar:       NameSilo, LLC

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NameSilo !!!
NameSilo is a registrar documented by PhishDestroy as (1) publicly lying about
received abuse reports, (2) shielding a $20M+ Monero-theft operation (xmrwallet.com)
for 10 continuous years, and (3) retaliating against PhishDestroy by getting our
X/Twitter account @Phish_Destroy banned after we published the evidence.
Researchers/victims must ALWAYS CC compliance@icann.org on every abuse ticket —
NameSilo has a track record of later claiming reports were never received.
Primary sources:
  https://phishdestroy.io/namesilo-killed-our-twitter
  https://phishdestroy.io/xmrwallet-namesilo-exposed

Nameservers:     andronicus.ns.cloudflare.com, april.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-04-27
Expires:         2027-01-03
Page title:      Just a moment...
HTTP response:   530

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E8
Expires:    2026-07-14
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: ee82cd457a85ec167d91a327c4bcb721a518d364e573bc9ba301147ae377394f

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-04-27 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-27 05:09:35 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-04-27 02:11:06 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-28 13:07:24 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019dccb1-bffb-750d-8895-be434cdf64e6/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/d3a833f0-5bd2-4547-af6d-70601b284734
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/ethfee.live
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.ethfee.live
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=ethfee.live
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/ethfee.live
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/ethfee.live/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-04-27 05:10:05 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies ethfee.live as an active crypto drainer posing as a legitimate Ethereum fee payment service. The domain leverages urgency around transaction fees to trick users into connecting wallets and signing malicious transactions, resulting in fund theft. This threat is classified as an active crypto drainer with high-risk potential due to its luring mechanism targeting cryptocurrency users.

This domain was flagged during routine threat analysis with the following indicators: created on January 03, 2026, hosted on IP 188.114.96.3, registered via NameSilo, LLC, and secured by a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate. As of now, VirusTotal reports 0 detections out of 95 scanners, and it does not appear on any major blocklists or threat intelligence feeds. The domain's youth and lack of detections suggest it may be newly operational or using evasion tactics, increasing the risk of undetected compromise.

To mitigate exposure to ethfee.live, users should avoid interacting with the site entirely—do not click links, open attachments, or enter credentials. If you suspect exposure, review wallet permissions in your wallet settings and revoke any connections to unknown or suspicious domains. Use hardware wallets or transaction simulation tools to verify payment requests before signing. Report the domain to your security vendor or platforms like VirusTotal for further analysis. Monitor accounts for unauthorized transactions and enable multi-factor authentication wherever possible.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260427-E7B900
Favicon MD5:       4cf95b027b0e6dfef57cd3c17629099f
TLS cert SHA-256:      ee82cd457a85ec167d91a327c4bcb721a518d364e573bc9ba301147ae377394f

## 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/ethfee.live/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=ethfee.live
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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