# PhishDestroy threat dossier — fargopitan.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-01 02:28:35 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/fargopitan.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- STATUS STALE — last probed 17 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified Composite threat score: 80/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation (mastercard) Targeted brand: mastercard ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 3/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Netcraft, Trustwave URLQuery: 100 detections 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: Global Domain Group LLC Nameservers: ns1.host-forest.com, ns2.host-forest.com Registered: 2025-05-16 Expires: 2026-05-16 Page title: Home | Mobile Banking, Credit Cards, Mortgages, Auto Loan ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / R12 Expires: 2026-02-14 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: a9e968bc81bb53d8876d62fdf5ed1ef5ad00469b45bad8ee0ec4b8f24459c3ef Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - tesllasttock.com - www.fargopitan.com.everstakebot.com - www.tesllasttock.com.everstakebot.com ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2025-05-16 (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 00:32:56 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-04-13 09:45:42 UTC (STALE — 17 days ago, re-verify) Flagged dead: 2026-02-24 03:00:17 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 17 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed) Current status: UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 17 days stale) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/01989c56-70bf-70a8-91f3-9106c3915d79/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/fargopitan.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.fargopitan.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=fargopitan.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/fargopitan.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/fargopitan.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-19 05:35:08 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies fargopitan.com as a medium-risk phishing domain impersonating Mastercard. The website misleadingly presented itself with a page titled 'Home | Mobile Banking, Credit Cards, Mortgages, Auto Loan' to lure victims into trusting it. This deceptive branding aligns with attempts to harvest sensitive financial information from unsuspecting users. The domain was registered recently on May 16, 2025, through Global Domain Group LLC and resolved to IP address 198.12.66.123. Despite its brief lifespan, fargopitan.com received a low trust score of 0/100 from Gridinsoft and was flagged on one security blocklist. VirusTotal detected suspicious activity from 3 out of 95 security vendors, reinforcing the domain’s malicious intent. Currently, fargopitan.com is offline and no longer active, mitigating immediate risk. However, users should remain vigilant and avoid any interactions with similar suspicious domains. It is recommended to verify URLs carefully when accessing financial services online and report suspected phishing sites promptly to safeguard personal and financial data. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 3/95 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon SHA-256: 78678f87731e95b03b8aa54ae93c5e7ac9069be4d843fc919619b1d49773a230 TLS cert SHA-256: a9e968bc81bb53d8876d62fdf5ed1ef5ad00469b45bad8ee0ec4b8f24459c3ef ## 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/fargopitan.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=fargopitan.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io