# PhishDestroy threat dossier — flagtrusts.com
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Fetched:   2026-05-30 09:49:59 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/flagtrusts.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 81/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: banking
Targeted brand: apple (and: facebook, twitter)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      13/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Kaspersky, Lionic, Netcraft, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.245.14.131 (US, Buffalo)
ASN:             ASAS36352 AS-COLOCROSSING, US
Hosting org:     AS36352 HostPapa
Registrar:       Cosmotown, Inc.
Nameservers:     agni1.gfireservers.in, agni2.gfireservers.in
Registered:      2025-05-21
Expires:         2026-05-21
Page title:      Online Banking flag Trusts – Finance & Consulting Site Template.
HTTP response:   530

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
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: 2025-05-21 (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)
First reported:    2025-08-08 04:09:52 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-05-30 09:20:39 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-05-08 02:25:11 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/01988883-a428-73f8-9a83-310de1880d69/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/flagtrusts.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.flagtrusts.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=flagtrusts.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/flagtrusts.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/flagtrusts.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 01:32:37 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies flagtrusts.com as a high-risk domain involved in generic phishing activities. The domain was created recently, on May 21, 2025, and was used to impersonate an online banking and financial consulting site, aiming to deceive users into divulging sensitive information. Due to its malicious intent and potential harm, it has been assigned a high threat level.

Supporting evidence includes its registration through Cosmotown, Inc., a relatively unknown registrar often associated with suspicious domains. The domain appeared on one security blocklist and was flagged by 13 out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors, indicating a consensus among multiple threat detection engines about its malicious nature. The associated IP address is 172.245.14.131. Additionally, the Scamadviser trust score for flagtrusts.com is a critical 0 out of 100, reinforcing the domain’s untrustworthy status.

Currently, flagtrusts.com is offline, which mitigates immediate risk to users. To protect against similar threats, users are advised to avoid clicking on unsolicited links or entering personal data on suspicious financial websites. Organizations should maintain updated blocklists and employ domain reputation services to detect and prevent access to such phishing domains. Continuous monitoring and prompt takedown actions remain essential to reduce exposure to these high-risk threats.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       f9d845f9041751a6b6c66f5623b77de0684e0b69dd259f05d3f5bfd5c396e23c

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