# PhishDestroy threat dossier — gfuel.finance ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-01 19:20:29 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/gfuel.finance/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: 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: gracie.ns.cloudflare.com, martin.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-21 Expires: 2027-06-21 Page title: GFUEL Creator Partner Program — Get Paid in Under 48 Hours ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-21 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 40a586492763a51efac8745a24f75788bd0c3e8e59727128af8bc86be2ee3aa8 ## 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: 2026-06-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-28 13:17:33 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-01 20:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-29 00:03:03 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f0df1-379d-710d-858b-84eea62a653f/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/gfuel.finance crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.gfuel.finance Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=gfuel.finance AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/gfuel.finance URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/gfuel.finance/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-28 18:05:53 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, gfuel.finance, is identified as an active phishing site designed to impersonate the GFUEL Creator Partner Program. Analysis indicates it poses a high-risk payment scam threat, luring victims with fraudulent claims of rapid payouts within 48 hours. The site is currently operational and has not been taken down by its operators. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on June 21, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. It resolves to the IP address 188.114.97.3 and is associated with an SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services. Security telemetry shows the domain appears on one blocklist and holds a Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100. VirusTotal detection data indicates 1 of 95 security vendors has flagged this domain as malicious, with the page title explicitly referencing the GFUEL Creator Partner Program. The domain remains active as of this report. Organizations and individuals are advised to block the domain and its resolving IP at the network perimeter. End users should be alerted to avoid interaction with the site, particularly those associated with content creation or affiliate programs. Monitoring for additional domains registered through the same registrar or resolving to the same IP is recommended for proactive threat mitigation. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 1/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71 TLS cert SHA-256: 40a586492763a51efac8745a24f75788bd0c3e8e59727128af8bc86be2ee3aa8 ## 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/gfuel.finance/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=gfuel.finance 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: 173,582 domains (13,385 alive under monitoring, 159,491 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io