# PhishDestroy threat dossier — goated.stakingsrewards.club
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Fetched:   2026-05-16 06:03:26 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/goated.stakingsrewards.club/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: email
Targeted brand: gmail (and: google)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      15/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, ChainPatrol, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Kaspersky, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      142.250.190.228 (US, New York City)
ASN:             ASAS15169 GOOGLE, US
Hosting org:     AS15169 Google LLC
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Google

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     WR2
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 23:23:24 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-05-07 01:40:18 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-22 08:39:37 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/019ba89a-f5a6-72fb-a7b5-0d57660128c1/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/goated.stakingsrewards.club
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.goated.stakingsrewards.club
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=goated.stakingsrewards.club
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/goated.stakingsrewards.club
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/goated.stakingsrewards.club/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 14:55:50 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies goated.stakingsrewards.club as a high-risk generic phishing domain. Classified under phishing threats, it targets users with deceptive tactics to steal sensitive information.

Technical analysis reveals that the domain was created on February 21, 2026, and has been reported by 15 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal. It is registered through a defunct registrar and appears on two separate security blocklists, indicating a suspicious infrastructure commonly associated with fraudulent sites.

Currently, goated.stakingsrewards.club is offline, mitigating immediate risk. Users are advised to avoid any interaction with this domain and ensure their devices use up-to-date security measures. PhishDestroy recommends maintaining vigilance against similar domains to prevent exposure to phishing attacks.

## 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/goated.stakingsrewards.club/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=goated.stakingsrewards.club
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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