# PhishDestroy threat dossier — grocernest.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-13 14:42:37 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/grocernest.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 82/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 176.123.0.55 (MD, Chisinau) ASN: AS200019 ALEXHOST SRL Hosting org: Alexhost SRL Registrar: COSMOTOWN, INC. Nameservers: ns3.alexhost.md, ns4.alexhost.md Registered: 2026-01-08 Expires: 2027-01-08 Page title: Sam's Club $500 Reward — Start Here HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / R13 Expires: 2026-07-19 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 5b9c0e43bb950d1ddfdb86621b71878d39faa31c6fe893247eda7d2abc6830ba Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - cart1st.com - clubsave24.com - perkbench.com - www.cart1st.com.depotsave.com - www.clubsave24.com.depotsave.com - www.grocernest.com.depotsave.com - www.perkbench.com.depotsave.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: 2026-01-08 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-12 17:38:11 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-12 19:04:45 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-13 16:20:40 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f56fa-04e6-75c2-9419-9c1372c46f4a/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/8621380e-387a-438f-9cda-065d77a72229 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/grocernest.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.grocernest.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=grocernest.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/grocernest.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/grocernest.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-12 18:40:39 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] The domain grocernest.com is currently classified as a high‑risk generic phishing site. It was created on 08 January 2026 and remains active as of 12 July 2026. The threat level assigned is high, and the domain is flagged as active in threat intelligence feeds. Registration data shows the domain was registered through COSMOTOWN, INC. The authoritative name servers are ns3.alexhost.md and ns4.alexhost.md. MX records consist of a single entry with priority 0 pointing to grocernest.com, indicating that the domain also handles its own mail traffic. DNS resolution points to the IPv4 address 176.123.0.55. The web service on grocernest.com returns HTTP status code 200 and does not present an SSL/TLS certificate, meaning traffic is unencrypted. The page title retrieved from the site is "Sam's Club $500 Reward — Start Here", which aligns with typical reward‑based phishing lures. VirusTotal analysis reports that 1 of 95 security vendors flagged the domain as malicious. No additional technical artifacts such as malware hashes, command‑and‑control endpoints, or compromised credentials have been publicly disclosed for this domain. The absence of an SSL certificate and the limited number of vendor detections leave some uncertainty regarding the full scope of the campaign, but the observed indicators are sufficient to confirm malicious intent. Defenders should block network connections to grocernest.com and its resolved IP address 176.123.0.55, enforce TLS inspection where possible, and monitor DNS queries for the associated name servers and MX record. Continuous re‑evaluation of VirusTotal and other threat feeds is advised to capture any escalation in detection rates. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260712-19108E Favicon MD5: afa462cb9e9e172cb53df01cf5bb8d60 TLS cert SHA-256: 5b9c0e43bb950d1ddfdb86621b71878d39faa31c6fe893247eda7d2abc6830ba ## 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 (operator 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/grocernest.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=grocernest.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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 178,163 domains (49,854 alive under monitoring, 128,309 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io