# PhishDestroy threat dossier — hcdistrictclerk.lgbuf.vip
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Fetched:   2026-07-16 16:51:08 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/hcdistrictclerk.lgbuf.vip/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Credential Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      10/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: BitDefender, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar, Sophos, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     CloudFlare, Inc.
Registrar:       Namemart Limited
Nameservers:     ["novalee.ns.cloudflare.com", "viddy.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-06-12
Page title:      lgbuf.vip | 521: Web server is down
HTTP response:   521

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-08-21
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 9c1df3b0b84bc49ff7e03cd85d208e07a742462bd453e303d035ec2c7175c9fa
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - lgbuf.vip

## 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: 2026-06-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-12 22:30:23 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-15 06:37:38 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-16 16:20:47 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-18 00:23:39 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-13 00:20:49 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Analysis indicates that hcdistrictclerk.lgbuf.vip was registered on 12 June 2026 via Namemart Limited and is hosted behind Cloudflare infrastructure (IP 188.114.97.3, CA). The domain resolves to a server returning HTTP 521, and the page title returned is "lgbuf.vip | 521: Web server is down", suggesting the site is currently offline or deliberately returning an error page. Despite the inactive appearance, the domain is listed as active in threat feeds, flagged by PhishDestroy and appears on one public blocklist. Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0/100, and ten of ninety‑one VirusTotal scanners have flagged the domain, reinforcing a high‑risk classification. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services under the WE1 identifier, and the authoritative nameservers are novalee.ns.cloudflare.com and viddy.ns.cloudflare.com. The intelligence tags the activity as credential phishing, but no payload or landing‑page details have been captured, leaving the exact phishing vector and target audience unconfirmed. Defenders should immediately block any outbound or inbound traffic to 188.114.97.3 and add hcdistrictclerk.lgbuf.vip to URL filtering rules. Continuous monitoring of DNS queries for this FQDN is advised, and any related credential‑harvesting attempts should be investigated. Because the site currently returns a 521 error, threat actors may reactivate the infrastructure at any time; thus, alerts should be maintained for future resolution changes.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 10/91 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      9c1df3b0b84bc49ff7e03cd85d208e07a742462bd453e303d035ec2c7175c9fa

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/hcdistrictclerk.lgbuf.vip/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=hcdistrictclerk.lgbuf.vip
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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