# PhishDestroy threat dossier — hop.exchange-connect-web-wallets.online
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Fetched:   2026-06-07 06:25:24 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/hop.exchange-connect-web-wallets.online/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: hop protocol (and: metamask)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Trustwave
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc
Registered:      2025-08-04
Expires:         2026-08-04
Page title:      Hop Protocol | Hop Exchange

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     WE1
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: 2025-08-04 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:19:54 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-06-02 17:20:40 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-10 20:00:05 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/0198762a-7206-7166-9a55-321e05056545/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/hop.exchange-connect-web-wallets.online
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.hop.exchange-connect-web-wallets.online
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=hop.exchange-connect-web-wallets.online
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/hop.exchange-connect-web-wallets.online
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/hop.exchange-connect-web-wallets.online/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-24 00:18:57 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies hop.exchange-connect-web-wallets.online as a crypto drainer domain posing risks to cryptocurrency users. The site falsely presents itself as related to Hop Protocol to lure victims.

This domain resolves to IP 188.114.96.3 and was registered recently on February 21, 2026. It appears on one security blocklist and is flagged by 2 out of 95 VirusTotal scanners, indicating some detection but limited coverage.

The domain remains active and should be avoided. Users are advised not to interact with this site or provide wallet credentials. Reporting to security platforms and blocking access is recommended to prevent asset loss.

## 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/hop.exchange-connect-web-wallets.online/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=hop.exchange-connect-web-wallets.online
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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