# PhishDestroy threat dossier — kelpdao.com-chain-v3.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-22 19:22:24 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/kelpdao.com-chain-v3.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 93/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      9/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: AlphaSOC, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, Fortinet, G-Data, Lionic, Seclookup, Sophos
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      2606:4700:3030::6815:48f7 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Web Commerce Communications Limited
Nameservers:     ["dane.ns.cloudflare.com", "kami.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      com-chain-v3.com | 521: Web server is down

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-04-28
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: c8e3fdda472b360b87a6fc455ed62651239afecf470852bac963e8324f74a0b6
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - com-chain-v3.com

## 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 23:24:12 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-12 19:51:07 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/01982730-c62b-701b-bf7e-c267bf5dee03/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/kelpdao.com-chain-v3.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.kelpdao.com-chain-v3.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=kelpdao.com-chain-v3.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/kelpdao.com-chain-v3.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/kelpdao.com-chain-v3.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 02:13:03 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy has identified kelpdao.com-chain-v3.com as a generic phishing domain designed to deceive users and capture confidential information. The domain was registered recently on February 21, 2026, indicating a potentially short-lived operation aimed at quick exploitation.

Technical analysis reveals that the domain was flagged by 9 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal and appeared on two security blocklists. It resolved to the IPv6 address 2606:4700:3030::6815:48f7 and was registered through Web Commerce Communications Limited. The page title referenced a server error (521: Web server is down), suggesting that the infrastructure was either unstable or intentionally taken down.

Currently, kelpdao.com-chain-v3.com is offline and no longer serving malicious content. This status reduces immediate risk, but given its previous detection and blocklisting, users and organizations should remain vigilant against potential new variants or related phishing campaigns emerging from similar setups.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      c8e3fdda472b360b87a6fc455ed62651239afecf470852bac963e8324f74a0b6

## 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/kelpdao.com-chain-v3.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=kelpdao.com-chain-v3.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

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