# PhishDestroy threat dossier — koinly.tax
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Fetched:   2026-06-25 20:31:47 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/koinly.tax/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: coinbase (and: curve, kraken, polygon, solana)
Wallet drainer: Wallet Connect Abuse

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      3/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: CRDF, G-Data, Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      35.157.26.135 (DE, Frankfurt am Main)
ASN:             ASAS16509 AMAZON-02, US
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registrar:       AMAZO-ZFRA (ASN: 16509)
Nameservers:     dns1.p05.nsone.net, dns2.p05.nsone.net, dns3.p05.nsone.net, dns4.p05.nsone.net
Page title:      Koinly: Free Crypto Tax Software

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
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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First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-10-02 14:00:03 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-25 20:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-05-14 06:09:43 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/0199a538-b511-739e-b2f5-ff573236d961/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/koinly.tax
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.koinly.tax
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=koinly.tax
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/koinly.tax
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/koinly.tax/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-24 10:38:51 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain koinly.tax, impersonating Coinbase, has a high threat score of 75/100 and is currently down. It has been flagged as malicious by 3 out of 95 security vendors, including CRDF, G-Data, and Gridinsoft, and is listed on 2 public blocklists. Google Safe Browsing has not flagged this domain, but it is associated with Wallet Connect abuse, indicating a potential crypto scam.

Registered with AMAZO-ZFRA, the domain's hosting IP is 35.157.26.135. It was first detected on 2025-10-02. The site's current status suggests it has been taken down, but the infrastructure details warrant further investigation.

Block this domain at the perimeter and submit a report to the registrar's abuse desk for further action.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       4e637a056fbfa3d4b2f1e93d20c02b8ca8b0b3f8c24dd2c55b3721e3db845792

## 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/koinly.tax/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=koinly.tax
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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