# PhishDestroy threat dossier — mellstroyhot.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-25 02:17:40 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/mellstroyhot.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 44/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/94 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Ermes, Fortinet, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      185.66.141.141 (NL, Amsterdam)
ASN:             AS200514 KnownSRV Ltd.
Hosting org:     KnownSRV Ltd.
Registrar:       NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!!
NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with
illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources:
  https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real
  https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict

Nameservers:     ["eugene.ns.cloudflare.com", "faye.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-03-27

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R13
Expires:    2026-05-10
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 34992d8f50eb8a45f9f20711db2387839903d7c6f90a593c0312032893461a7c
Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator):
  - www.mellstroyhot.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: 2026-03-27 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-03-27 22:30:12 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-03-28 01:25:30 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-23 01:16:43 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-23 00:16:26 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/019d30ee-1d72-7247-adbe-fd07c8e2ef2b/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/3cd8813f-4157-4660-adbe-ff35a702c548
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/mellstroyhot.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.mellstroyhot.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=mellstroyhot.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/mellstroyhot.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/mellstroyhot.com/

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260328-A23EE4
Favicon MD5:       13fd15e317e4e7e202bc6e73ca9d5856
TLS cert SHA-256:      34992d8f50eb8a45f9f20711db2387839903d7c6f90a593c0312032893461a7c

## 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/mellstroyhot.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=mellstroyhot.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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