# PhishDestroy threat dossier — mercadopagol.xyz
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Fetched:   2026-07-21 07:32:20 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/mercadopagol.xyz/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 97/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.27.56 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Dynadot Inc
Nameservers:     indie.ns.cloudflare.com, rajeev.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-07-18
Expires:         2027-07-18
HTTP response:   402

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-10-16
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 0ac72414173ea7660e629a931d64c69568d32f6a31575992f4236bdba40a6d24

## 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: 2026-07-18 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-19 13:36:05 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-21 08:20:22 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-07-20 00:26:38 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/019f7a29-17dd-70ae-89ac-cc840863fe9d/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/mercadopagol.xyz
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.mercadopagol.xyz
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=mercadopagol.xyz
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/mercadopagol.xyz
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/mercadopagol.xyz/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-19 13:41:15 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

mercadopagol.xyz Fake Mercado Pago Payment Scam Alert

Analysis indicates that mercadopagol.xyz is an active phishing domain registered on July 18, 2026, through Dynadot Inc. Infrastructure reveals Cloudflare nameservers (indie.ns.cloudflare.com and rajeev.ns.cloudflare.com) and resolution to IP address 104.21.27.56. As of July 19, 2026, the domain appears on one security blocklist and is flagged by one of 91 security vendors on VirusTotal, suggesting detection of malicious activity. The domain name closely resembles Mercado Pago, a widely used online payment platform, though the exact content of the site has not yet been analyzed to confirm impersonation or specific attack vectors.  Defenders should note that the domain remains active and may be leveraged in credential harvesting or fraudulent payment redirection schemes. The use of Cloudflare infrastructure is consistent with threat actors attempting to obscure hosting origins and evade takedowns. While only a single vendor detection exists at this time, the rapid registration-to-deployment timeline (under 24 hours) aligns with common phishing campaign patterns. Organizations are advised to block the domain at the DNS or proxy level and monitor for related indicators of compromise, including the associated IP address. Further investigation into user interactions with this domain is recommended to assess potential exposure.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      0ac72414173ea7660e629a931d64c69568d32f6a31575992f4236bdba40a6d24

## 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/mercadopagol.xyz/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=mercadopagol.xyz
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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