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merchtd[.]cc

“Merch Trading | CFD Trading — Trading on Stocks, Gold, Oil, Indices”

Threat verdict Critical 98/100 evidence score
Availability Unverified Current reachability is unverified
Risk signals
VirusTotal detections: 10/91
OTX: 4 refs Jul 27, 2026
Evidence Summary
CRITICAL
Ref
5C4F2BBA
Score
98/100

PhishDestroy first observed merchtd.cc on Jul 27, 2026. The captured page title is “Merch Trading | CFD Trading — Trading on Stocks, Gold, Oil, Indices”. Current evidence score: 98/100 (critical).

One source contains a positive finding: VirusTotal. VirusTotal recorded 10 detections among 91 engines: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Netcraft, SOCRadar on Aug 14, 2026 at 04:55 UTC. Non-positive and contextual checks: AlienVault OTX listed 4 community pulse references (not vendor detections) on Aug 14, 2026 at 04:57 UTC. The separate external-blocklist snapshot contained no matches on Aug 14, 2026 at 06:20 UTC. Google Safe Browsing returned no flag on Aug 14, 2026 at 04:56 UTC.

The collector marked the hostname reachable on Aug 13, 2026 at 01:00 UTC, but did not retain the HTTP response code. Registration records for the domain list NameCheap, Inc. as the registrar. At collection time, the hostname resolved to 198.54.121.227 on AS22612 (Namecheap, Inc.). The recorded endpoint location is Chicago, US. The evidence archive retains 1 visual capture from Cloudflare Radar. TLS metadata lists Sectigo Limited as the certificate issuer with validity through Dec 2, 2026; checked Aug 13, 2026 at 07:02 UTC.

Stored content provides classification context, but only one source contains a positive finding. The stored fields do not identify an impersonated brand or victim interaction.

VirusTotal
VirusTotal
10 det.
OTX references
4 community refs
TLS Certificate
Sectigo Limited
Observed status
Unverified
PhishDestroy
DestroyList
Listed
Data coverage VirusTotal 10 / 91 URLQuery not checked PhishStats not checked OTX 4 community references CF Radar scan completed URLScan capture not submitted URLScan verdict verdict unavailable DNS blocks not checked TLS valid certificate, 110d WHOIS not parsed Screenshot stored capture Redirect chain not probed

Threat Response Pipeline

Discovery
Checks
Reports
Availability
10/12

Public Blocklist Status

Stored Capture

Page Title
Merch Trading | CFD Trading — Trading on Stocks, Gold, Oil, Indices
TLS Certificate
Valid transport encryption · Issued by Sectigo Limited · valid for 110 days

Domain Intelligence

Domain
Server / ASN AS22612 Namecheap, Inc.
IP Reputation abuse score 0/100 0 reports checked Aug 13, 2026
Registrar NameCheap US(US)
ICANN RegistryOfficial ICANN accredited-registrars →
WHOIS LookupICANN RDAP for merchtd.cc →
IP Address 198.54.121.227 US
GeoUS Chicago, US
NetworkAS22612 · Namecheap, Inc.
Reverse IPviewdns.info → rapiddns.io →
Technical detailsDNS, SSL SANs, timestamps
First DetectedJul 27, 2026
Nameserversdns2.namecheaphosting.com
MX Records5 mx1-hosting.jellyfish.systems 10 mx2-hosting.jellyfish.systems 20 mx3-hosting.jellyfish.systems
TLS Fingerprint
TLS Observationvalid from May 18, 2026scanned Aug 13, 2026
TLS SAN Domainswww.merchtd.cc
Favicon Hash
Technologies · 8 identified
PHP
Programming languages

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php.net 100% confidence
YouTube
Video players

YouTube is a video sharing service where users can create their own profile, upload videos, watch, like and comment on other videos.

www.youtube.com 100% confidence
Tailwind CSS
UI frameworks

Tailwind is a utility-first CSS framework.

tailwindcss.com 100% confidence
LiteSpeed
Web servers

LiteSpeed is a high-scalability web server.

litespeedtech.com 100% confidence
Alpine.js
JavaScript frameworks

JavaScript / web framework used to build the site.

github.com 75% confidence
Unpkg
CDN

Unpkg is a content delivery network for everything on npm.

unpkg.com 100% confidence
jQuery CDN
CDN

jQuery CDN is a way to include jQuery in your website without actually downloading and keeping it your website's folder.

code.jquery.com 100% confidence
jQuery
JavaScript libraries

jQuery is a JavaScript library which is a free, open-source software designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax.

jquery.com 100% confidence
Detected via Cloudflare Radar · Wappalyzer engine
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VirusTotal Analysis

10 / 91 security vendors flagged this domain
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Last analyzed First positive detection Previous stored snapshot: 10 detections
alphaMountain.ai
BitDefender
CRDF
ESET
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker
Fortinet
G-Data
Gridinsoft
Netcraft
SOCRadar
Site Performance Analysis

Google PageSpeed Insights — mobile performance audit of merchtd.cc · checked Aug 13, 2026

16
Poor
Performance
FCP
4.21s
First Contentful Paint
LCP
25.07s
Largest Contentful Paint
CLS
0.693
Cumulative Layout Shift
TBT
827ms
Total Blocking Time
SI
8.79s
Speed Index
Powered by Google PageSpeed Insights · Mobile strategy · Scores: 90-100 Good 50-89 Needs Work 0-49 Poor
Site Configuration Analysis
Stored observations are retained with their original collection time.
robots.txt Present · HTTP 200
Valid robots.txt; no Disallow/Allow paths were extracted.
Observed 2026-08-14 08:50:06 UTC · site-file probe

Evidence & External Reports

Security Analysis
VirusTotal 10 det. ChainPatrol ChainAbuse 2 reports URLQuery Open lookup Gridinsoft SSL Labs Stored TLS valid CF Radar Open report OTX 4 refs WOT ScamAdviser Blacklist Checker URLVoid Sucuri SiteCheck MDN Observatory
Third-Party Detection — ChainAbuse
2 reports filed for merchtd.cc · category: Other Investment Scam · source checked
Flagged by Intelligence for Good on Jul 22, 2026 — automated submission, not a user testimony. Source: ChainAbuse (TRM Labs).
OSINT & Intelligence
Web-Check Full scan SOCRadar Dark web report LeakIX Leak search Shodan Censys ThreatFox Hudson Rock Sign-in search IntelX crt.sh Certs WHOIS Wayback
DNS & Network
nslookup.io DNS bgp.tools ASN/Route
SEO & Domain
SpyFu Moz DA/PA Ahrefs Backlinks Deep Analysis

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