# PhishDestroy threat dossier — mercusweb.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-26 16:42:49 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/mercusweb.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Crypto Casino / Gambling ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 8/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 172.67.138.141 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — Trustname / Fewmoretaps OU !!! Trustname (IANA #4318) is a shell company declaring EUR 120 annual revenue, 1 employee, negative equity, Belarusian ownership. Explicitly advertises itself as 'bulletproof' in its DNS TXT records. Primary source: https://phishdestroy.io/trustname-bulletproof-exposed Nameservers: daisy.ns.cloudflare.com, ed.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-08 Expires: 2027-06-08 Page title: Mercusweb | Decentralized Web3 Gambling Site with Provable Trust ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-06 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 6e8043561fc3dc24b489200ed7818e75e1ca2e8ba5c533807c471944163207f2 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-06-08 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-17 17:14:29 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-17 19:05:49 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-26 16:20:36 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-18 00:14:29 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ed624-8c54-74dd-806f-c8ec5dce88e2/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/4e02ba83-d7f0-4070-ae73-440d5a76b310 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/mercusweb.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.mercusweb.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=mercusweb.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/mercusweb.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/mercusweb.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 20:18:03 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, mercusweb.com, poses a brand impersonation threat targeting users of decentralized Web3 gambling platforms. Analysis indicates the site mimics legitimate crypto casino infrastructure, leveraging blockchain and provable trust narratives to deceive victims into depositing cryptocurrency or sharing wallet credentials. The page title, 'Mercusweb | Decentralized Web3 Gambling Site with Provable Trust,' directly aligns with common marketing tactics used by fraudulent gambling operations to establish false credibility. Given the elevated risk level, this domain likely facilitated financial fraud or credential harvesting under the guise of a legitimate service. Evidence supporting this assessment includes multiple technical indicators. The domain was registered on June 08, 2026, through Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com, a registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. VirusTotal reports 8 out of 95 security vendors flagging mercusweb.com as malicious, while it appears on one security blocklist. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain resolves to IP address 172.67.138.141, a Cloudflare-hosted endpoint, and employs tracking technologies such as Twitter Ads, Facebook Pixel, and Cloudflare Browser Insights, which are atypical for legitimate gambling platforms but common in coordinated fraud campaigns. Users who visited mercusweb.com should immediately revoke any wallet permissions granted to the site and monitor connected accounts for unauthorized transactions. If cryptocurrency was deposited, report the incident to relevant blockchain explorers and law enforcement with transaction hashes. Reset credentials for any accounts accessed while the domain was active, and scan local devices for malware using updated security tools. Given the domain's current offline status, further interaction is unlikely, but vigilance is advised for similar impersonation attempts using related infrastructure or branding. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260617-835CB6 Favicon MD5: 85832dd14b68f7c185518b9cae58dc90 TLS cert SHA-256: 6e8043561fc3dc24b489200ed7818e75e1ca2e8ba5c533807c471944163207f2 ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/mercusweb.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=mercusweb.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 170,546 domains (12,285 alive under monitoring, 157,877 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io