# PhishDestroy threat dossier — merit-trustfb.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-23 14:48:39 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/merit-trustfb.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 6/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Netcraft, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 163.61.188.7 (US, Staten Island) ASN: AS153568 NEW DHAKA HARDWARE Hosting org: MIT Registrar: TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown Nameservers: ["dns1.lytehosting.com", "dns2.lytehosting.com", "dns3.lytehosting.com", "dns4.lytehosting.com"] Page title: Merit-Trust Financial Bank – Secured Online Bank for Everyone HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR2 Expires: 2026-09-17 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: d1369083cb8dfb0f735e91fadf9f4bb6f5245af1e0cea689d12a1d5e0daaf41e Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - mail.merit-trustfb.com - www.merit-trustfb.com ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- First detected: 2026-07-19 12:38:14 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-23 16:20:27 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-20 00:53:41 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Alert: Merit-Trust Financial Bank Domain Linked to High-Risk On July 19, 2026, the domain merit-trustfb.com was identified as a high-risk phishing domain. Analysis indicates that the domain is still active and has been flagged by 6 of 91 security vendors on VirusTotal. The domain has also appeared in 2 threat intelligence pulses on AlienVault OTX and is blocked by PhishDestroy. The page title for the domain is 'Merit-Trust Financial Bank – Secured Online Bank for Everyone', suggesting it may be masquerading as a legitimate financial institution. Infrastructure analysis reveals that the domain is registered through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown and resolves to the IP address 163.61.188.7, located in the United States (MIT). The domain is using a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, which is a common tactic among phishing sites to gain user trust. The MX records show a single entry with a priority of 0 and the host set to the domain itself, indicating a potential lack of established email infrastructure. Defenders should block this domain and monitor for any related activity. Given the current status and the security vendor flags, it is advisable to warn users about the potential risks associated with merit-trustfb.com and to avoid interacting with this domain. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: c88c34e6ba7adc11d80312abd3d000c5 TLS cert SHA-256: d1369083cb8dfb0f735e91fadf9f4bb6f5245af1e0cea689d12a1d5e0daaf41e ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/merit-trustfb.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=merit-trustfb.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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 188,898 domains (58,547 alive under monitoring, 128,729 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io