# PhishDestroy threat dossier — merittipfxonline.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-27 17:28:40 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/merittipfxonline.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed Composite threat score: 63/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 7/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Netcraft AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 145.79.20.4 (FR, Paris) ASN: AS47583 Hostinger International Limited Hosting org: Hostinger Registrar: Global Domain Group LLC Nameservers: aster.dns-parking.com, helios.dns-parking.com Registered: 2025-08-16 Expires: 2026-08-16 Page title: WELCOME | Merittipfx - Shaping your life financially | BTC HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YR1 Expires: 2026-08-31 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 3aa8192435bd73a817ac378af97cb519315fd8736a012668f00f7a9beceee615 Subject Alternative Names (related infrastructure — often same operator): - www.merittipfxonline.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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2025-08-16 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 10:32:03 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-27 11:43:57 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-27 18:21:36 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa2b6-c0f6-73fc-ac79-31737d276d1c/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/a13e12ea-383c-4d65-a814-e6ac11dc4dc5 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/merittipfxonline.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.merittipfxonline.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=merittipfxonline.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/merittipfxonline.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/merittipfxonline.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 10:32:23 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] merittipfxonline.com — Phishing Investigation Report The domain merittipfxonline.com was registered on 16 August 2025 through Global Domain Group LLC and is currently resolving to the IPv4 address 145.79.20.4. Authoritative name servers for the zone are aster.dns-parking.com and helios.dns-parking.com, both typical of parking‑service providers. The domain appears on a single public security blocklist and has been actively blocked by the PhishDestroy sink‑hole, indicating that at least one anti‑phishing feed has classified it as malicious. VirusTotal records show that 7 of 91 scanning vendors have flagged the domain, providing independent confirmation of suspicious activity. The known intelligence does not include SSL certificate details, HTTP response codes, page titles, or any content analysis, so the precise payload or credential‑harvesting mechanism remains unverified. The combination of a recent creation date, active status, blocklist presence, and multiple vendor detections suggests the domain is being used in a generic phishing campaign, likely as a short‑lived redirect or landing page designed to capture user credentials. Defenders should add the IP address 145.79.20.4 to network‑level deny lists, enforce DNS filtering for merittipfxonline.com, and monitor the associated name servers for rapid changes. Continuous re‑scanning on VirusTotal and other multi‑engine platforms is advised to capture any evolution of the site. Given the high‑risk rating, the domain should be treated as malicious until further forensic evidence can be obtained, and relevant IOCs should be shared with upstream filtering services and incident response teams. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260727-8EFE4D TLS cert SHA-256: 3aa8192435bd73a817ac378af97cb519315fd8736a012668f00f7a9beceee615 ## 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/merittipfxonline.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=merittipfxonline.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: 206,317 domains (81,489 alive under monitoring, 123,797 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io