# PhishDestroy threat dossier — moonpay.us.com
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Fetched:   2026-05-13 20:48:43 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/moonpay.us.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 59/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      54.153.56.183 (US, San Jose)
ASN:             ASAS16509 AMAZON-02, US
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registrar:       Instra Corporation Pty Ltd.
Nameservers:     ns1.centralnic.net, ns2.centralnic.net, ns3.centralnic.net, ns4.centralnic.net
Registered:      1993-01-05
Expires:         2031-01-04
Page title:      US.COM | The Premium Global Domain for the U.S. Market
HTTP response:   530

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 1993-01-05 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-11-28 18:34:32 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-05-13 22:55:43 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-05-09 01:12:48 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/019acbbe-71d3-7196-904b-8af938be64e5/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/moonpay.us.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.moonpay.us.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=moonpay.us.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/moonpay.us.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/moonpay.us.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 03:08:28 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy classifies moonpay.us.com as a medium-risk phishing domain. The site was identified as potentially deceptive, targeting users under the guise of trusted services related to the U.S. market.

The domain resolves to IP 54.153.56.183 and is registered through Instra Corporation Pty Ltd. It has been reported on multiple security blocklists and was flagged by several security vendors during VirusTotal scans. Although the domain appeared legitimate with a generic page title, its association with phishing activities led to its current offline status.

Users are advised to avoid interacting with the domain or any communications referencing it. Organizations should update blocklists and educate users on recognizing similar phishing attempts. Continuous monitoring and immediate takedown efforts remain crucial to mitigate risks posed by such deceptive domains.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       1b05c9b45e86731b1c568e6ad3aac68f

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/moonpay.us.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=moonpay.us.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

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