# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pa.safety-payeg.vip
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Fetched:   2026-06-27 02:23:24 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pa.safety-payeg.vip/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 54/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      8/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar, Sophos, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.58.16 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Gname.com Pte. Ltd.
Nameservers:     ["ed.ns.cloudflare.com", "tricia.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-06-12

## 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: 2026-06-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-13 00:31:15 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-15 00:27:29 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-27 04:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-13 03:15:48 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-25 21:47:37 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain pa.safety-payeg.vip has been identified as a generic phishing site designed to mimic legitimate payment portals. Analysis indicates this domain was created to harvest sensitive financial credentials, including login details and payment card information. No specific brand impersonation has been confirmed, but the infrastructure aligns with fraudulent payment redirection schemes. The domain is currently offline, though its prior activity warrants caution for potential reactivation or similar threats.  Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain was registered on June 12, 2026, through Gname.com Pte. Ltd., an entity frequently associated with high-risk registrations. It resolved to the IP address 104.21.58.16, a Cloudflare-hosted endpoint commonly used to obfuscate malicious infrastructure. Detection metrics show the domain was flagged by 8 of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, and it appeared on at least one security blocklist. The SSL certificate, issued by Google Trust Services, provides no inherent trust validation, as certificates are routinely issued to malicious domains for encryption purposes.  As of the latest assessment, pa.safety-payeg.vip has been taken offline, likely due to enforcement actions or infrastructure takedowns. However, users and organizations should remain vigilant for similar domains leveraging the same registrar or hosting patterns. Immediate recommendations include blocking the domain and its associated IP at the network perimeter, updating endpoint protection signatures to include this indicator, and monitoring for phishing attempts using lookalike domains or payment-themed lures. Financial institutions should alert customers to verify payment portals directly through official channels rather than clicking links in unsolicited communications.

## 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/pa.safety-payeg.vip/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pa.safety-payeg.vip
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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