# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pancakeswap.projectmerge.org ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-29 08:49:39 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pancakeswap.projectmerge.org/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- HIGH THREAT — malicious activity confirmed Composite threat score: 71/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Crypto Drainer Targeted brand: PancakeSwap ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: CRDF, Gridinsoft, PhishFort, SOCRadar Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 45.55.126.223 (US, Clifton) ASN: AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC Hosting org: Digital Ocean Registrar: IONOS SE Nameservers: kanye.ns.cloudflare.com, yolanda.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2018-06-27 Expires: 2027-06-27 Page title: Exchange | PancakeSwap HTTP response: 302 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / YE1 Expires: 2026-10-16 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 8551f5c136132d534dc87cfc2ca059340aa7d05d156850d65499c49ba00fb1bf ## 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: 2018-06-27 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-27 07:18:06 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-27 08:41:41 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-29 08:26:37 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019fa2d3-4ed3-7707-9ffc-174c114b33dc/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/410e3fa9-6de2-4fb9-96f4-6bdce1de0a59 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/pancakeswap.projectmerge.org crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.pancakeswap.projectmerge.org Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=pancakeswap.projectmerge.org AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/pancakeswap.projectmerge.org URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/pancakeswap.projectmerge.org/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-27 07:22:11 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Is pancakeswap.projectmerge.org a Crypto Drainer? Analysis of pancakeswap.projectmerge.org indicates that the domain is actively used as a crypto drainer, classified with a high risk level. The domain was registered through IONOS SE on June 27, 2018 and continues to resolve to the IP address 45.55.126.223. Infrastructure examination shows that the authoritative nameservers are kanye.ns.cloudflare.com and yolanda.ns.cloudflare.com, confirming the use of Cloudflare's DNS service. The domain appears on a single security blocklist and is specifically blocked by PhishDestroy, reinforcing its malicious reputation. VirusTotal scanning reports that one out of ninety-one security vendors flagged the domain, demonstrating at least a minimal detection consensus among threat intelligence platforms. Although the detection count is low, the presence of a flagging vendor, combined with the blocklist entry and the explicit classification as a crypto drainer, suggests targeted activity aimed at illicitly extracting cryptocurrency assets from unsuspecting victims. Current status remains active, meaning the domain continues to host or direct traffic to malicious services. Defenders should treat the domain as hostile, enforce network-level blocking, and monitor DNS queries for the associated IP and Cloudflare nameservers. Additional remediation steps include updating endpoint protection signatures to reflect the flagged status, employing URL filtering to deny access, and conducting threat hunting for any internal connections that may have interacted with the domain since its creation. Uncertainty remains regarding the full scope of the drainer's payload and the exact mechanisms employed, as no public page title or content analysis is available. Consequently, organizations are advised to assume compromise potential and apply precautionary controls while awaiting further forensic details. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260727-554FE3 TLS cert SHA-256: 8551f5c136132d534dc87cfc2ca059340aa7d05d156850d65499c49ba00fb1bf ## 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/pancakeswap.projectmerge.org/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pancakeswap.projectmerge.org 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: 194,085 domains (83,155 alive under monitoring, 108,406 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io