# PhishDestroy threat dossier — payfinance.world
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Fetched:   2026-05-25 00:52:56 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/payfinance.world/

## VERDICT
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STATUS STALE — last probed 54 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified
Composite threat score: 47/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Fortinet, Trustwave
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      192.3.190.186 (US, Buffalo)
ASN:             ASAS36352 AS-COLOCROSSING, US
Hosting org:     AS36352 HostPapa
Registrar:       CC-192-3-190-184-29 (ASN: 36352)
Nameservers:     dns1.webproserver.com, dns2.webproserver.com
Page title:      404 Not Found

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / R13
Expires:    2026-05-10
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 4d0097cc4d75ca3d3e93bfaf64b57f982503bc277135f455db30d3d4f0dc3ca0

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-11-17 17:44:36 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-03-31 01:00:34 UTC (STALE — 54 days ago, re-verify)
Flagged dead:      2026-03-15 06:13:50 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 54 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed)
Current status:    UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 54 days stale)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019a92ea-d41d-70b3-8d8e-9e0e230f33de/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/payfinance.world
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.payfinance.world
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=payfinance.world
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/payfinance.world
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/payfinance.world/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-24 00:24:13 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

payfinance.world was identified as a low-risk generic phishing domain. The domain posed a potential threat by attempting to deceive users but did not show widespread malicious activity.

The domain resolved to IP address 192.3.190.186 and was registered under ASN 36352. It appeared on one security blocklist and showed minimal detection with only 2 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors flagging it. The page title returned a "404 Not Found" error, indicating limited active content.

Currently, payfinance.world is offline and no longer accessible. PhishDestroy recommends continued monitoring of similar domains and advises users to avoid engagement with suspicious links related to this domain.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       4c13d452dd5d49671bd93ca32f2b4f85c78e39b6ab0ad1f38d98ed267f8fd896
TLS cert SHA-256:      4d0097cc4d75ca3d3e93bfaf64b57f982503bc277135f455db30d3d4f0dc3ca0

## 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/payfinance.world/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=payfinance.world
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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