# PhishDestroy threat dossier — paymentech.co.com
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Fetched:   2026-05-16 08:46:27 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/paymentech.co.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: across

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      15/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, Phishing Database, PhishLabs, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 7 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      144.31.244.50 (DE, Frankfurt am Main)
ASN:             ASAS401152 ADCIL-ASN-01, US
Hosting org:     AS213877 U1 DIGITAL SERVICES LTD
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Paymentech Login – Your Secure Payment Gateway Dashboard

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     R13
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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:19:55 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-05-03 03:14:19 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-22 00:26:28 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/019b0670-7909-7277-967d-5755b6a02ba5/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/paymentech.co.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.paymentech.co.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=paymentech.co.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/paymentech.co.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/paymentech.co.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 01:15:40 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies paymentech.co.com as a high-risk phishing domain aiming to steal sensitive payment credentials. This site mimics a legitimate payment portal to deceive users into submitting confidential information.

The phishing operates by presenting a convincing login page titled 'Paymentech Login – Your Secure Payment Gateway Dashboard' to trick visitors into entering usernames and passwords. The domain is newly created, linked to an IP address flagged on multiple security blocklists, and detected by several antivirus vendors.

If you visited this site, do not enter any personal data. Immediately change any passwords you may have used and monitor your financial accounts for suspicious activity. Report suspicious emails or messages directing to this website to your IT security team or PhishDestroy.io.

## 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/paymentech.co.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=paymentech.co.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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