# PhishDestroy threat dossier — paypal-c.vercel.app ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-22 12:41:23 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/paypal-c.vercel.app/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: PayPal ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 20/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Criminal IP, alphaMountain.ai, Bfore.Ai PreCrime, BitDefender, CyRadar, Ermes, ESET, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, Lionic, MalwareURL, Netcraft, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 216.198.79.195 (US, Walnut) ASN: AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc. Hosting org: Vercel, Inc Registrar: Vercel Page title: paypal HTTP response: 404 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WR1 Expires: 2026-09-26 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: ee54cb11f16cc311b3acbae57f8fbb03f338c1b2a20de72722c3eafd0dae0140 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- First detected: 2026-07-19 12:38:04 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-22 12:20:33 UTC Neutralised: 2026-07-20 12:23:14 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-20 01:43:58 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] paypal-c.vercel.app — PayPal Brand Impersonation Phishing Report Analysis of paypal-c.vercel.app, conducted on July 19, 2026, confirms active brand impersonation targeting PayPal. The domain is hosted on Vercel infrastructure and resolves to IP address 216.198.79.195, located in the United States. The SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services (WR1), and the site returns an HTTP 200 status code, indicating an operational phishing page. The page title is explicitly set to 'paypal', aligning with the known scam type of brand impersonation. The domain appears on one security blocklist (PhishDestroy) and is flagged by 20 of 91 security vendors on VirusTotal. No evidence of a phishing kit or specific payload has been identified in the available data, and the exact content of the page remains unanalyzed. Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain is registered through Vercel, a legitimate hosting provider often abused for phishing due to its ease of deployment and free SSL certificates. Defenders should treat this domain as high-risk. Blocking at the DNS or network level is recommended, along with monitoring for related subdomains or IPs within the 216.198.79.0/24 range. PayPal users should be alerted to avoid interaction with this domain, and security teams should investigate any internal access attempts. Given the domain's current active status and brand-specific targeting, further takedown efforts may be warranted in coordination with Vercel's abuse reporting process. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 20/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: ee54cb11f16cc311b3acbae57f8fbb03f338c1b2a20de72722c3eafd0dae0140 ## 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/paypal-c.vercel.app/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=paypal-c.vercel.app 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: 188,055 domains (57,500 alive under monitoring, 128,922 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io