# PhishDestroy threat dossier — paypal-test.mg-usa.com
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Fetched:   2026-05-17 01:51:58 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/paypal-test.mg-usa.com/

## VERDICT
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STATUS STALE — last probed 25 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: ecommerce
Targeted brand: PayPal (and: paypal)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      13/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      PayPal-rekening | Mobiele wallet en meer | PayPal NL

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Cloudflare TLS Issuing ECC CA 3
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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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Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:21:37 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-22 01:41:25 UTC (STALE — 25 days ago, re-verify)
Flagged dead:      2026-04-21 22:04:14 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 25 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed)
Current status:    UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 25 days stale)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019ac9cc-0fc5-730c-ab09-1078bf99a859/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/paypal-test.mg-usa.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.paypal-test.mg-usa.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=paypal-test.mg-usa.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/paypal-test.mg-usa.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/paypal-test.mg-usa.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 01:35:41 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies paypal-test.mg-usa.com as a high-risk brand impersonation threat targeting PayPal users. This domain poses significant danger due to its deceptive nature.

The domain was created recently on February 21, 2026, and hosts a fake PayPal page titled 'PayPal-rekening | Mobiele wallet en meer | PayPal NL.' VirusTotal flags it with 13 security vendors, and it appears on one blocklist. It resolves to IP 188.114.96.3, confirming active malicious infrastructure.

Users are advised to avoid interacting with this domain and report any attempts to share credentials. The site remains active, requiring ongoing vigilance and prompt blocking measures to prevent credential theft and fraud.

## 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/paypal-test.mg-usa.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=paypal-test.mg-usa.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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