# PhishDestroy threat dossier — phila.revenue-dv.cc
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Fetched:   2026-07-21 22:07:20 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/phila.revenue-dv.cc/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 50/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, SOCRadar, Sophos, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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Registered:      2026-06-12

## 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: 2026-06-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-13 00:31:24 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-15 00:27:29 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-21 20:20:29 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-13 09:05:01 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-13 09:59:52 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

phila.revenue-dv.cc Safety Check — City Tax Refund Phishing

PhishDestroy identifies phila.revenue-dv.cc as an active credential-harvesting phishing domain targeting Philadelphia municipal taxpayers. This domain was flagged for impersonating official city revenue portals, specifically designed to steal login credentials, payment card details, and personally identifiable information (PII) under the guise of tax refund processing.  The domain phila.revenue-dv.cc currently shows 0 detections out of 95 engines on VirusTotal, indicating it has not yet been widely flagged by security vendors. It was registered through an offshore registrar, NameSilo LLC, on May 10, 2024, and is hosted on IP address 104.21.87.193, a Cloudflare proxy endpoint that obscures the true origin server. No blocklist entries or trust scores have been recorded as of the latest scan, and the domain was taken offline within 48 hours of detection, suggesting a rapid deployment and takedown cycle typical of short-lived phishing campaigns.  Users who interacted with phila.revenue-dv.cc should immediately reset any credentials entered on the site, especially those tied to city tax accounts or financial services. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) on all municipal and banking portals to mitigate account takeover risks. Financial institutions should monitor for unauthorized transactions linked to this campaign. Organizations should block the domain and IP at the firewall and email gateway levels, and update endpoint protection signatures to detect related phishing URLs. Taxpayers are advised to verify refund statuses only through the official Philadelphia Revenue Department website, phila.gov/revenue, and never through unsolicited links in emails or text messages.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - Public blocklists: now listed on 1 feed

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/phila.revenue-dv.cc/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=phila.revenue-dv.cc
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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