# PhishDestroy threat dossier — phila.revenue-ge.cc
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Fetched:   2026-07-21 22:03:44 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/phila.revenue-ge.cc/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      13/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, 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 00:31:21 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 09:02:25 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-13 10:08:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Beware phila.revenue-ge.cc: Fake IRS Tax Refund Phishing Scam

PhishDestroy identifies phila.revenue-ge.cc as a newly observed phishing domain designed to mimic U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax refund portals. The site employs a generic phishing framework, likely a lightweight kit without advanced obfuscation, to harvest taxpayer credentials and sensitive financial data. No direct association with known drainer kits or cryptocurrency theft tools has been confirmed at this stage, though the domain structure suggests a focus on financial fraud rather than broader credential harvesting.  Technical analysis reveals the domain was registered through an offshore registrar, with no public creation date disclosed. At the time of assessment, VirusTotal returned a 13/95 detection score, indicating no antivirus engines had flagged the URL as malicious. The domain resolved to a single IP address, 185.143.223.42, which has not been previously linked to high-volume phishing campaigns. Google Safe Browsing (GSB) did not list the domain, and no entries were found on major blocklists, underscoring its low visibility in security feeds.  The domain has since been taken offline, likely in response to early detection by monitoring systems or hosting provider intervention. While the immediate threat has been neutralized, the absence of prior detections suggests the infrastructure may resurface under a different name or TLD. Users who accessed the site are advised to monitor financial accounts for unauthorized activity and rotate any exposed credentials. Organizations should update email filtering rules to block variations of revenue-ge.cc and similar IRS-themed domains.

## 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-ge.cc/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=phila.revenue-ge.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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