# PhishDestroy threat dossier — phila.revenue-kw.cc ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-21 22:04:58 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/phila.revenue-kw.cc/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 14/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Registered: 2026-06-12 ## 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-06-12 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-13 00:31:18 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 09:02:15 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-07 21:49:39 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] phila.revenue-kw.cc: Fake City Tax Scam Site – Avoid Payment PhishDestroy identifies phila.revenue-kw.cc as a high-risk generic phishing domain specifically engineered to mimic an official Philadelphia municipal revenue portal. This site was designed to harvest taxpayer login credentials, credit card numbers, and personal identification details under the pretext of processing city tax payments or refunds. The threat type is classified as generic phishing with a financial fraud focus, targeting both individual residents and small business owners seeking to fulfill local tax obligations online. This domain was registered through an offshore registrar, masking ownership details, and hosted on a shared IP address with a history of malicious activity. At the time of assessment, VirusTotal returned 0 detections out of 95 security engines, indicating the site had not yet been widely flagged by antivirus or threat intelligence platforms. The domain was created less than 72 hours prior to detection and had no presence on major blocklists such as Google Safe Browsing, OpenPhish, or PhishTank. Trust scores from URLScan and URLVoid were abnormally low (0.1/100), reflecting minimal online reputation and suspicious infrastructure. The site was abruptly taken offline following initial security alerts, suggesting evasive behavior by the operators. Users who may have interacted with phila.revenue-kw.cc should immediately change passwords for any Philadelphia city service accounts, especially those linked to tax filings or municipal payments. Enable multi-factor authentication on all financial and government portals. Monitor bank and credit card statements for unauthorized charges, and consider placing a fraud alert with credit bureaus. Report the incident to the Philadelphia Department of Revenue via their official fraud hotline and file a complaint with the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov. Avoid clicking on links in unsolicited emails or text messages claiming to be from city agencies. Always verify the legitimacy of tax-related communications by visiting the official city website, phila.gov/revenue, directly through a trusted browser. ## 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/phila.revenue-kw.cc/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=phila.revenue-kw.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 About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 187,720 domains (57,409 alive under monitoring, 128,664 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io