# PhishDestroy threat dossier — play-reward-empire.click ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-13 07:29:42 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/play-reward-empire.click/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 95/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Generic Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, Sophos, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.71.227 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Dynadot, LLC Nameservers: aiden.ns.cloudflare.com, sierra.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2025-10-07 Expires: 2026-10-07 Page title: Melbe for Togo HTTP response: 302 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-08-29 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 701ac06612f93189f60d996ec57d4f393019088abe9528bede3e50dc125bc477 ## 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: 2025-10-07 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-24 16:35:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-07-13 08:20:41 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-24 18:19:01 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019efa0d-10a3-7428-9e44-8bcee73cb186/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/play-reward-empire.click crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.play-reward-empire.click Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=play-reward-empire.click AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/play-reward-empire.click URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/play-reward-empire.click/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-12 17:25:25 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, play-reward-empire.click, is actively serving a phishing page under the deceptive title 'Melbe for Togo,' targeting users with fraudulent reward offers. Analysis indicates the domain was registered on October 7, 2025, through Dynadot, LLC, and currently resolves to the IP address 104.21.71.227, hosted on Cloudflare's infrastructure (AS13335). The use of Cloudflare nameservers (aiden.ns.cloudflare.com and sierra.ns.cloudflare.com) is consistent with phishing campaigns attempting to obscure origin and evade detection, though this alone does not confirm malicious intent. Infrastructure review reveals the domain employs a Google Trust Services SSL certificate (WE1), which may lend an appearance of legitimacy but is frequently exploited in phishing operations. The HTTP 302 redirect status suggests dynamic content delivery or attempts to mask the final destination, a common tactic in phishing schemes. Security vendor assessments further support the malicious classification, with 4 out of 95 engines on VirusTotal flagging the domain, while Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0/100. Additionally, the domain appears on at least one security blocklist, reinforcing its high-risk status. The page title 'Melbe for Togo' implies a localized or themed phishing lure, though the exact nature of the scam remains unclear without deeper content analysis. The domain's recent creation date and lack of established reputation align with typical phishing lifecycle patterns, where domains are rapidly deployed and discarded. Defenders should treat this domain as actively hostile and prioritize blocking both the domain and its resolving IP address (104.21.71.227) at the network level. Monitoring for related domains registered through the same registrar or leveraging identical Cloudflare infrastructure may help identify broader campaign activity. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 4/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: c105da23200667081f91b7c476f1bde9 TLS cert SHA-256: 701ac06612f93189f60d996ec57d4f393019088abe9528bede3e50dc125bc477 ## 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/play-reward-empire.click/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=play-reward-empire.click 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: 178,026 domains (49,756 alive under monitoring, 128,270 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io