# PhishDestroy threat dossier — poly-rebate.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-13 14:01:21 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/poly-rebate.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Crypto Scam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar URLQuery: 2 detections AlienVault OTX: 2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.96.3 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: CloudFlare, Inc. Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com Nameservers: adam.ns.cloudflare.com, danica.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-05 Expires: 2027-05-05 Page title: Just a moment... HTTP response: 403 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-08-03 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: f6497cde714e2d6730a0a5c1e926859ecb5f36eb57138407816f7bbd39af70f4 ## 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: 2026-05-05 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-14 15:14:20 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-17 17:03:59 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-13 12:20:40 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-18 06:20:49 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ecadc-e4fc-758a-b711-f62bbd597ea1/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/a03fce88-ea36-4e10-acd0-9b0fb328615e Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/poly-rebate.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.poly-rebate.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=poly-rebate.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/poly-rebate.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/poly-rebate.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 21:14:19 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain is flagged as an elevated-risk phishing infrastructure specifically designed to deceive cryptocurrency users through fraudulent rebate offers. Analysis indicates the threat type is a generic phishing campaign with a focus on credential harvesting and wallet compromise, likely leveraging social engineering tactics to exploit victims under the guise of legitimate financial incentives. Infrastructure analysis reveals the following technical indicators: The domain poly-rebate.com was registered on May 05, 2026, through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com and currently resolves to the IP address 188.114.96.3, which is protected by Cloudflare’s network. Security vendors on VirusTotal flagged this domain at a ratio of 5/95, while it appears on three distinct security blocklists. AlienVault OTX records show the domain in two threat intelligence pulses, and its SSL certificate is issued by Let’s Encrypt. The observed page title, 'Just a moment...,' suggests the use of Cloudflare’s anti-bot challenge page, a common evasion technique. Additional risk indicators include a Gridinsoft trust score of 0/100 and active blocking by MetaMask, PhishDestroy, and SEAL. Mitigation measures should prioritize proactive defense strategies tailored to cryptocurrency-related phishing threats. Network administrators are advised to implement DNS-based blocking for poly-rebate.com and its associated IP address 188.114.96.3 at the firewall or proxy level. End-users should be educated on recognizing phishing attempts, particularly those involving unsolicited rebate offers or financial incentives, and instructed to verify domain legitimacy through official channels. Wallet security protocols, such as hardware-based authentication and multi-signature requirements, should be enforced to mitigate the risk of credential theft. Given the domain’s reliance on Cloudflare, monitoring for similar domains using the same infrastructure or registrar may help identify related threats. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 5/91 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260617-3133F7 Favicon MD5: 11e019b208d7670a3daa87d8e48fcce4 TLS cert SHA-256: f6497cde714e2d6730a0a5c1e926859ecb5f36eb57138407816f7bbd39af70f4 ## 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/poly-rebate.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=poly-rebate.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 About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 178,142 domains (49,833 alive under monitoring, 128,309 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io