# PhishDestroy threat dossier — polyusmarkets.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-24 11:42:41 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/polyusmarkets.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Tech Support Scam Targeted brand: Google (and: scroll) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ChainPatrol, alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.2.180 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registered: 2026-02-21 Page title: Polymarket | The World's Largest Prediction Market ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: WE1 Status: INVALID chain ## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-26 23:22:38 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-02-26 23:22:38 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-24 12:21:30 UTC Neutralised: 2026-04-09 01:45:07 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019bb8a2-089c-7308-8907-ce7028a34805/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/cf9757ff-d60d-4448-8a26-3a067530adaa Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/polyusmarkets.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.polyusmarkets.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=polyusmarkets.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/polyusmarkets.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/polyusmarkets.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-23 01:45:52 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] polyusmarkets.com: Tech Support Scam Impersonating Google Analysis indicates that the domain polyusmarkets.com was registered on 21 February 2026 and subsequently pointed to the IP address 104.21.2.180, which belongs to AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. and is geolocated in the United States. The TLS certificate presented for the site is identified as WE1, suggesting the use of a publicly‑available certificate rather than a brand‑specific credential. The page title returned by the server reads “Polymarket | The World's Largest Prediction Market,” which does not align with the declared impersonation of Google. The site is classified as a tech‑support scam that leverages brand impersonation of Google to lure victims. VirusTotal scans reported that five of ninety‑three AV engines flagged the domain as malicious, and the domain appears on two independent blocklists, PhishDestroy and ScamSniffer. AlienVault OTX recorded the domain in a single threat‑intel pulse, further corroborating its malicious reputation. The domain has been taken offline as of the report date, and no active HTTP response is observable. Uncertainty remains regarding the specific phishing kit or payload delivered, as no additional content analysis is available. The short lifespan of the domain and its reliance on Cloudflare’s shared infrastructure may hinder attribution of the underlying operator. Defenders should add polyusmarkets.com to deny‑list rules across DNS filtering, proxy, and endpoint protection solutions. Monitoring for future registrations that reuse the same SSL certificate fingerprint or that resolve to the same Cloudflare IP range is advised. Correlation with the observed tech‑support scam pattern targeting Google users may help identify related campaigns. Continuous ingestion of the two blocklist entries and the OTX pulse into security information and event management (SIEM) platforms will ensure timely alerts if the domain reappears. ## 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/polyusmarkets.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=polyusmarkets.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: 189,208 domains (58,447 alive under monitoring, 129,180 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io