# PhishDestroy threat dossier — ponewex.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-23 19:13:35 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/ponewex.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 73/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.77.225 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — Trustname / Fewmoretaps OU !!!
Trustname (IANA #4318) is a shell company declaring EUR 120 annual revenue, 1
employee, negative equity, Belarusian ownership. Explicitly advertises itself as
'bulletproof' in its DNS TXT records. Primary source:
  https://phishdestroy.io/trustname-bulletproof-exposed

Nameservers:     decker.ns.cloudflare.com, nena.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-06-13
Expires:         2027-06-13
Page title:      Ponewex | Decentralized Web3 Gambling Site with Provable Trust

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-11
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: f89e0ad82f9dc62c48ed679c3fefaf3e86578396dbc59c5c18775bb48717def1

## 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: 2026-06-13 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-17 18:42:44 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-17 19:16:57 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-23 20:20:36 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-18 00:14:29 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019ed675-40a5-77ee-a662-1560b7a92996/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/40aaed0b-7148-44be-b9a7-fe750f01f2c8
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/ponewex.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.ponewex.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=ponewex.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/ponewex.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/ponewex.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 17:10:49 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies ponewex.com as a generic crypto drainer, leveraging the trust associated with decentralized Web3 gambling sites, particularly those promising provable trust. The site's brand impersonation tactics aim to deceive victims into divulging sensitive information or funds. 

 The domain ponewex.com has a VT score of 2/95, was registered through Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com, and resolves to the IP address 172.67.212.33, which was created on June 13, 2026, and is currently flagged by 1 security blocklist, with its SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services / WE1. 

 Despite being taken offline, ponewex.com still poses a risk due to potential mirror sites or cached content, thus it is crucial for users to remain vigilant and avoid interacting with similar sites, ensuring their credentials and crypto assets remain secure, while also keeping their security software up to date to prevent potential crypto drainer infections.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260617-CBC5C6
Favicon MD5:       85832dd14b68f7c185518b9cae58dc90
TLS cert SHA-256:      f89e0ad82f9dc62c48ed679c3fefaf3e86578396dbc59c5c18775bb48717def1

## 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 (volunteer 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/ponewex.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=ponewex.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

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