# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pontemswap.exchange
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Fetched:   2026-04-22 13:01:19 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pontemswap.exchange/

## VERDICT
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STATUS STALE — last probed 22 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified
Composite threat score: 86/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      15/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, Trustwave, VIPRE
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.67.36 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Gname.com Pte. Ltd.
Nameservers:     lennox.ns.cloudflare.com, ophelia.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-08-30
Expires:         2026-08-30
Page title:      Pontem

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-05-24
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 3867e7e57a422f4c6d3fea44bae7400f9844ae5b40687d27f5c5c0ac94e3f551

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2025-08-30 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-12-17 20:40:27 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-03-31 01:08:29 UTC (STALE — 22 days ago, re-verify)
Flagged dead:      2026-03-15 06:13:50 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 22 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed)
Current status:    UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 22 days stale)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019b2e0a-6c5c-73cc-8625-f4e273aa9269/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/pontemswap.exchange
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.pontemswap.exchange
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=pontemswap.exchange
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/pontemswap.exchange
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/pontemswap.exchange/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 03:19:38 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies pontemswap.exchange as a high-risk phishing domain targeting users under the guise of a legitimate service named Pontem. This domain is actively used for deceptive schemes aimed at stealing sensitive information.

The domain resolves to IP 104.21.67.36 and was registered through Gname.com Pte. Ltd. Despite being relatively new, it appears on multiple security blocklists and is flagged by several security vendors on VirusTotal, indicating widespread detection of malicious activity.

Currently active, pontemswap.exchange poses an ongoing threat. Users are strongly advised to avoid interacting with this site, and security teams should consider blocking it within their networks to prevent potential compromise.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       691c84dc984bbe4b986366a59319ee55
TLS cert SHA-256:      3867e7e57a422f4c6d3fea44bae7400f9844ae5b40687d27f5c5c0ac94e3f551

## 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/pontemswap.exchange/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pontemswap.exchange
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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