# PhishDestroy threat dossier — powatu.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-23 08:52:47 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/powatu.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 96/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: Crypto Casino / Gambling ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 1/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Fortinet ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.21.137 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: ada.ns.cloudflare.com, piers.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-04-18 Page title: Powatu: Most Popular Online Crypto Casino Based on Blockchain HTTP response: 404 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E8 Expires: 2026-07-17 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 798e02bc03a101bbf688455f0cf2a0b78048d24b38bbb6b0d55838ade24145de ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-18 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-23 05:48:36 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-04-23 02:49:11 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-04-23 09:45:43 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019db83b-40b1-726a-9730-b92548feaeca/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/06b3ddcf-339d-464d-a245-48140641702b Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/powatu.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.powatu.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=powatu.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/powatu.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/powatu.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-23 05:49:12 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies powatu.com as an active fake login page designed to steal user credentials. Visitors may be redirected to cloned versions of popular services or shown convincing login forms that harvest usernames and passwords. This domain resolves to IP 104.21.21.137 and uses a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate, which may give a false sense of legitimacy. The site was registered on April 18, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, and remains active as of today. This domain was flagged by only 1 out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors, indicating low detection despite clear malicious intent. It was created on April 18, 2026, which is highly unusual for a legitimate service, and is hosted on a recently allocated IP address. The use of a trusted SSL issuer and a plausible-looking domain name suggests an attempt to bypass browser warnings and deceive users into trusting the site. If you visited powatu.com or entered any information, immediately change passwords on all accounts that share the same login details. Scan your device with updated antivirus software and monitor for signs of account takeover. Report the domain to your organization’s security team or to PhishDestroy via our submission portal. Do not re-enter credentials on this site. For further investigation, reference seed dc8331. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260423-9E4175 Favicon MD5: a96bf3af79c228f92e3c6852ba74bcea TLS cert SHA-256: 798e02bc03a101bbf688455f0cf2a0b78048d24b38bbb6b0d55838ade24145de ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/powatu.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=powatu.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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io