# PhishDestroy threat dossier — private-citadel.app
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Fetched:   2026-04-30 01:11:03 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/private-citadel.app/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: social_media
Targeted brand: discord (and: instagram, tiktok, twitch, youtube)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      6/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, Ermes, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.182.61 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 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

Registered:      2026-01-18
Expires:         2027-01-18
Page title:      Citadel Gaming – Enter the Citadel. Become a Champion.
HTTP response:   530

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     WE1
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 2026-01-18 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:24:00 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-30 03:11:08 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-23 04:17:08 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/019bd7a9-6e94-73d9-a801-54aab0d0adb1/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/private-citadel.app
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.private-citadel.app
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=private-citadel.app
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/private-citadel.app
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/private-citadel.app/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 02:35:29 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies private-citadel.app as a medium-risk phishing domain potentially targeting users with gaming-related lures. Phishing sites like this aim to steal credentials or personal information by mimicking legitimate services.

The domain was registered recently in February 2026 and resolves to IP 172.67.182.61. It currently remains active, has been flagged by 6 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, and appears on 3 security blocklists, confirming suspicious activity.

Users should avoid interacting with private-citadel.app, refrain from entering any personal or login details, and report any suspicious messages linked to this domain. Employ updated security software and verify URLs carefully before engagement.

## 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/private-citadel.app/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=private-citadel.app
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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