Is privnote.co a scam?

privnote.co has been flagged by 10 security vendors on VirusTotal and appears in 3 blocklists. Exercise extreme caution.

Who owns privnote.co?

privnote.co is registered through Tucows Domains Inc., created on October 16, 2025. Check our full WHOIS report for detailed ownership data.

Is privnote.co safe to visit?

privnote.co is currently offline (taken down). It was previously flagged as a potentially dangerous website.

How do I report privnote.co?

You can report privnote.co to your local cybercrime authorities, Google Safe Browsing, and anti-phishing organizations. Our report page includes country-specific reporting contacts and pre-filled complaint templates.

privnote[.]co

Domain Security & Threat Intelligence Report

10/95 VT Taken Down Oct 25, 2025 3 Blocklists

65 Threat

PhishDestroy AI

HIGH

PhishDestroy's automated scanning systems detected privnote.co as a deceptive flagged domain. VirusTotal reports 10/95 detections for this domain. The page presents itself as "PrivateNote - Send notes that will self-destruct after being read". Gridinsoft rates the trust score at 1/100.

Infrastructure analysis reveals privnote.co is registered via Tucows Domains Inc., registered approximately 4 months ago. The resolved IP address is 185.112.147.56. The domain appears on 3 security blocklists. Gridinsoft assigns a trust rating of 1/100.

The domain privnote.co is still operational at the time of this report. PhishDestroy's threat response team has submitted takedown requests to the registrar and relevant hosting providers. This page will be updated when the domain is taken offline.

VirusTotal

10 Detections

URLScan.io

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Gridinsoft

1/100 View ↗

Domain Age

133 days New

Site Status

Taken Down HTTP 403

DestroyList

Listed

User Reports

1 report

Security Signals

Gridinsoft Analysis 1 / 100

Hosting SSL Certificate Young Domain

Threat Response Pipeline

Discovery

Submission

Legal

Takedown

14/15

Pre-emptive Discovery & Ingestion

30+ Proprietary Parsers · Infrastructure Analysis · Threat Ingested

3/3 ✓

30+ Proprietary Parsers

Distributed network scanning Google Ads (malvertising), SEO-manipulated results, Twitter/X, YouTube & Telegram campaigns

Infrastructure Analysis

dnstwist & typosquatting detection to catch look-alike domains targeting established brands

Threat Ingested

privnote.co detected and queued for full analysis

Oct 25, 2025

Global Ecosystem Submission

50+ Vendor Submissions · URLScan.io Snapshot · Cloudflare Radar · VirusTotal · Blocklist Detection

5/5 ✓

50+ Vendor Submissions

Data submitted to Cloudflare, Google Safe Browsing, Microsoft, VirusTotal, Netcraft, ESET, Bitdefender, Norton, Avira, PhishTank, Dr.Web, URLScan.io, PolySwarm & more

URLScan.io Snapshot

Submitted to urlscan.io — screenshot, DOM & HTTP transactions captured

Oct 25, 2025

Cloudflare Radar

Scanned via Cloudflare Radar — DNS, certificates & network data

VirusTotal

10 / 95 vendors flagged on VirusTotal

Feb 23, 2026

Blocklist Detection

Found in 3 blocklists: ScamSniffer, PhishDestroy, Enkrypt

Feb 25, 2026

Legal Notifications & Reporting

ICANN Compliance Reports · DestroyList Published · Abuse Report Pending · Re-detection Logic

3/4

ICANN Compliance Reports

Formal abuse notifications aligned with ICANN standards, including forensic evidence packages (metadata, screenshots, PDF)

DestroyList Published

Added to PhishDestroy/DestroyList — open-source blocklist for wallets & extensions

Oct 25, 2025

Abuse Report Pending

Will be sent to registrar (Tucows Domains Inc.) & hosting

Re-detection Logic

Follow-up alerts if threat remains active beyond 24 hours — automated re-reporting cycle

Public Transparency & Takedown

Open Threat Database · Social Broadcasting · Domain Taken Down

3/3 ✓

Open Threat Database

Real-time commits to GitHub repository & live monitoring at phishdestroy.io/live

Social Broadcasting

Automated alerts on Twitter, Telegram & Mastodon channels

Domain Taken Down

Phishing site is offline — no longer serving malicious content

Public Blocklist Status

Listed in 3 public blocklists — ScamSniffer, PhishDestroy, Enkrypt

Checked against 11 community-maintained threat databases

Evidence Capture

Snapshot

2025-10-25 16:37 UTC

Malicious

IP: 185.112.147.56

Tucows Domains Inc.

133d

Full Scan Full Size

Domain Intelligence

Domainprivnote.co

RegistrarTucows Domains Inc. (Canada)

IP Address185.112.147.56

CreatedOct 16, 2025 (133 days — New)

ExpiresOct 16, 2026

Nameserversns0.1984.is
ns2.1984.is
ns1.1984hosting.com
ns2.1984hosting.com

Page TitlePrivateNote - Send notes that will self-destruct after being read

Abuse Contactscompliance@tucows.com

First DetectedOct 25, 2025

Registrar Response0h

HTTP Status403

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VirusTotal Analysis

10 / 95 security vendors flagged this domain

View on VT

ADMINUSLabs

alphaMountain.ai

BitDefender

CyRadar

Fortinet

G-Data

Kaspersky

Lionic

Seclookup

Sophos

Evidence & External Reports

URLScan Report

VirusTotal

URLQuery

Gridinsoft 1 / 100

Wayback Machine

WHOIS Lookup Deep Analysis

Cloudflare Radar Scanned ✓ ThreatFox

Shodan

ScamAdviser

ChainAbuse

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