# PhishDestroy threat dossier — promotion-chatgpt.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-02 16:26:18 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/promotion-chatgpt.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 95/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Generic Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, URLQuery Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.0.97 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., 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 Nameservers: hazel.ns.cloudflare.com, leonard.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-26 Expires: 2027-05-26 Page title: ChatGPT, now free for everyone | ChatGPT by OpenAI ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-08-24 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 41d159c43e2a2320880dc40a8a80b5a1996a89c33954feee365d4c8c3975c660 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-05-26 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-01 01:50:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-01 01:50:04 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-02 16:20:38 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-10 00:19:53 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019e8039-a575-701c-98b9-2327dff2eac2/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/promotion-chatgpt.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.promotion-chatgpt.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=promotion-chatgpt.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/promotion-chatgpt.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/promotion-chatgpt.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 15:28:06 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain, promotion-chatgpt.com, is an active credential-harvesting phishing site impersonating OpenAI’s ChatGPT platform. The site presents a fraudulent login portal under the page title 'ChatGPT, now free for everyone | ChatGPT by OpenAI,' designed to deceive users into submitting account credentials, payment details, or other sensitive information. The infrastructure is engineered to closely resemble legitimate OpenAI properties, increasing the likelihood of successful social engineering attacks against unsuspecting users seeking access to AI services. Analysis of the domain reveals multiple technical indicators of malicious intent. The domain was registered on May 26, 2026, through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED, a registrar frequently associated with high-risk domains. It resolves to the IP address 104.21.0.97, hosted on Cloudflare’s network (AS13335), which is commonly used to obfuscate the true origin of phishing infrastructure. Security vendors on VirusTotal have flagged the domain as malicious, with 4 out of 95 engines detecting it as a phishing threat. Additionally, the domain appears on one security blocklist, further corroborating its classification as a high-risk resource. The SSL certificate is issued by Let’s Encrypt (serial number E7), which, while legitimate, is often exploited by threat actors to lend a false sense of security to their fraudulent sites. Users who have visited promotion-chatgpt.com or entered credentials on the site should take immediate remedial action. First, cease all interaction with the domain and avoid clicking any links or downloading files from it. If credentials were submitted, change passwords for all associated accounts, particularly those using the same or similar login details. Enable multi-factor authentication where available to mitigate the risk of account compromise. Monitor financial statements and account activity for signs of unauthorized access or fraudulent transactions. Report the domain to relevant security teams or abuse contacts, such as the hosting provider or domain registrar, to facilitate takedown efforts. Organizations should also consider blocking the domain and its associated IP address (104.21.0.97) at the network level to prevent further exposure. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- Favicon MD5: e5f8cc2b022107db210ed0f4a004e8a2 TLS cert SHA-256: 41d159c43e2a2320880dc40a8a80b5a1996a89c33954feee365d4c8c3975c660 ## 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 (operator 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/promotion-chatgpt.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=promotion-chatgpt.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: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 173,920 domains (14,380 alive under monitoring, 158,812 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io