# PhishDestroy threat dossier — pyusd-mixer.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-23 21:14:51 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/pyusd-mixer.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- STATUS STALE — last probed 23 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified Composite threat score: 69/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: ecommerce Targeted brand: PayPal ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: SOCRadar, Webroot Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. 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: ["anita.ns.cloudflare.com", "rick.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-02-21 Page title: PYUSD Mixer | PayPal USD Mixer 2024 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-06-09 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 80de430e03644ac8dd896fb5c88621b2376723c4ef927e46d47a5d2c3989fb35 ## 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: 2026-02-21 (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) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-02-20 18:50:53 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-03-31 01:28:04 UTC (STALE — 23 days ago, re-verify) Flagged dead: 2026-03-15 12:08:28 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 23 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed) Current status: UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 23 days stale) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019c7c62-6986-767d-9d26-1aa0e3833c83/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/7b68ebac-0735-4172-a894-65ee94035a75 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/pyusd-mixer.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.pyusd-mixer.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=pyusd-mixer.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/pyusd-mixer.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/pyusd-mixer.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-19 06:09:15 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies pyusd-mixer.com as a brand impersonation domain targeting PayPal users by advertising itself as a PYUSD (PayPal USD) mixer. The domain is classified as a low-risk threat due to limited detection and its offline status but remains a concern for users unfamiliar with PayPal's official services. Technical indicators reveal that pyusd-mixer.com was registered through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited with an IP address resolving to 188.114.97.3. The domain appeared on one security blocklist and was flagged by 2 out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors, which suggests limited but existing suspicion among cybersecurity tools. The Gridinsoft trust score rated it extremely low at 0/100, reinforcing its untrustworthiness. Currently taken offline, pyusd-mixer.com no longer poses an active threat; however, users should remain vigilant against similar brand impersonation attempts. PhishDestroy recommends avoiding engagement with such domains and verifying URLs directly with official PayPal channels to prevent credential compromise or fraud. [Updates since narrative was generated:] - VirusTotal detections: now 2/93 (narrative was written when count was lower) ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260220-ADFA0E Favicon MD5: cd226f378d8800cef73a87e800a2a7cb TLS cert SHA-256: 80de430e03644ac8dd896fb5c88621b2376723c4ef927e46d47a5d2c3989fb35 ## 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/pyusd-mixer.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=pyusd-mixer.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