# PhishDestroy threat dossier — recovery-help-coinbase.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-19 16:24:55 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/recovery-help-coinbase.com/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Credential Phishing
Targeted brand: Coinbase

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      6/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ChainPatrol, Emsisoft, Fortinet, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, Netcraft
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      45.225.135.140 (NL, Amsterdam)
ASN:             AS64107 RACK SPHERE HOSTING S.A.
Hosting org:     Rack Sphere Hosting S.A
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:     heidi.ns.cloudflare.com, jobs.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-07-18
Expires:         2027-07-18
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
Status:     INVALID chain

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2026-07-18 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-19 02:25:49 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-19 16:20:21 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f77c3-2674-73be-9901-3dd919e9830f/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/recovery-help-coinbase.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.recovery-help-coinbase.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=recovery-help-coinbase.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/recovery-help-coinbase.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/recovery-help-coinbase.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-19 02:26:05 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Recovery-help-coinbase.com Credential Harvest Detected

This domain is flagged as a high‑risk generic phishing site targeting Coinbase users. recovery-help-coinbase.com was registered on 2026-07-18 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and currently resolves to the IPv4 address 45.225.135.140. VirusTotal scans show that six of ninety‑five security vendors have reported the domain as malicious, indicating that detection signatures are emerging but not yet universal. The domain remains active as of the report date, and no additional infrastructure details such as ASN or hosting provider have been disclosed. Analysis confirms that the only observable activity is the resolution to the single IP address; content of the website has not been publicly examined, so the exact phishing page layout and credential‑capture mechanisms remain unknown. Defenders should block DNS resolution to 45.225.135.140 and add recovery-help-coinbase.com to URL filtering and email‑gateway deny lists. Network monitoring for outbound connections to this IP and for attempted credential submissions to Coinbase‑related endpoints is advised. Continuous re‑evaluation of VirusTotal detections and any emerging threat‑intel should be performed to update response rules.

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/recovery-help-coinbase.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=recovery-help-coinbase.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

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