# PhishDestroy threat dossier — refund-vertex.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-24 03:03:58 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/refund-vertex.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Credential Phishing ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft, SOCRadar URLQuery: 2 detections Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.18.129 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: Internet Domain Service BS Corp. Nameservers: keenan.ns.cloudflare.com, rosalie.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-30 Expires: 2027-06-30 Page title: Vertex-Vegal HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-30 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: c9c2b4c7e6cacc33a4ff642ad2e4c097e1f2ebd6d71cf4666b5eab5140fed16b ## 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: 2026-06-30 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-07-11 09:16:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-07-12 21:02:32 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-24 04:20:24 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019f5008-54a6-72c8-ba83-1f78e1f2cd3e/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/704b5bb3-44c8-4b58-ba85-dece8c7a9e2a Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/refund-vertex.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.refund-vertex.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=refund-vertex.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/refund-vertex.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/refund-vertex.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-12 18:40:56 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] refund-vertex.com — Credential Phishing Investigation refund-vertex.com was registered on June 30, 2026 through Internet Domain Service BS Corp. The domain resolves to the Cloudflare‑owned address 104.21.18.129 and is served by the nameservers keenan.ns.cloudflare.com and rosalie.ns.cloudflare.com. An SSL certificate issued by Google Trust Services (WE1) is present, and the HTTP response returns status code 200. The only visible page title reported is “Vertex‑Vegal”. Infrastructure analysis shows the site is built on WordPress with a MySQL backend, running PHP and front‑end libraries including Bootstrap, Slider Revolution, OWL Carousel, jQuery and jQuery Migrate. The domain publishes an MX record (priority 1) pointing to mail.refund-vertex.com, indicating a functional mail service that could be leveraged for credential harvesting. Threat intelligence classifies the domain as a credential phishing operation. VirusTotal reports two detections out of ninety‑five scanned security vendors, and the domain is listed on three public blocklists. It is actively blocked by PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL, reinforcing the high‑risk rating assigned to the site. Defenders should add refund-vertex.com and its associated IP address to network and email filtering rules, enforce TLS inspection for outbound connections to the domain, and monitor DNS queries for the listed nameservers. Continuous re‑evaluation is advised, as the specific phishing payload and targeted victim profile have not been publicly disclosed. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260712-B5DB2D Favicon MD5: 415758335c7a8b16691c785443c755d6 TLS cert SHA-256: c9c2b4c7e6cacc33a4ff642ad2e4c097e1f2ebd6d71cf4666b5eab5140fed16b ## 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/refund-vertex.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=refund-vertex.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: 188,976 domains (58,403 alive under monitoring, 128,955 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io