# PhishDestroy threat dossier — refunds-balancer.com
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Fetched:   2026-05-15 09:49:02 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/refunds-balancer.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 92/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation (Balancer)
Targeted brand: Balancer

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet, Seclookup, Sophos
AlienVault OTX:  1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      62.182.80.24 (UA, Kyiv)
ASN:             ASAS30860 YURTEH-AS Virtual Systems LLC, UA
Hosting org:     AS30860 Virtual Systems LLC
Registrar:       Dynadot LLC
Nameservers:     brenna.ns.cloudflare.com, hassan.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-11-03
Expires:         2026-11-03
Page title:      504 Gateway Time-out

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     none
Status:     INVALID chain

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2025-11-03 (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)
First reported:    2025-11-05 12:12:20 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-05-14 04:38:38 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-05-09 00:36:47 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019a53ed-beca-75fc-93a5-a6bfffe045ce/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/refunds-balancer.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.refunds-balancer.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=refunds-balancer.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/refunds-balancer.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/refunds-balancer.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 02:44:22 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies refunds-balancer.com as a medium-risk generic phishing domain. Phishing threats like this are designed to steal sensitive user information such as login credentials or payment details, posing a significant security risk to unsuspecting users.

This domain was registered recently on November 3, 2025, through Dynadot LLC and has appeared on two security blocklists. It was flagged by 5 out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors and is mentioned in one AlienVault OTX threat pulse. The site currently resolves to IP 62.182.80.24 but is taken offline, showing a "504 Gateway Time-out" error.

Users should avoid visiting refunds-balancer.com or providing any personal or financial information if prompted. If you have interacted with this domain, consider monitoring your accounts for suspicious activity and update passwords where necessary. Always verify website legitimacy before sharing sensitive data to stay protected.

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