Is rentacad.com a scam?

rentacad.com has been flagged by 18 security vendors on VirusTotal and appears in 1 blocklist. Exercise extreme caution.

Who owns rentacad.com?

rentacad.com is registered through GoDaddy.com, LLC, created on December 15, 2024. Check our full WHOIS report for detailed ownership data.

Is rentacad.com safe to visit?

rentacad.com is currently offline (taken down). It was previously flagged as a potentially dangerous website.

How do I report rentacad.com?

You can report rentacad.com to your local cybercrime authorities, Google Safe Browsing, and anti-phishing organizations. Our report page includes country-specific reporting contacts and pre-filled complaint templates.

rentacad[.]com

Domain Security & Threat Intelligence Report

18/95 VT Taken Down Dec 16, 2025 1 Blocklist

87 Threat

PhishDestroy AI

HIGH

The domain rentacad.com is currently active and appears to impersonate legitimate services, potentially targeting users for credential theft. It has a significant VirusTotal detection score of 18 out of 95, indicating multiple reports of malicious activity. This domain’s nature raises concerns about phishing schemes aimed at gaining access to personal accounts or sensitive information.

Registered through GoDaddy.com, LLC, rentacad.com has been active for 436 days. Its IP address, 198.18.1.120, is associated with shared hosting, which is often utilized by malicious actors for web hosting. Furthermore, the domain is listed on one blocklist, signifying its recognition as a threat by some cybersecurity services.

Currently, rentacad.com remains operational, and PhishDestroy has reported the domain to relevant authorities and continues to monitor its activities closely to prevent any potential scams from affecting users.

VirusTotal

18 Detections

URLScan.io

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Domain Age

437 days

Site Status

Taken Down HTTP 403

DestroyList

Listed

Threat Response Pipeline

Discovery

Submission

Legal

Takedown

12/13

Pre-emptive Discovery & Ingestion

30+ Proprietary Parsers · Infrastructure Analysis · Threat Ingested

3/3 ✓

30+ Proprietary Parsers

Distributed network scanning Google Ads (malvertising), SEO-manipulated results, Twitter/X, YouTube & Telegram campaigns

Infrastructure Analysis

dnstwist & typosquatting detection to catch look-alike domains targeting established brands

Threat Ingested

rentacad.com detected and queued for full analysis

Dec 16, 2025

Global Ecosystem Submission

50+ Vendor Submissions · VirusTotal · Blocklist Detection

3/3 ✓

50+ Vendor Submissions

Data submitted to Cloudflare, Google Safe Browsing, Microsoft, VirusTotal, Netcraft, ESET, Bitdefender, Norton, Avira, PhishTank, Dr.Web, URLScan.io, PolySwarm & more

VirusTotal

18 / 95 vendors flagged on VirusTotal

Feb 23, 2026

Blocklist Detection

Found in 1 blocklist: PhishDestroy

Feb 25, 2026

Legal Notifications & Reporting

ICANN Compliance Reports · DestroyList Published · Abuse Report Pending · Re-detection Logic

3/4

ICANN Compliance Reports

Formal abuse notifications aligned with ICANN standards, including forensic evidence packages (metadata, screenshots, PDF)

DestroyList Published

Added to PhishDestroy/DestroyList — open-source blocklist for wallets & extensions

Dec 16, 2025

Abuse Report Pending

Will be sent to registrar (GoDaddy.com, LLC) & hosting

Re-detection Logic

Follow-up alerts if threat remains active beyond 24 hours — automated re-reporting cycle

Public Transparency & Takedown

Open Threat Database · Social Broadcasting · Domain Taken Down

3/3 ✓

Open Threat Database

Real-time commits to GitHub repository & live monitoring at phishdestroy.io/live

Social Broadcasting

Automated alerts on Twitter, Telegram & Mastodon channels

Domain Taken Down

Phishing site is offline — no longer serving malicious content

Public Blocklist Status

Listed in 1 public blocklist — PhishDestroy

Checked against 11 community-maintained threat databases

Evidence Capture

Snapshot

2025-12-16 07:38 UTC

Malicious

IP: 198.18.1.120

GoDaddy.com, LLC

437d

Full Scan Full Size

Domain Intelligence

Domainrentacad.com

RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC (USA)

IP Address198.18.1.120

CreatedDec 15, 2024

Nameserversns33.domaincontrol.com
ns34.domaincontrol.com

Abuse Contactsabuse@rentacad.com

First DetectedDec 16, 2025

Registrar Response0h

HTTP Status403

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VirusTotal Analysis

18 / 95 security vendors flagged this domain

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G-Data

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Kaspersky

Lionic

MalwareURL

Netcraft

Seclookup

SOCRadar

Sophos

VIPRE

Webroot

Evidence & External Reports

URLScan Report

VirusTotal

URLQuery

Wayback Machine

WHOIS Lookup Deep Analysis ThreatFox

Shodan

ScamAdviser

ChainAbuse

Were You Affected by This Site?

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If you have interacted with this domain, entered personal information, or connected a cryptocurrency wallet — take immediate action. Below are resources to help you report the incident and protect yourself.

Chainabuse

Report crypto wallet address, transaction, or phishing URL

FBI IC3

Report internet crime (US)

Europol

Report cybercrime (EU)

Action Fraud

Report fraud & cyber crime (UK)

SEAL-ISAC

Security Alliance — crypto threat intelligence

Domain Appeal

Contest this listing if false positive

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