# PhishDestroy threat dossier — rewards-eth.xyz
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Fetched:   2026-06-25 14:58:55 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/rewards-eth.xyz/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 69/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Fake Airdrop
Targeted brand: Ethereum

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      198.18.0.17
ASN:             ASAS7506 INTERQ GMO Internet Group, Inc., JP
Registrar:       GMO Internet, Inc.
Nameservers:     dns1.onamae.com, dns2.onamae.com
Registered:      2025-08-28
Expires:         2026-08-28
Page title:      rewards-eth.xyz

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     GoDaddy.com, Inc. / Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2
Expires:    2026-09-02
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 31f32326d0eb9a0295d770161bfed402b3f872fd07369e2c5b9ad3baea1f75c3

## 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: 2025-08-28 (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:    2025-08-30 07:39:39 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-25 16:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-06 15:29:18 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/0198f958-2814-760c-b4e8-c7e3bd3481d9/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/rewards-eth.xyz
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.rewards-eth.xyz
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=rewards-eth.xyz
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/rewards-eth.xyz
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/rewards-eth.xyz/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-24 15:40:33 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain rewards-eth.xyz impersonates Ethereum and has a high threat score of 70/100. The site is currently down, indicating it may have been taken down due to its malicious activity. VirusTotal reports that 2 out of 95 security vendors, including Forcepoint ThreatSeeker and Gridinsoft, have flagged this domain as malicious, and it is listed on one public blocklist. Google Safe Browsing has not flagged it.

Registered on August 28, 2025, the domain was first detected on August 30, 2025. The registrar is GMO Internet, Inc. (JP), and it was hosted on IP 198.18.0.17. Given the high threat level, block the domain at the perimeter and submit a report to the registrar's abuse desk.

[Updates since narrative was generated:]
  - VirusTotal detections: now 2/95 (narrative was written when count was lower)

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      31f32326d0eb9a0295d770161bfed402b3f872fd07369e2c5b9ad3baea1f75c3

## 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/rewards-eth.xyz/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=rewards-eth.xyz
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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