# PhishDestroy threat dossier — rope.casino ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-13 10:15:54 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/rope.casino/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ACTIVE — previously flagged dead but abuse reports still being filed (likely resurrected or never truly dead) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency Targeted brand: Crypto Casino / Gambling Phishing kit: Gambler Scam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 15/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, Netcraft, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos URLQuery: 100 detections Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: NameCheap, Inc. Nameservers: dara.ns.cloudflare.com, kellen.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-02-21 Page title: Rope: Most Popular Online Crypto Casino Based on Blockchain HTTP response: 404 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: REPORTS FILED AND IGNORED — NameCheap, Inc. did not act on these notifications. Domain was flagged dead on 2026-03-01 04:08:17 UTC but a fresh report was filed on 2026-03-06 11:34:07 UTC — it is back or never truly suspended. Reports filed: 3 independent abuse notifications First report: 2026-02-08 18:34:42 UTC Latest report: 2026-03-06 11:34:07 UTC Days since first notice: 124 — no registrar action, domain remains online ICANN Compliance CC'd on at least one escalation — non-response is on record. Methodology: follow-up reports are sent ONLY when a victim re-submitted a re-report via our public form, our monitoring detected the domain resurfacing in SEO/feeds, OR our live-checker confirmed the domain is still technically active and fraudulent. Each report contains: VT verdict, URLScan snapshot, WHOIS, SSL metadata, IP/hosting chain, impersonated-brand evidence, drainer/kit classification, screenshots, and a cryptographic hash of the forensic PDF. ICANN RAA Sec. 3.18 applies. Per-report timeline: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/rope.casino/#coordinated-suppression ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (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) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-02-08 18:34:43 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-06-02 17:20:40 UTC Flagged dead: 2026-04-20 00:01:00 UTC (SUPERSEDED — fresh report filed after this date, see ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY) Current status: ACTIVE (flagged dead but resurrected — registrar did not act on fresh reports) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019c3866-4c27-745a-bf1e-0019a23bea28/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/rope.casino crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.rope.casino Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=rope.casino AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/rope.casino URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/rope.casino/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-19 01:16:15 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy classifies rope.casino as a high-risk generic phishing threat aimed at cryptocurrency users. This domain masquerades as a popular online crypto casino but is designed to deceive visitors and steal sensitive information. Evidence supporting this assessment includes its recent creation on February 21, 2026, and a VirusTotal scan where 15 out of 95 security vendors flagged the domain for malicious activity. The domain currently resolves to IP 188.114.97.3 and appears on one security blocklist, indicating recognized suspicious infrastructure. Users are advised to avoid any interaction with rope.casino, as it has been taken offline following detection. Maintaining updated security tools and exercising caution with unsolicited crypto gambling offers can help mitigate exposure to similar phishing threats in the future. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-1770575600-rope.casino Favicon SHA-256: c164e1ea36438d14fea9b88996d154275a4c92fd80bfa082c7e00a343f241147 ## 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 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/rope.casino/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=rope.casino 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: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 164,086 domains (41,212 alive under monitoring, 122,574 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io