# PhishDestroy threat dossier — sballmeme.com
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Fetched:   2026-05-01 07:13:56 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/sballmeme.com/

## VERDICT
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ACTIVE + CLOAKED — returns HTTP 666 to scanners, real fraudulent site to victims
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Solana
Cloaking: DETECTED — domain returns custom HTTP 666 to scanners while serving fraudulent content to real users (type: content_split) (score: 1/6)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/91 security vendors flagged this domain

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      216.198.79.1 (US, Atlanta)
ASN:             AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Hosting org:     Lefkoff Industries
Registrar:       HOSTINGER operations, UAB
Nameservers:     ns1.dns-parking.com, ns2.dns-parking.com
Registered:      2025-10-13
Page title:      $SBALL - Snowball Coin | Decentralized Rebellion on Solana
HTTP response:   200

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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Domain registered: 2025-10-13 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-05-01 02:35:40 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-05-01 07:40:03 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE — cloaked behind HTTP 666 to evade scanners

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019de0bb-e6cf-7789-a70e-f2cffb39408f/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/sballmeme.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.sballmeme.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=sballmeme.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/sballmeme.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/sballmeme.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-05-01 02:37:58 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies sballmeme.com as an active brand impersonation domain targeting Solana with the specific threat of cryptocurrency scamming under the guise of a decentralized token called $SBALL. The domain resolves to IP 216.198.79.1 and was registered on October 13, 2025 through HOSTINGER operations, UAB. Despite a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, the site currently shows 0 detections out of 95 on VirusTotal and remains unflagged on major blocklists.  

This domain was flagged specifically for impersonating the Solana brand to promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme, leveraging the name '$SBALL - Snowball Coin | Decentralized Rebellion on Solana' to deceive users. The registration timeline and hosting provider further indicate opportunistic misuse, with the domain creation occurring in October 2025, suggesting a recently deployed threat actor infrastructure. The absence of detections on VirusTotal highlights the need for proactive monitoring, as traditional security tools have not yet identified the threat.  

To mitigate exposure to this impersonation scam, users should avoid interacting with sballmeme.com or any related 'Snowball Coin' promotions. Verify official Solana communications through their authenticated channels and report suspicious domains to Solana's fraud reporting systems. Organizations should block the IP 216.198.79.1 and the domain at the network level while monitoring for similar impersonation patterns. Security teams are advised to update threat intelligence feeds with the seed identifier a2851c to ensure detection across security tools.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       d7342b68cb54ed9b1099db85e4a03a60

## 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/sballmeme.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=sballmeme.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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