# PhishDestroy threat dossier — secure-helpcoinbase.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-22 11:57:41 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/secure-helpcoinbase.com/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: Coinbase

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
URLQuery:        2 detections
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      198.49.23.144 (US, New York City)
Hosting org:     AS53831 Squarespace, Inc.
Registrar:       Squarespace Domains II LLC
Nameservers:     nse1.squarespacedns.com, nse2.squarespacedns.com, nse3.squarespacedns.com, nse4.squarespacedns.com
Registered:      2026-06-18
Expires:         2027-06-18
Page title:      Coming Soon
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR1
Expires:    2026-09-16
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: c6ae2598f8cf7d9de2f6bc5daa0cc625a7146ee472acdb3981e1f38d62f18708

## 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: 2026-06-18 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-20 10:07:11 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-20 08:15:30 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-22 12:20:36 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019ee410-63b8-778b-a1bf-beb81ed732e9/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/e9b2e1ca-e915-45b9-ac09-34cb45feacaf
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/secure-helpcoinbase.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.secure-helpcoinbase.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=secure-helpcoinbase.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/secure-helpcoinbase.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/secure-helpcoinbase.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-22 07:14:09 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Coinbase is being impersonated by the domain secure-helpcoinbase[.]com, which presents itself as a generic coming soon page. The domain is currently parked and dormant, with a platform risk score of 90 out of 100 and an abuse score of 37 out of 100. It is listed on 3 public blocklists, including PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL, and 5 out of 95 VirusTotal vendors flag it as malicious. The domain was created on 2026-06-18 and is hosted on the IP 198.49.23.144 in New York City, US, by Squarespace, Inc. under the registrar Squarespace Domains II LLC. The SSL certificate was issued by Let's Encrypt. To defend against this scam, defenders should block the domain secure-helpcoinbase[.]com at their firewalls.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260620-2421A9
Favicon MD5:       aa78d04664d6b65058ff847eb8d2d821
TLS cert SHA-256:      c6ae2598f8cf7d9de2f6bc5daa0cc625a7146ee472acdb3981e1f38d62f18708

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