# PhishDestroy threat dossier — setfex.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-26 17:08:19 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/setfex.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 90/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency Targeted brand: Ethereum ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/93 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft, SOCRadar URLQuery: 2 detections Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: isla.ns.cloudflare.com, jeremy.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-02-27 Expires: 2027-02-22 Page title: Buy & Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum | Cryptocurrency Exchange | SETFEX ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: none Status: INVALID chain ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-02-27 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-27 08:10:03 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-02-27 07:00:15 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-04-12 19:50:12 UTC Neutralised: 2026-03-02 03:06:00 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019c9d8c-5598-747f-93eb-9dd772648ba5/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/13fdfef8-6aa5-4ad9-86ba-39c9fe0201dc Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/setfex.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.setfex.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=setfex.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/setfex.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/setfex.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-19 06:05:08 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies setfex.com as a low-risk brand impersonation domain targeting Ethereum. It presented itself as a cryptocurrency exchange facilitating Bitcoin and Ethereum trading, using deceptive branding to mislead users. The domain was created on February 27, 2026, and registered through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited. It resolved to IP 188.114.97.3. VirusTotal flags it with 2 of 95 vendors, and it appears on one security blocklist, indicating modest detection by threat intelligence services. Currently, setfex.com is offline and no longer active. Although the risk level is low, users should remain cautious of similar deceptive sites. PhishDestroy recommends avoiding any interaction if the domain reappears and maintaining updated threat prevention measures. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260227-14A71D ## 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/setfex.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=setfex.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 131,000+ phishing domains. Confirmed takedowns: 91,000+. Site: https://phishdestroy.io