# PhishDestroy threat dossier — sparkdex.trade ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-04-30 17:03:22 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/sparkdex.trade/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Fake Exchange Targeted brand: Investment Scam ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 5/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, Fortinet, Kaspersky ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.65.204 (CA, Toronto) ASN: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Hosting org: 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: ["annalise.ns.cloudflare.com", "jermaine.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-04-28 Page title: SparkDEX - Best DEX on Flare Network | Flare Dex Trading Platform HTTP response: 403 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-07-26 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: 6e5d3ed03250441ab02f55e188ecc03efcf9977ac30222cccf3c751144752d32 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-04-28 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-04-28 16:53:52 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Last verified: 2026-04-30 19:40:20 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019dd45a-7d0d-75b8-b72c-3792e4e6bbb2/ Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/sparkdex.trade crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.sparkdex.trade Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=sparkdex.trade AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/sparkdex.trade URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/sparkdex.trade/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-04-28 16:57:50 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies sparkdex.trade as a suspected fake trading platform phishing domain currently under investigation. This domain is actively resolving to IP 104.21.65.204 and was registered on April 27, 2026 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED under a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate. VirusTotal shows 0 detections out of 95 engines as of the latest scan, and no blocklist entries or trust score penalties have been recorded to date. This domain presents a high-risk phishing threat targeting cryptocurrency and financial trading users. The recent creation date (April 27, 2026) combined with the use of a legitimate SSL certificate (Let's Encrypt) suggests a potentially sophisticated setup aimed at deceiving users seeking legitimate trading platforms. The registrar NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED has been associated with numerous past domain abuse cases, though this specific entry remains unflagged across major security databases. The absence of detections does not guarantee safety—particularly given the domain’s youth and purpose-built appearance for financial deception. Users should avoid interacting with sparkdex.trade and verify any trading-related URLs through official channels. Block the domain at DNS and firewall levels using the IP 104.21.65.204 and domain sparkdex.trade. Report this domain to your security team or via PhishDestroy’s submission portal using the unique seed 3b542a. Monitor network traffic for outbound connections to this IP or domain, especially from financial workstations. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- TLS cert SHA-256: 6e5d3ed03250441ab02f55e188ecc03efcf9977ac30222cccf3c751144752d32 ## 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/sparkdex.trade/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=sparkdex.trade 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