# PhishDestroy threat dossier — sponsor777.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-23 10:43:06 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/sponsor777.com/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      14/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, VIPRE, Webroot
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.97.3 (CA, Toronto)
ASN:             AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Hosting org:     CloudFlare, Inc.
Registrar:       NameCheap, Inc.
Nameservers:     ["leah.ns.cloudflare.com", "randall.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Page title:      SPONSOR777
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-04
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: d3e2c8176455b570035cc71734b59ee934d7daa435cb8a831fbc89bc4960393e

## 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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First detected:    2026-07-19 12:38:12 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-23 12:22:26 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-20 01:04:23 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Is sponsor777.com a Fake Gambling Site Scam?

Analysis indicates sponsor777.com is an active phishing domain targeting online gambling users. Registered via NameCheap, Inc., the domain resolves to 188.114.97.3 (CloudFlare, Inc., Canada) and uses Cloudflare nameservers leah.ns.cloudflare.com and randall.ns.cloudflare.com. The site returns HTTP status 200 with the page title 'SPONSOR777,' suggesting it presents itself as a gambling platform. As of July 19, 2026, 14 of 91 security vendors on VirusTotal flag this domain, and it appears in 2 AlienVault OTX threat intelligence pulses. The domain is also blocked by PhishDestroy and listed on one security blocklist.  Infrastructure analysis reveals the use of a Google Trust Services SSL certificate (WE1), which does not inherently indicate malicious intent but is consistent with many phishing sites leveraging legitimate certificate authorities. The exact content and functionality of the site remain unanalyzed, though the page title implies a focus on gambling-related fraud. Defenders should treat this domain as high-risk and implement blocking at DNS, proxy, or firewall levels. No confirmed brand impersonation or specific scam subtype (e.g., credential harvesting, payment fraud) is identified in available data, so further investigation is recommended to determine the precise attack vector.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       3211d1eb27a5a32cb54da1c149fb43bf
TLS cert SHA-256:      d3e2c8176455b570035cc71734b59ee934d7daa435cb8a831fbc89bc4960393e

## 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 (operator 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/sponsor777.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=sponsor777.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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