# PhishDestroy threat dossier — sponsy.ink
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Fetched:   2026-07-02 17:27:15 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/sponsy.ink/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 85/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Generic Phishing

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US
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:     brynne.ns.cloudflare.com, ivan.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-06-16
Expires:         2027-06-16
Page title:      Sponsy — YouTube Sponsorships Made Simple

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-14
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: bfe6a0138a35c225005bff9de354ef08d820f874a43a2b9a420a90f6f596f21d

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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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
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Domain registered: 2026-06-16 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-20 22:24:00 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-02 16:20:38 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-21 18:17:15 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019ee6b3-71b1-7085-9fa8-6d64c7cdd058/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/sponsy.ink
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.sponsy.ink
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=sponsy.ink
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/sponsy.ink
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/sponsy.ink/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-22 23:26:55 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

Sponsy.ink presents itself as a platform for YouTube sponsorships but is identified as a phishing scam. Despite being taken down, it initially evaded detection, with only 3 out of 91 VirusTotal vendors flagging it as malicious. PhishDestroy's early detection system identified the threat on June 20, 2026, just four days after its creation.

The domain was registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and hosted on an IP managed by Cloudflare in the United States. Its SSL certificate was issued by Google Trust Services. These elements suggest an attempt to appear legitimate and trustworthy to potential victims. The platform risk score of 66 out of 100 indicates a moderate level of threat, primarily due to its convincing facade and the potential for high-impact phishing attacks.

With its page title "Sponsy — YouTube Sponsorships Made Simple," the site likely targeted content creators seeking monetization opportunities. By exploiting the appeal of easy sponsorship deals, the attackers aimed to harvest sensitive information from unsuspecting users. The swift takedown of sponsy.ink highlights the importance of rapid response in mitigating phishing threats. Despite its offline status, the domain's brief activity underscores the ongoing challenges in combating online scams.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      bfe6a0138a35c225005bff9de354ef08d820f874a43a2b9a420a90f6f596f21d

## 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/sponsy.ink/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=sponsy.ink
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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