# PhishDestroy threat dossier — stakegold.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-02 06:30:13 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/stakegold.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 77/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 0/95 security vendors flagged this domain Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Registrar: NameCheap, Inc. Nameservers: ["ns3.digitalocean.com", "ns2.digitalocean.com", "ns1.digitalocean.com"] Registered: 2026-02-21 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: REPORTS FILED. Domain eventually taken down after 3 abuse notice(s). Reports filed: 3 independent abuse notifications First report: 2026-02-03 06:31:24 UTC Latest report: 2026-03-04 14:29:13 UTC Days since first notice: 87 (eventually taken down) ICANN Compliance CC'd on at least one escalation — non-response is on record. Methodology: follow-up reports are sent ONLY when a victim re-submitted a re-report via our public form, our monitoring detected the domain resurfacing in SEO/feeds, OR our live-checker confirmed the domain is still technically active and fraudulent. Each report contains: VT verdict, URLScan snapshot, WHOIS, SSL metadata, IP/hosting chain, impersonated-brand evidence, drainer/kit classification, screenshots, and a cryptographic hash of the forensic PDF. ICANN RAA Sec. 3.18 applies. Per-report timeline: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/stakegold.com/#coordinated-suppression ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-02-26 23:24:56 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-01-06 21:05:28 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-05-02 07:47:27 UTC Neutralised: 2026-03-04 23:47:01 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-24 01:19:07 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy has identified the domain stakegold.com as a suspected crypto drainer, a type of malicious site designed to steal cryptocurrency assets from users. Although the exact methods remain under investigation, the domain’s association with digital asset theft places it on the radar for potential financial threats. Users should exercise caution and avoid interacting with this domain or related sites. The domain stakegold.com was registered through NameCheap, Inc. on February 21, 2026. Despite being relatively new, it has appeared on one security blocklist, signaling some level of suspicion by security communities. VirusTotal analysis reports zero detections out of 95 security vendors, indicating that automated detection engines have yet to flag this domain. Currently, stakegold.com is offline, which may limit its immediate threat but does not eliminate future risk. Given its current offline status, PhishDestroy recommends continued monitoring of stakegold.com and related infrastructure for any signs of reactivation or new malicious activities. Users should remain vigilant with cryptocurrency transactions and verify domain legitimacy through trusted sources. Organizations and individuals involved with crypto assets are advised to maintain updated security controls and report suspicious domains promptly to threat intelligence platforms. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-1767733518-stakegold.com ## 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/stakegold.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=stakegold.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