# PhishDestroy threat dossier — stakestohe.io
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Fetched:   2026-07-03 19:00:54 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/stakestohe.io/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: ecommerce
Targeted brand: PayPal

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      1/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Gridinsoft
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      2606:4700:3034::ac43:acfc (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Stay Ahead in Style with ModernThreads

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     GTS CA 1P5
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:22:07 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:22:07 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-03 20:20:36 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-23 04:21:22 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/badd48c3-61dd-417a-a12c-fc4628c7b951/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/stakestohe.io
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.stakestohe.io
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=stakestohe.io
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/stakestohe.io
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/stakestohe.io/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 17:58:11 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies stakestohe.io as a domain involved in brand impersonation, specifically targeting PayPal, with no drainer kit indicated. This domain was flagged for its potential to deceive users into divulging sensitive information, and it resolves to the IP address 2606:4700:3034::ac43:acfc, which was created on February 21, 2026, and has a GTS CA 1P5 SSL certificate, with a VirusTotal score of 1/95 and appears on 1 security blocklist.

 The domain stakestohe.io has a unique set of technical indicators that set it apart, including its creation date and IP address, with the registrar information not readily available, but its current status as offline indicates some response to its malicious activity. 

 Despite being taken offline, the domain still poses some risk, particularly if users had interacted with it prior to its takedown, and PhishDestroy recommends that users exercise caution when encountering similar domains, and to always verify the authenticity of websites before entering sensitive information, as the brand impersonation threat posed by stakestohe.io is still considered elevated, with a risk level that warrants continued vigilance, and the unique seed 704a85 highlights the need for tailored responses to such threats.

## 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/stakestohe.io/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=stakestohe.io
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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