# PhishDestroy threat dossier — taxcoder.vercel.app
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Fetched:   2026-07-02 20:52:39 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/taxcoder.vercel.app/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: PayPal

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      19/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Criminal IP, alphaMountain.ai, Bfore.Ai PreCrime, BitDefender, CyRadar, ESET, Emsisoft, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, LevelBlue, Lionic, Netcraft, OpenPhish, PREBYTES, Sophos, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Google Safe Browsing: FLAGGED

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      64.29.17.195 (US, Walnut)
ASN:             AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Hosting org:     Vercel, Inc
Registrar:       Vercel Inc.
Nameservers:     NS_NOT_FOUND
Page title:      PayPal
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WR1
Expires:    2026-09-26
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: ee54cb11f16cc311b3acbae57f8fbb03f338c1b2a20de72722c3eafd0dae0140

## 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:    2026-06-30 20:12:29 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-02 20:20:35 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019f19ba-1cda-778c-be72-4fe0fe782248/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/taxcoder.vercel.app
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.taxcoder.vercel.app
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=taxcoder.vercel.app
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/taxcoder.vercel.app
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/taxcoder.vercel.app/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-30 20:14:41 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

This domain is classified as a high-risk threat due to its confirmed brand impersonation of PayPal, a financial services platform. The site employs social engineering techniques to deceive users into divulging sensitive credentials, aligning with the observed threat category of brand_impersonation. Analysis indicates the domain remains actively malicious, posing significant risk to unsuspecting visitors.  Infrastructure analysis reveals the domain taxcoder.vercel.app is registered through Vercel Inc. and resolves to the IP address 64.29.17.195. The page title explicitly mimics PayPal, further corroborating the impersonation attempt. Google Safe Browsing has flagged the domain under the SOCIAL_ENGINEERING category. VirusTotal reports 19 out of 95 security vendors detecting the domain as malicious, while the SSL certificate is issued by Google Trust Services. No creation date is provided, but the domain remains active as of this assessment.  Mitigation steps for this specific threat type include immediate blacklisting of the domain and associated IP address (64.29.17.195) across network security controls. Organizations should deploy email and web filtering rules to block access to taxcoder.vercel.app and monitor for related subdomains under vercel.app. End-user training should emphasize verification of domain authenticity before entering credentials, particularly for financial services. Security teams are advised to review logs for connections to 64.29.17.195 and investigate potential credential exposure incidents linked to this domain.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       b8a0bf372c762e966cc99ede8682bc71
TLS cert SHA-256:      ee54cb11f16cc311b3acbae57f8fbb03f338c1b2a20de72722c3eafd0dae0140

## 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/taxcoder.vercel.app/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=taxcoder.vercel.app
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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