# PhishDestroy threat dossier — tepomex.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-23 13:50:25 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/tepomex.com/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      4/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  4 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.182.85
Registrar:       Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com

!!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — Trustname / Fewmoretaps OU !!!
Trustname (IANA #4318) is a shell company declaring EUR 120 annual revenue, 1
employee, negative equity, Belarusian ownership. Explicitly advertises itself as
'bulletproof' in its DNS TXT records. Primary source:
  https://phishdestroy.io/trustname-bulletproof-exposed

Nameservers:     ["brynne.ns.cloudflare.com", "yew.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-06-09
Expires:         2027-05-25
Page title:      Home | Tepomex

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E7
Expires:    2026-08-23
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 09aa8c2a15fcb5f325dc5b370a5a08dfe0e9d361e9a7d53a0583a643dfbebf18

## 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: 2026-06-09 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-09 05:15:10 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-09 01:20:11 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-23 12:20:34 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-16 00:38:00 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-13 13:12:51 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies tepomex.com as a high-risk domain that impersonates MEXC, posing a threat to users who may unknowingly interact with it, potentially leading to financial loss. 

This domain was flagged by 4 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, indicating a significant level of malicious activity, and was registered through Fewmoretaps OU d/b/a Trustname.com. The domain remains active, highlighting the need for caution. 

Users who visited tepomex.com should immediately verify the authenticity of the site on PhishDestroy, and take necessary precautions to protect their sensitive information, as the domain may be used for malicious purposes, such as draining cryptocurrency, with a unique threat signature tied to the seed 46f5a5

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       73c5eb1b9cb11858be2f055266219aca
TLS cert SHA-256:      09aa8c2a15fcb5f325dc5b370a5a08dfe0e9d361e9a7d53a0583a643dfbebf18

## 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 (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
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/tepomex.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=tepomex.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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