# PhishDestroy threat dossier — thehotelremain.com
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Fetched:   2026-04-30 22:24:44 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/thehotelremain.com/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      14/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Lionic, Phishing Database, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.67.138.5 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       MAT BAO CORPORATION
Registered:      2025-11-20
Expires:         2026-11-20
Page title:      Booking.com | Official website | Best hotels and accommodation
HTTP response:   530

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     WE1
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: 2025-11-20 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:23:43 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-30 18:07:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-09 21:51:22 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/019aa3f0-cf15-77ec-bd53-cb9679670498/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/thehotelremain.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.thehotelremain.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=thehotelremain.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/thehotelremain.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/thehotelremain.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 01:26:58 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 thehotelremain.com as a high-risk phishing domain designed to deceive users by mimicking legitimate hotel booking websites. This site attempts to trick visitors into sharing sensitive information such as login credentials and payment details under the guise of a trusted travel service.

The phishing scheme works by presenting a fake booking page styled similarly to well-known platforms like Booking.com, luring victims to input personal data. The domain is relatively new, created in early 2026, and has been flagged by multiple security vendors and blocklists, confirming its malicious intent.

If you have visited thehotelremain.com, it is crucial to immediately change any passwords you might have entered and monitor your financial accounts for unauthorized activity. Avoid clicking on any suspicious links or providing further information on this or related domains. Reporting the incident to your IT or security team can help prevent further exposure.

## 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/thehotelremain.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=thehotelremain.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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