# PhishDestroy threat dossier — thq.stakingsrewards.club
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Fetched:   2026-05-16 10:44:52 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/thq.stakingsrewards.club/

## VERDICT
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STATUS STALE — last probed 24 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: email
Targeted brand: gmail (and: google)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      15/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, ChainPatrol, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Kaspersky, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      172.253.63.99 (US, Leesburg)
ASN:             ASAS15169 GOOGLE, US
Hosting org:     AS15169 Google LLC
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Google

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     WR2
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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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Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:23:37 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-22 01:41:08 UTC (STALE — 24 days ago, re-verify)
Flagged dead:      2026-04-22 00:26:14 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 24 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed)
Current status:    UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 24 days stale)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019ba8a3-d22a-7429-ac22-bd5fe8e58bf3/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/thq.stakingsrewards.club
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.thq.stakingsrewards.club
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=thq.stakingsrewards.club
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/thq.stakingsrewards.club
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/thq.stakingsrewards.club/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 01:17:32 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies thq.stakingsrewards.club as an active high-risk phishing domain impersonating legitimate services to steal sensitive information. This threat is critical given its use of a deceptive page title mimicking Google.

The domain, created on February 21, 2026, resolves to IP 172.253.63.99 and appears on multiple security blocklists. VirusTotal flags this domain by 15 out of 95 security vendors, confirming its malicious nature. The campaign remains active and should be treated with caution.

Users are strongly advised to avoid visiting thq.stakingsrewards.club or submitting any personal data. Report any suspicious emails or links referencing this domain to security teams immediately to prevent potential compromise.

## 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/thq.stakingsrewards.club/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=thq.stakingsrewards.club
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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