# PhishDestroy threat dossier — trustwallet.observer
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Fetched:   2026-04-28 11:23:17 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/trustwallet.observer/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 84/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: TrustWallet

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Fortinet, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.97.3 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET, US
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       Cloudflare, Inc.
Nameservers:     carla.ns.cloudflare.com, justin.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2025-05-31
Expires:         2026-05-31
Page title:      trustwallet.observer | 521: Web server is down

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-04-22
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: c9572134fd84af26f52f27a77d88b83f2012008e76a7f9797cf6ed22897f2fc7

## 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: 2025-05-31 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-25 02:39:27 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2025-11-16 01:34:56 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-04-23 20:18:53 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-23 19:18:49 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/019a8a4c-964a-7268-9872-e23f5b07f7bd/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/trustwallet.observer
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.trustwallet.observer
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=trustwallet.observer
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/trustwallet.observer
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/trustwallet.observer/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 02:53:33 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies trustwallet.observer as a low-risk threat due to its brand impersonation of TrustWallet. Despite the impersonation attempt, the domain currently poses minimal risk since it is offline and does not actively serve malicious content.

The domain was registered through Cloudflare, Inc. and resolves to IP address 198.18.5.142. Although it appears on three security blocklists and triggered detections by two out of ninety-five VirusTotal vendors, its web server is currently down, showing a "521: Web server is down" message. This infrastructure inactivity significantly reduces its immediate threat potential.

Users are advised to avoid interacting with trustwallet.observer and verify URLs carefully before providing sensitive information. Continuous monitoring of this domain is recommended, and organizations should maintain updated blocklists and endpoint protections to prevent any future exploitation if the domain becomes active again.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon SHA-256:       78a7d8b29cabf16831417dba1b9bbe36fae0d060a35a495e8f10e9663b3c9e65
TLS cert SHA-256:      c9572134fd84af26f52f27a77d88b83f2012008e76a7f9797cf6ed22897f2fc7

## 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/trustwallet.observer/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=trustwallet.observer
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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