# PhishDestroy threat dossier — uk.paying-vd.vip
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Fetched:   2026-05-17 03:30:03 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/uk.paying-vd.vip/

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

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      13/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Criminal IP, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, Lionic, SOCRadar, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      170.106.159.17 (US, Santa Clara)
ASN:             ASAS132203 TENCENT-NET-AP-CN Tencent Building, Kejizhongyi Avenue, CN
Hosting org:     AS132203 Tencent Building, Kejizhongyi Avenue
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Pay a parking fine

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     E7
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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:21:39 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-05-17 00:52:09 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-23 04:24:12 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/019b3f20-81d2-76c1-aa5d-f1f742ece665/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/uk.paying-vd.vip
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.uk.paying-vd.vip
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=uk.paying-vd.vip
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/uk.paying-vd.vip
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/uk.paying-vd.vip/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-19 01:38:29 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies uk.paying-vd.vip as an active phishing domain designed to deceive users with a fake 'Pay a parking fine' page. This type of scam aims to trick individuals into submitting sensitive information under the guise of resolving parking penalties, potentially leading to identity theft or financial loss.

This phishing operation works by impersonating a legitimate payment service, prompting visitors to enter personal and payment data. The domain is relatively new, created in February 2026, and has been flagged by 13 out of 95 VirusTotal security vendors. It also appears on a security blocklist and resolves to an IP address known for suspicious activity, increasing its credibility as a malicious site.

If you have visited uk.paying-vd.vip, do not enter any personal or payment information. Immediately run a full antivirus scan on your device and monitor your financial accounts for unauthorized transactions. Report the domain to your email provider, browser, or local cybersecurity authorities to help prevent further victimization. Always verify official parking fine notices through trusted government or municipal websites.

## 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/uk.paying-vd.vip/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=uk.paying-vd.vip
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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