# PhishDestroy threat dossier — useflowpay.xyz
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Fetched:   2026-07-22 05:33:20 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/useflowpay.xyz/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 79/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      6/93 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Google Safebrowsing, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      216.198.79.1 (US, Walnut)
ASN:             ASAS16509 AMAZON-02, US
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      FlowPay - Business Payments on Flow

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     R13
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 23:23:48 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-02-26 23:23:48 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-22 04:20:59 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-21 22:03:59 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/019a09bb-1f39-742b-9fe6-6e6bac53cc76/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/useflowpay.xyz
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.useflowpay.xyz
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=useflowpay.xyz
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/useflowpay.xyz
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/useflowpay.xyz/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-24 03:38:14 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

useflowpay.xyz Phishing Intelligence Report - PhishDestroy

The domain useflowpay.xyz is a generic scam operation that is currently down or has been taken down.

Six out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal flag useflowpay.xyz as malicious, including alphaMountain.ai, CyRadar, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, and Google Safebrowsing. It appears on one public blocklist, but Google Safe Browsing has not flagged it.

The domain resolved to 216.198.79.1. No registrar data is available, suggesting privacy protection or recent scrubbing. It was registered on 2026-02-21 and first seen on 2026-02-26.

Block useflowpay.xyz at the perimeter and flag 216.198.79.1 as an indicator of 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 (operator 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/useflowpay.xyz/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=useflowpay.xyz
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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