# PhishDestroy threat dossier — usual.money
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Fetched:   2026-04-30 16:30:49 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/usual.money/

## VERDICT
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STATUS STALE — last probed 30 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified
Composite threat score: 67/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: cryptocurrency
Targeted brand: across (and: ankr, binance, celer, chainlink, coinbase)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/95 security vendors flagged this domain
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      52.223.52.2 (US, Seattle)
ASN:             ASAS16509 AMAZON-02, US
Hosting org:     AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Registrar:       Squarespace Domains II LLC
Nameservers:     ["neil.ns.cloudflare.com", "maeve.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2022-09-01
Page title:      Usual Protocol

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E8
Expires:    2026-05-20
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 0e3b95f693a7f902dd8e197ee19bfcb7aa3110857e050a968f47b214a4e0b5b7

## 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: 2022-09-01 (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:    2025-08-10 05:55:12 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-03-31 00:43:03 UTC (STALE — 30 days ago, re-verify)
Flagged dead:      2026-02-24 03:00:15 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 30 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed)
Current status:    UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 30 days stale)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/01989330-67af-7582-917e-6ac20f9f8364/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/usual.money
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.usual.money
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=usual.money
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/usual.money
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/usual.money/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-24 01:21:26 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 usual.money as a domain potentially involved in brand impersonation targeting the brand Across. Such threats can mislead users into trusting malicious sites, risking sensitive data exposure.

The domain usual.money was registered on September 1, 2022, via Squarespace Domains II LLC. It currently resolves to IP 52.223.52.2 and is offline. Despite appearing on one security blocklist, VirusTotal scans show no detections so far.

Users are advised to remain cautious and avoid visiting usual.money or providing any personal information. Monitoring for updates on this domain’s status is recommended as investigations continue.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      0e3b95f693a7f902dd8e197ee19bfcb7aa3110857e050a968f47b214a4e0b5b7

## 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/usual.money/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=usual.money
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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