# PhishDestroy threat dossier — validation-reward.pages.dev
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Fetched:   2026-04-26 20:43:02 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/validation-reward.pages.dev/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 82/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Fake Airdrop
Targeted brand: Airdrop Scam

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      0/95 security vendors flagged this domain

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      188.114.96.3
Registrar:       Cloudflare, Inc.
Nameservers:     grace.ns.cloudflare.com, nitin.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-04-26
Page title:      2025/2026 Phase 1 ETH Community Airdrop
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-07-24
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 9390bc7266eb9ac8c0e42f3175aa48193c59991a802c4fbf907273509cb4eac0

## 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: 2026-04-26 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-04-26 15:54:56 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-26 19:50:08 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019dc9d9-9756-715b-927e-f95692767a3e/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/validation-reward.pages.dev
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.validation-reward.pages.dev
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=validation-reward.pages.dev
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/validation-reward.pages.dev
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/validation-reward.pages.dev/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-04-26 15:56:32 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy has opened an active investigation into the domain validation-reward.pages.dev, a suspected credential-theft page impersonating identity-validation services. The site currently resolves to IP 188.114.96.3 and is served through Cloudflare’s Pages platform with a Google Trust Services SSL certificate. Early threat analysis indicates the page is engineered to harvest login credentials under the guise of an account-validation reward, a common tactic used to gain initial access to user accounts and linked cryptocurrency wallets.  This domain was flagged on seed a61b71 with zero detections out of 95 VirusTotal engines, indicating evasion against current signature-based detection. The domain is registered through Cloudflare, Inc., and was created recently, leveraging a *.pages.dev subdomain to appear legitimate. Behavioral indicators include dynamic content loading and obfuscated JavaScript payloads, consistent with credential-stealing campaigns targeting webmail, gaming, and financial services accounts.  If you visited validation-reward.pages.dev, immediately revoke any entered credentials, enable multi-factor authentication on all linked accounts, and scan devices for malware. Do not enter sensitive data on any page claiming to offer validation rewards. Report the domain to your IT team or security provider and consider using a password manager with breach monitoring to notify you of reused credentials. Monitor linked cryptocurrency wallets and financial accounts for unauthorized transactions.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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TLS cert SHA-256:      9390bc7266eb9ac8c0e42f3175aa48193c59991a802c4fbf907273509cb4eac0

## 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/validation-reward.pages.dev/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=validation-reward.pages.dev
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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