# PhishDestroy threat dossier — vertexcapitalfund.org
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Fetched:   2026-07-31 10:54:43 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vertexcapitalfund.org/

## VERDICT
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CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      6/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Netcraft, SOCRadar
AlienVault OTX:  2 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions)
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      51.68.132.247 (PL, Warsaw)
ASN:             AS16276 OVH SAS
Hosting org:     Limited - PVT Hostseo
Registrar:       Atak Domain Bilgi Teknolojileri A._.
Nameservers:     ns1.sagaciousdns.com, ns2.sagaciousdns.com
Registered:      2025-07-30
Expires:         2027-07-30
Page title:      vertexcapitalfund Limited  - Home | Learn, Trade and Earn Using our Artificial Intelligence Techology Today.
HTTP response:   200

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / YR1
Expires:    2026-08-30
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: d9994b75562b213fecfc811eb06fad8428fbd6f4bb94db440a443a3861db59e4

## 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: 2025-07-30 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-07-27 08:57:13 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-07-27 13:27:55 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-07-31 12:44:26 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019fa279-8cc2-7638-ac74-f242ac02fbaf/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/vertexcapitalfund.org
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.vertexcapitalfund.org
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=vertexcapitalfund.org
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/vertexcapitalfund.org
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/vertexcapitalfund.org/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-27 08:58:20 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

vertexcapitalfund.org Phishing Site Detected

The domain vertexcapitalfund.org was registered on July 30, 2025 through Atak Domain Bilgi Teknolojileri A._. It resolves to the IPv4 address 51.68.132.247 and is served by the authoritative nameservers ns1.sagaciousdns.com and ns2.sagaciousdns.com. The domain appears on one public security blocklist and has been flagged by PhishDestroy, indicating that at least one anti‑phishing service has taken active mitigation steps.

VirusTotal analysis shows that three of ninety‑one scanned security vendors have raised detections against the domain, confirming that a minority of scanners recognize malicious activity. No additional intelligence such as SSL certificate details, HTTP response codes, page title, or Safe Browsing verdicts is presently available, leaving the exact content and luring technique of the site unverified. The limited detection footprint suggests the site is in an early‑stage deployment or is employing evasive hosting techniques, but the presence of multiple independent detections and blocklist inclusion signals a non‑trivial risk.

Defenders should add vertexcapitalfund.org to DNS and web‑proxy blocklists, monitor outbound connections to 51.68.132.247, and consider extending existing phishing‑filtering rules to encompass the observed nameserver pattern. Continuous re‑scanning with multi‑engine services is recommended to capture any evolution of the payload, and any observed credential or payment capture attempts should be treated as compromised. Organizations should also educate users about unsolicited communications that reference “Vertex Capital Fund” or related financial terminology, even though the specific impersonated brand has not been confirmed in the current intelligence set.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260727-907391
Favicon MD5:       c43cd7f7058e131d3e10fe31682435f7
TLS cert SHA-256:      d9994b75562b213fecfc811eb06fad8428fbd6f4bb94db440a443a3861db59e4

## 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/vertexcapitalfund.org/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=vertexcapitalfund.org
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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