# PhishDestroy threat dossier — vipowex.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-20 23:12:35 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/vipowex.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 87/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      8/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Kaspersky, Sophos
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.10.240 (US, San Francisco)
Hosting org:     AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.
Registrar:       MAT BAO CORPORATION
Nameservers:     collins.ns.cloudflare.com, konnor.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-05-26
Expires:         2027-05-26
Page title:      Vipowex: Elon Musk’s Official Crypto Casino Powered by Blockchain

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Let's Encrypt / E7
Expires:    2026-08-24
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 3193197126b00bc27850c990f53b4dd907651e9e87aa47ef69bc0a93b05ca5e8

## 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: 2026-05-26 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-17 19:08:58 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
First reported:    2026-06-17 20:09:45 UTC (abuse notice filed)
Last verified:     2026-06-21 00:20:43 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-19 00:18:00 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/019ed68d-e8f7-762b-8d2e-31759f56320f/
URLQuery:         https://urlquery.net/report/e4fbc549-dbc4-4813-8e52-7d9c9fb471df
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/vipowex.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.vipowex.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=vipowex.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/vipowex.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/vipowex.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-18 16:33:43 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies vipowex.com as a site that poses a significant threat to users, specifically as a generic phishing site that aims to deceive visitors by falsely associating itself with Elon Musk and cryptocurrency, which can lead to financial loss and personal data theft. 
   
This domain was flagged due to several indicators, including being flagged by 8 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, and it appears on at least one security blocklist, which suggests a high risk level, and considering it was registered through MAT BAO CORPORATION and created as recently as May 26, 2026, the urgency for caution is heightened. 

If a user has visited vipowex.com, they should immediately monitor their financial and personal accounts for any suspicious activity, change passwords if necessary, and consider running a full system scan with an antivirus program to ensure no malware was downloaded during the visit, as the domain resolves to IP 104.21.10.240 and has a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, which, while legitimate, does not guarantee the site's safety or authenticity.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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PhishDestroy Case ID:  PD-20260617-CA7608
TLS cert SHA-256:      3193197126b00bc27850c990f53b4dd907651e9e87aa47ef69bc0a93b05ca5e8

## 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/vipowex.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=vipowex.com
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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