# PhishDestroy threat dossier — votes-etherfinances.xyz ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-23 09:40:15 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/votes-etherfinances.xyz/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: EtherFi ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 2/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.64.230 (US, San Francisco) Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: cosmin.ns.cloudflare.com, robin.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-06-20 Expires: 2027-06-20 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-09-18 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: d63574da5bb108c1f7e33be2fb4ae1575a441c28e170b449b56ca5bf65239ace ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-06-20 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-20 16:02:44 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-20 14:15:43 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-23 08:20:37 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-21 12:19:18 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ee556-90c4-742e-bc22-76e3f386f126/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/57e76898-d0bf-4da9-ae48-6c465a37d0dc Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/votes-etherfinances.xyz crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.votes-etherfinances.xyz Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=votes-etherfinances.xyz AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/votes-etherfinances.xyz URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/votes-etherfinances.xyz/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-22 23:03:38 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] votes-etherfinances.xyz, an impersonation scam domain targeting EtherFi, is now offline. PhishDestroy identified this threat on the same day it was created, June 20, 2026. The domain has been flagged by 2 out of 91 vendors on VirusTotal and is listed on 3 public blocklists, including PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL. The domain was registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and hosted on an IP address managed by Cloudflare, Inc., located in the United States. The SSL certificate was issued by Google Trust Services, indicating a potential attempt to appear legitimate. Despite its short lifespan, the domain achieved a platform risk score of 73 out of 100, highlighting its potential threat level. PhishDestroy's proactive detection pipeline identifies such threats before they are widely recognized by antivirus vendors, exploiting the gap between domain registration and AV database updates. This early detection helps mitigate risks associated with fresh phishing domains like votes-etherfinances.xyz, which are designed to deceive users by mimicking legitimate brands such as EtherFi. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260620-0DB3E9 TLS cert SHA-256: d63574da5bb108c1f7e33be2fb4ae1575a441c28e170b449b56ca5bf65239ace ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/votes-etherfinances.xyz/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=votes-etherfinances.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 168,331 domains (12,959 alive under monitoring, 155,053 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io