# PhishDestroy threat dossier — walletcex.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-05-30 13:43:57 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/walletcex.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 89/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: cryptocurrency Targeted brand: ethereum (and: ton) ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 21/95 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, Ermes, ESET, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Gridinsoft, Lionic, Netcraft, Seclookup, SOCRadar, Sophos, URLQuery, VIPRE, Webroot URLQuery: 3 detections Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist Victim re-reports (public form): 1 ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.32.208 (US, San Francisco) ASN: ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com Nameservers: ["mona.ns.cloudflare.com", "stan.ns.cloudflare.com"] Registered: 2026-02-21 Expires: 2026-12-22 Page title: Buy & Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum | Cryptocurrency Exchange | Walletcex HTTP response: 403 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Google Trust Services / WE1 Expires: 2026-05-20 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: f66b5fed4f9cf5adb522fe5b7d661ee6c2edd6ed7254e5cfc888c344b14f46f7 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-02-21 (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) Earliest abuse rec: 2026-01-25 00:36:02 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name Last verified: 2026-05-30 13:20:39 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable Note: one or more events above predate the WHOIS creation date. This typically means the same domain name was previously registered, detected, dropped, and then re-registered by a new party. PhishDestroy preserves the full historical record for operator-attribution research even when the underlying infrastructure changes hands. ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019bf073-496f-745a-9bbd-c949474d40c3/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/3847832e-e31a-4bbb-8957-be320f8afbaa Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/walletcex.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.walletcex.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=walletcex.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/walletcex.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/walletcex.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-03-18 23:54:51 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] PhishDestroy identifies walletcex.com as a high-risk brand impersonation domain targeting Ethereum users. The domain was created recently, on February 21, 2026, and presents itself as a cryptocurrency exchange platform offering services to buy and sell Bitcoin and Ethereum. The page title 'Buy & Sell Bitcoin, Ethereum | Cryptocurrency Exchange | Walletcex' is designed to deceive users into trusting the site as a legitimate crypto exchange affiliated with Ethereum. From a technical perspective, walletcex.com resolves to the IP address 172.67.187.122 and is registered through PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com. VirusTotal analysis reveals that 21 out of 95 security vendors flagged this domain for suspicious activity, indicating a significant threat profile. Furthermore, the domain appears on at least one security blocklist, reinforcing its malicious intent. These indicators combined with its recent creation date and brand impersonation tactic highlight the domain as a likely phishing or scam site. Currently, walletcex.com has been taken offline, reducing immediate risk to potential victims. This action likely follows detection and reporting of its fraudulent behavior. Users are strongly advised to remain vigilant against similar domains and avoid any interaction with walletcex.com or sharing sensitive information. Continual monitoring is recommended to prevent future threats from domains using similar impersonation strategies. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260125-0C9EBC Favicon MD5: e4fab59d8f8e14f57ace4c81cb1cef4e TLS cert SHA-256: f66b5fed4f9cf5adb522fe5b7d661ee6c2edd6ed7254e5cfc888c344b14f46f7 ## 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/walletcex.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=walletcex.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 About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 156,069 domains (37,010 alive under monitoring, 118,599 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io