# PhishDestroy threat dossier — wc-etherfi.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-24 23:52:15 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/wc-etherfi.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: Impersonation
Targeted brand: EtherFi

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Kaspersky, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      104.21.90.46 (US, San Francisco)
ASN:             ASAS13335 CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US
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:     dexter.ns.cloudflare.com, sureena.ns.cloudflare.com
Registered:      2026-06-18
Expires:         2027-06-18
Page title:      ether.fi Cash

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-09-16
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: cc84ef6d9ef763a8cea8e9301ac7092e0bafd9ab9661274317f1c10417265782

## 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: 2026-06-18 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-06-18 19:41:24 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-06-25 00:20:44 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-06-20 00:16:17 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/019edbd1-6fad-700a-9752-a3735e633499/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/wc-etherfi.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.wc-etherfi.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=wc-etherfi.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/wc-etherfi.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/wc-etherfi.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-22 23:06:03 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

wc-etherfi.com is a phishing domain that impersonates EtherFi to deceive users. It was first detected on June 18, 2026, the same day it was registered. The domain is currently offline, but it has already been flagged by 5 out of 91 vendors on VirusTotal as malicious. Additionally, it appears on public blocklists from PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL.

The domain was registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED and hosted on an IP address managed by Cloudflare, Inc. in the United States. The SSL certificate was issued by Google Trust Services, indicating a level of sophistication in the setup. The platform risk score for this domain is 80 out of 100, highlighting its potential threat level.

Phishing domains like wc-etherfi.com exploit the trust users place in legitimate brands. By mimicking EtherFi, scammers aim to steal sensitive information from unsuspecting users. The swift detection and subsequent takedown of this domain demonstrate the effectiveness of early threat identification and response measures. Despite its offline status, the domain's presence on multiple blocklists serves as a warning of its malicious intent.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       47fb2ccd7101e2639d07857e40c7a113
TLS cert SHA-256:      cc84ef6d9ef763a8cea8e9301ac7092e0bafd9ab9661274317f1c10417265782

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