# PhishDestroy threat dossier — wct.stakingsrewards.club
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Fetched:   2026-05-16 20:15:07 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/wct.stakingsrewards.club/

## VERDICT
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STATUS STALE — last probed 28 days ago, treat as ACTIVE until re-verified
Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Scam classification: email
Targeted brand: gmail (and: google)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      14/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, ChainPatrol, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Google Safebrowsing, Kaspersky, Lionic, SOCRadar, Sophos, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 2 independent blocklists

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      142.250.217.4 (US, New York City)
ASN:             ASAS15169 GOOGLE, US
Hosting org:     AS15169 Google LLC
Registered:      2026-02-21
Page title:      Google

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     WR2
Status:     INVALID chain

## 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: 2026-02-21 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration)
First detected:    2026-02-26 23:21:34 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-04-18 13:02:38 UTC (STALE — 28 days ago, re-verify)
Flagged dead:      2026-04-09 01:45:07 UTC (NOT RE-VERIFIED IN 28 DAYS — treat as unconfirmed)
Current status:    UNCONFIRMED (our live-probe is 28 days stale)

## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019ba8a3-a03c-724a-8835-93a373888f66/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/wct.stakingsrewards.club
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.wct.stakingsrewards.club
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=wct.stakingsrewards.club
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/wct.stakingsrewards.club
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/wct.stakingsrewards.club/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-03-03 15:05:51 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

PhishDestroy identifies wct.stakingsrewards.club as a high-risk domain associated with generic phishing activities. This domain was registered on February 21, 2026, and its intent appears focused on deceiving users through fraudulent schemes related to staking rewards.

Technical analysis reveals that wct.stakingsrewards.club was flagged by multiple security vendors and appears on two distinct security blocklists, indicating widespread recognition of its malicious nature. The domain was registered through a dead domain service, which often signals attempts to evade detection. VirusTotal data confirms the domain’s involvement in phishing with significant vendor consensus.

Currently, wct.stakingsrewards.club is offline and inaccessible, reflecting active mitigation efforts. Users are advised to avoid any interaction with this domain and maintain updated security defenses. PhishDestroy continues to monitor such domains to support proactive user protection and rapid incident response.

## 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/wct.stakingsrewards.club/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=wct.stakingsrewards.club
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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