# PhishDestroy threat dossier — zerwards.com
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Fetched:   2026-06-29 03:51:41 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/zerwards.com/

## VERDICT
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TAKEN DOWN (neutralised)
Composite threat score: 59/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)
Targeted brand: zelle

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      2/95 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: Fortinet, SOCRadar
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist
Victim re-reports (public form): 1

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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IP address:      185.158.133.1 (PL, Dźwirzyno)
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:     ["gabe.ns.cloudflare.com", "kehlani.ns.cloudflare.com"]
Registered:      2026-02-21
Expires:         2026-12-03
Page title:      Earn By Playing

## TLS CERTIFICATE
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Issuer:     Google Trust Services / WE1
Expires:    2026-06-03
Status:     INVALID chain
Fingerprint: 5450660908f1b0fd595d88537ba2c4195d50068c4578ec37599999bdc68e413c

## 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: 2026-02-21 (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: 2026-02-13 08:00:57 UTC — PREDATES current WHOIS registration; retained from a previous registration cycle of the same domain name
Last verified:     2026-06-29 04:20:35 UTC
Neutralised:       2026-04-23 19:19:59 UTC
Current status:    taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead)

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)
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URLScan.io:       https://urlscan.io/result/019c555d-d0c2-708e-89be-2c2acbfffad0/
Wayback Machine:  https://web.archive.org/web/*/zerwards.com
crt.sh CT logs:   https://crt.sh/?q=%25.zerwards.com
Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=zerwards.com
AlienVault OTX:   https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/zerwards.com
URLhaus:          https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/zerwards.com/

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-06-24 16:52:37 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

The domain zerwards.com, impersonating the brand Zelle, has a high threat score of 70/100 and is currently down. It has been flagged as malicious by 2 out of 95 security vendors, including Fortinet and SOCRadar, and is listed on one public blocklist, though it is not flagged by Google Safe Browsing. 

Registered with NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited in Hong Kong, the domain was created on February 21, 2026, and was first detected on February 13, 2026. The hosting IP is 185.158.133.1. 

Due to its high threat score and confirmed phishing activity, block the domain at the perimeter and submit a report to the registrar abuse desk.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       2794f9e6822202ba70fbeb2182ad5971
TLS cert SHA-256:      5450660908f1b0fd595d88537ba2c4195d50068c4578ec37599999bdc68e413c

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