Notification and current-status evidence
The sent-report ledger records the first outgoing report at .
The recorded recipient is abuse@bluehost.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 5 months has elapsed since the first outgoing report.
ICANN RAA §3.18 describes registrar abuse-contact and handling obligations. This section records outgoing timestamps, listed recipients, case identifiers, and later availability. It does not by itself prove receipt, acknowledgement, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
americantaxdefense[.]com
“Top-Rated Tax Solutions - Trust in American Tax DefenseTax - American Tax Defense”
americantaxdefense.com — Encoberto · alcançável. Tipo de golpe: Brand Impersonation. Resumo das evidências: VirusTotal 4/91 (alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar); cloaking observed; PhishDestroy score 65/100. Registrador: GoDaddy.
A análise detalhada do PhishDestroy AI permanece em inglês para preservar o registro forense original.
Analysis indicates that the domain americantaxdefense.com is actively engaged in brand-impersonation phishing, as classified by PhishDestroy. The domain was registered on February 21, 2026, through GoDaddy.com, LLC, and currently resolves to the IP address 162.241.217.123, hosted under AS31898 (Oracle Corporation) in the United States. The site returns an HTTP 200 status, signaling an operational web server, and employs a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate (R12) for encrypted connections. Infrastructure analysis reveals the use of nameservers ns1.bluehost.com and ns2.bluehost.com, alongside detected technologies including WordPress, MySQL, PHP, Yoast SEO, Nginx, Apache HTTP Server, Swiper, and Mailgun.
The page title, 'Top-Rated Tax Solutions - Trust in American Tax DefenseTax - American Tax Defense,' suggests an attempt to impersonate a tax-related service, though the exact content and target brand have not been fully analyzed. Gridinsoft assigns the domain a trust score of 0/100, and it appears on one security blocklist. One of 93 security vendors on VirusTotal flags the domain as malicious.
Defenders should treat this domain as high-risk due to its active status, brand-impersonation classification, and low trust scores. Recommended actions include blocking the domain and IP at perimeter security controls, monitoring for internal connections to 162.241.217.123, and alerting users to the phishing risk associated with tax-themed communications from this source. Further investigation into associated email campaigns (e.g., Mailgun usage) may be warranted.
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Status da lista de bloqueios pública
Captura armazenada
Inteligência de Domínios
Detalhes técnicosDNS, SANs do SSL, carimbos de data e hora
ICANN OVERSIGHT
Credenciamento e contexto RAA
Credenciamento e contexto RAA
Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations
For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.
Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.
RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
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