paofax[.]com

paofax.com was registered on 25 October 2025 through NiceNIC International Group Co., Limited and is currently taken offline. The domain resolves to the Cloudflare address 188.114.96.3, associated with ASN 13335 in the United States. No TLS certificate is presented; the site is served without HTTPS. Authoritative nameservers are gerald.ns.cloudflare.com and ruth.ns.cloudflare.com, indicating the use of Cloudflare’s DNS infrastructure. The page title retrieved before takedown reads “Paofax: Most Popular Online Crypto Casino Based on Blockchain”, and the site is classified as a “Crypto Scam” employing the publicly‑available Gambler Scam phishing kit.

The content explicitly impersonates the brand x.com, suggesting an attempt to lure users of that service into a cryptocurrency‑focused fraud. Reputation checks show a Gridinsoft trust score of 0 / 100, and ten of ninety‑five VirusTotal scanners flagged the domain as malicious. The domain appears on a single security blocklist and has been added to the PhishDestroy blocklist. No SSL certificate, combined with the low trust score and multiple vendor detections, reinforces the malicious assessment. Uncertainty remains regarding the exact phishing payload delivered after the initial landing page, as no further page content has been captured.

The absence of additional public analyses means that the full scope of credential or crypto‑address harvesting cannot be confirmed. Nevertheless, the presence of a known gambling‑scam kit and the brand impersonation indicate a high likelihood of credential theft or crypto‑wallet compromise. Defenders should block DNS resolution to paofax.com at the perimeter, add the IP 188.114.96.3 to deny lists, and ensure that any traffic to the associated Cloudflare nameservers is monitored for anomalous activity. Incident response teams should also educate users about the impersonation of x.