lendingtree[.]ink

Analysis indicates that the domain lendingtree.ink was registered through NameCheap, Inc. on February 21, 2026 and is currently active. The authoritative nameservers are yevgen.ns.cloudflare.com and princess.ns.cloudflare.com, pointing to Cloudflare DNS. DNS resolution returns the IPv4 address 162.0.235.69, which is announced by AS22612, a Namecheap hosting ASN located in the United States. The web server presents an HTTP 200 response and advertises PHP running on LiteSpeed, while the TLS certificate is a Sectigo Limited DV certificate issued to the domain and signed by the Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA. The page title returned by the HTTP request is “Lending Tree — Financial Freedom, Rooted in Trust”, which suggests an attempt to impersonate the legitimate LendingTree brand, although no visual analysis is available.

Threat intelligence shows the domain appears on one security blocklist and has been flagged by PhishDestroy. VirusTotal scans report that 2 of 93 security vendors have identified malicious behavior, reinforcing the suspicion of phishing activity. The domain’s Gridinsoft trust score is 0 out of 100, indicating a high likelihood of abuse. Mail exchange records are configured to privateemail.com (mx1.privateemail.com and mx2.privateemail.com), a service often used by malicious operators to receive victim communications.

Given the combination of a recent registration, low trust score, detection by multiple vendors, presence on a blocklist, and a page title that mimics a trusted financial service, the infrastructure aligns with a high‑risk phishing campaign. Defenders should add lendingtree.ink to web‑filter and email‑gateway blocklists, monitor DNS queries for the domain and its associated IP, and enforce TLS inspection to capture any credential submissions.