Security Review

Is phantomws.xyz legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Dangerous· 1/100

Phishing clone impersonating Google, registered 17 days ago, flagged by multiple antivirus engines as phishing.

phantomws.xyzScanned 1h ago
0
Trust score
DANGEROUS
Heuristics 0·MT 18
Category tags
phishing#Phishing#Clone Site92% MT confidence
Technical red flags (3)
Warning signals (1)

These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
6/92
Engines flagged this URL
Domain Age
17 days old
Registered May 27, 2026
MT Intelligence
Dangerous
Critical likelihood · 92% confidence
DANGEROUS

Brand impersonation — not the real site

3 of 92 antivirus engines flag this page as malicious. This page is styled as a brand but is not the brand's real site. Go to the official site directly, and treat any download, login, or payment request here as unsafe.

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Critical scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust18/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain phantomws.xyz was registered only 17 days ago and hosts a near-identical copy of Google's homepage, complete with the Google logo, search bar, and sign-in link. Three antivirus engines (CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, and SOCRadar) explicitly flag this as phishing or malicious. The page loads external resources from legitimate Google domains (google.com, accounts.google.com, mail.google.com) to appear authentic, but the non-official domain and credential-harvesting layout are classic phishing indicators. No legitimate business contact information exists on the page — no email, phone, or address. The combination of brand impersonation, new registration age, and antivirus consensus makes this a high-confidence phishing attack designed to trick users into entering their Google credentials.
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Page Content

The page displays a pixel-perfect replica of Google's homepage, including the Google logo, search box, and sign-in button. The title tag reads 'Google' and the body contains Google's standard navigation elements (About, Store, Gmail, Images, Sign in). No legitimate business information, privacy policy, or contact details are present on the page.

Infrastructure

The domain uses a valid SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt with 72 days remaining. The hosting IP (172.67.221.210) has a clean abuse score of 0/100 with no reported abuse. However, the domain itself is only 17 days old, registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED with privacy protection disabled.

Domain History

phantomws.xyz was registered 17 days ago, making it a newly-created domain. The short age combined with Google impersonation is a strong indicator of malicious intent. The domain does not appear in global traffic indexes, suggesting it has no legitimate user base.

Web Reputation

Three antivirus engines flag this domain as malicious or phishing: CRDF (malicious), Forcepoint ThreatSeeker (phishing), and SOCRadar (phishing). Two additional engines (alphaMountain.ai and Fortinet) flag it as spam. Browser blocklists remain clean, but the antivirus consensus is clear. No positive trust signals from independent review aggregators are available.

Risk Factors
7
  • Domain registered only 17 days ago with no established history or legitimate purpose.
  • Page impersonates Google's homepage on an unauthorized domain to harvest credentials.
  • Three antivirus engines (CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, SOCRadar) flag the domain as phishing or malicious.
  • No contact information, business registration, or legitimate entity details present on the page.
  • Loads external resources from legitimate Google domains to appear authentic while operating from a fake domain.
  • Page title and layout are designed to deceive users into believing they are on Google's official site.
  • No legitimate traffic ranking or web presence; domain appears solely for phishing purposes.
Positive Signals
3
  • SSL certificate is valid and issued by a trusted certificate authority (Let's Encrypt).
  • Hosting IP has a clean abuse reputation with zero reported abuse incidents.
  • Browser blocklists do not flag the domain, suggesting it may be newly deployed.
AI Recommendation
Do not visit this site or enter any credentials. If you reached this page by clicking a link, report it to Google's phishing team immediately. Always verify you are on Google's official domain (google.com) before signing in.
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Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for phantomws.xyz, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
17 days
Registered May 2026
Web mentions
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.
Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst

No scam reports or complaints found in available sources.

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live
6 engines flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

3Malicious3Suspicious55Harmless92Engines
0
of 92
CRDF
Malicious· malicious
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker
Malicious· phishing
SOCRadar
Malicious· phishing
alphaMountain.ai
Suspicious· spam
Fortinet
Suspicious· spam
Gridinsoft
Suspicious· suspicious

6 antivirus engines flagged this URL. Even a single detection is a meaningful signal — treat this site with extra caution and avoid entering credentials, payment info, or downloading any files.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Page impersonates Google on a non-official domain.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age17 days old
RegistrarNICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED
RegisteredMay 27, 2026
ExpiresMay 27, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · E7
ExpiresAug 25, 2026 (72d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingCloudflare, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web servergws

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
Yes
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1302http://phantomws.xyz/
  • 2301https://google.com/cross-domain
  • 3200https://www.google.com/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPCloudflare, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Scam-Type Likelihood

1 scam-type patterns detected
Scam-Type Likelihood

1 of 13 categories showed signals

We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.

Top match: Brand Impersonation
Brand Impersonation
High likelihood
60/100
  • Page claims to be Google.
  • AI analyst tagged this as a brand / clone-site impersonation.

Brand impersonation detected

This page is styled as a known brand but is not the brand's real site.

  • Do not interact with phantomws.xyz

    Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.

  • Go to the brand's real site directly

    Type the brand name into a search engine or open it from your bookmarks — don't use links from emails, SMS, ads, or social posts, which are the delivery vectors for impersonation.

  • Never download or sign in here

    Even if the page "just" offers a download or a giveaway, impersonation pages frequently deliver malware or set up follow-up phishing. Assume anything accepted from this site is hostile.

  • Report the impersonation to the brand

    Most major brands have a dedicated abuse or anti-phishing reporting channel — reporting helps them take the site down and protects other users.

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review flags phantomws.xyz as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
  • No — phantomws.xyz scored 1/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
  • Yes. phantomws.xyz presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E7, expiring in 72 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • phantomws.xyz is 17 days old, registered on 5/27/2026 through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • 6 out of 92 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged phantomws.xyz as malicious or suspicious (3 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
  • No. phantomws.xyz is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • phantomws.xyz resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 13, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around phantomws.xyz have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·phantomws.xyz
DANGEROUS

This is a phishing clone impersonating Google's homepage on a fake domain registered just 17 days ago. Multiple antivirus engines flag it as phishing, and the page mimics Google's interface to harvest credentials.

Do not visit this site or enter any credentials. If you reached this page by clicking a link, report it to Google's phishing team immediately. Always verify you are on Google's official domain (google.com) before signing in.

AV engines
92
MT passes
2
Net signals
1
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