PhishDestroy listed apexcoretrade.net as a suspicious domain because VirusTotal flagged it with ten malicious vendor detections. The site was first seen by PhishDestroy on 2026-10-21. The recorded page title reads “Global Market Mastery with AI-Powered Trading Platform — Apex Core” and the HTTP response returned status 200 on that date.
How the scam works
Pages that promote AI‑powered trading platforms are frequently used in fraudulent investment schemes that try to convince visitors to deposit money or disclose account credentials. No concrete malicious behavior was observed on this particular page.
Evidence
VirusTotal scanned the domain on 2026-10-19 and reported 14 detections across 92 engines, with ten vendors marking it malicious and four suspicious. Google Safe Browsing checked on 2026-10-21 and did not flag the URL. urlscan captured the site on 2026-10-21; its overall verdict was clean but its engine analysis gave a high malicious score and phishing tags. Cloudflare Radar scanned on 2026-10-21 and labeled the URL malicious with malware and phishing categories. OTX listed two pulses referencing the domain as of 2026-10-21. PhishDestroy’s internal blocklist contains the domain, while external blocklists returned zero matches on the same day.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-05-14 with Dynadot Inc and was 160 days old at the time of observation. The recorded IP address was 158.94.210.119, listed in the network record as Omegatech LTD in the Netherlands (ASN 202412). The site used a Let’s Encrypt TLS certificate valid from 2026-09-01 to 2026-11-30 and served over HTTPS with TLS 1.3. Open ports observed on the scan were 22, 80 and 443, and DNSSEC was not enabled.
What to do
Visitors should avoid entering login credentials, personal data, or financial information on this site; if any were submitted, change the associated passwords and monitor accounts for unauthorized activity. Organizations should add apexcoretrade.net to web‑filter blocklists and review access logs for connections to the recorded IP address.
RegistrationCreated May 14, 2026 (160d)—Expires May 14, 2027
HTTP Status200
Technical detailsProvenance & timestamps
First DetectedOct 21, 2026
DOM Analysisanalyzed Oct 21, 2026score 93/1002 brand signals
Submitted URLhttp://apexcoretrade.net/
Favicon Hash
Case ID
Observed page title
Global Market Mastery with AI-Powered Trading Platform — Apex Core
Automated brand references
AcrossCeler
TLS Certificate
Issued by YE1· stored validity ends in 39 days
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
158.94.210.119
Network ASN
AS202412
Organization
Omegatech LTD
Observed location
Amsterdam, NL
Nameservers 2
ns1.dyna-ns.net
ns2.dyna-ns.net
Location describes the IP network.
TLS certificate
Issuer
YE1
Valid from
2026-09-01 01:39:07
Valid until
2026-11-30 01:39:06
Hostname coverage
Stored certificate dates valid
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprinta8361aa8257ae4968af0f84696d4670b99d644d64f46a76b7f3ff8ded17adf83Certificate names · 1 SANs
apexcoretrade.net
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Stored relationships are grouped by the exact matching attribute. A shared provider or registrar alone does not prove common ownership.
Infrastructure map · apexcoretrade.net
Each lane is one reason a domain is linked to this host. Node size marks VirusTotal detections and dashed nodes are already offline. The full lists follow below.
6 evidence signal groups linked1 stored notification recordsLast known active
If credentials were compromised, report immediately. Do not engage with recovery scammers.
If credentials, payment data, or files were exposed, report the incident immediately. Change affected passwords, revoke active sessions, and scan the device.
Beware of recovery scammers! Recovery scammers may pose as investigators, lawyers, or tracing services. Do not pay upfront fees or disclose credentials.Learn more about recovery fraud →
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After a phishing incident
Recommendations & Advice for Victims
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
What should I do immediately?
Urgent
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
Change all passwords — email, exchange accounts, anything that shares the same password
Enable 2FA using an authenticator app (not SMS). Disable SMS-based recovery
Freeze cards if you entered banking details on the phishing site
What information should I collect for my report?
FBI guidelines
Keep original emails, receipts, messages and screenshots in a secure place. A factual timeline helps the receiving authority understand what happened. IC3 evidence guidance ↗
Payment records — if you paid, save the receipt, amount, date, payment provider and recipient details.
Exact dates & times — of each transaction and first contact with scammer
Screenshots — scam website, chat messages, emails, wallet transactions, social media
All URLs & domains used by the scammer (including apexcoretrade.net)
Communications — emails, texts, phone numbers, usernames the scammer used
Even if you don't have all details — file a report anyway. Partial information still helps investigations.
Where should I report the scam?
FBI IC3 — Internet Crime Complaint Center (US federal reporting)
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
Local police — creates an official record, even if they can't act immediately
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
How do phishing scams typically work?
Fake websites — pixel-perfect clones of legitimate sites with slightly altered domains
Pig butchering — trust built over weeks via Telegram/WhatsApp/dating apps, then money stolen
Recovery scams — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
AI-powered scams — deepfakes, automated phishing, and AI-generated sites making fraud harder to detect
How can I protect myself in the future?
Bookmark official sites — never click links from emails, DMs, or ads
Verify domains — check on PhishDestroy before interacting. Check HTTPS, spelling, domain age
"Too good to be true" = scam — guaranteed returns, celebrity endorsements, urgent deadlines
About this reportSources, observation dates and corrections
This report combines saved page captures, registration and network records, scanner results and PhishDestroy reporting history. Each source keeps its own observation date. Open a source report to inspect the original result.
The AI-assisted analysis was written on . It describes the evidence available at that time; later source checks can change.
A capture documents what was shown. A scanner result records that provider’s assessment at the time of its check. Neither a valid certificate nor a zero-detection result is a guarantee of safety.
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