# PhishDestroy threat dossier — apextraderpartners.com
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Fetched:   2026-07-21 12:40:30 UTC
Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/apextraderpartners.com/

## VERDICT
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ACTIVE THREAT — multiple warning signs
Composite threat score: 50/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below)

## DETECTION EVIDENCE
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VirusTotal:      5/91 security vendors flagged this domain
  Flagging vendors: ADMINUSLabs, Chong Lua Dao, ESET, Fortinet, Webroot
Public blocklists: listed on 1 independent blocklist

## INFRASTRUCTURE
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Registrar:       Epik LLC
Nameservers:     ["ns-124.awsdns-15.com", "ns-588.awsdns-09.net"]
HTTP response:   200

## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response)
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Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is
waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter.

## TIMELINE
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First detected:    2026-07-19 12:59:54 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker)
Last verified:     2026-07-21 12:25:47 UTC
Current status:    ACTIVE / observable

## ANALYST NARRATIVE
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[Generated: 2026-07-19 22:44:07 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.]

apextraderpartners.com: Confirmed Trading Scam Site Active

Analysis of apextraderpartners.com as of July 19, 2026 confirms an active high-risk phishing domain targeting online trading users. Infrastructure inspection reveals the site is currently live, returning an HTTP 200 status, indicating operational hosting with no immediate signs of takedown. The domain appears on at least one security blocklist and is actively blocked by PhishDestroy, a commercial anti-phishing service. Five of 91 security vendors on VirusTotal have flagged this domain, providing corroborating evidence of malicious intent. No specific brand impersonation or phishing kit details are currently available, leaving the exact lure uncertain; however, the domain name strongly suggests fraudulent trading or investment offers. Defenders should treat this domain as hostile, implement network-level blocking, and monitor for related credential theft or financial fraud attempts originating from this infrastructure. Further analysis of page content and backend scripts is recommended to identify additional indicators of compromise.

## EVIDENCE HASHES
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Favicon MD5:       37bb13a1e685f8a2d7efe202af35129e

## SCORING METHODOLOGY
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Composite score is NOT derived from VirusTotal alone. PhishDestroy aggregates:
  - VirusTotal positive ratio
  - Public blocklist consensus (MetaMask, ScamSniffer, OpenPhish, PhishTank, URLhaus,
    CryptoFirewall, SEAL, Polkadot, Enkrypt, Phishunt, DiscordPhishing, PhishingDB)
  - Cloaking detection (HTTP 666 or rendering delta between bot and real visitor)
  - DNS-filter consensus (Quad9, CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, AdGuard, Cloudflare, etc.)
  - AlienVault OTX pulses + Cloudflare Radar + Google Safe Browsing
  - URLScan / URLQuery verdicts
  - Brand-impersonation heuristics (DOM analysis of forms, logos, wording)
  - Known phishing-kit fingerprinting (favicon hash, JS obfuscation signatures)
  - Wallet-drainer family classification (Angel, MS, Rainbow, Pink, Inferno, ...)
  - Free-TLS vs paid-cert ratio (throwaway infrastructure signal)
  - Registrar/hosting abuse history (this registrar's track record)
  - Human researcher sign-off (operator takedown team)

A domain present in our database is ALREADY flagged. A low VT count by itself does
NOT mean the domain is safe — new scam domains routinely show 0/95 VT for their
first 7–30 days while actively draining wallets. Always cross-reference the composite
score and the individual indicators above, not just VT.

## CORRECTIONS / APPEALS
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Full HTML report:  https://phishdestroy.io/domain/apextraderpartners.com/
JSON API:          https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=apextraderpartners.com
Appeal a flag:     https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/  (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%)
Submit a report:   https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot

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