Security engines reporting a detection: 17. Exercise extreme caution — do not enter credentials or personal information.
ABUSE NOTICE · 7D+ OPEN
Outgoing abuse reports are recorded; the latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable.
Notification and current-status evidence
The sent-report ledger records the first outgoing report at .
The recorded recipient is abuse@netim.net.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 1 month has elapsed since the first outgoing report.
ICANN RAA §3.18 describes registrar abuse-contact and handling obligations.
This section records outgoing timestamps, listed recipients, case identifiers, and later availability. It does not by itself prove receipt, acknowledgement, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
btcaurafo.digital poses as a legitimate cryptocurrency trading service under the brand name BTC Aurafo, presenting itself as an official AI-powered trading platform to attract traders and investors. PhishDestroy first identified it on 2026-09-06, and the site was still live with active content as of 2026-10-19. The domain is classified as a fake exchange — a type of fraud designed to convince victims to deposit cryptocurrency into a platform that will never allow withdrawals.
How the scam works
The page title "BTC Aurafo | AI Trading Platform | Official Website" is crafted to project legitimacy, borrowing the authority of established trading services. Victims are typically invited to register, fund an account or link a wallet to begin automated trading. Once funds are transferred, the platform either freezes withdrawals, invents fees to unlock balances, or simply goes dark — leaving the victim with nothing.
Evidence
VirusTotal returned 17 detections from 89 scanning engines, with flagging vendors including BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, CyRadar, Chong Lua Dao and alphaMountain.ai, checked on 2026-09-15. Google Safe Browsing independently classifies the site as SOCIAL_ENGINEERING. Five OTX pulses further corroborate the threat, and the domain appears on the PhishDestroy blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-04-09 through NETIM SAS, roughly five months before PhishDestroy first detected it. Hosting sits behind Cloudflare, Inc. on infrastructure geolocated to Canada. The TLS certificate is issued by Google Trust Services under the WE1 authority.
What to do
If you entered login credentials or personal information on this site, change those passwords immediately and enable two-factor authentication on any accounts that share them. If you transferred cryptocurrency, contact your exchange's support team and report the fraud to your national financial crime authority. Security teams should block the domain at the perimeter, push the indicators to internal threat feeds, and watch for lookalike domains using the BTC Aurafo branding.
DOM Analysisanalyzed Oct 9, 2026score 100/1002 brand signals
Submitted URLhttp://btcaurafo.digital/
Favicon Hash
Case ID
ICANN OVERSIGHT
Accreditation and RAA context
Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations
For this gTLD, the registrar above operates under an ICANN accreditation agreement. The links below provide the official fee schedule and current DNS abuse compliance guidance.
Accreditation is a contract, not a safety certification.
RAA §3.18 establishes abuse-contact and handling requirements. This report can document stored outbound notices and later technical observations; it does not by itself establish receipt, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
Accountability draft
Nothing is sent automatically.
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Shared CDN edge
Resolved IP
172.67.146.166
Network ASN
AS13335
Organization
Cloudflare, Inc.
Observed location
Toronto, CA
Server header
cloudflare
Edge-IP reputation is not attributed to this domain.
Nameservers 2
alec.ns.cloudflare.com
haley.ns.cloudflare.com
Location describes the IP network.
TLS certificate
Issuer
Google Trust Services
Valid from
2026-10-04 03:57:13
Valid until
2027-01-02 04:57:08
Hostname coverage
Stored certificate dates valid
Validity
Within stored validity dates
Collection time
2026-10-10 22:03:42 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Certificate fingerprint582251db2a035b8ad4157e5e97799af42271eaf7b0bd50e6add016fa27d5dde1Certificate names · 1 SANs
btcaurafo.digital
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Evidence layersAvailability: Content servingContent: Content served at rootDNS: ResolvedRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationLive contentOrdinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-21 22:27:50 UTC
RDAP registrationUnknown
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-21 22:32:29 UTClast content: 2026-10-21 22:27:50 UTC
Availability, content, DNS and registration are independent evidence layers. NXDOMAIN, an unreachable origin or missing content alone does not prove registrar action. A registrar or provider is credited only when a direct technical marker identifies that actor. Report causality is shown separately.
Technologies · 5 identified
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jsDelivr
CDN
JSDelivr is a free public CDN for open-source projects. It can serve web files directly from the npm registry and GitHub repositories without any configuration.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
Stored relationships are grouped by the exact matching attribute. A shared provider or registrar alone does not prove common ownership.
Infrastructure map · btcaurafo.digital
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.
Content matches4
Same favicon hash or the same page title as this host.
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 btcaurafo.digital)
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.
