The domain jishibroker-china.com hosts a page titled “激石 Pepperstone｜交易市场、平台与账户指南”, clearly copying Pepperstone’s brand. It is aimed at traders and crypto investors seeking a Chinese‑language broker. PhishDestroy first flagged the domain on 2026-10-19, two days after its registration on 2026-10-17. The site is listed as alive but its content was unreachable when checked on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Visitors are shown a fake Pepperstone interface that asks for login credentials or wallet connection to “trade” or “deposit”. When victims enter their credentials, attackers can hijack the accounts and move funds. The scheme relies on the trusted Pepperstone name and a localized Chinese presentation to lure victims.
Evidence
VirusTotal scanned the domain and recorded one positive detection out of 92 engines, flagged by SOCRadar. The domain appears in four OTX pulses and is on PhishDestroy’s blocklist. No additional warnings from Google Safe Browsing, urlscan.io or Spamhaus were found.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-10-17 through Gransy, s.r.o., and resolves to IP address 166.117.205.170. The short interval between registration and detection indicates a rapid‑deployment operation. The hosting provider has not been otherwise identified as malicious.
What to do
Anyone who entered credentials on the site should immediately change passwords on Pepperstone and any reused accounts, enable two‑factor authentication, and monitor financial activity for unauthorized trades. Report the incident to Pepperstone’s security team and consider notifying your financial institution. Defenders should block the domain at the network perimeter, add it to internal blocklists, and monitor for similar Pepperstone‑impersonation domains. Keep an eye on threat‑intel feeds for new pulses related to this infrastructure.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
www.jishibroker-china.comDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
Stored relationships are grouped by the exact matching attribute. A shared provider or registrar alone does not prove common ownership.
Infrastructure map · jishibroker-china.com
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.
5 evidence signal groups linked0 stored notification recordsUnverified
Listed domains receive at least one abuse report; this entry has no retained notification history.
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 jishibroker-china.com)
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.
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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.
