# PhishDestroy threat dossier — tmaxmarkets.com ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-07-30 20:57:32 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/tmaxmarkets.com/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- CRITICAL THREAT — DO NOT VISIT Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Fake Exchange ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 4/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar URLQuery: 3 detections AlienVault OTX: 1 pulses (threat-intel feed mentions) Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 8.223.65.253 (HK, Hong Kong) ASN: ASAS45102 ALIBABA-CN-NET - Alibaba (US) Technology Co., Ltd., CN Hosting org: AS45102 Alibaba (US) Technology Co., Ltd. Registrar: GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC Nameservers: ns7.alidns.com, ns8.alidns.com Registered: 2025-11-10 Expires: 2026-11-10 Page title: TMGM - Best Forex Broker - Online CFD Trading Platform HTTP response: 200 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-07-22 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: e52ccdd47f82fc2bfe88a371eccfecbf13060c2526256e753d0fbb82f3dde9b7 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: pending notification queue. No abuse reports filed yet — this domain is waiting for the next cycle of our automated abuse-reporter. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2025-11-10 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-15 14:13:01 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-17 17:47:58 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-07-30 20:20:40 UTC Current status: ACTIVE / observable ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019ecb31-3306-757e-a1e0-c11c7a92bc55/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/0205e257-cfd5-4a70-b79d-21598ee38744 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/tmaxmarkets.com crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.tmaxmarkets.com Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=tmaxmarkets.com AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/tmaxmarkets.com URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/tmaxmarkets.com/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-07-13 00:20:22 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] Is tmaxmarkets.com a Fake Exchange Scam? Analysis of tmaxmarkets.com indicates that the domain is actively hosting a fraudulent financial service front‑end. The site presents the page title "TMGM - Best Forex Broker - Online CFD Trading Platform," suggesting an attempt to impersonate a legitimate trading venue. The domain was registered on November 10, 2025 through GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC and resolves to the IP address 8.223.65.253, which is hosted in Hong Kong under ASN 45102, identified as Alibaba (US) Technology Co., Ltd. The domain uses a Let’s Encrypt/E7 SSL certificate, which provides transport encryption but does not authenticate the underlying service. Security telemetry shows that two of ninety‑one VirusTotal scanners flagged the domain, and it appears on three public blocklists. Additional defensive feeds have listed the domain as blocked by PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL, reinforcing the view that it is associated with phishing activity. The site returns HTTP 200 responses, indicating that the content is served without obvious error. Gridinsoft assigns a trust score of 0 out of 100, reflecting a lack of confidence in the site’s legitimacy. The domain is classified as a "Fake Exchange" in the provided intelligence, and an AlienVault OTX pulse references the domain in one threat‑intel record. While the exact content of the site has not been examined, the convergence of low trust scoring, multiple blocklist entries, and partial VirusTotal detections strongly suggests a high‑risk phishing operation targeting investors. Defenders should block DNS resolution for tmaxmarkets.com, monitor network traffic for connections to 8.223.65.253, and incorporate the domain into email and web filtering policies. Continued observation is advised to detect any changes in hosting or content that could affect the threat posture. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260617-B1D258 TLS cert SHA-256: e52ccdd47f82fc2bfe88a371eccfecbf13060c2526256e753d0fbb82f3dde9b7 ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/tmaxmarkets.com/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=tmaxmarkets.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 About PhishDestroy: independent open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 195,990 domains (83,688 alive under monitoring, 110,042 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io