vertexcapitalmarketx.online is an impersonation phishing site styled as a capital-markets trading firm. The trailing "x" in the name and the plain page title "Home - vertexcapitalmarketx" point to a fake investment brand built to look like a legitimate broker. Its targets are people looking for crypto or trading returns. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-07-27, and the site has been offline since 2026-10-09, with DNS no longer resolving as of 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Sites like this present a polished "Home" page with promised returns, account dashboards and testimonials to make a nonexistent firm look established. Victims are pushed to register, often handing over identity details and login credentials, and then to deposit crypto or cash into the operator's wallets. Balances shown on the dashboard are fabricated. Victims who try to withdraw are typically asked for extra "fees" or "taxes" until they stop paying, and the deposited money is lost.
Evidence
Detection by security vendors was thin. On 2026-09-14, VirusTotal showed 4 of 89 engines flagging the domain: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft and SOCRadar. That low count means most browser and antivirus protections would not have warned visitors while the site was live. The domain is also referenced in 5 AlienVault OTX threat pulses, so other researchers independently tracked it alongside related activity. PhishDestroy lists it on its blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through NameCheap, Inc. on the cheap .online TLD, a common choice for short-lived fraud sites. It sat behind Cloudflare, Inc. on an address geolocated to Canada, which conceals the real origin server. A free Let's Encrypt certificate gave it the browser padlock, which says nothing about whether the business is legitimate. The site was reachable for roughly ten weeks after PhishDestroy first detected it before it went dark.
What to do
If you deposited money here, stop all further payments, especially any "withdrawal fee" or "unlock" charge. Report the transfers to your bank, card issuer or the exchange you sent crypto from, and file a report with local police or your national fraud center, keeping screenshots and transaction IDs. If you reused the password you set here, change it everywhere and turn on 2FA. Watch for "recovery" services that promise to get your funds back, because they are a common follow-up scam. Defenders should block the domain, search mail and proxy logs for past visits, and check for lookalike vertexcapitalmarket domains.
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Isi setiap laporan
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Detail teknisProvenance & timestamps
Pertama Kali Terdeteksi27/07/2026
DOM Analysisanalyzed 18/09/2026score 81/1004 brand signals
Favicon Hash
ICANN OVERSIGHT
Akreditasi dan konteks RAA
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.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcomeDNS tidak aktifreason: DNS NXDOMAIN80% confidence
Attributionsource: Dns Cache
Evidence layersAvailability: DNS inactiveContent: UnreachableDNS: NXDOMAINRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationTidak diketahuiProbe Inconclusive20%2026-10-19 01:17:20 UTC
RDAP registrationTidak diketahui
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-08 10:23:11 UTClast content: 2026-10-08 10:23:11 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-11 20:20:50 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-08 10:23:11 UTC → 2026-10-09 02:13:09 UTC · 15.83hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-08 18:18:10 UTC · precision medium · basis bounded
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.
Teknologi · 11 identified
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WordPress
CMSBlogs
WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system.
Query Migrate is a javascript library that allows you to preserve the compatibility of your jQuery code developed for versions of jQuery older than 1.9.
jQuery is a JavaScript library which is a free, open-source software designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, as well as event handling, CSS animation, and Ajax.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
Hubungan yang disimpan dikelompokkan berdasarkan atribut pencocokan tepat. Penyedia atau registrar bersama saja tidak membuktikan kepemilikan bersama.
Peta infrastruktur · vertexcapitalmarketx.online
Setiap jalur merupakan salah satu alasan mengapa sebuah domain terhubung ke host ini. Ukuran node menandai deteksi VirusTotal, sedangkan node bergaris putus-putus menunjukkan bahwa node tersebut sudah offline. Daftar lengkapnya tercantum di bawah ini.
Laporan-laporan ini diselesaikan dengan IP edge bersama yang sama. Mereka membantu penemuan laporan tetapi tidak menyiratkan kepemilikan bersama atau server asal bersama.
Didaftarkan melalui penyedia layanan pendaftaran yang sama. Sebuah penyedia layanan pendaftaran melayani jutaan pelanggan yang tidak saling terkait, sehingga hal ini sekadar mengelompokkan laporan-laporan tersebut, bukan membuktikan adanya hubungan.
5 evidence signal groups linked0 stored notification recordsKonten tidak tersedia
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.
Jika Anda memasukkan kredensial akun, informasi pribadi atau pembayaran, atau mengunduh file dari domain ini, segera ambil tindakan. Di bawah ini adalah sumber daya untuk membantu Anda melaporkan insiden tersebut dan melindungi diri Anda sendiri.
Waspadalah terhadap penipu yang mengatasnamakan pemulihan! Penjahat dapat menghubungi korban lagi sambil berpura-pura menjadi penyelidik, pengacara, atau agen pemulihan. Jangan membayar biaya di muka atau membagikan kredensial.Pelajari lebih lanjut tentang penipuan dalam proses pemulihan →
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Pilih negara Anda untuk mendapatkan kontak resmi kejahatan dunia maya, atau membuat draf pengaduan →.
Direktori 97 negara
Template-based draft · optional AI wording assistance requires separate consent
Draf yang dibantu AI — detail insiden diproses oleh penyedia AI · Tinjau dan kirimkan sendiri
After a phishing incident
Rekomendasi & Saran bagi Para Korban
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
Apa yang harus saya lakukan segera?
Mendesak
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
Ubah semua kata sandi — email, akun Exchange, apa pun yang menggunakan kata sandi yang sama
Aktifkan 2FA menggunakan aplikasi otentikator (bukan SMS). Nonaktifkan pemulihan berbasis SMS
Kartu pembeku jika Anda telah memasukkan detail perbankan di situs phishing tersebut
Informasi apa saja yang sebaiknya saya kumpulkan untuk laporan saya?
Pedoman FBI
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.
Tanggal dan waktu yang tepat — dari setiap transaksi dan kontak pertama dengan penipu
Tangkapan layar — situs web penipuan, pesan obrolan, email, transaksi dompet digital, media sosial
Semua URL & domain digunakan oleh penipu (termasuk vertexcapitalmarketx.online)
Komunikasi — email, pesan teks, nomor telepon, dan nama pengguna yang digunakan oleh penipu tersebut
Meskipun kamu belum mengetahui semua detailnya — tetap saja ajukan laporan. Informasi yang tidak lengkap tetap dapat membantu penyelidikan.
Ke mana saya harus melaporkan penipuan ini?
FBI IC3 — Pusat Pengaduan Kejahatan Internet (Laporan tingkat federal AS)
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
Polisi setempat — membuat catatan resmi, meskipun mereka tidak dapat bertindak segera
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?
Situs web palsu — salinan yang persis sama dengan situs asli, dengan domain yang sedikit diubah
Pemotongan babi — kepercayaan yang dibangun selama beberapa minggu melalui Telegram/WhatsApp/aplikasi kencan, lalu uangnya dicuri
Penipuan pemulihan — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
Penipuan yang didukung oleh kecerdasan buatan — deepfakes, serangan phishing otomatis, dan situs yang dihasilkan oleh kecerdasan buatan (AI) yang membuat penipuan semakin sulit dideteksi
Bagaimana cara saya melindungi diri di masa depan?
Tandai situs resmi — jangan pernah mengklik tautan dari email, pesan langsung (DM), atau iklan
Memverifikasi domain — periksa PhishDestroy Sebelum berinteraksi. Periksa HTTPS, ejaan, dan usia domain
"Terlalu bagus untuk jadi kenyataan" = penipuan — imbal hasil yang dijamin, dukungan dari selebriti, tenggat waktu yang mendesak
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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