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.
Cosa conteggiamo
Tempo trascorso dalla prima segnalazione di abuso archiviata alla prima osservazione che il contenuto non era disponibile. Ciò non ne stabilisce la causa.
Cosa contiene ogni rapporto
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Dettagli tecniciProvenance & timestamps
Rilevato per la prima volta27/07/2026
DOM Analysisanalyzed 18/09/2026score 81/1004 brand signals
Favicon Hash
ICANN OVERSIGHT
Accreditamento e contesto 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 inattivoreason: DNS NXDOMAIN80% confidence
Attributionsource: Dns Cache
Evidence layersAvailability: DNS inactiveContent: UnreachableDNS: NXDOMAINRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationSconosciutoProbe Inconclusive20%2026-10-19 01:17:20 UTC
RDAP registrationSconosciuto
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.
Tecnologie · 11 identified
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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.
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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.
Le relazioni archiviate sono raggruppate in base all'attributo di corrispondenza esatta. Un fornitore o un registrar condiviso da solo non dimostra la proprietà comune.
Mappa delle infrastrutture · vertexcapitalmarketx.online
Ogni riga rappresenta un motivo per cui un dominio è collegato a questo host. I nodi a dimensione intera indicano rilevamenti di VirusTotal, mentre quelli tratteggiati sono già offline. Di seguito è riportato l'elenco completo.
Questi report si risolvono nello stesso IP edge condiviso. Aiutano con l'individuazione dei report ma non implicano la proprietà comune o un server di origine condiviso.
Registrati tramite lo stesso registrar. Un registrar serve milioni di clienti non collegati tra loro, quindi questo dato indica semplicemente un raggruppamento piuttosto che dimostrare un nesso.
5 evidence signal groups linked0 stored notification recordsContenuto non disponibile
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.
Se hai inserito credenziali dell'account, informazioni personali o di pagamento oppure hai scaricato un file da questo dominio, agisci immediatamente. Di seguito sono riportate le risorse per aiutarti a segnalare l'incidente e proteggerti.
Attenzione ai truffatori che promettono il recupero dei fondi! I criminali possono contattare nuovamente le vittime fingendo di essere investigatori, avvocati o agenti di recupero. Non pagare commissioni anticipate né condividere credenziali.Scopri di più sulle frodi relative ai sussidi di recupero →
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After a phishing incident
Raccomandazioni e consigli per le vittime
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
Cosa devo fare subito?
Urgente
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
Modifica tutte le password — e-mail, account Exchange, qualsiasi servizio che utilizzi la stessa password
Abilita l'autenticazione a due fattori (2FA) utilizzando un'app di autenticazione (non via SMS). Disattiva il recupero tramite SMS
Carte congelate se hai inserito i tuoi dati bancari sul sito di phishing
Quali informazioni devo raccogliere per la mia relazione?
Linee guida dell'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.
Date e orari esatti — di ogni transazione e del primo contatto con il truffatore
Schermate — siti web truffaldini, messaggi in chat, e-mail, transazioni tramite portafoglio digitale, social media
Tutti gli URL e i domini utilizzato dal truffatore (tra cui vertexcapitalmarketx.online)
Comunicazioni — e-mail, SMS, numeri di telefono, nomi utente utilizzati dal truffatore
Anche se non conosci tutti i dettagli — sporgere comunque denuncia. Anche le informazioni parziali sono comunque utili alle indagini.
A chi devo segnalare la truffa?
FBI IC3 — Internet Crime Complaint Center (sistema di segnalazione federale degli Stati Uniti)
Europol — Segnalazioni relative alla criminalità informatica in Europa (UE)
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
Polizia locale — crea un documento ufficiale, anche se non è in grado di agire immediatamente
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?
Siti web fasulli — cloni perfetti, al pixel, di siti legittimi con domini leggermente modificati
Macellazione dei suini — fiducia conquistata nel corso di settimane tramite Telegram/WhatsApp/app di incontri, per poi rubare i soldi
Truffe legate al recupero dei fondi — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
Truffe basate sull'intelligenza artificiale — i deepfake, il phishing automatizzato e i siti generati dall’intelligenza artificiale rendono più difficile individuare le frodi
Come posso proteggermi in futuro?
Aggiungi i siti ufficiali ai preferiti — Non cliccare mai sui link contenuti nelle e-mail, nei messaggi diretti o negli annunci pubblicitari
Verifica i domini — controllare PhishDestroy prima di interagire. Verifica l'HTTPS, l'ortografia e l'età del dominio
"Troppo bello per essere vero" = truffa — rendimenti garantiti, testimonial di personaggi famosi, scadenze urgenti
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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