alphacore-tech.com is a fake crypto exchange that presented itself as "alphacore," an AI-powered trading platform. It targeted people looking for automated crypto trading or high passive returns. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-12. The site has been offline since 2026-10-14 and was still unreachable when checked on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
The page title, "alphacore | AI Trading Platform | Official Website," shows the pitch: an algorithm that supposedly trades crypto for you and grows your balance. In schemes like this, victims open an account and deposit cryptocurrency. They then see a dashboard with fabricated profits that encourages larger top-ups. When they try to withdraw, the platform demands fees, taxes or verification payments, or simply stops responding. The deposited funds are lost, and any personal or identity documents submitted during sign-up can be reused for further fraud.
Evidence
VirusTotal shows 16 of 89 engines flagging the domain as of 2026-09-20. Vendors include ADMINUSLabs, alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, ESET, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker and Fortinet. The domain appears in 4 AlienVault OTX pulses and is listed on the PhishDestroy blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2025-10-08 through MainReg Inc., nearly a year before PhishDestroy detected it. It was hosted at 185.62.57.40 on the Snel.com B.V. network in the Netherlands. Its TLS certificate was issued by ZeroSSL ECC DV SSL CA 2. A domain-validated certificate only confirms control of the domain, not the legitimacy of the business behind it.
What to do
If you deposited funds on alphacore-tech.com, stop sending money, including any "withdrawal fee" or "tax" requests, and record your transaction hashes, deposit addresses and chat logs. Report the loss to your national cybercrime unit, and alert the exchange you sent the funds from so it can flag the receiving addresses. If you reused a password there, change it everywhere and enable two-factor authentication. Be wary of "recovery services" that contact you afterward, because they are a common follow-up scam. Defenders should block the domain and its IP address, and should watch for new lookalike domains using the same alphacore branding.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年9月14日score 93/1003 brand signals
Submitted URLhttp://alphacore-tech.com/
Favicon Hash
Observed page title
alphacore | AI Trading Platform | Official Website
Automated brand references
AcrossArgentUps
TLS証明書
発行者 ZeroSSL ECC DV SSL CA 2
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
185.62.57.40
Network ASN
AS62370
Organization
Snel.com B.V.
Observed location
Schiedam, NL
Server header
ESF
Location describes the IP network.
TLS証明書
Issuer
ZeroSSL ECC DV SSL CA 2
Collection time
2026-10-13 19:02:25 UTC
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
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.
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
地元の警察 — たとえ直ちに行動を起こせなくても、公式な記録が残される
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
詐欺による金銭の返還を装った詐欺 — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
About this reportSources, observation dates and corrections
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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.
