apatrexco.top presents itself as a trading platform under the banner "Best Trading Platform," targeting cryptocurrency users looking to trade or invest. It is classified as a fake exchange — a site that mimics a legitimate trading service to defraud depositors. PhishDestroy first identified it on 2026-10-05. As of 2026-10-19 the site remains alive, though its content is DNS-inactive, meaning it may be in transition or temporarily suppressed.
How the scam works
Fake exchanges lure victims with promises of easy trading, high returns, or exclusive access, then prompt them to deposit cryptocurrency or link payment methods. Once funds are deposited, withdrawals are blocked, fabricated fees are demanded, or accounts are simply frozen and abandoned. The page title "Best Trading Platform" is a generic trust signal designed to lower a visitor's guard. Victims typically lose their entire deposited balance with no recourse, since the operators are anonymous and the platform has no regulatory standing.
Evidence
Nine of 91 engines on VirusTotal flagged apatrexco.top as malicious on 2026-10-06, with detections from alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, ESET, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft, and Netcraft. While nine detections is a moderate count rather than a consensus, these vendors represent reputable and independent threat-intelligence sources. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict and tagged the site under the "investmentscam" brand category. Two OTX pulses further corroborate the threat, and the domain appears on the PhishDestroy blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-08-27 through Cosmotown, giving it a very short history before being flagged. It is hosted on IP 198.251.84.236 within the PONYNET network operated by FranTech Solutions in the United States. The TLS certificate was issued by Let's Encrypt under the YE2 authority, a free and automated service that provides no identity verification of the site owner.
What to do
If you visited this site without entering any information, no immediate action is required beyond avoiding it in future. If you submitted personal details, banking information, or cryptocurrency deposit addresses, treat those credentials as compromised and contact your financial institution immediately. If you transferred cryptocurrency to this platform, report the transaction to your exchange and file a report with your national cybercrime authority, as recovery options are limited. Security teams should block apatrexco.top and the hosting IP 198.251.84.236 at the network perimeter and alert users who may have accessed it.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年10月9日score 83/1007 brand signals
Submitted URLhttps://apatrexco.top/
Favicon Hash
ICANN OVERSIGHT
認定と RAA の背景
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 非アクティブreason: DNS NXDOMAIN80% confidence
Attributionsource: Dns Cache
Evidence layersAvailability: DNS inactiveContent: UnreachableDNS: NXDOMAINRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observation不明Probe Inconclusive20%2026-10-20 10:06:32 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-10 22:08:12 UTClast content: 2026-10-08 22:00:52 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-11 20:20:50 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-10 22:08:12 UTC → 2026-10-11 20:20:50 UTC · 22.21hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-11 09:14:31 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.
脅威情報の照合 · source references
ScamAdviserPublic lookup
A public ScamAdviser lookup is available. Review its current score and warnings at the source; the existence of a lookup page is not itself a malicious verdict.
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
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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