bitwinex.im is an impersonation phishing site aimed at cryptocurrency users. It presents itself under the bare page title "DApp", a label meant to look like a legitimate decentralized application. PhishDestroy first flagged the domain on 2026-09-11. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online and serving live content.
How the scam works
Impersonation pages like this copy the look of a trusted crypto service so visitors believe they are on the real platform. A "DApp" front end usually prompts the visitor to connect a wallet, then asks them to sign a transaction or approve token spending, or to enter a recovery phrase to "verify" or "sync". Any of those actions can hand the operators control of the funds. Once a malicious approval is signed or a seed phrase is typed in, assets can be moved out of the wallet without any further action from the victim.
Evidence
On 2026-09-22, 7 of 89 VirusTotal engines classified the domain as malicious: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar, VIPRE and Webroot. That is a minority of engines, but the flags come from independent vendors. ScamSniffer, a blocklist focused on Web3 scams, lists the domain separately from PhishDestroy. The domain also appears in 4 AlienVault OTX threat pulses, so other researchers have tracked it as well.
Infrastructure
The site resolves to 188.114.97.3 on Cloudflare's network, geolocated to Canada. That address is a Cloudflare edge proxy, so it hides where the real server is. The registrant's identity is redacted in WHOIS. The site has stayed reachable for more than five weeks after PhishDestroy first detected it, which means visitors can still land on it.
What to do
Do not connect a wallet to bitwinex.im or sign anything it requests. If you already connected, use a token-approval checker to review and revoke any allowances you granted through this site. Move your remaining funds to a fresh wallet if you signed unfamiliar transactions. If you typed your seed phrase into the page, treat that wallet as compromised and transfer the assets to a new wallet immediately. Defenders should block the domain at DNS and the web proxy, add it to wallet and browser warning lists, and report it to Cloudflare so the operator's real hosting can be traced.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Evidence layersAvailability: Content servingContent: Content served at rootDNS: ResolvedRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationコンテンツ公開中Ordinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-19 22:27:47 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:30 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:27:47 UTC
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.
使用技術 · 4 identified
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セキュリティ
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS.
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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.
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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.
