elitemarketexchange.com is on the PhishDestroy blocklist. Its name suggests a trading or exchange platform, but visitors first see a page titled "Bot Verification" rather than any market interface. PhishDestroy first saw the domain on 2026-09-17. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online, with its content held behind that protective gate.
How the scam works
A "Bot Verification" title means the first thing a visitor sees is a checkpoint, and whatever sits behind it stays hidden until that step is passed. Combined with an exchange-style name and a dozen-plus security engine flags, this points to a site built to win trust from people looking for a place to trade. Such sites typically ask for an account login, personal details, or crypto transfers. Treat any request for credentials, wallet access or deposits on this domain as a likely path to losing them.
Evidence
On 2026-09-25, 13 of 91 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. The vendors include alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data and Gridinsoft, a mix of major antivirus vendors and specialist anti-phishing feeds. Spamhaus lists it in its Domain Block List under the spam category. The domain also appears in 7 AlienVault OTX threat pulses, which shows that multiple researchers tracked it independently.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-02-28 through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown. It operated for roughly six and a half months before PhishDestroy picked it up, which is long enough for it to have been promoted to victims beforehand. It is hosted on FranTech Solutions infrastructure in Luxembourg. A Let's Encrypt certificate provides the padlock, which only means the connection is encrypted, not that the site is trustworthy.
What to do
Do not pass the verification page, sign up, or send any cryptocurrency through this site. If you entered a password here, change it everywhere you reused it and turn on app-based two-factor authentication. If you transferred funds, keep the transaction hashes and any messages that sent you to the site, then report them to your exchange and local authorities. Defenders should block the domain at DNS and proxy level and add it to watchlists alongside the Spamhaus listing. They should also alert users who may have received links to it.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcomeReachable but protectedreason: Captcha85% confidence
Attributionmechanism: Challengesource: Current Http Probe
Evidence layersAvailability: Reachable but protectedContent: UnknownDNS: ResolvedRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationReachable but protectedCaptchaChallenge85%2026-10-21 10:28:56 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-21 10:28:56 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.
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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.
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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