safepae.top is a fraudulent crypto trading platform that borrows the name of CME Group, the well-known derivatives exchange operator, to look credible to retail traders and crypto investors. PhishDestroy first saw it on 2026-09-11, one day after the domain was registered. The site went offline on 2026-09-13, and its DNS was still inactive when last checked on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
The page presented itself as "CME Group: A decentralized trading platform with low fees and high liquidity," pairing a trusted financial brand with crypto buzzwords. Fake exchanges like this invite visitors to open an account and deposit cryptocurrency, then show a dashboard with fabricated balances and profits to encourage larger deposits. When the victim tries to withdraw, the platform invents fees, taxes or verification steps, or simply stops responding. Every deposit goes straight to the operators and cannot be recovered.
Evidence
On 2026-09-13, 8 of 89 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar, VIPRE and Webroot. That is a modest share of engines, but it comes from a spread of independent vendors. The domain also appears on the MetaMask and SEAL blocklists in addition to PhishDestroy's own.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-09-10 through Dynadot LLC. It sat behind Cloudflare, Inc. at an address geolocated to Canada, which hides the actual origin server. Its TLS certificate came from Let's Encrypt (YE2), so the padlock in the browser said nothing about whether the site was legitimate. The domain went live as a scam within a day of registration and stopped resolving two days after PhishDestroy first saw it, a short lifespan typical of disposable fraud domains.
What to do
If you created an account on safepae.top, change that password anywhere else you reused it, and treat any email address or ID documents you submitted as exposed. If you deposited crypto, write down the transaction hashes and the deposit addresses you were given, and report them to the exchange or wallet you sent from and to your local police or cybercrime unit. Ignore anyone who contacts you offering to recover the funds for a fee, because these offers are a common follow-up scam. Defenders should block the domain at DNS and proxy level and search logs for visits between 2026-09-10 and 2026-09-13.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年9月11日score 70/1001 brand signal
Submitted URLhttp://safepae.top/
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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%2026-10-19 01:13:57 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-13 22:18:16 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-13 22:18:16 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:14:55 UTC · 401.94hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-22 07:16:35 UTC · precision low · 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.
使用技術 · 5 identified
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Vue.js is an open-source model–view–viewmodel JavaScript framework for building user interfaces and single-page applications.
Cloudflare is a web-infrastructure and website-security company, providing content-delivery-network services, DDoS mitigation, Internet security, and distributed domain-name-server services.
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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