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ネットワークセキュリティインテリジェンス Registrar context
Registrar contextNameSilo
Stored registration data identifies NameSilo as the registrar. PhishDestroy maintains separate registrar investigations; that broader material is contextual and is not an independent detection for this domain.
smartcopytrade.top presents itself as a copy-trading investment platform, a format designed to lure cryptocurrency traders and retail investors who want automated or mirrored returns. PhishDestroy first identified it on 2026-10-03, just four days after the domain was registered, and the site remains live as of 2026-10-19. The domain name deliberately evokes legitimate copy-trading services to build false credibility with its target audience.
How the scam works
Copy-trading scams invite victims to deposit cryptocurrency or fiat funds into an account on the platform, promising that their capital will automatically mirror the trades of expert investors. Once funds are deposited, withdrawals are blocked, delayed with fabricated fees, or simply never processed, and the operators disappear with the money. The site currently returns a 403 Forbidden page to some visitors, which may reflect access controls rather than the experience shown to targeted users.
Evidence
Five of 92 engines on VirusTotal flagged smartcopytrade.top as malicious as of 2026-10-14, with detections from Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, Netcraft, SOCRadar, and desenmascara.me. While five detections is a relatively low count, these vendors specialize in fraud and phishing intelligence, and the domain also appears in three OTX threat-intelligence pulses. PhishDestroy has added it to its blocklist based on this combined evidence.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-09-29 through NameSilo, LLC, giving it a lifespan of only days before it was flagged. It is hosted on IP 198.251.89.30 within AS53667 FranTech Solutions in the United States. TLS is provided by Let's Encrypt under the YR2 intermediate, a free certificate that requires no identity verification and is routinely used by short-lived scam sites.
What to do
If you deposited funds on this platform, treat them as lost and do not send additional money in response to requests for fees or taxes to unlock a withdrawal. Contact your bank or payment provider immediately if you used a card or bank transfer, and report the fraud to your national financial regulator. If you submitted personal documents for identity verification, monitor those credentials for identity theft and consider placing a fraud alert with credit bureaus. Security teams should block smartcopytrade.top at the DNS and proxy layer and share the IOCs from OTX pulses with their threat-intelligence platforms.
登録情報作成日 2026年9月29日 (21d · Very New!)—Expires 2027年9月29日
HTTPステータス200
技術詳細Provenance & timestamps
初確認2026年10月3日
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年10月9日score 93/100
Submitted URLhttps://smartcopytrade.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.
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 22:32:43 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:37 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:32:43 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.
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.
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