ABUSE NOTICE · 7D+ OPEN
Outgoing abuse reports are recorded; the latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable.
Notification and current-status evidence
The sent-report ledger records the first outgoing report at .
The recorded recipient is abuse@dynadot.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 26 days has elapsed since the first outgoing report.
ICANN RAA §3.18 describes registrar abuse-contact and handling obligations.
This section records outgoing timestamps, listed recipients, case identifiers, and later availability. It does not by itself prove receipt, acknowledgement, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
standardbank-ai-invest.pro poses as an official Standard Bank investment service. Its page title reads "standard bank ai invest | a premium AI | Official Website". It targets people who trust the bank's name and are drawn to promises of automated, AI-driven returns. PhishDestroy first flagged the domain on 2026-09-24, and as of 2026-10-19 the site is still online and serving its content.
How the scam works
Schemes like this borrow a real bank's reputation and add an "AI trading" pitch to make unrealistic profits sound credible. Visitors are typically asked to register with their name, phone number and email. A so-called account manager then pushes for an initial deposit. Victims are often shown a dashboard of rising gains, and withdrawal attempts trigger new "fees" or "taxes" that must be paid first. The losses are the deposited money and personal details that can be reused for follow-up fraud calls.
Evidence
On 2026-10-07, 18 of 92 VirusTotal engines classified the domain as malicious or phishing. The flagging vendors include alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, CRDF, CyRadar, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet and G-Data. That is a meaningful spread of independent security vendors agreeing on the verdict, not a single outlier. The domain also appears in five AlienVault OTX threat pulses and is listed on the PhishDestroy blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Dynadot Inc on 2026-04-12, about five months before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap suggests it was either held in reserve or promoted quietly before drawing attention. It is hosted on the Snel.com B.V. network in the Netherlands, with no connection to Standard Bank's own infrastructure. Its free domain-validated certificate from ZeroSSL only encrypts traffic. The browser padlock says nothing about who runs the site.
What to do
If you deposited money, stop all payments immediately. Do not pay any "withdrawal fee" or "tax", because such payments never release your funds. Contact your bank or card issuer, and report the case to Standard Bank through its official channels and to the police. If you shared your phone number or ID, expect follow-up calls from fake "recovery" agents and do not engage with them. Defenders should block the domain, add it to mail and web filters, and warn customers that Standard Bank does not run AI investment websites under lookalike domains.
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 22:32:44 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:38 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:32:44 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 · 3 identified
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CDN
JSDelivr is a free public CDN for open-source projects. It can serve web files directly from the npm registry and GitHub repositories without any configuration.
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.
