vertexcapitalmarketx.online is an impersonation phishing site styled as a capital-markets trading firm. The trailing "x" in the name and the plain page title "Home - vertexcapitalmarketx" point to a fake investment brand built to look like a legitimate broker. Its targets are people looking for crypto or trading returns. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-07-27, and the site has been offline since 2026-10-09, with DNS no longer resolving as of 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Sites like this present a polished "Home" page with promised returns, account dashboards and testimonials to make a nonexistent firm look established. Victims are pushed to register, often handing over identity details and login credentials, and then to deposit crypto or cash into the operator's wallets. Balances shown on the dashboard are fabricated. Victims who try to withdraw are typically asked for extra "fees" or "taxes" until they stop paying, and the deposited money is lost.
Evidence
Detection by security vendors was thin. On 2026-09-14, VirusTotal showed 4 of 89 engines flagging the domain: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft and SOCRadar. That low count means most browser and antivirus protections would not have warned visitors while the site was live. The domain is also referenced in 5 AlienVault OTX threat pulses, so other researchers independently tracked it alongside related activity. PhishDestroy lists it on its blocklist.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through NameCheap, Inc. on the cheap .online TLD, a common choice for short-lived fraud sites. It sat behind Cloudflare, Inc. on an address geolocated to Canada, which conceals the real origin server. A free Let's Encrypt certificate gave it the browser padlock, which says nothing about whether the business is legitimate. The site was reachable for roughly ten weeks after PhishDestroy first detected it before it went dark.
What to do
If you deposited money here, stop all further payments, especially any "withdrawal fee" or "unlock" charge. Report the transfers to your bank, card issuer or the exchange you sent crypto from, and file a report with local police or your national fraud center, keeping screenshots and transaction IDs. If you reused the password you set here, change it everywhere and turn on 2FA. Watch for "recovery" services that promise to get your funds back, because they are a common follow-up scam. Defenders should block the domain, search mail and proxy logs for past visits, and check for lookalike vertexcapitalmarket domains.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年9月18日score 81/1004 brand signals
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Registrar accreditation and DNS abuse obligations
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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 01:17:20 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-08 10:23:11 UTClast content: 2026-10-08 10:23:11 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-10-11 20:20:50 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-10-08 10:23:11 UTC → 2026-10-09 02:13:09 UTC · 15.83hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-10-08 18:18:10 UTC · precision medium · 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.
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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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