Winstovex.shop operates as a fake cryptocurrency exchange under the self-styled brand Winstovex, presenting itself as a legitimate AI-driven trading platform to attract retail investors seeking automated returns. It does not impersonate a specific established exchange but constructs its own fraudulent brand to appear credible. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-21, and as of 2026-10-19 the site remains live with active content.
How the scam works
Platforms like Winstovex draw victims in with promises of AI-powered trading profits, pushing them to deposit cryptocurrency or fiat to open an account. The page title 'Winstovex | AI Trading Platform | Official Website' is designed to project authority and legitimacy. Once deposits are made, the platform fabricates account balances showing gains, then blocks any withdrawal attempt or demands escalating fees that are simply additional theft. Victims lose their deposited funds entirely, with no real trading ever taking place.
Evidence
On 2026-09-30, VirusTotal flagged winstovex.shop across 16 of 91 security engines, with detections from BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, CRDF, CyRadar, alphaMountain.ai, and Chong Lua Dao, among others. The domain appears in 5 OTX threat intelligence pulses, providing independent corroboration from the broader security community. PhishDestroy lists the domain on its blocklist based on this combined evidence.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-04-05 through Spaceship, Inc. and is routed through Cloudflare's network on a Canadian-geolocated IP. Its TLS certificate was issued by Google Trust Services under the WE1 authority. This combination of a recently registered domain, major CDN hosting, and an automated certificate is typical of short-lifecycle fraud operations.
What to do
If you visited without submitting anything, block the domain and move on. If you deposited funds, contact your bank or payment provider immediately to report fraud and request a chargeback where eligible — cryptocurrency transfers are generally irreversible, but filing reports with your national financial regulator and local law enforcement is still strongly advised. If you submitted identity documents, place a fraud alert with credit bureaus and monitor for identity theft. Security teams should block winstovex.shop at the DNS and proxy layer and notify any users who may have reached the site.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 2026年9月21日score 98/1001 brand signal
Submitted URLhttp://winstovex.shop/
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 22:33:20 UTC
RDAP registration不明
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:40 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:33:20 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 · 5 identified
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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.
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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