fxtrad.ai presents itself as a global multi-asset trading platform covering forex, commodities, stocks, indices, cryptocurrencies, gold, and oil. It targets retail investors and cryptocurrency users seeking legitimate brokerage services. PhishDestroy first identified it on 2026-10-09, and as of 2026-10-19 the site remains fully live and serving content.
How the scam works
Investment scam platforms like this one lure victims by mimicking the look and language of regulated brokers, promising access to diverse markets under one roof. Users are encouraged to deposit funds — typically cryptocurrency or bank transfers — into accounts they control through the platform's interface, but the operator controls the underlying money. Withdrawals are blocked, delayed, or made conditional on additional fees once a meaningful balance has accumulated. The victim loses whatever they deposited, and in many cases is pressured to deposit more before the operators disappear.
Evidence
Six of 92 engines on VirusTotal flagged fxtrad.ai as malicious as of 2026-10-17, with detections from alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, Seclookup, and SOCRadar. The domain appears on three blocklists — PhishDestroy, MetaMask, and SEAL — and has generated four threat-intelligence pulses on OTX, indicating active tracking by the security community. While the VirusTotal detection count is moderate rather than overwhelming, the cross-vendor consensus and blocklist coverage provide solid independent backing for the investment scam classification.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-05-22 through GNAME.COM PTE. LTD. and has been active for only a few months, a pattern common to short-lived fraud operations. Hosting sits on Cloudflare's network at an IP geolocated to Canada, which provides the operator with DDoS protection and masks the true server origin. The TLS certificate was issued by Let's Encrypt, a free automated authority that adds no identity verification.
What to do
If you deposited funds through fxtrad.ai, contact your bank or payment provider immediately to report fraud and request a chargeback where possible. Do not respond to follow-up contact from the platform's operators, as recovery scams frequently target prior victims. If you submitted personal identification documents, monitor your credit and consider placing a fraud alert with relevant agencies. Security teams should block fxtrad.ai at the DNS and proxy layer and alert any users who may have accessed it.
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 observation활성 콘텐츠Ordinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-19 02:22:50 UTC
RDAP registration알 수 없음
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 02:22:50 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 02:22:50 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.
Recorded subdomains1
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
www.fxtrad.aiDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
기술 · 5 identified
V
Vue.js
JavaScript frameworks
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.
Template-based draft · optional AI wording assistance requires separate consent
AI 지원 초안 - 사고 세부정보는 AI 제공업체에서 처리됩니다. · 직접 검토하고 제출하세요.
After a phishing incident
피해자를 위한 권고 사항 및 조언
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
지금 당장 어떻게 해야 할까요?
긴급
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
모든 비밀번호 변경 — 이메일, 익스체인지 계정 등, 동일한 비밀번호를 사용하는 모든 것
2단계 인증 활성화 인증 앱(SMS 제외)을 사용합니다. SMS 기반 복구 기능을 비활성화하세요.
카드 동결 피싱 사이트에 은행 계좌 정보를 입력한 경우
보고서를 작성하기 위해 어떤 정보를 수집해야 할까요?
FBI 지침
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.
정확한 날짜 및 시간 — 각 거래 내역 및 사기범과의 첫 접촉 시점
스크린샷 — 사기 웹사이트, 채팅 메시지, 이메일, 지갑 거래, 소셜 미디어
모든 URL 및 도메인 사기꾼이 사용한 (다음과 같은 것들을 포함하여 fxtrad.ai)
커뮤니케이션 — 사기꾼이 사용한 이메일, 문자, 전화번호, 사용자 이름
비록 모든 세부 사항을 알지 못하더라도 — 어쨌든 신고를 하세요. 부분적인 정보라도 수사에 도움이 됩니다.
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
지역 경찰 — 비록 당장 조치를 취할 수는 없더라도 공식 기록을 남깁니다
A report is not a guarantee of recovery or investigation, but prompt, accurate transaction data can help authorities and service providers trace the incident.
How do phishing scams typically work?
가짜 웹사이트 — 도메인을 약간만 변경한, 정식 사이트와 픽셀 단위로 완벽하게 일치하는 복제 사이트
pig butchering — Telegram·왓츠앱·데이트 앱을 통해 몇 주에 걸쳐 신뢰를 쌓은 뒤, 돈을 훔쳐갔다
회복 사기 — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
AI를 이용한 사기 — 딥페이크, 자동화된 피싱, AI로 생성된 사이트 등으로 인해 사기 행각을 적발하기가 더 어려워지고 있다
앞으로 어떻게 하면 스스로를 지킬 수 있을까요?
공식 사이트 즐겨찾기 추가 — 이메일, DM 또는 광고에 포함된 링크는 절대 클릭하지 마세요
도메인 확인 — 확인하기 PhishDestroy 상호작용을 시작하기 전에 HTTPS, 맞춤법, 도메인 등록 기간을 확인하세요.
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.
(SG)
