goldpocket.biz presents itself as "Goldpocket: One-Stop Global Investment Platform," claiming to offer trading in forex, commodities, stocks, indices, cryptocurrencies, gold and oil. PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page. It targets people looking for an easy route into multi-asset or crypto trading. We first flagged it on 2026-10-09. On 2026-10-19 the domain still resolved, but the page content could not be reached.
How the scam works
The sweeping page title, which covers every asset class from crypto to oil, is typical of sites that copy the look of a legitimate brokerage to win trust quickly. Visitors are pushed to open an account and fund it, often in cryptocurrency, and are then shown a dashboard with growing balances that exist only on screen. Attempts to cash out usually trigger demands for "taxes," "verification" or "withdrawal fees," and the money never comes back. Signup forms can also collect identity documents and login details that are reused in later fraud.
Evidence
Six of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain on 2026-10-13: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, G-Data, Gridinsoft and Sophos. That is a minority of engines, but the vendors are independent of each other and reached the same verdict. The domain also appears on the MetaMask and SEAL blocklists alongside PhishDestroy, so wallet users and the crypto security community are already being warned about it. Four AlienVault OTX threat pulses reference it as well.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Gname.com Pte. Ltd. on 2025-10-12, almost a year before we detected it. A gap that long suggests the site may have been operating quietly for some time. Traffic runs through Cloudflare, Inc. at an address geolocated to Canada, which keeps the real origin server hidden.
What to do
If you deposited funds on goldpocket.biz, do not pay any further fee to "unlock" a withdrawal, because that money will be lost too. Collect your transaction IDs and payment receipts, report them to your exchange or bank, and file a report with local police or a cybercrime unit. If you uploaded ID documents, watch for identity misuse. If you reused a password there, change it everywhere and turn on 2FA. Security teams should block the domain at DNS and proxy level and check logs for earlier visits by users.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
pc.goldpocket.bizDomain record
www.goldpocket.bizDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
기술 · 4 identified
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HSTS
보안
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) informs browsers that the site should only be accessed using HTTPS.
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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 goldpocket.biz)
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.
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