vertrextrade.com presents itself as the homepage of a trading platform called Vertrex Trade, and PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page. It targets people looking to trade or invest in crypto who believe they have found a legitimate brokerage. PhishDestroy first flagged the domain on 2026-10-05. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online and serving its content.
How the scam works
The page carries the title "Vertrex Trade | Home" and is built to pass as a real trading service. Impersonation sites of this kind usually push visitors to register, then ask for a deposit into an account dashboard that can show invented balances and profits. When the victim tries to withdraw, the site demands extra "fees" or "taxes" first, and that money disappears too. Login details and identity documents entered along the way can be reused or sold. Victims lose whatever they deposited, plus any personal data they handed over.
Evidence
On 2026-10-18, five of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain: Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar, VIPRE and desenmascara.me. That count is low, so many browsers and security tools will not warn visitors yet. The domain appears in three AlienVault OTX threat pulses, which means other researchers are tracking it independently. Among blocklists, only PhishDestroy currently lists it.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Dynadot Inc on 2026-10-02, just three days before PhishDestroy detected it. That short gap is typical of throwaway scam domains set up for a quick campaign. The site is hosted in the United States on FranTech Solutions' PONYNET network. Its certificate comes from Let's Encrypt, so the padlock in the browser only means the connection is encrypted. It says nothing about whether the operator is legitimate.
What to do
Do not register, deposit or pay any "withdrawal fee" on vertrextrade.com. If you already sent money, stop all further payments, keep records of every transaction and message, and report them to your bank, card issuer or the exchange you sent funds from, as well as to local police. If you reused a password there, change it everywhere it was used and turn on two-factor authentication. Watch for follow-up contacts offering to "recover" your funds, because these are usually a second scam. Security teams should block the domain and its hosting IP, and report it to the registrar and hosting provider so it can be taken down.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Latest HTTP observationRedirectingHTTP redirect observed80%2026-10-19 10:33:43 UTC
RDAP registration알 수 없음
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 10:33:43 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 01:55:37 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.
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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 vertrextrade.com)
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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