grokfinance-app.shop presents itself as "grok finance | AI Trading Platform | Official Website," borrowing the Grok name to look like an official AI-powered trading service. It targets people drawn to automated crypto trading and the hype around AI assistants. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-04. The site was still online and serving its content when last checked on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
Fake AI trading platforms trade on a famous name and a promise of effortless returns from an algorithm. Victims are usually asked to register, often handing over email, phone and identity details, and then to fund an account. The dashboard may show steadily growing profits, but those numbers exist only on the scam's own page. When a victim tries to withdraw, new obstacles appear, such as "taxes," "verification" or "withdrawal fees," each one another payment that never unlocks the balance. The money deposited and any personal data submitted are what the victim loses.
Evidence
On 2026-09-18, VirusTotal showed 17 of 89 security engines flagging the domain. The vendors flagging it include BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, CyRadar and Chong Lua Dao. That spread across unrelated vendors makes this more than a one-off false positive. The domain appears in five AlienVault OTX threat pulses, which means other researchers have independently tracked it. Beyond PhishDestroy's own list, it has not yet shown up on other major blocklists.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Spaceship, Inc. on 2026-06-21, about ten weeks before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap is long enough for the site to be built and promoted before anyone reported it. It sits behind Cloudflare, with the address geolocated to Canada, so the real origin server is hidden from view. The certificate from Google Trust Services only shows the connection is encrypted, not that the operator is legitimate.
What to do
If you deposited funds here, stop sending money. No "withdrawal fee" or "tax" will release a balance that only exists on this site. Collect your transaction records and report the theft to your bank, payment provider or the exchange you sent crypto from, and to local police. If you created an account, change that password everywhere you reused it and turn on two-factor authentication. Watch for follow-up "recovery service" offers, which are a common second scam. Security teams should block the domain, search mail and proxy logs for visits, and treat any site using Grok branding to sell trading returns as suspect.
DOM Analysisanalyzed 05/09/2026score 98/1001 brand signal
Submitted URLhttp://grokfinance-app.shop/
Favicon Hash
ICANN OVERSIGHT
Credenciamento e contexto RAA
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 observationConteúdo ativoOrdinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-19 22:30:11 UTC
RDAP registrationDesconhecido
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:33 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:30:11 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.
Tecnologias · 5 identified
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CDN
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.
Os relacionamentos armazenados são agrupados pelo atributo de correspondência exata. Um provedor ou registrador compartilhado por si só não prova propriedade comum.
Mapa da infraestrutura · grokfinance-app.shop
Cada faixa representa um motivo pelo qual um domínio está vinculado a este host. O tamanho dos nós indica as detecções do VirusTotal, e os nós tracejados já estão offline. As listas completas seguem abaixo.
O conteúdo corresponde4
O mesmo hash do favicon ou o mesmo título da página que este host.
Outros relatórios sobre borda Cloudflare compartilhada6
Esses relatórios são resolvidos para o mesmo IP de borda compartilhado. Eles ajudam na descoberta de relatórios, mas não implicam propriedade comum ou um servidor de origem compartilhado.
Registrados pelo mesmo registrador. Um registrador atende a milhões de clientes sem qualquer relação entre si; portanto, isso apenas agrupa os registros, em vez de comprovar uma ligação.
4 evidence signal groups linked0 stored notification recordsÚltimo ativo conhecido
Listed domains receive at least one abuse report; this entry has no retained notification history.
If credentials were compromised, report immediately. Do not engage with recovery scammers.
Se você inseriu credenciais de conta, informações pessoais ou de pagamento, ou baixou um arquivo deste domínio, tome medidas imediatas. Abaixo estão os recursos para ajudá-lo a relatar o incidente e se proteger.
Cuidado com os golpistas que prometem recuperação! Os criminosos podem entrar em contato novamente com as vítimas fingindo ser investigadores, advogados ou agentes de recuperação. Não pague taxas antecipadas nem compartilhe credenciais.Saiba mais sobre fraudes relacionadas à recuperação →
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After a phishing incident
Recomendações e orientações para as vítimas
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
O que devo fazer agora mesmo?
Urgente
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
Alterar todas as senhas — e-mail, contas do Exchange, qualquer coisa que use a mesma senha
Ativar a autenticação de dois fatores usando um aplicativo autenticador (não por SMS). Desative a recuperação por SMS
Cartões de congelamento se você inseriu dados bancários no site de phishing
Que informações devo coletar para o meu relatório?
Diretrizes do FBI
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.
Datas e horários exatos — de cada transação e do primeiro contato com o golpista
Capturas de tela — sites fraudulentos, mensagens de bate-papo, e-mails, transações em carteiras digitais, redes sociais
Todas as URLs e domínios utilizado pelo golpista (incluindo grokfinance-app.shop)
Comunicações — e-mails, mensagens de texto, números de telefone e nomes de usuário que o golpista utilizou
Mesmo que você não tenha todos os detalhes — registre uma ocorrência mesmo assim. Mesmo informações parciais ainda ajudam nas investigações.
A quem devo denunciar o golpe?
FBI IC3 — Centro de Denúncias de Crimes na Internet (sistema federal de denúncias dos EUA)
Europol — Relatórios sobre crimes cibernéticos na Europa (UE)
Your bank or payment provider — contact its fraud team promptly through official contact details if money or card information was exposed.
Polícia local — cria um registro oficial, mesmo que não possam agir imediatamente
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?
Sites falsos — clones idênticos, até o último pixel, de sites legítimos, com domínios ligeiramente alterados
Abate de suínos — confiança construída ao longo de semanas pelo Telegram, WhatsApp e aplicativos de namoro; em seguida, o dinheiro foi roubado
Golpes relacionados à recuperação — fraudsters pose as recovery agents and demand upfront fees. Never share a seed phrase or pay before independently verifying the provider
Golpes baseados em IA — deepfakes, phishing automatizado e sites gerados por IA, o que torna a fraude mais difícil de detectar
Como posso me proteger no futuro?
Adicione os sites oficiais aos favoritos — nunca clique em links de e-mails, mensagens diretas ou anúncios
Verificar domínios — verificar PhishDestroy antes de interagir. Verifique se o site usa HTTPS, a ortografia e a idade do domínio
"Bom demais para ser verdade" = golpe — retornos garantidos, endossos de celebridades, prazos urgentes
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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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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