ABUSE NOTICE · 7D+ OPEN
Outgoing abuse reports are recorded; the latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable.
Notification and current-status evidence
The sent-report ledger records the first outgoing report at .
The recorded recipient is abuse@registrar.eu.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 1 month has elapsed since the first outgoing report.
ICANN RAA §3.18 describes registrar abuse-contact and handling obligations.
This section records outgoing timestamps, listed recipients, case identifiers, and later availability. It does not by itself prove receipt, acknowledgement, investigation, remediation, or contractual non-compliance.
apexmarketexchange.com presents itself as "Apexmarketexchange," a CFD trading platform offering stocks, gold, oil and indices. PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page aimed at retail investors looking for an online broker. We first flagged it on 2026-09-14. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online, with its content reachable behind access protection.
How the scam works
The page title promises CFD trading on stocks, gold, oil and indices, which lends the site the look of a regulated broker. Schemes of this type usually ask visitors to open an account and deposit funds, often encouraged by a contact who presents as an account manager. A dashboard then shows rising balances and profitable trades. When the victim tries to withdraw, new charges appear, described as taxes, verification costs or "withdrawal fees," and the money is never released. Victims lose every deposit and fee they pay, and they also hand over identity documents and payment details.
Evidence
On 2026-09-24, VirusTotal showed 7 of 89 engines flagging the domain: alphaMountain.ai, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Gridinsoft, Netcraft, SOCRadar and Bfore.Ai PreCrime. That count is modest, but the vendors include established phishing feeds alongside predictive scoring. urlscan.io rated the page malicious and matched it to its generic scam pattern. Four AlienVault OTX pulses reference the domain, so other analysts are tracking it as well.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-04-09 through Hosting Concepts B.V. d/b/a Registrar.eu, about five months before we detected it. That gap suggests the site was either prepared well in advance or operated quietly before it was reported. It is hosted on the Aquiryn LLC network in the United States and uses a free Let's Encrypt certificate. The padlock in the browser therefore only means the connection is encrypted. It says nothing about whether the broker is genuine.
What to do
Do not deposit money, and never pay a fee to unlock a withdrawal, because further payments only add to the loss. If you already paid, contact your bank or card issuer right away to dispute the charges, keep all receipts and chat logs, and report the case to your national financial regulator or police. If you uploaded ID documents, watch for identity misuse and treat follow-up "recovery" offers as a second scam. Change any password you reused on the site. Defenders should block the domain and its hosting address, and check mail and proxy logs for users who visited it.
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcomeReachable but protectedreason: Captcha85% confidence
Attributionmechanism: Challengesource: Current Http Probe
Evidence layersAvailability: Reachable but protectedContent: UnknownDNS: ResolvedRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observationReachable but protectedCaptchaChallenge85%2026-10-19 22:26:59 UTC
RDAP registration未知
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:29 UTClast content: 2026-10-09 10:32:35 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
针对受害者的建议与指导
Choose the steps that match what you shared. Keep a copy of this report alongside your own records.
我应该立即采取什么措施？
紧急
Stop using the suspicious site. Open the real service through its official app or an address you already trust.
更改所有密码 — 电子邮件、Exchange 账户，以及任何使用同一密码的账户
启用双因素认证 使用身份验证器应用（而非短信）。禁用基于短信的恢复功能
冻结卡片 如果您在钓鱼网站上输入了银行信息
我应该为报告收集哪些信息？
联邦调查局（FBI）指南
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.
当地警方 — 即使无法立即采取行动，也能留下正式记录
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?
虚假网站 — 与正规网站完全一致的克隆网站，仅域名略有改动
猪的屠宰 — 通过Telegram/WhatsApp/交友软件花数周时间建立信任，随后钱被骗走
退款诈骗 — 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
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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