bitcoin-traderai.com is a fake crypto exchange that presents itself as an AI-powered Bitcoin trading platform. It targets retail investors who are drawn in by claims of effortless, automated returns on cryptocurrency. PhishDestroy first saw the site on 2026-09-12. It went offline on 2026-09-19 and was still dead and unreachable when checked on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
The page title, "bitcoin-traderai | AI Trading Platform | Official Website", follows a familiar pattern for AI trading schemes, which use Bitcoin's name and the language of an official platform to look credible. Victims are typically asked to register and make a first deposit, often with encouragement from a personal "account manager". A dashboard then shows fabricated profits to prompt larger deposits. When the victim tries to withdraw, they face invented fees, taxes or verification charges, and the money is never returned. Victims lose every deposit, and any personal or identity documents they submitted can be reused in follow-up recovery scams.
Evidence
On 2026-09-12, 16 of 89 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. The vendors flagging it included alphaMountain.ai, BitDefender, Chong Lua Dao, CyRadar, ESET, Emsisoft, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker and G-Data. The domain is listed on the PhishDestroy blocklist and appears in one AlienVault OTX pulse.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2025-10-08 through MainReg Inc., nearly a year before it was detected. It was hosted at 185.62.57.222 on the Snel.com B.V. network in the Netherlands. Its TLS certificate was issued by ZeroSSL GmbH under the ZeroSSL ECC DV SSL CA 2 authority. That is a domain-validated certificate, which confirms only control of the domain and says nothing about who runs the site.
What to do
If you deposited funds, stop all payments right away and ignore any request for withdrawal fees. Report the transfers to your bank, card issuer or the exchange you sent crypto from, and file a report with your national fraud or cybercrime authority. If you reused your password on this site, change it everywhere you used it. If you uploaded ID documents, watch for identity misuse. Be wary of anyone who later offers to recover your funds for an upfront fee, because that is a common second scam. Defenders should block the domain and its hosting IP, and add the site's branding and page-title pattern to their detection rules for similar AI trading lures.
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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.
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