forexapp.cc posed as FOREX.com, the well-known retail forex and CFD broker. Its page title was copied word for word: "Trade Online with an Award-winning Global Forex Broker - FOREX.com". The site targeted traders who believed they were opening or logging into a real brokerage account. PhishDestroy first flagged it on 2026-09-05. It went offline on 2026-09-15, and its DNS was still inactive at the last check on 2026-10-19.
How the scam works
A broker clone works because its victims expect to type in sensitive details and send money. The fake FOREX.com front invites them to sign in, which hands their real broker credentials to the operators. It may also ask them to fund a new account. Money deposited this way goes straight to the scammers. Some clones show fake trading profits and then demand a "tax" or "withdrawal fee" before releasing funds that never existed.
Evidence
Independent detection was thin. Only 3 of 89 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain as of 2026-09-17: alphaMountain.ai, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker and SOCRadar. Beyond PhishDestroy's own blocklist, it appears in one AlienVault OTX threat pulse. A low score like this means most security tools would have let a visitor through without warning, so the near-verbatim brand title counts for more than the vendor tally.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered through Gname.com Pte. Ltd. on 2026-01-27. That is more than seven months before PhishDestroy detected it, so it was either held in reserve or ran quietly before being flagged. The site was hosted on the Nebula Global LLC network in Japan. It went dark ten days after detection, a short public life that is common for brand-clone domains once reporting begins.
What to do
If you entered a username and password on forexapp.cc, change your real FOREX.com password at once. Enable two-factor authentication and check your account for unfamiliar logins or withdrawals. If you sent a deposit, contact your bank or card issuer right away to dispute it. Report the incident to FOREX.com and your local financial regulator. Ignore any follow-up asking for fees to release your money, because that request is part of the same scam. Defenders should block the domain, add it to brand-abuse watchlists, and search mail and proxy logs for users who visited it between 2026-09-05 and 2026-09-15.
Trade Online with an Award-winning Global Forex Broker - FOREX.com
TLS 证书
颁发者 YR2
Network & certificates
Stored technical evidence
Network & DNS
Resolved IP
103.179.148.169
Network ASN
AS18186
Organization
Star Cloud Network Co., Ltd.
Observed location
Tokyo, JP
Server header
nginx
域名服务器 1
b6.share-dns.net
Location describes the IP network.
TLS 证书
Issuer
YR2
Collection source
PhishDestroy collector
Saved certificate metadata. Certificate dates without a timezone are shown as stored. Transport encryption does not establish that the site is trustworthy.
Primary outcomeDNS 非活动reason: DNS NXDOMAIN80% confidence
Attributionsource: Dns Cache
Evidence layersAvailability: DNS inactiveContent: UnreachableDNS: NXDOMAINRegistration: Unknown
Latest HTTP observation未知Probe Inconclusive20%2026-10-19 01:14:03 UTC
RDAP registration未知
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-09-05 05:28:15 UTCcurrent episode first observed: 2026-09-30 16:26:51 UTCobserved RIP window: 2026-09-05 05:28:15 UTC → 2026-09-30 16:26:51 UTC · 610.98hmidpoint estimate ≈ 2026-09-17 22:57:33 UTC · precision low · basis bounded
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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