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@cosmotown.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 22 days has elapsed since the first outgoing report.
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helixtrustchain.com presents itself as "HELIX TRUST CHAIN," a CFD trading platform offering positions on stocks, gold, oil and indices. PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page aimed at retail investors who are looking for a broker or have been steered to one through social media or messaging contacts. We first flagged the domain on 2026-09-29. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online and serving its trading content.
How the scam works
Fake brokers like this one copy the look and vocabulary of a regulated trading firm: account dashboards, live-looking charts and promises of leveraged returns on commodities and indices. Victims are encouraged to register, hand over personal and identity details, and fund an account, often in crypto. The balance shown on screen is controlled by the operators and usually appears to grow quickly, which draws larger deposits. When the victim tries to withdraw, new "taxes," "verification" or "release" fees appear, and the deposited money is not returned.
Evidence
On 2026-10-01, 10 of 91 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain. The vendors that flagged it include BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Gridinsoft, CRDF and CyRadar. That is a minority of engines, but it spans several unrelated security companies. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict and matched the page to its generic scam pattern. The domain also appears in 6 AlienVault OTX threat pulses, so other researchers have tracked it independently.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2025-12-12 through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown, roughly nine and a half months before PhishDestroy detected it. That gap suggests the domain was either kept in reserve or ran for a while before drawing attention. The site is hosted in the US on the FranTech Solutions network. It uses a free Let's Encrypt certificate, so the padlock in the browser only means the connection is encrypted. It says nothing about whether the broker is genuine.
What to do
Do not deposit any more money, and do not pay any fee the site demands to unlock a withdrawal, because that payment is part of the scam. If you sent funds, keep transaction IDs, chat logs and screenshots, and report them to your bank or card issuer, the exchange you sent crypto from, and your national fraud authority. If you uploaded ID documents, watch for identity misuse and change any password you reused on the site. Be wary of anyone who later offers to recover your losses for an upfront payment. Defenders should block the domain and its hosting IP and check logs for users who have visited it.
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 observation内容在线Ordinary HTTP content served90%2026-10-21 10:29:46 UTC
RDAP registration未知
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-21 10:29:46 UTClast content: 2026-10-21 10:29:46 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.
Recorded subdomains9
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
autoconfig.helixtrustchain.comDomain record
autodiscover.helixtrustchain.comDomain record
cpanel.helixtrustchain.comDomain record
cpcalendars.helixtrustchain.comDomain record
cpcontacts.helixtrustchain.comDomain record
mail.helixtrustchain.comDomain record
webdisk.helixtrustchain.comDomain record
webmail.helixtrustchain.comDomain record
www.helixtrustchain.comDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
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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.
