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; 25 days 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.
meritonfx.com presents itself as MeritonFX, an investment service promising "Safe investment," and is aimed at people looking to grow money through crypto or forex-style trading. PhishDestroy classifies it as an impersonation phishing page and first flagged it on 2026-09-25. As of 2026-10-19 the site was still online with its content served, so it remains a live risk to anyone who lands on it.
How the scam works
The page title, "MeritonFX – Safe investment with MeritonFX," sells safety and trust, which is the usual hook for this kind of scheme. Visitors are drawn into opening an account, handing over personal and login details, and funding a balance in crypto. In schemes like this, the dashboard can show growing profits that cannot actually be withdrawn, and victims are pressed for extra "fees" or "taxes" before any payout. The title shows an investment platform, while we classified the site as impersonation phishing.
Evidence
On 2026-10-07, 14 of 92 VirusTotal engines flagged the domain, among them BitDefender, ESET, Fortinet, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, G-Data, Gridinsoft, CRDF and alphaMountain.ai. That is a modest share of engines, but it comes from well-known vendors acting independently. urlscan.io returned a malicious verdict and tagged the page as a crypto scam. MetaMask and SEAL also list the domain alongside PhishDestroy, and it appears in 3 AlienVault OTX threat pulses.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2026-09-15 through Cosmotown (TuringSign Inc.), only ten days before PhishDestroy caught it. That short gap fits a site built for a quick campaign rather than an established business. It is hosted on FranTech Solutions in Luxembourg. The Let's Encrypt certificate only means the connection is encrypted. It says nothing about whether the operator is legitimate.
What to do
Do not deposit anything further, and treat any request for a "withdrawal fee" or "verification payment" as part of the scam. If you used a password on meritonfx.com, change it everywhere you reused it and turn on two-factor authentication. Record your transaction hashes, account details and messages, then report the loss to your exchange and local police. Be wary of "recovery services" that contact you afterward, since they often target the same victims. Defenders should block the domain and its hosting IP at DNS and proxy level and flag any traffic to 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%2026-10-19 22:31:20 UTC
RDAP registration未知
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:35 UTClast content: 2026-10-19 22:31:20 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.
