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@aquiryn.com.
The latest stored availability evidence still shows the domain reachable; 13 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.
profitfurnace.com presents itself as a cryptocurrency and forex trading platform under the name "Profit Furnace," claiming to be the number-one Bitcoin trading destination. It targets retail crypto traders and investors searching for legitimate exchanges. PhishDestroy first identified it on 2026-10-07, and as of 2026-10-19 the site remains alive and reachable.
How the scam works
Fake exchange scams lure victims with polished trading dashboards, inflated profit displays and low-barrier sign-up offers, then manufacture reasons why withdrawals cannot be processed — demanding fees, taxes or verification deposits that disappear along with any funds the victim deposited. The page title "Profit Furnace — No.1 Bitcoin Trading Platform | Trade Crypto, Forex, CFD" is designed to rank in searches and project legitimacy across multiple asset classes. Victims typically lose their entire deposited balance and any additional payments extracted under the guise of unlocking withdrawals.
Evidence
Seven of 92 engines on VirusTotal flagged profitfurnace.com as malicious on 2026-10-07, with detections from BitDefender, Kaspersky, G-Data, Netcraft, CRDF, alphaMountain.ai and Bfore.Ai PreCrime — a cross-vendor spread that confirms the classification is not an isolated false positive. The domain also appears in three OTX threat-intelligence pulses and is listed on the PhishDestroy blocklist. Detection counts are moderate rather than high, consistent with a recently launched site that has not yet accumulated broad coverage.
Infrastructure
The domain was registered on 2025-09-20 through Global Domain Group LLC, giving it just over a year of potential operation before detection. It is hosted on Aquiryn LLC infrastructure in the United States at IP 23.153.104.17. The TLS certificate is issued by Let's Encrypt under the YR2 intermediate, a free and automated authority commonly used where quick, low-cost deployment is the priority.
What to do
If you deposited funds, stop all further transfers immediately and contact your payment provider or bank to report fraud and attempt a chargeback. Do not pay any fee, tax or "verification" charge promised to unlock a withdrawal — that money will not be returned. If you submitted personal or financial documents, monitor those accounts for identity fraud. Security teams and exchange operators should add profitfurnace.com to DNS and network blocklists and share the OTX pulse data with upstream threat-intel feeds.
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 22:31:59 UTC
RDAP registration未知
Observed timelinelast reachable: 2026-10-19 22:35:36 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 subdomains2
Hostnames retained in the domain record or Certificate Transparency cache. A hostname alone does not establish current availability or malicious activity.
client.profitfurnace.comDomain record
www.client.profitfurnace.comDomain record
The original observation time is not recorded for these hostnames.
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Programming languages
PHP is a general-purpose scripting language used for web development.
Google Tag Manager is a tag management system (TMS) that allows you to quickly and easily update measurement codes and related code fragments collectively known as tags on your website or mobile app.
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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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