Security Review

Is altex-ventures.com legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Dangerous· 18/100

Fake crypto investment platform with malicious detection, promising 20% daily ROI and targeting inexperienced investors.

altex-ventures.comScanned 14h ago
0
Trust score
DANGEROUS
Heuristics 19·MT 18
Category tags
crypto-investment#Crypto Fraud#Investment Scam#Fake Shop85% MT confidence
Warning signals (1)

These checks passed — but they don't clear the site. A clean antivirus result, valid SSL, and a calm server only mean it isn't hosting malware; they say nothing about whether the business is real. This verdict is based on the site's conduct and content, not a malware detection.

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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
2/97
Engines flagged this URL
Domain Age
1.2 years old
Registered Mar 30, 2025
MT Intelligence
Dangerous
Critical likelihood · 85% confidence
DANGEROUS

Investment scam — do not deposit

Fake crypto investment platform with malicious detection, promising 20% daily ROI and targeting inexperienced investors. Guaranteed-returns, HYIP, and pig-butchering funnels all rely on early "profits" to bait bigger deposits. Any money you send is almost certainly unrecoverable — do not top up to unlock withdrawals.

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MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Critical scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust18/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The site presents itself as a professional investment platform offering cryptocurrency, forex, and real-estate investment packages with a headline claim of 20% daily returns on token purchases — a red flag that no legitimate investment firm would advertise. Netcraft has flagged the domain as malicious, and Gridinsoft marked it suspicious. The domain is 435 days old with no verifiable business registration, postal address, or legitimate contact information beyond a single email on the domain itself. The page loads external widgets (Elfsight, TradingView embeds, Smartsupp chat) typical of hastily-assembled scam sites designed to appear credible. The combination of guaranteed returns, vague operational claims, and pressure to "invest and earn" matches established cryptocurrency investment-scam patterns.
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Page Content

The site claims to be a "world's leading asset management and investment platform" offering forex PAMM/MAM packages, cryptocurrency investments, and real-estate opportunities. The headline promise of 20% daily ROI on token purchases is a hallmark of Ponzi-scheme marketing. No team members, regulatory licenses, or verifiable credentials are displayed. The page uses generic motivational language ("financial freedom", "stable returns", "high liquidity") without substantive detail on how returns are generated.

Infrastructure

Hosted on IP 67.211.214.117 with clean abuse history (0/100 score, no reports). SSL certificate is valid (Let's Encrypt, 38 days remaining). The domain uses privacy-protected WHOIS registration through Tucows Domains Inc., a common tactic for scam operators. Two redirect hops with cross-domain routing suggest traffic funnelling or affiliate-link injection.

Domain History

Registered 435 days ago. The domain is not indexed in global traffic rankings, indicating minimal legitimate user base or search visibility. No historical business registration, company filings, or regulatory approval found.

Web Reputation

Netcraft detection (malicious) and Gridinsoft detection (suspicious) are significant signals. No positive reviews or trust aggregator scores. The absence of independent business verification combined with active malware-engine flagging indicates operator intent to deceive.

Risk Factors
7
  • Netcraft flags the domain as malicious; Gridinsoft marks it suspicious.
  • Promises 20% daily ROI on token purchases — a guaranteed-return claim no legitimate investment firm makes.
  • No postal address, no team information, no regulatory licenses or credentials displayed.
  • Domain registered 435 days ago with privacy-protected WHOIS — typical of scam operators.
  • Not indexed in global traffic rankings; minimal legitimate user presence.
  • Uses external widgets (Elfsight, Smartsupp chat, TradingView embeds) to simulate legitimacy.
  • Single contact email on own domain; no phone, address, or social-media presence.
Positive Signals
4
  • Valid SSL certificate issued by Let's Encrypt.
  • Hosting IP has clean abuse reputation (0/100 score, no reports).
  • No browser blocklist hits.
  • Domain has existed for over 14 months (not brand-new).
AI Recommendation
Do not create an account or deposit funds. If you have already sent money to this site, contact your bank or payment provider immediately to report fraud and attempt a chargeback. Report the domain to your local financial regulator and to law enforcement.
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Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for altex-ventures.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
1.2 yrs
Registered Mar 2025
Web mentions
No scam reports found
No complaints, no negative coverage turned up in our sweep.
Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst

No independent review data available.

Antivirus Engines

Detection matrix · live
2 engines flagged this URL

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 97 malware and blacklist engines. Each detection is listed below by engine name — even a single hit is a meaningful signal.

1Malicious1Suspicious65Harmless97Engines
0
of 97
Netcraft
Malicious· malicious
Gridinsoft
Suspicious· suspicious

2 antivirus engines flagged this URL. Even a single detection is a meaningful signal — treat this site with extra caution and avoid entering credentials, payment info, or downloading any files.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domainadmin@altex-ventures.com
Phone numbers37207-5609
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No postal address visible on the page.
  • Scam family match: Crypto Investment.
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (admin@altex-ventures.com).
  • Phone number listed (37207-5609).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age1.2 years old
RegistrarTucows Domains Inc.
RegisteredMar 30, 2025
ExpiresMar 30, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · E8
ExpiresJul 17, 2026 (38d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingInterserver, Inc
Server locationUS
Web serverLiteSpeed

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
Yes
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://altex-ventures.com/
  • 2301https://altex-ventures.com/
  • 3200https://www.altex-ventures.com/cross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPInterserver, Inc
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Scam-Type Likelihood

1 scam-type patterns detected
Scam-Type Likelihood

1 of 13 categories showed signals

We check every URL against 13 distinct scam categories so the verdict tells you not just how risky the page is, but what kind of risk it carries. Each meter pulls from page signals, web reports, our AI analyst, vision, and the scam-network cluster — not from raw AV labels.

Top match: Investment Scam
Investment Scam
High likelihood
80/100
  • Primary scraped category: crypto-investment scheme.
  • High-yield / guaranteed-returns investment language on the page.
  • AI analyst tagged this as an investment / HYIP / pig-butchering scam.

Investment scam indicators

The page shows patterns common to HYIP, forex, pig-butchering, and guaranteed-returns grifts.

  • Do not interact with altex-ventures.com

    Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.

  • Any money you send is almost certainly gone

    These schemes pay out early "profits" to bait bigger deposits, then block withdrawals or demand a "tax" / "liquidity fee" to release funds. Do not top up to unlock a withdrawal — that's the same grift.

  • If you already deposited — act immediately

    Contact your bank or card issuer about a chargeback, freeze further transfers, and gather every screenshot, WhatsApp / Telegram thread, and transaction ID. Do not engage with "recovery agents" who reach out after the loss — those are themselves a follow-up scam.

  • Report to your financial regulator

    US: sec.gov/tcr, cftc.gov or reportfraud.ftc.gov. UK: FCA ScamSmart. EU: your national financial regulator. Reports feed public warning registers other victims check.

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
ListedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review flags altex-ventures.com as dangerous. Multiple threat indicators were detected — treat the site as a scam until proven otherwise.
  • No — altex-ventures.com scored 18/100 on our trust scale. We detected active threat indicators, so we recommend avoiding the site entirely.
  • Yes. altex-ventures.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · E8, expiring in 38 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
  • altex-ventures.com is 1.2 years old, registered on 3/30/2025 through Tucows Domains Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
  • 2 out of 97 antivirus engines in our malware network flagged altex-ventures.com as malicious or suspicious (1 outright malicious). Even one detection is a meaningful signal.
  • No. altex-ventures.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
  • altex-ventures.com resolves to an IP operated by Interserver, Inc in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
  • This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 9, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around altex-ventures.com have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

0
Trust / 100
Final Verdict·altex-ventures.com
DANGEROUS

Altex-ventures.com is a fake cryptocurrency investment platform promising unrealistic 20% daily returns. Netcraft flags it as malicious, the domain is only 435 days old with no legitimate business registration, and the site exhibits classic investment-scam patterns including guaranteed returns, vague asset-management claims, and pressure to deposit funds.

Do not create an account or deposit funds. If you have already sent money to this site, contact your bank or payment provider immediately to report fraud and attempt a chargeback. Report the domain to your local financial regulator and to law enforcement.

AV engines
97
MT passes
2
Net signals
0
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