Is ella.fund safe?
http://ella.fund/
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How we checked
Coverage: complete · 6 of 6 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (60 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
ella.fund is a fraudulent investment platform utilizing withdrawal traps
ella.fund is a high-risk investment site that exhibits classic signs of a crypto-themed investment scam. Multiple security vendors flag the domain as malicious, and user reports confirm a pattern of fraudulent behavior, including the inability to withdraw funds and demands for additional 'gas' fees to unlock accounts.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 5/100
Dangerous covers scores 1–20. 2 findings pulled the score down.
What pulled the score down
- Decisive8 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result.
- Moderate3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "ella.fund has reached a ridiculous point: to withdraw your own money, they require you to pay for gas in advance. Logic? Zero. How can you withdraw funds if…"
What pushed the score up
No supporting finding was saved with this report.
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
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01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
ella.fund is a high-risk investment site that exhibits classic signs of a crypto-themed investment scam. Multiple security vendors flag the domain as malicious, and user reports confirm a pattern of fraudulent behavior, including the inability to withdraw funds and demands for additional 'gas' fees to unlock accounts.
Security and Technical Analysis
The domain is flagged by 9 malicious and 1 suspicious detection across 93 security engines, with 8 independent antivirus families identifying the site as a threat. These technical findings strongly indicate that the site is actively engaged in malicious activity, consistent with phishing or malware distribution.
Fraudulent Investment Mechanics
The site employs a 'withdrawal trap' mechanism where users are lured by fake account balances and promises of high returns. Once a user attempts to withdraw their funds, the platform demands an upfront 'gas' fee, which is a hallmark of investment fraud. The site's claims of having millions of users and goals to exceed the market capitalization of major global corporations are typical of high-yield investment scams designed to deceive investors.
Why the score is 5
8 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
10/ 93
detectionsFresh result
10 engines flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 9
- Suspicious
- 1
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| ADMINUSLabsMalicious | malicious |
| alphaMountain.aiMalicious | phishing |
| Chong Lua DaoMalicious | malicious |
| CyRadarMalicious | phishing |
| FortinetMalicious | phishing |
| KasperskyMalicious | phishing |
| LionicMalicious | phishing |
| SophosMalicious | phishing |
| WebrootMalicious | malicious |
| GridinsoftSuspicious | suspicious |
All 93 engine results
- ADMINUSLabs - Malicious
- alphaMountain.ai - phishing - Malicious
- Chong Lua Dao - Malicious
- CyRadar - phishing - Malicious
- Fortinet - phishing - Malicious
- Kaspersky - phishing - Malicious
- Lionic - phishing - Malicious
- Sophos - phishing - Malicious
- Webroot - Malicious
- Gridinsoft - Suspicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- alphaMountain.aiPhishing
- Sophosphishing and fraud
- WebrootPhishing and Other Frauds
- BitDefenderfinancial
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerbusiness and economy
- Googlefinancial_services
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
ella Fund is on a mission to change the world! Are you in? With more than 2 million registered users, over 100k holders, over 50K Telegram users...
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
ella Fund is on a mission to change the world! Are you in? With more than 2 million registered users, over 100k holders, over 50K Telegram users...
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
ella Fund – The Next Generation of Crypto
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
ella Fund – The Next Generation of Crypto
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 60 antivirus results.
What independent research found
4 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
Investment, Crypto & Wallet Fraud
Service and business model
Financial Service
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 019 malicious and 1 suspicious detections across 93 engines
- 028 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result.
- 033 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "ella.fund has reached a ridiculous point: to withdraw your own money, they require you to pay for gas in advance. Logic? Zero. How can you withdraw funds if…"
Web research findings
Independent findings for ella.fund, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
- Trustpilotopen
"Ella is a scam project beware. No legit token mining or ... you get you tokens. It's only those who don't know about ... token been added on trust wallet are 98% scam token will fall victims of Ella"
- BrokerTribunalopen
"ella.fund has reached a ridiculous point: to withdraw your own money, they require you to pay for gas in advance. Logic? Zero. How can you withdraw funds if you first have to pay for their withdrawal? Another scam."
- BrokerTribunalopen
"Don't get involved with Ella Fund. It's a typical fake crypto platform where they draw up a balance and promise income. I saw a plus on my account in addition to my deposit, but it's impossible to withdraw these funds."
- Gridinsoftopen
"Website Gridinsoft currently classifies this site as Suspicious Website. The report highlights 12 blacklist detections"
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainella.fund
- Redirects toella.fund
- Hosted byTier.Net Technologies LLC
- Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · googletagmanager.com
Domain Timeline
- Jun 17, 2021Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 5 years old when this review was saved.
- Nov 1, 2026Saved security review — Rated Dangerous
The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.
ella.fund is an established domain now carrying threat signals. An older domain that starts tripping security checks is a classic pattern for an asset that was sold, repurposed, or compromised — the age alone is not reassurance.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (support@ella.fund).
- Links to 5 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Report this domain to its registrar: send the address and what happened to this contact.
Certificate issued for webdisk.ella.fund.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Chat, reviews and email
- Tawk.to chat
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://ella.fund/
- 2200https://ella.fund/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
maliciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
8 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result.
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
3 independent sources carry complaints or warnings about this site, including: "ella.fund has reached a ridiculous point: to withdraw your own money, they require you to pay for gas in advance. Logic? Zero. How can you withdraw funds if…"
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 10 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Nov 1, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
| Independent research | 4 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | this scan · Nov 1, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result10 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Nov 1, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
- Independent research
- Result4 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessthis scan · Nov 1, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is ella.fund a scam or a legit crypto platform?
Is ella.fund safe to use?
I already deposited money on ella.fund — what should I do?
Can I get my money back from ella.fund?
Is ella.fund a Ponzi scheme or a real crypto investment?
How do I report ella.fund?
ella.fund looks professional — how can it still be a scam?
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Is ella.fund on any phishing or malware blacklists?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
ella.fund is a fraudulent investment platform utilizing withdrawal traps
ella.fund is a high-risk investment site that exhibits classic signs of a crypto-themed investment scam. Multiple security vendors flag the domain as malicious, and user reports confirm a pattern of fraudulent behavior, including the inability to withdraw funds and demands for additional 'gas' fees to unlock accounts.
09 · Community
Community
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