Recovery scam — they can't get your money back
Wix subdomain flagged by four engines as phishing and tied to crypto-recovery fraud demanding upfront fees.
Is home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com legit or a scam?
Wix subdomain flagged by four engines as phishing and tied to crypto-recovery fraud demanding upfront fees.
This is a fraudulent recovery-scam page hosted on a Wix subdomain. Four security engines flagged it as phishing and an independent report explicitly links it to crypto-recovery fraud that demands upfront payments.
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.
What this means for you
You were probably about to pay someone to get back money you already lost.
No one can recover funds already sent to a scammer — the up-front fee is simply a second scam targeting people who were hurt once.
How this scam works
The trap, step by step
They target people who have already lost money to a scam.
They pose as a recovery agent, investigator, or lawyer who can get it back.
They ask for an up-front “fee” or “tax” — and often your ID and banking details.
Nothing is recovered; you're simply scammed a second time.
Recognising the pattern is the best defence — if a site follows these steps, close it and don't enter anything.
Analysis Summary
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →
Visual analysis
We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.
Visual red flags detected in the screenshot
The screenshot displays a standard 404 Not Found error page for the Wix Studio platform, which is neutral and provides no evidence of malicious activity.
What our vision model saw
1 signalPage renders a 404 error
Intelligence
The page sits on a nine-year-old Wix Studio subdomain that scammers commonly abuse. Four antivirus engines (alphaMountain.ai, ESET, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet) all classify the URL as phishing. An external report from phishdestroy.io directly identifies the subdomain as part of a crypto-recovery scam network that solicits advance fees. The visual scan shows only a 404 error, which is consistent with a short-lived scam page that has already been taken down or never fully deployed. No legitimate business registration or positive reviews appear for this subdomain. The combination of engine detections and the explicit scam report outweighs the clean browser blocklists and older parent domain.
Web Research Findings
Independent findings for home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com, 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.
- The domain 'home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com' is explicitly identified as a scam site associated with cryptocurrency recovery fraud.
- It is hosted on the Wix Studio platform, a legitimate service that is frequently exploited by malicious actors to host phishing content.
- Security researchers have flagged this specific subdomain as part of a network of fraudulent sites targeting Web3 users.
- The site is associated with 'recovery scams' where victims are asked for upfront payments to recover previously stolen cryptocurrency.
- Wix Studio subdomains are often used to create 'pixel-perfect' clones of legitimate services to deceive users.
- phishdestroy.ioopen
"home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com ... This is a second scam. No legitimate service will ask for upfront payment to recover stolen crypto."
phishdestroy.io reports that home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com is a second scam site associated with cryptocurrency recovery fraud. The report states that no legitimate service asks for upfront payment to recover stolen crypto and identifies the subdomain as part of a network targeting Web3 users. No additional scam mentions or positive reviews were located in the searched sources.
Domain Timeline
- Dec 17, 2016Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 9.6 years old today.
- Jul 22, 2026Latest security review — Flagged as dangerous
This scan re-ran every check; the current findings are detailed above.
home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com 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.
Threat Detection
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Scam-Type Likelihood
1 scam-type patterns detected
1 of 21 categories showed signals
Each card names a specific harm pattern and the concrete facts that support it. The category score is supporting context; the report verdict above remains the final severity decision.
- Tagged as a recovery / refund scam.
- Recovery / 'get your money back' language.
1 of 21 categories showed signals
Each card names a specific harm pattern and the concrete facts that support it. The category score is supporting context; the report verdict above remains the final severity decision.
- Tagged as a recovery / refund scam.
- Recovery / 'get your money back' language.
Technical Details
domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referencedThe 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.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com/
- 2404https://home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com/
Server Reputation
What to do
Recovery / refund scam
This targets people who already lost money to a scam. No legitimate service can reverse funds already sent to a scammer.
- Do not interact with home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com
Do not enter credentials, deposit money, download files, or install browser extensions from this site.
- Never pay an up-front fee to "recover" money
Real recovery (a bank chargeback, law enforcement) never charges you in advance. Any site or "agent" that asks for a fee, gift cards, or crypto to release your "recovered" funds is a second scam.
- Be suspicious of anyone who contacts you first
Scammers resell victim lists. If a "recovery expert" messaged you out of the blue, it's almost certainly the same crew (or a partner) coming back for a second hit.
- OpenReport it and use official channels only
Report to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov), the FBI's IC3 (ic3.gov), or Action Fraud (UK). For card payments, your bank's dispute process is the only legitimate path.
Safer Alternatives
Trying to handle crypto? Use a safe option instead
Dealing with crypto? Use a regulated, well-established exchange rather than an unknown site — and never connect your wallet or enter a seed phrase on a page you can't verify.
Publicly-listed, regulated US exchange.
Long-established, regulated exchange.
Regulated US exchange & custodian.
Suggestions for safety only — not endorsements. Always verify the address bar before signing in or paying, even on well-known sites.
Final Verdict
This is a fraudulent recovery-scam page hosted on a Wix subdomain. Four security engines flagged it as phishing and an independent report explicitly links it to crypto-recovery fraud that demands upfront payments.
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com is a dangerous recovery / refund scam — avoid interacting with it. Our review tagged it for recovery scam and crypto fraud. 4 of 92 security engines flag it (4 as outright malicious). The domain is 9.6 years old through GoDaddy.com, LLC. This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
- No — home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com scored just 2/100 on our trust scale, and we detected active threat indicators. We recommend avoiding it entirely: don't log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
- If you've already paid or handed over details on home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com, act quickly. 1) Contact your bank or card issuer immediately and ask to dispute the charge or open a chargeback — the sooner you act, the better your odds. 2) Report the site to the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or the FBI's IC3 at ic3.gov, and in the UK to Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. 3) If you entered a password, change it on home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com and anywhere you reused it, and turn on two-factor authentication. 4) Watch your bank and email for follow-up fraud, and keep screenshots as evidence.
- Often yes, if you act fast. Payments made by credit or debit card can frequently be reversed through a chargeback or dispute — contact your bank right away and explain it was a fraudulent site. Bank transfers and gift-card or voucher payments are much harder to recover, but you should still report them to your bank and to the FTC (reportfraud.ftc.gov) or Action Fraud (actionfraud.police.uk). Avoid any "refund" or "recovery" service that contacts you first — it's usually a follow-up scam.
- No. Once money — especially crypto — has been sent to a scammer, no private "recovery" service can claw it back; that's simply not how payments or blockchains work. Sites and "agents" that promise to recover funds for an up-front fee are a second scam that preys on people already hurt once. The only legitimate routes are your bank's chargeback / dispute process for card payments and reporting to law enforcement (IC3, FTC, Action Fraud) — none of which charge you a fee in advance.
- You can report home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com through several official channels: the U.S. FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at ic3.gov, and — in the UK — Action Fraud at actionfraud.police.uk. You can also flag it to Google Safe Browsing (safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish) so other browsers warn about it, and report it to the company being impersonated if there is one. Reporting helps get scam sites taken down faster.
- Modern scams are built to look convincing. A valid SSL padlock, a polished template, stock photos, fake reviews, and a trust badge can all be added in minutes and prove nothing about who runs the site. Scammers buy cheap domains, clone real designs, and copy legal pages wholesale. That's exactly why an automated review that checks the domain's age, hosting, blacklists, and behaviour — rather than just how the page looks — is more reliable than a first impression.
- Yes. 4 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com, 4 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
- No — home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
- home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com is 9.6 years old, registered on December 17, 2016 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
- home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com resolves to an IP operated by Google LLC in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
- This report is a record of the scan run on July 22, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about home-ledgree-apps.wixstudio.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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