Is westpacetrade.com safe?

http://westpacetrade.com/

DangerousStatus

Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Unlicensed investment platform flagged by multiple security vendors and investor alert lists.

Westpacetrade.com presents itself as a multi-country investment firm offering cryptocurrency and forex trading, but lacks any verifiable regulatory license, corporate registration, or physical address. Multiple antivirus engines and an investor alert list classify the site as a scam, and the page uses generic testimonials and unsubstantiated insurance claims to build false trust.

Do not deposit funds or provide personal information. Avoid the site entirely and report it to your local financial regulator if you have already interacted with it.
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Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

  1. Dangerous1–20
  2. High Risk21–44
  3. Moderate Risk45–69
  4. Low Risk70–84
  5. Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

Westpacetrade.com presents itself as a multi-country investment firm offering cryptocurrency and forex trading, but lacks any verifiable regulatory license, corporate registration, or physical address. Multiple antivirus engines and an investor alert list classify the site as a scam, and the page uses generic testimonials and unsubstantiated insurance claims to build false trust.

Regulatory and technical evidence

The domain appears on the ScamAssist Investor Alert List as an unlicensed investment platform, with the alert dated 02/04/2026.

Five independent antivirus engines (alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Gridinsoft, Netcraft, SOCRadar) flag the site as malicious, citing phishing and scam activity.

Gridinsoft's scanner classifies the site as a scam website based on blacklist detections and heuristic signals.

Site claims and testimonials

The site lists a generic address "Lux Street, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom" and claims to be a privately-owned fee-only investment management firm with offices in multiple countries since 2008, yet provides no verifiable corporate registration or regulatory license.

Testimonials appear fabricated, including one from "John tubbs from Texas" praising the company for binary options trading.

The site claims "capital insured" investments and "Employee Negligence cover" up to one million dollars, but these statements lack supporting evidence.

Why the score is 15

Listed on ScamAssist Investor Alert List as unlicensed. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

6/ 92

detections

Saved result - stale

6 engines flagged this URL

Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.

Malicious
5
Suspicious
1
Total
92
Adverse antivirus results
EngineFinding
alphaMountain.aiMaliciousphishing
CRDFMaliciousmalicious
GridinsoftMaliciousphishing
NetcraftMaliciousmalicious
SOCRadarMaliciousphishing
FortinetSuspiciousspam
All 92 engine results
  • alphaMountain.ai - phishing - Malicious
  • CRDF - malicious - Malicious
  • Gridinsoft - phishing - Malicious
  • Netcraft - malicious - Malicious
  • SOCRadar - phishing - Malicious
  • Fortinet - spam - Suspicious
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • Criminal IP - unrated - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - unrated - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - unrated - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • SCUMWARE.org - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
westpacetrade.com
What our review noticed on this page
Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Invest With A Firm You Can Trust Tony from England deposited $2000

Context only

What the captured page showed

2 observations
  1. 01

    Invest With A Firm You Can Trust

  2. 02

    Tony from England deposited $2000

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. What the site claims

    West Pace Trade - Bitcoin Trading - 100x Leverage

  2. What we observed

    The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 antivirus results.

  3. What independent research found

    2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.

  4. What remains unverified

    1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.

What kind of site and risk is this?

Threat category

Investment, Crypto & Wallet Fraud

Service and business model

Financial Service

Transaction

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

  1. 01Listed on ScamAssist Investor Alert List as unlicensed.
  2. 02Scam Website This site is classified as Scam Website based on multiple risk signals, including 1 blacklist detections, no established public user-review history, and heuristic security signals. Gridinsoft Online Virus Scanner https://gridinsoft.com/online-virus-scanner/url/westpacetrade-com
  3. 035 independent antivirus families reported an adverse result. This comes from a saved antivirus observation rather than a new submission, so treat the detection as real but confirm the timing.

What this means for you

Visitor flow and exposure

A visitor clicks the prominent "Signup" or "Open Live Account" button and is prompted to create an account and deposit funds for cryptocurrency and forex trading.

How the observed mechanism works

The evidence-backed path

Each stage below is preserved from the grounded analysis and linked to saved evidence.

  1. Once funds are deposited, the visitor has no regulatory recourse because the platform is unlicensed and flagged by investor alert lists.

Do not deposit funds or provide personal information. Avoid the site entirely and report it to your local financial regulator if you have already interacted with it.

Investment, Crypto & Wallet FraudConfidence: High

Grounded in 3 saved evidence references.

Web research findings

Independent findings for westpacetrade.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.

Business registration
No public record found
Could not match the site to a registered company — common for small sites.
Clone check
No clone detected
The completed research found no supported clone indicator.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The completed research found no supported look-alike match.
Web mentions
2 scam reports
Scam reports (2)
Direct quotes from public scam databases, forums, and news.
  • ScamAssist Investor Alert Listopen

    "West Pace Trade - westpacetrade.com | Unlicensed | 02/04/2026"

  • Gridinsoft Online Virus Scanneropen

    "Scam Website This site is classified as Scam Website based on multiple risk signals, including 1 blacklist detections, no established public user-review history, and heuristic security signals."

Reputation Sources

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

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

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

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.

  1. Domainwestpacetrade.com
  2. Redirects towestpacetrade.com
  3. Hosted byFranTech Solutions
  4. Referencesfonts.gstatic.com · fonts.googleapis.com

Domain Timeline

  1. Jan 10, 2026
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 8 months old today.

  2. Sep 4, 2026
    Saved security review — Flagged as dangerous

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

Contact Verification

Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.

What We Found
Has a contact email on its own domain
Emails on site's domaininfo@westpacetrade.com
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No phone number listed on the captured page.
  • No operator postal address visible on the captured page.
  • Contact email on the site's own domain (info@westpacetrade.com).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age7 months old
RegistrarTuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown
RegisteredJan 10, 2026
ExpiresJan 10, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusInvalid
Protocolnone
IssuerNone
ExpiresInvalid Date (0d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingFranTech Solutions
Server locationDE
Web serverLiteSpeed
Platform / CMSDataLife Engine (http://dle-news.ru)

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score3%
Reports on file4
ISPFranTech Solutions
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

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

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
  1. Antiviruspartial
  2. Browser threat feedcomplete
  3. Page contentcomplete
  4. Analysiscomplete
  5. Visual evidencecomplete
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Technical threat

suspicious

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

Additional evidence review

Operator / customer risk

suspicious

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

Additional evidence review · Additional evidence review

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result6 of 92 engines flagged
CompletionLimited
FindingAdverse
Freshnessstale fallback · Sep 4, 2026
Browser protection
ResultNo browser threat-list match
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Page content
ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Visual evidence
Result2 visible observations saved with the page capture
CompletionCompleted
FindingNo adverse finding
FreshnessNot available
Independent research
Result2 independent findings were saved
CompletionCompleted
FindingAdverse
FreshnessNot available

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Avoid this site

Our automated review flagged enough risk that you should treat this site as unverified.

  1. Analyst recommendation

    Do not deposit funds or provide personal information. Avoid the site entirely and report it to your local financial regulator if you have already interacted with it.

  2. Do not interact with westpacetrade.com

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

  3. Verify the business through independent channels

    Check the company's social profiles, registry records, and search for recent news or reviews that are not hosted on the site itself.

  4. Never use irreversible payment methods

    Crypto, gift cards, wire transfers, and cash apps offer zero buyer protection. Use a credit card or PayPal if you must pay.

  5. Share your experience

    If you have additional context, drop a comment below or post on the MalwareTips forum.

    Open

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.

  1. Coinbase

    Publicly-listed, regulated US exchange.

  2. Kraken

    Long-established, regulated exchange.

  3. Gemini

    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.

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 westpacetrade.com a scam or a legit crypto platform?
westpacetrade.com is a dangerous investment, crypto & wallet fraud — do not deposit funds or connect a wallet. Our review tagged it for investment scam. 6 of 92 security engines flag it (5 as outright malicious). The domain is 7 months old through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown. This pattern matches throwaway sites built to take money or data and disappear.
Is westpacetrade.com safe to use?
No — westpacetrade.com has a Safety Score of 15/100 (Dangerous) because decisive threat evidence was saved with this scan. Leave the site and do not log in, pay, download anything, or connect a wallet.
I already deposited money on westpacetrade.com — what should I do?
If you've already paid or handed over details on westpacetrade.com, act quickly. 1) Cryptocurrency payments are almost always irreversible, so a bank chargeback usually won't apply — instead report the wallet address to the exchange you sent from and ask them to flag it. 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 westpacetrade.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.
Can I get my money back from westpacetrade.com?
Possibly, but it's difficult. Crypto transfers can't be reversed like card payments, so recovery usually depends on the receiving exchange freezing the funds — report the wallet address and transaction ID to that exchange and to IC3 (ic3.gov) as fast as you can. Be very wary of "recovery agents" who contact you promising to get your crypto back; that is almost always a second scam targeting victims.
Is westpacetrade.com a Ponzi scheme or a real crypto investment?
Signals point to a high-risk crypto scam rather than a genuine platform. Warning signs we look for — guaranteed or unrealistic returns, pressure to deposit quickly, fake celebrity or exchange endorsements, and demands to send crypto to a wallet you don't control — are hallmarks of Ponzi-style and "pig-butchering" fraud. A real platform never guarantees profits, and no legitimate service asks you to send crypto to "unlock" a withdrawal.
How do I report westpacetrade.com?
You can report westpacetrade.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.
westpacetrade.com looks professional — how can it still be a scam?
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.
Has westpacetrade.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
Yes. 6 of 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network flagged westpacetrade.com, 5 of them as outright malicious. Even a single detection from a reputable engine is a meaningful warning, and multiple detections rarely happen by accident.
Is westpacetrade.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — westpacetrade.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.
How old is the westpacetrade.com domain?
westpacetrade.com is 7 months old, registered on January 10, 2026 through TuringSign Inc. d/b/a Cosmotown. 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.
Where is westpacetrade.com hosted?
westpacetrade.com resolves to an IP operated by FranTech Solutions in DE (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.
How often is the westpacetrade.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on September 4, 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 westpacetrade.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.
Verdict score
15/100
Dangerous

Unlicensed investment platform flagged by multiple security vendors and investor alert lists.

Saved capturewestpacetrade.comCapture-safe
Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.
Conclusion

Westpacetrade.com presents itself as a multi-country investment firm offering cryptocurrency and forex trading, but lacks any verifiable regulatory license, corporate registration, or physical address. Multiple antivirus engines and an investor alert list classify the site as a scam, and the page uses generic testimonials and unsubstantiated insurance claims to build false trust.

Recommended actionDo not deposit funds or provide personal information. Avoid the site entirely and report it to your local financial regulator if you have already interacted with it.
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