Is westpacetrade.com safe?
http://westpacetrade.com/
Coveragestrong3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
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.
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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.
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
Antivirus Engines
6/ 92
detectionsSaved 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
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| alphaMountain.aiMalicious | phishing |
| CRDFMalicious | malicious |
| GridinsoftMalicious | phishing |
| NetcraftMalicious | malicious |
| SOCRadarMalicious | phishing |
| FortinetSuspicious | spam |
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
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
Invest With A Firm You Can Trust Tony from England deposited $2000
What the captured page showed
2 observations- 01
Invest With A Firm You Can Trust
- 02
Tony from England deposited $2000
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
West Pace Trade - Bitcoin Trading - 100x Leverage
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 92 antivirus results.
What independent research found
2 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
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
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01Listed on ScamAssist Investor Alert List as unlicensed.
- 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
- 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.
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.
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.
- 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.
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.
- Domainwestpacetrade.com
- Redirects towestpacetrade.com
- Hosted byFranTech Solutions
- Referencesfonts.gstatic.com · fonts.googleapis.com
Domain Timeline
- Jan 10, 2026Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 8 months old today.
- Sep 4, 2026Saved 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.
- 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
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
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
Additional evidence review
Operator / customer risk
suspiciousComplaints, 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.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 6 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | Adverse | stale fallback · Sep 4, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Visual evidence | 2 visible observations saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | Not available |
| Independent research | 2 independent findings were saved | Completed | Adverse | Not available |
- 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
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?
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I already deposited money on westpacetrade.com — what should I do?
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westpacetrade.com looks professional — how can it still be a scam?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final 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.
09 · Community
