Onlinefinance trading Snyfer Research Team

Published 2026-09-09Updated 2026-09-09Scan ID ca4b4a841e164fdbaf0f67996f12e06b

apex-options.com

Is apex-options.com a scam? Red flags and warning signs

Name: Forensic scan report for apex-options.com
Creator: Snyfer
License: https://snyfer.com/terms-conditions

High Risk16/ 100

0-2425-4445-6970-8485-100

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The site

What this site
actually is.

Apex Options is an online forex and CFD trading broker that offers trading in cryptocurrencies, forex, stocks, indices, commodities, and other financial instruments through leveraged trading accounts with various account tiers.

Page capture

Identity

IP: 173.225.109.179
ASN: AS19318
Country: United States
Domain age: 2 months
Registrar: Tucows Domains Inc.
Server: LiteSpeed
Hosting: Interserver, Inc
Emails: [email protected]
Phones: (254) 265-9804
Tech detected: 3

The verdict

The score is not
an opinion.

Every domain starts at 100. 2 scoring chains fired against apex-options.com, and every one of them is listed below with the tier it reached. It is a measurement, not a ruling on whether the business is legitimate.

Trust Score: the full methodology and every weight

Triggered findings

Regulatory Tier 1
Risky Category Tier 4

The record

How it got there,
and where it sits.

The score across every scan we hold, the eight signal families behind the current one, and the dates the engine recorded on the way.

Signal profile data

Maturity: 12 out of 100. 85 days old
AV clarity: 100 out of 100. 0 of 89 engines flag it
Regulators: 65 out of 100. 1 regulator warning
Network: 92 out of 100. No malicious neighbours
Blacklist: 100 out of 100. Not blacklisted
Trust zone: 74 out of 100. .com top-level domain
Infra: 60 out of 100. Valid SSL · 3 tech detected
Hosting: 75 out of 100. Hosted in US

Domain history

Recorded scans: Sep 9, 2026

Score history data

Recorded scan scores
Date (UTC)	Score	Verdict
Sep 9, 2026	16/100	High Risk

JUN 152027Domain expiresWHOISDomain apex-options.com is set to expire.
NOV 262026SSL certificate expiresSSL CheckSSL certificate will expire.
SEP 92026First scansnyferTrust score 16 out of 100.
SEP 82026Warned by CBRRegulator CBR (RU) published an investor warning for apex-options.com.
AUG 282026SSL certificate issuedSSL CheckSSL certificate issued by ZeroSSL GmbH.
JUN 152026Domain updatedWHOISapex-options.com WHOIS record was updated.
JUN 152026Domain createdWHOISDomain apex-options.com was registered.

Signals

We are not the first
to say it.

1 independent source has flagged this domain: security vendors, public authorities that have published warnings, and blocklist feeds. Nothing that found it clean is listed.

Regulators

CBR - Russia09/08/26View

Where it lives

Where it actually
answers from.

Hosting, registrar, certificate and nameservers, as our crawler measured them rather than as the site describes itself.

Registration

Registrar: Tucows Domains Inc.
Created: Jun 15, 2026
Expires: Jun 15, 2027
Age: 2m
Privacy: disabled

cdns3.interserver.netvda8600a.trouble-free.netvda8600b.trouble-free.net

Hosting

IP: 173.225.109.179
ASN: AS19318
Provider: Interserver, Inc
Country: United States
City: New York City
Server: LiteSpeed
Proxied: direct

SSL certificate

Issuer: ZeroSSL GmbH
Protocol: TLSv1.3
Valid: yes
Expires: Nov 26, 2026

Technologies

Svelte· js-framework
Tailwind CSS· css-framework
LiteSpeed· web-server

Server location

40.714, -74.006© OpenStreetMap

Location: New York City, United States
IP: 173.225.109.179
Hosting: Interserver, Inc · AS19318

Security headers

content_security_policyNot set
strict_transport_securityNot set
x_frame_optionsNot set
x_content_type_optionsNot set
referrer_policyNot set
permissions_policyNot set
x_xss_protectionNot set
cross_origin_opener_policyNot set

Uptime history

September 2026

2026-09-011 unknown
2026-09-022 unknown
2026-09-033 unknown
2026-09-044 unknown
2026-09-055 unknown
2026-09-066 unknown
2026-09-077 unknown
2026-09-088 unknown
2026-09-099 unknown
2026-09-1010 online
2026-09-1111 online
2026-09-1212 online
2026-09-1313 unknown
2026-09-1414 unknown
2026-09-1515 unknown
2026-09-1616 unknown
2026-09-1717 unknown
2026-09-1818 unknown
2026-09-1919 unknown
2026-09-2020 unknown
2026-09-2121 unknown
2026-09-2222 unknown
2026-09-2323 unknown
2026-09-2424 unknown
2026-09-2525 unknown
2026-09-2626 unknown
2026-09-2727 unknown
2026-09-2828 unknown
2026-09-2929 unknown
2026-09-3030 unknown

online (3)offline (0)

Daily availability data

Recorded daily availability
Date (UTC)	Status	HTTP
2026-09-10	online	200
2026-09-11	online	200
2026-09-12	online	200

Exit scam indicator

Daily availability: Sep 10, 2026 - Sep 12, 2026

Daily offline streak data

Daily consecutive offline days
Date (UTC)	Status	Streak
2026-09-10	online	0 days
2026-09-11	online	0 days
2026-09-12	online	0 days

max consecutive offline0 days

current streak0 days

Under the page

What the page loads
behind your back.

Everything it requested, everything it stored on the visitor's machine, and every host it talked to while doing it.

Page timing

1.61stotal page load

DNS Lookup0ms

TCP Connect0ms

TLS Handshake0ms

TTFB120ms

Content Download2ms

DOM Loaded1.07s

Page Load1.61s

Resources

198 KB26 requests

scripts18 · 69%

images2 · 8%

stylesheets2 · 8%

fonts1 · 4%

fetch1 · 4%

documents1 · 4%

other1 · 4%

Network stats

26
total requests: 198 KB
total bytes: 0
failed requests: 3
unique domains: 8%
third party: 100%
https

HTTP transactions

Raw scan data

DownloadMarkdown JSON CSV STIX 2.1

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