'Bitotigercoin' / 'GeminiExchange' fake broker kit impersonating CITIC Group: tigercoinx.com, bitotigercoin.com + API backends
- Scam type: Pig butchering
- Reported: 2026-10-16
- Last updated: 2026-10-17
Fake crypto broker impersonating CITIC Group (the real company is at citic.com). A Reddit user reported on 2026-10-06 that www.tigercoinx.com loads a trading app titled "Bitotigercoin" whose meta description says "CITIC Group", with no licence or regulator. Victims are brought in by someone met online who coaches deposits; withdrawals then demand a tax, AML fee or extra deposit. The poster reported the domain to Spaceship and Cloudflare. Source: Reddit r/CryptoScams, 2026-10-06 (https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoScams/comments/1wz2e1i/fake_citic_broker_domain_is_4_months_old_bare/). Kit…
Websites in this report: tigercoinx.com, a855555.com, changellysa.com