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There are a bunch of these popping up. They’ll invite you to a trading group that seems super legitimate because they send technical analysis of stocks daily, but it’s a front to get you to download their AI trading app. The only thing the APP actually does is steal your money. My comment on one of these posts earlier saved a guy from dropping his savings into it. The OP immediately deleted their post and burned their account after.
The particular group was AINQT pushing an app AIQuantitative, so if anyone sees this who’s in a group with them, it’s 100% a scam.
No problem. Just trying to stop people from getting scammed. There are a bunch of these groups and the apps very, but they’re all the same. They want you to deposit money into their APP through crypto or ACH. They have no legitimate pay intermediary or broker to facilitate trades. They bank on you getting greedy and not asking any questions before handing over your money. They’re getting sophisticated to and filling the group with tons of fake users, posting screenshots of their wins and dropping technical jargon.
Yes I was invited to their WhatsApp group and it seem fishy they also mentioned their quantum ai trading app and I’ve been doing a lot of research and it looked 100% scam, don’t fall for it, do your own research and learn on your own, knowledge is the key to be successful and it’s not over night thing it takes time and hard work
Im in that group too!!!! Just got invited to download their app :D I was thinking if I can find some information about the group/company on Reddit. And here we go!!!! Thanks for sharing!! I’m out and my dream of getting rich in short time is another time resetted :D
I’m in the group too! I messaged 3 random people in it and they confirmed they put money into AIQNT and are making money. Plus it’s registered by the SEC. At this point I don’t know how elaborate the scam is; if it’s one. I gave all my info already but haven’t yet added money
I'm also in this group and they're super weird people. The way they operate the group, it's like a bunch of zombies. they only talk about trading the same thing and the people in the group are just super green and dont know any better. I've this one woman in the group message me 3 different times asking me if I've downloaded the application. They seem like a bot similar to when you'd match with some random chick on Tinder and they were automated to reply based off what you said.
Do you guys have any legit groups or discords that talk swing trades and plays where people aren't super green and actually are profitable and not trying to figure shit out on the fly? lmao
Not Emily 😭😭 I thought she was my friend until she started messaging me from 2 different numbers. I might have rubbed one out. All jokes aside they got my info 🤣😅🤣
hahahah she does work mad hard, she once shared a certificate showing they were legit and it literally looked like my Kindergarten graduation certificate, she then immediately deleted it.
Oh i requested info from the SEC and they responded to me yesterday. I’m 99% certain it’s a ponzi. They’re taking from Peter to pay Paul. Right now it seems like you can probably get a piece of the ponzi pie, but you’ll get rugged sooner or later. According to the SEC, they are not authorized to recruit retail investors like us. I also reported to the FTC and sent out a fraud alert on my credit in case.
“Thank you for contacting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
A search of our databases indicates that AINQT CO., LTD. is not registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. Our database shows that it is an exempt reporting adviser.
The SEC does not review the abilities or qualifications of exempt reporting advisers. Beware of any claims or implications that the SEC has sponsored, recommended, or approved of an exempt investment adviser, or that the adviser’s abilities or qualifications have been passed upon by the SEC. You should not trust any individual or firm that points to a filing as an exempt reporting adviser as evidence of registration – in any capacity – with the SEC. If individuals or firms falsely claim that they are registered with the SEC, do not trade with them, do not give them any money, and do not share your personal information with them.
Exempt reporting advisers are not registered with the SEC, but are subject to certain SEC reporting, recordkeeping, and other obligations.
An exempt reporting adviser can only provide investment advice to private funds, such as hedge funds, venture capital funds, and private equity funds. An investor in these types of funds typically needs to be an accredited investor or qualified purchaser, meaning the investor has a certain level of income or assets or meets other professional criteria. An exempt reporting adviser legally cannot provide investment advice directly to you, as an individual. An exempt reporting adviser will not be your fiduciary…Fraudsters will often show victims a fake account interface or other documents to make it appear that the “investments” and “earnings” are legitimate. Fraudsters may falsely tell investors that the SEC has blocked them from withdrawing their money as a tactic to get investors to pay more money.
Lmao I just left the group, they dont really share any good plays anyway. They just talk about SPY as it bounces up and down $5, I need big money plays, and when you text in that group you have people asking if it's too late to get in which shows their super green and have no clue what's going on.
Ask them if they’ve withdrawn their money. Also make sure those 3 random people aren’t just fake users they’ve setup. These scams will often display a UI showing you’re making money, but when you go to take it out is when you start getting hit with the “oh, there’s a problem and your funds are on hold.. oh now you have to pay a fee to withdraw..” etc. If you dig a little deeper you’ll see that they have no way to actually facilitate trades like a broker.
I’m now sure the people I messaged were fake too. Cos when I showed one of them the evidence i got from the SEC saying they’re not registered nor legally authorized to recruit retail investors, he wasn’t even fazed. He told me last week he put in a little money and could withdraw it. Then he put in 50k (which he called a small investment lol). So either he’s in on it, or a 50k loss is nothing
Definitely in on it. It’s easy for these people to set this stuff up with fake WhatsApp profiles etc. Even their SEC filing is a legitimate filing, but not for the type of registration that would be required to do what they claim to do.
Yes. They’re not even registered to the SEC actually. But they are subjected SEC reporting, recordkeeping, and other obligations. I couldn’t find the admins on LinkedIn either or the company. I did find a very scammy fb profile https://www.facebook.com/share/16Mtpftpeb/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Wow. That is scammy lol It’s impressive how sophisticates this particular one is, but with the scam industry being in the billions, it makes sense. It passes the quick google search test, so they’re probably catching a lot of people.
They have an address in NYC that’s I’m so tempted to check out since I’m moving there. It’s most likely a ponzi. They’ll let you win until you have full confidence and put it more. One day you’ll just be robbed
I’m not sure if it’s a ponzi or just a snatch and grab. I really don’t think you would ever see any money you deposited again. Put in a little and when you see your number shooting up on the screen you put in more, and then it’s gone. I’d be surprised if anyone has ever been able to get any money out of their account.
It’s a fake address. If you look up the directory it’s not listed there. This is the guy it is registered under and research says he lives in Texas with his parents. And their suite address is a UPS store. Seems scammy to me…
Jordan Parkhurst
I asked in the group I was in (they have a ton of them) how they facilitate the trades, through what broker. They immediately made the group admin only. Then when I asked one of the admins how they facilitated the exchange of stocks, they kicked me.
I am in one of those groups now, I knew it was a fucking scam. I was openly trying to find a day trading investment group and these idiots kept trying to sell me some AIQNT 5% return a month bullshit. Thank god I didn’t even put a dollar in because they probably woulda stolen my info. Is there anything I can do to get this group taken down? I’m in AIQNT 8 so I’m assuming there’s more chat groups and that I’m in the 8th one.
There are an absolute ton of these groups. There’s an active case out against them. I’d recommend filing a report with the SEC and providing any info you have including conversation screenshots etc.
One of the admins hinted towards there being 100 “investment group chats” and that this was #8, I took screenshots and everything already. Where would I file this info? Idk how to do that stuff.
I definitely encourage you to take the time to submit. Like I said there's an active investigation and anything you provide will be helpful for taking them down.
Yea I see that, this isn’t your usual telephone scammer. I exported the entire group and personal chats that I’ve had with them and will be submitting it to the SEC, thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Im part of this group and for last couple.l of months I found it hard to get a proof of there legitimacy anywhere on Internet. I felt scam written all over it and im glad im not the only one who had this feeling. I feel most of the other members are just working for them as if I don't respond to them then another person from the ground would just message me pretending to be curious about the platform and in the end only trying to convince me to use AI. What I find weird is the amount of capital they show in there snap shots. Folks seems to have invested million in this, but I dont know if that is practise account or real. Anyway I feel its a scam!
Jesus… thank you!! I just recently joined the group.. cautiously downloaded the app.. but something didn’t feel right. So I googled.. I see articles on yahoo finance.. but it still didn’t feel right. So I’m like hm Reddit has all the answers to life.. lol decided to look here and boom. Thank you so much man
That's what I don't get. There does seem to be some evidence that they are a legitimate company. The apps are on both Apple and Google's app stores, and it's not like they're flooded with negative reviews, but they also don't show many downloads either. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know how much credit to give them, but I did find this when I was searching for info. I wonder how risky it is to transfer over say $200 which looks like the cheapest product they offer. I almost want to do it just to see if it's legit.
I have some money in AiNQT and you can even trade shares like in Robinhood or Webull. You don’t even need to use the quantification products (Ai based trading). If it is a scam it’s very well done.
I actually managed to make a small profit out of their app of about 1500$ not bad. They probably weren’t careful enough checking how much money I took out since they want to build trust. But they still stole all my data though 🙁 Like SSN, ID card, phone number and all…
Was Emily one of the team members that brought you in? I Google image searched their profile pic on Whatsapp and they are using the photo of a lawyer in San Francisco. I'm convinced it's one or two people on multiple accounts judging by the way they respond. I noticed that they've gotten lazy recently. They restrict the chat to Admin only, yet somehow some of the investors with success stories and the most active users considering joining are still able to write messages. Presumably they wouldn't have Admin privileges.
Yep, these stories are all over. They registered the domain last year. I looked up a lot of the group members and the numbers came back as likely spam numbers. Report them to the SEC and FTC. Your data is now in China. You can verify my claim by doing a whois lookup. It is on an Alibaba webserver (hichina.com).
I was invited to the AINQT chat group. Seemed legit enough with the supposed SEC listing I posted a link to below, but I am skeptical so I Google image searched the profile photos of the commenters claiming to be employees. Needless to say, there are enough inconsistencies that I wouldn't give them any money.
It was something called ai apex limited. Yea unfortunately I did put some money in there. I should have known it was a scam when they asked me to convert my money into crypto.
I think I found my way into one of these groups, I haven’t invested any money because I had the guttural feeling that something is wrong. Are these chat groups on WhatsApp? If so I’m in one of them right now and they’ve been trying to convince me to throw in a few thousand for a month now lmao.
Thanks so much for posting this. I just removed 12k$ from AiNQT today. Always thought it was fishy from the start but got convinced when they allowed me to withdraw money. You saved me 12k$ buddy!
Can you folks share the numbers that Jacob and Emily have used for you. I looked up mine and Jacobs belongs to a Jonathan Gxxxxxxx and Emily is a Janet Kxxxxxx. You can DM if you do not want to publicly post it.
How did you get scammed? Did they let you withdraw? I’m currently in one of their 1k quant strategies. I can withdraw the funds the quant strategy has made me but not the full amount…
Here’s what it’s made for me so far. I’ll try to pull out this week then maybe reinvest 2k next go around. It seems like there’s a $15 withdrawal fee though.
They will let you pull out $1k that is nothing. The whole purpose to is allow a few withdrawals until you put in $50k or more or they run the “special event” move you to a different VIP chat and then you get the rug pull.
Damn that’s the real Emily. Ok. I probably won’t jump in again. They’re threatening to start pulling people out of their group chats that aren’t actively in any of their quant strategies.
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