"Quantum AI Trading," a $5 billion investment scam operation

OfclyGoodenough · 1 September 2024 21:11

Earlier today, I was tipped on a video by Kitboga (with assistance from @JimBrowning11) on a $5 billion scam operation that deceives non-American victims into making a cryptocurrency investment for a fake CFD (Contracts for Difference) trading platform. The scammers, who are presumed to be Indian, usually operate under the guise of “Quantum AI” and falsely represents their platform as being used or endorsed by Elon Musk.

Users are required to “activate” their accounts by depositing $200 in cryptocurrency whilst having a balance of at least $2,000. But what they fail to realize is that everything on the platform’s backend is controlled and manipulated by the scammers to deceive their victims into investing more.

The scam has also been reported several times by the scam-busting YouTuber Jordan Liles, who caught the scam being promoted by a deepfaked version of Elon Musk.

DOMAINS USED:

quantumaiplatform.com - GoDaddy Domain registered on December 15, 2023, IP is 104.19.154.92 (CloudFlare)
elonmuskaitrading.com - Dynadot domain registered on April 21, 2024, IP is 172.67.158.176 (CloudFlare)
- Blocked as a phishing site by CloudFlare
quantum-ai.trading - Bulgarian Netim SARL domain registered by Gravity Marketing Solutions, LTD on October 19, 2021, IP is 212.192.219.69 (Serverion)
- The IP also hosts immediate-thorenext.com, bitcoinsup.org, bitcoinsmarter.org, immediaterevolution.com, bitsoftware360.com, cryptocomebackpro.co, bitcointhunderbolt.org, bitcoin-apex.org, immediate-fortune.com, the-newspy.app, fixmyficoscore.com, flowersallindia.com and diakus.com
quantumai.bot - GoDaddy domain registered on December 13, 2023, IP is 172.67.172.122 . (CloudFlare)
- Claims to operate from 5 Raffles Pl, 19-20 One Raffles Place Tower 1, Singapore 048616 and 35 John St, LU1 2JE, Luton, United Kingdom.
- Has a 2.5-star review on TrustPilot, with users complaining about harassing phone calls and refusal to offer refunds.
quantum-ai.in - OpenProvider domain registered by Regerey Ukraine in the Kharkivska Oblast on May 2, 2023, IP is 172.67.166.221 (CloudFlare)
x-quantumai.online - NameSilo domain registered on February 25, 2024, currently down.
- Falsely claims to operate from Dallas, Texas.
thequantumai.app - Bulgarian Netim SARL domain registered by Gravity Marketing Solutions, LTD on February 5, 2021, IP is 172.67.183.173 (CloudFlare)
quantum-ai-uk.com - Onamae.com domain registered on February 25, 2024, IP is 188.114.97.3 (CloudFlare)
quantum-ai.co.nz - Netim domain registered on August 8, 2022, IP is 2606:4700:3031::6815:44fd (CloudFlare)
quantumaielonmusk.site - British Register.com domain registered by None International on February 26, 2024, IP is 2606:4700:3033::ac43:b8a4 (CloudFlare)
quantumaiaustralia.org - GoDaddy domain registered on December 15, 2023, IP is 31.210.50.51
thequantum-ai.com - Norwegian MainReg domain registered on August 25, 2021, IP is 2606:4700:3037::6815:52fc (CloudFlare)
- Operates as Quantum AI Elite Applications Ltd at 415 North Bridge Road, Singapore, 207810.
the-quantumai.com - Ukrainian 101domain GRS domain registered on May 29, 2024, IP is 2606:4700:3033::6815:26e3 (CloudFlare)
quantum-ai.io - Chinese eNom domain registered in Tsuen Wang, Hong Kong on June 24, 2021, IP is 2606:4700:3034::6815:1c3a (CloudFlare)
cryptoalertscam.com - GoDaddy domain registered on December 5, 2020, IP is 66.245.192.76
quantum-ai-canada.com - Dynadot domain registered on October 7, 2023, IP is 172.67.146.75 (CloudFlare)
- Users will be redirected to mainxyz83.com, a GoDaddy domain registered on April 18, 2024, then smart5x.com, a GoDaddy domain registered on July 26, 2023 (IP: 35.190.30.66 )
cyber-quantum.com - NameCheap domain registered on October 24, 2023, IP is 2606:4700:3033::ac43:a3ab (CloudFlare)
quantum-a-i.ca - Go Get Canada domain registered on December 19, 2023, IP is 35.214.115.51 (Google)
- Falsely claims to be endorsed by Gordon Ramsay
quantum-ai-dk.com - Onamae domain registered on February 25, 2024, IP is 2606:4700:3030::ac43:9986
u-sbitcoin.com - WebNic domain registered on January 9, 2024, currently down.
- Operates as the “Thomas Cryptocurrency Club”
tradesmartinvestment.com NameSilo domain registered on July 21, 2023, currently down.
- Operates as “Creative&fusioness Q10”
samcronway.com - NameCheap domain registered on April 26, 2024, currently down.
salestock.store - NameCheap domain registered on July 20, 2023, currently down.
- Operates as the “A24-Wealth Builders Club”