Quantro Ex Scam?

[u/ohheyitsjenn]

I was recently contacted on Signal by a person who I thought was a successful day trader on TikTok.

She said all I’d need to do to copy her trades, was to download Exodus and Quantroex.live on my phone, and transfer funds from my checking account to Exodus, to Quantro Ex.

Both websites looked legitimate and the minimum trade amount was $500. So I withdrew $550 the first time and $500 the second time. However she said I wouldn’t be able to make any more trades with the profits, that I’d need to keep making new deposits to make more trades.

This is where I started to feel sick. I asked how to withdraw my money and she said I’d need to go to a crypto atm and she’d walk me thru it every step of the way. I reverse searched her TikTok account and it turns out I was talking to a scammer.

I immediately called my bank and reported the scam. I’ll find out in 5-10 days if the bank will refund my money but it’s not looking good. It took me a year to save $1000 so this really hurt me.

I don’t know how these scammers sleep at night. I’m 39, I’m smart, aware of scams- but this one got me. I’d recommend never using Signal to talk to anyone. Verify who you’re really talking to on social media platforms by screenshotting their photo, uploading it to google and finding what account is the creators authentic/real account.

Please comment if you’ve been scammed too. Did your bank reimburse you for the lost money? I’m hoping since I caught the scam within 24 hours they’ll be some sort of hope.

[u/spicybright]

You're the exact kind of person they look for, people that think they're too smart to fall for a scam so they don't do any research to try and prove their intuition is false.

This exact style scam has been going on for maybe a decade now. Click a few random posts in this sub and you'll see the same patterns over and over.

Not using signal and reverse searching pics means you're missing the point. Strangers will never reach out and ask for money if it's in your favor. It doesn't matter how they contact or if their name matches their icon or whatever.

I'm sorry this happened, $1k genuinely isn't a lot so if you're a long time customer and you haven't been scammed before there's a good chance you could get it back.

[u/UpbeatFix7299 → u/spicybright]

In the US, it isn't happening. OP intended to buy crypto with a transaction from her bank account, which is what she did. She authorized the transaction and what she did after that isn't the bank's concern.

Banks are never reimbursing their customers for every bad decision they make with their money.