The pitch arrives as a clean Telegram link: AiLab Robot, “let AI work for you — earn 24/7”, support handle on the side, a ?start= number tagging whoever recruited you. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has already warned that AI branding does not turn a trading bot into a money machine. This flavour goes further: the demo rarely shows a market, a strategy or a counterparty — only a cartoon agent, a Start button, and counters for “Tokens” and “Power”.
Numbers that jump by hundreds of thousands of “tokens” without a contract address, chain, exchange listing or buyer are database points. A Sell Tokens button is theatre to make the points feel like cash. Next come the usual gates: minimum balance, more deposits, “gas” or activation fees, wallet connect, or a demand to invite friends. In-app “user payouts” prove nothing; they are as easy to fake as the balance. The referral parameter in the invite link is the honest part of the model — growth depends on new people paying in.
Before you fund anything called an AI agent, ask who loses money when trades fail, where the token trades, and what happens if recruitment stops tomorrow. The CFTC’s public advisory is a useful reality check. If you already paid, keep the bot username, links and transaction hashes, stop sending “unlock” fees, and use Get help. Recovery bots that appear afterwards are covered on Fake recovery.
This article is for general information only. It is not legal or financial advice. Details change. If you have lost money, contact your bank or card issuer and use the routes on the help pages.