**Who** I am desperate for some help. My mom is over 70 years old and is being tricked into giving 100s of thousands in cash to these scammers. **When** She clicked on a chinese youtube ad it brought her into this investment group thing that said guaranteed profits and low risk. She communicates to them via this Line chat app. The "teacher"/"mentor" hosts these lessons that teach about finance and markets, they advertise themselves as "whales" (like some trading firm or something) and that they use AI technology to be profitable. They limit this "investment" to 3 months and says you must withdraw everything at the end. They also supposedly issue a tax form at the end of it. She is also told that she can withdraw the money any time. She is also told that the way their company makes money is via a 5% cut of her profits when she makes a trade. She was told that this is a private group and is not opened to the public and it must not be told to anyone especially the police. When she finally decided to put money on it, she gave them 50k in cash and they gave her this paper that has a bunch of information and is a record of her receipt. The company is supposedly based in Taiwan. She said the person who came to get the money drove 6 hours to do the cash deposit transaction. **What** On the Line App she has this "customer service" chat line that she can contact and ask for help. She talks to them to deposit money, in all her messages I could find, there was no details of how the transaction arrangement looks like and when. The one info I found was that they always requested 8pm at night to do the transaction. They also handle the transaction in the car and not in a house or building. They do not have a physical office location that I am aware of but they do claim that their headquarters office is in Taiwan. They request giving cash because it's faster and they also accept gold bars. They give her a piece of paper that is like a form of receipt. They said it only takes like 5-10 minutes and is very fast (from one of the messages). She is then able to see the money in the app afterwards (not sure if immediately or some time later). She has done several deposits already and now she just did her 5th cash deposit after we have repeatedly told her not to give them any more money even when she promised us but she just broke the promise recently. T\_T :( **How it works** She is told to download an app called AIQ安富通 and later this group recommended her into another group and she downloaded another app called MGL MIN. These apps are very sophisticated and looks like a clone of a potential real app. You are able to view your balance, make trades (buy and sell), withdraw money (even see the withdrawal transaction pending), and see your trade history. She is in these chat groups and she also talks 1 on 1 with the mentor and also 1 on 1 with this other "student" who basically tries to build a relationship with her and gain her trust. Inside these chat groups