Why is Telegram associated with fraudsters

[CETAN.IO]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

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[bttmember]

Actually it is not the fault of Telegram, majority of people are using it exactly for what it has been developed but you know that bad guys are everywhere and telegram has millions of active users so some of them try to be extra smart and try to scam people. I would just say that do not be greedy and stay watchful and never send your coins to anyone or leak your sensitive data.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Telegram is not associated with fraudsters, if you are a telegram user then you may have noticed that every user is traceable on a telegram group. if you are a member of a telegram group then you are able to see all members on that group even you are able to send PM each member on that group. The fraudsters take this opportunity and send scam message to group members.

[Jating]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

It looks like you have been scammed? Not just Telegram, but Youtube as well have been home for scammers in the last couple of years. That's why we should be very wary and careful of everyone we chatted on Telegram because they might be scammers after all. And don't blindly trust anyone as well, we are all anonymous here. So if ever you have been scam, then consider that a lesson. just saying.

[Leonardo7]

Telegram is filled with scamming chat groups and channels, some pose as traders with the consistent result, I never fail to block them, they can sell that for the greedy. Some scammers host airdrop to steal bitcoin and ETH, because people don't listen to instructions, they get scammed.

[bittick]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

Telegram has nothing to do with the cooperation with the scammer. Telegram is just trying to provide more features to be used by its users. You should not blame the telegram as it knows nothing about that. The scammer has used the features on the wrong way caused by the intention to use it to scam people and no more.
What is still lacking on the telegram is it was taking a long time to give a ban when we were reporting scammers or scam group.

[Japinat]

Telegram is just a platform, it's like a world that we are living, there are good people and bad people, or the best example, is it's like facebook, there are scammers also.

We can't do anything about it but to just be educated so we are aware of the scams and we can make the right action if they attempt to scam us. In most of the crowdsale the team always create a telegram channel for their announce and communication, therefore you can expect that scammers are just watching us and they find people with less knowledge to be their victims.

[crwth]

I'm a long time user of Telegram and I have never heard the association of frauding in Telegram. I know there are a lot of scammers, especially in the cryptocurrency space, but not immediately thought of when asked about Telegram. I have found more people who knows Telegram, amazed by the sticker creation rather than the people using Telegram to scam.

P.S. I think there are more fraudsters/scammers using Discord (in the cryptocurrency space)

[verita1]

I like Telegram because it is so versatile for the crypto community. It is true that it has its flaws in relation to bots and scammers who are lurking. But it is easy to identify them, we must be more cunning than they are to keep us safe.

[Rengga Jati]

Scammers in Telegram, .....

Basically, scammers are not only on Telegram.
Telegram is one of the social media that is used for communication, giving information, some advertisement, and others.
There are many scammers in telegram? Well, actually scammers use telegram as one of the media to spread the scam, attract the victims, and also influence the people to be trapped on the scams. Telegram is one of thw most used social media by the crypto enthusiasts, so, they use this to be the most media. However, you can also find many scammers are not only on telegram, there are many ways the scammers appear and get their victims. They are such as:
1. Facebook
2. Twitter
3. YouTube
4. Forum
5. Websites
And so on.
So this is not the fault of the telegram. This is as media how scammers make the victims. So, we must be careful to analize certain new project, wherever it comes from.

[Bonwin]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

Those who made telegram never intended it to be used by fraudsters. Telegram is for everyone, just as other social media platforms are for everyone, so anybody is free to use it, for whatever they desire. However, I think there is a provision for reporting scammers and spammers, most especially spammers.
Now, most scammers on telegram spam. They come to your pm to spam and telegram has provided a means through which you can report anyone that PMs you first and such account will be blocked.
telegram has nothing to do with then and that is why they take actions against it wherever it is reported.

[Yaunfitda]

You should report it to Telegram if you found someone trying to scam you. So that is the best thing you can do to protect yourself from fraudsters. Another way is to educate yourself, used your common sense, ask yourself many times before dealing with someone you didn't know.

There are safety features in Telegram, learn how to used it so that you will not get any messages from someone. If you did get some message then delete it right away, don't ever think of clicking  that link as you might fall for the gimmick.

[novaprime]

You should report it to Telegram if you found someone trying to scam you. So that is the best thing you can do to protect yourself from fraudsters. Another way is to educate yourself, used your common sense, ask yourself many times before dealing with someone you didn't know.

There are safety features in Telegram, learn how to used it so that you will not get any messages from someone. If you did get some message then delete it right away, don't ever think of clicking  that link as you might fall for the gimmick.

There are millions of scammers at telegram and they can create a new account every day if they like, as long as they have a phone number, everything can be solved. However, now investors are smarter and often ignore these messages so now this situation no longer appears. Of course, newcomers need to be careful and should consult with their predecessors.

[NavI_027]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram

See? It already came from your word that there are also scammers which don't have Telegram. Therefore we conclude that Telegram is not directly realated with the modus of scammers — it was a justa social media platform nothing more and nothing less . Well, it is really the main app used by the managers to gather all bounty participants in one place. However, it is not fair if we include it on the scam itself because whatever you say, the bottom line is it was just a medium for communication. If there is someone who should blame here then it should be the devs or leaders of the project who conducted the campaign. Maybe you are able to said those things simply because you are getting scammed more often, how unfortunate you are . Just be meticulous next time when choosing a bounty, that's the best thing you can do I guess.

[shoreno]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

no it isnt  . telegram is created for useful purpose such as when instant mesaging and ability to upload of download any files . infact fb and other social media sites are more bigger and many scammers/fraudsters also lurks there but then again social medias are created for a different purpose  .  

its just the nature of people to do those acts  and they do chose a place that are popular enough as that is easy to found a victim  . than those platforms that arent realy well known  . im a long time user of telegram but ive never been tricked out because i already learned from my past mistake on fb which i got scammed too  .   

[Little Mouse]

Because it is easy to target the victims in telegram. You can use fake details, if you use the bio space and write an authentic username there, people think the account is real. Moreover, the chance of being traced through telegram is very low. That's why scammer use telegram to scam others.

[bgaf]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

There is a tagged if the telegram bot or someone has been proved to be scammer(s) there will a word scam associated on their names.

The only problem here is when they change their username or details cause they can just rename or edit it all over again to do scamming activity. Telegram has been widely used for scam so better yet if there are people who pm you, just ignore or confirm first if they are really the one you are talking with. Cause mostly admins wouldnt ask you first or use pm conversation to contact you.

[BlackFor3st]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

Telegram is only a tool and it can be associated to anyone as they are free to do whatever they like to Telegram. The only problem is for people who easily fall to the hands of scammers and it is not the fault of telegram why you lost your money.

Many are using Telegram to scam because Telegram is very popular tool that were being used by project owners,bounty managers and etc. to manage their project. Fraudsters are adapting it and using any types of tactics just to scam other people but if Telegram will be use correctly then it can really help the investors,project owners,bounty hunters and etc. to easily communicate or do their task.

[libert19]

It's easy to impersonate, most cryptocurrency projects use telegram and scammers can easily impersonate users of such support channels with tricky alphabets. I think telegram should implement id system like discord, of course it will not get rid of scammers completely but it will be bit easier to recognize them.

[mahilchii]

Scammers are everywhere across the globe, in this modern era it's very common. after many security protections handled in every technology still these scammers exist,

When it's comes to crypto and business I would prefer telegram as their customer service towards the users are extremely good, when it comes to payment we need to be very cautious before sending or accepting not only in telegram even in other payment apps as well.

[YOSHIE]

Telegrams, it doesn't hurt, who is guilty of people who use telegrams to cheat.

Try to imagine if you use the name of the telegram 5 to 10 telegram with a different name, to manipulate others, and people begin to lose.
If this happens to you, what do you do.
Annoyed
Suicide because your money is gone.
Or is there something else that you can contemplate he has deceived me by telegram.

That's most telegrams misused by irresponsible people.

[Dart18]

Because it is the most used platform.
They know there are a lot of groups out there which are not in private so they can just come barging in and find their victims.
Being anonymous is also a part of it.
They won't easily know who you are unless you track their IP or they put in all the information like phone numbers or e-mail address.

It is the best place for them unlike discord in which you will need an invitation to enter one group.

[Bttzed03]

The Telegram privacy features is like double-edged sword. It attracts Legit users who wish to maintain their privacy while going on with their business and Scammers who wish not to be traced for their fraudulent acts. One example is that any user can delete their private messages both on the sender & receiver's end.

To address all these concerns, Telegram also came up with a new feature. Legit users can now report suspected scammers and Telegram will put a "SCAM" label next to their usernames with a warning if proven guilty. If you wish to report also, just contact telegram support or message @notoscam and provide the necessary evidence.


Here's a sample of a tagged scammer on telegram:

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[tippytoes]

Actually it is not the fault of Telegram, majority of people are using it exactly for what it has been developed but you know that bad guys are everywhere and telegram has millions of active users so some of them try to be extra smart and try to scam people. I would just say that do not be greedy and stay watchful and never send your coins to anyone or leak your sensitive data.

Right, but just like any other social media sites we have, Telegram have been exploited as well by the cyber crooks to lure and victimised people specially beginners. It is being used by large groups to create bots and they we have the cyber criminals, give fake promotions and fake give aways. And then impersonations, so as users of Telegram you must be very very careful who you talking to, because you don't know, maybe one day you will fall for their trick.

The telegram itself has many uses to a lot of people but yes, with the vast number of users, scammers find it a good playing ground to catch victims of their fraudulent activities. Also, because you can disappear or delete your account anytime, it is easy for them to create accounts without a trace. Those who are new in crypto will find good promotions or giveaways to be attractive, especially some airdrop of new coins. They won't realized it that they are only getting few pennies in exchange of their kyc info (if in case that project is asking for kyc details). It is not worth sending your docs to unknown people in telegram. There are so many instances that these scammers are using this social media channel. If you find one that you are suspicious about, a person or channel, report them via pressing the report button under the info of that channel/user. This will be a small way of helping removing those scammers in telegram. I've done this quite a few times already. Maybe you can opt for others - if that person is trying to scam users



edit : just like what Bttzed03 has shown above

[thisnewcoin]

How can you say Telegram is associated with scammers? Is this Telegram's fault? Telegram is working continuously to remove all the scamming from it! Whenever a group or a person receives several reports of scamming, Telegram tags those as a Scam group or Scam person! Telegram is very easy to use, so, the scammer can use it easily and they try to make people fool! The good thing is people are smart enough, they won't fall in some random scam PM or scam airdrop by the group! But we need to keep spreading more awareness about those dishonest fraudsters!

[lienfaye]

Well its happening not just in telegram but in other social media platforms as well. Scammers are doing their best to take advantage the features of tg to scam other people but it doesnt mean tg is associated with fraudsters they are just using it as their tool.

Thats why for newbies its better to be careful and dont trust easily especially those who offer an easy money or high return.

[jessyj48]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

The ability to create bot and lots of functionality is why telegram is a good tool for scammers, we can't blame telegram for this, people use good tools for bad things, it's not a new thing at all

[Bitbtc8]

There are many ways to get scammed on telegram but the fact is you always get messaged first, to avoid this go to user account settings and block all incoming messages, you won't get any messages from strangers unless you text them first

[Asuspawer09]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

I think there were just so many cryptocurrency users or maybe the cryptocurrency community is just already used to in telegram even big companies are using it that is why a lot of scammers are also in telegram.

Also, the creating an account in telegram would not require anything but only a phone number that  you could use, you could also make any username you wwanted so it would be a good opportunity for scam projects and scammers.

[maxreish]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

Simple. It's because there are lots of telegram users who are seeking for easy money. That is why scammers see telegram as an opportunity to run and attract other users for theire giveaways. Personally, I have encountered so much telegram style which is unconsciously scam.

• Trading bot
• Crypto trading signal access
• Games with free crypto coins (can't even withdraw)
• Crypto faucets
• Giveaways

And many more. Be careful whom you talk to in telegram also. Most of them are giving some referral links or other url's that might be a phishing link.

[Kupid002]

There are many ways to get scammed on telegram but the fact is you always get messaged first, to avoid this go to user account settings and block all incoming messages, you won't get any messages from strangers unless you text them first

And those too good to be true promises they are the one who are continue soing a lot of scam using telegram.
Also dont be trap to exchange and gambling website scam that they can make you win or they can give you balance to your account but i lt cant widraw unless you deposit xxx minimum . This is the most use scam in telegram.

[cytpoway121]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

1. Telegram is a chat app, and it is said to be an encrypted app.
2. Telegram is not associated with fraudsters, instead fraudster take advantage of the features in telegrram.

3. Most scammers on telegram are in the crypto currency exchange group chats, from there they pick your profile and spam you with fraudulent messages.
4. Telegram already has a feature that stops anyone from adding you to a group, just to protect users.

Finally, except for dead telegram groups, Telegram group admins of project will never send you a pm first, and will never ask you to send money.
Don't hesitate to block and report anyone that asks you personal details, private phrase, email or money either on telegram or anywhere

[ElmedoRator]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

Because telegram has so many users, it is so popular in the cryptocurrency market. That is why scammer is taking advantage of telegram to scam investors and participants in this market.

[masterrex]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

You know mate scammers and fraudster are everywhere not just limited in Telegram there presence are felt in the social media, blogging and forum sites that exist today, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and many others. for that reason everyone must observe extra precaution while dealing any transaction involving crypto-currency in different social media, blogging and forum sites to avoid any problems.

[Botnake]

If there are no good moderators, there are a lot of scammers that will join the channel and will try to scam innocent people.
There has been a lot of report in the past that some are scammed in telegram but we can't blame the platform for this, its the people that is ignorant should be blame.

[ElmedoRator]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

The ability to create bot and lots of functionality is why telegram is a good tool for scammers, we can't blame telegram for this, people use good tools for bad things, it's not a new thing at all

But if people use telegram for a better purpose, then I believe that telegram is a great place for everyone. To me telegram has two sides, good or bad depending on who uses them. We can't blame or blame telegram for why there are so many scams in their apps

[CryptoCrawler_2017]

Not a mistake of Telegram man, fraudsters tend to " grow " into any environment that have bigger chance for their scam to succeed. Since Telegram gather the majority of cyrpto groups it's normal to see them there. If crypto groups merge & gow bigger in other apps (WhatsApp, Discord,... whatever) you'll find them there too.

[kindbtc]

It is just because of dishonest people, do you guys remember Discord it is also a group chat software like telegram and it was widely used before telegram got the major acceptance and everything moved to telegram, one of the main reason for the fall of Discord was also fake accounts, pretenders, scammers, hackers and greedy people that tried to steal others money.

[popeye95]

Well, when there are too many bad peoples using telegram, it simply becomes a stigma and other just more cautious. Sure that telegram is just a tool but generalized, stereotyped is just how some people use to cope. I think it's just a matter of life.

[voteformeg]

agree with some lines above , scammers are everywhere  en when it is about talking about crypto and other money-related chatting platform you could aspect that there are also scammers but i don't think that telegram itself is scamrelated , it is just how you deal with the platform , everywhere are honest and bad people

[soramon]

I think you cant blame telegram if many scammers on that app. There is many scammer on any app like whatsapp, line and etc. So, the problem is the scammer. Maybe telegram already make a move to prevent scam activity on their app but the number is high. In the end we need to be aware of scam attempt.

[someone703]

I think you cant blame telegram if many scammers on that app. There is many scammer on any app like whatsapp, line and etc. So, the problem is the scammer. Maybe telegram already make a move to prevent scam activity on their app but the number is high. In the end we need to be aware of scam attempt.

We can report the ID of the scamer and the telegram can tag them. But honestly, they have prevented a few scammer from their application. Every day, dozens of messages from scammer trying to trick me and add me to fake groups. The problem here is that there are so many people becoming scammer in the bear market

[Mpamaegbu]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

Your title contradicts your position in the OP. You were definite on it in a declarative mode unlike your subjectivity in the post. The body post is the way to go and to that effect I know scammers aren't only a Telegram problem. In 2017, I nearly got scammed in a WhatsApp group by a bunch of crypto criminals when I was setting off as a noob in this industry. Going forward, scammers are everywhere. We just have to prevent them by not falling for their antics through our greed.

[CETAN.IO]

And what do you choose, a life without scammers and stricter regulation of cryptocurrency in the world or with scammers, but in the same state as now?

[bits4books]

Much more scammers than on other platforms + anonymity and difficulty in identifying the account + chat / bots/channels, fake "exchangers", etc
Not a very smart question actually, because it is all in the ear and is quite obvious

[Divinespark]

Because most people in the cryptocurrency market use telegrams, and creating a telegram account is easy and anonymous. They can scam people without being detected. You need to be really careful when using telegram because scammer is around you

[ethereumhunter]

I think that is because many people now join in a telegram. And many projects need the participants to join telegram, too, so the scammers want to take advantage of that. They invite many people who already use telegram, and they got so many potential targets to steal their money as we see that many people have become their victims. I think the crime in the telegram still happens, but we don't know that because the scammers will always find a way to trick people secretly.

[akirasendo17]

Telegram never associate with fraudster, since telegram is a free software and you even by business company as a tool for communication,
ico uses also telegram to gather supporters and updates for their company, since its free even those bad people are using it for their advantage
since telegram can't stop them to create group, for their wrong doing, telegram has nothing to do with the scamming

[thesmallgod]

I think some functionality such as ability to search and message anyone and also some bug that allow individual to keep adding people to a group without their permision makes it easy for fraudsters to use. I could remember some time ago, Discord was a prefered app for community groups but later interest was shifted to telegram and today a lot of scammers have also prefer telegram compare to any other app

[Cryptrx]

With or without telegram we have fraudsters roaming about but the fact that you could message anyone without having the person's contact makes it easier for them to thrive.

[MUG1WARA]

telegram are only a means of communication but are used by scammers to deceive everyone, just need to be careful and don't trust anyone in the telegram especially those who claim to be one of the project team members

[ahmedtanjid]

It's not a fault of Telegram. Actually some people uses this tool to scam others. Anyone can use telegram as because it's easier to use. People create fake account though temporary phone numbers to scam week souls. Many companies and projects uses telegram as a communication tool to spread their community and sometimes assist simple issues faced by community members. It's easier to do in telegram.

So Discord is preferred if you feel fraud.

[ahmedtanjid]

With or without telegram we have fraudsters roaming about but the fact that you could message anyone without having the person's contact makes it easier for them to thrive.

Exactly. Beyond telegram there are thousands of ways scammers use to fraud with others. So we can't blame telegram. Actually I love telegram to communicate with my friends.

[seleme]

The long story short: Telegram is the most popular among crypto users as social media. After Twitter, the home of scammers is the Telegram group. Impersonators and fake team members can lead to huge damage to any popular project, unfortunately.

[cryptonewbie]

The title of this thread is misleading. I believe you meant why are there so many fraudsters on telegram. Telegram is a unique social media platform that is flexible and can be used by a variety of businesses. Fraudsters are everywhere. Not just on telegram.

[Oceat]

Telegram has nothing to do with these scammers because no matter where you are you will still find some plenty of scammers. Scammers are everywhere no matter what apps you are using, people like them always find its way to scam people that's why it's up to us to be vigilant and report these scammers. I know it's not enough because there are other scammers that will eventually gonna pop out soon but at least you make the number to go down.

[Whibu]

With Telegram they can easily get their prey, because Telegram is a communication platform that is very easy to reach and use by the wider community.  It's not Telegram's fault, but it is the fault of these people.  Actually not only Telegram, There are Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin etc.  But the telegram is the easiest to attract people's attention.

[Pamadar]

The long story short: Telegram is the most popular among crypto users as social media. After Twitter, the home of scammers is the Telegram group. Impersonators and fake team members can lead to huge damage to any popular project, unfortunately.

Scammers are everywhere so we can't deny it telegram is a good place for them to Chase new victims there are lots of fake information and lots of impersonators hanging inside telegram it's Best for everyone to double or triple check every transactions or deals that you are going to do in case that you are using this channel.

[Nesbee2]

 i think scammers are everywhere , telegram ,might just be one of the media where they operate . we have seen alot of scammrs on Whatsapp, Facebook , linkedln etc so i dont  think fraudsters are  perculiar to telegram .   You just have to be wise otherwise they play on your intelligence and scam you . But please note  that they are everywhere not only telegram

[StephenJH]

i think scammers are everywhere , telegram ,might just be one of the media where they operate . we have seen alot of scammrs on Whatsapp, Facebook , linkedln etc so i dont  think fraudsters are  perculiar to telegram .   You just have to be wise otherwise they play on your intelligence and scam you . But please note  that they are everywhere not only telegram

Scammers are everywhere, I can't see any reason to blame the Telegram. The social media platforms are good places to target the crypto victims and take their money with shady choices. Just don't play the novice trader scenario when they send a personal message first. Open your eyes and you will see the signs of taking the opportunity with beating the OP by other small scammers in the crypto world. Unfortunately, this is how things turn on crypto social media.

[TopT3ns]

Scammers are everywhere, I can't see any reason to blame the Telegram. The social media platforms are good places to target the crypto victims and take their money with shady choices. Just don't play the novice trader scenario when they send a personal message first.

well this is a problem because from the beginning a lot of scammers who roam and can do an invite to their group by using a script or other so that you will enter without your knowledge and they start giving you offers to outwit you.

[CaVO32]

Scammers are everywhere, I can't see any reason to blame the Telegram. The social media platforms are good places to target the crypto victims and take their money with shady choices. Just don't play the novice trader scenario when they send a personal message first.

well this is a problem because from the beginning a lot of scammers who roam and can do an invite to their group by using a script or other so that you will enter without your knowledge and they start giving you offers to outwit you.

and most of the time, their victims are newbies, who are thinking that they will really get money out of it. but there is a feature in telegram that you can report scammers and tag them, so if you encounter any of them, just make sure to tag them so no one will be a victim of their illegal activities. but one thing that I encountered is, they will pose as a technical support of the exchange, they are closely following every crypto exchange and if they see someone asking for help about their account, they will pm you that they can resolve their issues. i almost got screwed but I sent a message to the official accounts and they said they are not in any way sending pm first to their clients. so everybody should do their due diligence before trusting anyone esp those that will pm you out of nowhere. most official reps will not send you a pm first. and they are clear about it.

[semobo]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

You can save yourself from the fraudsters and spams by simply enabling security features on telegram like changing who can message you, who can add you to other groups on privacy and security settings.

[AicecreaME]

Predators always hunts prey, and they always want to go where they could feed a lot, and telegram is the best place to scam people, because there are too many people who are using telegram for bounties and cryptocurrency, especially airdrops that ask fees first before they send you the token, pretty skeptical isn't it? I'm not blaming the victims but sometimes, we feed them, I mean we already know its fishy and too good to be true but still be bite their baits, therefore they earned the courage to scam more people, and it can't be stop.

[ije07]

in general, not only on telegrams but there are still many other channels that can fool you including other social media channels. related to telegram I think it depends on the user only, if the user uses it wisely then there will be no fraud and that is why many users misuse the telegram bot for fraud because it is easily accessed.

[Eplus_Team]

I like Telegram because it is so versatile for the crypto communitys. It is true that it has its flaws in relation to bots and scammers who are spaming. But it is pretty easy to identify them, we must be more cunning than they are to keep us safe.

[Shallow]

We humans use different platforms or things for different purposes, while some will be for good others for fraud etc. Just like Facebook, Twitter, some people can use it for good things while some can use it to scam people, so scamming isn't limited to or associated with a particular platform. Now in the case of Telegram, telegram happens to be a good multi-functional and multi-purpose platform thus the reason why many projects are leveraging it for various services, because of this and the huge number of users, scammers see it as an opportunity to scam . So basically it is not a fault from Telegram rather it is just in human nature, therefore to be safe,.be mindful of personal messages from unrecognised people.

[FanEagle]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

This is because telegram let scammers to misuse it with less efforts as there are many bugs are still to be fixed. One of those big bugs must be, letting scammers to add any telegram user into their group. This way scammers are easily adding 1000s of telegram users wherever they want to. This must be a privacy breach because people are getting added to any group without their permission. I'm not sure why telegram is still not blocking that feature.

As of now it is right to assume that telegram is associated with fraudsters because they are doing business in favor of scammers to exploit them. They also must limit the functionality of bots which are relevant to breaching individual's privacy.

[Impacto]

For anyone the is conversant with telegram , he/she will know how to avoid them. I have seen them alot of times and I just ignore them. They will come to your pm with nice offers that can happen within a day like 500% in 24hrs. Just beware.

[tvplus006]

For anyone the is conversant with telegram , he/she will know how to avoid them. I have seen them alot of times and I just ignore them. They will come to your pm with nice offers that can happen within a day like 500% in 24hrs. Just beware.

When you see such a scam in a telegram, you should definitely make a report that it is a scam. And if others also make a report, then this channel will be marked as "scam". In this case, all participants will see this, and they will know to be careful.

[Botnake]

For anyone the is conversant with telegram , he/she will know how to avoid them. I have seen them alot of times and I just ignore them. They will come to your pm with nice offers that can happen within a day like 500% in 24hrs. Just beware.

When you see such a scam in a telegram, you should definitely make a report that it is a scam. And if others also make a report, then this channel will be marked as "scam". In this case, all participants will see this, and they will know to be careful.

I think that is a good idea, that is there is a report feature in this app because as a responsible user, we should report.
Some people just leave the channel but you are right, it's also good to care for the other users so they will not be scam, hopefully more people are willing to do that.

[mdzahed134]

Fraudsters dose not only in telegram, we see their activities all of social platform. Telegram is the biggest community for cryptocurrency. Fraudsters can easily reached any people it’s their advantages here, but it’s very difficult to trace real account, it’s looks anonymous platform, so that scammers choosing this one, here anyone does not reveal their real information. I think their(telegram) is no fault here.                      

[bayudndy]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

You can save yourself from the fraudsters and spams by simply enabling security features on telegram like changing who can message you, who can add you to other groups on privacy and security settings.

Yea, this is the best way for us to not be bothered by scammer. I have been using this method since last year and my telegram is completely clean, no one can PM me with ridiculous content and no one added me to fake groups in this market.

[Saisher]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

Because people can imitate administrator of projects and they can deceive newbies and those who do not search diligently, compare to forum where people can give opinions, on telegram it's a one on one basis between scammers and newbies, that is why people should ignore people who message them in telegram unless they can present credibility.

[AicecreaME]

I like Telegram because it is so versatile for the crypto communitys. It is true that it has its flaws in relation to bots and scammers who are spaming. But it is pretty easy to identify them, we must be more cunning than they are to keep us safe.

That's what they are lacking, in observance when it comes to stuff like that, the thing is, people are easily get swayed when it comes to easy money, they always neglect the fact that they need to investigate first before handing over their money (in any amount) to avoid getting scammed by someone in telegram, or wherever it is. If we always do that, we're not going to be scam anymore and scammers will slowly decrease in their numbers because they can't fool anyone anymore so easy, simple as that.

[someone703]

I like Telegram because it is so versatile for the crypto communitys. It is true that it has its flaws in relation to bots and scammers who are spaming. But it is pretty easy to identify them, we must be more cunning than they are to keep us safe.

How can telegram remove scammer from their application? Every user can become a scammer, and telegram cannot control and read the minds of the users. If you know someone who is scam then just report it and they will do their job well, I've seen them tag lots of scammer users and help new investors stay away from them.

[CETAN.IO]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

You can save yourself from the fraudsters and spams by simply enabling security features on telegram like changing who can message you, who can add you to other groups on privacy and security settings.

Yea, this is the best way for us to not be bothered by scammer. I have been using this method since last year and my telegram is completely clean, no one can PM me with ridiculous content and no one added me to fake groups in this market.

There is also a point that the scammers are not spam, but that you use a company with a certain product, and in fact it is paved, and why so, because telegram bot is easy to do to anyone

[fortunecrypto]

People easily believe in what people in telegram are being offered, I think it's something to do with greed, some scammers are using gambling with a big funds and giveaways that you need to deposit to be able to claim, and once greed set in without doing proper analysis and asking people here, they end up getting scam it always pay to ask.

[JeotQ]

Greed is what makes people listen to strangers on telegram, fear those who PM you first, they have nothing to offer you but they are fully ready to take from you, when you listen to what they have to say is when they've get control of your mind

[TheGreatPython]

Lack of security really takes the cake there. I mean think about it, you can go to any exchanges telegram group, change your name to "official exchange support person" or whatever and then you can message people and try to scam them.

Surely at this day and age, you are not going to convince all that many people to either give you their details, or even give you money, or basically anything, people are smarter these days and out of 1000 people you try to talk to maybe just 1-2 of them would really fall for it, but it happens and that is why it is a problem.

Plus, you can literally get as many people as you can together in a group if you want, then advertise fake stuff and pin them at the top and hope that some of them would click it, which is why its quite easy to associate it with scammers.

[eaLiTy]

Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

There are frauds and scammers literally in every phase of life, bank frauds, credit cards frauds and the list goes on and on and that include the BTCitcoin market in the form of fake mining companies and shit projects in the form of ICO projects fake wallet providers and exchanges and what do you understand seeing the amount of scammers in different varied sectors, it is not associated with any specific sector, where ever there is an opportunity to scam and make money you will find fraudsters trying their hand and i am surprised that you are baffled by that . Be cautious what you deal and you will be safe, never fall for fantasy returns or illogical investments and that is the only precaution you can take.

[isaac_clarke22]

Duh.
Telegram is still a small platform to think about how many fraudsters or shill projects are being talked about there. Look at larger platforms like Facebook and Twitter as numbers of possible scams is more than you think. I've seen many referral link just putting you into a bad position in the internet. I don't think that Telegram even thought about banning crypto-related groups there, but in larger platforms I mentioned I believe they banned crypto-related posts before.

[Rosilito]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

Can be a room for clickbaits as well, unfortunately. And telegram helds large group of people whom scammers wants to hit for, you know hoping that someone from those members/users would fell into a trap. Either way, whatever platform scammers were always present as long as target people would be in. In addition telegram by its nature doesn't have any sort of tight security scammers might fear of, so they just keep on coming up.

[assa1979]

Duh.
Telegram is still a small platform to think about how many fraudsters or shill projects are being talked about there. Look at larger platforms like Facebook and Twitter as numbers of possible scams is more than you think. I've seen many referral link just putting you into a bad position in the internet. I don't think that Telegram even thought about banning crypto-related groups there, but in larger platforms I mentioned I believe they banned crypto-related posts before.

Telegram itself is not associated with  fraudsters, but the scammers do use the platform due to its anonimity
there is a case about GRAM (telegram's digital currency), but that's it afaik

[ScamViruS]

Scammers want to use every way, to scam any kind of medium using scammers, not just telegram. But yes, scammers use telegram more to scam. That's because most people in the crypto community use telegrams. So the scammer takes this opportunity. If someone gives you a pm on the telegram, then of course verify his username and other information before making any kind of transaction. The telegram full with scammers. But the telegram should not be blamed for this.

[perfect999]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

So who are you trying to blame for that, the group that created the Telegram app? You need to understand that it is not their fault, and if you get scammed, you have yourself to blame for believing trash that a scammer is telling you. It's just like we have Bitcoin - Bitcoin was created for a good purpose, but there are also evil people that are misusing Bitcoin and using it for good.

Recently a hospital got hacked and the hackers were demanding for Bitcoin as a payment. So who are you going to blame for all that is happening, are you going to blame the cryptocurrency community as a whole or you will blame those who are now misusing it? Telegram was created with a good purpose in mind, it's left for you on whatever you want to do with it.

[mahibul49]

telegram is the most popular messenger and its decentralized and anyone can use and create account easily .thats why scammer in crypto world always try to scam people.by the way if you are sensible person then you will never fall in scam

[BIT-BENDER]

Telegram has nothing to do with scammer. They are a social media application and the are a free to all except you go against there rules and get banned or suspended. Scammers only use the app to get victim. But telegram has guide lines that can help you lower your risk to scam

[Marble777]

generally telegram fraud is very easy to reach, as we often see on telegram channels, you can create hundreds or even thousands of messages through bots in a short amount of time. so don't be surprised if fraudsters use this method to commit fraud.

[crustycrab666]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

Scammers always use anything to cheat, right? not just telegrams, even many who use social media accounts, email, phishing, etc. So, this is not the fault of Telegram.
I often get PMs from individuals who invite investment, ask for funds, and other modes, I automatically report the account. If the fraudster's account is reported a lot there will be a red tag and a warning, so take advantage of the report feature to help so no one is fooled.

[StephenJH]

Scammers are everywhere, I can't see any reason to blame the Telegram. The social media platforms are good places to target the crypto victims and take their money with shady choices. Just don't play the novice trader scenario when they send a personal message first.

well this is a problem because from the beginning a lot of scammers who roam and can do an invite to their group by using a script or other so that you will enter without your knowledge and they start giving you offers to outwit you.

The disadvantage of the technical development, sad. New traders have to be maximum careful before they jump to such offers. No other way to prevent scammers become rich, at least I have no other ideas. Your point makes sense, the offers shouldn't be lucrative. Maybe the Telegram administration will accept the new rules for filtering the scammers or they will change the service terms for sharing the IP address of scammers with police. It is all happening in our minds, the reality is different than theories.

[Stedsm]

Why are you attaching telegram's name with scammers? What has telegram to do if scammers use it for their wrong intentions? Does telegram know what they are using it for? Still, if people report those motherfuckers and their channels/groups, telegram is so good that it tags such motherfuckers and/or their channels/groups as SCAM and warns you to be safe while dealing with them. It's the human nature I guess, which makes you assume that if someone is doing something wrong at a platform then the platform itself is supporting them to do that. What the fuck! Telegram is one of the best services in today's time to maintain your anonymity while also giving you the best of the best features like bots, transfer of crypto automatically, can connect with anyone, etc.

[CETAN.IO]

Why are you attaching telegram's name with scammers? What has telegram to do if scammers use it for their wrong intentions? Does telegram know what they are using it for? Still, if people report those motherfuckers and their channels/groups, telegram is so good that it tags such motherfuckers and/or their channels/groups as SCAM and warns you to be safe while dealing with them. It's the human nature I guess, which makes you assume that if someone is doing something wrong at a platform then the platform itself is supporting them to do that. What the fuck! Telegram is one of the best services in today's time to maintain your anonymity while also giving you the best of the best features like bots, transfer of crypto automatically, can connect with anyone, etc.

I completely agree with every word, Telegram is a tool that can not determine honesty at the entrance, as I previously wrote a message at the beginning of the topic, this is a beautiful creation of Pavel Durov!!

[pandanaran]

basically scamers always have many ways to fool their victims, not only through telegrams but through several social media channels or other sites prone to hacking. so it is not strange if the scamers do the action via telegram because the telegram bot is multi-functional or has its own advantages.

[nreal]

This is unrelated to Telegram, Telegram is a good and free tool for everyone. I think only bad people do not have bad tools, all we need to do is learn and classify bad guys on Telegram.

[CETAN.IO]

basically scamers always have many ways to fool their victims, not only through telegrams but through several social media channels or other sites prone to hacking. so it is not strange if the scamers do the action via telegram because the telegram bot is multi-functional or has its own advantages.

Yes, and here you need to be more careful and check the information, but even this is sometimes not enough!

[aemma]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

The scammers in telegram is just too much, for example, join any exchange group and ask questions, in a sec scammers in disguise of the admins will chat you up and start looking for ways to defraud. But even at this, it doesn't mean that people shouldn't use telegram for anything, rather carefulness should be embraced at all times. Moreover, in other platforms like Facebook, there are also scammers there posting fake messages about one investment or the other. From these two cases, it shows there are scammers everywhere and they shouldn't stop us from doing whatever we want, we only have to apply caution all the time; to chat with an admin, PM directly from the group.

[imstillthebest]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

The scammers in telegram is just too much, for example, join any exchange group and ask questions, in a sec scammers in disguise of the admins will chat you up and start looking for ways to defraud. But even at this, it doesn't mean that people shouldn't use telegram for anything, rather carefulness should be embraced at all times. Moreover, in other platforms like Facebook, there are also scammers there posting fake messages about one investment or the other. From these two cases, it shows there are scammers everywhere and they shouldn't stop us from doing whatever we want, we only have to apply caution all the time; to chat with an admin, PM directly from the group.

its okay to join a verified telegram group or run a telegram bot , there is no point of being afraid  .

 ive been using telegram for more than 3 years now but i only trust those who are i think trusted .  when i see unwanted groups i just ignore it and label it as spam  . problem solved  . telegram is a good app to me because i can comunicate with the important people faster than any other pm's of a site  .  what i love the most is that they create crypto bots that we can use for tipping other group members  .

[Bestmanbuka]

Lol. Telegram from a distance just looks like it was programmed for scammers because Alot of scammy activies goes on telegram, just try and enter one group, you are doomed if you are not careful. I think another thing is Telegram is a smart social network coz it's filled with a lot of features lacking in other messaging apps.
But all round Telegram is the best for me even though I have been scammed several times on Telegram

[Wildwest]

Do not blame the telegram because people who do evil are everywhere and it is very difficult to remove such actions, let alone so many telegram users and it is very easy to boot so that telegram is very prone to scamer, and to solve this problem may have to use a special way so that all evil will be erased.

[Nennyel]

Telegram and Bitcointalk forum houses a great number of cryptocurrency enthusiasts in such a hub its easy to get noobs to fall prey to predators. Telegram is the easiest communication app for groups.

[zero714309]

You cant blame telegram but if we are talking about scammers or bad actor behind you will find them almost in all of our side life. We are in digitals era so basically we just using our gadget/etc to reach each other. So it depend on how we are more aware and be careful about anything. Cryptocurrency is full of scammers,not only in or using telegram but all media so we should know about it and dont easy trust each other. That how you guard your own life.

[zero714309]

Telegram and Bitcointalk forum houses a great number of cryptocurrency enthusiasts in such a hub its easy to get noobs to fall prey to predators. Telegram is the easiest communication app for groups.

Not only newbie will fall down but all of us even we are pro or veteran if we not careful enough we can fall down and being scam of them. So all is depend on how we more aware about anything even with simple and small thing. Scammers really smart but we should more smarter than them

[TastyChillySauce00]

Do not blame the telegram because people who do evil are everywhere and it is very difficult to remove such actions, let alone so many telegram users and it is very easy to boot so that telegram is very prone to scamer, and to solve this problem may have to use a special way so that all evil will be erased.

It's not just in telegram actually. In my country where whatsapp is common that traditional sms and phone call is already replaced by it, there occurs so many scam. It's the disadvantages and at the same time advantage of the secured encryption. Telegram has recently become so popular in many asian countries as well as western so it's not really weird to have that much scammer, what sickening me is that these scammers randomly invite people.

[robelneo]

Do not blame the telegram because people who do evil are everywhere and it is very difficult to remove such actions, let alone so many telegram users and it is very easy to boot so that telegram is very prone to scamer, and to solve this problem may have to use a special way so that all evil will be erased.

That's true scammers will exploit everything where the money is, you should be aware of this and you should be properly educated on how and where scammers are working, and telegram seems to be a good place to exploit, people should first doubt if the offer is too good to be true and besides it's free to ask here and people will give you their opinion for free.

[CETAN.IO]

Do not blame the telegram because people who do evil are everywhere and it is very difficult to remove such actions, let alone so many telegram users and it is very easy to boot so that telegram is very prone to scamer, and to solve this problem may have to use a special way so that all evil will be erased.

That's true scammers will exploit everything where the money is, you should be aware of this and you should be properly educated on how and where scammers are working, and telegram seems to be a good place to exploit, people should first doubt if the offer is too good to be true and besides it's free to ask here and people will give you their opinion for free.

And how much you are willing to sacrifice your data, pass KYC in order to prevent fraudsters from being able to cheat?, this relates to the global issue of cryptocurrency control through KYC

[GreatArkansas]

We are using Telegram in our work (non-crypto related), Telegram is our way of communication with my workmates.
Using Telegram in non-cryptocurrency / cryptocurrency-related is superb. One of the best messenger for me, really light especially on my computer and mobile phone. And good for privacy since of its encrypted feature.
It's just easy to create a account or pretend to be someone in the telegram, so the best thing to do is self-awareness if you are dumb enough and without thinking, you will probably end up being scammed.

[ampere]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

I think it is wrong when you say telegram is associated to fraudsters, fraudsters use gmail too, and even upload apps to google play store, can you say google playstore is associated with fraudster ?

You need to avoid the blame game in crypto currency, do not let yourself be defrauded on telegram or any other app.
Always protect not only your wallet, but your interest too.

[tycsols]

It is natural that people will try to scam large communities and especially those that involve icos, ieos and tokensales because these scammers are smart and they know where the money is, actually telegram has the largest community of this category so that is why we see large number of scammers in telegram.

[Reatim]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

Can you go further about this thread mate?what about that Bot in telegram?i have heard this and seeing some of their function but i don't understand how it works and how people created such to send multiple messages to many groups and inboxes?


But scammers are indeed active in telegram and even how more i blocked them still therea re some that tries to Message me and ask about something i know connected ins camming.

[Middlejeans]

There are other platforms associated with scammers, not just Telegram. The thing is that most people only view a platform negative when they experience something bad from the platform. I have been scammed once on telegram, but actually, I exposed myself to the scam. Telegram has been my best social interaction at form so far. That I was scammed wouldn't make me label it as a scam ground. Please ignore such talks, it comes from frustrated individuals, sorry to say that. Good and profitable deals comes from Telegram too.

[killerfrost]

Scammer is always present everywhere, but for this market. Telegram is a place where people connect with each other and discuss issues related to crypto. So scammer chose telegram to be able to contact new investors and try to scam them ..

[Anonylz]

There are other platforms associated with scammers, not just Telegram. The thing is that most people only view a platform negative when they experience something bad from the platform. I have been scammed once on telegram, but actually, I exposed myself to the scam. Telegram has been my best social interaction at form so far. That I was scammed wouldn't make me label it as a scam ground. Please ignore such talks, it comes from frustrated individuals, sorry to say that. Good and profitable deals comes from Telegram too.

Other platforms may be associated with scammers but I think telegram takes the cake on this, it is a great place of crypto communication and follow up, my best crypto platform,  but Man! That place is crawling with scammers ready to pounce on you if you are not careful,  if you do not set your personal message security right, many will flood your message with scam offers,
There are thousands of fake people pretending to be Admins on different projects willing to help you, that place is highly vulnerable, innocent people can easily fall victim, so very important for people to apply caution.

[bussybuddy]

It is natural that people will try to scam large communities and especially those that involve icos, ieos and tokensales because these scammers are smart and they know where the money is, actually telegram has the largest community of this category so that is why we see large number of scammers in telegram.

Yes, there are too many telegram users and it makes the situation very difficult to control. I think every day we will have hundreds of thousands of active scammer and they try to scam people in ICO and bounty groups.

[Intertek]

Is that really that but rather majority are too quick to trust people or someone you met online. There is always a rule in every Telegram group that Admin don't chat you first, I believe if people stick to that, there won't be problems or issue of fraud

[Vishnu.Reang]

All the mobile apps can be misused for scams, and Telegram is not an exception. The reason why we use Telegram is that it gives a higher degree of privacy and anonymity, when compared to other similar apps such as Skype, Whatsapp or Snapchat. Unfortunately, this same advantage can be used by scammers for their criminal activity.

[Denies Distro]

actually there are many factors besides the anonymous side that make telegrams a lot of fraud because of the easy account creation, if we use free voip from textnew or 2ndline for example we can create accounts using voip that is different from whatsapp which is more difficult to register using voip and must use numbers which originated from simcard, and also because telegram was attached to cryptocurrency, besides that telegram also developed their own cryptocurrency.

[forexandcryptoauditor]

I have seen that there are no regulations in Telegram for creating accounts. I have seen groups with more than 50K members and most of the members are "Deleted Account". It's possible for channel admins to keep their identity hidden and manage the show. Once its over, ready for second one. There should be some unique identity through which accounts can only be created once.

[reallester]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

The same question I keep asking myself why scammers are full on telegram. On daily basis I encounter atleast 2 scammers and sometimes I do have some feelings for people who might have fallen for these scammers in one way or the other.

[nelson4lov]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

The same question I keep asking myself why scammers are full on telegram. On daily basis I encounter atleast 2 scammers and sometimes I do have some feelings for people who might have fallen for these scammers in one way or the other.

The answer is simple. Telegram users are more susceptible to telegrams scams. This is evident in crypto communities on telegram. Telegram was initially used by crypto projects as a platform where their users and investors can all communicate. Afterwards some of these projects used telegram as a medium to conduct airdrops etc. Scammers then exploited this approach abd has since kept scamming crypto users. Another major cause is greed. This is common among new crypto users who have heard being in crypto is rewarding. They simply jump on any bandwagon so far it hasa crypto badge on it.

[adzino]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

I never used telegram, so I don't know much about them, but I guess it is easy to use. Easy to manage and keep in touch with everyone. So, there are probably thousands of users over there, for which all those "fraudsters" also tend to use this platform to gain maximum benefit (read maximized scammed profit).
Saying telegram is associated with fraudsters sounds really wrong. Its actually the fraudsters that prefer using telegram.

[InwardContour]

Telegram is populated with so many scammers ofcourse, especially those private chatting you to invest in scam crypto projects (mostly HYIP) or fake groups pretending to be real projects especially during token sale. A friend of mine fell into the trap of scammers early this year, he was persuaded to invest in private sale of a scam project. Let's be guided, if it's too good to be true, then it's actually scam.

[bitgolden]

It all started with people being a lot more involved in crypto as well, it wasn't like this all the time but eventually telegram became the stop point for the crypto people, there are SO MANY crypto groups in telegram that you can literally find thousands of people in every group and we are talking about 100+ groups with 1000+ people, so it is easier to find targets for the scammers.

All they have to do is open a telegram account, try to talk to hundreds of people, even if they get banned finally, they could just move to another phone and they can try again and again until they can finally find one person they can actually hack and take all their money. As long as you give scammers a way to scam people, they will not stop until you can actually stop them individually.

[Vitalicus]

Telegram is populated with so many scammers ofcourse, especially those private chatting you to invest in scam crypto projects (mostly HYIP) or fake groups pretending to be real projects especially during token sale. A friend of mine fell into the trap of scammers early this year, he was persuaded to invest in private sale of a scam project. Let's be guided, if it's too good to be true, then it's actually scam.

Every day I have more than hundreds of invitations to invest, and this really makes me feel nauseous because of spam appearing in telegram. I often ignore these messages because I know these are all scam projects and you will be disappointed when investing. In addition, there are many users who pretend to be the CMO of exchanging money to scam the project but the rate is very low and any project is smart enough to recognize.

[rdewilde]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

To be frank I was first uncomfortable with the title, I think the best thing is, why are there many scammers or fraudsters in telegram? Telegram is never associated with scammers just that scammers are always after places with huge opportunities such as telegram. In telegram are many scammers just like in other social media accounts and whether on telegram or not, there is huge reasons to be careful, mind the people you chat with and many more because there are clones of real people.

[Farma]

because of its ease in finding groups, and having various systems that are automated and easy, making many people use telegrams as a way to fool people. Some people even try to become admin by following their names, profile photos, and others. if not careful, then young people will be deluded.

[HunterUnchained]

Telegram makes it extremely easy for just about anyone with knowledge to tweak its several customizable features and use it strictly for selfish purposes often times for the bad reasons. There are several ways to impersonate, perpetrate identity theft, and assume just about any status to steal or defraud. Also, unlike other messaging and social media channels, Telegram provides the biggest platform for crypto projects to host their communities making the platform one of the most prone to unscrupulous elements. These are some of the reasons why there is so much fraud and scams associated with Telegram.

[CETAN.IO]

Telegram makes it extremely easy for just about anyone with knowledge to tweak its several customizable features and use it strictly for selfish purposes often times for the bad reasons. There are several ways to impersonate, perpetrate identity theft, and assume just about any status to steal or defraud. Also, unlike other messaging and social media channels, Telegram provides the biggest platform for crypto projects to host their communities making the platform one of the most prone to unscrupulous elements. These are some of the reasons why there is so much fraud and scams associated with Telegram.

why do you think the crypto community supported Telegram?

[kceekcee]

Telegram has nothing to do with the fraudsters, its the same way we say there are scammers or hackers on fb and Instagram.

People only use those platforms for their wicked activities.

The safest way is this : never give anyone your private keys
Never receive code and send to anyone
Avoid investment teachings from strangers

[CETAN.IO]

Telegram has nothing to do with the fraudsters, its the same way we say there are scammers or hackers on fb and Instagram.

People only use those platforms for their wicked activities.

The safest way is this : never give anyone your private keys
Never receive code and send to anyone
Avoid investment teachings from strangers

also, do not click on links or give access to phone data!

[muhammadrafi560]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

According to my humble opinion there is nothing wrong with telegram or any other social media channel. Scammers and fraudulent elements are everywhere. But there could be more filters to reduce their activities can be e implemented. Moreover, we should perform our responsibility responsibility to report them to cleanup the environment.

[lobo13hf]

Telegram makes it extremely easy for just about anyone with knowledge to tweak its several customizable features and use it strictly for selfish purposes often times for the bad reasons. There are several ways to impersonate, perpetrate identity theft, and assume just about any status to steal or defraud. Also, unlike other messaging and social media channels, Telegram provides the biggest platform for crypto projects to host their communities making the platform one of the most prone to unscrupulous elements. These are some of the reasons why there is so much fraud and scams associated with Telegram.

why do you think the crypto community supported Telegram?

Telegram is only running its service and it has nothing to do with crypto community and telegram never support crypto community. It looks like he doesn't even understand about that.
Since ico becomes a big bubble and scammers are looking for the victim in the telegram. This caused by mostly investors communicate with the team through telegram.

[CETAN.IO]

Telegram makes it extremely easy for just about anyone with knowledge to tweak its several customizable features and use it strictly for selfish purposes often times for the bad reasons. There are several ways to impersonate, perpetrate identity theft, and assume just about any status to steal or defraud. Also, unlike other messaging and social media channels, Telegram provides the biggest platform for crypto projects to host their communities making the platform one of the most prone to unscrupulous elements. These are some of the reasons why there is so much fraud and scams associated with Telegram.

why do you think the crypto community supported Telegram?

Telegram is only running its service and it has nothing to do with crypto community and telegram never support crypto community. It looks like he doesn't even understand about that.
Since ico becomes a big bubble and scammers are looking for the victim in the telegram. This caused by mostly investors communicate with the team through telegram.

and I think you don't understand what I mean when I write about community support! If we go to any ICO, IEO we will see Telegrams, not Whatsapp and not Wechat, so there was a question in this!

[Lasky366]

Well telegram is also a social media like other social media.By the way in telegram we notice not of scammers or spammers.Actually its not the fault of telegram's staff. Because there are some good guys there also some bad guys who try to scam people or even do the scam too.We salways should careful about this.

[Bezobraznike]

   Telegram is anonymous, and where is anonymity you can count there are scammers too. But if you are
an educated person you will not fall on the first message you receive. Scammers send messages, create
groups, but if you don't respond them, if you don't join suspicious groups, you will never be a victim of a
scammer on telegram!

[StephenJH]

Well telegram is also a social media like other social media.By the way in telegram we notice not of scammers or spammers.Actually its not the fault of telegram's staff. Because there are some good guys there also some bad guys who try to scam people or even do the scam too.We salways should careful about this.

The decentralized social media will have such disadvantages so I prefer semi-decentralized social media platforms for this reason. Many users try to cheat the newbies with sending the too good to be true offers and inexperienced traders fall to this trap easily. If there is no report by the Telegram users, the scammers will run free with robbed funds, fraudsters are not stupid to use the centralized social media and get arrested with giving up their real IP address.

[mdzahed134]

generally telegram fraud is very easy to reach, as we often see on telegram channels, you can create hundreds or even thousands of messages through bots in a short amount of time. so don't be surprised if fraudsters use this method to commit fraud.

You're correct in the telegram scammers can easily hit a large number of users because they using bots and send this same message within a few seconds. There are both advantages and disadvantages use of it. I got a lot of private message in every day which are mostly scammed. It’s a anonymous community even though users can easily change all of profile information it’s seems bullshit.                                      

[Mianae]

Telegram is not associated with fraudsters let's get it straight. For the fact that fraudulent actions are carried out on telegram does not in anyway show they're associated with such act. People engage in fraud on telegram because they're many cryptocurrency users there with every cryptocurrency project having their group and channels its easy to defraud unsuspecting users.

[Ezravdb]

Telegram is very close to cryptocurrency because every project establishes communication with the community through telegram. This is where the scammers appear to take advantage of the opportunity to deceive many people. I think we can avoid scammers by setting the privacy of our telegram account or you can block the scammer directly.

[sorrros]

Because everyone is anonymous here, you only need a phone number to create and account and getting a new mobile number is not hard, plus telegram takes great care of encrypted communication, so it protects its users but also give greater chance to scammers.

[gundala]

Telegram is very close to cryptocurrency because every project establishes communication with the community through telegram. This is where the scammers appear to take advantage of the opportunity to deceive many people. I think we can avoid scammers by setting the privacy of our telegram account or you can block the scammer directly.

Right, the fraudsters took advantage of the opportunity by creating fake accounts that were similar to the development team, the exchange team,etc. We must be vigilant, make sure that you understand the rules that the admin and dev team will not make PM first. So if an admin or dev team or exchange sends you a PM, you can be sure that it is a scammer. Don't forget to be blocked and reported.

[jaywizzy]

There are many fraudsters on telegram but telegram is not the social media that accomodate fraudsters, that is why you need to be very careful with people you deal with on any of the social media.

[poodle63]

Telegram is very close to cryptocurrency because every project establishes communication with the community through telegram. This is where the scammers appear to take advantage of the opportunity to deceive many people. I think we can avoid scammers by setting the privacy of our telegram account or you can block the scammer directly.

The fact that these scammers could spam people so easily in telegram also contributes to that. I think telegram should review their rules once more regarding spamming. I know it's client to client encryption but they should atleast make it harder for people to repeat the same message again and again. Indeed we can set our privacy so that these scammers can't invite us into random group but it's just that. Accoutn flagging feature will really help if telegram could.

[pikkie]

Because everyone is anonymous here, you only need a phone number to create and account and getting a new mobile number is not hard, plus telegram takes great care of encrypted communication, so it protects its users but also give greater chance to scammers.

well, I totally agree with you, there are a lot of weaknesses of telegram because to be able to create a telegram account only requires a smartphone number which in my opinion is still very cheap to get so many fraudsters roam the telegram that have cryptocurrency business.

[VanityWallets2015]

I don't really think that criminals and fraudsters only use Telegram, it's more about the encryption behind it and security.
Also used by regular people, but fraudsters prefer not to have their conversations easily decoded. Basically anybody can use it to communicate.
However, there are much more secure apps to communicate than Telegram.

[Question123]

Telegram was created to communicate people easily so the only fault for that is the scammer because they using as instrument the telegram to scam people or the investords.

Many scammers in the telegram so people need to be vigilant of what they joining and investing because people are don't aware once they want to get more profit they invested even they are risky to invest.

[kkofor]

There are many fraudsters on telegram but telegram is not the social media that accomodate fraudsters, that is why you need to be very careful with people you deal with on any of the social media.

There are many people who PM me at telegram but most of them are invitations to invest in HYIP projects and I feel that these are definitely fraudulent projects so I often ignore these messages. At telegram there are many ways to cheat and new investors entering this market need to be more careful. Personally, I only message trusted addresses and report scam users.

[lienfaye]

Because everyone is anonymous here, you only need a phone number to create and account and getting a new mobile number is not hard, plus telegram takes great care of encrypted communication, so it protects its users but also give greater chance to scammers.

Yes thats why its important to be careful when communicating through instagram. Dont trust those offering you to earn, I encountered such many times and if you're a kind of person who can easily lure in then you will end up getting victimized. Thus only join in groups that you verify as reliable to get information.

[VanityWallets2015]

Nowadays it is also simple in certain countries to get a SIM card without any registration information linked to it.
That is ideal to register it of course with Telegram.

[BayAngelo]

telegram is a decentralized platform. different from facebook and twitter that eavesdropped on every account that exit on them. telegram gives you a wide of opportunities different from the other social media platform. if you discovered a scam group or a fraud account on telegram, you are required to flag the account and when accounts are been flagged multiple times. it is removed.

[Chuky92]

It is true that, there are many fraudsters in Telegram because that's where majority of projects group, support, channel is, that is to say, there is very high number of people, which gives fraudsters a good chance of finding someone to defraud. Although it doesn't look good being in the midst of fraudsters but yet there is little a person can do than to be careful and be safe; starting by being careful of those you chat with such as checking username etc while knowing it is easy to mimic, copy or clone an original person, group admin or even friends.

[t3m4nc0k]

I think we can avoid scammers by setting the privacy of our telegram account or you can block the scammer directly.

yes I do that because when I used telegram I was invited to several crypto groups that I didn't know, many users who received services to invite many people to have many members in the group.. I also report some suspicious people (via PM)

[bp124]

Whenever there is something good, bad things also exist there. Most people use Telegram for scamming others because people are able to edit their usernames to look almost the same as the ones they want to impersonate. If you are not smart enough, you will not notice.

[Tigboom]

Telegram give you access to many audience at once. It makes it easy for them to get people attention. That's why they are many there.

[CETAN.IO]

Telegram give you access to many audience at once. It makes it easy for them to get people attention. That's why they are many there.

As well as the versatility of the service!

[Iyanu14]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

To me, this is hasty generalization.  There is no platform that is totally pure itself, there will always be some bad eggs on every platform, though there could be higher rate of it on telegram because of some functionalities such as BOT that permits such.  Everyone has purpose of using a particular platform.  But we have a great responsibility to avoid or block gimmicks of the scammers.  I can't count the number of scammers that private chat me that I have deleted their accounts on my telegram.  Let's be more watchful and less of greed.

[tabas]

Telegram give you access to many audience at once. It makes it easy for them to get people attention. That's why they are many there.

Unless you know what you are doing. Upon signing up for Telegram or after you download it, it's totally empty and you have to search those channels that you have to join.
The access is easy and that's why scams are rampant.

[CETAN.IO]

Whatever that brings goodluck has bad side kinda, telegram is a great place for fortune and also a place for scammers. Scammers are everywhere and reason way one has to be extremely careful in his or her doings. Before you make any decision to release your funds or do any transaction be extremely careful to know the person and the deal.

I completely agree, but for example, I am confused by exchanges that are not clear, and I know these, and people trust them...

[seleme]

Telegram give you access to many audience at once. It makes it easy for them to get people attention. That's why they are many there.

Unless you know what you are doing. Upon signing up for Telegram or after you download it, it's totally empty and you have to search those channels that you have to join.
The access is easy and that's why scams are rampant.

Right, scammers find us checking the group participants. The Telegram servers are not completely end to end encrypted, only secret charts are true end to end encrypted. Sharing private or sensitive information is not recommended because scammer can take the backdoor for accessing the account. It is hard to scam someone in 2020 compared to the previous years, education does its job.

[cahbagus555]

Telegram give you access to many audience at once. It makes it easy for them to get people attention. That's why they are many there.

Unless you know what you are doing. Upon signing up for Telegram or after you download it, it's totally empty and you have to search those channels that you have to join.
The access is easy and that's why scams are rampant.

Right, scammers find us checking the group participants. The Telegram servers are not completely end to end encrypted, only secret charts are true end to end encrypted. Sharing private or sensitive information is not recommended because scammer can take the backdoor for accessing the account. It is hard to scam someone in 2020 compared to the previous years, education does its job.

Agree, it would be safer if we did not share information about emails or anything in the group telegram. There are many scammers in telegrams and we should always be vigilant because sometimes scammers imitate the admins of a project. Usually the admin of a group is prohibited from doing private messages first

[tabas]

Telegram give you access to many audience at once. It makes it easy for them to get people attention. That's why they are many there.

Unless you know what you are doing. Upon signing up for Telegram or after you download it, it's totally empty and you have to search those channels that you have to join.
The access is easy and that's why scams are rampant.

Right, scammers find us checking the group participants. The Telegram servers are not completely end to end encrypted, only secret charts are true end to end encrypted. Sharing private or sensitive information is not recommended because scammer can take the backdoor for accessing the account. It is hard to scam someone in 2020 compared to the previous years, education does its job.

There's the feature of telegram that they can label scam users and it's helping to the new users to avoid them at any cost.
What's good in it is that Telegram is cooperating and reducing the potential scam activities, as long as the other users participate and help them report scammers.

[nomenclatur]

telegram is not related to fraudsters but telegram used by fraudsters to obtain the victim by sending a message using a bot to make it easier to get a telegram targets now also getting tougher every account that spam will be banned for 5-7 days when spam is already too much then the account will be deleted automatically by telegram.

[Mila52]

There are a lot of scammers everywhere, both in real life and on the Internet. Telegram is no exception. You can always change your privacy settings in your account and set the necessary functions in the messenger Don't be too gullible and greedy. Don't send your personal data to strangers.

[TheClownSong]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

Telegram provides more features than similar platforms and this is what attracts many projects to use telegram to communicate with their communities. In a large community, I think it is natural that there are some who try to use the ignorance of people to cheat and indeed we should not share personal data in a large community because it can be misused by others

[mnporter2001]

Because people in this market use telegram to communicate with each other. So scammer took advantage of this opportunity to create fake accounts to fool new people. Every day I receive a lot of messages from strangers who make very attractive offers about investing. Stay away from those offers if you don't want to lose money

[ballerin and giroud]

Because people in this market use telegram to communicate with each other. So scammer took advantage of this opportunity to create fake accounts to fool new people. Every day I receive a lot of messages from strangers who make very attractive offers about investing. Stay away from those offers if you don't want to lose money

For those who fell to this trap was who didn't know much about cryptocurrency. Logically it is nonsense to take an offer from stranger, at least we don't know him and we never met him before but we give our money to him. I hope cryptocurrency user is aware against it, there is no instant money you need some effort to get it.

[pantek talacuik]

Because people in this market use telegram to communicate with each other. So scammer took advantage of this opportunity to create fake accounts to fool new people. Every day I receive a lot of messages from strangers who make very attractive offers about investing. Stay away from those offers if you don't want to lose money

For those who fell to this trap was who didn't know much about cryptocurrency. Logically it is nonsense to take an offer from stranger, at least we don't know him and we never met him before but we give our money to him. I hope cryptocurrency user is aware against it, there is no instant money you need some effort to get it.

I once felt that with telegrams, they really needed our help to open the site and take large amounts of money.

[Vitalicus]

Because people in this market use telegram to communicate with each other. So scammer took advantage of this opportunity to create fake accounts to fool new people. Every day I receive a lot of messages from strangers who make very attractive offers about investing. Stay away from those offers if you don't want to lose money

Actually new accounts tend to scam a lot and every day hundreds of spam messages come to me and most invite me to invest in the project. Of course, I don't respond and report that user immediately because they will definitely scam other investors. I think it is best to invest only in projects that are encouraged and not trusted by anyone in this market.

[daniahya]

Because people in this market use telegram to communicate with each other. So scammer took advantage of this opportunity to create fake accounts to fool new people. Every day I receive a lot of messages from strangers who make very attractive offers about investing. Stay away from those offers if you don't want to lose money

Actually new accounts tend to scam a lot and every day hundreds of spam messages come to me and most invite me to invest in the project. Of course, I don't respond and report that user immediately because they will definitely scam other investors. I think it is best to invest only in projects that are encouraged and not trusted by anyone in this market.

true, it is better if you get a message offer with large profits in a short time better immediately report to the telegram, fraud like that often occurs in telegrams, I also have gotten messages like that but I often ignore them

[danielchris]

My opinion for telegram is  used by lot of people. For seeing Any new bounties  & altcoins on telegram. But   no one can  judge thinking of having frauds mentality.so l am not agree with  telegram  social media associated with  frauds.

[Golftech]

Because people in this market use telegram to communicate with each other. So scammer took advantage of this opportunity to create fake accounts to fool new people. Every day I receive a lot of messages from strangers who make very attractive offers about investing. Stay away from those offers if you don't want to lose money

Actually new accounts tend to scam a lot and every day hundreds of spam messages come to me and most invite me to invest in the project. Of course, I don't respond and report that user immediately because they will definitely scam other investors. I think it is best to invest only in projects that are encouraged and not trusted by anyone in this market.

Keeping yourself safe from scammers begins with how you treats the project, learning to investigate and have a proper research will help you not to encourage potential scammers, with good knowledge upon any offers you'll be ignoring things right away.
Be responsible and forget about being greedy, it will lessen the chance of being victimized.

[mdzahed134]

Because everyone is anonymous here, you only need a phone number to create and account and getting a new mobile number is not hard, plus telegram takes great care of encrypted communication, so it protects its users but also give greater chance to scammers.

You are correct mate even you have a option to hide phone number so no one can not see it, that menas here everything is anonymity. There is no trick to detect actual person in the behind, scammers can able to utilizing this platform because all of things are protected or encrypted. And i think it’s seams majority of fraudsters in there.                 

[makishart]

My opinion for telegram is  used by lot of people. For seeing Any new bounties  & altcoins on telegram. But   no one can  judge thinking of having frauds mentality.so l am not agree with  telegram  social media associated with  frauds.

Telegram is just a tool and no more. I think people should blame the people who used this tool for the criminal purpose. The fact that if telegram has nothing to do with the criminal act that has already done by its users.
Telegram is not associated with scammer and this is a blind accusation.

[shadowdio]

Well not just telegram, there are many scammers on internet. Telegram is not created for to scam people, scammers are take advantage of it because you know most users of telegram were crypto enthusiast.

[lunnatic]

Well not just telegram, there are many scammers on internet. Telegram is not created for to scam people, scammers are take advantage of it because you know most users of telegram were crypto enthusiast.

not a good idea if you think that telegram is associated with scammers, and that's wrong, telegrams like social media like Facebook or Twitter, and for promotion, it's natural that the platform is used by the wrong person, and we must distinguish it

[Pirate46Mx]

now there are various kinds of scams in the cryptocurrency world, various methods are used to take advantage of this scam, including scams through social media, both telegrams, and other social media
now don't easily trust people we don't know, because they can pretend to be close to us to take away our identity or assets.

[cryptothreads]

My opinion for telegram is  used by lot of people. For seeing Any new bounties  & altcoins on telegram. But   no one can  judge thinking of having frauds mentality.so l am not agree with  telegram  social media associated with  frauds.

Telegram is just a tool and no more. I think people should blame the people who used this tool for the criminal purpose. The fact that if telegram has nothing to do with the criminal act that has already done by its users.
Telegram is not associated with scammer and this is a blind accusation.

Telegram has never intended to scam users here, but this is where many scammers appear, so you should be more careful whenever you have any messages from others.

I never contact them first and often block when they start advertising about their project. Of course, I have never lost any money, but I am sure new investors who are new to telegram are vulnerable to their trap.

[Pomogator]

I think that scammers will be on any social network but in a telegram their number is higher. They will get more money in a telegram because of the rather cheap advertising in other channels. I have seen such an ad many times, so this is my point of view

[$anounimus$]

Telegram is a communication application that is lightweight, fast, free and speeds up the process of sending messages to each user. Regarding your statement about the scamer and so on in the application it all depends on you, if it's important you respond if you don't just leave it. This  just my opinion.

[FLHippy]

Due to its anonymity! It is a heaven for fraudsters because nobody knows who are you, so isn´t it easy to scam someone else? Only what you need is phone number and nowadays you even don´t have to have physical simcard for it.

[terizla]

You can't trust every person in online because you don't know their normal life.
Be carefull with people in Telegram because most of them are fake.

[JaoBadjap]

Telegram or any chat platform
even here, when there is opportunity, there will be always people
and when there is people, there will always be some that will try to take advantage of the others

[Bitstar_coin]

Telegram or any chat platform
even here, when there is opportunity, there will be always people
and when there is people, there will always be some that will try to take advantage of the others

Agreed, telegram not the only place associated with fraudster,  we have them in all online platform, but it seems they are more active on telegram and other chat platform mainly because it is easy for them to contact users and share fake links that can result to lose of funds, this is reason why it seems as if telegram is worse than the rest.

[itsv]

Its human nature like in real life we have people scamming others practically in every field of life. Similarly in digital world scammers are doing the same i don't think there is any digital platform which is 100% scam proof.

[TanakabZX]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

You are talking as if telegram is responsible for this, scammers can use anything to prey on victims, there are many scammers on Facebook and Twitter as well, in fact scammers are available on every social media in the world today

[Olaphash]

Scammers are on every social media. We are to be careful with who we chat with because it's very easy to impersonate users on telegram.
Facebook scammers are worst because they can customize their profile to look a professional trader

[gweedo]

The scammer is always around us. If you use twitter and facebook then you will see the same problems. Many scammer are trying to deceive new people in this market, and in telegram as well. There are always people who send in investment requests and make huge profits, and of course these are just scams. Please keep yourself safe in this market

[daglordjames]

we can't blame telegram for the because most of the people of the crypto uses telegram because its for safety and nice features.

[VDraci]

False accusation, telegram don't associate with any scammers, bad people use every form of social communication tools to scam people in this era today, this is very common now and I think only greedy people get scammed on telegram, people don't just PM you without any aim

[TastyChillySauce00]

Telegram was created to communicate people easily so the only fault for that is the scammer because they using as instrument the telegram to scam people or the investords.

Many scammers in the telegram so people need to be vigilant of what they joining and investing because people are don't aware once they want to get more profit they invested even they are risky to invest.

Nobody forces people at gunpoint to send money to scammers' wallets, people do it voluntarily by not noticing that scammer is talking to them.
Often, they do not even suspect that they can be deceived, which leads precisely to such consequences.

can't really blame people while the percentage of people who really know what they are doing in term of technology not to mention crypto which rarely known deeply by people. Although sometimes it's annoying how people keep getting scammed because lacking knowledge I think we still need another countermeasure for that.

[Mammothcoin]

Telegram is an easy to use platform that is highly compatible with bots, as such people can easily create spam bots, fake accounts to use to create fake population in a group in order to swindle people. It's sad that rather than seeking to use it positively, scammers have chosen to use it as one of their most preferred spamming/scamming platform.

[Towerbreeze]

Telegram don't know about these scammers, if you are newbie and looking forward to use telegram you should to go settings and deactivate getting messages from everyone, this way strangers won't be able to PM you first unless you message them first

[b1k4ng]

some time ago I lost access to the bibox exchange then I asked the official bibox telegram, after that there were so many scammers who were PM to me to ask for the email I had, they claimed if he was part of the team. I don't think it is possible for the team to PM simultaneously
besides that there are also some people who claim that if part of a project team that is doing an ICO, they also PM me with a 50% discount offer if I buy directly from it. it's all very strange. therefore telegrams are associated with scammers

[irixo10]

I won't agree that scammers, fraudsters etc are associated with telegram rather I will say fraudsters choose to stay put in telegram because it gives them the opportunity to see whom to scam. Also, this issue about scammers are rampant in exchanges groups because they are one of the few project's group that have huge members, that is to say more chances of seeing innocent people to defraud. Therefore it is extremely important for everyone to be careful of those they chat with on telegram.

[killerfrost]

we can't blame telegram for the because most of the people of the crypto uses telegram because its for safety and nice features.

Yes, scammer is everywhere in this market. Facebook, twitter, youtube, reddit .. all have scammer. So we can't change telegram errors because this is a great app for crypto and most people are using it.

[Anish02]

Now, most of the work has to get done on telegram. Telegram plays an important role in the crypto section. Because every project has its own telegram channel and it is a very great source to get information throughout it. Due to all these activities scammer saw an opportunity to make scams. Unfortunately, scammers have started performing their scams on telegram as well.

[retnoanjani]

Now, most of the work has to get done on telegram. Telegram plays an important role in the crypto section. Because every project has its own telegram channel and it is a very great source to get information throughout it. Due to all these activities scammer saw an opportunity to make scams. Unfortunately, scammers have started performing their scams on telegram as well.

Telegram allows the dev team to create a large community because the capacity provided is also very large. Not new if fraudsters use social media and chat applications to commit fraud. Make fake accounts as close as possible to official projects, then send PM to each member. That is why the dev team and admin always give warnings that they will not make your first PM.
Immediately report to the admin if you find an account like that to be used as a "warning" in the group and no one else is fooled. You can also report the account using the menu in the application.

[imoet]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

Scammers can show theirself in every social media. Why telegram?  It just because every projects has their own channels for giving information to the participant.  The scammers use telegram because they can manipulate many people in short time.  As we know that telegram can be enter by many participants in one channel. Just be prepared and careful.!

[bitkanu]

Telegram don't know about these scammers, if you are newbie and looking forward to use telegram you should to go settings and deactivate getting messages from everyone, this way strangers won't be able to PM you first unless you message them first

Im also using that feature and we should remember if telegram is just a tool that created by the developer to be used for the social activities but when some people were using it in the wrong way and telegam has nothing to do with it. So many people forget it and they think telegram filled by so many scammers.

[preikaler]

almost all projects in crypto use telegrams, even many people sell their tokens via telegrams (through escrow), making people without conscience think that telegrams are very easy to deceive people and earn money easily. telegram is also very easy to make a bot account, that's what makes scammers more and more

[Python Master]

It's because Telegram is the biggest communication platform for cryptocurrency, so most scammers are active there. New Telegram users or people who are not careful are easily got scammed in Telegram because they don't recognize fake users and scam message in Telegram.

[Jorge158]

Cryptocurrency fraudsters are not just found on telegram. There are some crypto fraudsters who use mails and other channels like twitter, Facebook, Discord etc. Telegram seems to lead because these sammers get the telegram IDs of users from the groups investors and participants join. It is always advisable to cross-check the ID and Bio very well in order to scammed by an impostor who pretends to be an admin of a group.

[JaoBadjap]

Telegram is a communication platform that even allows you to create bot/group and channels.
and with this fraudsters and scammers can equip themselves to scam and fool a lot of people.
however in any platform, this kind of people is always present
its better if we stay alert and keep an eye of this people

[Gayong88]

Telegram is a media for delivering information, which is not impossible that many use it also for things that are not right. an importance of coordination with the relevant parties regarding information what you are following example you joined a project.

My advice, don't just join useless channels.

[DDante]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

This seems like you are blaming telegram team as the real culprits here, telegram is not associated with scammers, scammers are only using telegram as their tool of mass fraudulent activities, the telegram team knew nothing about this

[DoubleEdgeEX]

Telegram got a lot of bad press because of it´s ICO and the tax problems caused by the investors. That was one issue but the bigger one is the fact that as soon as you reach a certain amount of people in your community, it´s almost natural that you attract fraudsters as well. Just don´t listen to random chitchat about a tiny minority of scam artists and enjoy the TON as it is

[103deltafox]

Telegram isn't really associated with fraudster,unless I don't get your point, but like every social media platform, we find scammers or fraudster everywhere, but for crypto it's very large and accommodating,with some good advantages,also if you are a telegram user try to be careful of those scammers using telegram to carry out their activities.

[joshua123]

Telegram got a lot of bad press because of it´s ICO and the tax problems caused by the investors. That was one issue but the bigger one is the fact that as soon as you reach a certain amount of people in your community, it´s almost natural that you attract fraudsters as well. Just don´t listen to random chitchat about a tiny minority of scam artists and enjoy the TON as it is

Its not about the issue about that. OP's topic is about how fraudster can manage to infiltrate on telegram. Actually we can stop these people on doing scam activities, even using impersonation is their style usually on major exchanges. Once someone ask question about funds they suddenly will message you about help and this is the part where scam begins. Always remember they will not pm you first cause this modus has been happening eversince.

[Jorge158]

Telegram is a media for delivering information, which is not impossible that many use it also for things that are not right. an importance of coordination with the relevant parties regarding information what you are following example you joined a project.

My advice, don't just join useless channels.

Good advice, I must commend! Aside from not joining telegram channels that may not be of importance to you, users need to utilize the "Privacy settings" where restrictions can be set as to who can add you to a page and who can give a direct message. These settings help to filter the scam private messages users get.

[bitkanu]

It's because Telegram is the biggest communication platform for cryptocurrency, so most scammers are active there. New Telegram users or people who are not careful are easily got scammed in Telegram because they don't recognize fake users and scam message in Telegram.

The fact that if almost all of ico projects have used the telegram chat and that means there was hundreds thousand people who have joined the telegram group too. Telegram never associated with scammer but scammer itself used it for the criminal purpose.
It's not caused by telegram is the biggest communication platform.

[Tervelatuk]

Telegram never associated with scammer but scammer itself used it for the criminal purpose.
It's not caused by telegram is the biggest communication platform.

i am agree with this point, scammer will not join on telegram only they will find any channel that provide them opportunity to scamming people. and unfortunately telegram now be main communication media for crypto project which is provide huge money there. so its not strange why they move here. and as telegram user we must becarefull when suddenly someone Pm us offering services or sell something. most of them scammer that will take our money.

[Buttercup123]

we can't blame telegram for the because most of the people of the crypto uses telegram because its for safety and nice features.

Yes, scammer is everywhere in this market. Facebook, twitter, youtube, reddit .. all have scammer. So we can't change telegram errors because this is a great app for crypto and most people are using it.

Telegram has emerged as the most important marketing platform for ICOs or IEO and has streamlined the process and offers several features, such as channels and groups, which are great for disseminating information about the project or possible future projects. Telegram had benefited from the global nature of cryptocurrencies, which has helped attract audiences and entrepreneurs . We cannot blame telegram for its features that even scammers use it, Its your on fault and choice if you got scam.

[OrangeII]

Telegram isn't really associated with fraudster,unless I don't get your point, but like every social media platform, we find scammers or fraudster everywhere, but for crypto it's very large and accommodating,with some good advantages,also if you are a telegram user try to be careful of those scammers using telegram to carry out their activities.

in fact, so many fraudsters who use telegrams to find investors. Well, as far as I know, so many messages like that come in, especially when you try to discuss it with a famous group. there will be some people who try to become investors, even administrators of a project to withdraw the money you have. Well, I think it's because the telegram is easy to use.

[Blue_oxen]

we can't blame telegram for the because most of the people of the crypto uses telegram because its for safety and nice features.

Yes, scammer is everywhere in this market. Facebook, twitter, youtube, reddit .. all have scammer. So we can't change telegram errors because this is a great app for crypto and most people are using it.

Telegram has emerged as the most important marketing platform for ICOs or IEO and has streamlined the process and offers several features, such as channels and groups, which are great for disseminating information about the project or possible future projects. Telegram had benefited from the global nature of cryptocurrencies, which has helped attract audiences and entrepreneurs . We cannot blame telegram for its features that even scammers use it, Its your on fault and choice if you got scam.

True! In other words, even though Telegram is particularly benefited from the use of cryptocurrency users, it's just a social media platform. It's just the same as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. I believe there's no association between Telegram and Fraudsters. Why would they have to do that though? If you notice, there are scammers all over the social media, not only Telegram but also Twitter, Facebook, Skype,.. in different ways. The thing is that you have to be wise and careful!

[SyndicateLabs]

Telegram isn't really associated with fraudster,unless I don't get your point, but like every social media platform, we find scammers or fraudster everywhere, but for crypto it's very large and accommodating,with some good advantages,also if you are a telegram user try to be careful of those scammers using telegram to carry out their activities.

in fact, so many fraudsters who use telegrams to find investors. Well, as far as I know, so many messages like that come in, especially when you try to discuss it with a famous group. there will be some people who try to become investors, even administrators of a project to withdraw the money you have. Well, I think it's because the telegram is easy to use.

Because most people in this market use telegram. So scammer is trying to get in here to deceive investors, I use telegram every day and I get lots of messages from scammer. There is no way to remove scammer from this market

[Tipstar]

Scammers in Telegram, well, there are scammers without Telegram, just why position a beautiful creation like Telegram with scammers, Telegram is a multi-functional tool with the ability to create a bot and a lot of other functionality, but as the question comes to do something useful through Telegram, many say telegram and there are scammers.

Telegram could be used as a general chat room but people should not ask for or deliver support through telegram as people there can easily create any number of fake accounts and change the name and telegram anytime they wish. This is a function to maintain privacy but people use it to try to cheat others.

[Zackgeno96]

Telegram isn't really associated with fraudster,unless I don't get your point, but like every social media platform, we find scammers or fraudster everywhere, but for crypto it's very large and accommodating,with some good advantages,also if you are a telegram user try to be careful of those scammers using telegram to carry out their activities.

in fact, so many fraudsters who use telegrams to find investors. Well, as far as I know, so many messages like that come in, especially when you try to discuss it with a famous group. there will be some people who try to become investors, even administrators of a project to withdraw the money you have. Well, I think it's because the telegram is easy to use.

Because most people in this market use telegram. So scammer is trying to get in here to deceive investors, I use telegram every day and I get lots of messages from scammer. There is no way to remove scammer from this market

What Telegram needs is a trust system just like bitcointalk and most of the problems will then be solved as users will easily be able to differentiate between a scammer and a legit seller who is old and trusted. Without any trust reason or some kind of filter there isn't any way on telegram to deal safely. Now a days there are an increased number of the escrows based on telegram and it have become easier to make a deal with the escrow in between the buyer and the seller as there is no need of any trust between the buyer and seller, all they need is to mutually trust the escrow.

[leea-1334]

Cryptocurrency fraudsters are not just found on telegram. There are some crypto fraudsters who use mails and other channels like twitter, Facebook, Discord etc. Telegram seems to lead because these sammers get the telegram IDs of users from the groups investors and participants join. It is always advisable to cross-check the ID and Bio very well in order to scammed by an impostor who pretends to be an admin of a group.

People like Telegram because it is quite anonymous (you only need phone number) and it is supposedly secure with end-to-end encryption (which means nobody can hack to read your messages). Unfortunately good privacy like this is also suitable for scammers. Just the way crypto ICOs attracts scammers.

[Deeshawn]

This same question have asked myself countless times, why is it that scammers sees Telegram as their home and perfect place to scam, probably because they know they can hide for years and keep scamming innocent people without been caught because I know of many people that has been scammed of token worth of reasonable amount of dollars. I hope Telegram look into this sooner.

[alisonwonder]

Cryptocurrency fraudsters are not just found on telegram. There are some crypto fraudsters who use mails and other channels like twitter, Facebook, Discord etc. Telegram seems to lead because these sammers get the telegram IDs of users from the groups investors and participants join. It is always advisable to cross-check the ID and Bio very well in order to scammed by an impostor who pretends to be an admin of a group.

People like Telegram because it is quite anonymous (you only need phone number) and it is supposedly secure with end-to-end encryption (which means nobody can hack to read your messages). Unfortunately good privacy like this is also suitable for scammers. Just the way crypto ICOs attracts scammers.

well of course many cases that often occur in telegrams only with telephone numbers to receive verification codes to register in telegrams all can enter and try to commit fraud and other criminal acts, you should be able to secure telegrams from various kinds of groups that are not good so won't be easy to be affected.