Why is Telegram associated with fraudsters

[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.