Why is Telegram associated with fraudsters

[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.