How secure are you when unknown user chats you up?

[reagansimms]

Using a photo of a beautiful girl and starting small talk is an old motif that is commonly known by many. Scammers don't start the conversation to the point, they will make the atmosphere more fluid and when he believes you are starting to get trapped he will direct you to things that drain the contents of the wallet.
Lucky you quickly realize it, he started to leave before the main mission launched. If you have never shared your telegram with anyone you don't know, be aware they may be part of some bad people who are looking for victims.

[John Abraham]

Usually, I don't answer strangers on social media or Messenger unless they say something I might be interested in answering. Back in the old days, I got a lot of Dm's like this asking where I am from and what I do for a living. Then they offered to invest in a business where I could make tons of money quickly. This is an old method to scam people. I believe people are getting smarter over time. But people who get convinced by their offer and get scammed are always around.

This week I got two emails from an unknown email containing a free Bitcoin PDF file. This is a potential scam attempt as well. I would suggest not to respond strangers in messenger-type platforms and emails as well. This could end up sadly. Always be careful with that.

The fun fact: Most of those DM's come from beautiful ladies. All of them are working as managers in some companies.

[robelneo]

The fun fact: Most of those DM's come from beautiful ladies. All of them are working as managers in some companies.

Because the leaders of these scam groups know that the majority of investors are males and they know their weaknesses, the way they introduce themselves is scripted they have a ready script on all that they are going to say and conversations that they will encounter, so if you're not aware of this scheme, you are a willing victim.

The only way to secure yourself through these dummies is to shut them down, don't engage protect yourself, and don't fall into temptation.

[JollyGood]

I wonder how many people still fall for those types of scams nowadays? Without a doubt it must be bringing in some sort of income for them otherwise they would have disappeared. The medium changed from emails to instant messenger and scammers still attempt it trying to stay one step ahead of the curve.

Using a photo of a beautiful girl and starting small talk is an old motif that is commonly known by many. Scammers don't start the conversation to the point, they will make the atmosphere more fluid and when he believes you are starting to get trapped he will direct you to things that drain the contents of the wallet.
Lucky you quickly realize it, he started to leave before the main mission launched. If you have never shared your telegram with anyone you don't know, be aware they may be part of some bad people who are looking for victims.

[Razmirraz]

There is no reason to cater to an unknown user who initiates a conversation regardless of the reason.
I just came across a scam link with the same motive as the OP mentioned. Initially the victim was contacted by scammers via Telegram. Then after successfully convincing the victim, the scammer immediately asked the woman to invest her money in cryptocurrency by promising big returns.

Source: Hong Kong retiree loses HK$7 million in 2 months in online cryptocurrency investment scam

[JollyGood]

As I wrote earlier, scammers will try their best to scam and some are probably very determined to do it. It is up to the individual to try to protect themselves from losing any funds they have saved. These traps are still very common and it must be a painful lesson to learn when the victim realises they have been scammed.

There is no reason to cater to an unknown user who initiates a conversation regardless of the reason.
I just came across a scam link with the same motive as the OP mentioned. Initially the victim was contacted by scammers via Telegram. Then after successfully convincing the victim, the scammer immediately asked the woman to invest her money in cryptocurrency by promising big returns.

Source: Hong Kong retiree loses HK$7 million in 2 months in online cryptocurrency investment scam

[John Abraham]

I wonder how many people still fall for those types of scams nowadays? Without a doubt, it must be bringing in some sort of income for them otherwise they would have disappeared. The medium changed from emails to instant messenger and scammers still attempt it trying to stay one step ahead of the curve.

I assume the Number is not tiny at all. Suppose you see a scam method working for a long time. That means it has a higher success rate. They must make good money out of it. They target crypto users, Gamblers and traders. Most people are smart now. But, every day, crypto users are increasing and new people are joining. They might never see such an offer before, and they might think it's real. It's easy for newbies to fall into these type of scams. Scammers updating their communication script so they can manipulate their targets.

[dansus021]

Scammer everywhere especially in telegram, In One week I receive at least 2-4 Scammer as you mention before. Sometimes I direct blocked and report as spammer but If I have plenty of time I follow what he/she said. Just for play of course.

Sometimes they introduce themself and then talk about where do u live I usually answer southeast Asia and then if we continue chatting he will give some HYIP(High Yield Investment Program) and offer high APY and said that he got rich from the site.  What a joke.

But usually Im gonna using incognito browser and using VPN like always and check it and WHO is screenshoot and send to em. and boom the scammer delete all the previous message and gone.


Be Safe guys and if you find one just do little plat with them

[CryptSafe]

I am not afraid chatting with strangers as I already have my ground on that. I never fall fir strangers like that when it comes to having conversations of such nature. It gives me more experience in tackling such situations in the nearest future if any of them comes my way but one thing I know is that i for sure make them give me their information by themselves when we covers. So I do not loose anything if they think they want to scam themselves and not me.

So funny how they use profile pictures of people to wanting to scam people thinking it is that easy to  scam some one just like that only if that person is a new bie in the system that is when the person becomes penetrable by them.

[John Abraham]

Scammer everywhere especially in telegram, In One week I receive at least 2-4 Scammer as you mention before. Sometimes I direct blocked and report as spammer, but If I have plenty of time I follow what he/she said. Just for play of course.

2-4 scam attempts a week? It's a pretty high number compared to others. I am wondering how many groups you are joined. Usually, those scammers come from Crypto and gambling-related groups. They follow the group members and target them. If you are in some groups where you are not interested anymore, consider leaving them. The number of messages from strangers will decrease day by day. Also, you may change your telegram handle as it's easy to do.

Sometimes they introduce themself and then talk about where do u live I usually answer southeast Asia and then if we continue chatting he will give some HYIP(High Yield Investment Program) and offer high APY and said that he got rich from the site.   What a joke.

HYIP Scam is the most successful scam on the internet (I assume). It's easy to fool new people who recently started searching for how to make money from the internet. Unfortunately, this scam still works, and people lose money for their greediness. I usually asked them how much they made daily in the old days. Why not invest yourself and double it every day? Why are you wasting time here?

[SmartGold01]

As I wrote earlier, scammers will try their best to scam and some are probably very determined to do it. It is up to the individual to try to protect themselves from losing any funds they have saved. These traps are still very common and it must be a painful lesson to learn when the victim realises they have been scammed.

You are right sir
I have tried my best not to give them attention anymore because I see nothing meaningful from them, most especially that doesn't ends of them knowing where one is chatting from or what amount of bitcoin I am holding, I have always been asked this question from cheap scammers and whenever I sense this blocking them straight always right option. Its very annoying someone inbox you and begin to asked about your crypto holdings or what forms of currency I am holding is very worrisome and suspicious.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

It all depends on the context at which they are contacting you about, if you're receiving a PM from unknown user and he's trying to invite you on a tricky scheme that may involve investment which you know not about it, then try to be vigilant because that may be their first initiation to defraud you, waste your time and effort or get your private informations and use them against you, the best action to take is to ignore and block such user making a physhing attempt on you, because once you respond, you give them more go ahead permit to continue and they may finally gets you.

[NotATether]

Jokes aside, could he have located you by searching your Telegram handle which might be the same as your username here?

Most scammers find their victims by joining large groups and fishing for random names inside them, then repeat with the next batch of users, and so on.

Most people don't respond to these degens, but they usually get their hands successfully on maybe a dozen or half a dozen of people, for their illegal scams.

OP should also block incoming calls from Telegram from all users except for manually whitelisted users. Keeps annoying people out of your phone.

[Razmirraz]

As I wrote earlier, scammers will try their best to scam and some are probably very determined to do it. It is up to the individual to try to protect themselves from losing any funds they have saved. These traps are still very common and it must be a painful lesson to learn when the victim realises they have been scammed.

You are right sir
I have tried my best not to give them attention anymore because I see nothing meaningful from them, most especially that doesn't ends of them knowing where one is chatting from or what amount of bitcoin I am holding, I have always been asked this question from cheap scammers and whenever I sense this blocking them straight always right option. Its very annoying someone inbox you and begin to asked about your crypto holdings or what forms of currency I am holding is very worrisome and suspicious.

Ignore them and let the Scammers bark like dogs, when you don't give them a chance they will bite finger. When you smell a suspicious aroma, believe you are on the Scammers watch. The best way you should do to secure assets is by not giving them access, only you can protect your assets. Never let your guard down.

[Stable090]

Immediately I receive Dm from strangers, the first thing that comes to my mind is that the user is a scammer, so am always careful with the way we communicate, immediately you start asking me suspicious questions, if you are not lucky I will block you immediately but if you are lucky or maybe am bored, and I want to whine away time, I will reply you but I will have the mind set that you want to scam me so I know things that I will tell you.

Whenever we receive Dm on social media we all have to be careful, most of them are scammers, most of them might be offering you different things, don’t trust them they just want to steal from you, most especially on Telegram, if you receive any message on telegram and the user is sending you links to connect your wallet, or website to input your details, just report and block the user immediately.

[libert19]

Whatever they may demand or motive there may be it's easy to block'em up online. Unless I know the person personally or I initiated the chat first, I block' em on first account.

I used to do lot of timepass with scammers on telegram, apparently they reported me and now I'm blocked myself.

[Doan9269]

Using a photo of a beautiful girl and starting small talk is an old motif that is commonly known by many. Scammers don't start the conversation to the point, they will make the atmosphere more fluid and when he believes you are starting to get trapped he will direct you to things that drain the contents of the wallet.
Lucky you quickly realize it, he started to leave before the main mission launched. If you have never shared your telegram with anyone you don't know, be aware they may be part of some bad people who are looking for victims.

Using just an ordinary dp of a beautiful lady while chatting you up is very common and a crooked way most scammers have adopted using before how, but the issue now is that we all know that anyone can impose another person and chat you up, but you need to create time to make your personal findings on how they got your contact in the first place, where and how? what's the major purpose of them contacting you, what are they saying and where are they heading to, and we must be very sensitive not to reveal any of our identity to them while chatting us or give out our private information to them and when we dee they are going off the limit we should avoid responding back to their chat and block them.

[Lida93]

Nowadays scammers come in varying unsuspecting ways that if one is not careful you might get caught up in their web leaving you in a situation where you wouldn't even believe or realize  when you have given out vital informations about yourself and other financial private contacts. The best remedy is that from the onset of the conversation and it's not going based on business grounds but rathers inquisitive about oneself just cut off the conversation and blacklist. Else you may be making yourself a victim of scam.
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In as much as you uses the social media platforms you can't avoid coming across scammers and that's why it's expedient we keep alert and always check for red flags kind of conversation and know when to terminate it as soon as possible.

[indah rezqi]

Whatever they may demand or motive there may be it's easy to block'em up online. Unless I know the person personally or I initiated the chat first, I block' em on first account.

I also don't beat around the bush and spend a lot of time with anyone I don't know on social media. I mean, it doesn't matter if they just want to be friends or maybe have some questions worth responding to, but when the motive is money, I think I should block them too first.

Obviously blocking them is the recommended first step when they are not people we know or have interacted with on other platforms. This can prevent the risk of having auto-download links/ file sent to your device when you interact with that user, especially when you don't have do not auto-download any file setting preference. Did someone think of the risk?

[libert19]

This can prevent the risk of having auto-download links/ file sent to your device when you interact with that user, especially when you don't have do not auto-download any file setting preference. Did someone think of the risk?

Yea, first thing I do upon installing telegram/whatsapp on new device is to to disable automatic media download, although I started doing this in start just to save useless spending of Internet data, apparently doing thus has more benefits than just that.