🛑 Be aware from these type of scammer 🚫 ☠

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Quote from: albon on May 06, 2023, 06:17:42 PM

Scammers try to impersonate the accounts of well-known bounty managers and project admins on Telegram to deceive the victims. I block many scammers daily. Telegram is frankly now crowded with scammers. Therefore, there is a sentence that was able to thwart their fraudulent actions through impersonating accounts, which is (Admin Never DM you first), meaning that anyone who sends you a direct message first knows that he is a 100% scammer, so it is wrong to trust any account on Telegram without making sure that the person who is messaging you is the real person or not. You, @OP, have already mentioned several good points for verification. Also, any bounty manager does not ask for money from the people who work in his campaigns, as this is his job, and he receives his salary from the project owners, and of course, he does not need any financial assistance or the like.

It is a big question to me, why people still fall for such scam.
Telegram scam is a huge dumb scam and I can't believe how dumb some people are, really!
Mabye 95% of PM on Telegram are scam and it's always similar scam tactics.
It's always where we have to send funds. WE have to send.

How is such dumb scam tactics still profitable for Telegram scammers? Huh

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Quote from: Crypto Library on April 13, 2023, 11:30:46 AM

*** I would like to say to those scammers- nice try, but it won't gonna be able to harm Royse777 's reputation and also don't get me into your trap. And the main purpose of this post is to make you aware of the drama of scammers.***

Scammers try to impersonate the accounts of well-known bounty managers and project admins on Telegram to deceive the victims. I block many scammers daily. Telegram is frankly now crowded with scammers. Therefore, there is a sentence that was able to thwart their fraudulent actions through impersonating accounts, which is (Admin Never DM you first), meaning that anyone who sends you a direct message first knows that he is a 100% scammer, so it is wrong to trust any account on Telegram without making sure that the person who is messaging you is the real person or not. You, @OP, have already mentioned several good points for verification. Also, any bounty manager does not ask for money from the people who work in his campaigns, as this is his job, and he receives his salary from the project owners, and of course, he does not need any financial assistance or the like.

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Quote from: Crypto Library on April 13, 2023, 11:30:46 AM

*** I would like to say to those scammers- nice try, but it won't gonna be able to harm Royse777 's reputation and also don't get me into your trap. And the main purpose of this post is to make you aware of the drama of scammers.***

You are the one who did not get scammed by this imposter but there may be many who may think that he is "ROYSE" and they may transfer the money to him Sad

Also, since he was unable to make you fool, he will continue to try his luck with other people with the hope that some may not pay attention to the detail.
It's our own responsibility to keep ourselves safe and before taking any action, we should 100% confirm if we are talking to the right person.

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Quote from: KingsDen on April 28, 2023, 03:09:33 AM

Quote from: MainIbem on April 27, 2023, 11:00:31 AM

The annoying part of it when they scam person and quickly change their username to something else, if the team of telegram will try their best to implement some certain rules on that platform it will be more appreciative. For instance, whenever a username is being choose or taken let it last for at least 30 days before such user can be able to change it again just as facebook does, I think is about 90 or 60 days before one could apply for change of username though I don't know if such policy have been rule off. But there should be some modalities to enhance the usability of telegram by then the risk level may reduced.

Apart from the chnage of username, when i was new to telegram and I was scammed of some dollars. Although that was a newbie mistake. But I was surprised that the scammer was able to clear their own message history and was able to wipe mine too. It was there I discovered how vulnerable telegram is.

If we are to continue talking about the scam associated to the use of telegram, we can't just finish it because they appear in many ways and dimensions, bot to bow talk about the social media in general, his call for us to be morr careful with the groups or pages we like, follow or join because at the end, we will ended up not benefiting anything from them than spamming and loosing the little we have in possession, they can operate in many ways and claim what they like to you, which means we should not easily give on in trusting people we don't know like that.

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Anyone who is not watchful and intelligent enough would be taken advantage of by scammers on Telegram. I have stopped responding to any chats sent to me on Telegram because of the way scammers pretend to be real there. From my perspective, Telegram is a haven for scammers.

In order to avoid being accidentally duped by anyone, I immediately hit the block button on any unneeded talks about investments, joining investment groups, or clicking on any links sent to me by anyone on Telegram. I like the fact that you were smart enough and you did fall victim to the person posing like Royse on telegram. Not everyone can be this smart to differentiate between the real and fake telegram handle.

The best approach to avoid scammers on Telegram these days is to ignore their polite inquiries and answers to determine whether they are genuine or not. The more time you allow them to explain themselves, the more they will try to trick you into believing what they say.

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I will advise that if anyone chats you up claiming to be from here, you should first tell them to pm you with their real bitcointalk forum account so as to be sure who they are. I believe with that,they would be scared of getting close to you again as they have found out you already know their tricks.

It is so absord how they will just from nowhere start impersonating and claiming identity to scam people. These days they are very smart and I takes smartness too to outsmart them.

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Quote from: MainIbem on April 27, 2023, 11:00:31 AM

Quote from: KingsDen on April 27, 2023, 10:34:30 AM

Quote from: MainIbem on April 26, 2023, 06:12:19 PM

The annoying part of it when they scam person and quickly change their username to something else, if the team of telegram will try their best to implement some certain rules on that platform it will be more appreciative. For instance, whenever a username is being choose or taken let it last for at least 30 days before such user can be able to change it again just as facebook does, I think is about 90 or 60 days before one could apply for change of username though I don't know if such policy have been rule off. But there should be some modalities to enhance the usability of telegram by then the risk level may reduced.

Apart from the chnage of username, when i was new to telegram and I was scammed of some dollars. Although that was a newbie mistake. But I was surprised that the scammer was able to clear their own message history and was able to wipe mine too. It was there I discovered how vulnerable telegram is.

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Quote from: KingsDen on April 27, 2023, 10:34:30 AM

Quote from: MainIbem on April 26, 2023, 06:12:19 PM

Telegram is the most deadliest place to work with if time is not taken you won't know the real dealer and the fake, I believe what saved him was when he asked for a confirmation through pm on the forum otherwise he would have lose money in the name of trying to be manager.
I only rejects few things on telegram whenever I received pm from users, at first if the user are too desperate of knowing where I am chatting from, or inquisitive to know my crypto holdings I don't hesitate to instantly block them or even trying to introduce me to investment platform.

I don't why telegram is the platform I feel most unsafe online. Whenever I opened my telegram, it appears to me that I have opened the den of criminals, scammers and hackers. And is the reason I don't have any serious business or conversation on telegram.
But no matter how often we run from it, it is undeniable that telegram is a very important platform for outreach and exposure of projects. But one needs to be extremely careful when dealing with unknown people on telegram.

The annoying part of it when they scam person and quickly change their username to something else, if the team of telegram will try their best to implement some certain rules on that platform it will be more appreciative. For instance, whenever a username is being choose or taken let it last for at least 30 days before such user can be able to change it again just as facebook does, I think is about 90 or 60 days before one could apply for change of username though I don't know if such policy have been rule off. But there should be some modalities to enhance the usability of telegram by then the risk level may reduced.

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Quote from: MainIbem on April 26, 2023, 06:12:19 PM

Telegram is the most deadliest place to work with if time is not taken you won't know the real dealer and the fake, I believe what saved him was when he asked for a confirmation through pm on the forum otherwise he would have lose money in the name of trying to be manager.
I only rejects few things on telegram whenever I received pm from users, at first if the user are too desperate of knowing where I am chatting from, or inquisitive to know my crypto holdings I don't hesitate to instantly block them or even trying to introduce me to investment platform.

I don't why telegram is the platform I feel most unsafe online. Whenever I opened my telegram, it appears to me that I have opened the den of criminals, scammers and hackers. And is the reason I don't have any serious business or conversation on telegram.
But no matter how often we run from it, it is undeniable that telegram is a very important platform for outreach and exposure of projects. But one needs to be extremely careful when dealing with unknown people on telegram.

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Telegram is the most deadliest place to work with if time is not taken you won't know the real dealer and the fake, I believe what saved him was when he asked for a confirmation through pm on the forum otherwise he would have lose money in the name of trying to be manager.
I only rejects few things on telegram whenever I received pm from users, at first if the user are too desperate of knowing where I am chatting from, or inquisitive to know my crypto holdings I don't hesitate to instantly block them or even trying to introduce me to investment platform.

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This way of impersonating accounts is sophisticated and not easy to figure out for not experienced Telegram user

My account was also targeted

Thanks to @yahoo62278 he just posted comment about this thread, so if you want to look what happened here link:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/warning-new-way-of-scamming-in-telegram-5449834

maybe it will be worth to add some info here, merge threads together to warn people

PS
we still can't figure out how they do it?

How they add people to groups if privacy settings don't allow it?

How they create account that is linked to group description? has no real profile page/popup or username!

there are only 2 people in group, me and him and where is this 3rd account that is impersonating me?

all messages are visible and that account haven't left the group, there is no admin, which should be not possible

anybody knows?

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Quote from: Crypto Library on April 13, 2023, 11:30:46 AM

Then again I went to visit his Telegram account, wait wait!! What I am seeing, this is not username it's just a text linked on the bio.

Interesting to see this how dare this scammer is. He has keep hidden his username and his Bio is looking just like hus Username. At first glance everyone can be decieved but i appreciate your work that you double checked his username again and again and at last you has traced it. If i was in your place maybe i would scammed by this bloody scammer.

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I would like to tell everyone, especially to beginners, be aware beforehand, because nothing could be done later.

Always verify or confirm with BitcoinTalk during on any type of transaction, regardless of how well-reputed members are.
It will be best to use message signing option
Follow up these things also incase of known faces, as it is possible that his device is in someone else's hands.

Message Signing is best option which will increase the security because in case of social media hack or device hand change one cannot be scammed easily. Address should also be checked. scammer will always use new address to scam while reputed members will oftentimes use old address he used many times in this forum and signed transaction with this wallet.

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Quote from: Little Mouse on April 14, 2023, 11:46:20 AM

It's not the first time, nor it's going to be the last time. This was a more common trick back in the day. I would like to mention another scam trick. Scammer uses the small letter "L" and capital letter "i" in their username which sometimes creates confusion and some people get tricked.
Always verify on bitcointalk and even better if you ask for a signed message from a stake address here.

Quote from: Learn Bitcoin on April 13, 2023, 12:56:25 PM

Since the scammer knocked Crypto Library and tried to frame Royse777, he is undoubtedly a forum user

Anyone targetting forum users is definitely a forum user. There are a lot of such guys here pretending to be the honest guy but doing shits scumbug behind the scene.

Let take caution on how we relate with some forum users especially those we are not conversant with, some comes to us in disguise for being friends or try to get familiar with us even though we have no cognitive relationship with them, all our private and personal details must be maintained within ourselves, we should not get loose easily or distracted by any chance from those we had encounter with.

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Quote from: DaNNy001 on April 18, 2023, 03:58:50 PM

Quote from: Ndabagi01 on April 18, 2023, 02:19:38 PM

What an attempt by the scammer! Everything just went too real that you wouldn’t know it was an imposter. I’ve heard of such scams, but I had no idea they used to be so real that you couldn't doubt them. Telegram has long been renowned as a haven for scammers.

It's a good thing you asked the scammer to send you a message on BTT; it was the only way to confirm, and he didn't, which is a red flag that he's an imposter. Thank you for properly giving this information; it is quite beneficial to the forum.

Thats why i don't like telegram that much because that platform is filled with so many imposters and scammers and they can manipulates account so that their victims wouldn't be able to identify that they are scammers, i almost fell for a scammer trying to impersonate shasan in his telegram. Here is a sample of the two accounts

Shasan real account is @shasan32 but the imposter added one number making his @shasan324 and if you are not careful enough you will fall for these scammers.

The best solution to prevent becoming a victim of scammers is to ignore them. If you have any doubts about the tricks they use by posing as one of the forum members you know, don't ever hesitate to ask the relevant user directly. You will get the truth after talking directly with real forum users, after that you can immediately block the fake account.

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Be sure to think carefully before doing anything in particular, and check the BitcoinTalk forum to see if any scam is legit. Because once a transaction is completed with such a cycle, they cannot be found again, so you will be disappointed forever. Like the cryptolibrary brother who did the work is undoubtedly good because he was careful not to trade and came to the forum and checked. And beware of such cycles because deception cycles are all around us.
Scamming has started with the name of reputed managers to spoil the reputation of the managers.

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Quote from: Ndabagi01 on April 18, 2023, 02:19:38 PM

What an attempt by the scammer! Everything just went too real that you wouldn’t know it was an imposter. I’ve heard of such scams, but I had no idea they used to be so real that you couldn't doubt them. Telegram has long been renowned as a haven for scammers.

It's a good thing you asked the scammer to send you a message on BTT; it was the only way to confirm, and he didn't, which is a red flag that he's an imposter. Thank you for properly giving this information; it is quite beneficial to the forum.

Thats why i don't like telegram that much because that platform is filled with so many imposters and scammers and they can manipulates account so that their victims wouldn't be able to identify that they are scammers, i almost fell for a scammer trying to impersonate shasan in his telegram. Here is a sample of the two accounts

Shasan real account is @shasan32 but the imposter added one number making his @shasan324 and if you are not careful enough you will fall for these scammers.

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Quote from: Ndabagi01 on April 18, 2023, 02:19:38 PM

It's a good thing you asked the scammer to send you a message on BTT; it was the only way to confirm, and he didn't, which is a red flag that he's an imposter. Thank you for properly giving this information; it is quite beneficial to the forum.

The rule is always to ask for verification on Bitcointalk, the other party will not be offended because that's the general rule we are preaching here ever since but once both of you establish communication things will be easy because you will always have a history of chats loaded up to you when you strike a conversation again to the other party unless he deleted the conversation, but if the conversation is deleted for unknown reason or because you or the other party did this, you will have to verify again on Bitcointalk.

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What an attempt by the scammer! Everything just went too real that you wouldn’t know it was an imposter. I’ve heard of such scams, but I had no idea they used to be so real that you couldn't doubt them. Telegram has long been renowned as a haven for scammers.

It's a good thing you asked the scammer to send you a message on BTT; it was the only way to confirm, and he didn't, which is a red flag that he's an imposter. Thank you for properly giving this information; it is quite beneficial to the forum.

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What I found most interesting, and what makes it even more important to be aware of, is the fact that this scheme was very well put together and with many details.

The probability of being a regular user here on the forum is very high. Therefore, we have to be very attentive, because the scammer is around here and has certainly used other schemes to try to catch the distracted.

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An old-school way but the username sometimes is a little bit tricky if we didn't notice it very well there is a thread that discussed similar case like this https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-secure-are-you-when-unknown-user-chats-you-up-5448368.

Play with them and ruin his time sometimes it's funny though.

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