Topic: BEWARE of Telegram Groups you have been added unwillingly!!!!! - page 2. (Read 496 times)

Telegram became a widely used media platform in crypto-space and also one of the tools for scammers to find their new victims. Telegram has a very good feature where they are so quick on banning a user if someone reported him/her as spammer or scammer but what I dislike in telegram is that scammer keep coming back because it was too easy to create an account using fake mobile number to verify their registration.

I have been seeing this too. One would wake up only to see he has been added to a particular group. I understand that of WhatsApp of addition to group without your approval because someone must have your contact to be able to add you and with a quick look at other members of the group you can guess rightly where its coming from. But for Telegram, I think its a deficient on their software because most of the times, only usernames is used in Telegram and I wonder how possible it is to just add people randomly who cannot comment nor respond to what is being posted. I have even been added to group which is for scam purpose and after a while, the group is gone.


Done this and hopefully it will stop.

added this to the post. Thanks

In my opinion, most of scam happen on telegram after ICO scam. There was a time once ICO's are scammed us, but now so many scammers are active on telegram. Sometimes even me receiving same like spam and usually I report them and skip. But problem is about greedy people, they can't control their greed when they see some greedy offers. That's how scammer gain on their spam attacks. Telegram is only one social media that chosen by huge number of scammer. Main reason is totally anonymity. So click on unknown link would hack you as well. We should more careful about Telegram scam. Everyday scammers are finding new way to scam us. We should not give them that opportunity. Once you will discover that someone unknowingly added you any group, just better to report spam and leave. So almost you can say that your are safe. Don't be greedy then no one could save you.

There you go: https://www.gadgetsnow.com/how-to/how-to-stop-people-from-adding-you-to-whatsapp-groups/articleshow/68871130.cms

Wait: checking it the option is really there...

Ok, it seems that this feature has been in test mode since April 2019 (more so in India apparently). I’ve read on multiple sources that it is ready to be rolled out to the general public, but I can’t see it yet on mine. Make sure you've got the latest version nevertheless.

I’ve read that it rolled out (at least in Spain) on the 22/10/2019. It seems that they are rolling it out in a scaled manner.

This is the repeated problem for both the telegram and whatsapp group as people add us without our consent to their groups.
Is there any settings for whatsapp also so no one can add us in that too ?

Am slightly disgusted this is even an option at all, let alone one you have to actively opt out of.

Someone doing this to me would have their nipples twisted until they went black if I could get my hands on them so whatever they're hawking certainly won't get the time of day from me.

To avoid this we should set always our setting private so that we will not drag by idiots to there scam channels and I wonder how the sane marketing guys do this kind of act while for sure angry users drag will report there page for doing so an got the same assumptions that all telegram channel who add people without permission is scam and the one I do when they add me without my knowledge is to click the report,post that this channel is scam and leave.

There is another settings that you can also change in telegram. You can turn off the automatic media download. This could also help avoiding any malware that is sent using telegram. It's not just random telegram groups that will add you to the group without your consent or without knowing about it. Telegram can be use to spread any malware/virus to your device by sending you a pm with a file or clicking a link that a telegram user sent.

Yeah, it also sucks when it turns out as a scam. The bounties are in your account but they are worthless.   

Before when I started using telegram, I participated in bonus programs. After a while, I discovered that the number of groups I joined was too much, really annoying me. Now to prevent others from adding you to the group, go to advanced settings and install it.

The important thing is, don't send money to anyone anywhere. There are a lot of messengers receiving from telegram, email and many more. That means no one going to offer good thing from random. You can change groups settings, just go to settings > privacy & security > groups and change it everybody to my contacts and save it. After that, your contacts can only add you in groups and channels.

It's a data theft which they do in form of online survey and sell it off to cold callers then to these marketing agencies who provide telegram members for a price.  This is the worst thing which I have encountered wherein I have been added to so many bounty  projects which I have no idea. I have been approached for a similar task by a random person about 0.84 worth bitcoin and offered me 30% which I have immediately blocked him because I am already aware about their tactics.  Newbies night get easily trapped in their scam.

Probably OP is a quite new user of telegram and this is the right thing to do. I had been used telegram for how many years because this is commonly used in joining bounty or crypto-related projects. You can modify your settings as posted by jhenfelipe. Probably that is because there is a service that offers on adding random members on telegram. They can automatic add you as their member. Leave and report them as spam there is a high possibility their group will get banned too.

Always remember that telegram is prone of scams and hacks.

That's why I don't use telegram more often anymore cause a lot of scammers spreading there. But you can avoid them if you are aware. Don't be fooled if you already see it obviously. It is right to report the group or the person added you in the chat group without your permission, to teach them a lesson and get them ban from doing so and again.

This is quite the easiest way, I must say it's so annoying when one is added to random telegram groups without their consent, most times immediately such users are added, they get pm'd privately by one member of the group seeking to extort money from them.

I didn't know about the steps you just listed, but I'll just quickly go and implement it, I usually just report spam and leave, but this method is by far easier, and it would prevent others from adding one to their group, so it's more like a lasting solution.

Thanks for the help

For telegram users, if you want to avoid such a hassle of being added on random groups:

1. Open telegram app
2. Go to Settings
3. Click Privacy and Security
4. Under Privacy, click Groups
5. Select My Contacts,  instead of Everybody
6. (optional) Under Add Exceptions, you can add users on Never allow too

Explore the Privacy and Security page to see what else you can do (ex. Manage your Blocked users, Who can call you, etc).

Hello,

I am an active telegram marketting service provider and I strongly do not suggest to use member adding services. If you add anyone in your group unwillingly, they either hit spam button or start sharing unrelated advertisements in the group. Very few of them asks what is the group about and the group gets banned because of people hitting spam buttun in a few days.

Also, If someone added you in a group chat, leave immediately. It is 99% scam. This is how people scam others. They usually showi some proof of payment with fake screenshots and giving false statements with a few other accounts they own. So simple. Noone will send you 10 ETH If you send 1 ETH? Why would anyone do that?! Dont be fooled by these people. Think it this way. If you find a service that doubles your crypto, would you tell it to everyone or would you use it to make you rich?

Repeating one last time, If you have been added in a group, hit the spam button and leave.

"There is another settings that you can also change in telegram. You can turn off the automatic media download. This could also help avoiding any malware that is sent using telegram. It's not just random telegram groups that will add you to the group without your consent or without knowing about it. Telegram can be use to spread any malware/virus to your device by sending you a pm with a file or clicking a link that a telegram user sent." quoted from Nakamura12