Electrum Telegram run by scammer - page 2.

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Quote from: BitMaxz on March 23, 2020, 10:21:44 AM

I think he's not talking about a telegram group he might be talking about this user below from telegram.

As you can see from the OP reply, it's not about the user you are referencing, it's about a group pretending to be an official Telegram support for Electrum. Anyone trying to convince others that they need to type their seed online is a scammer, and I'm just wondering how many of those 190 members are real, and how many bots that play false satisfied users.

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That user "Randy Brito" is definitely trying to scam you. You should never enter your seed phrase anywhere, and Electrum does not have an official support email like he suggests in that last screenshot.

I suspect he links to the real Electrum website and twitter for one or both of two reasons. Firstly, to give himself an air of legitimacy and fool people in to thinking he is not a scammer. Secondly, he is probably unrelated to the fake version 4.0.0 scammers, and doesn't want people to use fake wallets because then be won't be able to scam them himself.

If you have questions about the 4.0.0 malware, better to ask them on here in the open.

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Just figuring out how to post the images properly sorry, but yes it is the group with 190 odd members and I just quickly jumped on there after I almost lost money from the 4.0 malware.

Thank you for the help I have emailed Telegram.

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I think he's not talking about a telegram group he might be talking about this user below from telegram.

Username: @Electrum

It has a weird avatar.

I just found him when searching on the telegram web.

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Quote from: DireWolfM14 on March 23, 2020, 08:40:09 AM

What makes you think the owner of the channel is a scammer?

Quote from: ChrisVandermeer on March 23, 2020, 03:56:27 AM

Probably nothing that can be done about it but the Telegram Electrum chat is owned by a scammer who just asked for me to fill out a file to give him my seed phrase. Just a heads up.

Maybe because of this bold part? If the truth is what the OP claims (and it would be good to put evidence), asking for seed is sufficient proof that it is a scam. Although I leave the possibility that this is a misinterpreted message from OP side. Also account that you linked is not active from 08 July 2019.

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What makes you think the owner of the channel is a scammer? I didn't read the whole history of the channel, but I found a message pinned to the top, that directs people to the official website and twitter account.

Here's the channel owner's profile:

I did a google search for the owner's Telegram username, specifying to search this forum, and the results mostly pointed to user btcven, (u=70647). Note btcven's signature also references an IRC chat username that's identical to the Telegram username, and has a vanity address that includes the same username.

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1rdymachKZpA9pTYHYHMYZjfjnoBW6B3k

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Quote from: OmegaStarScream on March 23, 2020, 04:17:44 AM

AFAIK, there is no official telegram group, how did you come across it?

I suppose he needed support, so he decided to look for it on the Telegram. A simple search using Google with keywords electrum+telegram gives the following result :

Code:

https://t.me/ElectrumWallet

Currently, I see that the group has 190 members, but I don't use Telegram so all I find is this abuse e-mail address :

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[email protected]

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AFAIK, there is no official telegram group, how did you come across it? Also, I suggest you share the link so we can report it.

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Probably nothing that can be done about it but the Telegram Electrum chat is owned by a scammer who just asked for me to fill out a file to give him my seed phrase. Just a heads up.

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