Topic: Telegram scammers targeting users with malware (Read 591 times)

The problem is this is common use by lots of people now since they feel more convenient for using it especially if they used it for each transactions they made everyday. If the case that they are using those digital wallets around much better for people that they are aware on any potential risk that can cause money loss for them so that they would be aware on how to make their wallets and balance safe for any potential scam or other risk you mentioned.

But if they are a holder more better for them not to make use this digital wallets since we really know how risk is high especially if they don't check much their funds and just want to buy then leave their balance unto their wallets. Use hardware wallets for this or any other that they can posses their private keys to avoid getting any much bigger issues.

If you use your phones for storing your bitcoin and altcoins, it is your hot wallet.

Assume you accept risk of hot wallets and loss of your fund in hot wallets, it is still important to store only small part of your capital in a hot wallet that is portable around with many risk like phone loss, steal, physical attacks on you, and more.

Hot wallets should never be your main wallet.

Exactly! I advise using a separate phone for your digital wallet too to avoid potential security risks. Many people have complained about their Telegram accounts being hijacked by scammers, who then use these accounts for fraudulent activities. It's alarming that even messages from friends on Telegram can't be trusted, as their accounts might have been compromised. All it takes is clicking on a spam link, and your wallet and phone can be compromised.

Telegram's CEO needs to improve the platform's security measures, as numerous scams have been reported. It seems surprisingly easy to scam someone on Telegram, especially after joining a group. To protect myself, I've been exiting crypto and Telegram groups, as they often generate fake messages. I'm also being cautious about clicking on links, especially during this festive season.

Telegram is now becoming homes of scam because you keep seen new things am sure this is not suppose to be a surprise to us any longer because aside the issue of Malware you keep seen random messages and majority of them them will want to make you lose your money just by impersonating somebody else this is somthing they have been doing , and since that crypto have been connected to telegram we have not rested with the issues of scams and the more you encourage people to be careful the more they are falling scam and you wonder how they have been doing it getting people's attention.

The advice given not to trust anyone is just the best and you would not just talk to you don't know, links should be avoided by all means, and the more the orice of bitcoin goes up the same way scam increases and this is time we should understand that scammers will be looking for opportunity and the best thing is just to be very familiar and then they  can be avoided, if anyone chat you up it is better to just trust them that way when the economy is now worse crime is increasing and the government really need to help or even we continue like this it will be bad and it won't be better.

I try as much as possible to limit the amount of telegram groups I join. Telegram is a very risky application especially when you are greedy and looking for quick wealth m many scammers are now obviously taking advantage of the unfortunate victims.

Also it's best to not have you wallet on the same device you use on telegram infact you are better secured have a cold storage wallet.

You are right, Telegram is the platform where I receive the most scam attempts by far, but I have to keep using it especially due to this forum, and more specifically for the Bitcointalk bot.

Anyway, it's not too big of a problem, because they're so easily identified. Beautiful women contact me to ask me how I am doing Oh, if that were true... but after a few cases in which I followed the conversation out of mere curiosity I've automated the practice of deleting and reporting.

Scammers are everywhere on the internet. Of all the social media platforms including X, Instagram, Facbook, TikTok, Telegram is the one where scammers freely do their buisness and thrive. The many complaints of scammers and different stories are enough to make you leave Telegram and just stick to other lesser prone and less attractive to scammers platforms.

If you do choose to remain on Telegram, you must learn
-how to secure your account
-how to report scammers (telegram account of scammers)
- how to identify them (they will always chat you first)

That's unfortunate brother! That's why always use an empty or fresh address when connecting to wallets or when joining an airdrop! I did participate in some of the Galxe airdrops and always used a different address! It may be painful, creating all those address's, backing up seeds, and doing it all over again! But it costs nothing to be cautions! For me I use a different spreadsheet to maintain all these address! One for work, one for airdrops, one for daily use and so on..

Btw, how much you lost in this scam?

What happened to you is warning to everyone to be careful when using internet. It is easy to let your guard down especially when you are tired or feeling sure of yourself. Sadly scammers often take advantage of people when they are not paying attention. Luckily you learned valuable lesson and can now help others avoid same mistake. It is very important to always check if emails and websites are real especially when you are dealing with sensitive information like cryptocurrency wallets.

I wasn't trapped by Telegram.
a few months ago, I was scrolling social media one day late at night. Suddenly, I received an email from a platform named Galaxy, which is a spot for crypto airdrops. The email says you have some unclaimed rewards. I did not check the sender's email, and I did not check the URL of that phishing website. I connected my Metamask wallet, and it took only a few seconds to wipe out my entire wallet. I revoked the connection so quickly, but that was not enough to save me. I was sleepy and careless when I connected the wallet. I was over confident that I won't be scammed. But I fell for that.

Telegram is filled with scammers no doubt! It's a paradise for them! I am a mod in one or two groups in telegram and discord, and I get a lot of spam messages! Like, literally everyday, random DM's pops up in my inbox! Most of them wants to do some collaborations like promotions, AMA sessions, shillings, listing, marketing etc! Normally I would ignore these strangers! For because I know after some days, they eventually deletes their account and makes a new one! And they actually do! Alot of PM I got is now marked as deleted account!

Apart from telegram, discord is also on their target list! If I go specific, I was in a similar situations as you (OP). Because I am a mod, I have access to the whole server on my discord! So this person wants to collaborate and gives me a link. And upon clicking the link, it took me to the discord login page! Of, course I was already logged in. He wasn't trying to drain my account but hack my discord the the servers/channels! I was 200% sure it was a malicious link so I tested the link in a sandboxed environment!

Another attempt to scam which happened to me (I think many encountered this once in their life) is that, a person claiming to be a developer looking for tester for his game (virus) and gave me the zip file. Never opened it. 

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How did it got into your system? I mean infected, through link? I mean what was the process, start to end! I use telegram a lot but it never occurred with me! Can you share the detail or the post! I vaguely remember seeing it!

Didn't you read the post that was answered later? If you click on a link that contains a file with an extension, this file will be installed automatically. Then you become a co-owner of your phone. The virus sees your contacts, passwords, and your card data, which will lead to theft and actions that you disagree with. All this happens on phones with the Android system. On iPhones, of course, the protection is much better, but if you read several topics on hacking, then even iPhones in the "bad" hands are subject to hacking.

Yes. Those that are new to crypto or new to new projects or groups are the one that are becoming victims. But some people are always still part of this people. That is the reason some people are always becoming victims of this scam.

It can be very frustrating. If you have the experience before, you will understand what I mean. As one will be disturbing you, so will another scammer be disturbing you, and also another scammer until you become even frustrated. That is why some people posted that it is better you block anyone that is not on your contact to be able to send you messages. What you will later be doing is to block and report them immediately.

You never connect your wallet to anything that you don't trust 1) and 2) you never give your private keys to someone else!

I am not surprised by this kind of action on Telegram, because some time ago this also happened and they changed their name on Telegram to do the same action again.
The important rule on Telegram is to never trust anyone who offers a project or anything related to money, because they not only offer projects but also group trading that looks legit but is certainly just a scam.
Never mind messages from individuals, even airdrops carried out by projects on Telegram often end in scams.
So don't trust anyone on telegram unless you are sure you know them in real life or they are a trusted member of this forum.

It's the opposite. You should turn it off to avoid downloading malware embedded in pictures or videos. I saw dozens of news related to malware spreading through Telegram, from fake docx files to PDFs, so Telegram clearly won't protect you from that. Even if you use virustotal or something similar to scan the files there's no guarantee their database is updated to include the latest malware. I believe it's better to assume nothing is immune to malware attacks so you don't get blindsided. CMIIW.

Haha. That was expensive for me, but a lesson learned. I used to give advice to people about how phishing works and that they should check the URL twice before they connect their wallet to a website. But my smart ass did not want to follow what I suggested to others, and I went ahead to connect my wallet even though I was sleepy and on my mobile device when I did that.

That was actually stupid of me. But I have learned a lesson. This actually proves that no matter how experienced you are, you could still fall for scams if you become careless while surfing the internet. That happened because I was confident that I won't fall for these scams

It's not just the DMs you receive on your Telegram account, but also the accounts they create on the X platform as mentioned in the tweet link shared by the OP.

These fake accounts are similar to the official accounts of influencers with the verification badges and they comment on their tweets with links to these groups that they claim are exclusive, premium or private with the temptations they write to urge beginners to join these groups on Telegram to double their investments or for profit from airdrops and so on. As soon as they rush to join, they will find that their wallets have been compromised if they are not using hardware wallets, and also their systems if this is the primary system they use to store important data when the malware works on their devices. This is indeed an evolution of simple phishing, and everyone should be aware of all these scammers' tactics, to be aware of how to secure themselves.

I don't think it is wise to connect wallet to any platform provided by some random people via dm, that is risky and often end in tears. If you have been active in cryptocurrency, it is not really complicated to know a scammer from the first few words that will come out of him. Whenever I receive a random DM, the first thing that comes to me mind is that I'm being confronted by a scammer. It will take the person convincing me to thin other wise and I will be very attentive to the tone of the conversation as well as the logic so I will be able to spot a red flag which scammers never fail to drop. 

Honestly, I never bothered to click the link provided for clarification. The information provided is enough and satisfying, this is a clear example how careful we all ought to be, why will anyone fall for a cheap scam like this one involving wallet and private details. I don’t understand the point clearly because I want to know what’s promising about the project, although any user who decides to send message to an unknown group should be ready to handle situations like this definitely the person is now the center of attraction. I’m sure people who send different messages face all sort of temptation and it’s so difficult understanding the genuine ones, personally avoiding such group is the starting point to escape all this.

Yeah, it should be malicious smart contract or just malicious website. Malware has a different meaning. Regardless the name it will still steal your funds if not carefully secured your device. Btw Sorry for the loss.

I've got some kind of malware, and almost got my email hacked on twitter/X last time searching for some new cryptocurrency projects, so probably just be careful especially on linked that is being sent on different groups, especially on Telegram where a lot of scammers are using, There was no way around it for sure, so if there are a lot of red flags and some shady things going on, Im not going to join a group on telegram.


I believed that it is not really going to be easy to be hack, like if you click a link your not really gonna get hack that easily unless you just got trick into putting your information to a fake website something like that, its a different case if the telegram is the one getting hack, in this case its probably better to avoid strangers since you can already see that the intention of someone want to have a chat with you is to trick you.

Actually not even in telegram but any kind of socials and even it came on your friends randomly because sometimes their account are the one got compromised and because you are having often conversation with them you forgot to make yourself keep more safety. Tons of people now are getting careless recently on the internet so stay vigilant. In telegram before you can filtered out people who can message to you but now you need become their premium member to access this feature.

If we can maintain an healthy practice on the use of the so called social media telegram app, then we are not likely going to to be a victim for related scam there, here are some tips we may have to follow to ensure that we make use of the opportunity on the use of social media and telegram precisely in a safety mode.

1. Don't join any group you don't know about
2. Ensure to activate 2FA on your telegram
3.  Avoid telegram links unsolicited
4. Same as well, you need to avoid downloads there
5. Don't make your contact number or email visible to the public on telegram

With these few steps, you are not going to easily be attracted to any scam related telegram attempts others are being affected of.

I also had such a problem once while learning about new crypto. First, I tried different types of airdrops and got a payment of about $30 at a time. Later, I kept it in one of my trust wallets. One day, a message came to my Telegram, and I was surprised. Later, while chatting with them, they gave me a requirement that you can earn a lot of money from there. Although I was new then, I did not understand, so I asked them to share my wallet phrase. I shared it. Later, after a few days, I saw my wallet empty. That's when I realized that they were scamming me. Then I blocked them, stopped using that wallet, and started using another.

There are many messages on Telegram to scan constantly. It is better to avoid these messages now, and I also avoid them because they are sitting in their hands. If you fall into their trap, you will lose. That is why we must proceed very carefully so that they cannot harm us and we do not fall into a trap.

Yup, there are many DM's if we join some hot groups, sometimes they use the name of platform support or core team member for kind of assistance and their other cruel methods (Cruel in terms of shity methods).

Honestly, we all know about the market and spammers and some other basic precautions we need to take, except for some of those who are opening their eyes recently in crypto industry.

I've found something stage, haha I know there's nothing strange in it but I've come to know this recently, Haha I was checking the source of the mode WhatsApp which is super famous all around my region Watsapp GB after watching a video that it contains some fishy access permissions haha and it there I've checked myself there are some crypto-related scripts and many payment permissions in simple words all possible access our smartphone can provide were there.

So My dear Watsapp GB users if you want read the deleted messages only you can go for notification data reading better than Watsapp GB.

If I get sent a link from someone I don't know or get an unsolicited offer from someone I am not expecting and I still go ahead to give this person the attention he is seeking for, even to the extent of giving him some private information I should be keeping to myself, then I should really be taking responsibility for my stupidity if anything eventually goes wrong. Some people are just too careless and only get to realise how careless they were after some damage have already been done.

Scammers are becoming more sophisticated these days and the only only way we can stay ahead of them is by avoiding strangers and strange links completely. If everyone can do this, the risks of getting scammed will reduce a bit. That is until these scammers device new means of scamming their victims effortlessly.

It’s the one way in which you can’t have access to a telegram channel no more. Not having access to the telegram phone number which could have been reset to a whole new one. Once that is done, then it’s gone to you too and that’s a whole lot of hack to reverse. Do they even do that?
Telegram have never been an easy catch or deal for users. You’ve got to be very skeptical about whatever text you receive and how to go about it. Being vigilant on those pop up notifications and proactive to tackle the security warnings when they pop up.

Telegram is full of scammers and frauds, they actually know that most users who use Telegram are somehow part of crypto community and especially the ones who've joined some crypto call groups.

The scammers first introduce themselves as insiders and sometimes they show huge balance of their accounts to gain trust of the victims. In actual they don't have any such balance but only they show it via screenshot, and that's their way to trap victims.

Only awareness can prevent the community from such scams, and the scammers will always try to find ways to scam others. They have no moral values and they don't really care about someone else. Only education and awareness is our weapon against such scammers.

I vaguely remember that incident, it's been more than a year. All I can recall was that we were trying to recover the account but were unable to do so. The logging code wasn't coming through, and the system gave us a message, "too many attempts" or something similar. I guess the hacker first hacked the account with malware and then bruteforced it in order to lock us out! We were unsuccessful that day. I can't tell whether he (friend) was able to recover that later.

Good thing i was awake when this happened so i did all stuff to prevent the hack, but i guess since i owned the tg number i can still recover the account, No? Why its not possible to your friend? Well, it doesn't happened to me yet. But why it's not possible, uhm, i guess maybe if mobile number is changed.

More than that, not only we have to be careful and distrust any link that was sent to us from strangers, we also have to be careful that any link that sent to us even from our colleagues, they might have became a victim to scam and the scammer is operating their account and sent a link to their associate contacts. We could as well ask questioned them about the link, in case its a phising and they think that was a valid link, such us a website for gifts or discounts which asked them to share the link, since not everyone is aware of internet scamming.

This is what a scammer will do to their victim. They will try to convince their victim by offering a tempting offer and asking you to join. If you are not careful, you will follow what they want that making you lose.

If a stranger gives you a link and asks you to check it, you can skip that and block him immediately. That can be a way for them to starts scamming you without you realizing. That is most common ways that scammers do it so you needs to be careful with this.

No need to bother with a stranger that you really don't know. You must be responsible with yourself and aware of any link, document, file, or anything that stranger give to you and no need to clicks that.

I thought the Telegram media auto downloads only for images/video files. So let's say even any files that auto-downloaded by telegram, are safe since they are media files (video or image) and that is impossible file could be infected by any malware?? I'm not sure.

Scary ASF!!!!!!

I believe there's a file that user downloaded if this kind of malware was able to went inside to your system.

It's not malware. It is a smart contract designed to wipe out the entire wallet to a specific address. But before it happens, the victims must connect the wallet and approve the transaction. I created a thread a couple of months ago. My entire meta mask wallet was drained once I connected my meta mask to a fake airdrop website. It took 30 seconds to wipe out my entire wallet. It was too late when I revoked the connection. These are known as crypto wallet drainers. However, I see many new media and blog articles refer to it as malware.

Telegram has been the latest home for crypto scammers. You can see how many airdrop has flooded telegram and comes with much  promises leading to many people losing there asset to scammers. Though some projects are real but majority are scam or trap to swindled fund from victims.  And the easiest way to scam people in telegram is by sendind a virus in form of a bot guiding you connect your wallet maybe internal telegram Wallet or external wallet and when this is connected anything can happen.  Because access has been granted, It is important people don't  connect  their external wallets with Hodling, to the telegram airdrop connect, to avoid swindled of fund or to avoid malwear or clipboard virus.

Something similar once happened with one of my friends. He rarely used his TG account and and one day some Russian guy somehow hacked his account. All of his personal details were private, numbers and everything and he had 2fa on. But still the hacker was able to got hold of his account. Later we (I was with him) tried to recover the account, but the recovery code wasn't coming. And at the same time the hacker was threatening us by saying he would hack all our accounts. He used all kinds of slang vulgar words like asshole,mother****. Unfortunately we couldn't recover it. We had to abandon that account though it didn't contain much information or anything.

Even in legitimate crypto telegram groups, these scammers are also there. They'll try to message the newly joined members and if that member is not aware of this tactic they do, they're likely to fall for this trap that they set. I think it's always worth noting that if you haven't messaged anyone, don't entertain it from strangers. And if they ask you to visit a link and if it asks for you to connect to your wallet, that's already a sign of it as a red flag. It's scary for those that are unaware of it if these links are automated and trying to connect automatically the wallets and if you're the kind of "yes guy" and just clicks yes/agree, you're in danger.

This is not related to malware on TG but I just got a detected login to my one account today at 5 am (was sleeping just got awake from the call) which was the very first time to happen in my tg account.
- First i got a message from tg of login code that someone trying to access my account, this is only will happen if they know your number knowing this number were including on different breached like Ledger so probably many have this number of mine on their db lists
- then after minute someone call from overseas i didnt answer of course since i didnt know who was it.
- moments later i got new message of detected login from new device "Telegram Android, 11.5.3 MBOX Android 11 (30)"
- set 2fa (received a message on this too)
- then i noticed an email was linked as well which i never did before, probably it was from that user

So what i did is;
- first go to device then terminate the session of the new device, just after i received the call (after a woke up)
- removed the email, it was snipped i can't fully see the email id just the first and last character, then i changed it to mine (first time doing that)
- add passcode
- then reset 2fa

This account is not my main tg never had any convo to strangers i just used it to test my TG bots, since i know this number was leaked to different list already but it weirded me out that just a missed call from unknown number it got successfully login to the account. Which i think that instead of passcode from the app, the call (probably from telegram) was used for the verification then logged in.
Note my privacy settings were all set to "nobody", so no one can see my phone number, calls, last seen, contact list, etc.

This is the number used with label "Malaysia"

Well, it's not necessarily to use your number. For much better than just hiding phone number is you should use another phone number that you don't use for personal reasons and It is more like a dummy phone number that you have to keep in case you need to access an OTP. Another way for scammers to know on how to contact you is when they know your telegram username like when you and a scammer are in the same group then he can send you a message. Another one is you shouldn't entertain such attempts.

Yea... the first step after signing up ones telegram account is to set up every privacy and security datas. In the case of using temp number on the TG may not be easily applicable to everyone, easiest way is to hide the number through the privacy settings and it won't be displayed either.

Telegram is no social media as of what it is today, that's a hub for scammers. This should have been known already, any unidentified DM from anyone is an absolute scam, most of them comes in as investors many brings the idea of them trading for you and giving out returns of profits after weekly trade which is also false, that's a bid to reap off your funds.

I have always seen telegram as the play ground of scammers. Whoever is trading there or using it should be very conscious and careful. Someone in the barracks should be very careful of bullets and not someone sleeping in his room.

Generally, if someone sent you a link, it is suspicious and be treated with care, let alone being set a link from the scammers abode.

Alot of telegram users leave they security amd privacy settings at default which gives stranger's access to messagthem freely?, but those that took extra step to customise their privacy settings have less chance of communicating with any scammers or strangers trying to reach them that is that about telegram.

Back to ops questions as to what gives the scammer access to steal funds from a wallet that is connected to their smart contract, if I am not mistaken, some smart contracts have security settings that grant them transaction access to any wallet connected to them and even have access to both the pin and other secure features of the wallet, so for that the victim's funds are at the mercy of the scammers when there are already into the wallet.

They also message you a question like do you want to earn profit by investing and then give you a website that the system on how people earn is through pyramid scheme which in my opinion is a scam although I don't have any proof but as we know that pyramid scheme or ponzi scheme is known by many people and how it is used to scam people. This is exactly what happened to me where someone sent me a pm and I pretended to be interested which I am not and also I received a message as well where he asked me if I want to buy bitcointalk account for money. People should be very careful about telegram groups and people who sent you dms on telegram.

I rarely join telegram groups and do not get unsolicited messages at all. Someone using their telegram as a means of finding crypto projects or joining crypto groups to share knowledge will run the risk of getting scam messages. If you are in that situation, never reply to any unsolicited messages, do not click links and always report such messages when you get them.

Your privacy setting will also protect you from being added to random groups or receiving random messages.

- Jay -

Links, files like animated images, videos need to be ignored and avoid to download them.

How to disable auto media download in Telegram.

Turning the automatic download feature for your Telegram account, and avoid clicking on any unsolicited links and files.

On devices I log in my email, accounts and have my wallets, I am more carefully with practice and don't click on links automatically without a little consideration time. I agree with you that any account has risk to be compromised, so OPSEC, I don't intend to easily clicking on anything.

Even if you know or trust someone, it's always best to be cautious with links they send, as their accounts could be compromised or they might accidentally share malicious links. Always verify the source of link and avoid clicking on anything suspicious.

There are some decent and real airdrops on Telegram, but be careful. Scammers may pretend to be real projects to steal your info or money. Always check if the project is real, never share private keys or connect wallet. Confirm details from their official website or channels before joining.

 Telegram is the hub for scammers so when you join a group that immediately prompts you to link your wallet, that should send alarm bells through you and most times these scammers present a very credible looking proposal that would seem so convincing that if one's not careful, they will fall but they will always have something that would give them away to be dubious and full of scam so what I do when I see such "projects" I just ignore. Good thing I'm not always on telegram.

Whether it is a new malware or not, the key point is that it is a vital shared information so that others who have not learnt about it will be updated and stay cautious on joining telegram groups. Especially those ones that basically discusses about enhancing members opportunities to earn money without going in details the foundation of the organization or platform.
Infact, I am rather preferred not clicking an unknown link because such is a means to make your device vulnerable to scammers.

Even, once I am asked to connect my wallet to the platform, I am immediately twice thinking of malicious intentions and that is even why I am rare to participate on most bounty projects that requires connecting of wallet to enable payment.

 

Since I noticed that scammers are more in telegram space than other notable social media platforms, joining groups on telegram has been minimized despite having some good groups that has proven to be legit on telegram.

You see the idea of connecting my wallet address to any link from telegram, I doubt if I will fall for the scam again after hearing the stories of people that have lost control of their wallet and the funds inside of it.

People should just be mindful of the groups they quickly rush to get into and they should try not to clink any link they see on the groups because most people do not know what happens next after clicking on links that was sent to them through telegram.

The easiest way is to customize your privacy and security settings so that only people registered on your phone can contact you(remove your username and use TG with temp phone number)

While we're being cautious about scams, telegram is proven to remain the number one scammers eden. It baffles me how these scammers are improving on their strategies as technology is improving and telegram has been the leading channel they carried out their evil acts. That being said, isn't it carelessness to join any group that comes our way? I believe if you have anything to lose, you'll definitely be careful clicking on strange links. Moreover, reputable projects don't restrict access to their groups, you don't need to pass through bot verification to prove your humanity. I like the idea of most projects and influencers representatives adding "never dm you first" to their names to minimise the case of impersonation.

Golden rule in telegram if you dont know the person or someone talking to you he is a scammer until otherwise rproven legit user from a project. I often got dm with such introductions and ofcourse these scammers even use legit or verified users. I have not yet fallen into the likes of these modus since I am not gonne be swayed by such offer even though its so good.

Any link sent to you from a stranger should be viewed with distrust. Telegram fraud has become very sophisticated these days. In my country, they spread a message like, "Look, you're on the news," or ask, "Is that you in the photo?" and send a file with the extension ... apk. After you click on the link, all your funds are debited from your cards if they are linked to your phone. The same thing happens with the distribution of fake links from our Telegram crypto groups that we subscribe to receive news. We don't know the people who sent the links, and we shouldn't trust them. But there is another thing: scammers have learned to hack Telegram accounts. Even after receiving a link from people you know, still be extremely careful. Sometimes bad things can be sent from acquaintances.

I have joined some Telegram groups before. When you joined or if you post on the group, you will see some scammers that will send you message to chat with you. Convincing you that they are working in group and the project. But they are all scammers. What I noticed before was that they will give you a fake link and tell you to connect your wallet. If you connect your wallet, I am not sure maybe you will still be the one that will make payment into the scammers address, but I do not think so because victims complained that all the money on their wallet are stolen with the Telegram scam.

So I do not know if this malware is truly new or not, but it is worth knowing. Although, it is just like before, if you avoid the fake Telegram groups, you will avoid the malware. Scam Sniffer posted on X that the malware is through a bot. And that it can compromise your crypto wallets and your device.




https://x.com/realScamSniffer/status/1866465802020602074?t=9ZtgnfEyENZpJvmGI2gDwQ&s=19


If you click on the link and you are not logged in through browser, you will not see all the Scam Snuffer's posts. You can click on the link in code which can suggestion you to read it on your Telegram app where you will see all the posts, provided if you have X installed on your device.