Telegram, the group chat and messaging app, is a popular platform for cryptocurrency enthusiasts to discuss news, trends, and prices with fellow members of their community. Unfortunately, Telegram is also a popular platform for scammers and thieves, in part due to the fact that it’s extremely easy to impersonate another person or organization on Telegram.
Typical Scammer Requests:
A scammer:
- Demands to send funds to some address to resolve your issue;
- Asks to send a “returnable” deposit to resolve your issue;
- Requests you to loan funds because they have an urgent need;
- Asks to send funds to be eligible for a bonus or to participate in a giveaway.;
- Invites to participate in a “great investment opportunity”.
Psychological Tricks Used By Scammers:
Though Telegram scammers are far from intellectuals (or they would be doing something else), they deploy basic psychological pressures to make you comply with their requests.
- Time pressure: “You have 2 hours to send money”, “This needs to be fixed urgently”;
- Intimidation: “You will lose your account and your funds”;
- Assurances of legitimacy: “Don’t worry, your funds are safe”, “Trust me”, “Beware of scammers”;
- Guilt: “I guess you do not want to fix your account”;
- Technical language: see in the section above;
- Sense of progress: they will ask your personal info piece by piece and even move you to a different chat which is “more secure” (of course, it’s not!).
Rules To NOT Get Scammed:
Rule 1:
If someone writes you from a Telegram profile marked as a SCAM – it is a scam. Spare yourself some valuable time and do not double-check the validity. It is a scam
Rule 2:
If someone reaches you in Telegram saying they represent a support team, support channel, marketing team, or company management – it is a SCAM. No support is provided via Telegram.
Rule 3:
If someone with a picture and the name of the admin of our chat writes you a private message offering help – it is a SCAM. The real admins of CEX.IO chat will not write you first. They will not write to you a direct message if you report an issue on the channel. They will not write to you when you ask them to message you privately.
#STAY SAFE
DON'T GET SCAMMED
