Back in 2017, many ICO projects pride themselves of having one of the biggest telegram community. Some of them would market it as a proof or sign that many investors believe in their project. People who have been around all know that most members there are airdrop/bounty hunters who only joined to qualify for the reward.
I also saw one
post earlier asking for telegram group members and one of the condition the buyer posted is that it "needs to look real".
Anyway, this post is just a reminder to beginners in crypto. We don't want you to fall for these tricks to lure you into investing into their projects.
Is there anyone who actually makes purchases accordingly?
I don't think so. So you can have a 100K Telegram channel for just a few hundred dollars. Thousands of boats flock to your channel in a few days. You can tell some of them everything you want.
At least I don't believe those who follow this forum will do something like this.