I am not sure why everyone around think that dealing inside the forum via private messages is more safe than dealing with the same person outside forum (telegram,skype,messanger or any chat program).
Becuse here their is records of proof of the conversation that your trading partner cannot delete or tamper with.. On telegram either person can delete all of their messages at any time from bots parties chat screens..
Bitcointalk forum records are very highly trusted and provable.. Telegram is not..
If you think telegram is just as good of a place to do business then why aren't you taking this to the telegram scam accusations board but instead are bringing it here?
If it didn't happen here often times their isn't much that can be done about it here..
Scammers can get away with a lot more on telegram than here.. That's why it's packed full of scammers and people get scammed there all the time and nothing can be done about it..