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 are records of proof of the conversation that your trading partner cannot delete or tamper with here on Bitcointalk.. On telegram either person can delete all of their messages at any time from both partie's chat screens..
Bitcointalk forum records are very highly trusted, provable, and automatically archived.. 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..
Personally as someone with brain, if i see the things going wrong by anyway, i take my time to screenshot the entire conversation before it continues to go more weird and nonsense.
Everyone making large to big deals should have that in mind.
Actually when you delete your private messages, i am not pretty sure they are recorded anywhere... And if they are after being deleted, that's scary.
There is no difference on private message "security" and telegram "security" because in both ways, the scammers can get away with the same it depends on their skills.
We share different opinions which is normal.
You can't point "Telegram", "Messanger" or any app for communication as den of scammers.
There is tons of reports daily here in the forum and we do not call it that way either.
Scammers are everywhere and not a private message, telegram chat or meeting can save you from them.