Quote from: albon on Today at 05:56:29 PM

Quote from: CryptSafe on May 12, 2025, 05:26:59 PM

This could be a new but old trick they are using now to come in disguise as a lady with a modest picture that could convince their victim to think they are responsible and calm to deal with, but their ulterior motive is to trick you into a relationship kind of conversation, and see how you flow so they can present you a link which you will click to either hack you or deceive you in making payments for their investment plans which is fake and a scam to say. We just ought to be more careful and alert to their tricks and gimmicks so we do not fall for them, as they are everywhere looking for whom they can take advantage of.

Most scammers disguise themselves using photos of Asian women or stolen stock images from the internet that appear more professional and convincing.. By purchasing Telegram's premium subscription, they can DM and target people they find in a cryptocurrency-related Telegram group, pretending to be more experienced in the field. They can even send fake proof of their profits, and in the end, the victim finds himself facing a phishing link or a fraudulent link to a phony trading platform.

Therefore, fraud on Telegram does not stop at what the OP mentioned. Many fraudulent bots are now spreading widely in Telegram groups, through which anyone can lose their money. Therefore, no one should trust strangers they do not know on Telegram or start any conversation with them; it's best to simply block and report them as spam.

I never want to mention the race so as not to look like I was being too emphatic on the region, but I wasn't carried away by the beauty because I already knew that is how scammers operate. They lure you with a beautiful profile picture to get your attention, and if you give in, they immediately know you could fall for the picture, then they go straight to their act but if they see you to be too hard, they delay with a different tactics just like the scammers did in my case. However, our safety is within our confines, and we should always be on alert to watch actions as they unfold with contacts we engage with via social media.

With regards to the telegram bot, we just have to be careful because just a click could activate the function of the bot to carry out its programmed task. I almost fell for it when I was approached for a telegram name purchase, and the scammer sent me a bot link to sign an agreement of purchase before payment and out of curiosity I proceeded to see to the end of it all but I was cautious to know when to terminate the conversation. As I clicked it, I almost got hacked, and immediately, while still loading, I quickly terminated the process before it could finish loading because I was seeing some funny prompt coming up and loading without any authorisation which I should have been the one authorising it.