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$SDCU Telegram Scams

1. Fake Telegram Channels and Groups
 
  • Scammers create channels or groups that mimic legitimate ones for crypto projects or celebrities. These fakes often use similar names, images, and posts to deceive users into believing they are official. They promote fraudulent giveaways, token sales, or investment schemes.
2. Phishing with Chatbots

     
    • Telegram allows for chatbots powered by AI, which scammers use to impersonate customer support for banks and/or crypto platforms. They engage users in realistic conversations to trick them into revealing personal information like passwords, recovery phrases or 2FA codes.
    3. Crypto Scams
    • Pump and Dump Schemes: Scammers inflate the price of a cryptocurrency within a controlled group, selling off once the price peaks, leaving others with losses.
    • Fake Cryptocurrency Giveaways: Promises of free or discounted crypto with the requirement to send money or personal details upfront, which are never returned.
    • Fake Airdrops: Users are asked to connect their wallets to phishing sites to receive supposed free tokens, only for their wallets to be drained.
    4. Impersonation Scams
     
    • Scammers create profiles similar to real companies, community chat and/or project team members, offering token swaps, airdrops, assistance or exclusive insights to build trust, then attempt to steal personal information, have investors send them funds/tokens and/or redirect investors to phishing sites.
    5. Fake Customer Support
     
    • Scammers pose as support agents from Telegram, Exchanges, SafeGuard and/or other crypto services, contacting users about supposed account issues, requesting sensitive information to supposedly resolve these issues.
    6. Malware Distribution
     
     
    • Scammers use Telegram to distribute malware via fake verification processes (Safeguard) or through apps promising lucrative returns. This malware can steal private keys or access other personal data on your device(s).
    7. Romance Scams
     
     
    • Although not exclusively crypto-related, they can lead to crypto theft where scammers develop relationships to convince victims to send money, tokens, often under the guise of needing help with crypto investments or emergencies.
    8. Investment Scams
     
     
    • Scammers promote “exclusive” investment opportunities with high return promises, often related to new or obscure cryptocurrencies that don’t exist or under majority supply control by the scammers.
    9. Servicer Scams
     
    • Servicers that require pre-payment for services like ‘calls’, exposure scams through Weibo, X, etc..art creation, utility development and various other project related needs, to then take funds and provide no services.
    10. Prevention Tips:
     
     
    • Verify Official Channels/Users: Always check the authenticity of channels or groups and verify whoever you’re speaking with is actually who is being presented as such.
    • Never Share Sensitive Information: Especially in response to unsolicited messages.
    • Be Skeptical of Too-Good-to-Be-True Offers: High returns with low risk are often scams.
    • Use Strong Security Measures: Two-factor authentication on devices and NEVER sharing recovery phrases.
    • Avoid Clicking Unknown Links: Especially those from unknown or new contacts.