Telegram Deposit Scam Fraud Exposed

Clone Groups + Fake Bots Targeting Beginners – Have You Been Caught?

Within Telegram's 🛫 shadowy industry, "deposit guarantees" were initially designed to mitigate transaction risks, but fraudsters have now transformed them into a cunning trap for unsuspecting users. Two recent high-frequency scams have been unveiled, catching victims off guard:

Tactic 1: Puppet Bot Seizes Funds
Scammers pose as business brokers, persuading victims to use their “secure bot” for group creation. Once users transfer the deposit to the bot-controlled wallet, the funds are instantly stolen. A cryptocurrency OTC trader fell for this ploy, losing a staggering 120,000 USDT.

Tactic 2: Information Stream Swap Cloning Groups
When victims insist on self-managed guarantee groups, fraudsters claim they’ll handle it later while swiftly cloning an identical chat (including member avatars and IDs). Exploiting Telegram’s message overlay feature, they lure the victim into the fake group and quickly post fabricated "urgent rules," prompting a deposit. Only after payment do victims realize the original group is no longer active.

Anti-fraud experts highlight how these scams exploit three critical tech and cognitive weaknesses:
🔸 Group IDs and interfaces are easily replicated
🔸 Message notifications can be overwritten effortlessly
🔸 Users lack familiarity with Telegram operations

Worse yet, scam rings often combine both methods. If a victim suspects the fake bot, the con artists swiftly shift to the cloned group scheme. One victim lamented, “I thought my scam detection skills were solid, but I still lost 80,000 yuan in split-second message switches.”

🌏 Blockchain tracking data reveals that a single criminal organization laundered over 23 million yuan within two years through such scams, with the illicit funds ultimately funneling into Cambodian underground banking networks. The platform’s regulatory gaps, combined with novice users’ knowledge gaps, have turned "guarantees" into the deadliest trap of all.

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