Fraudulent call centers are the fastest-growing "business" on Telegram right now.
The SCAM LIST channel detailed another scheme that hunts for the money of messenger users. We will briefly outline the key points.
These are not one-time schemes, but an established business with a network of channels, call offices, and huge advertising budgets. Since January 10, the authors of the channel have recorded at least 15 new active channels of this group, and another 7 were deleted by Telegram on January 17.
The scheme - through phishing, people are lured to fake "investment platforms", profits are fabricated, then constant calls and pressure begin: top up your deposit, pay the fee, pass the verification, the last payment for withdrawal. Fake documents, invented regulators, and bogus verifications are used. In the end, everything possible is squeezed out of the victim. According to reviews from victims, minimal losses start from 1,000$. Often, amounts reach several thousand, with cases of 40,000-50,000$.
Just the other day, by the way, a subscriber wrote to us who encountered a similar scheme and lost money.
Friends, take care of your deposits, be extremely cautious with any "well-wishers" who write to you privately and invite you to "surefire topics". Check "investment platforms" that you either find online yourself or receive from other people.