The messaging app Telegram is witnessing an increase within the variety of Toncoin (TON) ecosystem-focused scams, in response to a report by blockchain reporter Colin Wu.
Citing the blockchain safety agency SlowMist, Wu says that there are at the moment “many phishing assaults” occurring within the ecosystem of the layer-1 blockchain aided by Telegram.
“Many phishing hyperlinks (or bots) are unfold via teams, utilizing faux airdrops and different strategies to hack belongings in customers’ TON wallets, particularly Nameless Telegram Numbers. Many individuals use it to create Telegram accounts, and whether it is stolen, it implies that the corresponding Telegram account may be stolen until a separate password is enabled.”
Moreover the phishing scams, cybersecurity agency Kaspersky in April highlighted a Toncoin-focused pyramid scheme being performed on Telegram.
“Scammers promote a ‘super-secret superior bot’ and referral hyperlinks as the important thing to incomes Toncoin. Briefly: you make investments your cash, purchase ‘booster’ tariffs, invite pals, and earn fee from each coin invested. The pyramid scheme incentivizes bigger investments with the promise of upper returns.
In response to our information, this rip-off has been lively since at the least November 2023 – focusing on each Russians and customers from different nations…
…The scammers promise earnings from two sources:
– A hard and fast fee of 25 TON for every invited buddy.
– Fee based mostly on the booster tariff bought by your referrals.
It seems to be a basic pyramid scheme, the place every participant is ‘a accomplice moderately than a freeloader’. Sadly, no person income besides the scammers, and all ‘companions’ lose their investments.”
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