In comparison to the same period last year, there were 137.5 % more fraud cases reported on Telegram in the first quarter of this year.
Of the 8, 336 fraud cases where thieves contacted patients via messaging apps, 45 per cent used Telegram, according to the officer’s mid-year short.
Scammers may have had trouble obtaining aid from Telegram for those who have been physically affected by them.
Mr. Robin Hicks, an writer, started receiving texts next month from people who claimed to be on Telegram, or at least someone who had used his phone number.  ,
What’s interesting is that the person who presented themselves as me had a different identity. It was a fresh woman”, he said.  ,
The scam, who purportedly was Mr. Hicks, approached persons and even his business associates, claiming that he was in a difficult financial position and that he had been asked to borrow money.
Mr. Hicks attempted to take command of the bill after learning about the scam, but he was unable to do so because password codes are sent to the profile more than SMS.
He also sent the program a message asking his friends to delete the Telegram account.  ,
In his message, he included pictures of the fictitious profile and conversations between the defrauder and his contacts.
But he did n’t get a response from Telegram.
” There was n’t even an automated response to say, hey, we’re looking into it”, he said. ” Little at all”.
The person who made up his identity remained in contact with his links for about a week or two.
” Thankfully, a lot of the contacts realised it was a hoax or a scam account, because it so obviously was n’t me”, he said, adding that there were Finnish words used in the biography of the account linked to his number.
” I believe it would have been more of a problem if they had used a photo from my LinkedIn profile or another social media account,” she said.
However, it was difficult not to notice back from Telegram, particularly since the scam had reached out to his function contacts.  ,
” It was fairly obvious it’s a scammer, but if ( the picture used ) was more similar to me, it could have been potentially career wrecking”.
More than a fortnight later, he still has never heard anyone from Telegram. He just learned that some friends had helped him check the bill after it had been deleted.
Mr Gabrielle View, Mr Hicks ‘ partner and a long-time person of Telegram, said she expected the software to respond to like demands more quickly.
” My impression of ( Telegram ) is that it was very focused on security and its users. I believe I simply anticipated it to do much, at least better than WhatsApp,” said Ms View.  ,
Interestingly, she said WhatsApp seems to react to con groups very quickly, maybe even before she reports them.
When Ms See first began using Telegram, she believed that it was vigilant in collaborating with its users and that it often released new features for them.
She has lost some of her gratitude for Telegram due to Mr. Hicks ‘ practice.