Scammers are using Telegram verification bots to inject crypto-stealing malware
Scam Sniffer told Cointelegraph it was the first time it’s seen a scam use a “specific combination of fake X accounts, fake Telegram channels and malicious Telegram bots.”
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Scam Sniffer told Cointelegraph it was the first time it’s seen a scam use a “specific combination of fake X accounts, fake Telegram channels and malicious Telegram bots.”
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