Decrypting the Threat: Telegram’s Dark Markets and the Growing Menace of Phishing Networks

In the last few years social media has gradually become a one stop shop for scammers. With easily available information, scammers as able to hand pick their target and create a customized scam for them.

Telegram is one such platform that has also emerged as a hub for all things any scammer might need to create a perfect scam. Information that was once hidden behind the screens of the dark web is now readily and publicly available on Telegram, many of which is even free to access. 

From instructional guides and phishing kits to the services of hackers for hire, this application has increasingly become a comprehensive hub, providing scammers with everything they might require for their illicit activities.

For a newcomer it is astonishing to see how easy it is to find these marketplaces on Telegram, which were previously deep inside Tor Onion networks. Messages flow incessantly, unveiling an array of products, services, tips, and tricks—knowledge that was once exclusive to the depths of the dark web is now readily accessible. 

One of the most known examples of such scam is the “Bank of America” phishing page scam which was circulated in the US network. This scam was made to extract bank account details of potential targets, which was then sold to higher players. 

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