How to report scammers to Telegram Messenger App Admin

Telegram is a secure, encrypted messenger app. It is a favorite for scammers because it is "almost" untraceable (though our team has tools to defeat it!).

Telegram Admin has a dedicated chat channel that is used to report abuse and scammers. We have used it for reports, and feedback is slow, but it is all we have for now.

How You Can Help Disrupt Telegram Scammers

STEP 1:

Open a chat with Telegram’s dedicated anti-scam channel user name “@notoscam”, or click here to open the chat: https://t.me/notoscam

STEP 2:

Copy the users name of the scammer into your clipboard, for example

@globaltraceassets (This is actually a scammer)

STEP 3:

Type a brief justification as to why Telegram should tag the account as a scammer.

For example:

This account is a Nigerian crypto recovery scammer who is revictimising cryptoscam victims. His Telegram chat opens directly from his website: globaltraceassets.com

Report By Email:

Alternatively, you can email report@telegram.org, but this may take longer.

The Outcome

If enough people report the same scammer username, then the following tag will appear to all existing and future contacts. This will force the scammer to change username, so be sure to report the process every time.

Cybercrime Tipoffs

If you have important information about ANY communication accounts, email addresses or social media accounts that are being used by scammers. Please report them to PICDO.org Scam Tipoff page.

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About the author: Michael Roberts

Michael Roberts is a Licensed Private investigator.
1986: Investigator: Australian Telecommunications Commission
2003: Founder, Mile2.com IT Security Training & Certification.
2008: Founder, Rexxfield.com Cyber investigation Services
2022: Founder, PICDO.org “Public International Cybercrime Disruption Organization” a (501(c)(3) Registered Charitable Foundation.

Michael through his business Rexxfield® has been engaged by or acted as a source for numerous law enforcement agencies, in criminal investigations, to identify anonymous Internet users, resulting in arrests and or convictions. These include the DHS, FBI, US Secret Service, US Marshals, Honolulu Police Department, Queensland Police Service (Australia), Maryland State Police, Canadian Provincial Police Agencies, just to name a few. (see: Rexxfield Case Studies)

Before establishing his Digital Forensics Investigation business unit branded Rexxfield® in 2008, He was the sole founder of Mile2, LLC DBA "Mile2 IT Security Training". Mile2 created the benchmark IT Counter Hacking and Digital Forensic certifications that are considered by some today to be the foremost credentials in this vertical market.

Mile2 was awarded sole-source contracts by the US Air Force for counter-hacker and digital forensics certification training, before the USAF officially launched their "Red Teams" to Airforce bases globally.

Mile2 also provided IT security training to UN personal in East Timor during its liberation, as well as The Australian Defense Force Signals Directorate, and numerous State and Federal law enforcement personnel in the USA.

Furthermore, Mile2 provided the very first Combat Network Penetration training for the US Army at Fort Meade Texas, before this team of nine deployed to Iraq during the second Gulf War.

Michael has previously appeared as an expert witness in civil litigation in Nevada USA, Texas USA, Queensland, and New South Wales, Australia.

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