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  2. I've built a career in ethical hacking. Online scams are ...

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    My team have uncovered a Telegram bot that generates and shares malware in the language based on the country code of the user's phone number; we discovered a scam where Android malware was ...

  3. What to know about Telegram, the messaging app whose ... - AOL

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    August 29, 2024 at 9:57 AM. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images. The arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France over the weekend has thrust the popular messaging service and its enigmatic ...

  4. Telegram (software) - Wikipedia

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    Telegram has public APIs with which developers can access the same functionality as Telegram's official apps to build their own instant messaging applications. [198] In February 2015, creators of the unofficial WhatsApp+ client released the Telegram Plus app, later renamed to Plus Messenger, after their original project got a cease-and-desist ...

  5. Arrest and indictment of Pavel Durov - Wikipedia

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    On 24 August 2024, Pavel Durov, a co-founder of the Telegram messaging service and the social network VK, was arrested after landing at Le Bourget Airport. [2] The arrest was part of a preliminary investigation by the French National Judicial Police. [3][4][5] On 28 August, Durov was indicted on twelve charges, including complicity in the ...

  6. How Telegram became the world’s most controversial app - AOL

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    How Telegram became the world’s most controversial app. Anthony Cuthbertson. August 28, 2024 at 7:05 AM. (Getty) When Pavel Durov set about creating a brand new app in the early 2010s, his main ...

  7. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    Advance-fee scam. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [1][2] If a victim makes the ...

  8. Telegram CEO arrested over probe into child porn, drug ... - AOL

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    August 26, 2024 at 4:55 PM. By Layli Foroudi and Tassilo Hummel. PARIS (Reuters) -Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder of messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France as part of an ...

  9. Messaging spam - Wikipedia

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    Messaging spam on Telegram. Instant messaging systems, such as Telegram, WhatsApp, Twitter Direct Messaging, Kik, Skype and Snapchat are all targets for spammers. Many IM services are publicly linked to social media platforms, which may include information on the user such as age, sex, location and interests.