- Zuiver Tradelux Platform utilizes private messaging apps and targeted advertising for its sales funnel.
- Scam targets users via high-budget advertising on YouTube, using Telegram as part of its multi-stage funnel.
Scammers are using platforms like YouTube and Facebook to recruit victims and funnel them to WhatsApp, operating through a syndicate-controlled platform.
1 report, 1 independent
Updated Jun 1
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What happened
Scammers are using platforms like YouTube and Facebook to recruit victims and funnel them to WhatsApp, operating through a syndicate-controlled platform.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- Scammers are using social media platforms like YouTube and Facebook to recruit victims and funnel them into Telegram and WhatsApp groups, leading to official blacklisting by the NASC.Sub-event
NASC blacklisted a platform used by a criminal syndicate to run scams funneling users from social media to WhatsApp.1 source
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Part of
Scam targets users via high-budget advertising on YouTube, using Telegram as part of its multi-stage funnel.Also in this story
- A global criminal syndicate runs a multi-stage scam using high-budget advertising on YouTube and Telegram via the Voxtrend Putere Platform.
- Algorithm-targeted ads on YouTube are redirecting users to private chats on Telegram.
- Noventra Global Markets Platform was used for targeted advertising on YouTube and as a private messaging app on Telegram in a fraud funnel.
- The Fulgor Fundex Platform was used in a scam targeting victims via high-budget ads on YouTube and Telegram.
The entities involved
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YouTube
American video-sharing platform owned by Alphabet Inc.
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Facebook
American online social media and social networking service
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Telegram
instant messaging service
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