Exposing Telegram's MASSIVE Criminal Underworld

With 700 million users, Telegram hides a dark underworld of crime. We'll discover how this popular app facilitates everything from cyber fraud to large-scale illegal operations.

My name is Gerard and I make Internet Culture Documentaries. My mission is to spread awareness about the Dark Realities of Internet Culture.

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[VisualVenture]

thank you guys for always supporting :). 700k by 2024. Can we do it??

[vnldces]

Bro, the fact that the platform provides actually encrypted communication (unlike facebook, etc) is not a downside, that is a great thing to have. People are responsible for their own actions, not the platforms they use to communicate with. This video shouldn't say "telegram is awful because it's secure" but "telegram's security is great, as proven by many criminals using it".

[Squidbush]

This is basically like telling people to never use a telephone, because scammers.

[programmer]

While it is completely possible for people to commit crime using any means of private communication this doesn't mean we should completely abandon privacy. It's still important, it's still a basic human right.

[varietychan]

I'm honestly not going to stop using the app. There's criminals everywhere, including Telegram, Discord etc.

[Nooblandanimation]

On TikTok you see so many scam bots pretending to ask to be ur gf💀

[Dorvendor]

Telegram is actually a better whatsapp lol. I love telegram. The problem isn't telegram, it's the Internet. It's the world we live in. It's the PEOPLE DOING IT. Discord has similar problems and others, distinct problems. Every social media has a dark side.

[RazorSharpThinking]

It’s not just telegram, every social media app has a dark side to it

[i]

Telegram is a basic messenger like WhatsApp but with more privacy options and features. Its really popular in eastern europe.

[Requiem]

Saying "privacy is bad because criminals exploit it" is like saying "air is bad because criminals breathe it'.

[descuddlebat]

Conflating an app with the worst subset of its users, and demonizing privacy because of the worst it's used for, that I can't really vibe with, the privacy aspect is widely used to get around oppressive regimes, but I suppose that doesn't generate as many clicks as "DANGER DO NOT DOWNLOAD"

[Ju.UwU.Ish.]

I work in check fraud for a major bank. It’s awful - your statistics of it doubling are 100% accurate.

Fraudsters are learning how to get around fraud protection services; don’t write checks you guys. Send an ACH or use your credit card - if you experience fraud it’s so much easier to recover your money versus check fraud. If that money is gone, it’s gone. Claim denied.

[ao_tsuri]

This is absolutely disgusting.. telegram has tons of cool features, it's super easy and intuitive to use, and now it's growing a bad reputation among English-speaking audience.

[alhamduzain]

This video is literally made by us intelligence agencies lecturing how bad privacy is 😂😂😂

[Reiikz]

whatever criminals use for comunication you should use too, because it's an indicator of how good the privacy is :3

[aryaB-yzgd]

I used this app for about 10 years since i was a kid, simply if you don't look for trouble you won't face any, the only reason you can face scammers are if you're in a weird group/bot chat or searched some questionable stuff and joined in otherwise your tag or phone number isn't just posted on billboards to use

[adb_]

The funniest part is punchmadedev scammed his fans 😭

[vitaliimorskyi]

This video basically proves that Telegram is one of the few actually good messengers with great privacy (unlike Facebook, WhatsApp, etc.). Private communication is a basic human right and it is the responsibility of the community on how to use it.

[CoffeePengu]

"This video is sponsored by the US government."

[RandomButBeautiful]

propaganda and clickbait making it sound like Telegram is a racket. Talk about Whatsapp's massive heist of all your data. Backing the wrong horse bro.