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ESET researchers uncover a Telegram bot that enables even less tech-savvy scammers to defraud people out of their money

25 Aug 2023

ESET researchers have found a toolkit that is implemented as a Telegram bot and helps less tech-savvy fraudsters scam people on online marketplaces. The toolkit, which ESET experts named Telekopye, creates template-based phishing sites before generating and sending phishing emails and SMS messages to potential victims. Read more about this scamming tool and the fraud operation in our blogpost.

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