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Scammers Paradise

Guardio LabsUnderground markets2024

Inside Telegram’s booming dark markets, where automated bots and turn-key phishing kits lower the barrier to running full-scale cybercrime operations.

$230
turn-key phishing kits on Telegram
2FA Reverse Proxies
sold as off-the-shelf bots
Phishing-as-a-Service
democratizing modern attacks
Scammers Paradise attack infographic

We went undercover into illicit Telegram marketplaces selling Phishing-as-a-Service tools, bulletproof hosting, and automated 2FA reverse-proxy bots.

For as little as $230, novice scammers could deploy automated infrastructure that cloned major financial and enterprise login portals, harvesting corporate accounts at industrial scale.

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