web.telegram.org scam

An impersonation scam involving cryptocurrency was reported against the website web.telegram.org on 3 September 2026. Category: Impersonation / Fraud Chain: Ethereum Classic (ETC) Loss: 487.5 ETC (approx. USD 3,590) Date: 2 September 2026 Addresses to report: 0x8D42FEae17c1DFaF75edC9e4594241c9c09615CC payment address given to the victim 0xd5a23ebf30637287b8c392bad440e210856e3bdd pass-through 0x91ceb4a0a34b82779fcda62e561c39fb699e5818 pass-through 0xe93496be85b44453c1edd557b3bf35ac8905d457 group cash wallet, active since Nov 2024 0xf49cc78a0a6cd6b64831609e27a156de2ffd8425 dormant accumulator, holds 600.5 ETC 0x09d29655d8c7492cb515d479e8725ed166cfa060 dormant accumulator, holds 421.6 ETC Description: A Telegram account impersonating an administrator of Bybit's official Russian-language support chat (user ID 8259463830, @Polonskyibybit_p2p, display name "Polonskyi |, Bybit") approached me immediately after I was blocked in that chat, offered to unfreeze my restricted Bybit account for a fee payable afterwards, and directed me to send 487.5 ETC to a freshly generated address. The funds moved within 90 minutes: 300 ETC to a Gate.io deposit address (0xad189a7252ba53435de2f33616997d29a95522bb) and 150 ETC to a KuCoin deposit address (0x9b95343852a1f5da2056e1d312a81846fb5ba823). No mixer was used. Victim payment tx: 0x3bc9a9d2f566bc5b1ae9d5adf634ec715ae88e158c97c1fe047b8029e9ebabac The username @Polonskyibybit_p2p was adopted three days before the fraud; a different account (ID 6937473828) previously held @PolonskyiBybit_P2P from March 2025, indicating a rotating set of impersonation accounts. Wallet addresses linked to this report: ethereum: 0xf49cc78a0a6cd6b64831609e27a156de2ffd8425, 0x91ceb4a0a34b82779fcda62e561c39fb699e5818, 0xe93496be85b44453c1edd557b3bf35ac8905d457, 0x09d29655d8c7492cb515d479e8725ed166cfa060 Do not send money or cryptocurrency to anyone connected to this report. If you have already paid, contact your bank or exchange and report the incident to your national fraud authority.