I am writing to report a potentially fraudulent Celo support group operating on Telegram. While searching for official Celo support, I encountered a group with a large membership at the following URL: Telegram. I have concerns that this group may be impersonating official Celo support.
During an interaction with a support member within this group, I was directed to enter my mnemonic key into a website resembling a launchpad, hosted on vercel.app. This website appears to be associated with various schemes and scams, including one known as amfeix. Given the sensitive nature of mnemonic keys and the potential for malicious activity, I strongly suspect this group is not legitimate and is attempting to defraud users. I request that you investigate this group and, if deemed fraudulent, take steps to have it reported and removed from Telegram.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please forward this message to the appropriate parties, management, and their teams.
Dear Oliver5401,
Thank you for reporting this and bringing it to the attention of the Celo community. Here at Celo, we take the safety and security of our community members very seriously, and I am confident that action will be taken against this group. Please be advised to exercise extreme caution when interacting with this potentially fraudulent Celo support group, and it’s best to cease further communication with them and possibly report them.
To protect yourself from potential scams, please keep the following in mind:
Verify the authenticity of the support group by checking if it’s an official Celo channel or if it’s endorsed by the Celo team.
Never share your mnemonic seed phrase or private key with anyone, no matter how legitimate they may claim to be, as this can give others control over your account and funds.
Be wary of individuals or groups that ask for sensitive information or promise unrealistic returns or rewards.
Report any suspicious activity to the official Celo support team or moderators, as you did in this case.
Consider blocking or leaving the suspicious group, as well as reporting the group in Telegram.
Legitimate Celo support team will never ask you for sensitive information like mnemonic seed phrase or private key. If you’re unsure about the legitimacy of a support group, please also contact the official support team via the official Celo Discord community.
Thank you again for reporting this incident, and I hope this information helps you stay safe.
Also please also review telegram by going into telegram and searching for “cell support” or cell official support” or anything similar to find as much of them as possible and even working with telegram to get them taken down.