Telegram AMA scams

As the creator of $shibussy on Base, I’ve been bombarded with DMs and bullshit offers and scam messages galore. I started this project because I was tired of everything I saw in the crypto space, especially at the fringes.

What I didn’t know is just how deep the puddle of shit goes. The telegram AMA game is a whole new scam that I wasn’t aware of. In the telegram AMA scam you’ll see someone who seemingly runs a telegram alpha group. When you click through to the group you see that the group is active and has more than 10,000 members. Seems legit and like it could be a good platform for finding some new eyeballs.

The offer is pretty simple, you provide the hosting platform with some prize money which will be gifted to people who participate in the voice chat. In our case we provided about $300 USD value of $shibussy – $150 for the giveaway and $150 for a “professional host,” to run the AMA.

I was very aware that this was likely a big scam, but there was also hope that I’d be able to tell the story of our project. I argued with the guy a bit but ultimately went through with it all and after further bullshit artistry the AMA actually happened. There were 50-100 people in the live session over the course of the hour that I chatted with the host. I assumed most of these were bots, but they did have some questions from VC which I took the time to answer. But it was all still a big scam and the whole time during the AMA I was realizing how it would work. They could have run off with my money and never done the AMA, but they wanted it to seem legit, so they could try to get me to do more in the future.

The best part was when it came time to give the prize money, they wouldn’t let me choose anyone from the chat (which is where a lot of our own community members were talking), they would only let me choose people who were let through the VC.

So there’s the other end of the scam. They string you along, and then in the end they give the prize money to their own people.

All of this only added to the cause and purpose of what shibussy stands for, which is to represent the tired people who have been harmed by the bullshit that plagues the crypto space.

So we left the AMA with a lot to laugh about and a new scam to expose and hopefully help other people avoid the same mistake in the future.

In the end our community is stronger and more tired than ever.

If you’re tired of all the bullshit-fuck-stick-asshat nonsense in this space and want to connect with a group of tired-ass-cool-fuck-nice-shit people, please go to the official $shibussy website (shibussy.com) where all of our official links are active.

Would love to hear if anyone else has had experience with telegram AMA scams. Shit is embarrassing, but talking about it is the best way to spread awareness.