{"id":3,"date":"2026-10-26T07:10:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog5.click\/xiabaoguide\/?p=3"},"modified":"2026-10-26T07:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:11:01","slug":"second-hand-buy-and-sell-telegram-groups-stopping-fake-payment-screenshots-courier-links-and-overpayment-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog5.click\/xiabaoguide\/2026\/10\/26\/second-hand-buy-and-sell-telegram-groups-stopping-fake-payment-screenshots-courier-links-and-overpayment-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Second-Hand Buy-and-Sell Telegram Groups: Stopping Fake Payment Screenshots, Courier Links and Overpayment Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local buy-and-sell groups are among the most useful Telegram communities: furniture, bikes, baby gear and phones change hands every day. They are also where scammers make money fastest, because every post is an invitation to start a private deal with a stranger. This tutorial is for the admins of those groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The four scams you will see most<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. The fake payment screenshot.<\/strong> The &#8220;buyer&#8221; sends an edited screenshot of a bank transfer or payment app and asks the seller to ship or hand over the item right away. When the seller checks their account, nothing has arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. The courier or &#8220;safe delivery&#8221; link.<\/strong> The buyer says they can&#8217;t come in person and will use a delivery service. They send a link to a fake courier page where the seller must &#8220;confirm the delivery and receive the money&#8221; by entering their card details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. Overpayment.<\/strong> The buyer &#8220;accidentally&#8221; pays too much (in a fake screenshot, of course) and asks the seller to send the difference back. The original payment never existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4. Fake sellers with deposits.<\/strong> A too-cheap phone or console listing. The seller asks for a deposit to &#8220;reserve&#8221; it, then disappears. Often the photos are stolen from another listing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group rules that cut most of it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pin a short rule set and link to it in the welcome message:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Meet in person where possible<\/strong>, in a public place.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Payment is confirmed only in your own banking app<\/strong>, never by a screenshot.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>No courier links from buyers.<\/strong> If delivery is needed, the seller chooses the service and books it themselves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>No deposits to strangers<\/strong> for items you haven&#8217;t seen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>One post per item, with a real photo and the price.<\/strong> Reposts of the same item every hour are removed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Settings for the group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Hide the member list<\/strong>, so scammers can&#8217;t DM every seller at once.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Restrict links for new members.<\/strong> Real buyers don&#8217;t need links. Courier scams depend on them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Slow mode<\/strong> (for example, one message every 5 minutes) keeps listing spam down.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Join requests with a question<\/strong> such as &#8220;Which town or district are you in?&#8221; Most scam accounts skip the question or answer with nonsense.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A post template<\/strong> in the pinned message: item, condition, price, area, photo. Posts that don&#8217;t follow it are easy to delete.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Topics<\/strong> if the group is large: For sale, Wanted, Free stuff, Warnings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A &#8220;Warnings&#8221; routine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Create a read-only Warnings topic or pinned post where admins describe new scam patterns, without personal details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>what the message looked like,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>what the fake link or screenshot showed,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>what members should do instead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a member reports a scam attempt, ban the account, delete its messages, and add a one-line warning. Over time this becomes the most useful thing in the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Automatic filtering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Admins of local groups are volunteers, and scam accounts post at all hours. An anti-ad bot handles the repetitive work: deleting links from accounts that joined minutes ago, copy-paste &#8220;courier&#8221; messages, mass mentions and promotional spam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u867e\u5b9d (Xiabao)<\/strong> is an anti-ad bot for Telegram groups that is free for group owners. Add <strong>@xiabaotg_bot<\/strong> as an admin with permission to delete messages and ban users, and it filters ad and scam messages automatically. The <a href=\"https:\/\/xiabao.org\/\">step-by-step Xiabao setup guide<\/a> covers adding the bot and choosing its settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Checklist for admins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pinned rules: meet in person, check your own bank app, no buyer courier links, no deposits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member list hidden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Links restricted for new members<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slow mode on<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Join requests with a location question<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Post template pinned<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Warnings topic kept up to date<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anti-spam bot running<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Disclosure: written by the \u867e\u5b9d (Xiabao) team, which maintains the bot mentioned above.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local buy-and-sell groups are among the most useful Telegram communities: furniture, bikes, baby gear and phones change hands every day. They are also where scammers make money fastest, because every post is an invitation to start a private deal with a stranger. This tutorial is for the admins of those groups. 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