If you are an active telegram user, then you must have at one point or the other added to groups you know nothing about. This is very common on telegram and it usually happens due to some scammers pay people to build their groups for them.
But do you know that telegram has a provision to stop such things from happening? Prior to my knowing this, I used to be a serious victim, always being added to groups I know nothing about and getting unsolicited private messages from some members of such groups. So in today’s piece, we are going to be finding out how to prevent scammers from adding you to groups.
How to Prevent Being Added to Telegram Groups
It will surprise you to know that restricting random people from adding you to groups would only take a few minutes and you would be free from such problems.
Simply login to your telegram account, locate the settings, then click on privacy settings and proceed to groups and channels, then you will see an option to prevent random people from adding you to groups.
You will now be able to select either of two options; to allow people on your contact list or every one. Just change it to only people on your contact list because someone from your list adding you to groups would only be for a reason.
That’s all for the first normal procedure, no random user will be able to add you to unknown groups simply by using your username. But that’s not all, there is another way of preventing scammers from adding you to groups.
Alternative Method Of Preventing Random People From Adding You to Telegram Groups
This method is also very easy, it involves creating an account with no username. If your telegram account doesn’t have a username, no strange person will be able to add you to any group. It only requires creating a telegram account and leaving it without a username.
