BREAKING: Telegram CEO Officially Confirms Gramtoken.io ICO as FAKE

As reported to Finance Magnates, Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has officially confirmed that the Gramtoken.io website claiming to be the host of the Telegram ICO is a scam:

The tweet came as a response to Twitter user Hive account@kavingchng, who asked ‘Sir, is gramtoken.io Telegram’s ICO?” Other than this response, no one from Telegram has made any statements directly referencing Gramtoken.io.

Although TechCrunch reported on Gramtoken.io earlier this month as if it were the legitimate Telegram ICO, suspicions arose as Telegram made absolutely no mention of any blockchain-related projects anywhere on any of its social media.

Additionally, some Twitter users have pointed out that Gramtoken.io was registered on January 1, 2018 with Namecheap and uses the Cloudflare service, while Telegram is registered on GoDaddy and uses GoDaddy’s SSL certification service.

Over the last several days, Twitter has been abuzz with crypto community members warning each other of the scam.