Are TELEGRAM GROUPS useful for discussing escorts?

[Roger Smith]

Has anyone here used Telegram groups to discuss escorts?   Or has anyone here ever used Telegram groups to find and connect with escorts?

Having learned how the platform works, it seems like it would be a useful platform for either of these purposes.  But how would you go about finding such groups if they existed?

It seems like this archaic - albeit lovely - platform for discussing such things can't be the only way.  

[+ Pensant]

Let us know what you discover!

[Johnnyroad]

Seems potentially risky if one person’s conduct within the telegram group is criminal. Note that this is likely the case, given that folks are either selling *** or buying *** for money. There are then folks that some providers call the cops on.

 

If all of you are in the same group chat, and your phone numbers can identify you, that’s not great. 

[soloyo215]

My question is what gives that particular platform an advantage. Based on my research, it seems like the selling point for that platform is its privacy, which tells me that it's not private.

[DznNYC]

1 hour ago, Johnnyroad said:

 

If all of you are in the same group chat, and your phone numbers can identify you, that’s not great. 

 

Telegram gives you the option to hide your phone number, so it seems to be one of the safer chat platforms in terms of anonymity.  

[DMonDude]

I'm sure Telegram groups of people discussing escorts exist, but I'm not sure it'd really be drastically more or less useful than this forum though. Same thing just in a more modern "group chat" user interface compared to the "forum" interface. You could argue the Telegram group would be more focused on just discussing escorts whereas this forum has many sub-forums for non-escort related topics. Group chat interface though means there's no topics, no organization, you have to scroll through everyone's posts and side tangents, etc. 

Maybe a Telegram group could be better for discussing/sharing escorts specifically with people you know in real life who also hire and do so locally to where you are. Also could be good for discussing escorts who are operating via word of mouth only and don't advertise on RentMen and other sites. As this forum rightfully has rules against posting non-public info like social media or real names of guys if it's not specifically listed on their escort ad (we have to DM each other here for that if desired).

To @soloyo215's and @DznNYC's points too. There's privacy related things to be aware of. Telegram does have end to end encryption via a feature called Secret Chats. However, it's important to know that this is only for one on one messages, is not on by default, and you have to turn it on for each specific chat individually. Telegram groups can be closed/invite only, but Telegram groups are not secure or private or encrypted. Plenty of people take that risk with trusted groups regularly and it's fine more often than not, but Telegram groups also get leaked/exposed sometimes because a scorned member posts screenshots or because someone gets caught and investigated. And if it ever got that far, Telegram would have the full chat logs and tied directly to your phone number (which you have to provide to make an account, but you can hide your number from fellow Telegram users in favor of a screen name) to hand over if subpoenaed. Not to say this forum doesn't have similar risk, they have our emails and IP addresses. But a VPN and burner email helps with obfuscation there.

Edited May 24 by DMonDude

[Sinclaire]

There's a telegram group that exists solely for muscle worshippers to discuss and recommend service providers.

It seems to be going well from what I've seen and the have multiple threads for different languages and countries. 
Almost all of the service providers are people that have been directly recommended for the group. 

I've never hired anyone through that chat group but it looks like a lot of other people have.

[+ SirBillybob]

I suspect it’s as much work to get laid thru it as it was to get cables laid for it. Lotta deep diving. 

Edited June 10 by SirBillybob

[Anthony]

I actually think Telegram would be a better place to discuss providers since it's less likely to get censored. Also this forum is public and doesn't require an account to view the threads. At least with Telegram it's more private. The groups out there probably do exist. The issue is finding them.

[Cretus]

I really advise against being in any group chat with other clients. Even if your number is obscured, other clients may not be so careful, and may be engaged in other illegal activities through their telegram that then exposes your username or phone number to interested police (if they suspect, for example, you all are a network of traffickers).

Edited Tuesday at 01:15 PM by Cretus

[Anthony]

9 hours ago, Cretus said:

I really advise against being in any group chat with other clients. Even if your number is obscured, other clients may not be so careful, and may be engaged in other illegal activities through their telegram that then exposes your username or phone number to interested police (if they suspect, for example, you all are a network of traffickers).

You are something else telling us what's legal and not on a site like this. Your number is private as long as its set to private and you don't need to use your real number to set up an account. 

[+ SirBillybob]

55 minutes ago, Anthony said:

Your number is private as long as it’s set to private and you don't need to use your real number to set up an account. 

As long as the account phone number you are using is not in another person’s contacts where you are listed, right? I don’t think one can circumvent that.

I know of somebody that unwittingly entered content in their Telegram bio that most people would not want random folks in their Contacts app to come across. They may have obscured the phone number from view in Telegram settings but the link was clear enough otherwise. 

When you say you don’t need to use your “real” number I assume you mean using an alternate to ordinary use. All functioning phone numbers are real.

Edited Tuesday at 09:03 PM by SirBillybob

[DMonDude]

1 hour ago, Anthony said:

You are something else telling us what's legal and not on a site like this. Your number is private as long as its set to private and you don't need to use your real number to set up an account. 

They aren't wrong though. Their grander point isn't about what info is available to other users of Telegram, it's what info is available to law enforcement if they subpoenaed Telegram due to some other user in the Telegram group you're in getting caught and investigated. They're completely right that just because you can cloak your number doesn't mean it's completely private or doesn't still put you at risk. Even if you use an alternate/generated number to sign up on Telegram with, that doesn't protect you either because most number generator services also are ones that have data logs or require at least some kind of real info from you like an email address or your actual phone number to forward to in order to sign up, and if asked by law enforcement/government they too would turn over any info on you they had.

Google Voice for example will give you a fake number to put into Telegram, but Google will hand you over to law enforcement just the same because they know who you are that signed up for the fake number you gave Telegram. Unless you're using services that are proven to have no data logs at all, are end to end encrypted, and require no info to sign up, there's still a trail for an investigation to follow if someone in your Telegram group gets investigated and law enforcement decided to go for other members in the group. You thinking that person being realistic about that on this forum is somehow silly is a complete misread of what they're saying.

That kind of cockiness/sloppiness is exactly what gets people who even use fully encrypted apps like Signal or other encrypted no/low log apps caught.

Edited Tuesday at 09:49 PM by DMonDude

[Cretus]

1 hour ago, Anthony said:

You are something else telling us what's legal and not on a site like this. Your number is private as long as its set to private and you don't need to use your real number to set up an account. 

Strange to interpret anything I wrote as telling you what is legal and not. All I noted about legality was that clients in the group chat you are linked to may be engaged in other illegal behaviors, and that police investigation of them could turn into investigation of the group chat for other crimes. I wonder why you reacted so defensively to that…… 🤔. 

[Anthony]

On 7/7/2026 at 5:41 PM, DMonDude said:

They aren't wrong though. Their grander point isn't about what info is available to other users of Telegram, it's what info is available to law enforcement if they subpoenaed Telegram due to some other user in the Telegram group you're in getting caught and investigated. They're completely right that just because you can cloak your number doesn't mean it's completely private or doesn't still put you at risk. Even if you use an alternate/generated number to sign up on Telegram with, that doesn't protect you either because most number generator services also are ones that have data logs or require at least some kind of real info from you like an email address or your actual phone number to forward to in order to sign up, and if asked by law enforcement/government they too would turn over any info on you they had.

Google Voice for example will give you a fake number to put into Telegram, but Google will hand you over to law enforcement just the same because they know who you are that signed up for the fake number you gave Telegram. Unless you're using services that are proven to have no data logs at all, are end to end encrypted, and require no info to sign up, there's still a trail for an investigation to follow if someone in your Telegram group gets investigated and law enforcement decided to go for other members in the group. You thinking that person being realistic about that on this forum is somehow silly is a complete misread of what they're saying.

That kind of cockiness/sloppiness is exactly what gets people who even use fully encrypted apps like Signal or other encrypted no/low log apps caught.

How is that different than getting caught while using text messages or other platforms? Why are you explicitly trying to state Telegram is a place where folks get caught? Email and other forms of communication are even worse. On Telegram the entire group can be shutdown and deleted. There are more services out there than Google Voice. You also don't have to use a real email address.  

On 7/7/2026 at 5:52 PM, Cretus said:

Strange to interpret anything I wrote as telling you what is legal and not. All I noted about legality was that clients in the group chat you are linked to may be engaged in other illegal behaviors, and that police investigation of them could turn into investigation of the group chat for other crimes. I wonder why you reacted so defensively to that…… 🤔. 

Maybe consider the site you are on and what discussions take place on here that have to deal with a matter than some may not be legal in ones jurisdiction. 

[Heart It Deep]

There is a provider, I've communicated and booked solely through Telegram.  It does provide extra security.  Example.  If you have a "private chat" on your phone, it doesn't show on your computer.  Unlike WhatsApp, which syncs completely but is also encrypted.  

[Cretus]

7 hours ago, Anthony said:

Maybe consider the site you are on and what discussions take place on here that have to deal with a matter than some may not be legal in ones jurisdiction. 

This website has 25,000 members lol……. many who are dead, and very few of which are likely in any group chats, if any at all.

Law enforcement isn’t going to even find it worthwhile to investigate, with limited resources,  *everyone* if even 2 or 3 people are found to be human traffickers. Yes, folks on this website are often paying for fun. That is one unlawful act.
 

The risk in a group chat in telegram is that there is someone there who does MORE illegal stuff than paying for fun. Maybe they are into child stuff. Maybe they are a trafficker. Being one of 29 people in a group chat with that person might make EVERYONE in that telegram group chat worth investigating.

Edited 11 hours ago by Cretus

[+ SirBillybob]

It needn’t be a group chat component. I recall that a well known porn creator this decade was caught by continuing to communicate one-to-one with a Telegram account, holder UserA, that had shifted hands to the FBI team that had charged UserA, and by whom the key co-offender’s name was subsequently disclosed, UserB. The investigating FBI officer posing as UserA to construct the case wasn’t all Pollyanna-like in communication but acted as if he was the initial fellow UserA extending their collaborations in crime, reminiscing, discussing the sharing of CSAM, etc, with User B. Of course short of the FBI actually using illegal images, but somewhat mimicking the original lingo between A and B. 

It’s not a huge stretch that UserB might have been handpicked from group interaction due to prominence, one aim being a big fish media example due to the substantial labour involved for a single conviction. 

UserA had been himself caught via an offender network further upstream in a different state, so a longitudinal cascade effect was the notable porn creator’s undoing, well, not at all unwarranted. It didn’t seem, though, that he (UserB) had already been on the radar. 

Perhaps UserA was able to bargain via cooperation. Obviously, he did not alert the porn creator UserB, through some backchannel, to the sting even though they had met in person and knew each other’s identity. In any event, UserA was convicted and sentenced to a lesser 7 years.

An exceptional example not related to adult commercial sex work, but if you are colluding with others in crimes, whether such offences seem fair game for prosecution or not, given that there is a hierarchy of egregiousness, you cannot always be sure who is at the other end. 

Edited 1 hour ago by SirBillybob