The Anti-Scam Response Team has come up with an initiative to incentivize community members to find and report to Telegram scam groups and channels that plague the Polkadot ecosystem.

This initiative aims to make use of the sub-bounties pallet once it’s part of the runtime to issue rewards, but in the meantime it is being tested out with a small number of participants and the rewards are issued with tips. This tip proposal is for such a reward.

The process for participating is described in [this Google form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRgEf5AMxJkmen74A7bZzDc2X5myACfbn8cVfmILvSO7euVg/viewform?usp=sf_link), which is how the participating members submit their reports.

Telegram user @suguangrui has been doing excellent work since this initiative started and has already received a tip last month for his efforts. This tip is for the groups he found and/or reported to Telegram in September and have been marked as scam or removed. 

This is a list of these groups: 

- Timestamp fo the report: 02/09/2021 17:42:58
- Group link: [https://t.me/officialpolkadot/12975](https://t.me/officialpolkadot/12975)
- First discovery: No
- Group flagged: Yes
- Reward: 1 DOT.

All these groups posed a direct or indirect threat to users and their funds and were damaging the reputation of the ecosystem.

So, we propose to the Council that a total tip of 1 DOT is awarded.

The curators of this initiative:

@JackEsky: Active member of the community and admin of the official Polkadot Telegram channel. He’s been actively fighting Telegram scams for several months.

@michalisFr: Web3 Foundation employee and member of the Anti-Scam Report Team who leads this initiative

attest that we have verified all the information submitted by the beneficiary based on the rules of the initiative.




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- **Problem Statement:** Incentivizing community members to report Telegram scam groups in the Polkadot ecosystem.
- **Significance:** Addressing the threat posed by scam groups to users and the ecosystem's reputation.
- **Proposed Solution:** Issuing rewards through the sub-bounties pallet or tips for reporting scam groups.
- **Expected Outcomes:** Awarding a total tip of 1 DOT for reporting scam groups, led by community members and the Anti-Scam Report Team.

Reward for finding and reporting Telegram scam groups as part of the Anti-Scam Community Initiative

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