Firstly, the issue of fake accounts - there are tons of them. The only way I have found to trust a Telegram channel is to see its posts shared by another trusted channel.

Next, the scammers. Telegram seems to be doing fuck all to prevent bot accounts. I regularly get private messages from scammers. Delete and move on. Telegram lets you delete the convo from their end.

And of course change all of your account settings to private.

Informative channels to join:

DiscloseTV - https://t.me/disclosetv

Qtah - https://t.me/Qtah_17

Blueprint - https://t.me/BLUEPRINT_Q

Patel Patriot - https://t.me/patelpatriot

Brian Cates - https://t.me/drawandstrikechannel

Mike Flynn - https://t.me/RealGenFlynn

Kanekoa the Great - https://t.me/KanekoaTheGreat

Project Veritas - https://t.me/project_veritas

Covid Truth Network - https://t.me/covidtruthnet

George News - https://t.me/georgenews

BioClandestine - https://t.me/bioclandestine

Intel Slava Z - https://t.me/intelslava

Garrett Ziegler - https://t.me/GarrettMZiegler