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+# Telegram_phone_numbers
+
+You would need the following to use the script.
+
+1. A telegram account with a phone number.
+2. Telegram 'api id' and 'api hash', which you can by creating a developers account on the link: https://my.telegram.org/.
+3. Please put the values of PHONE_NUMBER, API_ID and API_HASH within the script.
+4. Run the script: python3 Telegram_phone_validation.py
+