Instagram Engagement groups?

There was someone at the club that i met. Long story short, he was saying he is part of an instagram telegram group that everyone likes each others images... of real people. not some bs influencer with 100k likes liking your pictures automatically. but real people with normal 1-2k followers likeing each other pics.. for a special fee to join the telegram.

how do i find this out. i would like to join an engagement group

Most engagement groups are on facebook. Just search it there

you can do this for free too, just add #likeforlike hastag in your photo and start liking all the recent photos in that hashtag you'll get 50% of your likes you gave
there's a combination of hashtags #likeforlike #commentforlike etc.. you have to mine for the hashtag.
and for group search on telegram with "instagram" i'm sure you'll find one.

I would advise you to do engagement pods on Instagram groups, rather than Telegram groups. Usually in Telegram groups there are a lot of people who just post the image/video but doesn't engage, and usually it is hard to find great accounts who are in the same niche as you. For better performance, I would suggest you to DM some niche accounts on Instagram and create your own engagement pod in Instagram.