Topic: Stay away from this kind of giveaway!! Scam alert!! - page 2. (Read 323 times)
Education is the key weapon. We need to train ourselves to spot and this kind of fake giveaways being promoted not only in Youtube, but in other social medias like Twitter and Telegram. And to help, we should report this to Youtube as well to made them aware and hope that they are going to respond by taking down that channel. You can also read: Steve Wozniak Sues YouTube Over Twitter-Like Bitcoin Scam.
People should be used to deal with this kind of advertisement.
Using "common-sense" is the key here or if there's confusion, try to ask other people that are crypto-oriented.
This kind of scam will not stop since it's still effective today. Meaning, there are really people that fall in the trap. However, compared to before, I believed the number of victims now decreases. Thanks for continue spreading awareness about this kind of scam.
Recently, this type of scammer moved to the youtube platform. They are playing some old videos of @ethglobal as live streaming and as similar to previous twitter scam they asking people to send ETH which they will return doubling.
Recently youtube is full with this kinda fake giveway related live streaming and video ads. Basically they are targeting immature crypto investors and they know still people exist who want to be millionaire through crypto doubler. 2 days earlier suddenly i got a paid video ads on youtube where they were using ETH founder vitalik's press interview video clips on their advertisement to make people believe that ethereum owner is really giving free ETH. You can take a look here, [SCAM ALERT] Fake 50000 ETH Giveway - Running Youtube Advertisement
Whenever you get something like this just use the report button of youtube and its the best way to stop them from stealing peoples money.
Now Twitter and Youtube are by no means secure.
I agree with you, plus i don't think they ever were safe, but I'll want to think that after the accounts of those people (Bill gates, Jeff bezos etc) were hacked, and the giveaway/btc doubling scam was posted through their profiles, it must have created staggering awareness on this particular form of scam, remember were talking about some of the post popular individuals in the world, and the news went round the world.After that incident, imo falling for giveaway/btc doubling scam is totally foolish and must only be about greed at this point, not lack of knowledge or even ignorance.
Now Twitter and Youtube are by no means secure. The recent hacker attacks on Twitter have taught us to rethink how to keep ourselves safe. The main way to keep yourself safe is to get rid of greed, because without a greedy person you will not send your hard earned money to such a giveaway.
But Youtube has not been seen to take any action on the big channels that are currently being hacked, which could be dangerous for newcomers to the crypto market. Because they are not aware of such scams. So we can warn them by sharing more and more information about such scams, so that they can be careful.
But Youtube has not been seen to take any action on the big channels that are currently being hacked, which could be dangerous for newcomers to the crypto market. Because they are not aware of such scams. So we can warn them by sharing more and more information about such scams, so that they can be careful.
I am pretty much sure that the hackers from YouTube and the hackers from Twitter are the same and they are doing same fake giveaway which is double return.
So be aware from them and try to be safe from next attack.
And remember one more thing no one in this world is going to return you double instantly.If anyone ask you that then you should reply him "Plz send me only profit I don't need double.Or you can send me half of profit too."
So be aware from them and try to be safe from next attack.
And remember one more thing no one in this world is going to return you double instantly.If anyone ask you that then you should reply him "Plz send me only profit I don't need double.Or you can send me half of profit too."
I haven't read anything regarding how it is happening in YouTube.
It could be due to a breach in the users Google accounts as YouTube is linked to it. There's also the possibility of the user falling for a bait link which the hackers used to gain access.the new member should be alarmed.
Rather than alarmed they should be less greedy and quit looking for get rich quick schemes. If you buy Bitcoin and hodl for long enough you could likely double it's $ equivalent. I am getting curious how this is happening. Twitter one was totally their mistake as the hackers were able to somehow get the access but I don't get the Youtube part. There are lot of big YouTube streamers whose accounts were hacked and donation stream was hosted afterwards. I haven't read anything regarding how it is happening in YouTube.
Now we know that these social media sites are not safe and they can be hacked I thought these social medias has a security features like IP and 2 factor authentication or phone verification, but what happen to the security how did this things happen,
It's also better to create a similar thread on the scam section so more people will become aware.
I am getting curious how this is happening. Twitter one was totally their mistake as the hackers were able to somehow get the access but I don't get the Youtube part. There are lot of big YouTube streamers whose accounts were hacked and donation stream was hosted afterwards. I haven't read anything regarding how it is happening in YouTube.
You probably have heard about the recent twitter hack of popular personalities and companies twitter handle such as Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, MrBeast, Michael Bloomberg, Warren Buffett, Apple, CoinDesk, Binance and more. The scammer hacks those profiles and announces a giveaway. They ask people to send ETH/BTC to a particular address and promises to return the exact double amount of ETH/BTC they received. They made more than US$118,000 through this scam.
Let's have a look at the following example
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Recently, this type of scammer moved to the youtube platform. They are playing some old videos of @ethglobal as live streaming and as similar to previous twitter scam they asking people to send ETH which they will return doubling.
Here are some URL
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoQX4hElcSU&feature=emb_rel_pause- ---video moved.
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VivCHkbg78A ---streaming live.
Don't send coins to those addresses, those are all scam.
P.S- I have recently made a post on the Bitcoin Discussion board https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/scammers-are-back-with-another-trick-be-alert-5264914 and some member suggest that it will be better if I post this on the Beginners & Help, as most of the old members are familiar of such kind of scam and the new member should be alarmed.
Let's have a look at the following example
.Recently, this type of scammer moved to the youtube platform. They are playing some old videos of @ethglobal as live streaming and as similar to previous twitter scam they asking people to send ETH which they will return doubling.
Here are some URL
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoQX4hElcSU&feature=emb_rel_pause- ---video moved.
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VivCHkbg78A ---streaming live.
Don't send coins to those addresses, those are all scam.
P.S- I have recently made a post on the Bitcoin Discussion board https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/scammers-are-back-with-another-trick-be-alert-5264914 and some member suggest that it will be better if I post this on the Beginners & Help, as most of the old members are familiar of such kind of scam and the new member should be alarmed.
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