YouTube crypto giveaway scams
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YouTube crypto giveaway scams
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#2It would be nice to know what the scam entails.
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#3i haven't done my own analysis on this yet, but a lot of times the scammers will send funds to the scam accounts to make it look more legit. The elon musk youtube scammers are horrible people, but I'd be surprised if 200 million was the actual amount stolen
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#4crypto scams in general are out of control.
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#5So, how does the scam work?
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#6Be nice if they specified what the scam is so I don’t become an unsuspecting victim.
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#7I find it rather irritating that the author didn't bother to describe the mechanics behind the supposed scam. A quick sample of other posts also suffer from the same lack of information.
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#8An earlier post seems to provide more context, https://scaminvestigations.substack.com/p/better-than-ransom...
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#9So, how does the scam work?
If it's like other crypto giveaway scams it works like this:
Twitter account impersonating some celebrity, e.g. Musk: "to show my love for crypto, I am giving some away. Send bitcoin to and I'll send double back!"
Replies from other Twitter accounts controlled by the scammer: "wow, I had my doubts but I sent some money and got double back. Now I'm rich. Thanks Musk!"
Marks: send crypto to that address and never get anything back.
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#10An earlier post seems to provide more context, https://scaminvestigations.substack.com/p/better-than-ransom...
That still doesn’t explain the scam.