This problem is very ubiquitous - not just against YT but also on social media sites like Facebook. I have given up reporting these. The social media companies usually employ some automated method, whereupon reviewing the post, said automation determines it's just fine. I also went all the way to finding some prolific scammers in Canada, handing over their details to the FBI and state police... but two years later, t…
The amount of scammers I get in my private messages on Instagram is also insane. How clumsy they act. Method A: Take a random picture that you commented on a longer while ago. Say they're them and that you, the fan, has been chosen for special treatment. Yada Yada, they want to send you a picture of them but sigh coincidence has it that it requires an iTunes gift card to work. Fucking really? The profile picture is that of a blonde but all of the profile's friends are black including the women. Method B: A more popular porn actress had an Instagram account, you comment on that account, any comment. They copy pictures of that account, use AI to generate similar pictures of that person. Again you're addressed as "the fan". You get the rest. Those accounts have over 200k followers each. Maybe they're also part of that person's network monetization strategy. I know a guy who worked in SMS sex chat, pretending to be a woman and sexing male chatters up. Something like this may be happening here.
The internet, especially social networks, remain a dangerous place.
Sometimes I want to go along with it just to see where it ends and what they do to make it work, but then again who has the time for that?