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And you don't even need to steal an account. When the Playstation 5 launch event was happening I searched for it on Youtube, clicked the top result and it turned out to be a scammer restreaming the real live event with graphics added saying Sony would double your BTC - just send to this address ___.



It was probably the top result, because the account the hacker was streaming from was a stolen high-profile account.


Good point, I hadn't considered that. Seems it was actually some hours after the real live event[0]. I spot a different channel using the same name[1] that still has a short scam video online from 3 weeks ago.

[0] https://decrypt.co/32102/scam-sony-playstation-5-reveal-even...

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6KECoI7g1U


that may have been an ad. scammers are buying youtube ads too


Definitely not, adverts are blocked here and I had the stream on for a good 30mins.

edit: the layout/graphics were the same as the screenshot in this article linked downthread: https://cointelegraph.com/news/fake-spacex-youtube-channels-...

Archive of the Sony scam site: https://web.archive.org/web/20200612034440/http://ps-btc.inf...

Compare that to the one linked by the compromised Twitter accounts: https://web.archive.org/web/20200715192340/http://cryptoforh...


Ive seen what this previous poster has talked about. They overlay graphics in the actual video stream promoting btc payments. Happened with a Nasa stream right after the first spacex manned mission.


Me too. Youtube even put it in my recommended section.


Those are irrelevant victimless activities. The point of Bitcoin is Eve Online with real money. The only rules are what the protocol says.




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