YouTube Is Allowing FAKE Scam Ads And Its Not Okay
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New ads have been popping up on YouTube that are strategically placed over the 3 dots on
the left hand side blocking the area for users to report them. They are meant to appear as
normal advertisements with even the yellow ad tag placed perfectly. The scam ads also
target non tech-savvy users telling them that their device may be infected with viruses
and to click the ad to solve the problem. Many on reddit are reporting that their children
have fallen victim to these scams hoping that they can proudly tell their parents they fixed
the computer. Unfortunately what they dont know is they now have inadvertently downloaded
viruses to the device. The scammers are even enticing young viewers
on YouTube by placing Fortnite scam ads and a new report is suggesting that they may contain
malicious files that is stealing data from users on the platform. The report published
by Christopher Boyd, the lead malware intelligence analyst for anti-virus software company Malwarebytes
examined this impact of closely. The Fortnite videos with these ads have garnered hundreds
of thousands of views and focus on things like free android versions of Fortnite, free
V-Bucks which is the ingame currency and additional content for the game. Although after the site
Polygon did some further research they found that these ads are not unique to just Fortnite.
Games such as Grand Theft Auto have also ran scam ads on YouTube for years. Epic Games
co-founder Mark Rein takes these scams very seriously and tweeted about the matter saying
(show tweet https://bit.ly/2CbEUIO) - Dont fall prey to scams like these folks! Also
just yelled at a room full of YouTube executives about allowing these kinds of ads - A representative
from YouTube recently gave a statement to Polygon saying - We detect and remove millions
of spam videos with YouTube machine learning algorithm systems and our teams continue to
tackle this content at scale. We use teams of highly trained content reviewers to determine
whether videos violate our Community Guidelines. We are committed to removing spam quickly,
in many cases, preventing it from ever being viewed by users, while also making sure that
we do not harm legitimate creators. - Thats a pretty blanket statement if Ive ever
heard one. They may be on top of the gaming scams, but many new scam ads are appearing
that have nothing to do with gaming. As I mentioned before there are ads targeting users
telling them that their computer may have a virus (show photo https://bit.ly/2tUa0QP)
and just like the virus name trojan these ads act as a trojan horse being seemingly
harmless looking to protect while they infect from the inside. Even if it looks like an
appealing ad, we suggest you think twice before clicking. Boyd from Malwarebytes writes - Combining
it with the current fever for new Fortnite content is a recipe for stolen data and a
lot of cleanup required afterward. Like I said many people are taking to the YouTube
subreddit to point out these scams. One user wrote - Whats up is they are obviously scams,
and YouTube doesnt do anything about it. You actually have to physically go on the video
to report it, resulting in giving them views. I want to hear your thoughts on this story
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