Oh, goody! A new and easy way to make some extra money online just by browsing and
clicking! Let's check it out. So, I'm going to be investigating this. I get these spam
comments on my YouTube all day long. Look at these comments. These are all comments
that have been likely spam. I have 13 million comments that are likely spam
here. Look at this. All day long. "Believe me. You will thank me
later. I got $5,000. Free PayPal money. Free Bitcoin. Free money.
Free method of working from home. Believe me, you will thank me later." They all say the
same freaking stuff. Now, I got this one. This comment, look at this. A new and easy
way to make some extra money online just by browsing. Check it out. So, I said, "Hey,
what the hell? Let's do a video checking out one of these spam things." Because I
get these all day long. I see them on other people's channels. I see them in
the spam. I see ads from these things. So, I figured why not investigate one of
these things. Let's pick this apart and find out is this real or is this a scam.
Okay? I investigate. So, I clicked on the link and this is where you go. It says,
"Generate." Says, "Earn money from the ads you see." That's a great proposition. First
off, just by looking at ads, I'm going to make money? Are you serious? That's
amazing. You know, if I am broke, this would
have totally gotten me. Users are estimated to earn 20 to 40
dollars per month. Okay, it's not a lot of money. But it says, "Earlier users get 2
times the amount." I don't know an extra 80 dollars or pounds a month sounds
pretty good. And all you have to do is install this browser extension on your
computer. It looks pretty professional, okay? And look, it even says beta release
right here. Okay. So, this looks like a professional
site. It looks like there's no downside, okay? Just install this browser extension
and see ads and earn money. Sounds too good to be true. That's because it is too
good to be true. What this is is ...This is... This is an old scheme of marketing
called from the tech support industry. So what these browser extensions will do is
they will actually hijack your computer. And the information... There's various ways
marketers monetize this information. None of them are good. There's a reason why
these schemes... The only way they are marketed is through the spam in comments
on YouTube channels and other places. You won't see these websites
advertised on legitimate channels. Why? The reason is because these are actual
hacks. Installing these browser extensions are a way to get yourself
hacked actually. Because once you install these browser extension you open
yourself up for a number of things. One of the ways that they actually hack you
and will get money from you is that they'll actually blue screen your
computer. They'll freeze your computer and make you call a tech support number
in order to unfreeze it. This is a very common affiliate marketing scheme known
as "tech support", okay? Tech support pays out a lot of money. But
what you do is to unfreeze your computer. You basically have to call some
telemarketers. Not based in the US and they require you to pay anywhere
from $50 to $500 to unfreeze your computer. The other way these companies
make money is they just harvest all of your information. In the worst
circumstances, they will actually take advantage of your passwords and your
login information from other websites on the internet. So, I don't know exactly how
these apps are programmed but oftentimes, they have you install the extension or
they'll have you install a separate program which is an executable file,
.exe and that will be used to hijack your
entire computer. Not just your browser. So the long story short with this video is
if you see something in the comments on my YouTube videos or any other persons
videos, don't trust random links in the comments of videos unless it's from the
video creator. You know, I sometimes comment on my own channel. But even then,
you don't trust these links because they're all, oftentimes, they're just
completely fraudulent things. I've never seen a legitimate company marketed
through comment spam. So, watch out for this tactic of marketing. Beware.
It's very rampant. So just watch yourself. Let me know in the comments below if
this video was helpful or if you have seen what I'm talking about and
this is helpful. Or comment below if you've been taken by one of these scams,
have lost money due to it. I'd love to hear your experience. Give this video a
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be an affiliate marketer as well. So, thanks for watching. Talk to you
soon.
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