YouTube is hard at work after a Huge YouTuber Impersonation Scam hits the platforms top
content creators Welcome to Inform Overload, Im your host Johnny
Rogers and if youre new to the channel, we find the most interesting news stories on
the internet and we make them more entertaining Huge youtube creators such as Philip DeFranco,
James Charles, Jeffree Star, and many more were targeted in a new impersonation scam.
YouTube alerted these creators after their subscribers began receiving messages in their
inbox to click on a link to receive a prize.
All of the messages even had very similar wording, but were identifying as the individual
creator.
Luckily creators like Philip DeFranco arent that easy to pull a fast one on and once discovering
the scam he quickly made a video about it encouraging his subscribers and others not
to click on this link.
YouTube responded to DeFranco via twitter saying - Were in the process of implementing
additional measures to prevent impersonations like this - What those measures are exactly
is still not known YouTube does have several policies in regards
to impersonation that state the following - Copying a users channel layout, using a
similar username, or posing as another person in comments, emails, or videos may be considered
harassment.
- Additionally the company has further policies in case of scams that say - Content that deliberately
tries to mislead users for financial gain may be removed and in some cases strikes may
be issues to the uploader - Which kinda makes you wonder if Jake Paul and Ricegums mystery
box scam videos would fall under that policy.
I mean its great these policies and rules exist, but if you went through all the trouble
to figure out a way to impersonate several youtubers and then message their subscribers
to scam them, the last thing on your mind is if youre following the rules.
I just hope that when they find out whoever did this the law can hold them accountable
in some way.
The messaging goes like this - Hi, thanks for commenting on my videos.
I am selecting a random user from my subscriber list for a surprise gift and you have just
won it - Following this message as I mentioned there will be a link afterwards thats most
likely encoded with malware that can seriously harm your computer or device.
Malware is short for malicious software and is designed to infiltrate and damage computers
without the users consent.
That means the link could contain viruses, spyware, adware and all type of harmful software
that wont just slow your computer down, but open you up for identity theft as well.
So please beware when you get messages like this no matter who they seem to come from.
If it seems to good to be true, it probably is.
Also I recommend you download a free antivirus program like avast.
I even use it on my phone because it hold so much of my personal data.
This is not an ad by the way I just want you to avoid your parents screaming at you for
downloading a virus on their computer.
I got you potato fam.
If you want to learn more though about how to avoid online scams, go check out YouTubes
community guidelines page where even they say - Be wary of claims that seem too good
to be true, as they likely are.
- Much better than how I said it, but essentially the same thing.
I want to hear your thoughts on this story though so leave us a comment down below and
let us know if you were sent some of these messages.
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