A few days ago, I have seen a lot of fake giveaways or double your money scheme on youtube. The usual scam posts on twitter pages of crypto exchanges/influencers have migrated to youtube. Those videos were already reported and have been taken down.
Recently, another channel apppeared and this time, it is tricking users to download/install a malware into their computer as reported in this
article.
A new scam is underway on YouTube that uses videos to promote a tool that can allegedly generate the private key for a bitcoin address. The attackers then claim this key would then allow you to gain access to the bitcoins stored in the bitcoin address, when in reality the victims will be infected with a password and data stealing Trojan.
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As always, stay safe! Stay away from youtube channels like this one:
