I was navigating through beginners board and I came across two wonderful topics on
Price increase = scam increase - BE CAREFUL, friends and
[Tutorial]: How to search for Scam Giveaways in Youtube. They are an eye-opening with amazing scam exposure but they aren't really details, there are some hidden scams you will find in every YouTube crypto channels.
Have you ever wonder why you keep seeing a specific Google ad on your phone Apps, browser and other useful software on your system? That's because Google tailored ads based on your search history and other activities you do on your gadgets, you can't do without ads on your phones, you just have followed and allowed the
Skip button to pop up and continue with your work.
There is this popular scam and
annoying ads that always pop on YouTube videos, they come with different images of influencers. These scammers tweak thumbnail images of influencers such as Vitalik Buterin, Changpeng Zhao, Elon Musk, Justin Sun and other high profile investors and business personnel to asked people for funds, giveaway such as send 1 Bitcoin to receive 2 Bitcoin, 1 Eth to receive to 2 Eth. These are obvious scams, nothing is free on the internet and please, don't fall victim.
We are bonded by one body which is a decentralized ecosystem, when you come across these ads on YouTube, please tap on the
ADS as I have indicated on the image, it will take you not less than 30 seconds to save
BEGINNERS and what cryptocurrency stands for. Please report these ads and save everyone.
SOME ONPOPULAR SCAM IN COMMENT SECTIONS
When scanning through comments on this channels, I'm very certain that one will come across these set of scammers impersonating the owner of these channels since most of them are good at predicting this market, giving fundamental and technical insight and making good reviews to their members. They have a good reputation and trust from their community but scammers used this influence to lure others into some shady deal and cheap offers.
I will be using two popular crypto channels as an example:
(A)
The Moon: This is one of the most followed and subscribed YouTube channel with lots of views daily, his contents are topnotch and well delivered, predictions aren't 100% accurate but always similar in movement to market. The videos always covered both fundamentals and technical analysis, his love for Btc made him gain lots of followers on YouTube and Twitter but sadly, Scammers always find a way to use their merit to create similar names for scams.
From the image below, you can see comment under one of his videos asking users to pm him on WhatsApp for investment, they sometimes ask you to meet in Telegram. Owners of these channels cannot monitor over thousands of comments alone, the two images are clear and different, please report and save beginners.
(B)
Cryptojack: This is another big YouTube influencer and fundamentalist who believe in crypto adoption, his videos are inspiring and motivating. The crypto space isn't regulated, one needs to be extra careful with advice especially when they aren't physical.
The image below indicates the difference between the real crypto owner and another fake user making a useless comment. You can see that his profile was created just a month ago but his comments got likes that can easily convince Noobs to contact them. They are fake likes, please tap on the comment and report them so save beginners.
Don't fall for likes on YouTube comments. Please report them to Google because they violate Google terms. One should also
Note that YouTube is not a place for financial advice