Scammers on Youtube. Don't fall into this scam trap and lose money, guys

[tbct_mt2]

There is a type of scam, on Youtube, in particular that channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/thehotgeek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GWIp4Ukpr4

Ethereum

Ethereum celebrates a new Ethereum DEX & upcoming network upgrage "Istanbul"
In order to be eligible, users must have minimum 2 ETH during the competition period.

Address to send: 0x0132946103eFFfa43337128CF65F0B3531378e87

Competition rules:
To participate you just need to send between 2 ETH to 200 ETH to the contribution address and we will immediately send you back between 20 ETH to 2 000 ETH to the address you sent it from


 If you send 2 ETH, you will be airdropped 20 ETH back.
 If you send 10 ETH, you will be airdropped 100 ETH back. +10% bonus
 If you send 20 ETH, you will be airdropped 200 ETH back. +20% bonus
 If you send 50 ETH, you will be airdropped 500 ETH back. +30% bonus
 If you send 100 ETH, you will be airdropped 1 000 ETH back +50% bonus
 
You can use any wallet or cryptocurrency exchange.
If you are late, your ETH will be instantly refunded.
All persons are able to participate, including the users in the United States.
The competition will last until all the 100 000 ETH are airdropped

Note: You can participate only once. The competition will last until the entirety of the 100 000 ETH held in the airdrop-funds have been released. If you are late, your ETH will be instantly refunded.

Address to send: 0x0132946103eFFfa43337128CF65F0B3531378e87

The scam address has already scammed more than $23k, check it here: https://etherscan.io/address/0x0132946103eFFfa43337128CF65F0B3531378e87
Fortunately, there are people reported that address and it has already been tagged with this warning:

Warning! There are reports that this address was used in a Phishing scam. Please exercise caution when interacting with this address.

Litecoin

Litecoin holders, be watch and be careful with that scam.

As I thought days ago, now we have a scam video that aims at Litecoin holders.
Please check it and report to Youtube that channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/thehotgeek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_uh4kJM5F8
The scam address is: https://blockchair.com/litecoin/address/MM4bVEjFvmzuypwJzji9h4yGHMBZpQATY7

Ripple
The same channel but another scam video, this time, with Ripple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kv1nazL8CU
Scam address: ramYnRi2WFLgK79KBExkqjZPcuqVYhQLpg


I believe that guy will come back with other scam efforts on other coins with same method, and maybe other guys will apply that method to scam.

Just be highly cautious and be careful to protect your capital.

When you see my topic, please give your hands to stop that scammer ASAP by reporting that channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/thehotgeek - and that address - 0x0132946103eFFfa43337128CF65F0B3531378e87.
Scammers in previous days, applied the same method for their fake 'Ripple' channel.

These lazy scammers never stop to reinvent their scamming tactics. So, their strategy is like that.  There's also this channel "Ripple" that I've found.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWFD0_YgOoyfTuunMMYpmiQ

The strategy is the same, I think the people behind these channels and scam giveaway are one.

Other types of scam on Youtube

{Warning}:Please stay away from this Youtube Channel (Baofeng).


How to report scammer(s)?
A general guide from Google is here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802027?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en
In short, you have to do following steps:
- Log in your account
- Visit that scam channel
- Click on About tab
- Click on the Flag of Report user
- Choose Report user
- In the list of "What is the issue?", I suggest to choose: Spam or scams
- Choose "Scams/ fraud"
- ENTER CHANNEL URL OF THE USER YOU WANT TO REPORT: https://www.youtube.com/user/thehotgeek
- Click on Continue to finish.

List of scam Youtube channels need to be more reported by community. Please help.
Thanks to all users who reported scam channels in my topic. Please keep doing this if you find new ones.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgQMaT0abB657OBz4NvPPw
https://www.youtube.com/user/AlosiToyOneiroyLari
https://www.youtube.com/user/R3musFly
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtV41Y5Rv_LlJCbp7JZIbxQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWFD0_YgOoyfTuunMMYpmiQ

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHAuhhlkJ5nOC_QQrS6vsSA
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7FiVjVi555Rkp4icDJQlnw   *15k subs, lols
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7tgLZi3ugh65S7LniLx0Qg
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEj0KFkQtkYshC7TCCIqz7Q/ you've got to be kidding me 180k subs
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC09CPGN97mypOV_LGHkxWrQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcdK89z6bcuz-8nVhKmYOWA

Update on 20th Dec. 2019:
There are some scam videos found by the others in that topic: Beware: fake XRP airdrop scam currently going on

Update in July 2020:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoQX4hElcSU&feature=emb_rel_pause-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VivCHkbg78A
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5264128.msg54856562#msg54856562

Update in August 2020:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY88PqJedNUKT8RdR3PcBgQ (the report topic is Give away again

Update on 18th January 2022

Bitcoin User Loses Record $1.1M in Scam Michael Saylor Giveaway

It is a huge scam. Take it as a big lesson!

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[stompix]

The scam address has already scammed more than $23k, check it here: https://etherscan.io/address/0x0132946103eFFfa43337128CF65F0B3531378e87

For a moment I thought they are doing the same recycling while faking transactions with the same 2eth but..wow, they actually have a real balance
Of course, it might all be fake but it's disappointing to see scammers having that much money knowing how they probably got it.

And...it's down as we speak, probably they will move to the next one, from Reddit I another 3 channels id results while searching for that address.

Here is another still going:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgQMaT0abB657OBz4NvPPw
(reported also)

Oh, there are still more:
https://www.youtube.com/user/AlosiToyOneiroyLari
https://www.youtube.com/user/R3musFly
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtV41Y5Rv_LlJCbp7JZIbxQ


 

[Coin_trader]

The Eth Address was already tag as Scam on ETH explorer. I believe that 43tx are from the hackers different accounts. I'm lazy to check each address but if ever some user here manages to track the address one by one then it will be good to prove my hypothesis. And if ever that 43 TX is a legit user that got scam then it's a lesson learned for them but no one in the right mind to believe on that giveaway especially those users who have huge amount of holdings. Most crypto holders that have huge holdings is very aware of the scam scheme like this one.

[jossiel]

These lazy scammers never stop to reinvent their scamming tactics. So, their strategy is like that.  There's also this channel "Ripple" that I've found.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWFD0_YgOoyfTuunMMYpmiQ

The strategy is the same, I think the people behind these channels and scam giveaway are one.

[panganib999]

The scam address has already scammed more than $23k, check it here: https://etherscan.io/address/0x0132946103eFFfa43337128CF65F0B3531378e87
Fortunately, there are people reported that address and it has already been tagged with this warning:

Warning! There are reports that this address was used in a Phishing scam. Please exercise caution when interacting with this address.

I believe that guy will come back with other scam efforts on other coins with same method, and maybe other guys will apply that method to scam.

Just be highly cautious and be careful to protect your capital.

When you see my topic, please give your hands to stop that scammer ASAP by reporting that channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/thehotgeek - and that address - 0x0132946103eFFfa43337128CF65F0B3531378e87.

Oh no, $23k is a big amount already. It really puzzled me that this type of scam still has lots victims and even scammed lots of money. It seems like people aren't learning their lessons regarding this kind of issues, it has been around the forum and the crypto space but they act like its their first time encountering such thing, the scheme of the scam is being blatantly given yet they still fall for it. People should really take vigilance seriously and add more caution to their every move.

[Bttzed03]

The giveaway link in the OP has been taken down.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDgQMaT0abB657OBz4NvPPw
https://www.youtube.com/user/AlosiToyOneiroyLari
https://www.youtube.com/user/R3musFly
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtV41Y5Rv_LlJCbp7JZIbxQ

All videos reported as well.

[CryptoMobster]

Scamming on YouTube even on legit channels in comments is rife at the moment. Be careful and report every channel that is not legitimate. A quick look on social blade will tell you account history very quickly

[ChrisPop]

To me it is astonishing to me the number of scammers on the internet these days. I mean if you think about it, it is just more efficient to learn a skill and become good at it and make your living from that instead of spending your time sending spam messages and setting up all kind of online traps for beginners.. I mean I don't think there are many people falling into this, even if they do I suppose they don't put it big amount of money because as a rule of thumb you need to have a little bit knowledge to have that kind of money to "in these scams".

[DdmrDdmr]

Just on the first page of Beginners & Help alone, there are 15 scam related threads to one degree or another. That is a pretty grim image to see for any newcomer to the forum, trying to find out about crypto. Now the amount of warnings should be more than enough to put anybody in constant alert, but alas, the resulting projected image is rather negative for crypto in general terms.

Having said that, it does seem pretty surprising that we need to be constantly reminded that fairy tales, such as those announced in the videos referenced on this thread, simply do not exist, and would not whether it be of a crypto-related nature or not.

[ryzaadit]

450 people watching, is that a real human or bot? None one of them make a chat at chatbox.

We live in 2019 and they still can scam us with this method? OMG. I think about the address its not only from the youtube, he also creating a lot phishing site cause the address already marked as a phishing address from etherscan.

I believe these scammer just buying the youtube, you can see at the video at there have some Video Vietnam/Philippine language.

[Wexnident]

450 people watching, is that a real human or bot? None one of them make a chat at chatbox.

We live in 2019 and they still can scam us with this method? OMG. I think about the address its not only from the youtube, he also creating a lot phishing site cause the address already marked as a phishing address from etherscan.

I believe these scammer just buying the youtube, you can see at the video at there have some Video Vietnam/Philippine language.

Probably bot? Its quite easy to create multiple accounts and use different virtual boxes to let them watch his/her own stream. To be fair, these types of scams all river down to the fact that users are way too easy to scam. Giving out something to receive it in larger amounts? Without doing anything? Please. Is it still your first time being an adult? The world is in a give and take policy my bros. It's a fault of the scammer but the scammed still has some fault in it and well, I hope they learned their lesson.

[Beparanf]

450 people watching, is that a real human or bot? None one of them make a chat at chatbox.

We live in 2019 and they still can scam us with this method? OMG. I think about the address its not only from the youtube, he also creating a lot phishing site cause the address already marked as a phishing address from etherscan.

I believe these scammer just buying the youtube, you can see at the video at there have some Video Vietnam/Philippine language.

It's easy to create multiple account in youtube thru emails, some scammer tries to communicate all by himself to have interaction, or post link in multiple sites to gain views, be very careful. This kind of scheme should not be entertain it's easy to determine now that it is scam. In cryptospace there is no easy investment that can be found in youtube we need to research a lot.

[SheriffEl]

There is also this guy (his TG: @therealcryptodude1) on telegram that is representing himself as the Cryptolove Youtuber and scams project by offering banner ads and video making for what looks like a normal price.

[debitel]

There is also this guy (his TG: @therealcryptodude1) on telegram that is representing himself as the Cryptolove Youtuber and scams project by offering banner ads and video making for what looks like a normal price.

I have also encountered this guy. I have actually spent two days talking to him about his offer for banners as it looked really promising. I'm very happy i found out that he is a ascammer in time..

[LbtalkL]

Scammers will do anything to fool us but this one seems like very obvious 2 eth for 20 eth, if that's really vitalik there is no need to send some eth for giveaways. Some scammers might create fake transactions they keep sending from their other wallets to fool us. BTW subscribers and likes can be bought now.

[kolonel_x]

450 people watching, is that a real human or bot? None one of them make a chat at chatbox.

We live in 2019 and they still can scam us with this method? OMG. I think about the address its not only from the youtube, he also creating a lot phishing site cause the address already marked as a phishing address from etherscan.

I believe these scammer just buying the youtube, you can see at the video at there have some Video Vietnam/Philippine language.

Whatever the way the scamers will continue to do so that many trapped by it, now many YouTube accounts are sold even with the desired subcriber, I just think it's only manipulation done by the scamer so many people are trusted in their Giveaway hoax on YouTube as a Live.

[tbct_mt2]

450 people watching, is that a real human or bot? None one of them make a chat at chatbox.

You can test by chatting but your chat message will be deleted. I don't have clue that all of watchers are bots or real users but they do delete chat messages.

As we all thoroughly know, scammers use their same methods from time to time but people still easily get trapped by scammers. There are very little improvements of scammers on their methods. Simultaneously, scam victims mostly don't change their behavior which leads them to be scammed.

[Kprawn]

Amazing job identifying these scams and then reporting it and getting it shutdown, but unfortunately most of these videos are just recycled and it

pops up like mushrooms somewhere else.    In any way, do not stop reporting it under the scam accusations topic on this forum and helping to

warn newbies on this forum, before they fall victim to this. I will give you 1 merit for this thread, because I think it adds value to the forum when we

help to prevent people from losing money. Keep up the good work.                           Also report to Badbitcoin.org

[Harlot]

No wonder this channel has been fooling a lot of people, he has his Youtube channel named "Ethereum" and they are promoting that they are giving away Ethereum. Aside from that they made it look like Vitalik is doing an interview in the live stream which makes it more convincing towards a newbie. Currently the live stream has 922 viewers which is really a bad sign that a lot of people are watching and can be potential victims because of it.

Update

The video has now been blocked by Youtube maybe because a lot of people have reported it already. At least people are safe for now.

[GreatArkansas]

Oh, there are still more:
https://www.youtube.com/user/AlosiToyOneiroyLari
https://www.youtube.com/user/R3musFly
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtV41Y5Rv_LlJCbp7JZIbxQ

They are all starting and spreading again in different platform, especially it is  on youtube, lmao. I think this is much risky for every newbie using youtube and will fall in this scam trap.
Already reported those channels or videos.

@everyone, do you think everyone that the stated in OP, the total amount of ETH in the wallet address of scammer are totally came from the victims or maybe some are into the scammer just using it as a bait?