Just to remind everyone. If you are a follower and subscriber of Neebs Gaming Channel in youtube, their account has been hacked and rebranded as
Coinbase Channel in order to scam viewers to get some bitcoin.
It was announced by Neeb Gaming channel through their twitter.
The unidentified crypto scammers have changed the channel’s name and banner to Coinbase Pro in an attempt to mislead subscribers and viewers to participate in fake Bitcoin giveaways.
They made a livestream video titled, "Coinbase CEO announced the greatest crypto Air-Drop 10,000 Bitcoin, Live.” Unfortunately, since they have 1.8 million subscribers, 95,000 viewed the said video. They have promised 10x returns if someone will send some bitcoin to their btc address.
At press time, the hackers’ Bitcoin address had received just over 2.465 BTC in 20 separate transactions. Based on current bitcoin prices, it is estimated that they have stolen roughly over US$24,000 in total [AU$35,874].
As Neebs already reported this kind of scam to youtube, the stolen btc is irreversible and can notbe retrieve anymore. Another new way to hack and scam people.
Never ever fall from this kind of promises- high returns, easy doubling your money, etc.
Reference:
https://micky.com.au/gaming-channel-hacked-scammers-pose-as-coinbase-to-steal-bitcoin/