Bitcoin Youtube Scam?

[LogitechMouse]

btc is the future

i made a ton of money investing in btc with so and so person

then you see someone post someones whatsapp or phone number and say contact this person if you want to make money

Typical scammers that are scamming on Youtube.
Unfortunately because of these scammers, there are some youtube channels that are either terminated or deleted by the youtube themselves because of spamming that they aren't doing too. Its the scammers fault but these are just poser accounts so... yeah just don't fall into these whatsapp shit saying on the platform.

First off, all these comments are from people or are they bots?  I notice even on twitter when it comes to politics, you see these accounts post comments where it sounds like a bot... then you see other users who post the same exact thing.

I assume the scam here is you then contact that persons whatsapp or phone or telegram, then they ask you for money... then you get scammed?

Its possible that these are bots though I believe that there are some who are doing it manually by just copy pasting.
Whether its twitter, youtube or even facebook. I've seen this kind of scammy replies to your comments numerous times already and I always ignore them because its a 101% scam.
Just ignore if you see the word "Whatsapp" or they are referring you to another person because for sure it is a scam.

[adzino]

So when im watching some bitcoin videos on youtube... doesn't matter what it is... could be about bitcoin or cnbc talking about bitcoin, i see in the comments section, people making comments like

btc is the future

i made a ton of money investing in btc with so and so person

then you see someone post someones whatsapp or phone number and say contact this person if you want to make money

telegram

how btc is better than stocks

First off, all these comments are from people or are they bots?  I notice even on twitter when it comes to politics, you see these accounts post comments where it sounds like a bot... then you see other users who post the same exact thing.

I assume the scam here is you then contact that persons whatsapp or phone or telegram, then they ask you for money... then you get scammed?

Those are bots. Not a real person. Those bots can crawl through different videos or websites and look for keywords that are related to crypto currencies. Once they find one, they automatically posts a comment. They literally make hundreds of such comments in few seconds and then there will be at least one victim. It's very sad to see people still falling for scams like this. If only people used their brain a little, we wouldn't be seeing people getting scammed by those idiots.

[livingfree]

the very sad and shameful part Is what I've seen on many people's youtube channels. The following is:

in the last few months I have constantly seen youtube channels promote airdrop scam links and the saddest thing is that even the owner of the youtube channel that promotes the airdrop scam site doesn't believe it is a scam and doesn't know how to identify airdrop scam. people have become so greedy and desperate for wanting to have many members on their youtube channels who are promoting scam

They keep making crypto contents yet they should be the one to be educated about these scams.

Too sad that there are huge followers and subscribers that are being misled by them and if they don't want to believe it is a scam, they should just delete or moderate the comment section.

But if they don't believe it as a scam, they won't moderate and delete those scammy comments and it will result that there will be more victims for those scammers.

[ethereumhunter]

I do not believe 100% about what they say on Youtube because, with freedom of speech in all countries, they can easily turn out the fact and trick the audience. It is difficult to find an honest review from them as they search for popularity and, of course, money for their purpose to spreads the news. You can listen or watch what they say but if you want to follow them, make sure you know how to search for more information so you will not make a wrong decision. Be careful when you say that they can make money easily from crypto because although that is easy, not many people can follow the process and will need time to make money. The comment you see in the Youtube video comes from real people and some comments come from the bot.

[uneng]

First off, all these comments are from people or are they bots?  I notice even on twitter when it comes to politics, you see these accounts post comments where it sounds like a bot... then you see other users who post the same exact thing.

I assume the scam here is you then contact that persons whatsapp or phone or telegram, then they ask you for money... then you get scammed?

I think not all of them are bots. Many are real accounts oriented by a manager, or as they like saying, an admin.
I've seen these comments everywhere: youtube, twitter, facebook, discord and so on. And probably these people are getting paid to spam their links and paste those stories of success which are actually fake. Some also post pictures of real people holding bunches of paper money in their hands or luxury goods.

But what most surprised me recently is that those posts are going from financial to pornographic content. It's pretty common to see pornographic comments with links in groups and youtube videos which have nothing to do with this theme. Are people also being paid to spam porn content everywhere as well? Because it really doesn't make sense.

[Sollaes]

Why do you contact people who write comments under videos? I really don’t understand. Please, don’t trust anybody apart from you, especially when your money concerns. I think that there are not bots who leave such comments, as Bitcoin is not a scam, it is quite real to make money on it, but please, don’t contact those people and offer them to trade with your money.

[Fortify]

So when im watching some bitcoin videos on youtube... doesn't matter what it is... could be about bitcoin or cnbc talking about bitcoin, i see in the comments section, people making comments like

btc is the future

i made a ton of money investing in btc with so and so person

then you see someone post someones whatsapp or phone number and say contact this person if you want to make money

telegram

how btc is better than stocks

First off, all these comments are from people or are they bots?  I notice even on twitter when it comes to politics, you see these accounts post comments where it sounds like a bot... then you see other users who post the same exact thing.

I assume the scam here is you then contact that persons whatsapp or phone or telegram, then they ask you for money... then you get scammed?

This sort of "astroturfing" has been going on since the advent of the internet and is basically a way that people are using to get free advertising. They may be a scam, or they may just be trying to advertise an affiliate link to you where they'll get paid a percentage or fixed amount per "conversion". Whatever the case it is a pretty underhanded way to try to drum up business and as you see - they specifically target the comment section of related videos hoping to get one or two foolish people to bite. It's almost like putting leaflets into mailboxes, 99 people will throw them away and 1 person will think they are getting a good deal - however in almost every case they are not.

[zahed]

I making crypto related content for youtube. When uploaded videos it's fine but after few days when i see comment box, some comments are like they drop contact number and btc address, Although i thought those real comments but now i got it that was scam.

Dangerous with those people who follows your content, they might be victimized by this kind of comments,

thinking that it's still related to your content. Better to delete / remove those to avoid harming your followers.

Those scammers will always be there to try scamming or hacking other people.

After realizing the problems, I warned my viewers to avoid these Scam/Bot comments.
Even i turned off comment section to protect thinking about the my content audience.
But not possible to filter it 100% until Youtube bans these Bots.

[rosenbauer02]

What you can watch in youtube that are real are the guides like how to create a bitcoin wallet if there is a legit one and other related bitcoin guides or books but I won't trust it 100%. About the comments, you shouldn't believe anything from it at all. It is much better if you ask here and many will answer your questions without hesitation to answer it. The examples you mentioned are what scammers said mostly like "do you want to earn bitcoin?" go to this website to invest and you will get a 100% profit in 48 hours" which is not real.

[sherenikaw]

first, don't easily believe in fraud with youtube mode or others by calling certain numbers to ask for money or whatever. There are many modes of fraud here and we must be more vigilant and careful. we also have to realize that getting bitcoin is not as easy as calling and getting it, it all takes effort. Don't be easily tempted by attractive offers because they are made as attractive as possible by scammers so that many people will be tempted and believe. it's better if we try in our own way so that it is safer and also clear the profit that can be obtained.