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Phishing Scam On Youtube!
Maybe anyone has heard about this but there is someone trying to steal youtube accounts through *******s in pms.
Here is how it goes:
You'll get a private message from a user named ''qazzaq11'' saying something like this:
"Article about your channel on some site. Check it out."
''Woah, I knew it was a matter of time but finnaly someone has written an article about your channel. I really hope it gives you the extra boost to help you become a true youtube god!
Anyway, good luck with the future. I'm a big fan of yours. I hope this helps you do well.
Here's the article:
[Fake youtube scam site]
Cya! :]''
If you click on the tiny url in the message you will be redirected to a fake youtube site that looks legit, but is not.
After you are at the site, you are prompted to login because a video that is ''flagged'' and is deemed inappropriate. So, after you login, your account information is sent to the hacker and he/she can now login to your account and post videos on it.
But, what kind of videos? Well, since the scammer works for a porn site, it's obvious what they would do with it. I'm not posting the link to the porn site since I follow the rules on the forums.
Here is the first warning video made about it which has helped a lot of people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W9b15XiF1s
Just thought I'd warn people about this if they haven't heard about it yet. Discuss.
Here is how it goes:
You'll get a private message from a user named ''qazzaq11'' saying something like this:
"Article about your channel on some site. Check it out."
''Woah, I knew it was a matter of time but finnaly someone has written an article about your channel. I really hope it gives you the extra boost to help you become a true youtube god!
Anyway, good luck with the future. I'm a big fan of yours. I hope this helps you do well.
Here's the article:
[Fake youtube scam site]
Cya! :]''
If you click on the tiny url in the message you will be redirected to a fake youtube site that looks legit, but is not.
After you are at the site, you are prompted to login because a video that is ''flagged'' and is deemed inappropriate. So, after you login, your account information is sent to the hacker and he/she can now login to your account and post videos on it.
But, what kind of videos? Well, since the scammer works for a porn site, it's obvious what they would do with it. I'm not posting the link to the porn site since I follow the rules on the forums.
Here is the first warning video made about it which has helped a lot of people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W9b15XiF1s
Just thought I'd warn people about this if they haven't heard about it yet. Discuss.
Last edited by Katzen; Mar 7, 2010 at 10:32 PM.
Originally Posted by LikaHelii
and btw that kid is pretty gay
I was thinking more along the lines of "that kid is like the poster boy for the negative effects the internet has had on our already self absorbed culture." but pretty gay is also rather fitting :P
Also, there is something similar to this on facebook, a friend of mine got it. It sent messages to everyone on his friends list that had the subject Y O U TU B E or something similar, and when you click you are re-directed through like 4 pages and finally end up on what looks like your average illeagal movie download site. Its all some sort of bullshit though. Not sure where it hoes or why it happens, but yeah, heads up and such.
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