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Beware of Scams on Youtube
Hi folks,
I guess it’s a sign of success when scammers start trying to impersonate you to trick others. Today I encountered a scammer impersonating the MonaLisa Twins.
I went to Youtube and had notices of replies to comments I’d left on a few MLT videos. Nothing unusual there, except these appeared to be from the Twins. In case my screenshot doesn’t come through, it basically thanked me for leaving a comment and said I’d won a prize. It was left by
“Hit telegram@MonaLisaTwins” and included their current profile pic.
I’ve never used the Telegram messaging app, so in my foolish excitement that they may be doing a seasonal promotion and wanted to give me a refrigerator magnet or something, I got the app and contacted the imposters.
Well, the poor grammar and weird punctuation, followed by the fact that they’d said I’d won a Fender guitar, made me pretty suspicious and sent me researching the “You won a prize” Youtube scam. So of course it’s a thing. It plays out just as it had started with me. A reply to a comment saying “Let’s talk” or whatever and a promise of a prize. Apparently the real scam is they say you have to pay a bit toward shipping and then some other fee and then one thing leads to another.
I tried emailing the MLT team and reported the channel to YT, but I thought everyone here would like to know. Probably many of you are quite aware of this scam and would not have taken even a look down the road on which I took a step. Still, you might want to report them to YT, as I have.
The bogus channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAvqUiJGKYPs_gZtZnVJU4A
Now I’ll try to leave a screenshot of the reply they used to bait me.
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4 Replies
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These scams appear on nearly every video on Youtube. Just report them and move on. I see them all the time sadly. The content creators try to have them removed right away and sometimes it takes awhile.
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This reply was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by Thomas Randall.
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This reply was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by
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Thank you so much, David. I appreciate your taking the time to post this!
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Hi David.
I came across this scam too. After I watched a Rick Beato video, it appeared Rick reached out to me to tell me I won a guitar. I knew something was up when he wanted me to pay for shipping right away to some weird hotmail email account.
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Sadly, these “no goods” are everywhere on social media and broadcasting sites. One must be diligent always. Same old adage: if it looks too good to be true… Thanks for the warning just the same!
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