streamer Byron Bernsteinbetter known arrogant and the YouTube channel of the person who passed away in 2020 was hacked earlier this week in another scam involving cryptocurrencies. Esports communities have noticed the changes to the channel, which serves as a kind of memorial for the player. World of Warcraft.
According to the complaints, the entire identity of Reckful’s channel has been changed, including the profile picture, name and banner. Instead, there was content about the automaker Tesla, as well as businessman Elon Musk, who is now the richest person in the world.
All the original videos were removed and replaced with clips of Tesla events and interviews with Musk, as well as fake livestreams. In the statement, a classic scam that has even been used in the great Twitter invasion of 2020: the promise to double cryptocurrencies when you send a certain amount of money to the channel owner’s account.
The use of Tesla’s name and fake live streams, which rank well on the search engine and YouTube homepage, are common in cryptocurrency scams. In the case of Reckful’s channel, at least $3,000 was sent to fake accounts by potential victims.
What does Google say?
In a note sent BBCGoogle says it has strict policies prohibiting such scams as well as fraud involving other people’s identities. All reported channels have been removed or reinstated – including Reckful’s reinstated profile, which preserves the streamer’s old videos.
Source: Tec Mundo
