For anyone who is a movie buff or loves binge watching, making money just by watching Netflix would be a dream come true, right? This is the promise of a new scam gaining ground on YouTube.
Dubbed the “Netflix System”, the scam promises earnings of up to R$200 per day when consuming content on the streaming platform. However, it’s all really an elaborate pyramid scheme.
THEM Technology World He explored how the program, which was widely spread in advertisements on the Internet, worked, and showed how to identify and avoid the “miraculous solutions” that appear on YouTube that promise easy money.
What is the Netflix System?
If you’ve been browsing YouTube without an adblock or premium subscription to an ad-blocking service, you may have come across an ad that simply promises additional revenue. Clicking on videos, taking photos, liking posts on Instagram: the so-called miracle solutions claim to guarantee easy money by performing simple operations on the mobile phone.
According to Google Trends, the Netflix System, which has made a splash in searches recently, stands out. The ad on YouTube brings a story with Netflix ads talking about the new plan and how it will be a great opportunity to make money. Then, the creator of the solution, described as “Marquinhos”, It promises earnings of up to R$200 per day, strengthens its argument with the reviews of so-called consumers and guarantees returns of up to R$6000.
For example, a woman in the video reports that she bought two iPhones in just a few days using the easy money-making method. “You can trust Marquinhos that it really works,” says the pseudo-user of the miraculous method, who doesn’t show his face. On the scam page, you may see text comments implying that everything is working, in addition to alert triggers that indicate that everything is a special offer and is about to expire.
At the end of the presentation, a purchase link is offered: with the option to pay by card or Pix, the user must purchase the software that allows monetization from the action, plus the course that teaches how to earn money by watching Netflix. Since it’s a “promotion” for a limited time, it costs around R$150 to get started.
Making money by watching TV series? Not like that…
When the user purchases the service to earn money by watching TV series and movies, he or she gains access to a service that everyone who works on the internet knows: Honeygain. The platform is known for allowing fractions of money to be earned by opening the app on different devices that must run non-stop to raise funds by “lenting access” to services.
Aside from having the app open on multiple devices, a high number of referrals from new members is also necessary to truly make more significant gains on the platform. Even so, nothing guarantees that you can get the promised R$200 just by watching movies and TV shows.
Well, ‘Netflix System’ is selling an app that anyone can download for free, but with a “dress” that might appeal to movie and TV fans. In addition to the proceeds from the sale of the app, the person responsible for the plan can make more money in Honeygain with the “symptoms” of victims starting to use the platform.
in the statement sent Technology World, Netflix confirms the plan is a scam using the popularity of the company name. The company stated that it has no affiliation with the “Netflix System”.
pyramid plan
According to Jefferson Propheta of digital security company CrowdStrike, the “Netflix System” has features that configure a pyramid scheme. According to the expert, some users can even get money at first, but like any Ponzi scheme, everything can collapse at any moment.
As you can see on the Reclame Aqui platform, the “Netflix System” has already given users complaints about companies involved in the coup operation. Perfect Pay, the payment company used for final transactions, as well as HoneyGain itself, are the main targets of dissatisfied consumers.
But what about Marquinhos Toledo, who created the Netflix System? Why not respond to dissatisfied customers? The name appearing in the video is fakeand even the financial information used in the transactions can be stolen, which aims to hide who is behind the scheme.
According to Propheta, massive data leaks in recent years have opened up gaps for this. Scammers can buy domain names, set up websites and create accounts on digital services using only information stolen from other people, helping to hide their true identities. For example, Pix scammers are known to use orange beads.
And the “Netflix System” is far from the only miracle solution that follows the patterns that characterize a scam. As soon as we clicked on the YouTube ad, similar suggestions for making easy money with simple actions such as “Robô do Pix” and “Applicativo do Carlinhos Maia” started appearing in the video app. So, even if one head of this hydra is cut off, it’s likely that others will appear soon after.
Narration manipulation on YouTube
While Netflix used its name to promote the plan we reported above, YouTube went beyond simple advertising and became widely used for the dissemination of dubious services. If the user suspects and decides to look at the video app itself “Netflix System” is a scam, they will likely come across a video saying the solution is reliable.
Using search optimization techniques and posts on verified channels, scam owners ask, “Is the Netflix system a scam?” Additionally, comments on YouTube videos are positive, with reports of people supposedly making a lot of money using the solution.
In fact, it’s all about purchased loyalty. When it comes to the Netflix System, Two of the channels responsible for spreading fake videos are “Sertanejo Premium Oficial” and “GP Remix”, both verified by YouTube.. With several scam verification videos posted daily, channels feature different people talking about different scams featured in YouTube ads.
Everything is calculated in millimeters to win people in search of additional income.
The aim is to get frequent searches and gain user trust by manipulating the Google and YouTube algorithm. According to Marcelo Alves, SEO analyst at NZN, the goal is to create a spreading network to make scams more credible by using specific terms to confuse search engines.
“These verified or high-user channels have more authority on Google and tend to rank higher in searches for a long time. They also create smaller channels that help spread the theme and appear in searches.” , explains the expert. “Once this first portion of searches is received, clicks are more “precise” and the chances of sticking to the impact increase.”
Although videos with an amateur face are produced to gain the trust of unsuspecting users, Everything is calculated by the millimeter to try to sell the plan to people looking for additional income.. Acting like a consumer Technology World He contacted GP Remix, one of the channels that disseminates videos containing verification information from the Netflix System, via WhatsApp.
The publisher, which previously published gospel-themed videos, has recently started to publish “product promotional videos”. The channel reveals that the cost of the post when offering the services is 60 BRL, and a three-stream package is 150 BRL. However, the production of the video is at the discretion of the customer. Reviews confirming the service can also be purchased separately, according to the seller.
Regarding content that could be wrong, the person in charge of GP Remix says that YouTube usually does not limit information and no videos have been removed from the platform so far. But some customers avoid using certain themes so as not to break the algorithm: a list shared by a customer includes terms like “TV Box”, “Trump Bullets” and “Steel Bite Pro” because they are prohibited. It’s already seen as bad on YouTube.
TecMundo has contacted YouTube, but the company has yet to provide an official position on the scam. The company’s policies indicate that the use of videos with misleading information and false interaction is prohibited, but the reality seems to be different.
How to avoid this type of scam?
The Netflix System and other intrigues that have garnered attention on YouTube lately have one great weapon to conquer users: the power of persuasion. However, it only takes a few steps to detect strange behavior that reveals that everything is a coup.
According to expert Jefferson Propheta, one of the first signs of a scam is right on the offer: making easy money online. Even the fact that one presents a “unique opportunity” to make a lot of money without much effort should be carefully considered.
After all, alleged user reports should also be looked at carefully, because as the old saying goes: Not everything on the Internet is true. For example, when searching Google backwards for the images on the “Netflix System” website, it is possible to see that the photos of the commentators have been used in other similar scams before and do not represent real people.
Ideal on YouTube is to channel videos with information about scams and check if the publisher has been hacked or is selling content. Although some videos are very well prepared, they can be made up to deceive users. Just like a Netflix series, anything can just be a role.
Source: Tec Mundo
