Better than Ransomware: YouTube Crypto Livestream Scams
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If you cannot have a picnick without ants, you also cannot have crypto without scams. And although scams come and go, one particular scam which has unrivaled staying power is the YouTube livestream crypto giveaway scam, which was first spotted in 2019 and is still going strong. The scam takes many forms, either a Michael Saylor video promising to double Bitcoin sent to an address, or videos involving the founder and CEO of Cardano, Charles Hoskinson. Vitalik Buterin is another common target. But of course, the promised doubled crypto never comes, hence a scam.
Better than Ransomware: YouTube Crypto Livestream Scams
Better than Ransomware: YouTube Crypto…
Better than Ransomware: YouTube Crypto Livestream Scams
If you cannot have a picnick without ants, you also cannot have crypto without scams. And although scams come and go, one particular scam which has unrivaled staying power is the YouTube livestream crypto giveaway scam, which was first spotted in 2019 and is still going strong. The scam takes many forms, either a Michael Saylor video promising to double Bitcoin sent to an address, or videos involving the founder and CEO of Cardano, Charles Hoskinson. Vitalik Buterin is another common target. But of course, the promised doubled crypto never comes, hence a scam.