r/SpaceXLounge • u/Jake6192 • May 28 '24

Fake livestreams Same as always

So sad but there are currently 300k people watching "IFT-4" streamed on YouTube. What they don't know is that it's a fake spacex channel (fairly well disguised I will give them that), and in reality they are watching IFT-1. If you get a minute, report @corp-spacex2 for impersonation on youtube. Maybe those 300k people are bots but still, sick and tired of these fake channels

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u/Dependent_Grocery268 May 28 '24

It was the first thing on my feed, I was even going to watch the liftoff before I reported it but the bitcoin scam cut in right at the 40 second hold.

Weird thing is it says the account had been active since 2016 and they had videos uploaded that I had watched in the past. Strange one

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u/[deleted] May 29 '24

Weird thing is it says the account had been active since 2016 and they had videos uploaded that I had watched in the past.

The scammers buy existing compromised accounts (usually lax password security & no 2FA/MFA enabled) and just change the profile pic & channel art to make it look legit to people who are dumb enough to fall for such an easy scam.

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u/TheSilentPearl May 29 '24

They may have just compromised those accounts since it's cheaper and old accounts usually don't have much security like you mentioned. I think that it's very possible that the fact that they disable live chat is a big sellout though.