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The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning of a scam involving popular streaming devices, such as Roku and Amazon Fire TV... If you have a Smart TV, listen up.
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- WPRI
Feb 15, 2023 · Increasingly scammers are trying to trick YouTube TV customers into thinking they are contacting customer service. Instead, they reach a 3rd party group that offers to help them for a fee or some other plan.
- How The Scammers Target YouTube Viewers
- Google's Role in The Scam
- How Successful Is This Scam
- So What's Going on Here?
The scam is fairly straightforward. A user looking to activate the YouTube app on their TV, Google searches the URL that pops up on their TV screen, and accidentally lands on a fake activation website meant to look like an official YouTube page. It's actually fairly obvious that it's not, based simply on its design, but scammers usually do that pur...
This scam would not work without a major assist, shockingly, from YouTube's parent company, Google. If a user was to type in "youtube.com/activation" in Google Search, the first result is an official page from the company to legitimately set up the YouTube app on their Smart TV. However, this page is titled "Connect a Device - Google." Not the most...
It's unclear exactly how much money this YouTube scam is pulling in for the fraudsters. However, there's a number of things we can look at to assume it has been quite lucrative for running this scheme. For one, there are quite a few scam websites ranking highly on that search results page. Another big tell is the autocomplete results. When typing i...
It appears users are landing on this YouTube channel, just like they do with the scammer websites, and they're clicking "subscribe," perhaps believing this is the same thing as the activation they're searching for. Thankfully, it doesn't seem like the YouTube channel has been used for any nefarious purpose. Yet, at least. TV activation scams are no...
- Matt Binder
- matt@mashable.com
When this man received an easily discredited call claiming to be from the IRS, he decided to see just how long he could keep the scammer on the line.
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- Storyful Viral
These tech scammers thought they hit the jackpot but can't seem to steal from grandma, no matter how hard they try. Anti Scam Protection: https://seraphsec...
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- Kitboga
Sometimes, these scammers are even impersonating financial YouTubers to sell their scams. Right now, the only way to stop this is awareness. Please read all comments carefully; if you keep seeing similar chains, know that they’re scams. NEVER call the phone numbers posted.
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Apr 7, 2023 · YouTube sets off an alarm that there's scammers trying to impersonate the company in a new flurry of emails. It offers suggestions on what to look for.
