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When something similar happened to popular youtube channel Linus Tech Tips, the scammers gained a few thousand https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/

• paulpauper 2y ago
  more like hundreds of thousands of dollars, and unlike ransomware, the FBI and other law enforcement does not care, so it goes under the radar especially when less famous channels are hacked.
• jsheard 2y ago
  The LTT hacker ran the classic fake Elon Musk crypto livestream that scammers have been rehashing for years. It probably says something about the kind of person who reveres Musk that they're apparently known to be marks who will easily fall for the wallet inspector routine.
  • kibwen 2y ago
    So you're saying scammers target Musk adherents for the same reason Nigerian Prince emails are rife with spelling errors.
    • more_corn 2y ago
      Yes, targeting people who are oblivious to the blindingly obvious is a fantastic strategy for scammers.