Have you seenYouTubeads recently for a slippage bot that usesChatGPTand promises to help you earn passive income with crypto?
The videos all follow the same basic script.
Youll have to link up your crypto wallet, of course, for the entire thing to work.
Thumbnail from a crypto video that uses unsuspecting actors to steal Ethereum.Image: YouTube
But thats not what will happen if you attempt to execute the code in the video.
But thats because the real wallet address has been hidden inside by splitting it up into pieces.
Gizmodo has yet to find evidence that anyone whos appearing in these videos knows theyre participating in a scam.
Screenshot: YouTube
And its pretty clear why these scammers are hiring real actors.
Panfil reached out to Fiverr to ask about the account that hired him and was told it was terminated.
But he says Fiverr insisted it couldnt do anything beyond that.
Screenshot: YouTube
Any attempt to defraud or scam others is in clear violation of our terms of service and strictly prohibited.
Many of the scammy videos areunlisted, meaning they dont show up in regular YouTube and Google search results.
Anyone who clicks to view the supposed creatorsother videoswill see just five or six created recently.
Screenshot: YouTube
These people were just hired for a single video on Fiverr and their videos are being reused repeatedly.
Most of the tutorials acting as a smokescreen arent even narrated.
And their videos are being used acrossseveral accounts.
Nothing was found in my wallet and YouTuber could not respond my message.
I tried again with 0.65 ETH the following day, but still nothing showed in my contract.
They were all using the same script and being read by real people.
How much are these scammers making?
There are a handful of video explainers trying to warn people about the scam.
But they havent gotten much attention.
Needless to say, you should be wary of anyone promising a way to make easy money.
And if youre an actor looking to do some work through Fiverr, ensure you understand what youre reading.
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