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css on Oct 17, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: YouTube down?

First thing I see on their Twitter page are fake verified Youtube accounts perpetuating some Crypto scam: https://i.imgur.com/PkEbjH5.png

qwertay on Oct 17, 2018 [–]

Typical scam. Problem is verified accounts can change names so scammers steal details for random verified accounts and then use them to pretend to be high profile accounts.

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