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01/09/2020
YouTubers targeted by account takeover software disguised as streaming software
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Just when you thought things couldn't get much worse for YouTubers, thanks to YouTube's own missteps – it seems like the New Year is bringing with it even more challenges, this time from the outside, that creators must look out for.
This time around, it's warnings of “fake companies” – in other words, fraudsters praying on creators in this lucrative online market by approaching them with a promise of paying for ads, aka, “reviews,” of their “streaming software.”
But as YouTuber Vito Gesualdi shares on Twitter, one such entity in question, “Nexxzy,” looks to be operating under false pretenses, he alleges.
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