I do not know how effective this new scam is, but this is a summary of how it takes advantage of YouTube/Google's shadow banning... You sign into YouTube and see messages (replies to your video comments) in the bell drop-down dialogue. One of those messages is from a scammer, impersonating a channel owner. But YouTube has shadow banned that message because of its content. You can see it, but nobody else (not even the channel owner) can see it. Good thing for the scammer that nobody else can see it, since the scammer is impersonating the channel owner. It's effectively a private message between the scammer and you, whether or not you are aware of shadow banning. The scammer, impersonating the channel owner, using the channel owner's ID and picture, also using some messaging matching messaging ID from someplace like "telegram@carsonmiller" (the name part is a copy of the channel owner's name, they just need to find some messaging service that channel owner isn't using) says you are the winner of a giveaway. The scammer proceeds to ask for all of your personal contact information, promising to send a really great giveaway prize. Then, the scammer suggests you need to pay some outrageous amount for shipping, and asks for your payment information. By that time, most people should be aware they are being scammed. There might be variations on that coming soon. The tangled webs we weave...
OT: YouTube/Google shadow banning is enabling scammers
Started by ●August 2, 2022
Reply by ●August 3, 20222022-08-03
Spam. Path: aioe.org!eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Jack Webb <myopinion@least.com> Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: OT: YouTube/Google shadow banning is enabling scammers Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2022 01:28:36 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: <tccj03$1uctu$1@dont-email.me> Injection-Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2022 01:28:36 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="5c902e507df9b5d4c93c9490eaf3c55e"; logging-data="2044862"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/YdLp7XIxuxms2lLSSD4VbxgotbZqgURg=" User-Agent: Xnews/2006.08.05 Cancel-Lock: sha1:LbPjcVglBbrtv2EwqrkApSunbGo= Xref: aioe.org sci.electronics.design:668488 On 8/2/22 18:28, Jack Webb wrote:
Reply by ●August 3, 20222022-08-03
On Wednesday, 3 August 2022 at 03:28:41 UTC+2, Jack Webb wrote:> I do not know how effective this new scam is, but this is a summary of how it > takes advantage of YouTube/Google's shadow banning... > > You sign into YouTube and see messages (replies to your video comments) in > the bell drop-down dialogue. > > One of those messages is from a scammer, impersonating a channel owner. But > YouTube has shadow banned that message because of its content. You can see > it, but nobody else (not even the channel owner) can see it. Good thing for > the scammer that nobody else can see it, since the scammer is impersonating > the channel owner. It's effectively a private message between the scammer and > you, whether or not you are aware of shadow banning. > > The scammer, impersonating the channel owner, using the channel owner's ID > and picture, also using some messaging matching messaging ID from someplace > like "telegram@carsonmiller" (the name part is a copy of the channel owner's > name, they just need to find some messaging service that channel owner isn't > using) says you are the winner of a giveaway. > > The scammer proceeds to ask for all of your personal contact information, > promising to send a really great giveaway prize. Then, the scammer suggests > you need to pay some outrageous amount for shipping, and asks for your > payment information. By that time, most people should be aware they are being > scammed. > > There might be variations on that coming soon. The tangled webs we weave...Twitter and Facebook steal our private phone numbers, locking accounts over and over, asking for personal phone number to unlock them. can u help ? I use Twitter, Facebook for contacting state-owned agencies, living on Twitter, Facebook, via messanger, so no social, public activity. Otherwise I need to use email, but gmail mail is all about spam and my email box is flooded by 8,000 spam mails and my spam box is flooded by 8,000 spam messages every month, so no way to read or send mail, since it doesn't make any sense to go through hundreds of spam emails. can u help ? FTC fines Twitter $150 million for deceptive targeted advertising tactics Published: May 25, 2022 at 6:06 p.m. ET By Denny Jacob comments Referenced Symbols TWTR +0.22% The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that Twitter Inc. must pay a $150 million penalty for deceptively using account security data for targeted advertising. Twitter TWTR, +0.22% asked users to give their phone numbers and email addresses to protect their accounts and then profited by allowing advertisers to use this data to target specific users, the FTC said. The agency said Twitter’s tactics violated a 2011 order that explicitly prohibited the company from misrepresenting its privacy and security practices. More than 140 million Twitter users provided their phone numbers or email addresses from 2014 to 2019, according to a complaint filed by the Department of Justice on behalf of the FTC. Twitter failed to mention that the information would also be used for targeted advertising, the FTC alleged. In addition to the $150 million penalty, Twitter is banned from profiting from its deceptively collected data, the FTC said. Other provisions of the proposed order include notifying users that it misused phone numbers and email addresses, and allowing users to use other multi-factor authentication methods. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ftc-penalizes-twitter-150m-for-deceptive-targeted-advertising-tactics-271653516413?mod=mw_latestnews To contact Twitter, Facebook or Federal Trade Commission I need a realiable communication means can u help ?
Reply by ●August 4, 20222022-08-04
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