Phishing scam alert! Heads up!

[babyteeth4]

Beware, scammers posing as YouTube are now sending out official looking emails on YouTube letterhead that tell you that one of your videos (they will show a specific title of yours) has been claimed by a third party. It's very convincing as they are using the exact same text as an actual YouTube email.

They provide a link and it takes you to sign in to your account, looking like the Google/YouTube sign in. Beware, this is not a YouTube or Google site! It directs you to a lookalike site to gather your login information. Even if you have second verification text code sent to your phone as a security measure, you could still be tricked into typing in your verification code because it looks like it's the real site.

DO NOT click on any links that are sent to you in an email! If you're not sure, you can always log into YouTube from your own bookmarks, NOT using the links in the email. Then just pull up your videos and you'll see if one of them has in fact been claimed.

 

[sanitary103]

very good to know thanks!

 

[Shendijiro]

Always read the URL ! Always!! Thanks for the heads up

 

[KatyAdelson]

Yikes!! :S That's good to know! x_x

I've moved this to the main YouTube forum! I think it'll be noticed a bit more here. =)

 

[markkaz]

Great reminder! When you get such an email, don't click the link. Go directly to the site, log in and look for the info.

 

[Mister20seven]

Thanks, good to know

 

[darkstarmedia]

Yikes, thanks for the heads up!

 

[xingcat]

Oh, wow. Will scammers never end? Imagine if all these people focused their energies on something productive.

 

[CrazFrank]

Aye thanx

 

[Crown]

Good advice. I'll leave this thread in the main section so a maximum number of people see it and then I'll pin it to the "copyright section".