Watch Out for This Electronic mail Rip-off Pretending to Be From YouTube Assist

In case you have a YouTube channel, there’s a new (new to me anyway) e-mail rip-off that you just want to pay attention to. This rip-off landed in my inbox earlier as we speak. Fortuitously, the rip-off is so poorly executed that it’s reasonably simple to identify. 

The rip-off is that somebody finds the e-mail handle you may have related to the “about” web page in your YouTube channel then sends you a PDF by sharing it by way of Google Drive. The PDF is titled “Copyright Warning” and claims to be from “YouTube Assist.” Nevertheless, the e-mail handle related to the shared file is a generic Gmail handle. That is the primary clue that the e-mail is a phishing try. 

One other clue that this was a rip-off was that in my case, the e-mail handle discovered on my channel’s about web page is totally different from the one which I take advantage of to really log into and publish movies on my channel. YouTube help, from whom I’ve obtained reputable emails, will solely contact you thru the e-mail that you just use to log into and publish in your YouTube channel. 

As a result of I get pleasure from unraveling scams like these, I made a video to focus on the failings with the rip-off and how you can keep away from falling for it. You’ll be able to watch the video right here on my YouTube channel or as embedded beneath. 

Purposes for Training

I prefer to take rip-off e-mail makes an attempt like this one and use them as the premise for brief classes about cybersecurity. Emails the just like the one I obtained as we speak have some tell-tale indicators of a rip-off which can be pretty simple to identify. See in case your college students can spot them.

Some comparable scams that I’ve unraveled within the final couple of years embrace this one about picture attribution and this one additionally about picture attribution from somebody pretending to be a lawyer.