This Discord SCAM is getting Out of Hand!

Discord is becoming a haven of scams and frauds. In this video I'm going to show you a widespread scam that is going around and stealing discord accounts and scamming nitro from your parent's credit card. I'm going to show you how this discord scam works, how to avoid it, and how to recover your account after being scammed.
This scam basically hacks your discord account and gives the hacker full control over your account. This bypasses two factor authentication! Nothing will save you unless you know what to look for and how to avoid being scammed on discord.
This message is a fraud:
"heyy ummm idk what happened or if its really you but it was your name and the same avatar and you sent a girl erm **** stuff like what the f? SERVER INVITE check shame and youll see. anyways until you explain what happened im blocking you. sorry if this is a misunderstanding but i do not wanna takes risks with having creeps on my friendslist."
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Discord Report Form
support.discord.com/hc/en-us/...
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Discord Server
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00:00 - Why the scam is bad
01:25 - How to tell this is a scam
02:18 - WHAT TO DO
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Yasper, chromonicci - Low Tide chll.to/36e00b28
Moods, Yasper - Blessed chll.to/8d48a4aa
Philanthrope, mommy - Growing Through The Cracks chll.to/b4e8f2c5

[@NoTextToSpeech]

A couple of things I should clarify on (click read more) 1. Look under authorized apps in your discord settings and remove anything that you do not recognize. This will ensure that your account is 100% secure. 2. If the hackers purchased nitro under your account, FIRST try to undo the transaction in your transaction history and contact discord to try to get a refund. A chargeback should only be your last resort since charging back purchases breaks the TOS and can get your account banned. 3. If you did not have any attempted transactions in discord and you did not have a paypal or credit card connected to your account, you do not need to worry about fraudulent charges on your credit card/paypal account.

[@ccutewolf7096]

hi no text to speech i was the discord server featured in the vid deleted? since I'm not in it anymore and I didn't press leave and the inv is invalid now, if it wasn't deleted plz invite me back

[@Claramoo]

Thank god i wad too lazy to add paypal, or credit card, etc. because i fell for this. I hope my best friend sees this because im still blocked and discord was the only way to contact him

[@darkast2679]

bro im so lucky i used an alt account to check that stupid server

[@SIERRALIMASIERRADELTA11]

I'm trying to investigate that server

[@tripokia7600]

i got the same thing

[@RodolfoSandovalRudy]

under authorized apps make sure to remove anything you don't recognize. Most of the verify bots keep access to your account thru there

[@johnthemannn]

also, never scan qr codes through the discord app, especially if they say it expires in 3 minutes

[@TiSklmao]

or just disallow friend requests and DMs

[@moonmarionette1982]

@@TiSklmao i mean, i have them disabled, but an unfortunate friend of mine apparently doesn't and didn't know of this whole thing cuz they sent me one of them scam messages, so yeah, can't even trust friends sending links either, i just knew it was not him cuz the chat was dead for a long long time and a message like that out of nowhere made no sense lol

[@shellytrueamon]

@@TiSklmao theres no need to do that, just dont be a dumbass

[@alebern4535]

can you explain what you just said better please, I dont understand

[@adisetyadi39]

I love how you're also guiding kids on how to talk to their parents about this situation. Children are highly vulnerable to this scam and they might panic and afraid to tell their parents because of fear of consequences. Your guidance would assure them that it's the bad guys' fault, so no worries and parents would understand how to safely get their money back! Thanks for this informative video!

[@diabolicwave7238]

@@raretympa Since when has 'not being allowed' stopped children from doing stuff like that?

[@hazel7145]

@@diabolicwave7238 fr

[@honeycloves-]

@@raretympa Teenagers can get just as panicky with the same stuff as a panicky teenager, I'd be scared to tell my parents that their money was stolen because of a scam, because they'd lose a lot of trust in me.

[@modern6457]

I agree a lot like who sams little kiddies for 100$ nitro

[@ikqoz]

discord is 13+ wdym

[@deathly9734]

2 people in my friends list have already been hacked by this scam and I myself was almost a victim. thank you for talking about this and stay safe out there!

[@Deluxed933]

Well you guys are really that stupid to give your log-in QR code randomly? Like cmon. Those QR codes are meant to log through phones without passwords. Clearly stated by discord. Would you give your text password in order to join a server? No? Then why would you send your unique QR code that acts as an password? Tards lmao.

[@jucicat]

Same. Lost my old friend to this scam and now don't have any way of contacting them. Sad...

[@Rick34909]

same but he is not hacked anymore

[@pumkin610]

I was almost hacked as well but luckily the friend was able to tell me about how they were hacked with their description

[@pumkin610]

@@jucicat sorry to hear that, most of my friends have two social medias

[@emqrald]

I really appreciate that you’re telling us about what to do if you’ve been scammed and how to handle it (especially for children using their parents cards), not just about the scam. Thank you for educating us!

[@Josuh]

I'd feel sad for any parent that buys their child discord nitro

[@Zappy-ray777]

@@Josuh discord is not a safe place 💀

[@nicksartandgaming1151]

Help what do I do this has happed to me and I cant get into my disord I dont get the 6 digits pls help im begging been like 3 hours now

[@TheOnlyName]

Never scan a QR code though the Discord app if it is not you trying to log into your account from the Discord login page!

[@electricz3045]

wick might implement a real QR Code thing tho but then you should look at the bot verified badge and scan the qr code with the camera qr code scanner and not with the discord app.

[@Jay-cr7zl]

German

[@cj25gamer]

I scanned the qr code from an app in this phone and the account is in this phone

[@jkofficialyt4556]

Yea it could be a rickroll... Never gonna give you up never gonna let you down never gonna turn around and desert you

[@aviutle]

@@electricz3045 Check what Wick lounge saying...

[@Alukian]

I fell for this one, and I managed to reset my password quickly but it infiltrated about 50 of my contacts, including numerous other KZbinrs. It was a mess but not a single person was mean about it. I never thought I would fall for something like this; be careful out of there everyone. :)

[@krach76]

I fell for it aswell

[@Niuskayz]

Same :/, fortunately I removed every message before anyone joined and somebody told me how to fix that, I wouldn't know what to do without that person

[@michoneboi]

same.

[@1calmbrady892]

Dude I was trying to help a friend. Who was DMed it and they wanted me to DM that person. But I went to the server and tried to verify and QR code and was hacked. I would usually never fall for it but I was trying to help a friend and was naive. Luckily I disabled my account and stopped them.

[@teebs2721]

so you’re saying you’re sending your meat over discord 💀💀💀

[@horlzonline1131]

Thank you for making a video on this! One of my friends got sent this message, and luckily we agreed that they shouldn't click the link. Despite recognizing it was a scam though, we had no idea it was THIS extensive and harmful. It's scary how deceptive these kind of scams can be, especially given that it's using people's genuine fears against them, so hopefully no one else will have to fall victim to these crooks.

[@aaditbansal4122]

omg ive actually gotten this exact message from one of my friends, and I was so confused. thank you so much for covering this!

[@enderbirds3814]

Saw this get sent to me by a Dutch friend (I’m American) What gave it away as a scam wasn’t the QR code, the Sus bot, or the fact that this server was so strange in how it worked. What gave the scam away was the fact that my Dutch friend with terrible English randomly sent me this message 4 months after our last message in perfect English Upgrades people, upgrades

[@hy7864]

Same But I saw this get sent to me by an Indonesian friend Also there's no uppercase letters Ofc I don't fell for it

[@Nightmare-pd7ze]

@GDX1447 ok

[@pride7052]

@GDX1447 Thanks to you too for pointing out you don't have a father

[@fuki98]

I didn’t know it was a scam at first. It was just my instinct of “why verify for a server I’m only going to use for a minute” and also my friend was on the luckier hand since he got to unblock everyone and he straight up said he got scammed.

[@SilentExplorer0]

Ik ben belgies

[@Omooze]

Discord is missing an important feature "Logged in Devices"

[@terminitelol]

there's betterdiscord plugins that show them

[@PolskiDev]

theyre working on it, found it in experiments

[@putai1234]

@@PolskiDev whats the name of the experiment to change?

[@drip8343]

"Report Server"

[@Frospin]

@@terminitelol yeah but better Discord is also Against Discord ToS

[@soulpancake1018]

My friend told me about this recently, this definitely needs more attention. Very well informed video that needed to be made :)

[@nicksartandgaming1151]

Help what do I do this has happed to me and I cant get into my disord I dont get the 6 digits pls help im begging been like 3 hours now

[@VynxinityEdits]

Hey man thanks for this, I recieved this message when the scams started going around and I notified my friends and we all started to freak. They ended up forcing me to block everybody, leave all servers, and change my password. Worst of all is that I also had to delete my account that i've had for 2 years and I was devastated when I found out it was less severe than it was. I had old time buds on there and they don't get on as frequently so that's just completely fucked. Thank you though for spreading the awareness, I wish I could have gotten to this when it was all still happening. Everything's okay except from the fact I lost some old friends but people come and go. God bless you and your family, I hope you read this!

[@FallenP66]

I reported this multiple times towards Discord and they said they were handling it. I believe them because I saw many servers getting nuked or shut down because of this singular scam.

[@NoTextToSpeech]

I’m glad to see discord is taking action. A lot of times I’ve seen little to no moderation done on scam servers such as this one.

[@FallenP66]

@@NoTextToSpeech IKR! It's because this scam hurts their pockets. Lol

[@yeet3385]

@@FallenP66 it doesn't hurt Discord's pocket 😂 it's giving them nitro money. but Discord is nice. Won't take scam money :)

[@FallenP66]

@@yeet3385 Well I assume Discord is either goona take away Nitro but put more secure onto it. I just love how Discord is the land of scammers and money farming; not Gaming.

[@kurdishoffical]

Yea, there were that server and an other server it’s called anime community my friend sent it and said he got hacked tons of accounts are being hacked daily from this.

[@piedude7674]

I got one of these today and I new it was a scam from the start, but this is definitely something a younger person would understandably fall for… Scammers really have no shame and no sympathy 🤦‍♂️

[@h2oant546]

Yep. They spent all my money on nitro and I worked hard for the money.

[@2008bunnybigenderflux]

@@h2oant546 Did you get it back?

[@h2oant546]

@@2008bunnybigenderflux Yep, but took over a week. They spent almost 200 bucks. I am happy that most of it declined so they only spent 40. I only had 55 bucks at the time so I was happy when they successfully refunded my money. Saved up for a new gpu after that.

[@dutchdoggogang6882]

I am broke and a 13 Yr old who is religious I well be hella safe

[@jasoninirllife]

This was a scam where I fell for it for because I got it sent to me from a KZbinr that I had messaged a little (so the message made a lot of sense for them to send) and I was very skeptical but still scanned the QR code and then waited and as soon I saw someone disappear from my friends list I changed password and turned on 2FA I also didn’t ever link a credit card or anything to my account so that’s good

[@oannguyenquocthai8585]

man I missed this kind of tutorials lol. Great work here, thanks!!!

[@yetunhan5475]

holy shit thank you so much! i'd been struggling with my older version of element but this one is perfect Thank you so much! I swear non of the other tutorials worked but this one did! ily

[@Xobot]

This is probably one of the most effective scams at the current moment, good to see more people spread awareness of it :)

[@dizzyheads]

If one hasn't seen scam messages so many times it's very likely people would fall for it. That or if you know how people type

[@pacoradon9231]

Nah, not really. If you have at least one braincell then you won't scan that QR code

[@elitepauper7400]

how can this be a effective scam? some random contacts me claiming my pics going around. Yea sure buddy. how dumb do you have to be to fall forthis

[@jadamcquarrie4509]

@@dizzyheads or how things work! Basic understandings of code and computer function are a lifesaver. “I use this QR code to log in… meaning it logs people in for everyone else too. Therefore, this guy is trying to log into my account!” QR codes are just processes displayed in binary as a picture, more or less.

[@KakaosHal202]

True. It didn't hack me but it made me lose one of my friends

[@arynnette]

i was deathly close to doing it this morning, if it wasn't for the fact i was on mobile, i would've been a goner

[@NoTextToSpeech]

laziness taking the W today

[@triggerhappy4199]

I have max servers on discord and have been around since 2015 so if I was tired or drunk I would have clicked on it thankfully I wasn’t Either atm

[@entitynumber2659]

Thank god me too, an old friend messaged me out of nowhere and the only reason i didnt scan was bc i was too lazy.

[@RoseGoldAngelttv]

Omg some random person messaged me and THANK GOD THEY DID they sent me a whole paragraph saying dont verify and sent me this vid

[@sallymoran2257]

SAME

[@mr.apollo629]

Not even gonna lie, this one *ALMOST* got me. They had me in the first half because an old server I was in had some weirdass people who I could totally believe would try to fabricate some bs against me. Thank god I thought fast and said "wait a minute...let me do a quick google search first". Scams like this can get anyone, even I nearly got caught. Never trust suspicious messages like these, EVER!

[@ThatsGermey]

I didn't scam it cuz I didn't feel like it, I hate scammers

[@luimu]

Scams like these are ridiculously easy to notice. Too unusual behavior for any of my friends. Too long single message. None of my friends just randomly send invite links to massive servers either.

[@towerofhelluse1]

Same here, it was kinda random tbh. I was gonna the scan the qr code but decided not to since it's not worth my energy. Then this thing popped up lol (I'm talking about this video). After that i warned my friends about this scam.

[@ThatsGermey]

@@towerofhelluse1 lmao

[@Neopolitan183]

Don't blame yourself, if people didn't fall for it then they wouldn't be doing it! Lucky you didn't fall for it but so many others do.

[@zaydchguiri8354]

Exactly what i was looking for! Thanks for the informative video

[@Mjaruk]

I'm so glad channels like you exist. I know it might be obvious for most people not to fall for this but some people don't know better. you explain it so calm and easy to understand and tell exactly what is happening. you don't shame anyone for falling for it either. keep making more of these videos! we need more people like you! ill be sharing this video with all my friends and in my server to. once again, thank you!

[@casualgamer8450]

i fell for it 💀 but i got lucky and nothing happened.

[@alex59292]

@@casualgamer8450 I know you were scared but is scanning qr code on another device not sus

[@budgieplays]

@@casualgamer8450 smh

[@budgieplays]

Hi mark

[@emerald9947]

Its not that i was afraid i just thought my friend was trolling or whatever and i was just curious when i scanned the code it didnt do anything i changed my password anyways but i think it didnt do anything since i have 2 factor authentication and even with scanning the discord qr code it always asks me something.

[@keleee]

I almost fell for it this morning, but I was suspicious of a qr scan verification so thankfully I avoided it and didn't risk losing my 4 years old account lol

[@NoTextToSpeech]

Sigma male mindset, don't let your doubloons get scammed

[@exodusthethirteenth]

Yeah, that's what happened to me too. Thankfully, nothing happened.

[@nightgod9708]

Yep I did the same thing

[@exopass]

My account is almost 6 years old and i also lost it once but in less than a minute I realised that there was some dm's being sent from my account because I was in the main screen where you see all the dm's you sent and i saw activity happening while i was doing something on my 2nd screen. Bot only had time to dm 2 friends before i changed my password. Still a scary experience because i wasn't sure if the bot was still on my account or not

[@Josuh]

sigma male using discord (almost) before it was cool

[@smokescreen5238]

This literally just happened to me through a friend and I got so scared but then I looked it up and saw this and the message was verbatim so I'm good now. Thanks for posting this.

[@sweets9987]

I almost got hit by this. Luckily, I was so outraged at the mere thought of being accused of this stuff I absolutely refused to even look at the server; much less join it. I almost didn't accept the resent friend request until some other people told me it was a scam!! Thanks for making this video explaining it more in depth and I hope this scam stops/has stopped because it's just outright messed up and preying on people's insecurity.

[@aha3642]

7 minutes damn, your videos are really helpful man I appreciate everything you do

[@NoTextToSpeech]

I tried to make this hella short but my brain just turned off again 😠

[@XMehhX]

I love that this guy gives examples about what to say to your parents. Many kids dont know how or what to say to their parents. Good job and thanks for the information!

[@RealPercurious]

From the way you talk about over explaining things and the bot ID, I know the pain of it brother :D

[@wardy6224]

Thank you so much! initially after getting this message I thought someone had *already* hacked my account and was doing pervy stuff pretending to be me. Luckily I was sceptical and found this video so again, Thanks :)

[@FredDoesStuff0423]

This server also not only "exposes people" it also disguises as a "new server" as a message from the server owner in the event they do get hacked.

[@notsam2270]

extra info: its less likely that they'll even bother impersonating the owner, you'll probably see around 6 text channels (and no other channels, they were deleted) saying "new-server" with a bot constantly spamming everyone pings along with the link to the scamming discord server i have no clue how they thought a BOT spamming everyone pings in multiple channels and posting a discord server invite that relates to the hacked server in NO way would fool nearly anyone

[@FredDoesStuff0423]

@@notsam2270 ​ It actually did fool a server. They hacked an owner and the bot only sent it in one announcement channel claiming they "moved" servers. It may have been done by hand however

[@notsam2270]

​@@FredDoesStuff0423 i believe that "Iconic Anime Productions", a discord server mostly for the roblox game Reaper 2 had the owner get 'hacked' and the server was taken over by a bot added via their account. i am also talking a bit more about the users knowing that the studio, with its name likely never going to change, would not make a new server called "AMONG US | PACKING | EXPOSING | OTZCHEATS" and spam pings to join it via an unverified bot. i am aware that there are still people who could fall for this but its quite goofy how it relates nothing to the server they have 'hacked'.

[@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780]

@@notsam2270 one of my friends fell for a bot scan and my other friends told him it was a scam i noticed it was a scam when i saw it said free nitro

[@nicksartandgaming1151]

Help what do I do this has happed to me and I cant get into my disord I dont get the 6 digits pls help im begging been like 3 hours now

[@lehiergendwo8291]

I usually assume that stuff like that is a phishing attempt, and I was right again! This one was very suspicious though, so I looked it up just to be sure. Thanks for the vid man, really helped me out.

[@dededethesuperstarwarrior]

Thanks for helping people and boosting awareness and well!

[@andrewschaeffer6896]

Okay thank you for posting this. This recently happened to a couple of my friends.

[@norliegh]

being a cybersecurity guy. I fell for it because I trust my friends because I know them from a really long time. This exposes how vulnerable people are to their trust circle.

[@noyesser]

Could also say it’s like the chain is only as strong as it’s weakest link. Person falls, friend knowing person falls, friend knowing friend falls, you fall

[@norliegh]

@@noyesser Same thing. I guess. Atleast nothing worse happened. I'd more alert to everything.

[@Hikarian]

A few of my friends fell for this, really good of you making this hope lots of people see this! 👍

[@jasonbammer5359]

You saved my account, I saw you in one of these servers with the nickname "THIS IS A SCAM" I immediately watched this video in fixed it.TYSM

[@bubblelove12]

My sister actually almost fell victim to this scam a few days ago, and the only reason she wasn't also hacked is because she didn't see the message until a few days after it was sent and the link had already expired. We were so relieved when we found this video because she had been really worried that her account was the one that was hacked instead, and she has already sent it to all her friends to inform them. Thank you so much for spreading awareness and inciting caution !

[@d0r0thy]

Insane seeing a video on this because it happened to me the other day where someone I knew got hacked. Luckily I didn’t join the server but I definitely will warn my friends. Good job making this known!

[@Sheevlord]

Ah, so that's what it is. A friend of mine got this exact message with a join link for some server from a Discord friend. He obviously didn't join (avoiding clicking shady links and joining suspicious servers seems like a good policy in general). Later he found out that the guy who sent the DM had his account hacked. Thanks for explaining how this scam works.

[@m1-]

Thank you for bringing this to light!

[@ticamad]

my account was used for "free nitro" scams and it got me in a bit of trouble. great job making awareness of these scams!

[@redpandadotjpeg2640]

Can you make a playlist of these explanations of discord scams if you continue making videos covering them? It’d be great to send in servers instead of usual fearmongering paragraphs about scams that go “Dont friend this person they will instantly grab your account/ip!! Because it’s really scary to people who don’t know how these things work or how to avoid them.

[@Josuh]

It's more that its annoying and easily dismissed rather than scary

[@redpandadotjpeg2640]

@@Josuh yeah but people fall for it and that’s what’s scary to them

[@FRICKYTheOnest]

I actually fell for this.. luckily for me I recognized what was going on very quickly and changed all of my passwords and got rid of my billing information. Surprisingly no damage was done on my account, but I would consider myself to be good at recognizing scams like this quickly, and I actually fell for it. Pretty scary to think about all these people loosing their money for seemingly no reason. i hope this video reaches more people and I will definitely spread the word fs.

[@yuki97kira]

Same.. But for protection i always uses shoppee as my payment method... It would never be enough for a nitro

[@erenhi]

same

[@0w3nn]

Same, unfortunately damage was done to my account and messages were sent out to almost all my dms. I deleted most of them but it’s very difficult because pretty much all my dms were deleted. I quickly changed my password and now it’s alright it’s a good thing I didn’t lose my account

[@Mario-og5uw]

Man thank you so much for making this video, I got hacked yesterday and thought it only sends links of the server to other people but today it gifted two discord nitro to them. That cost me 26 dollars but I don't really mind because it could have been much worst. I tried contacting discord support but they can't refound claimed gifts. Learned my lesson today.

[@shelbygt350r4]

this was helpful, im subscribing!

[@innocehnt75]

1:48 i couldn't stop laughing when he flat out refused to pronounce nadeko's name

[@lolfunny9035]

ok

[@Mohammeder]

ok

[@vlusky_husky]

"this other bot" I'm dying 💀 💀

[@Link-Link]

ok

[@yocto7082]

Basic rule of thumb, if you see a link that doesn't look official or is weirdly encrypted, don't click it. Another one would be if you see anything about scanning a QR code, I think it's a given but don't scan it.

[@Slada1]

The weird thing is that that qr code bypasses 2 factor authentication!

[@guns102]

You don't even need to click it if you don't have F2A on. Because discord uses chromium bots can run malicious scripts in the background when you interact with the invite link. Obviously this includes clicking it but it can also mean just simply hovering over it or being in the chat window too long. 2FA will stop this from happening (unless you actually click the link and scan the code.)

[@mirai5268]

"Weirdly encrypted" 💀

[@yocto7082]

@@mirai5268 Have you never seen spoofed links that are a spam of letters?

[@OoO7w7]

@@yocto7082 They have a genshin impact character with a mc Donald's hat on as a pic. Don't expect much from them.

[@ba.diecast24]

I got hit with it today in a slightly different form, had just woken up and had a moment of sheer stupidity. I caught on quickly, left the server and changed my password in like 2 minutes. Thankfully Discord themselves blocked several of the transactions and only 2 $9.99 nitro's went on my credit card. Still sucked having to message all the people fast AF to warn them, as well as cancelling my credit card and opening up a fraud claim, but hey I guess it could be worse. Thank you for trying to spread this info!

[@sirplatypus1112]

my friend sent me one of these, they probably got hacked. in the moment i was a bit scared but once i saw that QR code i backed the hell out. thanks for making this video

[@Mad_Trap]

I actually fell for this a couple of days ago, luckily i quickly realised what was going on and was able to recover my account. This is one nasty scam, and it's a well-made one for sure. Don't believe everything you see on the internet, kids.

[@JustARandomPeerson]

I don't believe this video and comment is real

[@secondthmaestro8608]

can't be a real person

[@Mad_Trap]

@@secondthmaestro8608 hopefully this is enough proof

[@vahele9248]

bro how u fell for that :skull

[@secondthmaestro8608]

@@vahele9248 thats what im sayin

[@mebestupid7134]

I fell to this today and noticed it was a scam literally in the same second, never changed my password that fast. because its incredibly easy to change your password it took like 7 sec and the invite was only sent to like 10 people. Also quite lucky that a dont have a credit card linked to my account and always bought my nitro prepaid

[@eli_6]

Bro I did the same damn thing rn, I even changed my email to gmail just to be super safe. I think I’m in the clear hopefully

[@skeletonwolf7126]

I fell for it too and discord like paused my account and sent me an email and I wanted to cry lol. I reset my password and am double checking all my settings lol. Made sure to tell who I could it was a scam.

[@humanzombieninja]

ye

[@Niuskayz]

Same, being broke is good for once lmao

[@Makotoro-]

bro i almost fell for this but luckily this video and my friends warned me but i love how ur just telling kids about it and how to not fall for it thx for the info tho

[@michaela-kp2yr]

2 of my friends got hakced from this. 1 one them sent me the message and i almost fell for it. im so glad i didnt. thank you for spreading awareness and everybody please stay safe!

[@Sobeitut]

Another good thing to do is to leave servers with a lot of inactive accounts or young children in them, because those are the most likely to get hacked. And if you're in any servers you don't use anymore, I'd also recommenced leaving them just in case.

[@Grenja]

Adults and children can be hacked. You just have to be smart enough to know how to handle it.

[@Sobeitut]

@@Grenja I know, I meant young children (ages 6-11) who are probably too young to use Discord. I don't think they're dumb, I just think they're more naive than teenagers

[@cwdiode4521]

wait how do inactive accounts get hacked?

[@Lovethehumans]

​@@cwdiode4521 Staying server for too long.

[@tenten67177]

@@cwdiode4521 pged

[@EveBatStudios]

I just had a friend reach out to me about this thinking they were in trouble. Went down this whole rabbit hole one day before this video got posted.

[@brenorichard5003]

Thank you men ❤️❤️❤️💙 It's the best video I've seen

[@XBGamerX20]

the fact that those scams are evolving and discord hardly does anything about it. hopefully they take down the entire server along with their admins

[@isthisnametaken978]

Serious question to those who fell for it. What did you do in the past that made you concern about being "exposed" that you went through with it?

[@LennertTale]

I guess it's just curiosity that causes most to fall for this stuff, I myself don't fall for this stuff because I'm a RuneScape player, where scamming is the norm.

[@shellytrueamon]

@@LennertTale curiosity my ass you wont verify out of "curiosity"

[@obbybigfast9667]

I did nothing, I was just curious why my friend would send this message lol

[@shaydabop]

I almost fell for it, and if it weren't for me googling what discord QR codes were, my account would've been toast. I was worried because I know the stuff people will do if they think you've done bad things. Someone I used to be friends with on discord got exposed for some really nasty stuff (and it wasn't fake), and someone that was friends with them before the exposing literally doxxed them. What if someone were to doxx me over shit that wasn't even real?

[@BlatantlySwedishPGN]

@@shellytrueamon some people definitely would. I got this message yesterday and joined the server out of sheer curiosity, knowing damn well I've never taken a single revealing photo of myself or sent inappropriate messages to anyone. Obviously I was thinking it's probably a scam, and the moment I saw the QR code I stopped, started taking message, server and user IDs for the report, then alerted as many people as possible of the scam and got banned. Had I not known better, I definitely would have verified just to see what was in there *out of curiosity.* Stop being so arrogant and ignorant.

[@origin2906]

You are/were not alone! I pray you found what has worked for you!

[@VlekSoT]

I clicked on a fake bot's embedded button. Don't think that alone can do anything, but still followed your steps and they helped me calm down from the panic. Cheers mate.

[@osmanthuswine]

My favorite KZbinr to explain duscord stuff ♥️♥️♥️

[@ParallelEnderZ]

I have no idea how people are still falling from these. You’re doing good by making this video.

[@matascekas7663]

Because of what he said in the video. When panic takes over, all logical thinking is disabled. The consequences if this is true are big, so people just want to see what it's all about and what they did wrong

[@poepepofk8755]

in my pov, i was half asleep and a friend i rarely knew sent this message, so it was pretty believable to me. My thought process was someone got into my account and sent random gross pics in their server and it worried me. ig its more about the person who sent it to you. A close friend would've been obvious

[@guns102]

You don't even need to click it if you don't have F2A on. Because discord uses chromium bots can run malicious scripts in the background when you interact with the invite link. Obviously this includes clicking it but it can also mean just simply hovering over it or being in the chat window too long. 2FA will stop this from happening (unless you actually click the link and scan the code.)

[@beemo4]

@@matascekas7663 still, this invite thing is so old

[@pongoleelee2130]

for me personally, it was a teacher that sent it to me so i immediately took it seriously. I know it's very dumb on my part on retrospective but when a figure of authority accuses you of something like that, you panic.

[@DevilOfHellsKitchen.]

Hey man question what do you use to make thumbnails this is great

[@NoTextToSpeech]

Photoshop :) Photopea works well too

[@Carl_Elden_Ring]

I have told all my friends so we should be good. Thank you for informing us of these things. 👍

[@mochacocah]

Notice: 2FA doesn't save you from token grabbers as I was token grabbed by a scammer even with 2FA on. Please, as soon you realize that the link/QR code/exe file is malicious, immediately change your password. As stated in the video, it'll also log you out of all instances, but will also change your token string. Making it invalid for use! Stay safe, stay vigilante fellow users!

[@dukecatfishjunior6291]

So what even is the point of 2FA if a token string from some link can grab access without any issue? Why does it work so efficiently?

[@BlatantlySwedishPGN]

@@dukecatfishjunior6291 because it prevents pretty much any method that isn't token grabbing. Brute force or even just leaked passwords are essentially useless with 2FA on since the password doesn't let you log in on its own.

[@dukecatfishjunior6291]

@@BlatantlySwedishPGN sooo what can be done against token grabbing? Surely that's just poorly secured coding that's the issue?

[@BlatantlySwedishPGN]

@@dukecatfishjunior6291 not at all. Just don't click links or scan login codes. Be smart about your own actions, that's really all you can do

[@dukecatfishjunior6291]

@@BlatantlySwedishPGN it's really odd to me that such crucial information is almost public, so long as you are gullible...

[@ShadowFrosty101]

I’m glad people are getting this information to everyone this is a scary thing

[@sjade15]

Dead ass just got this! I was like...dude what are you talking about? And it just felt really wrong. Glad I looked this up, I sure as hell wasn't clicking on that, but I wanted to know. Thank man!

[@official_titus5833]

tysm man life savior ik this is a scam but people like you make the world a better place

[@zomeister9191]

I was moderating in a discord server called Moop’s coop, and one of the moderator/admins got scammed, I got the message. What’s scary is that to mod in the server you needed two-step verification, meaning the person got hacked even with it. Be safe everyone! (Btw the server got archived idk what happened my phone was taken)

[@bigdumber7242]

New it was a scam asap, only people I have sent lewd stuff to were other boys SMH

[@NoTextToSpeech]

Now this is an epic gamer moment.

[@The_big_prooooo]

@@NoTextToSpeech indeed big gamer

[@bigdumber7242]

dm me?😳

[@ankush4484]

Finally a video where i can see the guys mouse, he says words clearly and actually SHOWS how to open stuf like the soft roll instead of

[@ayyocam1917]

I was warning mad people about this since I was a victim, but almost every server I warned they didn't really care and were kinda asses about it but glad you are warning everyone

[@KxrbonTh30ry]

Doing gods work my man 👌

[@blistexy]

I'm actually glad I have the common sense to not fall for this but I do feel horrible for those who did.. thanks for making awareness about this too hopefully discord does something about it :>

[@Zappy-ray777]

Lmao they are curious

[@nicksartandgaming1151]

Help what do I do this has happed to me and I cant get into my disord I dont get the 6 digits pls help im begging been like 3 hours now

[@junzhang4346]

Thanks for telling me how they scam people and let me how to know if this server was a scam

[@calebnavarro1424]

OMG im so relived i got a messege from my friend of it and i was a little scared but i wasnt there and im so glad ty so much for making this vid

[@maverickREAL]

This would not be happening if schools and other places of education taught basic cybersecurity. The fact that these scams prey on people who don't know how these kinds of things work is disgusting.

[@valentine7852]

Oh my god I’m so glad i got this video recommended. I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder so when I got that message naturally I freaked out. I was this close to falling for it but this video saved my acc. Tysm

[@mothman8322]

This really shows that even in this times many people lack common sense

[@DeathNight77]

youre awesome for explaining it even in the case of kids

[@qaxton]

No text you are a sigma male for doing this. A couple of my friends were sadly hacked and they can get in I have high positions in a few servers and I will be sending this video at all those places thank you

[@NoTextToSpeech]

It's the least I can do. I aint got the tactical gamer knowledge to disarm this thing but I do have the reach to spread awareness.

[@Marlin123]

I am offended by you regarding discord mods as 'high position'

[@carvedhaunts]

@@Marlin123 High position, low life.

[@sunny_stairs]

@@Marlin123 not that deep

[@mathgeniuszach]

I never even joined the server because I had the mindset that perhaps there's some zero-day vulnerability out there that could hack my account if I even joined the server. Glad to know it wasn't quite so dangerous, even though many people still fell for it

[@Azyne]

This is absolutely shameless. I won't fall for this, I've heard about it through Reddit and KZbin and this video also helps out alot.

[@lordthethan3972]

I definitely got spooked when I got this scam message from a friend who’s account had gotten hacked. But then I realized: I’m a gamer…I don’t talk to girls lmao. Thank you for the coverage on this latest scam. Please everyone: stay safe, be good to each other, and always ask if you need help.

[@banana24563]

You didn't blur out the QR code in 0:28... I am seeing it perfectly

[@RudeGuyGames]

Yeah, this is some bottom-tier masking.

[@-..-_-..-]

i dunno why he blurred them to begin with, the QR codes are generated for a specific log in attempt and username combo so it's not like it'd do anything if you scanned it

[@ZyteXtrabyte]

Tip 1: only contact Discord support as a last resort, out of all the times I tried to get my account back, they did absolutely nothing about it

[@fng007]

Thank you and well done vid. 👏

[@autumn.winds.]

I feel for it and this happened about twice now, this time with an E-iykyk server, this way so embarrassing cuz the link spread to everyone. I'm so glad I found this video

[@autumn.winds.]

Btw, I meant that some links spread twice, don't make it weird.

[@sayhitothelittlegonk1310]

I've actually had similar PMs from people whenever I get active in public servers. I just laughed and deleted the DM because I don't have the balls to send anyone anything yet they claim that I did.

[@yuki97kira]

This is a good... Pun accidental or not... I am someone whos paranoid.. I did get an email of people going "i got pics of you naked" thingy.. Despite me never using my laptop (phone so if i ever change or anything it doesnt really face me) and it was over a week... I had to go through an hour of panic before i can think logically

[@tiffanyjoy4578]

Same

[@thesheks_3406]

0:05 my friend got scammed like this too,and i did too but i was TOO LAZY to scan and that`s how the LAZINESS saved my entire ass lol

[@sunny-diswoomy6213]

Woah, great video mate!

[@OrfeksNew]

drums softing good start learning how to make your own lodies. Good luck bro!

[@tintedishere6615]

This happened to me, but I was on iPhone and wasn't able to authorize my self or whatever the server needed me to do. Soon after that, my friend said he got hacked and that's why he sent me the message. Good thing I was on mobile.

[@whoman0385]

here before hd rendering 😂

[@srg_vfx]

Same 😂

[@robloxanticheat]

Same😂

[@nathanoy_]

same, and its annoying

[@MirageDust]

There are more scams like this at other discord servers too but I don't know if only is taking your acount to spam their server or boost the server too. I have a question, A wicked modified not verified bot can steal your acount without the QR code or a link? I hope you answer me, thanks :D.

[@tetept4]

a mod from a REALLY big server got hacked and i fell for it, luckily my friend called me because she and the others saw the message and wanted to know what happened, if i lost my acc etc im glad i found this video it was really helpful!

[@TailsIsDisappointed]

I've gotten 5 friends sending me this message within 1 and a half weeks. It's genuinely insane.

[@TheRealGamer217]

They don't send it, it goes to everyone automatically.

[@M4CHINE69]

Yeah same here, I got a message from a long time friend I use to have on discord, haven't talked to him in about 3 or 4 years. Then he sent that message. I think he got hacked and the person that got his account sent that message

[@TheRealGamer217]

@@M4CHINE69 Yesterday when I opened discord, I was shocked to see all my friends unfriended me, but when I sent a friend request to one of my friends again, I saw that the same message was sent to him from my account, I swear I didn't send it, Maybe I got hacked and the hacker sent that message to all my friends and blocked them. I LOST ALL OF MY DISCORD FRIENDS BRUH, what are they gonna think of me now... Edit: Sorry if my English is bad, I'm not a native speaker.

[@thetruebadevil]

I gotta give em credit for using panic and the urge to defend yourself to cloud your thinking. It worked on me but I messaged a friend who informed me it was a scam so I changed my passwords immediately after. Stay safe out there ya’ll.

[@bidencream]

you stoooopid

[@TheOnlyCelciAndDontYouForgetIt]

Yeah same exact thing happened to me (Even worse because my dumbass decided checking at 5 in the morning was a great idea) I saw the QR code and decided to ask some friends before doing anything else

[@Heavvyrain]

I love how some of these will be discord invites and, even if from a friend, i don’t bother joining discord servers when it’s for no reason. I’d only join if it’s related to something. Guess that helps somehow

[@rexiiz8254]

Hey man, very clean, interesting and professional. Good sNice tutorialt.