Scammers Keep Trying To Steal My Channel

[@kmechwarrior1684]

When they lead with "We're not scammers", they're scammers

[@michaelvicente5365]

100% lol

[@julain-f6w]

But wander, there may be a nigerian prince who needs your help to unfreeze his bank account filled with gold!

[@fevner773]

There really is a problem with humanity nowadays, most people are out for themselves, its a shame that there are people that are just out to ruin others lives. Thanks wander for being part of the few people who are out there to help others. You are the best youtuber. And thanks for your vids.

[@rustyknight1572]

This was rather interesting. For sure more similar videos would be nifty.

[@beflyaudio]

This is insanely pleasant to watch! :O It is a story time format that has been used extensively, but it feels natural and pleasant, and well executed. And its not purely story time (though that would still be welcomed), there is actually useful advice! Love it

[@beflyaudio]

Pew

[@shawnsuggs7559]

They should show this in IT Security classes or something similar because i did not consider probably half of this and this was pretty interesting to watch and learn from.

[@caesural]

The only thing is that ".zip" files aren't unsafe to open, they are pretty much folders. ".exe" and such files are the ones you shouldn't run, bad files are sometimes disguised as file.zip.exe, or the executable is inside the zip file. Still though, it's very weird to get a "game" in a zip file, it's sad that people fall for these

[@caesural]

@asdrubale bisanzio Really? I stand corrected, I guess. I did look this up before posting that, mostly because I'd never heard about zip files being able to install phishing malware just by unzipping, and everything I'd found said zip files are absolutely safe to open. Now that I look it up again, I see that in the past some programs or ecosystems had vulnerabilities that could be exploited by unzipping a file. But I still couldn't find the vulnerabality that would install malware just by unzipping a file, I still don't see how oppening a random zip file could possibility install phishing malware, enlighten me?

[@NorokVokun]

@asdrubale bisanzio yeah I for my part always turn file extentions to be shown. Mainly because I often mod singleplayergames (and fine tune graphics) through .ini files and so on, and for that it is quite helpfull to have the extentions shown. And I definitely will keep doing it as like you mentioned it can help make "sneakiely" disguised .exe malware-files (like the .zip.exe you menationed as example) as blatant as the sun in the sky.

[@YouDonkeyfu]

i dont own any side business but i still get these scam emails for various "service" that i had "sub" to, like apple/netflix/etc/etc

[@LordAsteroth]

The main reason that the scammers try to take conversation to a third party messaging system right away is because messages through them are more deniable than email. An email is, at least marginally, solid evidence of what they have said. Whatsapp is a lot less dependable, and I doubt has the same distinct routing info to prove the source of messages. Thus, harder to use as evidence when you try to use legal means to reverse whatever they are trying to pull, or seek retribution or restitution through the law.

[@sebastians7587]

When I was 8 years old I was the victim of this kind of scam. It was for "a beta key" for some random game that I was into at that age. They made fun of me and scared me with pop-ups. They wanted around 1000$ to "give back the acces to the pc". But I just reinstalled the windows.. the good thing was that at that age I did not have something valuabe on pc.

[@some_meme6707]

I like the way this was presented. Sure, it feels vaguely like how storytelling animators or whatever they're called present their content but that's not bad. Felt like podcast wanderbot.

[@Hendiadyoin1]

To the whatsapp thing: In european countries, like germany (its like that here and I think its based upon an EU law) it may actually be illegal to use whatsApp as an official way of communication in the company, like business phones aren't technically allowed to have them even installed

[@pancakestack4439]

Thank you for putting out a video about this subject and spreading awareness. More people need to know about how to spot a scam

[@TZerot0]

Man both of your voices sound absolutely great, it is always shocking coming from other videos to yours-everything just is so smooth and pleasant.

[@mementomori5580]

"I honestly don't know how scammers can spoof emails like this" It's incredibly easy to just put whatever e-mail address you want as your "sender". All you need is access to any e-mail server (which can just be your own as well) and send the e-mail via api where you can just put in whatever you want for any field (which also includes the "sender" / "from") of the e-mail. Some E-Mail Servers check against that and prevent stuff like that. But thats why you can just use your own and deactivate any security measure that would prevent that from being send (if they were active in the first place).

[@SystemSearcher]

Man, this reminds me of a recent time when I got a random "scam" that was so crappy that it didn't actually function as a scam. Some person messaged me on Discord, saying that they accidentally reported my Steam account... and then did absolutely nothing with that knowledge. No "contact this address/person", no nothing. Just a blank statement and a screenshot. Like... *how* was that supposed to even work?

[@skywardsoul1178]

They've tried that on me twice. Red flag before they even started talking. They usually say that you need to talk to a steam moderator or whatever that puts you through some process or link that lets them steal your login.

[@fire-breathingturtledragon4513]

I just sent this video to some of my friends who have small KZbin and Twitch channels, and I hope that they gain more attention, but all the same, thank you for making this video so that those of us who are just starting out can know what to look for and how to avoid making these mistakes. I look forwards to your next video.

[@Danodan94]

I love this format of just talking about important stuff and things you like/dislike. Seeing your avatar in this style is really neat too.

[@SpiritofrockinKids]

My heart broke when one of my fav youtubers got caught by the crypto-currency hack and was locked out of their channel for WEEKS. They had just switched to doing youtube full time, and ended up losing a lot of subscribers through the fallout.

[@WanderbotPrime]

Was that Scrapman, or someone else? Cause I know he lost access to his channel for ages, and it was brutal on him (though he's definitely bounced back now). Haven't heard of many other folks getting hit as badly as him, but I imagine there are plenty.

[@mammalianmolasses7092]

It was pretty bad when it happened to neebs gaming.

[@SpiritofrockinKids]

It was Brothgar actually

[@NorokVokun]

@@SpiritofrockinKids Yeah, Brothgar was hit HARD with that shit. I was so happy to see him back on my feed once he was able to get to his account again.

[@XenosInfinity]

Oh, I'm going to enjoy this one. This is my soundtrack for work tomorrow morning. Edit: Just finished the video. All solid advice, some for scams I hadn't even heard of - I'll be bookmarking this in case the play button one comes up for any other channels I follow. No danger of mine doing that since I haven't done anything with it in years, but it's always good to have the information on hand for other people. Thanks, Wander.

[@Sibliseidan]

I think this info is also useful to non youtubers. Also (and someweat off topic) Chell reading/voice acting the email was great.

[@labadf]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I hate that this world's greatest inventions are being used to do harm to others

[@thesubscriptionist8562]

the last question in the quick Q&A was such a sad responce. Also loved the Pew!

[@DamsdelDrennon]

That was very interesting and informative, thanks for the words of caution Wanderbots.

[@Lowfyr]

Pretty interesting video, wouldn't mind more of the same manner. Also I love your not-quite-animated Wanderbot doing the narration, really hit spot on.

[@The3rdFist]

Everyone who disliked this video either misclicked or they are a scammer.

[@dollarestoreoffbrand5545]

No one has disliked.

[@The3rdFist]

@@dollarestoreoffbrand5545 the video had 1 dislike when I posted this comment

[@eypfrkoksz]

I didn't know about this second channel of yours! Time to binge watch...

[@ssumbody6251]

14:30 This is very true. I have seen Wander’s face only once. When he was playing in person with Stumpt. So why?

[@Ethan13371]

A Wander makeup tutorial would be HILARIOUS.

[@skywardsoul1178]

So what I'm taking away from this is... *Pew* Great video, very well put together. Sadly some prople just aren't sceptical enough of humanity to spot these every time :') I'll likely show this to a couple of people who aren't always sure when they see one. Sure it's youtube focused, but the hallmarks are there. Thanks for your work.

[@zelroththeart_zoroark3645]

ngl, genuinely this is one heck of a look at what phishing and how bad it can be. This is pretty informative and that quiz seems neato. so thanks for sharingg

[@chrischaplin3126]

Been years but when you receive emails spoofed to look like you sent it to yourself...

[@purpleattic574]

I'm still not used to your more essay esk vids but god do i love em, youre a really chill and entertaining person from what we get to see of ya, and these vids are definitely entertaining and informative both. Lookin forward to whatever you might put up next on here!

[@tlotro625]

"Papers, please."

[@chaotic_error]

This was a really good and informative video! I like the addition of your persona emoting on screen as well.

[@MrStump]

I love how much effort went into this, i started watching you mainly for the rants and stories, this form and channel is a blessing; thank you for doing this

[@spritemon98]

I love this format and I love the avatar animation

[@ootoounoo]

Pew!

[@ophilia]

I’d love to see Wander and chelle as Vtubers

[@joewilson3393]

I have had my email with Yahoo since dial up, and was part of every single one of their data breaches. I can't use it to register an account at Epic because my email was used to make a bot. Two factor authentication is now a religion for me, and I still get notifications from my email app asking me if I am trying to log in. I'm not.

[@warped_online3984]

I love this. I can’t wait for more!

[@1manApocalypse_CP]

Nice informative video, i'm not even a content creator really, and i've gotten some things in my email that'll say stuff like they've hacked into my webcam and will release "embarrassing footage" to my family and friends unless i pay them, or ones that say my password, there was some suspicious activity on my email, like signing up for things and getting emails about things i don't use, or changing stuff on my accounts for things, or emails in a different language in my sent mail that i didn't send, or other emails in different languages, or trying to get into my account from a different location, i think i got it under control now, none of the accounts had any money or anything and i moved to a different email anyway, but i'm not sure, around Dec 2020 i actually stopped getting emails all together, which is also kind of weird, except for 2 emails labeled "beyond next month" which shows 2 emails with dates from the future, so not sure what that's all about.

[@anteaterhi]

youtube sucks sometimes, but it's easier to make content on in some cases. Glad you were able to avoid the scam, I would've done something similar maybe, but 50/50 I may have been tricked. Good going to ya, love your content.

[@mikeorbit443]

I do enjoy these video essays quite a lot!

[@poisonedoak6563]

This was good. Also, the thumbnail is Machinima and that’s hilarious

[@W00KYs]

Thank you for this video. It is quite interesting to see your take on this, including how you deal with them.

[@lChronosl93]

Very useful info, I will share this with some of my less internet savvy friends.

[@Adahy_Bullet]

I actually have an example of someone who had tried scamming me using facebook messenger. So for context: i really only have one old friend then family and family friends on facebook then a few people my brother, mother etc know. I don't actually use facebook very often tho tbh. Anyways, back to the tale: so here i am watching youtube and suddenly my brother messages me. The message is just ya usual like "hey bro" or whatever. Nothing phishy (pun intended) at all about it. But as they sent more and more messages i got more and more like "uh huh... I ain't believing ya bs." And eventually i send them an message more or less saying "I'm sorry if this is actually you, bro, but ya giving me all kinds of bad vibes." And i eventually get in touch with that very same brother irl and he ends up confirming it was a scam. Had gotten hacked and he had to make a new account. It was the part in the messaging where "he" started mentioning gaining lots of money or whatever it had been that had made me sus as heck of it. Now fast forward a good few months, and an old family friend had messaged me with a similar scam, having also been hacked. This one i asked my mom about tho cuz it still made me sus but i was far less certain cuz unlike my brother i haven't seen this person in years. She ends up confirming my suspicions that it was a scam. But it was the same "free money if go here" scam basically as before but different face. Thankfully, far as i know, these are my only times dealing with it. That second one definitely was a lot less certain tho for me, which scares me a bit.

[@felixmcculloh8172]

I feel like with all these wanderbot character positions we could make a full fnf week with them.

[@SpeveBobs]

Always happy to see another one of these.

[@OGgrimmthekid]

Im not going to lie I love this nux style you doing here any idea you use this I'm full support of

[@35571113]

I did not know I can use a usb key for 2-factor authentication with Google! That's neat!

[@jmatt440]

6:46 Waiting for your answer. Thank

[@the_enderwolf1313]

I just gotta say, the thumbnail is great

[@maxmustsleep]

Now I just want to buy a sick guitar

[@juulnoblesse2327]

I have had to use Whatsapp for side jobs, so I could understand some companies asking for it, but it is definitively on the less professional/formal side of things. Though it might also be a location/type of business thing since I don't believe a lot of companies outside of the gaming sector know much about discord

[@gamerman0252]

Having a video explaining how to start on Twitch/KZbin and what kind of equipment I should purchase would be great since I still do want to become a Vtuber stuff and I know you wouldn’t be helpful in finding out The specific stuff for V tubers I still need to know all the information for making video game content on Twitch because the two kind of go hand-in-hand. (often times)

[@JayB9137-abc]

Informational and entertaining. Thanks

[@supleted]

Looks like the Nigerian Prince is now into gaming as well.

[@TheZiiFamily]

Hahaa whenever they try to say there not scammers its an instant red flag that says there probably scammers

[@Naxell]

I love this. This is great.

[@thomulousweaver1741]

Thank you!

[@TheZiiFamily]

Oh cool you have a semi animated character nice

[@bonbondurjdr6553]

Maybe youtubers need to team up. Just like they made an alliance against youtube, they need to make one to help each other against scam.

[@trulyidkman]

Dang. That's some good art.

[@Syler321]

Pew to you too Wander ^^

[@kicktheajummasface9200]

Hey wander do u keep your videos in a backup storage? If scammers got hold of your channel and started deleting your videos, that would be kind of...

[@WanderbotPrime]

There are too many for me to feasibly store. I honestly have no clue what I would do if I lost it all, but YT can recover lost videos if handled quickly.

[@colinlapierre-fecteau316]

Tgis probably should be going viral

[@papervoxels]

Hey Wander, great vid! Sadly, it's actually pretty terrifying how easy it is to spoof an email. Around a decade ago I was working on a web app for the company I worked for at the time, and while implementing the email component of the app, it seemed like the library I was using could literally send an email as anything I wanted, so I tried using "[e-mail]" as a test, and it worked... Fast forward to present day, it's even easier than it was back then... ::cold sweat:: Honestly, it's so easy to spoof legitimate email addresses that I think the reason phishing scams are so obvious must be due to some kind of legal loophole that makes the practice ok so long as the email is different enough that the onus passes to the recipient instead of the scammer. Might not be the case, but it's the only reason I can think of. Keep up the great work!

[@jesse3391]

Why is there even 1 dislike on this?

[@GameLover45408]

What is a zip file?

[@rtasdsasfrt7671]

Uh oh

[@soldierstride554]

It's a good thing I ignore everything that I don't recognize Edit: Oh crap upon watching a bit more I realize there's more to it then I thought. But I'm not really interested although it seems important so I'll watch this later.

[@soldierstride554]

I've finally watched it! Good stuff to know.

[@juestabuckII]

you have a 2nd channel? and this is targeted at KZbinrs so a filter is gonna be hard to trigger it

[@FooFoo4230]

Luckily, Jim Browning and similar channels recommended this to me! Pretty much forgot about this channel!

[@grotesquefire9549]

Happy I caught this video on 4444 views

[@codesmithBits]

I am a Nigerian prince with a shitload of money to give and no one wants to help me. You, you are the reason why. Why would you do me dirty liek that :D

[@aebyssfashion]

Not too relevant but I use the likes dislikes system to know what I already watched so for 99% or so of the videos I watch I also add a like to yeah

[@plasma8321]

How is a zip file bad. Your not running anything, it’s just compressed files

[@conquerofgames8504]

That's the thing, it's compressed files where you don't know whats in it

[@lLiketosleep]

When i clicked this video it had 696 views. Noice

[@embr4247]

moar!

[@SireAymeri]

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