Comment on Why do hacked channels on youtube always post Tesla/SpaceX stuff?
Deestan@lemmy.world 4 months ago
If I were a scammer, I’d want to attract marks who are A) greedy, B) gullible and C) think they are smart.
I’d go for Elon’s fans yeah.
This is absolutely it.
No, they don’t want people who hate Elon like another commenter suggested – the idea that a scammer would think that the people who are most likely to fall for their Elon crypto scam are the haters and not the people who are uncontrollably guzzling his cum is just bizarre.
Imagine how bad it’ll get with generative AI only getting better. Think about someone like Linus Tech Tips getting hacked and an AI video getting uploaded of him telling his users to go sign up for a chance to win some $5000 PC “we’re giving 500 away!” and that site which won’t even have to look like anything other than “someMadeUpBrand.com/giveaway/linus”. It’s crazy to even think about how many people would fall for that shit. If the AI is good enough I might fall for it and I’m pretty damn good at catching it (for now).
Nope. You jack an edited video that is ready to upload. Then, only insert a blip of an easter egg hinting at some soon to happen contest that is blocking new user signups with a $0.01 fee before the contest starts. Add an extended an edited segment with the 2 frame easter egg so that it looks like a genuine editing error. Make the frames hard to catch and require slowing down the video to see the reference by watching frame by frame. Hundreds of thousands of these idiots would give their credit card info directly thinking it is $0.01. Pull it off without the job looking like you’ve taken over the account for extra bonus points.
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
I mean this is how a lot of spam emails worked.
Back then, it was scammers telling marks that Bill Gates can help them get rich off the internet.