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Got a direct message from a top YouTuber? Chances are, it’s phishing

Kaspersky Labs Blog – 2.11.19

Are you subscribed to a top YouTuber’s channel? If so, at any moment, a message purporting to be from your preferred celebrity can land in your inbox.

At first glance, the text looks like amazing news. Your fancied YouTube star feels extremely grateful to you for being one of their subscribers or for leaving comments on their video. And you’ve been chosen at random either to participate in a giveaway or to directly get a valuable prize — a new iPhone X or a gift card, for example.

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