Wednesday The Apple product promotion event, which took place on the day of, could not escape the abuse of crypto currency fraudsters.
During the Apple product launch event on Wednesday, September 7, crypto money fraudsters did not stay idle. Scammers looking to capitalize on the event’s audience YouTube via “Apple Event Live. Apple CEO Tim Cook reached thousands of users with their publication titled “Apple & Metaverse in 2022”. The video, which was presented live, actually contained many fraudulent phrases for the experienced eye.
First of all, the video in question was not live and Apple CEO Tim Cookof in 2018 CNN It included a rerun of an interview he had with When the details of the publication are examined, in the upper right corner bitcoin and Ethereum logo and the inscription “Apple Crypto Event 2022” has been added to cover the logo of CNN in the upper left corner. At the bottom of the video “Emergency ReleaseThe phrase “” appears as another fraudulent number.
The scammers have prepared this video for some keywords equip with Google They managed to get it to the top of their search. In this way, the fake video, which reached thousands of users, aimed to lure viewers into the middle of a fraud campaign with harmful links added to its content. Instant 165k views During the live broadcast, which reached levels of 100 thousand Bitcoins Announcements were being made that he bought it and a raffle was held with Tim Cook’s interview. It is not known how many people these links, which have nothing to do with Apple, reach and how many of them are defrauded.
The video was taken down shortly after it was posted for violating YouTube’s terms of service.