YouTube users need to be particularly careful at the moment because there is a sneaky scam that YouTube itself is warning its users about. Criminals send phishing emails in the name of YouTube to gain access to user data. The tricky thing about it: The emails appear as legitimate messages from the address no-reply@youtube.com and are therefore difficult to recognize as fraud.

YouTube users are prompted to download a document!

The emails ask users to download and return a document to confirm alleged changes to YouTube's policies. If they do not do this within seven days, their account will be suspended.

This is a phishing attack!

If you receive such an email, we recommend that you do not comply with the requests and do not provide any personal information. Instead of replying, it would be advisable to send the message in question to the junk mail folder without comment.

Source: Twitter / YouTube


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