{"id":426627,"date":"2020-06-08T19:12:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T19:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=426627"},"modified":"2020-06-08T19:12:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T19:12:11","slug":"bitcoin-scammers-fake-spacex-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/bitcoin-scammers-fake-spacex-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Scammers Are Using SpaceX Footage to Swindle Crypto From Users"},"content":{"rendered":"
A new Bitcoin scam has emerged on YouTube, using the name of Elon Musk and his company SpaceX. The video is a live stream of a legitimate SpaceX event with Bitcoin addresses superimposed on the video asking viewers to send Bitcoin in order to join a \u201clive conference.\u201d<\/p>\n
Viewers beware\u2014another obvious Bitcoin scam has popped up on YouTube. The scam poses as a legitimate livestream, broadcasting the launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 launch and the conference that preceded it.<\/p>\n
First screengrabs of the scam were shared by Garry Tan, the co-founder of Initialized Capital, showing that a QR code with a Bitcoin address was superimposed on the video. The channel behind the livestream, posing as SpaceX, used a textbook example of a crypto scam\u2014asking for users to send Bitcoin in order to get a chance to win more Bitcoin back.<\/p>\n
The livestream attracted as many as 33,891 concurrent viewers at one point, but it was unclear how long it lasted.<\/p>\n