Scammers impersonate Mr Beast to promote fake YouTube \u201cgiveaways\u201d Instagram: @mrbeast \/ Pixabay \/ YouTubeYouTube philanthropist Jimmy \u2018Mr Beast\u2019 Donaldson opened up on Twitter about how a devious scammer is trying to trick viewers with a fake PlayStation network gift card \u201cgiveaway\u201d by using his face. Mr Beast\u2019s rise on YouTube has been explosive \u2013 and for good reason. The 21-year-old dedicates his channel to giving away an absurd amount of cash to those in need. And in December 2019, his environmental initiative reached its goal to plant 20 million trees. Despite the young entertainer\u2019s dedication to spread goodwill to the world, it\u2019s also began to attract those looking to take advantage of it. On April 19, the philanthropist revealed on his social media that scammers are using his image to promote illegitimate \u201cgiveaways.\u201d Mr Beast calls out scammers using his image Over the last couple of years, Google has been faced with the challenge of clamping down on spam bots in the comment section of YouTube. Often these accounts impersonate famous channels, and promote a \u201cfree giveaway.\u201d However, now the platform\u2019s latest star Mr Beast appears to be the target of a new scam, and informed his viewers on Twitter about a fraudulent advertisement using his face to promote a PSN gift card scam. \u201cAlmost every other tweet I\u2019ve gotten recently is about this fake ad, I let youtube know If it doesn\u2019t come from a verified MrBeast, it\u2019s not me,\u201d he said in a tweet. Almost every other tweet I\u2019ve gotten recently is about this fake ad, I let youtube know \u2764\ufe0f If it doesn\u2019t come from a verified MrBeast, it\u2019s not me. pic.twitter.com\/K1Af1oTET2 \u2014 MrBeast (@MrBeast) April 19, 2020 Many of his followers replied to the post, disgusted that anyone would use his charity to take advantage of others. User \u2018leisen09\u2032 uploaded an image of another apparent scammer impersonating Mr Beast and commenting on users\u2019 channels. Another creator on the platform, CaptainSauce, replied to Mr Beast saying that his vide\u2019s were also being used to make fake ads. Unfortunately, he claims he\u2019s struggled to get help with it. \u201cGood luck getting them to do anything about it. For the last 2 months i\u2019ve had my videos used for take ads and 12 copyright strikes later YouTube still doesn\u2019t stop them,\u201d he said. At the time of writing, YouTube has yet to respond. Although according to the philanthropist, his viewers are letting him know as soon as these ads are going up, so hopefully they are being taken down due to their reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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