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[[File:Youtubedouble.jpg|thumb|YouTube Doubling Scam]]It was reported that a scammer ran a doubling scam on YouTube and managed to obtain $75k worth of Ethereum from victims.

This is a global/international case not involving a specific country.<ref name="redditold-11292" /><ref name="redditold-11293" /><ref name="redditold-11294" /><ref name="redditold-11295" /><ref name="redditold-11296" /><ref name="redditold-11297" /><ref name="redditoldarchive-11298" /><ref name="etherscanyoutube-11299" /><ref name="etherscanmain-11300" /><ref name="etherscanbinance-11301" />

== About None ==
"Hello everyone! Posted a warning on this subreddit yesterday about a YT scam. Yesterday I was on YT just listening to music and I came across a "live-stream" interview of VB with the title reading "ETH TO 40K BEFORE END OF 2021" or some click bait title like that. So I went ahead and checked it out and it was obviously an old interview that was stolen off another legit channel and playing on loop. The video was advertising the "Send X amount of ETH and we will double it!!", with a link to some website with the QR code for the ethereum address.The video had the comments turned off for obviously reasons. So I wanted to see how much this [scammer] had gotten already. After about 2 hours, [they] had been sent almost 75k worth of ETH..."

"Fast forward to about an hour or so ago, im taking a break from work and wanted to see if sc[ammer] ended up getting more. Turns out they had withdrawn it to another address. So I start digging through all the transactions on etherscan and I end up finding their main wallet address. This [address had] 457.5 ETH, which is approximately $1.7M, in the past day and a half...BRUH!"

"The all this ETH is flowing into this main wallet from multiple addresses. Total current value of this main wallet is approximately $37M...No transactions out for almost 14 days."

This is a global/international case not involving a specific country.

The background of the exchange platform, service, or individuals involved, as it would have been seen or understood at the time of the events.

Include:

* Known history of when and how the service was started.
* What problems does the company or service claim to solve?
* What marketing materials were used by the firm or business?
* Audits performed, and excerpts that may have been included.
* Business registration documents shown (fake or legitimate).
* How were people recruited to participate?
* Public warnings and announcements prior to the event.

Don't Include:
* Any wording which directly states or implies that the business is/was illegitimate, or that a vulnerability existed.
* Anything that wasn't reasonably knowable at the time of the event.
There could be more than one section here. If the same platform is involved with multiple incidents, then it can be linked to a main article page.

== The Reality ==
This sections is included if a case involved deception or information that was unknown at the time. Examples include:

* When the service was actually started (if different than the "official story").
* Who actually ran a service and their own personal history.
* How the service was structured behind the scenes. (For example, there was no "trading bot".)
* Details of what audits reported and how vulnerabilities were missed during auditing.

== What Happened ==
The specific events of the loss and how it came about. What actually happened to cause the loss and some of the events leading up to it.
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|+Key Event Timeline - YouTube Live Stream Doubling Scam
!Date
!Event
!Description
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|September 1st, 2021 5:50:15 PM MDT
|Reddit Post
|Issue posted on Reddit.
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== Technical Details ==
This section includes specific detailed technical analysis of any security breaches which happened. What specific software vulnerabilities contributed to the problem and how were they exploited?

== Total Amount Lost ==
The total amount lost has been estimated at $75,000 USD.

How much was lost and how was it calculated? If there are conflicting reports, which are accurate and where does the discrepancy lie?

== Immediate Reactions ==
How did the various parties involved (firm, platform, management, and/or affected individual(s)) deal with the events? Were services shut down? Were announcements made? Were groups formed?

== Ultimate Outcome ==
What was the end result? Was any investigation done? Were any individuals prosecuted? Was there a lawsuit? Was any tracing done?

== Total Amount Recovered ==
There do not appear to have been any funds recovered in this case.

What funds were recovered? What funds were reimbursed for those affected users?

== Ongoing Developments ==
What parts of this case are still remaining to be concluded?
== Individual Prevention Policies ==
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== Platform Prevention Policies ==
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== Regulatory Prevention Policies ==
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== References ==
<references><ref name="redditold-11292">[https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/pg649v/i_found_a_scammers_main_eth_address_and_binance/hb9wi09/ Tradegrow comments on I Found a Scammers Main Eth Address and Binance exchange wallet, THEY ARE A WHALE!!! Let's take this DIRTBAG out!!!] (Oct 3, 2022)</ref>

<ref name="redditold-11293">[https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/pg649v/i_found_a_scammers_main_eth_address_and_binance/hb9wnl8/ Tradegrow comments on I Found a Scammers Main Eth Address and Binance exchange wallet, THEY ARE A WHALE!!! Let's take this DIRTBAG out!!!] (Oct 3, 2022)</ref>

<ref name="redditold-11294">[https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/pg649v/i_found_a_scammers_main_eth_address_and_binance/hb9x3l5/ Tradegrow comments on I Found a Scammers Main Eth Address and Binance exchange wallet, THEY ARE A WHALE!!! Let's take this DIRTBAG out!!!] (Oct 3, 2022)</ref>

<ref name="redditold-11295">[https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/pg649v/i_found_a_scammers_main_eth_address_and_binance/hbalfir/ Tradegrow comments on I Found a Scammers Main Eth Address and Binance exchange wallet, THEY ARE A WHALE!!! Let's take this DIRTBAG out!!!] (Oct 3, 2022)</ref>

<ref name="redditold-11296">[https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/pg649v/i_found_a_scammers_main_eth_address_and_binance/hbalmhz/ Tradegrow comments on I Found a Scammers Main Eth Address and Binance exchange wallet, THEY ARE A WHALE!!! Let's take this DIRTBAG out!!!] (Oct 3, 2022)</ref>

<ref name="redditold-11297">[https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/pg649v/i_found_a_scammers_main_eth_address_and_binance/ I Found a Scammers Main Eth Address and Binance exchange wallet, THEY ARE A WHALE!!! Let's take this DIRTBAG out!!! : ethereum] (Jul 13, 2023)</ref>

<ref name="redditoldarchive-11298">[https://web.archive.org/web/20210901235055/https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/pg649v/i_found_a_scammers_main_eth_address_and_binance/ I Found a Scammers Main Eth Address and Binance exchange wallet, THEY ARE A WHALE!!! Let's take this DIRTBAG out!!! : ethereum] (Jul 13, 2023)</ref>

<ref name="etherscanyoutube-11299">[https://etherscan.io/address/0x89384f1547C7a09c373a937a23B37C644F37927a Wallet address from YouTube scam] (Jul 14, 2023)</ref>

<ref name="etherscanmain-11300">[https://etherscan.io/address/0xa305fab8bda7e1638235b054889b3217441dd645 Scammer's Main Eth address] (Jul 14, 2023)</ref>

<ref name="etherscanbinance-11301">[https://etherscan.io/address/0x28c6c06298d514db089934071355e5743bf21d60 Scammers Binance Ethereum wallet address] (Jul 14, 2023)</ref></references>