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You must be new to crypto. This is standard operating procedure. These scammers are everywhere and they're hard to miss.

It's common to have fake or hacked youtube channels - often with hundreds of thousands of subscribers - branded as official channels, featuring deepfake videos and livestreams from tech ceos announcing these scam coins. There are fake comments under tech videos and fake accounts on twitter discussing scam coins.



> It's common to have fake or hacked youtube channels ... branded as official channels ... featuring deepfake videos and livestreams from tech ceos announcing these scam coins.

Inexplicably, X runs $Grok ads featuring fake Musk.




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