Advice sought re "YOUTUBE SPAM" ??

[Silly Moustache]

I have received an e-mail reading :

Hello ,

We received a complaint that there are many spam videos on your Youtube channel. But you don't have to worry. We'll review your channel by our youtube team and let you know by e-mail. We recommend that you do not upload new videos in this process. Fill in the following information and reply to this email. Otherwise, if your channel is not reviewed by our youtube team, your channel will be closed. Thank you for your patience in this process.

Channel URL :

Channel Content Topic :

Copyright [Yes / No] :

Your Channel Password :

- The YouTube Team



It was sent by a very ordinary Gmail account with a private name.

This looks very suspicious to me, and , there is nothing on my channel which meets their criteria for "YouTube spam"

I am not at all happy to advise my password, and would have thought that google/YouTube would know that.

However - I wold prefer to liaise direct with the "YouTube Team" via YouTube direct but can find no way of doing so.

Does anybody know anything about the workings of Youtube and ways to contact them - (I'm not very tech savvy).

Thanks in a advance.


Ol' Andy

[ManyMartinMan]

I would ignore, delete and forget. It appears they want your information to hack your site. No legitimate administration would ask for your password. You have too much work in your site to get ransomed or deleted.

[Ozzy the dog]

Hi Andy, Not sure if this is of any help but as YouTube is owned by Google you could report to them. If you use Gmail you can report phishing emails directly from the suspect email - see Google support here for instructions https://support.google.com/mail/answer/8253?hl=en

Alternatively, you can go to your Google account page where there will be an option to 'send feedback' bottom right pf page. I have never used this but it might be a way in to the Google bods.

[James_214ce]

I would quote what my reply to that sort of scam would be, but it might get me banned (aka cursing like a drunken Norwegian sailor)

[Silly Moustache]

Originally Posted by Ozzy the dog

Hi Andy, Not sure if this is of any help but as YouTube is owned by Google you could report to them. If you use Gmail you can report phishing emails directly from the suspect email - see Google support here for instructions https://support.google.com/mail/answer/8253?hl=en

Alternatively, you can go to your Google account page where there will be an option to 'send feedback' bottom right pf page. I have never used this but it might be a way in to the Google bods.

I've done this - thanks,
Andy

[der Geist]

Clearly a scam to get your password. Management would have access to everyone’s account and they don't need your password to conduct a review.

[Paddy1951]

This looks like somebody is yanking your chain. I would ignore it. If it is legit, you will get another email.

[Inyo]

Originally Posted by Silly Moustache

I have received an e-mail.

It was sent by a very ordinary Gmail account with a private name.

This looks very suspicious to me.

I wold prefer to liaise direct with the "YouTube Team" via YouTube direct.

It's not a YouTube problem; the suspicious communication did not appear at a YouTube page--AKA, comments and/or videos that violate YouTube terms of service, for example.

It's a malicious Gmail phishing expedition, which definitely qualifies as a violation of Gmail policies.

And it must be reported.

Use the form at the following address to report such phishing emails that originate from Gmail accounts (even though it's probably a spoofed email, Google's Gmail technicians should be able to decipher it's forged intricacies):

I would like to report a Gmail user who has sent messages that violate the Gmail Program Policies and/or Terms of Use.

[chistrummer]

Originally Posted by Silly Moustache

I have received an e-mail reading :

Hello ,

We received a complaint that there are many spam videos on your Youtube channel. But you don't have to worry. We'll review your channel by our youtube team and let you know by e-mail. We recommend that you do not upload new videos in this process. Fill in the following information and reply to this email. Otherwise, if your channel is not reviewed by our youtube team, your channel will be closed. Thank you for your patience in this process.

Channel URL :

Channel Content Topic :

Copyright [Yes / No] :

Your Channel Password :

- The YouTube Team



It was sent by a very ordinary Gmail account with a private name.

This looks very suspicious to me, and , there is nothing on my channel which meets their criteria for "YouTube spam"

I am not at all happy to advise my password, and would have thought that google/YouTube would know that.

However - I wold prefer to liaise direct with the "YouTube Team" via YouTube direct but can find no way of doing so.

Does anybody know anything about the workings of Youtube and ways to contact them - (I'm not very tech savvy).

Thanks in a advance.


Ol' Andy

Obviously you ignore and delete.

[ThermiteTermite]

Obvious scammers.

[Jeremy]

Google/YouTube would never ask for your password. It's a phishing attempt. Report it and delete it.