I was just watching the countdown to todays Ariane 6 flight on YouTube on the official cryptoscammer European Space Agency channel. The preview animation video that they are looping looks stunning, but something seem off …

  • shadowtofu@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Wow, it really seems to be one of those crypto scams, you are right! I specifically checked for this, but apparently, I was fooled!

    I was suspicious of the -2024 suffix. Things that tricked me:

    • 139k subscribers: I guess this channel just renamed itself?
    • Lot’s of official esa videos on the channel: Apparently, it’s just playlists.

    I will redact my post to remove the cryptoscammer link. So far, no cryptoscamming was observed.