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MrBeast Scams: Verified Accounts, DeepFakes Used in Impersonations to Promote Fake Giveaways on YouTube and TikTok
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MrBeast, the most popular YouTube creator as of October 2023, has been impersonated in a variety of scams on YouTube and TikTok, including a recent deepfake promoting a fake free iPhone 15 giveaway
Background
James Stephen “Jimmy” Donaldson, also known as MrBeast, has been impersonated across various social media platforms including YouTube and TikTok to promote a variety of scams. MrBeast, a content creator with over 188 million subscribers on YouTube as of October 2023, is known for his lavish …
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