Help for hijacked YouTube channel hacked phishing email

Does have Google lost control over YouTube ? Biggest Internet Company in the world, Google, is unable to protect there Customers, Creators and your Ad money. YouTube out of control. Taken over by hackers and hijackers.

Help for hijacked ownership of your YouTube channel hacked phishing email

Keywords: YouTube Spam Control, Fraud, Scam, Jijack, YouTube Channel, stolen, hacked, hack, My YouTube channel was hacked and stolen from my account, please help!

Action Sheet

Print out:

a) Your original lost YouTube Channel URL (Example: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV8-ftx_abcdefg123456789012345):

_____________________________

b) Your original GMail email address (Example: john.doe@gmail.com ):

_______________________

c) When did you notice that something is wrong? (Example: 2019-06JUN-22 @ 21:00 ):

____________________________

d) What happens?

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

Known Hijacker data collection emails:

yt.spam.control@mail.ru

yt.spam.control@mail.ru

ytspam.controler1@outlook.com

dwightsalazar79@gmail.com

YTspam.controler@outlook.com

carlrussell48@gmail.com

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From:yt.spam.control@mail.ru

Subject: Youtube Support

Hello Correct-Pre-Name and Last-Name where filled in here,

We were informed as to your YouTube Channel included many spam videos. But do not worry. We are going to review your channel with our YouTube team and we are going to inform you by email. During the reviewing, we recommend you not to upload new videos. Answer the following questions and reply to this email. In case you fail to let our team to review your channel, it will be closed. Thank you for being patient.

Channel URL:
Channel Content Subject:
Copyright [Yes / No]:
Your Channel Password:

- YouTube Team
- - -

Part A: Action!

1. IMMEDIATELY check:  https://www.youtube.com/account within 24 hours before it's too late ! Then click "Add or remove managers". If there is someone which not belongs to you, remove the hacker! (Possible this is the hijacker)

Here is why: After 24 hours the hijacker has full access as primary owner of your YouTube channel even if you have changed all passwords. Hijacker read your gmail account emails and confirm himself to add himself as Owner.

Check if you can remove the hacker before he owns your YouTube channel:

2. Change all passwords of all you accounts. Enable 2-factor authentication (check number #1 also! Or you will loose your YouTube channel within 24 hours!)

Go to https://myaccount.google.com/security > Signing in to Google > 2-Step Verification Make sure that 2-Step Verification is ON if you do not have it already.

Part B: Secure

My instructions how to report Phishing emails on your GMail account

0. DO NOT delete these emails right away. But do not click any links in it. Do not reply to such emails. Even if you report it and an email will taken down the hackers just reopen a similar new email address on mail ru, outlook com, gmail com, etc. it never ends and starts over and over again.
WE must track it down to the main AdSense Google YouTube account, this is where the collected money goes at the end: To the hijackers physical BANK ACCOUNT.

1. SAVE the original hijackers messages to your local storage ! This is VERY important so that you can report it else it is impossible to catch the hijackers.
- Within GMail: Click on the right the 3-dotted line, then choose "Show Original", then hit "Download original". Then save it to your local hard disk storage where you can find it.

2. Mark and Report this hijacking email as Phishing.

• Within GMail: Click on the right the 3-dotted line, then choose "Report Phishing". Then the email get a red box to warn other people as well if many have reported it
• Within Outlook: TBD

3. Report Phishing directly to Google here AND include the Original message you saved in step 1:
- If you are not within Gmail use this link to report it with a form:
https://support.google.com/mail/contact/abuse

All else can not trace down the hijacker if you just delete it. We must find out the main AdSense accounts they use this is where the hijacked AdSense money goes at the end: To a real physical bank account.

See also "Fix hacked YouTube account" https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/76187?hl=en-GB

Part C: Report Hijacking to YouTube

According to Andrew there is no method for the YouTube user to report Hijacking... how stupid... Billion Dollar Internet company can't handle Support the right way...

How to Report Hijacking

If your YouTube channel and Google account has been hijacked.

How to Report Impersonation

NOTE: For Hijacking see "How to Report Hijacking".

NOTE2: This process requires 2 two channels, one your own up-and-running (NOT Hijacked) and one which was copied.):

NOTE 3: This is only if you have full access of your account and your account does not have been hijacked.

On your YouTube Channel:
1. Click About > Flag-Icon > Report user
2. Select (*) Impersonation, Click on Continue
3. Select (*) My YouTube Channel is being impersonated
4. ENTER CHANNEL URL OF USER YOU WANT TO REPORT:
[Your channel url is shown / or enter one]
5. Click Continue
6. BLOCK USER: [  ] <--- Unselect it.
7. Scroll down to bottom ADDITIONAL NOTES:
[Enter what happend and more information]
8. Click I'm not a robot
9. Click Submit

Note down your original hijacked channel URL: ________________________

Create a new BRAND CHANNEL with a new name, it will be empty with zero videos...

Note down your newly created BRAND Channel URL: ________________________

Important: Verify your channel here: https://www.youtube.com/verify your personal SMS phone number will be used, it it will be verified within seconds.

(I think this is just for YouTube that they can be more or less sure that's it's your channel.)

IF YouTube find out that the channel was in deed hacked they will transfer restore everything back to you.

About after a few days they will get back to you by email.

Keep checking your emails and channel and report any changes IMMEDIATELY to Google.

Source:
My YouTube Account Got Hacked | How To Get Back AdSense Money From Hacker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xLEciPJqlk

Part D: Backup

Backup all Google Products

https://takeout.google.com

Download YouTube Videos from stolen hijacked account

1. Download and install "JDownloader 2" http://jdownloader.org/jdownloader2
2. Start JDownloader2
3. Go to Settings tab and choose your Download folder, this is where it will download your YouTube videos, etc.
4. Copy with cmd-c if you are on a Mac or ctrl+c if you are on a PC your channel url link, for example: https://www.youtube.com/channel/123456789abc-example-url/
5. In JDownloader2 go to the LinkGrabber tab and paste the link, click on "Process Playlist?".  Then it will grab all your links etc. wait until it's done. (But this will not download it, see next step.)
6. Then click "Start all Download" on the bottom right corner. This will actually download the videos etc.
7. Wait until it's done. If some errors just wait, it will fix that later automatically.
8. Done!

Part E: Report Hijackers Data Collection Emails

Important: Make sure that you have the downloaded .eml or .msg files from the hijacker ready. They will ask for it ! If you report an email.

YouTube Hijackers email data-collection emails so far reported

mail.ru

youtube.spam.control@mail.ru (20. Juni 2019 found on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez-A1PDSNyA, Reported to abuse@corp.mail.ru at 21. Juni 2019, Status: I think this email is disabled now 22.JUNE.2019)
- 19. Juni. 2019 @ 9:44 PM, (Time: United States, Miami Beach, Florida), this email was able to send emails to victims.

yt.spam.control@mail.ru (status: disabled 19. JUNI. 2019 by mail.ru)
Sources:
- https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/7813180?hl=en
- https://www.cda.pl/video/3572314ae/vfilm

outlook.com

YTspam.controler@outlook.com (Reported: 20. JUNI. 2019, status:?, NOTE: just ONE "L")

ytspam.controler1@outlook.com (reported:20. Juni 2019, disabled:Fri, Jun 21, 12:41 AM my Microsoft)

gmail.com

dwightsalazar79@gmail.com (Reported: 20. JUNI. 2019, status: ?)

Sources:
- https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/7393572?hl=en

carlrussell48@gmail.com (Repored: 20. JUNI. 2019 to google, status: ?) https://i.imgur.com/L3AEsZb.png

Fix hacked YouTube account
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/76187?vid=0-1377563945596-1543399985045
Report Spam
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Report emails

Note: Make sure you have original source of email "Show original", "Download" to your local storage as .eml or .msg file.

https://www.wikihow.com/Report-Phishing

stop-spoofing@amazon.com
abuse@bankofamerica.com
reportphishing@apple.com
report-fraud@walgreens.com
abuse@bankofamerica.com
reportphish@wellsfargo.com
abuse@chase.com
abuse@fedex.com
spoof@citicorp.com
spam@uce.gov
reportphishing@awpg.org

Here is a list of email addresses for organizations to report phishing scams to. A big THANK YOU to all who contributed to this list. If you have additional email address for orgs to report phishing emails that are not already listed here, please provide them and I will add to this list.

AOL - aol_phish@abuse.aol.com
https://help.aol.com/articles/account-management-identifying-suspicious-activity
ADP - abuse@adp.com
Amazon - stop-spoofing@amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201127830
American Express - spoof@americanexpress.com
Ameritrade - reportphish@tdameritrade.com
Apple - reportphishing@apple.com
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204759

Bank of America - abuse@bankofamerica.com
Barclays - internetsecurity@barclays.co.uk

CapitalOne - abuse@capitalone.com
CenturyLink - spam@centurylink.net
https://www.centurylink.com/home/help/internet/security/report-an-email-as-spam-to-centurylink.html
Chase Bank - abuse@chase.com
https://www.chase.com/digital/resources/privacy-security/questions/fraud
Citi Bank - spoof@citicorp.com
Citizens Bank - abuse@citizensbank.com
Comcast or Xfinity - abuse@comcast.net
Cox - spamreport@cox.net
https://www.cox.com/residential/support/reporting-spam-phishing-and-virus-abuse.html

Discover - emailwatch@discover.com
Dropbox - abuse@dropbox.com
https://www.dropbox.com/help/security/unknown-sender

ebay - spoof@ebay.com
https://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter/report_concern.html

Facebook - phish@fb.com
FBI - spam@uce.gov
FedEx - abuse@fedex.com
First Tennessee Bank - phishalerts@firsttennessee.com
First US Bank - fraud_help@usbank.com

Habitat For Habitat for Humanity - reportscam@habitat.org
Home Depot - abuse@homedepot.com
Huntington Bank - idtheft@huntington.com

Illinois University -securitysupport@illinois.edu
ING - valse-email@ing.nl
Intuit - spoof@intuit.com

LinkedIn - abuse@Linkedin.com

Microsoft - phish@office365.microsoft.com

NFCU - phishalert@navyfederal.org

Netflix - phishing@netflix.com
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/65674

PayPal - spoof@paypal.com
https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/security/report-problem
PNC Bank - Abuse@pnc.com

Regions Bank - phishing@regions.com

Skype - spoof@skype.net
Spectrum/Charter - phishing@charter.net
SunTrust Bank - emailabuse@suntrust.com
TD Bank - Phishing@TD.com
TD Ameritrade - reportphish@tdameritrade.com
UBA security - security@ubagroup.com
UPS - fraud@ups.com
USAA - abuse@usaa.com
US Postal Inspection Service (USPS) - spam@uspis.gov
Verizon - EmergencyCyberReport@verizon.com
https://www.verizon.com/info/reportphishing/?c=2
Visa - phishing@visa.com

Walgreens - report-fraud@walgreens.com
Wells Fargo - reportphish@wellsfargo.com
Western Union - spoof@westernunion.com
Yahoo - abuse@yahoo.com

***** AUSTRALIA: *****

Australian Tax Office - ReportEmailFraud@ato.gov.au
Commonwealth Bank - hoax@cba.com.au
NAB - spoof@nab.com.au
Westpac - hoax@westpac.com.au
St George Bank - hoax@stgeorge.com.au

***** CANADA:*****

Air Miles - phishing@airmiles.ca
Bank of Montreal - online.fraud@bmo.com
Bell Canada - abuse@bell.ca
CIBC - fraud@cibc.com
Desjardins - phishing@desjardins.com
Government of Canada Spam Reporting Center, CRTC (CRA) - info@antifraudcentre.ca and spam@fightspam.gc.ca
Quebec email - abuse@quebecemail.com
Royal Bank - information.security@rbc.com and phishing@rbc.com
Videotron - abuse@videotron.ca

***** UNITED KINGDOM: *****

Barclays - internetsecurity@barclays.co.uk
Capital One - abuse@capitalone.com
Clydesdale - reportphishing-cb@cbonline.co.uk
eBay - spoof@ebay.co.uk
Egg - spoof@egg.com
Halifax - security@halifax.co.uk
HMRC - phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
HSBC / First Direct - phishing@hsbc.com
ING - phishing@us.ing.com
Lloyds - emailscams@lloydstsb.co.uk
M & S Money - money@mandsmoney.com
Nationwide - phishing@nationwide.co.uk
Natwest - phishing@natwest.com
Neteller - phishing@neteller.com
RBS - phishing@rbs.co.uk
Sainsbury Finance - onlineinvestigations@sainsburysbank.co.uk
Santander - phishing@santander.co.uk
Smile - ive_seen_a_scam@smile.co.uk
Tesco Finance - phishing@tescobank.com
The Co-Operative - ihaveseenascam@co-operativebank.co.uk
Virgin Money - info@virginmoney.com

***** Email services *****

Google / Gmail
Gmail >> open the message >> next to Reply, click More >> click Report phishing.
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/8253?hl=en

If you are not within Gmail use this link to report it with a form:
https://support.google.com/mail/contact/abuse

Microsoft / Outlook / Hotmail.com and Live.com
abuse@outlook.com
Outlook >> click the message >> click down arrow next to Junk >> click Phishing on the toolbar.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/securitycompliance/report-junk-email-and-phishing-scams-in-outlook-on-the-web-eop

********** Other reporting sources ***********

U.S. Government - central reporting @ FTC - Federal Trade Commission
spam@uce.gov
FTC.gov/complaint
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0003-phishing

Post was last edited on January 8, 2019 12:27 PM PST

Source: https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/where-to-report-phishing-emails-to-organizations/

Problem with Security

Google

Your Google verification code is 123456

Security problem: These SMS messages do not tell for what the verification is. It can be for anything from anyone at any location initiated.

YouTube

As per default any new features seems to be enabled. This is a real security thread.

Facebook

As per default any new features seems to be enabled. This is a real security thread.

Links

YouTube

FAQ: My YouTube account was hacked (by Google Employee Camilla (TeamYouTube)), https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/2459111?hl=en

Troubleshoot account issues (Overview), https://support.google.com/youtube/topic/3024171?hl=en&ref_topic=9257498

Fix hacked YouTube account (Note this does not recover or give back your hijacked channel), https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/76187?hl=en&ref_topic=7071231

News

23. Jan. 2014:

Va. man admits taking over Google accounts, YouTube channels for ad money

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/va-man-admits-taking-over-google-accounts-youtube-channels-for-ad-money/2014/01/23/c23eb01a-847a-11e3-8099-9181471f7aaf_story.html

13. Jan. 2014:

Hacker hijacked YouTube channels to milk AdSense for money

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/01/13/hacker-hijacked-youtube-channels-to-milk-adsense-for-money/

19. FEB. 2019:

Scammers Are Using YouTube's Copyright Strikes For Extortion Schemes

https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2019/02/scammers-abusing-youtube-copyright-tool.html

02. FEB. 2019:

New Scam Holds YouTube Channels for Ransom

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-scam-holds-youtube-channels-for-ransom/

"Ultimately, this shows that YouTube's violation system is broken. It is far to easy to file a violation and Google typically takes the side of the reporter rather than the content creator, which is why this system is ripe for abuse."

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