Mr Reuben Wong, 40, who works in the public service, said he has encountered many suspicious videos on YouTube, TikTok and Facebook disguised as gaming tutorials. Many of these videos are actively taken down by YouTube for violating its terms of service, although some still remain public. exe file, which is potentially dangerous as it can unleash unexpected commands to freeze a user’s computer and steal information, unlike a standard image or media file. The video continues to provide instructions on how to install the software – a virus – with gameplay footage from Fifa 23 in the background. In a video of instructions to install a cracked version of Fifa 23, an AI-generated human says: “In this video, I will tell you how to download Fifa 23 on your computer… The download link is in the description below.” The presenter’s voice is monotonous and sometimes out of sync with the movement of his lips – a telltale sign of a bot. The videos typically feature a presenter providing tips on a program or game, guiding the viewer to download malware-infected files from a link in the comments section or video description. To reach more users, fraudsters often upload these videos on hijacked YouTube accounts with a substantial following, he added.įor instance, a video claiming to provide free download links to Hogwarts Legacy was broadcasted to about 287,000 followers of the compromised account. It is possible that young children, hoping to get a free copy of the game, are being tricked by these scams while they use their family computers,” said Mr Karthick. “The scammers target popular games that are usually expensive.
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