Hi guys, I'm Ben. Hope you're all doing great.
So I'll try to keep this as detailed as possible.
On June 2nd my subscriber count was 575 (Gained over the last 10 months). My subscriber count started going up suddenly and within a matter of minutes my sub count was 800. (On June 2nd, 2021)
This was suspicious so I checked my YouTube analytics. Apparently, the traffic was coming from "External sources" and was only coming on 3 of my videos.
All 3 videos had one word spam comments like "good, amazing, great, wow". On further examination I found out that the external traffic was coming from a website called "Rewardsble" (Screenshot attached). And this(the Analytics data) doesn't even account for June 2nd, When the suspicious activity actually started happening to a noticeable degree.
Now on googling this website Rewardsble it turns out that they assign asks to people like subscribing to a channel, liking and commenting in exchange for some cash.
I even did a YouTube search for this and found out that it was a "fast money making app 2021", if that makes any sense.
I have made 3 of my videos private which were being targeted and the traffic has completely stopped.
WHO is doing this and WHY?
Who : I made a video on a scammer and he didn't like that, he called me at 2 AM on June 2nd and at 9:30 am on the same day this started happening.
Why : We all are aware of the fact that YouTube has strict policies against apps and sources like these. And that it will not tolerate any traffic that comes from such external sources and will eventually ban the channel for "invalid click activity" and other reasons. So basically he's(the scammer who I made a video about) listed my channel/videos on that website(Rewardsble) and people are coming in and liking and subscribing to my channel and spamming everywhere for cash, unbenounced of the fact that it is actually harming my channel.
The scammer gets what he wants (getting my channel banned).
Since I put my heart and soul into making my videos like all other creators, and my channel was at the peak in the month of May. I was actually witnessing growth. A ban would totally destroy my channel and all my efforts.
if anyone can help, guide or assist me regarding this whole situation it would mean the world to me.
I tried my best to explain everything as c;learly and in deatail as possible. If you still have any doubts please let me know.
Thank you so so much!!
So I'll try to keep this as detailed as possible.
On June 2nd my subscriber count was 575 (Gained over the last 10 months). My subscriber count started going up suddenly and within a matter of minutes my sub count was 800. (On June 2nd, 2021)
This was suspicious so I checked my YouTube analytics. Apparently, the traffic was coming from "External sources" and was only coming on 3 of my videos.
All 3 videos had one word spam comments like "good, amazing, great, wow". On further examination I found out that the external traffic was coming from a website called "Rewardsble" (Screenshot attached). And this(the Analytics data) doesn't even account for June 2nd, When the suspicious activity actually started happening to a noticeable degree.
Now on googling this website Rewardsble it turns out that they assign asks to people like subscribing to a channel, liking and commenting in exchange for some cash.
I even did a YouTube search for this and found out that it was a "fast money making app 2021", if that makes any sense.
I have made 3 of my videos private which were being targeted and the traffic has completely stopped.
WHO is doing this and WHY?
Who : I made a video on a scammer and he didn't like that, he called me at 2 AM on June 2nd and at 9:30 am on the same day this started happening.
Why : We all are aware of the fact that YouTube has strict policies against apps and sources like these. And that it will not tolerate any traffic that comes from such external sources and will eventually ban the channel for "invalid click activity" and other reasons. So basically he's(the scammer who I made a video about) listed my channel/videos on that website(Rewardsble) and people are coming in and liking and subscribing to my channel and spamming everywhere for cash, unbenounced of the fact that it is actually harming my channel.
The scammer gets what he wants (getting my channel banned).
Since I put my heart and soul into making my videos like all other creators, and my channel was at the peak in the month of May. I was actually witnessing growth. A ban would totally destroy my channel and all my efforts.
if anyone can help, guide or assist me regarding this whole situation it would mean the world to me.
I tried my best to explain everything as c;learly and in deatail as possible. If you still have any doubts please let me know.
Thank you so so much!!
