14 DAY TRIAL // A series of emails that pretend to originate from YouTube are cleverly designed to lead unsuspecting recipients to websites that advertise shady pharmaceutical products.
Hoax Slayer came across an email that purports to come from YouTube, asking the recipient for permission to use his profile picture on the site’s homepage.
“Martin has sent you a message: Hello ;-) Can i place your photo on our home page ? You can reply to this message by visiting your inbox,” reads the phony email.
By clicking on the provided link, the user is taken to an online drug store that offers miracle medicines at fabulous prices.
Users are advised never to purchase products from sites that rely on aggressive marketing methods to promote their sites. In most cases, the drugs purchased from these stores are either counterfeit and dangerous, or they’re simply fictitious.