This Discord SCAM is getting Out of Hand! 

A couple of things I should clarify on (click read more) 1. Look under authorized apps in your discord settings and remove anything that you do not recognize. This will ensure that your account is 100% secure. 2. If the hackers purchased nitro under your account, FIRST try to undo the transaction in your transaction history and contact discord to try to get a refund. A chargeback should only be your last resort since charging back purchases breaks the TOS and can get your account banned. 3. If you did not have any attempted transactions in discord and you did not have a paypal or credit card connected to your account, you do not need to worry about fraudulent charges on your credit card/paypal account.

I love how you're also guiding kids on how to talk to their parents about this situation. Children are highly vulnerable to this scam and they might panic and afraid to tell their parents because of fear of consequences. Your guidance would assure them that it's the bad guys' fault, so no worries and parents would understand how to safely get their money back! Thanks for this informative video!

under authorized apps make sure to remove anything you don't recognize. Most of the verify bots keep access to your account thru there

2 people in my friends list have already been hacked by this scam and I myself was almost a victim. thank you for talking about this and stay safe out there!

I really appreciate that you’re telling us about what to do if you’ve been scammed and how to handle it (especially for children using their parents cards), not just about the scam. Thank you for educating us!

Saw this get sent to me by a Dutch friend (I’m American) What gave it away as a scam wasn’t the QR code, the Sus bot, or the fact that this server was so strange in how it worked. What gave the scam away was the fact that my Dutch friend with terrible English randomly sent me this message 4 months after our last message in perfect English Upgrades people, upgrades

I fell for this one, and I managed to reset my password quickly but it infiltrated about 50 of my contacts, including numerous other RU-vidrs. It was a mess but not a single person was mean about it. I never thought I would fall for something like this; be careful out of there everyone. :)

Thank you for making a video on this! One of my friends got sent this message, and luckily we agreed that they shouldn't click the link. Despite recognizing it was a scam though, we had no idea it was THIS extensive and harmful. It's scary how deceptive these kind of scams can be, especially given that it's using people's genuine fears against them, so hopefully no one else will have to fall victim to these crooks.

I almost got hit by this. Luckily, I was so outraged at the mere thought of being accused of this stuff I absolutely refused to even look at the server; much less join it. I almost didn't accept the resent friend request until some other people told me it was a scam!! Thanks for making this video explaining it more in depth and I hope this scam stops/has stopped because it's just outright messed up and preying on people's insecurity.

Never scan a QR code though the Discord app if it is not you trying to log into your account from the Discord login page!

My friend told me about this recently, this definitely needs more attention. Very well informed video that needed to be made :)

omg ive actually gotten this exact message from one of my friends, and I was so confused. thank you so much for covering this!

I reported this multiple times towards Discord and they said they were handling it. I believe them because I saw many servers getting nuked or shut down because of this singular scam.

This is probably one of the most effective scams at the current moment, good to see more people spread awareness of it :)

Hey man thanks for this, I recieved this message when the scams started going around and I notified my friends and we all started to freak. They ended up forcing me to block everybody, leave all servers, and change my password. Worst of all is that I also had to delete my account that i've had for 2 years and I was devastated when I found out it was less severe than it was. I had old time buds on there and they don't get on as frequently so that's just completely fucked. Thank you though for spreading the awareness, I wish I could have gotten to this when it was all still happening. Everything's okay except from the fact I lost some old friends but people come and go. God bless you and your family, I hope you read this!

This literally just happened to me through a friend and I got so scared but then I looked it up and saw this and the message was verbatim so I'm good now. Thanks for posting this.

Discord is missing an important feature "Logged in Devices"

I got one of these today and I new it was a scam from the start, but this is definitely something a younger person would understandably fall for… Scammers really have no shame and no sympathy 🤦‍♂️

You saved my account, I saw you in one of these servers with the nickname "THIS IS A SCAM" I immediately watched this video in fixed it.TYSM

holy shit thank you so much! i'd been struggling with my older version of element but this one is perfect Thank you so much! I swear non of the other tutorials worked but this one did! ily

I'm so glad channels like you exist. I know it might be obvious for most people not to fall for this but some people don't know better. you explain it so calm and easy to understand and tell exactly what is happening. you don't shame anyone for falling for it either. keep making more of these videos! we need more people like you! ill be sharing this video with all my friends and in my server to. once again, thank you!

i was deathly close to doing it this morning, if it wasn't for the fact i was on mobile, i would've been a goner

Not even gonna lie, this one *ALMOST* got me. They had me in the first half because an old server I was in had some weirdass people who I could totally believe would try to fabricate some bs against me. Thank god I thought fast and said "wait a minute...let me do a quick google search first". Scams like this can get anyone, even I nearly got caught. Never trust suspicious messages like these, EVER!

I love that this guy gives examples about what to say to your parents. Many kids dont know how or what to say to their parents. Good job and thanks for the information!

From the way you talk about over explaining things and the bot ID, I know the pain of it brother :D

I usually assume that stuff like that is a phishing attempt, and I was right again! This one was very suspicious though, so I looked it up just to be sure. Thanks for the vid man, really helped me out.

A few of my friends fell for this, really good of you making this hope lots of people see this! 👍

I got hit with it today in a slightly different form, had just woken up and had a moment of sheer stupidity. I caught on quickly, left the server and changed my password in like 2 minutes. Thankfully Discord themselves blocked several of the transactions and only 2 $9.99 nitro's went on my credit card. Still sucked having to message all the people fast AF to warn them, as well as cancelling my credit card and opening up a fraud claim, but hey I guess it could be worse. Thank you for trying to spread this info!

man I missed this kind of tutorials lol. Great work here, thanks!!!

Ah, so that's what it is. A friend of mine got this exact message with a join link for some server from a Discord friend. He obviously didn't join (avoiding clicking shady links and joining suspicious servers seems like a good policy in general). Later he found out that the guy who sent the DM had his account hacked. Thanks for explaining how this scam works.

I almost fell for it this morning, but I was suspicious of a qr scan verification so thankfully I avoided it and didn't risk losing my 4 years old account lol

My sister actually almost fell victim to this scam a few days ago, and the only reason she wasn't also hacked is because she didn't see the message until a few days after it was sent and the link had already expired. We were so relieved when we found this video because she had been really worried that her account was the one that was hacked instead, and she has already sent it to all her friends to inform them. Thank you so much for spreading awareness and inciting caution !

Man thank you so much for making this video, I got hacked yesterday and thought it only sends links of the server to other people but today it gifted two discord nitro to them. That cost me 26 dollars but I don't really mind because it could have been much worst. I tried contacting discord support but they can't refound claimed gifts. Learned my lesson today.

Insane seeing a video on this because it happened to me the other day where someone I knew got hacked. Luckily I didn’t join the server but I definitely will warn my friends. Good job making this known!

Can you make a playlist of these explanations of discord scams if you continue making videos covering them? It’d be great to send in servers instead of usual fearmongering paragraphs about scams that go “Dont friend this person they will instantly grab your account/ip!! Because it’s really scary to people who don’t know how these things work or how to avoid them.

I clicked on a fake bot's embedded button. Don't think that alone can do anything, but still followed your steps and they helped me calm down from the panic. Cheers mate.

Thank you so much! initially after getting this message I thought someone had *already* hacked my account and was doing pervy stuff pretending to be me. Luckily I was sceptical and found this video so again, Thanks :)

This server also not only "exposes people" it also disguises as a "new server" as a message from the server owner in the event they do get hacked.

7 minutes damn, your videos are really helpful man I appreciate everything you do

Exactly what i was looking for! Thanks for the informative video

I was moderating in a discord server called Moop’s coop, and one of the moderator/admins got scammed, I got the message. What’s scary is that to mod in the server you needed two-step verification, meaning the person got hacked even with it. Be safe everyone! (Btw the server got archived idk what happened my phone was taken)

I actually fell for this.. luckily for me I recognized what was going on very quickly and changed all of my passwords and got rid of my billing information. Surprisingly no damage was done on my account, but I would consider myself to be good at recognizing scams like this quickly, and I actually fell for it. Pretty scary to think about all these people loosing their money for seemingly no reason. i hope this video reaches more people and I will definitely spread the word fs.

Another good thing to do is to leave servers with a lot of inactive accounts or young children in them, because those are the most likely to get hacked. And if you're in any servers you don't use anymore, I'd also recommenced leaving them just in case.

2 of my friends got hakced from this. 1 one them sent me the message and i almost fell for it. im so glad i didnt. thank you for spreading awareness and everybody please stay safe!

my friend sent me one of these, they probably got hacked. in the moment i was a bit scared but once i saw that QR code i backed the hell out. thanks for making this video

being a cybersecurity guy. I fell for it because I trust my friends because I know them from a really long time. This exposes how vulnerable people are to their trust circle.

Basic rule of thumb, if you see a link that doesn't look official or is weirdly encrypted, don't click it. Another one would be if you see anything about scanning a QR code, I think it's a given but don't scan it.

my account was used for "free nitro" scams and it got me in a bit of trouble. great job making awareness of these scams!

Thanks for helping people and boosting awareness and well!

Notice: 2FA doesn't save you from token grabbers as I was token grabbed by a scammer even with 2FA on. Please, as soon you realize that the link/QR code/exe file is malicious, immediately change your password. As stated in the video, it'll also log you out of all instances, but will also change your token string. Making it invalid for use! Stay safe, stay vigilante fellow users!

the fact that those scams are evolving and discord hardly does anything about it. hopefully they take down the entire server along with their admins

Thank you for bringing this to light!

Okay thank you for posting this. This recently happened to a couple of my friends.

I just had a friend reach out to me about this thinking they were in trouble. Went down this whole rabbit hole one day before this video got posted.

I’m glad people are getting this information to everyone this is a scary thing

Finally a video where i can see the guys mouse, he says words clearly and actually SHOWS how to open stuf like the soft roll instead of

tysm man life savior ik this is a scam but people like you make the world a better place

1:48 i couldn't stop laughing when he flat out refused to pronounce nadeko's name

I fell to this today and noticed it was a scam literally in the same second, never changed my password that fast. because its incredibly easy to change your password it took like 7 sec and the invite was only sent to like 10 people. Also quite lucky that a dont have a credit card linked to my account and always bought my nitro prepaid

bro i almost fell for this but luckily this video and my friends warned me but i love how ur just telling kids about it and how to not fall for it thx for the info tho

I love how some of these will be discord invites and, even if from a friend, i don’t bother joining discord servers when it’s for no reason. I’d only join if it’s related to something. Guess that helps somehow

My favorite RU-vidr to explain duscord stuff ♥️♥️♥️

I actually fell for this a couple of days ago, luckily i quickly realised what was going on and was able to recover my account. This is one nasty scam, and it's a well-made one for sure. Don't believe everything you see on the internet, kids.

I remember this scam, a few of my friends became a victim of that scam and got their account hacked and of course they sent me that same message with the server link. Being very skeptical about it I went on to investigate what happened so I joined the server and I saw the qr code verification method to verify and before I managed to verify luckily someone from that server who wasn't hacked stopped me from verifying. I was very lucky to be saved by that person before I became a victim to that scam and after some time my friends got their account back and changed their passwords. According to the person that stopped me from verifying he's stopping others from falling into the scam and getting hacked just like his friend once. I hope that others will be cautious of scams like this and be wary of server links that their friends sent without a clear explaination.

a mod from a REALLY big server got hacked and i fell for it, luckily my friend called me because she and the others saw the message and wanted to know what happened, if i lost my acc etc im glad i found this video it was really helpful!

I have no idea how people are still falling from these. You’re doing good by making this video.

Doing gods work my man 👌

This is absolutely shameless. I won't fall for this, I've heard about it through Reddit and RU-vid and this video also helps out alot.

You are/were not alone! I pray you found what has worked for you!

This would not be happening if schools and other places of education taught basic cybersecurity. The fact that these scams prey on people who don't know how these kinds of things work is disgusting.

Serious question to those who fell for it. What did you do in the past that made you concern about being "exposed" that you went through with it?

Dead ass just got this! I was like...dude what are you talking about? And it just felt really wrong. Glad I looked this up, I sure as hell wasn't clicking on that, but I wanted to know. Thank man!

I was warning mad people about this since I was a victim, but almost every server I warned they didn't really care and were kinda asses about it but glad you are warning everyone

I'm actually glad I have the common sense to not fall for this but I do feel horrible for those who did.. thanks for making awareness about this too hopefully discord does something about it :>

I never even joined the server because I had the mindset that perhaps there's some zero-day vulnerability out there that could hack my account if I even joined the server. Glad to know it wasn't quite so dangerous, even though many people still fell for it

I definitely got spooked when I got this scam message from a friend who’s account had gotten hacked. But then I realized: I’m a gamer…I don’t talk to girls lmao. Thank you for the coverage on this latest scam. Please everyone: stay safe, be good to each other, and always ask if you need help.

I actually fell for this, except the link only said “friend server”. I assumed it really was a friend server, because I only keep irls in my friend list. But as soon as I scanned the QR code, my account was gone. Changed to Japanese, and sent a link to everyone in my friends list. Luckily, didn’t block anyone. I was able to get my account back, but feel stupid for falling for it. I had never seen this sort of scam before now! Thanks for the video!

Tip 1: only contact Discord support as a last resort, out of all the times I tried to get my account back, they did absolutely nothing about it

Oh my god I’m so glad i got this video recommended. I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder so when I got that message naturally I freaked out. I was this close to falling for it but this video saved my acc. Tysm

This really shows that even in this times many people lack common sense

It’s okay to feel that why. I felt like that sowhat at the beginning. Just use the love you have for making soft to overpower that feeling

This happened to me, but I was on iPhone and wasn't able to authorize my self or whatever the server needed me to do. Soon after that, my friend said he got hacked and that's why he sent me the message. Good thing I was on mobile.

I've actually had similar PMs from people whenever I get active in public servers. I just laughed and deleted the DM because I don't have the balls to send anyone anything yet they claim that I did.

yeah i saw someone mentioning this in a server, i then grabbed an alt in a vm (just in case any links did more than steal the account) and spent a couple hours looking around. those unverified acounts with the green role i think were successfully stolen accounts, if you went down further you would see people with a grey role or no roles (i cant remember which it was) and there were at least 30 accounts that had changed their nickname to tell people it was a scam and many had an invite to a server to help anyone recover their account. someone in one of those servers had mentioned that they had sacrificed an alt to the bot and that alt then sent them the message and then logged out. i dunno what they were trying to achieve by boosting the scam server, one theory i have is that this was a test to see how effective something like this was. i reported the two servers like this i ran into and found that a few days later either the invite link i had had expired (as the bot seemed to be making a new invite link for each dm) or it had been taken down by discord.

I feel for it and this happened about twice now, this time with an E-iykyk server, this way so embarrassing cuz the link spread to everyone. I'm so glad I found this video

Altough I'm not proud of it I did fall for another (albeit thankfully not quite as bad scam neither in lure nor consequenses) a while back-- and I can confirm that those things really do work STUPIDLY fast. In my case it was arguably worse cause the actual message spamming didn't even start until the next day when I had pretty much forgotten about the whole thing, meaning that I thought I'd be just fine only to wake up the next day to hundreds of notifications + bans from every single public community server I was on at the time. Pretty sure the whole thing lasted about 20 minutes-- cause in all honesty I didn't really know what to do and the whole situation gave me kind of an anxiety attack which I needed to calm down from, but as soon as I had gotten my password changed and all that stuff the main event had at least stopped and I could finally answer some of the confused DMs I had gotten as I was no longer being rate-limited by the fucking bot spamming messages. After this I spent over an hour going through every single DM and every text channel of the servers I was still on removing all of the links as well as answering any confused messages. TLDR; I felt stupid as fuck and cried a bit while a bot got me banned from at least 10 servers + confused everyone in my rather long friendlist for aproximately 20 minutes. Please for the love of god don't be like me and fall for things that in retrospect are SO OBVIOUS (also if you too stay up late on discord with poor vision-- don't click on sus links you can barely see the typos in cause you're blind as fuck).

here before hd rendering 😂

I had a friend that fell victim to this scam about a week ago. I had never seen it before, so I immediately reported it to Discord Trust & Safety. Seems though that from the artifacts in your video, namely the "Party mode" in your user settings, this scam has been around since *at least mid May.* "Party mode" was a feature Discord enabled for their sixth (seventh?) birthday, and only for about three days in the middle of May. This video had to have been recorded around that time for that feature to have been enabled, thus the scam has been around for equally as long if not longer. The server I joined looked identical to the one in your video. Same scam message, same bot, same guild icon, same guild name. I don't know if it's been the same server this whole time or if there are other servers the bots spread users across, but doing some quick back-of-the-napkin math, these hackers could have *easily* stolen *$50,000 in boosts, per server* (making some assumptions: none of the boosters had nitro so there wasn't any discount, and I rounded it to 1000 boosts instead of the 950 or so). Scary shit. These guys will probably face jail time if they weren't smart and didn't cover their tracks. Stay safe, stay vigilant.

I have told all my friends so we should be good. Thank you for informing us of these things. 👍

Weird thing about the server is that they have a hidden General and Shame channel. I don't know why they put them there but it's weird

Hi there, after doing some digging I would also want to add some points that will make you know that its fake... my first point is that they usually use your friends accounts to send the messages so that it will not look harmful, meaning that they hack your friends account and send it to the people in dm's. Secondly, the hackers using your friends account will send a message that goes along the lines of "Hey I don't know if this is really you, but there was someone impersonating you and you sent a message to someone" another one that I recently found out is they may also say that you sent nsfw content like the p word (I don't want to say it but its the website). To continue on from there they ask you to verify and that they will block you until you explain yourself. Another server excluding the shame one is a anime community server where they also require you to verify through qr code scanning. Usually anything that requires the QR code verification will most likely hack your account. Anyways I think that's all I have so far, hope this helps ^^

Thanks for telling me how they scam people and let me how to know if this server was a scam

Woah, great video mate!

I gotta give em credit for using panic and the urge to defend yourself to cloud your thinking. It worked on me but I messaged a friend who informed me it was a scam so I changed my passwords immediately after. Stay safe out there ya’ll.

New it was a scam asap, only people I have sent lewd stuff to were other boys SMH

thank you for this video, i clicked on a link and it sent it to all my friends and i panicked so hard. i just changed my password and followed these steps and can now feel at ease that im most likely safe now.

OMG im so relived i got a messege from my friend of it and i was a little scared but i wasnt there and im so glad ty so much for making this vid

The person behind the scam is with no doubt absolutely evil. Imagine how many people actually lost friends through this. It's super scary when a friend (falsely) accuses you of something and then suddenly blocks you. It's not really your friend but people who fell for it probably got scared to death and may have lost contact with their friends if Discord was their only way of doing so.

I figured someone was impersonating my acc so I went to check what was happening. This was when the server had only like 2k members. And I saw a QR code and knew instantly it was a set up.

I was so close to falling for this because I used to be in a really toxic friend group that still tries to ruin my other friendships. The only thing that stopped me was that the DM the hacked account sent was just... deleted, but I was still blocked. I had to go to a mutual friend to find out what happened