Fake Apple livestream on YouTube turns out to be crypto scam

Cook speaking at an Apple special event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California on Sept 7, 2022, where the new iPhone 14 was unveiled. The fake livestream broadcasted an edited 2018 CNN interview with Cook and contained messages with links to a suspicious cryptocurrency website. — AFP

A YouTube channel impersonating the official Apple account reportedly attempted to scam users by leading them to a suspicious cryptocurrency website.

This was done over a livestream hosted on the channel, which contained strange messages with links to the suspicious site.