For finance and investing creators
Stop scam comments on your finance channel
Finance and investing channels attract the scams that cost viewers the most: fake financial advisors, scripted threads recommending a “portfolio manager”, and investment tips that lead to fake platforms. Your viewers came to you for trustworthy advice, which is exactly what these comments imitate.
- of comments are spam on the median protected channel
- 60%
- of comments posted 6–24 hours after upload are spam
- 78%
- of spam accounts post only once
- 65%
Source: RemoveSpam removal data, October 2025 to November 2026, from YouTube channels protected by RemoveSpam (mostly crypto, finance and tech).
The scams aimed at finance and investing audiences
Fake financial advisor threads
One account asks “How do I reach out to the FA managing your portfolio?” and others reply praising the same named advisor. The thread is designed to make a viewer search that name.
How this scam works →Fake investment tips
Comments hinting at a coin, a platform or a “strategy” that made someone a fortune, timed to the topic of your video.
How this scam works →Impersonation
Lookalike accounts replying to viewers as if they were you, offering personal help with their money.
How this scam works →Throwaway accounts
Most spam accounts are days old and post once, so banning them one by one never catches up.
How this scam works →
Why your viewers end up blaming you
People watch finance channels to make better decisions with real money. A comment under your video recommending an advisor borrows your credibility for a stranger, and the viewers most likely to act on it are often the least experienced.
When it turns out to be a scam, the trust they lose is in you, and in finance, trust is the whole product.
What RemoveSpam does about it
RemoveSpam matches both the openers and the replies of scripted advisor threads against the scripts it has seen, so the whole thread goes, not just one comment. Fake investment tips and impersonating replies are matched against a pattern database updated every day.
Your newest video is checked every minute. Genuine disagreement with your analysis is not spam and stays up, and every removal is visible in your dashboard.
Common questions
Is a comment recommending a financial advisor always a scam?
Not always, but under finance videos the “who manages your portfolio” opener followed by several replies praising the same person is one of the most common scam scripts. Treat that pattern as a scam.
Can I keep comments where viewers discuss their own investments?
Yes. Viewers sharing what they hold or disagreeing with you is normal discussion and is left alone. RemoveSpam removes scam patterns, not opinions.
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