Types of YouTube spam
Fake crypto coin comments on YouTube
Fake coin comments are bot posts that mention a made-up or worthless token as if real viewers were excited about it: “sitting here looking at my SPX90K stack…”, “Bitaxum’s presale is huge”. The goal is to get your viewers to search the name and buy. It is the single most common type of spam RemoveSpam removes.
By Dan, founder of RemoveSpam · Updated
- recent spam comments promoted a fake coin (sample of 200, last 90 days)
- 8 in 10
- named a ticker such as SPX85K
- Almost half
- contained a link
- 0 of 200
Source: RemoveSpam removal data, October 2025 to November 2026, from YouTube channels protected by RemoveSpam (mostly crypto, finance and tech).
What it looks like
sitting here looking at my $27,500 SPCX90K stack and thinking… what if this is really it?
Real, removed by RemoveSpam
ngl you are the best ytb I saw in my life! My portfolio now with almost 70% BTC and 15% SOL, 10% $SPX83K and 5% ETH.
Real, removed by RemoveSpamFlattery first, then the ticker, slipped into a believable portfolio
Friendly advice, look into Altorum token before it blows up, got it from an insider group.
Real, removed by RemoveSpam
If SPX85K$ ever hits Trump’s radar, the headlines would write themselves.
Real, removed by RemoveSpamHooks a token name onto whatever is in the news
Real examples are quoted as posted. Author names are hidden and phone numbers partly redacted.
How the scam works
Someone launches a token, or simply invents a ticker that looks like a real one. Then they pay for, or run, networks of accounts that post short comments mentioning it under popular crypto, finance and tech videos. The comments are written to sound like ordinary viewers: a bit of excitement, a joke about the news, a portfolio split that happens to include the coin.
No single comment asks anyone to buy. That is the point. A viewer who sees the same name in three or four comments under a video they trust starts to believe it is something people are talking about, searches it, and finds a website ready to take their money. The promoted coins are typically illiquid or fake, and the people who buy are left holding them.
Why it is so hard to catch
These comments contain no links, no phone numbers and nothing offensive, so the signals most filters look for are absent. In a sample of 200 spam comments RemoveSpam removed, not one contained a link. Instead the names mutate constantly: SPX85K becomes SPX89K, $$SPX85K, SPCX90K or SPX85K$, so a blocked-words list is out of date within days.
The wording is also generated to vary, so two comments rarely match word for word. Catching them reliably takes a pattern database that tracks each campaign’s naming and phrasing as it changes, which is what RemoveSpam’s detection is built around.
Why it matters for your channel
Your viewers see these comments under your video, next to your name. When someone loses money on a coin they first saw in your comment section, the trust they lose is in you. A comment section where most of the activity is coin promotion also looks abandoned to new viewers, and it buries the genuine discussion you want people to see.
How to reduce it with YouTube’s own tools
YouTube’s built-in tools help, especially on smaller channels. They work best against names that stay the same, and struggle once a campaign starts mutating its ticker.
- In YouTube Studio, open Settings → Community and add blocked words: coin names, “WhatsApp”, “Telegram”, and the phrases you keep seeing.
- In the same place, turn on blocking links so comments with URLs are held for review.
- Under comment settings, hold potentially inappropriate comments for review, and increase strictness if spam keeps getting through.
- On any spam comment, use “Hide user from channel” so that account’s comments stop appearing to everyone else.
How RemoveSpam handles this: Scam and impersonation detection.
Common questions
Why do so many comments on my video mention the same coin?
Because they are almost certainly coordinated. Fake-coin campaigns post the same token name from many different accounts so it looks like viewers are talking about it. Real enthusiasm is spread across many coins; a sudden cluster around one unfamiliar ticker is a strong sign of promotion.
Should I reply to these comments to warn my viewers?
It is better to remove them. A reply keeps the comment visible and pushes it up in the thread. If you want to warn your audience, do it in a pinned comment or in the video itself, without repeating the coin’s name.
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