Bitcoin giveaway scams claiming that celebrities are giving away bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies are on the rise as unemployment grows during the coronavirus pandemic and resulting economic crises. Videos featuring live interviews with Virgin Galactic Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya and a “5000 BTC Giveaway” have been regularly appearing on Youtube.
   The website also has information on a “special bonus,” which states that “If you send 5+ BTC you will be airdropped 10+ BTC back + 50% bonus.”

Youtube has banned a number of these scam videos but they still keep reappearing regularly. At the time of this writing, at least four 5000 BTC giveaway scam videos featuring Palihapitiya are listed on the Google-owned video-sharing platform. https://news.bitcoin.com/btc-giveaway-scam-chamath-palihapitiya-elon-musk-not-giving-away-bitcoin/