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CONFIRMED SCAM

Cathie Wood ARK Live

https://youtube.com/@CathieWoodARKLive

CRITICAL risk

SOCIAL

8 reports

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Critical riskGACS Risk Score

Composite score from 6 signals below.

In GACS scam database+40
On active blacklist+30
Critical severity+15
8 community reports+15
Active 118+ days+5
Confirmed by manual_curated+5

Why we flagged this

Reported by 8 usersActive 118dsocialmanual_curatedOn active blacklist

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GACS verdict: Do not engage

Listed on the GACS active blacklist (multi-source confirmed).
Severity classified as CRITICAL based on harm pattern.
8 independent user reports on file.
Cross-referenced against external feed: manual_curated.
Tactic category: social.

First flagged May 28, 2026Last verified May 28, 2026How we score

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Case summary

Deepfake Cathie Wood "stock + crypto giveaway". ARK Invest has issued takedown notices.

Originally published on GACS — Global Anti-Crime & Safety. Verify the latest status of this report at https://gacs.app/scam/cathie-wood-ark-live-fd1cfc. Browse the full public scam registry, see live scam alerts, or report a scam. © GACS · Licensed CC BY 4.0 with attribution to gacs.app.

Pattern: Deepfake livestream scam

A hijacked or newly created video channel runs a looped, AI-altered clip of a well-known executive announcing a "corporate giveaway". An overlay shows a wallet address or QR code with the classic send-and-double promise. The stream carries a live badge and inflated viewer numbers to defeat the viewer's usual scepticism.

How to recognise it

The clip loops, and the audio never references anything happening today
Comments are disabled or heavily filtered
Channel name is close to, but not, the real company channel
The named executive has publicly stated they never run giveaways

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Sources and method

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8 community reports
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Identifiers flagged

Website
https://youtube.com/@CathieWoodARKLive
Also known as
cathiewoodarklive

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Timeline

First reported: 5/28/2026
Last activity: 5/28/2026
Source: manual_curated
Status: Confirmed scam

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Permalinkhttps://gacs.app/scam/cathie-wood-ark-live-fd1cfc

APA: GACS. (2026). Cathie Wood ARK Live — GACS scam report. GACS — Global Anti-Crime & Safety. Retrieved September 24, 2026, from https://gacs.app/scam/cathie-wood-ark-live-fd1cfc
MLA: "Cathie Wood ARK Live — GACS scam report." GACS — Global Anti-Crime & Safety, GACS, 2026, https://gacs.app/scam/cathie-wood-ark-live-fd1cfc. Accessed September 24, 2026.
Chicago: GACS. "Cathie Wood ARK Live — GACS scam report." GACS — Global Anti-Crime & Safety. Accessed September 24, 2026. https://gacs.app/scam/cathie-wood-ark-live-fd1cfc.
BibTeX: @misc{gacs_scam_cathie_wood_ark_live_fd1cfc, author = {GACS}, title = {Cathie Wood ARK Live — GACS scam report}, howpublished = {GACS — Global Anti-Crime & Safety}, year = {2026}, note = {Accessed: September 24, 2026}, url = {https://gacs.app/scam/cathie-wood-ark-live-fd1cfc} }

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