MoistCr1TiKaL warns game studios after scammer impersonates his agent to get free games

Prominent YouTuber MoistCr1TiKaL is urging game developers to take caution after an impersonator created an email account pretending to be his PR agent.

Charles ‘MoistCr1TiKaL‘ White is an extremely popular internet personality known for his biting humor, monotone voice, and brutally honest YouTube videos reacting to current events and reviewing various games, films, and TV series.

Recently, he lent his voice to the character ‘Sonar’ in Ad Hoc’s hit game Dispatch, sending his fame to further heights… but being an online celebrity comes with some serious drawbacks.

On November 18, the YouTuber turned voice actor put out a PSA for game developers, warning them to double-check the authenticity of any emails sent to them from a Gmail account claiming to be from his representatives.

MoistCr1TiKaL slams impersonator posing as his PR to trick studios

He was made aware of the situation that same day after his longtime friend and manager, Matt, showed him an email sent from Czech Games Edition asking to verify the legitimacy of a code request supposedly left by his PR agency.

The email address, ‘moist(dot)pr,’ is not affiliated with Moist or his brand in any way, but is actually a scammer attempting to use the YouTuber’s fame to get free codes from game developers.

According to White, the scammer sent “presumably hundreds of emails” to “innumerable” developers and publishers with requests for game codes under the guise of reviewing them for his channel.

However, the impersonator wrote from White’s own perspective, rather than an agent or company representing him, and even included emoticons in their emails — something that set off red flags for a few developers who emailed Matt for further clarification.

White couldn’t help but roast the scammer, calling him a “prepubescent little criminal” hoping to get free games for his buddies “at the lunch table,” saying the emails sounded like they were “written by an actual twelve-year-old.”

That being said, he put out an announcement for any companies working with influencers, understanding that some might believe these emails to be legitimate.

“I’m guessing that he’s found some kind of success and is continuing to do it even more aggressively now,” the YouTuber surmised. “Just playing a game of pretend where you LARP as a YouTuber and try to get free sh*t.”

He went on to state that he never asks companies for free products and buys everything himself to review them from a consumer’s viewpoint, saying any emails appearing to come from him asking for free games are phony.

White isn’t the only influencer suffering from impersonation; YouTube star MrBeast has also been forced to distance himself from fake advertisements and accounts pretending to be him on several occasions, warning viewers against ads hawking giveaways and cash prizes.