In August 2024, Facebook served some users advertisements about a service named X-FAST IPTV on xfastiptv.com. The scam falsely claimed British adventurer and reality TV star Bear Grylls created the IPTV system. It also wrongly promoted the idea that the stars of “Shark Tank” invested in the system. I was unable to find any favorable reviews online for X-FAST IPTV. Please note any legitimate services with similar names bear no associations to the scam.
In this story, I will publish all of the information I was able to locate regarding this scam. The scam involves a Facebook ad, a fake BBC News article and a website asking users to enter their credit card information.
The Facebook Ad for X-FAST IPTV
The scammy Facebook ad claimed, “Bear Grylls created an IPTV application that is loved by sharks.” The image included in the ad displayed photos of the “Shark Tank” stars and Grylls. The ad pointed to the scam website utraface-ai.online.
It’s unclear just how many Facebook pages promoted these same sorts of ads.
Fake BBC News Article for X-FAST IPTV
Users who clicked on the ads landed on the scam website utraface-ai.online. The website displayed what appeared as a fake BBC News article. The story showed the colors and fonts associated with a BBC News article, though without the BBC News logo itself.
The headline of the fake article read, “Shark Tank: Famous YouTuber Bear Grylls announced the IPTV application it invested in, shocking television stations and the entertainment industry.”
The story featured numerous errors in grammar and punctuation, which I corrected below:
The entertainment and media world in the United States is making waves with Bear Grylls, a famous survival expert on YouTube who has created an IPTV system called X-FAST IPTV.
This news caused a stir when the “Sharks” competed to invest capital after hearing all the information about the system. So what does this system have that it was invested 10 million dollars?
In the context of economic recession, paying for blockbuster movies or movie videos for entertainment will cost too much.
Also working in the entertainment industry, famous YouTuber Bear Grylls and his colleagues have researched an algorithm to link 10,000 channels, 10,000 TV series & anime and built a system with 77,000 blockbuster movie videos in theaters and even adult movies.
His system costs only $15 a month and everyone can use it for all devices in the family.
Help people save up to $600 per year. and everyone can watch their favorite movies or TV shows without any additional costs.
Last year, the X-FAST IPTV system reached 10,000 users. Customers responded very well to this system. [There’s] no lag or interruption when watching movies or live TV. [It features] very fast speed and multi-quality display 4k/8k.
Bear Grylls went to “Shark Tank” to call for 5 million dollars in capital to upgrade the system because the number of users is increasing rapidly, and [also to] expand the system to other countries such as Canada, the [United Kingdom] and [Australia]. And the “Sharks” responded by investing 10 million dollars in this deal!
Again, X-FAST IPTV features all of the appearances of a scam.
The X-FAST IPTV Website
The third and final step in the scam after the ad and fake article was the xfastiptv.com website.
According to a GoDaddy WHOIS domain search, an unknown person registered xfastiptv.com on July 1, 2024. In other words, the website was fairly new.
Further, a Google search for text on xfastiptv.com showed the older gammaiptv.to as an identical website.
‘Shark Tank’ Scams
Scammers have used the “Shark Tank” name for many years to promote various products that never appeared on the TV show. In order to read through a complete list of the products appearing on “Shark Tank,” visit the official website for the TV show on this ABC.com page.
Know this: No one affiliated with “Shark Tank” ever endorsed any gummy products, especially including CBD gummies and keto gummies. The same goes for weight loss gummies. Scammers have for quite a long time promoted these medicinal products with “miracle” promises and mentions of “Shark Tank.”
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