A YouTube channel I subscribe to was recently hacked. The owner just eclipsed the 100k subscriber mark and received an authentic looking email about the 100k subscriber plaque. He followed the directions in the email without realizing it was a phishing scheme and he subsequently lost control of his channel.
The owner of the channel was hitting many roadblocks while trying to contact YouTube to get someone to advocate for him. I too searched for advice on his behalf, but I kept coming across the same community pages with no real guidance or solution. After about a week went by I used my YouTube channel to contact Creator Support via their email feedback form. Within about a day I received an email from someone who understood the issue and was able to provide useful help.
The trick to getting your YouTube channel back is a secret contact form called Send an email to our support team to report potential account hijacking that is only available to YouTube Creators that are part of the YouTube Partner program. This is the long way of saying that only monetized YouTube channels can access this special form and get the fast track to YouTube Creator Support for hacked accounts.
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