He also paid an advertisement (still running on youtube I assuming, seen it within the last week)
"Anyone who visits this page get $1200" or something in that range..
Are you sure that it was him promoting it? Scams like "Send $$$ to Musk/Bezos/MrBeast and get 2x $$$ back" are extremely common but they're just that, scams by random unaffiliated scammers.