(Picture: Sam Pepper)

Controversial YouTube star Sam Pepper has removed all of his video content and tweets online, leaving behind only the message ‘I give up’.

The video prankster, who caused uproar last year when he tricked a another YouTuber into thinking his friend was dead, has millions of followers and is one of the most notorious vloggers.

His videos, while extremely popular in terms of views, have attracted a lot of anger and abuse from viewers, with Anonymous even issuing a warning for him to take his most infamous prank down within 24 hours.

There has been no reason given so far for the removal of all of his content.




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(Picture: Sam Pepper/YouTube)

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Sam (right) and Colby (left) check the car while a man creeps up behind them ready to kidnap Sam (Picture: Sam Pepper/YouTube)

Sam is taped up and bundled into the boot of the car (Picture: Sam Pepper)

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In his outrageous prank, Sam Pepper (the Big Brother participant behind such barrel-scrapers like ‘Sam’s bum-pinching prank’) is joined by Viners Sam and Colby.

The duo are best friends, and Pepper’s convinced Colby to take part in a staged kidnapping which involves bundling Sam into the boot of a car.

Sam’s taken to an unknown location, believing his friend is also a victim of a petrifying crime.

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They’re taken to an unknown location where Sam is forced to watch Colby get shot in the head in an ISIS-style execution (Picture: Sam Pepper/YouTube)

His head bag is removed and he is forced to watch a masked gunman shoot Colby point-blank in the head in an ISIS-style execution.

Sam’s left visibly trembling and screaming in fits of uncontrollable tears.

He’s practically on the verge of a mental breakdown when Colby comes back to life and reveals it was all an elaborate ruse.

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At the time he told Metro.co.uk he didn’t think it was such a big deal.

Asked how he feels about being hated for the stunt, and previous controversial pranks, he replied: ‘I don’t think that I’m hated by that many people. I’ve got over two million YouTube subscribers and one million Twitter followers.

‘No-one’s ever come up to me in the street and told me they hate me – everyone’s normally asking me for photos.

‘What [everyone’s] feeling is just right now. I used to work in customer service and it’s only the bad experiences people will tell others about. People will always think about the bad points.’