He live streams calling scammers that are running exactly these sorts of scams, tries to tie them up for as long as possible, wasting their time. It's super educational as well, showing how these scammers try various tactics to keep people afraid.
He live streams calling scammers that are running exactly these sorts of scams, tries to tie them up for as long as possible, wasting their time. It's super educational as well, showing how these scammers try various tactics to keep people afraid.
Although his practices are more... grey hat, he's managed to successfully shutdown whole companies. He provided content for a BBC documentary too: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fzx2
Even though he regularly sends information to authorities, it is very rare that they will do anything.
He might not be as "fun" and whacky as some of the other baiters, but it his videos can be quite interesting. He will sometimes figure out the hierarchy and layout of their company and network, their physical locations, business fronts, etc so that he can methodically take down the company.
He has coding streams where he makes countless tools to take up more time / capture information from scammers. He has a fake bank site he uses to capture banking details of scammers when they try to wire money to themselves from the victim's bank account (he has a relationship with bank fraud teams and law enforcement.)
He's also a talented voice actor and social engineer who can keep scammers on the phone with who they think is his bank for hours. Absolutely worth a watch on YouTube or his Twitch streams if you have a moment.
Kids these days.
I am not a recipient for such scamming but I do receive phone calls on a daily basis, which I started screening of course. If I pick up and don't say anything they will hang up in 5 to 10 seconds. I think they're harvesting for potential victims.
"Edna: Which of the following would you most prefer? A puppy, a pretty flower from your sweetie, or a large, properly formatted datafile?
Scammer: I would choose the datafile"
Here's the same scam from his stream 3 days ago: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/668914814?t=5h4m20s Abandoned Toyota Corolla on the south border of Texas with blood, _exactly_ 22 pounds of cocaine, cash. Multiple bank accounts and addresses registered with your SSN, funds wired out of the US.