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I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

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Re: I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

#35

So this is real? I always presumed the person he's talking to in these videos was just a friend/colleague playing the part. Some of the stuff he does to them seems like it would violate international hacking laws or something.

There are no "international hacking laws". That's why all these scammers operate with impunity.

Re: I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

#36

IMO this is way better than what the other scambaiter Pierogi did recently. I'm refering to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUHFpfVPUYc In the beginning it seems okay, have a bunch of people pretend to be victims and waste scammers time, but later on with starting to deploy malware and zero-days, spying on people with their web cam... Just because scammers break the law doesn't mean we have to stoop to th…

Meanwhile YouTube's first video recommendation is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s23XR8JMKtA where Kitboga himself installs malware on a scammer's machine.

Re: I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

#37

The "do not redeem" video is the Kitboga's gift to humanity. Scamming old people out of their retirement is the worst thing someone can do. I have no empathy for those scammers.

I thought a lot of them don't even know they are running scams, and that is all coming down from the top.

They are barely paid phone workers just doing scripts and doing what they are told just so they can feed their families.

Re: I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

#38

IMO this is way better than what the other scambaiter Pierogi did recently. I'm refering to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUHFpfVPUYc In the beginning it seems okay, have a bunch of people pretend to be victims and waste scammers time, but later on with starting to deploy malware and zero-days, spying on people with their web cam... Just because scammers break the law doesn't mean we have to stoop to th…

Imagine thinking surveillance is inherently evil.

Not everything is a slippery slope, it turns out. It’s ok to go outside with your eyes open still.

Re: I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

#40

Can someone explain how the scammers are pulled in in the first place? That is, what's the 'funnel' for this? I get that this is amusing and a good way to waste scammers' time, but where did he originally find the scammers?

They have public phone numbers they send out in spam email campaigns.
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