Who scams the scammers? Well, Rosie and I do :)
This article appeared in the Observer newspaper yesterday and features IRLRosie (https://www.youtube.com/c/rosieeeyuh) and me. It has some interesting perspectives on scambaiting.
I will have a little collaboration between Rosie and me very soon!
Jim
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Jim i am more than welcome to give u my mobile# im retired and bored shitless and need something to do mate a volunteer you might say and im a Aussie .
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Adriana im 67 and i love Jim he is doing excellent work 2 crack these scammers .tell them thank you for your phn number .and hang up keep a record of this number it maybe useful for Jim. we need to be a bee hive so we communicate to 1 person to stop these parasites scamming ppl .i hope Jim will read this
I just join at 68 and keep getting emails/calls. If I answer & caller wants me to logon to mu laptop, I tell them they are scammers, of course they deny it. Sometimes they call me names, but regardless I hang up on them. Thank you so much for all you do, you are my hero.
This is great news. For those of you who haven't seen Rosie's vids, seek her out for entertaining scambaiting.
I’m a real old lady, 78 years old and a prime target. I wish I had the knowledge to set up a virtual machine but since I don’t - I don’t let them on my computer. I do, however, take their calls and waste their time as long as I can - until they hang up on me or call me some vulgar name. You were the first scambaiter I found a few years ago, there are many now, all with different tactics, doing a great job. You are my number one hero, keep up the good work!
Thank you so much Martha. I have to say, I admire the fact that you're scambaiting.. with it without a virtual machine. Please keep it up!
Love it!!!!
Finally, I’m so hype for the video
Love it! Scammers are so lured in by Rosie, they won''t hang-up and completely lose their minds with 'Alexa'. Add Jim Browning and Wow, their world's will collide.
To be honest, I don't consider Jim to be a scambaiter. Most scambaiters just waste the scammers' time, and try to do so in a silly or amusing fashion. Jim actually takes action to stop the scammers or interfere with their scams, which I haven't really seen anyone else do before. It's in an entirely different category.
Indeed. I see what Jim does as much more like "white hat" hacking than any kind of vigilantism or baiting. That said, it's hard to feel too much sympathy with scammers who are the subject of that kind of treatment.
This popped up on my news feed this morning! I started reading it and thought "I wonder if it'll have an interview with Jim Browning?" and lo and behold... :) you're becoming a regular media star!
Hehe. Well, I like spreading to word about scams by any means possible. The channel doesn't aim to 'humiliate' scammers (there was a comment about this), but rather to do something about the scams. That said, there's no harm in having fun at a scammer's expense... The essence of scambaiting is to waste a scammer's time.
Amazing! 2 of my fav YouTubers working together. Can’t wait!
Veryyy soon :)