Scammer Payback Answers Scam Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Pierogi from Scammer Payback on YouTube joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about scams and scambaiting. Why do scammers ask victims to buy gift cards? What are some of the biggest scammer red flags? Do they ever get caught? How many scams are out there? Should I mess with scammers for fun if I identify one? What software and hardware does Scammer Payback use? How can those creepy sex bot internet commenters lead to a scam? Pierogi answers these questions and many more on Scambaiting Support



https://www.youtube.com/@ScammerPayback



0:00 Scambaiting Support

0:27 Scammer red flags

1:12 Scammers and Gift cards

1:39 How many scams are out there?

2:13 Messing with scammers for fun

3:54 Scambaiting: Origins

4:24 Random scam texts

4:57 Most scammed social media platform

5:23 Can scam texts track your phone?

6:16 Amazon scam LIVE

7:03 The most absurd scam call ever

7:42 Voice changing/Scammer Payback Setup

8:41 Phone number spoofing—how?

9:08 Scammed out of your crypto

10:13 Benefits? PTO? How about a 401K Match?

11:06 How do the creepy bots make money?

12:18 Programs

12:41 …….

13:08 Some common senior citizen scams

14:35 How do scam call centers work?

15:37 Money mule address

17:50 Someone hacked my amazon account! But…

18:58 How did they get past my 2FA?

19:56 Is public wifi safe? Is VPN good?

20:42 Gaining access to scammers machines

21:36 The epicenter of call centers?

22:48 Pierogi > Police?

23:21 Let’s move this convo over to WhatsApp

23:59 Scam Likely

24:19 Fake shopping sites/The Cat

25:27 Do scammers ever get caught?

26:00 Caught in a PayPal scam

26:31 I want my money back

26:45 Meet the team





Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey

Director of Photography: Mark Denney

Editor: Richard Trammell

Expert: Pierogi

Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi

Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas

Production Manager: Peter Brunette

Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark

Talent Booker: Mica Medoff

Camera Operator: Franz Criscione

Sound Mixer: Mark Cochran

Production Assistant: Reed Vrooman

Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin

Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant

Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen

Additional Editor: Paul Tael; Jason Malizia

Assistant Editor: Billy Ward

Special Thanks: The Entire Scammer Payback Team

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