I get why you could think that but you're completely incorrect there's worse people out there sending little children across borders to be used as sex slaves and all sorts of other way worse stuff than some old person losing their retirement funds
Hello. I apologize for my bad English. I discovered your channel a couple of hours ago and I am watching your videos since. I am Greek and try to warn the people I know about scamming. I was unfortunate when my aunt said once that she had given 100 euros to scammers, without knowing that. I just want to tell you how grateful I am that people like you exist in the world. Best wishes, Rafail Drakakis.
What you wrote was perfect. My aunt has also been scammed by the PCH sweepstakes scam. I always recommend people to share with the family and friends especially those that are vulnerable.
It's so irritating that there is so many different scams. It's sometimes hard to track them all so I'm glad that Scam Baiters can help to fight against these scams
They all follow the same general patterns. I would say one good rule to go on, is that if you get any calls supposedly from a company - if you aren't 100% sure it's not a scam, even 0.1% unsure, tell the person on the phone you are going to hang up and call in yourself regarding the issue to verify you've contacted the right company. If it's your bank, get out their card and call the number on the back.
Wow, you're a better man than me, after exposing the scammer I definitely wouldn't wish him well. I really admire that about you, pleasant. Great video as always.
Indeed, but sometimes that's all people have in thier eyes of making money. Every country is different and people struggle this why scammers are usually in Nigeria and India
@@gen-kenobi212th but what sucks is that there’s a few over there that is worthy of getting a lengthy prison sentence that doesn’t need to do this but still does it anyways with no care in the world.
@@123RADIOactive yeah not everyone is innocent but I'm sure when they start they have no choice and don't feel so good about it, it's the reality we live in which is why we shouldn't take what we have for granted. I hear so much about how the U. S is the worst country in the world and what not, but look at the examples of countries who leave thier people into corners of literally doing crime for a living. It's not thier fault they do this line of work but for most of them this is all they have. Unless they are assholes trying to make quick bucks not everyone is innocent that scams
Yes they are criminals. But they're also human beings like you and me. Punishment only works if it goes hand in hand with rehabilitation. What would you prefer? Being locked in a prison until the end of all times, or joining a program to find honest work where they can actually contribute something to society? Think about it before wishing harm to anyone, please. I wish them well: I wish they manage to find a real job as soon as possible. They know they're scamming people, they know that what they're doing is wrong. Tell them how to find honest work that pays enough, and I'm sure most scammers will be happy to take that opportunity.
@@rany0 can confirm. I was facing an issue with one of my apps, so I reached out to their customer support. A very nice Indian lady was handling my case. She was very apologetic that she couldn't help me cause the company did not have the service/feature I was looking for. I assured her it was not her fault, she was just the middleman getting stuck in the loop.
Omg! My roommate almost fell for this exact scam! I heard her with the guy on speakerphone and I heard the accent and came running downstairs yelling”hang up! Hang up right now! “to her. She was quite confused… the scammer wanted something like 200$ from her for some bs reason. She hung up thank goodness. Thank you for doing this video and helping to spread the word about these scams. Some people are so gullible. But I guess if ya don’t know, ya don’t know. Well, now ya know.
The way this scam works is incredible, hopefully Amazon will see it and find a way to fix it. Maybe a way for people to login on the device itself instead of going to an exterior device.
@@blowc1612 Amazon needs to hire me, im getting rid of their flaws for free. TBH it also gets rid of the code step because you have to login anyway to put in the code
@@realredditstories420 I'm sorry when i try to connect to amazon prime on a smart tv it gives me a code, QR code or website to put the information in to log it in. Scammers are using that information as part of their scams because people have to either use the QR code, or for older people, go to a website because most don't know how to use a QR reader. If we got rid of having to go to a website in the first place, the scam would be unsuccessful, is what i'm saying
Honestly, these guys are incredibly smart and this plan is honestly foolproof for the average naive person. Do they really need to scam to make a living?
I randomly found this channel on a TH-cam suggestion. Your channel is raising awareness that equally demystifies scam trends as it's informative on how to avoid them. Dude! You're a legend!!!🤘🏾🤘🏾
Here's a tip to spot a scammer on a phone call! If the person has an Indian accent but has an English name, then they are scammers. I grew up in the UK in an Indian majority area and no one I knew had an English name. The closest was a guy named Adamwalla. They abbreviate their names like Nish, Suk or Sheets.
Not always true. Most of the US based call centers have people with Indian accents and American names. Best advice if it sounds off to to the website of the place sending the message and call customer service from there
In England, that's just not the case these days. I know of people from other countries or of other heritage living, even born, here (including even from EU countries) who adopted British names, often similar to their own, because they were sick of their own being mispronounced due to spelling differences, and others who have Indian or Pakistani accents but very British names. Plus people with broad Yorkshire accents but Asian names. Some scammers will adopt other names, but not everyone with an Asian accent and a British name is a scammer, not by a long chalk.
One thing that may cause so many people to fall for this is that Amazon does in fact have lots of "premium" services that upgrade their basic services. Amazon Music is a prime example, no pun intended, and is probably one that most people are aware of.
They go through all this effort of renting an office, setting up computers, IP phone system, hiring people, buying Google ads, ect. Why don't they just be a legit call center?! They go through all the trouble of setting it up and then run these illegal scams out of it. I don't understand. They could easily do outsourcing work for legit businesses. If you can train someone to run this scam then you can train them to do phone support for just about anything. I know because I spent the majority of my life working in call centers. It's not that hard.
@@randomstuff-qu7sh At first, maybe. But I'd argue that the risk of going to prison isn't worth that extra up front money when you could grow the business to be more successful than scams ever could be. I don't get it but you're probably right. They're just in it for a quick buck.
@@naconaco1 I totally get that. I have always said it takes a certain kind of person to get yelled at on the phone all day for money. No one calls a support line to just say hi and tell you how awesome you are. Every single phone call is a problem to be solved. Even the nicest, politest people you talk to just want a solution so they can get back to their lives. I worked for AOL, MSN, Gateway, ADP, and Capital One. I applied for Comcast but accepted the Cap1 job over it. Every one of them had high turnover. The only people who make careers of it get off the phones within 18 months to go into management or something behind the scenes. Add to that the stress of getting caught because your call center is illegal, I don't understand why they do it.
“I’m going to give the police a call” Yea… that’s the least threatening thing to say to a scammer because the Indian police don’t do anything and the US, Canada and Europe has no jurisdiction.
The threat should be "I'm going to hire a gang of desperate thugs in your area to kick your ass and everyone in that call center. They'll do it for $20 US."
True, although sometimes they actually do take action. Just look at the latest Scambaiter video. They took down a scam operation while cooperating with Punjab police. They were raided and all the scambaiters were watching their CCTV and guiding the police 😄
@UCYiO6IIwn-qHq_vbqE9tyIQ but it doesn't matter cause odds are that scam center is back up. Federal governments around the world need to work together to stop them. They found in a scam they get arrested and charged in the country of the victims
@@FUG_GOOGL but it doesn't matter cause odds are that scam center is back up. Federal governments around the world need to work together to stop them. They found in a scam they get arrested and charged in the country of the victims
It's so painful hearing these victims. I have my elderly parents and my elderly uncle that I'm constantly updating them with scam information and NOT to talk to anyone except me about their cellphones, their smart tvs, and their computers. I had to talk my uncle out of buying a computer because I was terrified that he wouldn't contact me to help because he'd think he was bothering me and he's super gullible. It's quite sad really. I worry constantly about them and then I worry about me and my husband who are childless and we won't have someone looking out for our safety when we're in our seventies unless Alexa gets a new feature to protect customers.
I was alerted about an iphone that was charged to my Amazon account . I had to call a private number but I hung up on the man because I couldnt hear or understand him. Then I called Amazon real number and talked to there customer service and asked them about what I was told I didnt know for sure that it was a scam I'm learning more. Thanks for these videos
My elderly Mum has now got very good at dealing with scammers, but they come out with new ones all the time. Basically, though, she is now hard wired never to give anyone information, no matter who they are; she just says 'my (son/son-in-law) deals with all that' and puts the phone down. And she has stopped being polite, or even answering with a 'yes'. She was a bit shocked, though, when I was there and asked for the phone when one of the 'this is Windows' lot rang up and I just told him to FO..... which is what I say at home.
It is so funny because ever since I started watching your videos, I play with the scammers myself. When I get A phone call from Social Security saying that my number has been compromised or a Amazon call I start playing with them. I tried to waste their time at one point I got cussed at because I messed up on giving them information. But it is so funny when they call me and I keep them on the phone for at least 10 to 20 minutes just to waste their time I have not received any more phone calls to my home or my cell phone so I guess they must’ve gave up on scamming me I’ve been kind of bored lol
I wouldn't do this tbh because they can sell your phone number to other scammers so you will get called more often which can be annoying I guess but up to you
@@ShawnO9 well I’m pretty sure when they get tired of me, they do stop calling. Then like a week later they call and hang up then they call me again with there scams. I like it when they call.
Thank you for what you do. Although you would think that common sense should kick in when dealing with scammers, not everyone thinks this way especially the elderly. These scammers are always coming up with new tactics, so keep doing the great job that you do.
I’m usually the type of person to know every scam but surprisingly I didn’t know this one, thank you for spreading awareness about these types of scams
Best thing to do is NEVER leave a payment card tied to your Amazon account. That way, even if a scammer gains access to it, they cannot order anything. You wouldn't leave your credit card with a shop assistant in real life (in case you wanted to come back & shop there again), so DON'T do it online either!
When I log into Amazon from a different ISP and order anything they make me enter the code on the back. Also, I wouldn’t be giving them the 2FA code for anything.
Yep, I was surprised the scammers went for the "send money over paypal to blah blah blah your 4k" BS. They could just activate the TV for "free", then instantly use their access to the account order a shit ton of gift vouchers or resellable goods (Amazon operate in India, so dead easy). Frustrating how people fall for these scams, and also frustrating to see how sloppy the scammers themselves are. "Get of the way, amateur! I'll show you how to run a grift!"
@Christopher Wiggins you can remove your card from Amazon so it's not linked to your account. Of course you have to enter it every time you buy something and remove it again. A small inconvenience to not let someone have access to your card.
Old man in the Comcast store yesterday was being helped by the nice employee for 2 hours when I was there this weekend... I guess he had fallen for an "Amazon" scam and lost his Comcast email. Scammers took everything and were trying to re-route all of his bank sign-ins and such. Sad to see :( Luckily the old email was shut down and a new one created in store that was able to forward the majority of emails coming to the old one.
@@jondoe406 Plenty of older people are savvy, plenty of younger ones get scammed. It's not confined to older people. I have a friend of over 90 who is brilliant at dealing with scammers, and friends decades younger who have got scammed when they have been stressed and just not as attentive as usual. It absolutely can happen to anyone who has any digital footprint- and even some that do not, who just have a landline phone. People get scammed into going into their banks and taking out money and giving it to strangers. They are groomed slowly into doing it, even lying to their banks, because they are conned into thinking they are helping the cops catch a scammer, or told this is the only way to stop money being scammed from their account.
Honestly this is one of the more well thought out and believable scams I have seen I could totally see a bunch of old people or maybe just people who live under rocks falling for it wow
Google is a multi-billion dollar corporation. They have trillions of websites stretched across 900,000 servers. Scam sites would be impossible to police. Plus websites aren't just "put" on Google, they need to be registered, and domain registrar companies like namecheap (a popular one for scammers) do that. Realistically the best way to stop these sites would be to nip them in the bud - if registrars did more to vet websites, they'd never be there to scam people in the first place
@@jasperraines4431 Google could also do even a little bit of vetting before running ads for something, they don't have to put ads up without looking into the business requesting them they're just lazy and profiting off of it
Ben - my question is related to Google. With all the AI technology the purport to have, why isn't the system immediately flagging these fake sites and ads? I would love to see you do a piece on that because no matter what laws are in place or education that is made available, if sending you to a scammer is as simple as clicking on top returns in Google, the problem will never go away.
@@davemarm Nothing, but Google won't take the money if they suspect click fraud from the same IP, unless you're running a botnet or have 10,000 people clicking the links you're not gonna effect them much. It costs a few pennies per click.
any of the above, even If it's a valid site or business, I'm calling.. sorry, nope, not sorry, just safe. .they have relatives back home.. They can share your wealth and info..
I found an interesting way to confuse and confound scammers. They ALWAYS claim to be based in my country, but they always have foreign accents, so I tell them that I have a phobia, that I'm afraid of people with foreign accents, and would they kindly give the phone to someone that doesn't have a foreign accent, and they can't do it, it stops them right in their tracks. I tell them, Look, you say you're based in Washington, right, so just hand over the phone to someone born here who doesn't have an accent, which they can't do. Once they tried to pass the phone to someone with less of an accent, but that didn't get them anywhere. What I do wouldn't make a good video, but it's fun to force them to tacitly admit that they aren't from here, they can't deny that they're from somewhere else. The scam can't go any further, so they usually just hang up.
In the past when I got a scammer call. I would get angry and yell at them. Telling them this is a scam and they should be ashamed of themselves. But afterwords I would still be angry. So I changed how I responded. In their culture, it is not polite to jump right into the business at hand. So when I got their call. I would say “Hello, how are you?” “And is your family are they all well?” “Your parents are they well?” We would have this conversation about my scammer’s family. The scammer would be a bit confused. Eventually I would sweetly say we both know this is a scam and I hope they get a better job soon. Goodbye.” With that approach I was not angry after the call. Only one time the scammer called me back and demanded I find him the better job. I politely told him I didn’t live in his country so I could not help him get a job. When I was done with these calls I was not angry, my blood pressure was not up. It was just sadly funny.
When I can be bothered, I play a bit. I have even got one of them to put the phone down on me after a long call. Sometimes I hear them out a bit and then finish the call with a curse, as in, a quiet and creepy witch-type curse on them for lying.
Thank you for making these videos. I was scammed when i was 13 years old with a so called virus on my new desktop. As a 13 year old that needed to get homework done i asked my mom to pay for the virus pfotection it had on the screen and call a number. It was unsuspecting. I'm 30 now, and I still think about that day I wasted my single moms hard earned money, she wanted me to excell in school so she didn't mind paying it. Thank you for fighting this hard time of goid versus evil.
Thank you @PleasantGreen for spreading the word about all the different kinds of scams that are out here! I love the fake name that you decided to use! Steve Jensen! 😂 my favorite fake names that you use are Ben Dover and Mike Rotch!! PS Hugh Jass is pretty funny too!
We helped my mother-in-law set up her TH-cam account for watching on her TV. The prompt it gave us was to open the Google app, not visit any particular website. We did have to help her get the app open, but that seems a more secure method than telling people to go to a specific url (assuming they understand the instructions in the first place).
Yes I got call awhile ago from Amazon prime, she told me apparently my free subscription was over and it didn’t cancel it properly lol. I told her I don’t have Amazon prime I started laughing and she was like why are you laughing and I said coz I know your a scammer and don’t have prime
My heart dropped when I saw the title of your video as I just signed up for Amazon Prime Video but luckily I did it the correct way but it's good to know you are hot on their trail and doing everything you can to keep us from getting scammed.
In my experience with Amazon scammers, once they get into your account they'll order gift cards and steal the codes... in fact that happens 99% of the time it seams... not sure about the prime tv activation scammers, but I kinda think they would do that.... I deal with these jerks every day.
My inlaws fell for this scam literally last week, got taken for about 30k, and didn't tell anyone until a 4 days later. As a tech professional who has prevented this from happening to my own parents (they fell for it too but called me right away because "something didn't feel right", and was able to help them cancel the transaction before it went through and cleaned up their laptop), this particular one makes me sick.
Really, good informative video. As someone who has had an Amazon account for many years, I can easily see how people can be scammed this way. Amazon will always prompt you to sign into your account any time you make a new purchase or add a new service (email address or phone number associated with your account plus your password). And if you re-set your Amazon password for any reason, you will get that one-time code that only you need access to: Amazon will not send you that code and then ask you to provide that code over the phone to their so-called "representative."
I want to thank you for giving new information that I had not heard before. I was about to get ready to close early but then heard a little bit and started to listen and finish till the end. This is a new TH-cam that I'll be sitting to family and encourage them to listen to the end because even my kids who feel that they're very up on everything are now in their 40s and they are not. It's so easy to remember when you put in your first hard disk instead of your using your TRS tape recorder that eventually you get too old to keep up on everything. Lol. So I just want to say thank you I'm sure it will save me money because my desire to read everything and fool with these people on the phone has gotten less as I'm in my seventies. So just keep up the good work and I'll keep listening and seeing what's happening. ❤️
You pay for prime shipping and not the videoservice. The Videos are just a package they add along with twitch prime etc. You could also go by "paying a playstation fee - and still having to buy the games that are not in your pack" with this logic
Ironically, the people savvy enough to use an ad blocker are the same people who know not to click the ad in the first place. Also, I feel like the vast majority of people will use a mobile device for activation when setting up prime on their tv. I block ads on my laptop but I'm not aware of Adblock on iOS for example
I’m a Performance/PPC marketing manager, and this makes me SO ANGRY that Google decides to shutdown legitimate ad campaigns, but NOT these scummy websites!!
The entire Vid had f all to do with Google.. Googlee does not own the web ffs.. How is google gonna shut down an Amazon scammer in India if non of it is on Google... YOU ARE NOT AN IT PRO.. burying Comçast drop cables dosnt make you a pro at anything...except maybe shovels.
Amazon do make it hard to do shit with their website or app it’s practically impossible to get in touch with support no wonder why scammers target Amazon because they don’t give a shit about their users but they do warn you not to give away codes.
Outside of Prime, you are not thier customer.. Only if your issue is with prime.. You use amazon, FB, YT basically for free, therefore youre not a customer.. I know you love free shipping etc but how much do u think it would cost to set a real Amazon call centre?? And if they did, youd be 1st to bitch about theb1$ increase in fees...
Fun fact. My son works for Amazon as a programmer. I was amazed at all the perks he got. I asked him what it would take for him to get fired. He allowed that he was in demand and that were he inclined to abuse his perks it would still be hard to get fired. However, he did say that if he ever hung up on a customer it would probably get him fired. The fact that the gal hung up shows she did not work for Amazon.
Just because someone hangs up doesn't prove that they are lying about working for Amazon. Plenty of employees at call centers hang up on customers every day. Maybe not good employees but still even the bad employees work there until they don't anymore.
Amazon needs to add more warning to their text messages and emails. It should read, do not give this code to anyone even if they claim to be from amazon.
Honestly, falling for this scam is kinda natural selection. It literally tells u not to share the code and do people just not pay any attention to domain names.
On a "cord cutting" forum, about twice a year we get someone announcing that Roku is no longer free. Yes, to keep our Roku devices running, we'll need to start paying Roku a monthly fee. Invariably after a few questions we figure out that a scammer called them, they gave the scammer their Roku password (!), then the scammer shut the device down saying Roku requires a monthly fee now. The annoying thing is most of the time we can't convince them that they have been scammed!!! They always say something like, "You'll find out I'm right! real soon" or something like it and they never come back.
My poor parents got scammed so bad this way! They shared there screen and downloaded an app. They got my dad to even zelle them money. It was a nightmare! Thanks for bringing awareness to this problem! They also took $400 in amazon gift cards.
I got a text yesterday about something to do with my Amazon prime account. And the kicker is I don’t even have Prime so it’s gotta be something similar 🤷♂️ didn’t trust it so I just ignored it either way. This just reminded me of it
I always answer every spam caller and waste as much of their time as I can. I work from home so it's easy. However, I seem to be on a "do not call list" for scammers because I've gotten a lot less scam calls. So, wasting their time works.
It actually works opposite.. if u pissed a scammer off, he adds you to the sucker list. Theae lists are bought and paid for.. Now someone else thinks youre a target. That list just keeps getting bought and sold.. .
I’ve noticed the number of ads on google pages. The link is completely different than scrolling down to the real site… so…. I posted a warning on bookface. I’m not sure if it will save anyone, I can hope it does. Thank you for everything you do!
Had a guy at work that got caught up in the same mess. He paid, they wanted more money and it became a vicious cycle. He had enough and went to the authorities,he would have went earlier, but he was embarrassed and scared. The amount of relief he felt with the agent he worked with and assured him that he didn’t do anything wrong or illegal (just be more careful in the future). If you are in this situation just understand there is help and light at the end of the ordeal. If you know someone going through it, be supportive and understanding. This is sickening there are people that pray on peoples vulnerabilities. I hope this helps and my heart goes out to the family.
You're a genius! I love how you track these scummers down. Yes, I said "scummers". Because they are the scum of the Earth. Unfortunately, I don't think they will ever stop scamming innocent people.
Your videos are very informative. So many scammers attempt to scam and catfish the elderly, which is despicable. When my cognitive abilities begin to slip, I hope my family locks my accounts.
Didn’t know how this one worked. Thanks for the info. Have received a lot of emails like this recently. Just deleted them. Glad to have a better understanding now and can pass it on to friends and family.
A girl I worked with at my previous job fell for this. She came to work thinking it was real amazon doing this to her. This scam works so easily that she didn't even realized she got scammed. To be honest though, this is a pretty dangerous way Amazon has set up to activate Prime Video. Its so easy to make a tiny mistake that leads you to these people. All of this should be done right through the Amazon app and not require you to visit any web pages. I'm sure these people will find a way to scam people another way though.
I just saw the latest episode of Mariana van Zeller's Trafficked on Nat Geo and guess how I saw? Our very own Pleasant Green. Great to see you get the spotlight you deserve. Keep up the good work Ben
This happened to me on Christmas Eve! … The Code came up on my TV! … He said there’s a One Time $50 Dollar Fee! … I said forget it & Hung Up! … Thanks for This Video!
No idea justt how big the web is eh..? Think this way...There are only 350 Million Amaericans.. That leaves 7 billion to rest of us... You gonna get messages out to 7 billion people?? Talk about super spam
Thanks for getting the word out. This happened to me last week when setting up my Fire Stick, but as soon as the guy asked me for my account info. I refused. Then he asked for my phone number and I new it was a scam and hung up.
Just happens to me, only with TH-cam activate on my new TV … I finally realized there was something fishy when they wanted my cc info for their one-time setup charge ??? When I told them to bill it to my TH-cam account that would auto pay them with their monthly invoice for the “premium” TH-cam feature they said they were the tech dept and needed my cc#, I told to get the info they needed from TH-cam, they hung up on me! Realizing, I just escaped a scam … but wait, they have my Amazon log on info, so a call to Amazon because they had changed my password! It took a while to resolve all the problems but It was before I called Amazon I saw this video that was exactly the same as I had just had, I realized they had my Amazon info.😅
idea: get like 50 people together and have them all call the same call center on repeat for hours so the center is full of the same 50 people wasting time so they can't actually scam anyone.
I love the fact that you and others are making this content...I would like to see you all work yourself out of a job...But until then keep bringing these scams to light...THE ONLY WAY THESES SCAMS WILL STOP...IS WHEN THEY ARE NO LONGER PROFITABLE...KEEP UP THE FIGHT!!!!
I was a victim of this scam method. The scammers got into my computer and attempted to draw money out of my checking and savings accounts while they were supposed to have been installing my Smart TV program to Amazon Prime. Thank GOD, they were not able to complete the transactions because I caught on to all the personal questions after about 10 min. of talking to them. I shut down my computer and took the battery out. I opened my second computer and there were emails from my bank asking me to confirm those transactions. I was able to close all the accounts they hacked and opened new ones also, I changed all my passwords and took my wifi box and router to my ISP and got new ones. Please share this TH-cam link with all your friends and family. It has been more than a week and I am still trying to get all my accounts straighten out.
People are receiving text messages from fake citibanks, pay pal, etc saying the accounts are blocked and give a link to fix it. I hope you can investigate this cases. Thank you for helping others with these videos.
@@Bumpa1962 Mine do, though, if they are worried about a transaction. All you can do is say you will ring back, ring off, check the phone is cleared or better still, use another phone, and ring your bank using the number on your own paperwork and ask for the fraud team. I did this once when it didn't sound like the usual fraud call, and it wasn't a fraud, it was a genuine call from the bank. I checked the number that had called, and it wasn't on any paperwork or the bank's website. When we were clearing it all up (the transaction was a genuine one, and the bank were genuinely checking it when they rang) I pointed that out. They said they didn't publicise the number because if they did scammers would clone it. The whole situation really is impossible.
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Pro tip: Never click on the "Ad" links at the top of your Google search. Ever.
And water is wet?
Ads are put at the top. Google shouldn't allow phony ads to be on top of search results.
Whoah there! Glad people still did when I was in charge of advertising there setting me back 4-5k 😂
@@princesssprinklesthecat4192 not everyone knows this.
No shit Sherlock
Google needs to be held accountable for selling access to these scammers.
But remember, it's Google, they like money, so they probably won't shut it down.
It’s not Google’s problem unfortunately
@@BigFatWelly Is it really that hard to be able to detect ad's that are obvious scams? Please, cut me a fucking break.
@@gregaria3664 apparently it is for older people and people who aren’t particularly tech savvy. You really can’t blame them
I agree.
I really do feel bad for these victims we really need to teach our elders how to protect themselves online. Great work sir for exposing these scams
I agree. Elderly people watch the news a lot. They should do segments on scammers
Google could also do a better job identifying and shutting down these scam sites sooner.
@@starcherry6814 they do, they just don’t update the new scams they are changing everyday
@@kbsanders they don't even verify their ads...
@@kbsanders What does Google have to do with the scam sites, and how could they even shut them down - unless, of course, they are hosted by Google?
Scammers are the absolute lowest form of humanity. Thank goodness there's good people in this world fighting back.
I get why you could think that but you're completely incorrect there's worse people out there sending little children across borders to be used as sex slaves and all sorts of other way worse stuff than some old person losing their retirement funds
@@Billcipher_fan5 hmm thats sus 🤨 bc both things are wrong at the same time.
I thought government officials and politicians where the lowest form
I beg to differ
I guess it’s the same as they are biggest scammers
Hello. I apologize for my bad English. I discovered your channel a couple of hours ago and I am watching your videos since. I am Greek and try to warn the people I know about scamming. I was unfortunate when my aunt said once that she had given 100 euros to scammers, without knowing that. I just want to tell you how grateful I am that people like you exist in the world.
Best wishes,
Rafail Drakakis.
What you wrote was perfect. My aunt has also been scammed by the PCH sweepstakes scam. I always recommend people to share with the family and friends especially those that are vulnerable.
Your name is so cool
Eee leventi mou
You speak ecselent english
It is easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. - Mark Twain
Hubris is a bitch!
-Commenter in a permanent state of confusion.
Nice try , mark Twain didn’t say that , can’t fool me! When mark Twain was around there wasn’t any paper to write down these “quotes”
@@santi_super_stunts2573 Yeah, it probably was Sun Tzu
That’s what I tell myself when people tell me the 2020 election was stolen.
@@armands3153 - Sun Tzu, The Art of Scams
It's so irritating that there is so many different scams. It's sometimes hard to track them all so I'm glad that Scam Baiters can help to fight against these scams
How did he get a picture of their buildings?
@@Loooooooooooool1 I don't know. Why ask me?
They all follow the same general patterns. I would say one good rule to go on, is that if you get any calls supposedly from a company - if you aren't 100% sure it's not a scam, even 0.1% unsure, tell the person on the phone you are going to hang up and call in yourself regarding the issue to verify you've contacted the right company. If it's your bank, get out their card and call the number on the back.
Tell me about it!
Wow, you're a better man than me, after exposing the scammer I definitely wouldn't wish him well. I really admire that about you, pleasant. Great video as always.
Indeed, but sometimes that's all people have in thier eyes of making money. Every country is different and people struggle this why scammers are usually in Nigeria and India
@@gen-kenobi212th but what sucks is that there’s a few over there that is worthy of getting a lengthy prison sentence that doesn’t need to do this but still does it anyways with no care in the world.
@@123RADIOactive yeah not everyone is innocent but I'm sure when they start they have no choice and don't feel so good about it, it's the reality we live in which is why we shouldn't take what we have for granted. I hear so much about how the U. S is the worst country in the world and what not, but look at the examples of countries who leave thier people into corners of literally doing crime for a living. It's not thier fault they do this line of work but for most of them this is all they have. Unless they are assholes trying to make quick bucks not everyone is innocent that scams
Yes they are criminals. But they're also human beings like you and me. Punishment only works if it goes hand in hand with rehabilitation. What would you prefer? Being locked in a prison until the end of all times, or joining a program to find honest work where they can actually contribute something to society? Think about it before wishing harm to anyone, please.
I wish them well: I wish they manage to find a real job as soon as possible. They know they're scamming people, they know that what they're doing is wrong. Tell them how to find honest work that pays enough, and I'm sure most scammers will be happy to take that opportunity.
@@MeltEmber indeed, not everyone is in there because they have nothing left. Some people are there for a quick lick
This is actually probably the most well thought out scam I've seen. I'm sure tons of people fall for it... ugh disgusting
Hang up when you hear Indian voice….. not sure how hard can that be lmao
@@Andi-lk5ffWith outsourcing that's not really an effective strategy these days.
I agree. Scummy but pretty slick.
I agree I've never called them but out a code in then realized it was an ad cuz I was too lazy to call them 😂
@@rany0 can confirm. I was facing an issue with one of my apps, so I reached out to their customer support. A very nice Indian lady was handling my case. She was very apologetic that she couldn't help me cause the company did not have the service/feature I was looking for. I assured her it was not her fault, she was just the middleman getting stuck in the loop.
Omg! My roommate almost fell for this exact scam! I heard her with the guy on speakerphone and I heard the accent and came running downstairs yelling”hang up! Hang up right now! “to her. She was quite confused… the scammer wanted something like 200$ from her for some bs reason. She hung up thank goodness. Thank you for doing this video and helping to spread the word about these scams. Some people are so gullible. But I guess if ya don’t know, ya don’t know. Well, now ya know.
I love imagining how the scammers feel when they see someone send them a picture of where they’re really at
Same as when a criminal sees a cop drive by
How did he get that picture to begin with ?
@@southeastflnn5839 and vid tf do they get them vid
@@southeastflnn5839 lots of street photos available on Google for free.
my parents were the victim of an apple gift card scam. this channel has helped with education of different types of scams. thank you
grow up and get educated. no excuses its 2022
@@Athyxion what are you talking about not everyone is glued to devices
@@Athyxion That comment was neither helpful nor kind.
The way this scam works is incredible, hopefully Amazon will see it and find a way to fix it. Maybe a way for people to login on the device itself instead of going to an exterior device.
You can do exactly that, just log in directly.
@@blowc1612 Amazon needs to hire me, im getting rid of their flaws for free. TBH it also gets rid of the code step because you have to login anyway to put in the code
@@realredditstories420 I'm sorry when i try to connect to amazon prime on a smart tv it gives me a code, QR code or website to put the information in to log it in. Scammers are using that information as part of their scams because people have to either use the QR code, or for older people, go to a website because most don't know how to use a QR reader. If we got rid of having to go to a website in the first place, the scam would be unsuccessful, is what i'm saying
@umbrykane so basically amazon is responsible for people not being smart enough to follow simple instructions?
Honestly, these guys are incredibly smart and this plan is honestly foolproof for the average naive person. Do they really need to scam to make a living?
I randomly found this channel on a TH-cam suggestion. Your channel is raising awareness that equally demystifies scam trends as it's informative on how to avoid them.
Dude! You're a legend!!!🤘🏾🤘🏾
Here's a tip to spot a scammer on a phone call! If the person has an Indian accent but has an English name, then they are scammers. I grew up in the UK in an Indian majority area and no one I knew had an English name. The closest was a guy named Adamwalla. They abbreviate their names like Nish, Suk or Sheets.
Not always true. Most of the US based call centers have people with Indian accents and American names. Best advice if it sounds off to to the website of the place sending the message and call customer service from there
Very true. Someone with an Indian accent is NOT going to be named "Chet".
Bullcrap. People who have difficult-to-pronounce names often use nicknames, because they're fed up with people mangling their actual name.
In England, that's just not the case these days. I know of people from other countries or of other heritage living, even born, here (including even from EU countries) who adopted British names, often similar to their own, because they were sick of their own being mispronounced due to spelling differences, and others who have Indian or Pakistani accents but very British names. Plus people with broad Yorkshire accents but Asian names. Some scammers will adopt other names, but not everyone with an Asian accent and a British name is a scammer, not by a long chalk.
One thing that may cause so many people to fall for this is that Amazon does in fact have lots of "premium" services that upgrade their basic services. Amazon Music is a prime example, no pun intended, and is probably one that most people are aware of.
They go through all this effort of renting an office, setting up computers, IP phone system, hiring people, buying Google ads, ect. Why don't they just be a legit call center?! They go through all the trouble of setting it up and then run these illegal scams out of it. I don't understand. They could easily do outsourcing work for legit businesses. If you can train someone to run this scam then you can train them to do phone support for just about anything. I know because I spent the majority of my life working in call centers. It's not that hard.
Probably because scams are more profitable?
Second day on the job at a call center for Comcast. Our campaign was to get customers to come back and pay for our services. Nope not for me byeee
@@randomstuff-qu7sh At first, maybe. But I'd argue that the risk of going to prison isn't worth that extra up front money when you could grow the business to be more successful than scams ever could be. I don't get it but you're probably right. They're just in it for a quick buck.
@@naconaco1 I totally get that. I have always said it takes a certain kind of person to get yelled at on the phone all day for money. No one calls a support line to just say hi and tell you how awesome you are. Every single phone call is a problem to be solved. Even the nicest, politest people you talk to just want a solution so they can get back to their lives. I worked for AOL, MSN, Gateway, ADP, and Capital One. I applied for Comcast but accepted the Cap1 job over it. Every one of them had high turnover. The only people who make careers of it get off the phones within 18 months to go into management or something behind the scenes. Add to that the stress of getting caught because your call center is illegal, I don't understand why they do it.
@@naconaco1 as opposed to a campaign to scam people? LOLs
Can we appreciate Ben for a moment cause he warns us about new scams
“I’m going to give the police a call”
Yea… that’s the least threatening thing to say to a scammer because the Indian police don’t do anything and the US, Canada and Europe has no jurisdiction.
Indian police dont care. The victims aren't indian, but india gets all the profit. Its a win-win for them.
The threat should be "I'm going to hire a gang of desperate thugs in your area to kick your ass and everyone in that call center. They'll do it for $20 US."
True, although sometimes they actually do take action. Just look at the latest Scambaiter video. They took down a scam operation while cooperating with Punjab police. They were raided and all the scambaiters were watching their CCTV and guiding the police 😄
@UCYiO6IIwn-qHq_vbqE9tyIQ but it doesn't matter cause odds are that scam center is back up. Federal governments around the world need to work together to stop them. They found in a scam they get arrested and charged in the country of the victims
@@FUG_GOOGL but it doesn't matter cause odds are that scam center is back up. Federal governments around the world need to work together to stop them. They found in a scam they get arrested and charged in the country of the victims
It's so painful hearing these victims. I have my elderly parents and my elderly uncle that I'm constantly updating them with scam information and NOT to talk to anyone except me about their cellphones, their smart tvs, and their computers. I had to talk my uncle out of buying a computer because I was terrified that he wouldn't contact me to help because he'd think he was bothering me and he's super gullible. It's quite sad really. I worry constantly about them and then I worry about me and my husband who are childless and we won't have someone looking out for our safety when we're in our seventies unless Alexa gets a new feature to protect customers.
I was alerted about an iphone that was charged to my Amazon account . I had to call a private number but I hung up on the man because I couldnt hear or understand him. Then I called Amazon real number and talked to there customer service and asked them about what I was told I didnt know for sure that it was a scam I'm learning more. Thanks for these videos
What I want to know if there is a scam about goggle pay that they will shut your phone down is you dont buy an app to clean my phone of a virus
My elderly Mum has now got very good at dealing with scammers, but they come out with new ones all the time. Basically, though, she is now hard wired never to give anyone information, no matter who they are; she just says 'my (son/son-in-law) deals with all that' and puts the phone down. And she has stopped being polite, or even answering with a 'yes'. She was a bit shocked, though, when I was there and asked for the phone when one of the 'this is Windows' lot rang up and I just told him to FO..... which is what I say at home.
It is so funny because ever since I started watching your videos, I play with the scammers myself. When I get A phone call from Social Security saying that my number has been compromised or a Amazon call I start playing with them. I tried to waste their time at one point I got cussed at because I messed up on giving them information. But it is so funny when they call me and I keep them on the phone for at least 10 to 20 minutes just to waste their time I have not received any more phone calls to my home or my cell phone so I guess they must’ve gave up on scamming me I’ve been kind of bored lol
I do the same. Love wasting these losers time...
I wouldn't do this tbh because they can sell your phone number to other scammers so you will get called more often which can be annoying I guess but up to you
Oh yeah. Fun to waste their time. The warrant one, I tell them, another warrant!, I already have one for murdering a person that tried to scam me.
@@ShawnO9 well I’m pretty sure when they get tired of me, they do stop calling. Then like a week later they call and hang up then they call me again with there scams. I like it when they call.
@@chalo3428 How may I help you to-day.
Thank you for what you do. Although you would think that common sense should kick in when dealing with scammers, not everyone thinks this way especially the elderly. These scammers are always coming up with new tactics, so keep doing the great job that you do.
You live in the same world I do, so you do know how many people lack basic common sense.
i love your videos man, and i also love telling the elderly what they should look out for.
I’m usually the type of person to know every scam but surprisingly I didn’t know this one, thank you for spreading awareness about these types of scams
These scammers are ruining India's image in the world. They need to be jailed.
and them shitting on the street isn't
Best thing to do is NEVER leave a payment card tied to your Amazon account. That way, even if a scammer gains access to it, they cannot order anything. You wouldn't leave your credit card with a shop assistant in real life (in case you wanted to come back & shop there again), so DON'T do it online either!
When I log into Amazon from a different ISP and order anything they make me enter the code on the back. Also, I wouldn’t be giving them the 2FA code for anything.
Yep, I was surprised the scammers went for the "send money over paypal to blah blah blah your 4k" BS. They could just activate the TV for "free", then instantly use their access to the account order a shit ton of gift vouchers or resellable goods (Amazon operate in India, so dead easy). Frustrating how people fall for these scams, and also frustrating to see how sloppy the scammers themselves are. "Get of the way, amateur! I'll show you how to run a grift!"
@@lmlmd2714 cuz the latter way is more traceable (they are giving away their address)
@@AnEnderNon Then they could set up some kind of P.O box. Or use an Airbnb/Some kind of fake address
@Christopher Wiggins you can remove your card from Amazon so it's not linked to your account. Of course you have to enter it every time you buy something and remove it again. A small inconvenience to not let someone have access to your card.
Let's hit 1M subscribers by half the year✊🏿🥂 Good job Ben. Keep it up... Greetings from Ghana🇬🇭
Old man in the Comcast store yesterday was being helped by the nice employee for 2 hours when I was there this weekend... I guess he had fallen for an "Amazon" scam and lost his Comcast email. Scammers took everything and were trying to re-route all of his bank sign-ins and such. Sad to see :( Luckily the old email was shut down and a new one created in store that was able to forward the majority of emails coming to the old one.
I just got one of those Comcast emails from hamazon
typical Indian scammers
Old people unfortunately make the perfect victims. They're too naive to protect themselves and too proud to admit they got scammed.
@@jondoe406 Plenty of older people are savvy, plenty of younger ones get scammed. It's not confined to older people. I have a friend of over 90 who is brilliant at dealing with scammers, and friends decades younger who have got scammed when they have been stressed and just not as attentive as usual. It absolutely can happen to anyone who has any digital footprint- and even some that do not, who just have a landline phone. People get scammed into going into their banks and taking out money and giving it to strangers. They are groomed slowly into doing it, even lying to their banks, because they are conned into thinking they are helping the cops catch a scammer, or told this is the only way to stop money being scammed from their account.
I am extremely grateful that my Father raised me to be skeptical of “free stuff/money” or BS like this.
Honestly this is one of the more well thought out and believable scams I have seen I could totally see a bunch of old people or maybe just people who live under rocks falling for it wow
Google really needs to take some of the responsibility for this and crack down on the crooks paying for this to happen.
Good luck with that. You can shut one down and 5 more pop up
@@Scoobawoo The sad truth.
Google is a multi-billion dollar corporation. They have trillions of websites stretched across 900,000 servers. Scam sites would be impossible to police. Plus websites aren't just "put" on Google, they need to be registered, and domain registrar companies like namecheap (a popular one for scammers) do that. Realistically the best way to stop these sites would be to nip them in the bud - if registrars did more to vet websites, they'd never be there to scam people in the first place
@@jasperraines4431 Google could also do even a little bit of vetting before running ads for something, they don't have to put ads up without looking into the business requesting them they're just lazy and profiting off of it
Google will not let Louis Rossmann advertise his legit repair business over fear of scams. but hey let these guys on??? hmmmmm
Just an FYI. Amazon employees can't make purchases for you either. You have to sign in and do it yourself for security reasons.
99% of the time, Amazon isnt the real seller.. Its all 3rd party.. You, me etc.. we have a sellers account..
Ben - my question is related to Google. With all the AI technology the purport to have, why isn't the system immediately flagging these fake sites and ads? I would love to see you do a piece on that because no matter what laws are in place or education that is made available, if sending you to a scammer is as simple as clicking on top returns in Google, the problem will never go away.
Well money of course! Those scam ads are not there for free! Google makes millions of those scam ads.
Since the scammers are paying for these ads, what is to prevent us from just clicking on a bunch of the ads so that the scammers lose their money?
Watch out if it says Ad , don't click on it.
@@davemarm Nothing, but Google won't take the money if they suspect click fraud from the same IP, unless you're running a botnet or have 10,000 people clicking the links you're not gonna effect them much. It costs a few pennies per click.
Google and Amazon make our lives easier. But, they are not innocent. They make money. They run the world. They make policy.
Imagine getting scammed and then thanking them for it.
Lmfao
@@KylePakenham3620 You may find it funny. Decent human beings don't.
@@alisonwilson9749 okay Alison
Hate to say it but these days as soon as I hear an Indian voice I hang up.
Chinese too here.. If u wait a sec, options for chinese.. Press anything Saying english, it hangs up.
Also West Africa, usually Nigeria.
any of the above, even If it's a valid site or business, I'm calling.. sorry, nope, not sorry, just safe. .they have relatives back home.. They can share your wealth and info..
Don't hate to say it. Say it from the rooftop loudly.
Truth. It's disgusting and totally changed my view towards these ppl.
I found an interesting way to confuse and confound scammers. They ALWAYS claim to be based in my country, but they always have foreign accents, so I tell them that I have a phobia, that I'm afraid of people with foreign accents, and would they kindly give the phone to someone that doesn't have a foreign accent, and they can't do it, it stops them right in their tracks. I tell them, Look, you say you're based in Washington, right, so just hand over the phone to someone born here who doesn't have an accent, which they can't do. Once they tried to pass the phone to someone with less of an accent, but that didn't get them anywhere. What I do wouldn't make a good video, but it's fun to force them to tacitly admit that they aren't from here, they can't deny that they're from somewhere else. The scam can't go any further, so they usually just hang up.
Make a video. It will be fun to watch scammers try to come up with excuses.
Is that a real phobia? Lol
It is, it's called Xenoglossophobia and it's a real thing.
I Just Wished He Posted More Often But It's Always A "Pleasant" Surprise When He Does
Yeah it’s a blessing when he uploads
lol
Video's like this aren't easy to make, and take time to record and edit.
Ironic how the victims think you’re the scammer 😅
Some explain to me how that works
Because its much easier to fool someone than to convince them they have been fooled.
I guess it’s ego kicking in that they don’t want to believe someone fooled or scammed them
In the past when I got a scammer call. I would get angry and yell at them. Telling them this is a scam and they should be ashamed of themselves. But afterwords I would still be angry. So I changed how I responded.
In their culture, it is not polite to jump right into the business at hand.
So when I got their call. I would say “Hello, how are you?” “And is your family are they all well?” “Your parents are they well?” We would have this conversation about my scammer’s family. The scammer would be a bit confused. Eventually I would sweetly say we both know this is a scam and I hope they get a better job soon. Goodbye.”
With that approach I was not angry after the call. Only one time the scammer called me back and demanded I find him the better job. I politely told him I didn’t live in his country so I could not help him get a job.
When I was done with these calls I was not angry, my blood pressure was not up. It was just sadly funny.
When I can be bothered, I play a bit. I have even got one of them to put the phone down on me after a long call. Sometimes I hear them out a bit and then finish the call with a curse, as in, a quiet and creepy witch-type curse on them for lying.
Thank you for making these videos. I was scammed when i was 13 years old with a so called virus on my new desktop. As a 13 year old that needed to get homework done i asked my mom to pay for the virus pfotection it had on the screen and call a number. It was unsuspecting. I'm 30 now, and I still think about that day I wasted my single moms hard earned money, she wanted me to excell in school so she didn't mind paying it. Thank you for fighting this hard time of goid versus evil.
Thank you @PleasantGreen for spreading the word about all the different kinds of scams that are out here! I love the fake name that you decided to use! Steve Jensen! 😂 my favorite fake names that you use are Ben Dover and Mike Rotch!! PS Hugh Jass is pretty funny too!
We helped my mother-in-law set up her TH-cam account for watching on her TV. The prompt it gave us was to open the Google app, not visit any particular website. We did have to help her get the app open, but that seems a more secure method than telling people to go to a specific url (assuming they understand the instructions in the first place).
Love your videos. I have some pretty insane convo with scammers and I caught them using your methods seen in previous videos.
@Complex fire i was not referring to that video specifically
I love how you absolutely destroy the scammers every time 🧙♂️😂
Crazy how your able to work with locals to get pictures of their building and what not. Thanks for all you do
I can't wait for someone to call a scammer in the process of scamming someone only to tell the scammer that he/she's being scammed by his/her victim.
Yes I got call awhile ago from Amazon prime, she told me apparently my free subscription was over and it didn’t cancel it properly lol. I told her I don’t have Amazon prime I started laughing and she was like why are you laughing and I said coz I know your a scammer and don’t have prime
My heart dropped when I saw the title of your video as I just signed up for Amazon Prime Video but luckily I did it the correct way but it's good to know you are hot on their trail and doing everything you can to keep us from getting scammed.
In my experience with Amazon scammers, once they get into your account they'll order gift cards and steal the codes... in fact that happens 99% of the time it seams... not sure about the prime tv activation scammers, but I kinda think they would do that.... I deal with these jerks every day.
My inlaws fell for this scam literally last week, got taken for about 30k, and didn't tell anyone until a 4 days later. As a tech professional who has prevented this from happening to my own parents (they fell for it too but called me right away because "something didn't feel right", and was able to help them cancel the transaction before it went through and cleaned up their laptop), this particular one makes me sick.
BS story.
This man is a literal legend keep it
Really, good informative video. As someone who has had an Amazon account for many years, I can easily see how people can be scammed this way. Amazon will always prompt you to sign into your account any time you make a new purchase or add a new service (email address or phone number associated with your account plus your password). And if you re-set your Amazon password for any reason, you will get that one-time code that only you need access to: Amazon will not send you that code and then ask you to provide that code over the phone to their so-called "representative."
this makes me want to get every scam call I get and say rubbish to them
I want to thank you for giving new information that I had not heard before. I was about to get ready to close early but then heard a little bit and started to listen and finish till the end. This is a new TH-cam that I'll be sitting to family and encourage them to listen to the end because even my kids who feel that they're very up on everything are now in their 40s and they are not. It's so easy to remember when you put in your first hard disk instead of your using your TRS tape recorder that eventually you get too old to keep up on everything. Lol. So I just want to say thank you I'm sure it will save me money because my desire to read everything and fool with these people on the phone has gotten less as I'm in my seventies. So just keep up the good work and I'll keep listening and seeing what's happening. ❤️
It's so painful to listen to these people getting scammed.
The real scam is paying a monthly fee and STILL having to pay for movies and shows😂
😂😂😂
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You pay for prime shipping and not the videoservice. The Videos are just a package they add along with twitch prime etc.
You could also go by "paying a playstation fee - and still having to buy the games that are not in your pack" with this logic
You also have access to millions of songs,thats included.
Got that right! Prime loves the old ‘rent or buy’ bait-and-switch.
Funny thing, one of the best ways to avoid scams these days is to install an ad blocker
Ironically, the people savvy enough to use an ad blocker are the same people who know not to click the ad in the first place. Also, I feel like the vast majority of people will use a mobile device for activation when setting up prime on their tv. I block ads on my laptop but I'm not aware of Adblock on iOS for example
I’m a Performance/PPC marketing manager, and this makes me SO ANGRY that Google decides to shutdown legitimate ad campaigns, but NOT these scummy websites!!
The entire Vid had f all to do with Google.. Googlee does not own the web ffs.. How is google gonna shut down an Amazon scammer in India if non of it is on Google... YOU ARE NOT AN IT PRO.. burying Comçast drop cables dosnt make you a pro at anything...except maybe shovels.
The way you deal with these criminals is commendable. I don’t know if I would be able to maintain my composure.
I get so pissed when I hear about these scams!!! They are everywhere, is disgusting. Thanks for opening our minds.
Amazon do make it hard to do shit with their website or app it’s practically impossible to get in touch with support no wonder why scammers target Amazon because they don’t give a shit about their users but they do warn you not to give away codes.
Outside of Prime, you are not thier customer.. Only if your issue is with prime.. You use amazon, FB, YT basically for free, therefore youre not a customer.. I know you love free shipping etc but how much do u think it would cost to set a real Amazon call centre?? And if they did, youd be 1st to bitch about theb1$ increase in fees...
I’m aware of most scams but this was new for me. Thank you very much for your information and education.
Thanks very much for your educational videos. These should be beamed on every public address system in the world. Well done PG❤
"It is easier to fool someone that it is to convince them that they've been fooled."
OMG, I have never had calls from Amazon Prime. That is messed up that these scammers get away with stealing money.
Fun fact. My son works for Amazon as a programmer. I was amazed at all the perks he got. I asked him what it would take for him to get fired. He allowed that he was in demand and that were he inclined to abuse his perks it would still be hard to get fired. However, he did say that if he ever hung up on a customer it would probably get him fired. The fact that the gal hung up shows she did not work for Amazon.
Hes not programming hes lying to you. You wouldn't be on the phone with amazon customers if you were writing backend code for amazon.
Just because someone hangs up doesn't prove that they are lying about working for Amazon. Plenty of employees at call centers hang up on customers every day. Maybe not good employees but still even the bad employees work there until they don't anymore.
@@JBKiser that’s not the point, if he was a programmer for Amazon, he wouldn’t be answering customer service calls lol.
why would a programmer be dealing with custom service calls
Sorry but your son isnt a programmer
I appreciate what you do
you are born to remove scammers from the 🌎 world #1 keep it up
Amazon needs to add more warning to their text messages and emails.
It should read, do not give this code to anyone even if they claim to be from amazon.
But it does… and people still give them. Many people are just dumb.
They do.. What part of DO NOTT SHARE WITH ANYONE is confusing.. Are you the type that u need to be warned that there may be nuts in the peanuts??
Honestly, falling for this scam is kinda natural selection. It literally tells u not to share the code and do people just not pay any attention to domain names.
They almost got my dad a few minutes ago with this. Watching this video helped me stop it, thank you Mr. Pleasant Green.
You deserve more subscribers! Love what you do, keep it up! It's entertaining and educational
I am so sad about old women and men who really got trapped in these dirty scammers traps!
Keep up the excellent work man! I used grabify once and turned out it was a scammer , I told them to check out your vids !
On a "cord cutting" forum, about twice a year we get someone announcing that Roku is no longer free. Yes, to keep our Roku devices running, we'll need to start paying Roku a monthly fee. Invariably after a few questions we figure out that a scammer called them, they gave the scammer their Roku password (!), then the scammer shut the device down saying Roku requires a monthly fee now. The annoying thing is most of the time we can't convince them that they have been scammed!!! They always say something like, "You'll find out I'm right! real soon" or something like it and they never come back.
My poor parents got scammed so bad this way! They shared there screen and downloaded an app. They got my dad to even zelle them money. It was a nightmare! Thanks for bringing awareness to this problem! They also took $400 in amazon gift cards.
I got a text yesterday about something to do with my Amazon prime account. And the kicker is I don’t even have Prime so it’s gotta be something similar 🤷♂️ didn’t trust it so I just ignored it either way. This just reminded me of it
I always answer every spam caller and waste as much of their time as I can. I work from home so it's easy. However, I seem to be on a "do not call list" for scammers because I've gotten a lot less scam calls. So, wasting their time works.
It actually works opposite.. if u pissed a scammer off, he adds you to the sucker list. Theae lists are bought and paid for.. Now someone else thinks youre a target. That list just keeps getting bought and sold.. .
I’ve noticed the number of ads on google pages. The link is completely different than scrolling down to the real site… so…. I posted a warning on bookface. I’m not sure if it will save anyone, I can hope it does. Thank you for everything you do!
Lol bookface
Had a guy at work that got caught up in the same mess. He paid, they wanted more money and it became a vicious cycle. He had enough and went to the authorities,he would have went earlier, but he was embarrassed and scared. The amount of relief he felt with the agent he worked with and assured him that he didn’t do anything wrong or illegal (just be more careful in the future). If you are in this situation just understand there is help and light at the end of the ordeal. If you know someone going through it, be supportive and understanding. This is sickening there are people that pray on peoples vulnerabilities. I hope this helps and my heart goes out to the family.
You’re awesome! Who knew?!? Not this 74 year old! You, Pierogi, Jim Brown, and Trilogy have opened my eyes! Thank you.
This is painful to listen to. These scammers are the scum of the earth.
It’s Always A Fabulous Day When Pleasant Green Uploads! 🙂
Indeed it is
You're a genius! I love how you track these scummers down. Yes, I said "scummers". Because they are the scum of the Earth. Unfortunately, I don't think they will ever stop scamming innocent people.
Your videos are very informative. So many scammers attempt to scam and catfish the elderly, which is despicable. When my cognitive abilities begin to slip, I hope my family locks my accounts.
Didn’t know how this one worked. Thanks for the info. Have received a lot of emails like this recently. Just deleted them. Glad to have a better understanding now and can pass it on to friends and family.
Honestly...there's something deeply distressing about listening to a real scammer scamming a real person.
You're like the Mr Rogers of kicking people's digital asses.
A girl I worked with at my previous job fell for this. She came to work thinking it was real amazon doing this to her. This scam works so easily that she didn't even realized she got scammed. To be honest though, this is a pretty dangerous way Amazon has set up to activate Prime Video. Its so easy to make a tiny mistake that leads you to these people. All of this should be done right through the Amazon app and not require you to visit any web pages. I'm sure these people will find a way to scam people another way though.
I just saw the latest episode of Mariana van Zeller's Trafficked on Nat Geo and guess how I saw? Our very own Pleasant Green. Great to see you get the spotlight you deserve. Keep up the good work Ben
This happened to me on Christmas Eve! … The Code came up on my TV! … He said there’s a One Time $50 Dollar Fee! … I said forget it & Hung Up! … Thanks for This Video!
Another BS. Story.. Explain please how a pop just happened on your TV??
We should flood the internet with/paying some sites to top position that give you proper instructions to reduce the chance of people getting scammed
No idea justt how big the web is eh..? Think this way...There are only 350 Million Amaericans.. That leaves 7 billion to rest of us... You gonna get messages out to 7 billion people?? Talk about super spam
Same with Discord Nitro, random bots posting "free Nitro!" links that steal your info.
Thanks for getting the word out. This happened to me last week when setting up my Fire Stick, but as soon as the guy asked me for my account info. I refused. Then he asked for my phone number and I new it was a scam and hung up.
Why diss you call..Scams just dont appear on your roku unless you did or added something..
U were very polite to this second scammer... I'm impressed
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This is India's "Silicone Valley" thriving business .
Just happens to me, only with TH-cam activate on my new TV … I finally realized there was something fishy when they wanted my cc info for their one-time setup charge ??? When I told them to bill it to my TH-cam account that would auto pay them with their monthly invoice for the “premium” TH-cam feature they said they were the tech dept and needed my cc#, I told to get the info they needed from TH-cam, they hung up on me!
Realizing, I just escaped a scam … but wait, they have my Amazon log on info, so a call to Amazon because they had changed my password! It took a while to resolve all the problems but It was before I called Amazon I saw this video that was exactly the same as I had just had, I realized they had my Amazon info.😅
I ran out of space to say thank you for this video
idea: get like 50 people together and have them all call the same call center on repeat for hours so the center is full of the same 50 people wasting time so they can't actually scam anyone.
I love the fact that you and others are making this content...I would like to see you all work yourself out of a job...But until then keep bringing these scams to light...THE ONLY WAY THESES SCAMS WILL STOP...IS WHEN THEY ARE NO LONGER PROFITABLE...KEEP UP THE FIGHT!!!!
I was a victim of this scam method. The scammers got into my computer and attempted to draw money out of my checking and savings accounts while they were supposed to have been installing my Smart TV program to Amazon Prime. Thank GOD, they were not able to complete the transactions because I caught on to all the personal questions after about 10 min. of talking to them. I shut down my computer and took the battery out. I opened my second computer and there were emails from my bank asking me to confirm those transactions. I was able to close all the accounts they hacked and opened new ones also, I changed all my passwords and took my wifi box and router to my ISP and got new ones. Please share this TH-cam link with all your friends and family. It has been more than a week and I am still trying to get all my accounts straighten out.
People are receiving text messages from fake citibanks, pay pal, etc saying the accounts are blocked and give a link to fix it. I hope you can investigate this cases. Thank you for helping others with these videos.
So. Ignore it... If your card dosent work at the store or bank, then YOU call # on the card... THEY WILL NEVER CALL OR TEXT YOU.
@@Bumpa1962 Mine do, though, if they are worried about a transaction. All you can do is say you will ring back, ring off, check the phone is cleared or better still, use another phone, and ring your bank using the number on your own paperwork and ask for the fraud team. I did this once when it didn't sound like the usual fraud call, and it wasn't a fraud, it was a genuine call from the bank. I checked the number that had called, and it wasn't on any paperwork or the bank's website. When we were clearing it all up (the transaction was a genuine one, and the bank were genuinely checking it when they rang) I pointed that out. They said they didn't publicise the number because if they did scammers would clone it. The whole situation really is impossible.