How to bust a tech support scammer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ต.ค. 2024
- This video shows how to set up your PC to record the IP address of a 'Windows Support Department' (or similar) support scammer.
If more people could record their IP addresses, the more prosecutions we can secure the fewer calls we will get and the fewer victims they will rip off.
VirtualBox: virtualbox.org
Wireshark: wireshark.org
Mini VoIP recorder: www.siprecorder...
Zoiper: www.zoiper.com
"You are now securely connected to the certified technician, congratulations"
lol.
Phillip Dieu it makes a big difference to get the certification and the technician then you put the two together then you got some real quality coming on to you.
Jim Browning thinks: "You are now securely connected to a Scammer hunter, congratulations you are fucked."
"Ok, thanks for everything!" *Hangs up and disconnects.*
"thats wonderful"
congratulations, you have chosen, death.
Bravo and well done! "You have my IP Address? Wonderful" lol.
I once had one of these scammers call me, I quickly pulled up a Peter Griffin soundboard
and had a lot of fun , for about 30 minutes. He had a good conversation with Peter.
Why do they not realize when they talk to a soundboard? :DD
yeah it's fucking hilarious how angry and confrontational when guys like this confront them as scammers
@@Darthmufin Must be a sign of how fulfilled and content they are knowing they scam old ladies for a "living".
If they were truly okay with this horrible crap they do, they wouldn't get so defensive about it.
u r a legend
@@tastyloaf5487 i think its more in the way they feel they are entitled or owed it. if not even just better than us and dont deserve it. IF they had any guilt they would shut down show emotion when confronted more often than not. instead they double down. make excuses ofc get angry so on. mad they lost, were out played. that is a sign of narcisist so on. big ego etc. not the mind of someone who has guilt for doing what they are doing.
I offered one a job in my IT Company (I don't have one! ) and asked him to send me his CV and said I would pay his fare to come for an interview. He was ecstatic and thanked me but when I asked him if he thought I was telling the truth he said he did. I asked him if I should believe what he was telling me and he assured me I should. SO I told him I was a liar and a thief - he went berserk!! He ranted until I got bored with his limited ability to swear long enough in English and hung up on him.
He took his own medicine.
@@honzapat hopefully a bu****....... mean i guess but i hate liars, cheats, scammers etc
I would feel like shit if I did that, you did give him some good payback though. The fact that he was so excited really shows the truth which is that a lot of the scammers (not the owners or those that run the company) are just normal people trying to make a living. I feel like most of them have grown accustomed to what they do. If I could I would definitely help people out of these situations because as bad as what they are doing is, there is some reasoning behind it.
Edit: I in now way support scams, but I do realize there are some genuine people behind the phone.
Lol
This man is a bloody legend.
321ozzy He should be working with Homeland security. Oh wait.... maybe he is.
I hear you. The man is a bloody genius.
Facts
Even more now
You are my Guru
Jim Browning, thank u so much for the time, the energy and the effort u put into doing what you do. I'm sure a lot of silent viewers share my appreciation.
Yea he clearly pioneered this reverse the line into the scammers computer technique and posting it on TH-cam. What sets Jim apart for me is his monotone voice he never laughs never gloats just pure fear when they find out what’s happened and by whom.
Jim: "I know your IP address"
Scammer: "Okay, that's wonderful"
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@@JimBrowning hi Jim
What I don’t understand: Don’t the scammer use VPN to hide the IP and physical location? 😮
@@ahoj113 What I don’t understand: Don’t the scammer use VPN to hide the IP and physical location? 😮
thank you for helping battle these idiots they target people who simply don't know and with help from people like you perhaps a clear message will be sent to deter future scams. we can at least hope.
you sound like my favourite teacher from school, so calm, no bad language, very refreshing and entertaining and very clever jim thankyou
I love you calm, patient voice on these calls. While the scammers are getting more and more frantic, you stay absolutely unfazed.
I LOVE that you are so calm! Bravo, the sign of a pro!
+Pontus Hultkrantz totally agree, theres tons of people doing these but not many pros. The more time wasted the better so I encourage everyone to waste a scammers time but only do it to your abilities. If you dont have the computer skills that the more experienced scam baiters have definitely dont let them onto any machine. Even though for the most part these guys are computer ignorant, they do know little tricks to screw up an inexperienced user and you dont want to give these dirtbags any satisfaction
Who ya gonna call? Scambusters!
Mr Browning is calm and classy in the eye of the STORMS!
God bless you sir
You are a genius my friend, I'm literally crying from watching your video because previously my dad was a victim by this same scammer last year September 2015. Thank you for this vid, i hope you can show us newbies more tutorial about these sort of stuff. You have no idea how eager i am to get my revenge from these scammers. Your a God!
You sir have won the internet. Congrats! Well, at least I think you should get something. You are doing the world a service and a favor by exposing these crooks. Thank you
Best hours I've spent in a long time. Doing some tasks in between videos. I'm loving this!! Wish I was capable of doing what you are doing. Keep it up!
one thing that you did i truly admire and respect is that u were super calm and respectful which would piss him off even more then it usually would... much love to you man
Scammer: Hello this is Microsoft technician and your windows computer has virus.
Me with MacOS: *yes*
Dude, you are so informative and educational! I think, out of all of the scambaiter channels out there, that you are the most professional and informative to the Internet community. I appreciate what you do and keep up the hard work mate!
Excellent work 'Jim Browning' - this is a modern day scourge and aimed at the vulnerable and the innocent - THANK YOU
I bet that the dislikes are all from the scammers :)
+Sword Masta only 12 that knows
+benn61 13*
+Red gaming 14* ;) :P
+Swayy 15
ShotsFiredAnimation they are adapting!!! ;o
I love these videos too, I think it's the calm relaxed voice while you basically track them silently lol. Brilliant.
Thanks for taking the time to produce, edit and upload all of your informative videos. You handled everything in a respectful professional manner. I watched your video after receiving a call today from someone who sounded Indian. I dragged the scam caller along for a ride, but received another important incoming call that I had to answer on the same line, so I ended the call early.
Man i almost got scammed from a scammer called "Stacy" and if i haven't used the same set up as you i would have lost $239.99 at the end i lied to her i told her that i worked for the Apple inc. and my Apple employee ID was "Apple374801" and she immediately changed her tone she said she was going to call the police and she was going to have me arrested and i told her go ahead hun i got you under a push of a finger thanks to you man you're the best
how did you learn all this
oh okay
+Jim Browning I think the scam is so well known and the scammers are so bad at it, even after all this time, that they just try and hit it out of the park in case anyone out there is dumb enough to fall for it. The newer scambait videos the scammers are very annoyed and you can just tell they get trolled so much that they think everyone who doesnt immediately hang up is trolling them. Most of the time they probably are actually trolling them lolz
+Jim Browning i like the way you stay nice and calm, this is better than tv
good work ; )
+Arky Dark 7.46 Are you interested in this lol beautiful
5 years later and he's still the hero who's saved plenty of lives from ending up dirt poor on the streets
Subscribed, we need more people like you eradicating the disease that is scammers.
This is GREAT! :-D
I get calls from these people all the time: "Hello, I'm calling from technical support, blah, blah, blah." I just hang up, but I love seeing somebody going after these people.
Good for you! We're getting bombarded with these awful calls here in the US too! We need smart people like you to protect those who aren't as computer savvy! Thank you and nice job!
Ha great vid, hopefully you'll be able to infect his machine. I did a call a few days ago that I'll upload soon, where they tried to get me to download Team Viewer, Ammyy, and one from fastsupport.com.
did you got their phone number?
You are so wonderful for doing this. I know you've helped countless people through your efforts. My Gran was from Belfast, and I know she would LOVE you!
Jim: don't you have a record of this?
"Support": No.
Jim: do you want one?
Its great how calm you are while telling him the details
Hi Jim... Hailing here from South Africa... Wanna say thank you for teaching me so much about being aware... You are a hero... Thank you so much...
I know this video is quite old now, chances are you wont see this - but I just had to thank you for showing us the tools you were using. Other peoples videos are starting to make more sense now!
cheers
Scammer: Can I have your name ,sir?
Jim: My name is Browning,Jim Browning.
Scammer:Wrong number ,sir.
After watching several of your video's all I can say is excellent job. The way you take them almost to payment and then reveal that you know what they are upto, golden! I'm going to start doing the same thing so fewer people get caught out by these faceless con artists. Keep up the great work Jim - (Mark - Bristol Uk)
The scammer crapt his pants instantly as soon as he notices Jim had his IP-address. Love this kind of calm but direct confrontation
This video is 8 years ago
Man , you are a legend 🙌 👏 🙏
I love these videos man! Keep them up, I heard of your plan to send them a virus xD I can't wait!
Love your scambaiting calls, great job! more to come???
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great stuff I will!!
I love your setup.
I encountered that phonecall once, but I told them I was not behind the computer right now, then she hung up.
I love this stuff.Jim you are smart as hell and im glad your one of the good guys lol. That guy was pro looking out the windows to see if you were there. Great job. Maybe you can do more of these vids of tracking down the scammer. I know this is from 2015 but I cant get enough of it
Congratulations you are now securely connected to our certified scammer
"Including setting a password on the Windows account database, like you're doing at the minute." 😂😂😂
Can you make more videos about scammers "scaming" you? and then sowing them there ip?, I realy enjoy that.
DrOutRageDrifter This is so funny, i don't know why...but it is...These scammers deserve what they get
MinecraftExperince So true :)
Or like how to catch a predator make a scene and come out with the evidence
WOW Six years since this vid and still going strong in 2021. No wonder you know all the tricks in the book. 👍💯🇦🇺
Thank you I was thinking how you guys are able to pull this stuff off. I appreciate that 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for the tutorial. Time to brush up on my wireshark skills
Jim, you are so good at this that you should seriously open a Patreon account and do this full time! The more you do it, and show others how to do it, including reporting them to their ISPs and Indian authorities, the more likely we can get these criminals shut down, or make their lives so miserable it's no longer worth it!
This is just hilarious. They get so cocky but then you call them out and "no I wasn't downloading all of your files" and close the window. It's like a kid hiding a broken piece of his dad's tools under a rug.
JIM Browning....Im Portuguese and I just want to say that YOU ARE A FUCKING LEGEND MAN ...world should have more people like you.....thanks for your social service man....
Thank you so much, These dirty Rats call my Elderly Mother often, and I just sickens me to hear this, They have even called her by name recently, I hope your efforts in the long run have a negative effect on these Bad Guy's Thanks Again and please burn em if you ever get the chance. Cheers
Jerry D oh god. Oh god. Cut them off or something!I wouldn't let my family even near a phone if this happens. *freaks out* I hope they're not doing this to your mom anymore!
I might give this a shot. I dont think I'm tech savvy enough to hack them like you, but maybe I could waste their time... at least that will take away some time from scamming old people.
You are doing great work.
thank you to whoever subtitled in Portuguese, I love you
eae cara tudo certo?
@@yayawoken7658 sim alek
Jim's voice most probably appeared in his dream
I just love when they've been caught red handed then play stupid like they've never heard of their location 🤦
I don't understand how you pinpointed the right ip from that list of mess...
+The7up its quite easy really. with the exception of some other ips occasionally showing up on the list, there is only two prominent ips going in and out of his machine (his and the scammers). considering he knows his he can rule that one out, leading to the conclusion that the foreign ip is the scammers.
If you can isolate the port (destination port of what their foreign IP address is connecting to) then should be pretty simple, like for any unencrypted HTTP traffic will obviously be port 80, the upper reaches (192.168.whatever the routers set to in here.255 is the broadcast address broadcasts to the network a node/device is on the network)
@Matt I don't think that was the impication
You are amazing. Thanks to you I have been able to get rid of a scammer that has been scamming my family! You are the best.
Wolver Truffs Although this is the first scammer I have found that's from Jamaica. You are my new favorite TH-camr.
***** Mind elaborating on a reverse connection? If that means you can get at them like they can get at you... oh man that's awesome.
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Do you know whether they actually look at the files they download whilst scamming though? And, if you pull it off, very very nice!
***** Title the rootkit as "porn.zip" or something like that and see if they take the bait.
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Don't forget to label it porn.zip.
They can't resist porn.
;-)
I love your methods, calm and assured and let them have fun, every wasted minute of theirs is one less person scam, we had attempted scam here in UK...5/6 weeks ago, we kept them on the phone for 30/40 minutes we had so much fun, and never turned a pc/laptop on, not that clever!
Jim Browning is great because he puts captions on the screen so that all the non-techies can follow along with what he is doing and thinking. Great work 'Jim Browning'!
3:05 THAT VOICE CRACK HAD ME DEAD
"This is Rick from tech support." Funny how all these "tech support" scammers are obviously Indian have such American names such as Rick, Jerry, etc. People fall for this?
+We Gotcha Same thing when you enter their websites, all of them have a picture of a caucasian woman with a headset on while smiling, yet whenever you call them, nothing other than men with indian accent talking.
Some christian indians have western names
Unfortunately, it works well enough to be worth their time. According to some reports I've heard, these people get paid about 2$ an hour (plus bonuses for meeting goals), so if they scam 200$ or more from somebody, it is going to be quite profitable for their bosses to keep the scam going. With the sort of money they are pulling, they can probably afford to bribe the Indian cops as well.
Older people who are losing their grip fall for it. Poor souls...
My mate Jason got just such a call from an Indian scammer called "David". Jason's response was to say, "David? That's odd. My name's Jaweed"
Congratulations....You are now securely connected by Jim, Mr. certified technician
Thanks for the video. I used to frequently get phone calls from WINDOWS "scammers". My only 'fight back' is to tell them you are nothing but a scammer and hang up. I wish I was as computer savvy as you, but I am an old, old limey in USA. Thanks for the entertainment part of your post. I enjoyed the scammer getting handed his britches! :-)
Lol I haven't gotten a phone call from them ever since I got a phone a few months ago (in July) but when I do I'll either say "But I own a Mac" or mess around with them saying "what Windows button? I don't see one on my keyboard!" x)
Governments in the West won't shut these guys down and they know it! Our only hope is for good people like Jim Browning to shut them down! YOU ARE AWESOME JIM!
I love how your giving hints on the scammer that you know already. xD
"You can see my IP address? that's wonderful!"
Maaaaan I choked 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love your Video's Jim, I get scam calls sometimes 2 or 3 times a day in Australia, claim to be from Telstra, wish I had the know how to do what you do, cant believe why you have any "thumbs down" when you are doing such a service, keep up the good work!
"Yeah, hi, sir, yeah, hi, hello?"
"Hello, hi there, hi."
"Yeah, hi, sir, yeah..."
I love it! He was very concerned and befuddled you telling him his service provider , ip and street address city etc. another great video enjoyed watching it. Thanks for educating and entertainment
wow shot dude, can't stand those scammers. at least we have people like you exposing them.
Gotta love how Jim can make these scammers' blood audibly run cold with his voice being so calm and calculated, like he literally just got out of bed five minutes ago and hasn't had his coffee XD
I hope people stay away from scams keep it up Jim
Thanks for doing this for all of us that have had issues with these people.
That was just 14 levels of awesome!!. lol -- They definitely called the wrong guy. Thank you very much for the info and how to..Sorry that you had to go thru all that mess but I'm very grateful to have learned how to combat it..
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I certainly will as well as encouraging others, to come here to see how its done, so they can do the same. thank you again for these vids.
sighs* I've been wanting to learn wireshark :( . Can you make a wireshark tut for the not so savvy peeps?
+Charlie Ford (SeektherapyNow) I will go along with that. It would be great to know how to mess with these people. Hope Jim will help some of us newbies out.
Man... i should been in bed since 3 hours. But i never looked into this part of youtube.. and watching all this scammer videos is addictive :D
i watched all the videos after stumbling on one just browsing youtube. i hope you do more and do them often. theyre hilarious.
keep them coming
Brilliant, love these vids. I got a call too. I told him I sold British passports and does he want one. I soon started making the deals with him. I had something HE wanted. I am sorry I did not record it. But that would be a good call if you can do it. Sell them passports, I would love to see you take a paypal payment from them for a passport.
Successfully connected to a scammer
You giving boys the secret sauce??? True hero
I've watched a few of your videos and really impressed with your skill set! I was wondering what's your educational background? Did you do any formal training for this or something you've learnt on your own? Currently a cyber security undergrad
Hey Jim. Just stumbled upon your channel, love it. I hope you make more videos!
Thanks for your informative video. My bro, and a few people I know were scammed by these c**ts. I got about 6 calls from them. I personal took the piss out of them. I very well computer savvy myself.
jim your videos are the best scammer videos I have ever seen you stay so calm cool and collected I wish I knew what you know about computers
Our tech hero, thanks for everything your doing Jim. It is much appreciated 👍🏼😊
Hi my name is Rick Paul *heavy Indian accent*
Mr. Browning, Thank You for the work you do. I am inspired to Learn how to do this. I have been a victim in the past, and till this day I get those tedious calls. Can you point me in the right direction on how I can learn the process. Thank You Much.
I truly look up to you Jim.
Actually simpler than I thought, using wireshark to monitor incoming network connections. Nice job though!
"Sleep Well, Mr. Scammer"
Unfortunately, with how inefficient the Indian law enforcement is, he probably will sleep perfectly fine
This man has the nerve of steel, I would've choked to death from laughter if it were me.
Love your work, Jim. Great to see you in control.
Wonderful Jim! They start calling here in The Netherlands also. I have a Mac, but I can setup a VM with Windows. I'm going to join you in the queste to let those guys make a fool of themselves!
Not a problem. I subscribed to your channel so I can stay updated.
You know what would be funny? making a program that edits the batch file they upload to something saying that your computer is not infected or something along these lines.
Outstanding work again Mr Browning, keep up the great work fella👍👍👍
I see why noble hackers respect u💯honestly answers most of my questions and u put it in practice 🔥
Will you be doing more videos? I love these
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Robot404 I can also get their phone numbers if you wish
***** www.iolo.com/products/iolo-premium-services-offer/?gclid=CNKO6Jfyq8YCFQeTfgodHUkBPw
and
www.pcfixed.net/
are the ones i found so far.
wow man you did such a great job. I should be studying I dunno why I am looking at these videos but hey kudos to you sir:))
talk about outsmarting a scammer ;)
Some scammers use a proxy to prevent people from looking up their IP. I once tried doing this and got multiple IPs from France.
I'm sure it's not impossible to find their actual IP. Any tips on how to persuade them to use Teamviewer instead of those other places you mentioned?
+Pcpcpc12/ Meshak They can do it with teamviewer.
The same guy is calling me everyday, so next time i will play this video for him xD
I remember using Wireshark in my college Networking class, nifty little tool it is.
We were told that if we used it on our personal computers at home our ISP would probably contact us to ask why we were running it.