Scammer Payback Answers Scam Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Pierogi from Scammer Payback on YouTube joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about scams and scambaiting. Why do scammers ask victims to buy gift cards? What are some of the biggest scammer red flags? Do they ever get caught? How many scams are out there? Should I mess with scammers for fun if I identify one? What software and hardware does Scammer Payback use? How can those creepy sex bot internet commenters lead to a scam? Pierogi answers these questions and many more on Scambaiting Support. https://www.youtube.com/@ScammerPayback 0:00 Scambaiting Support 0:27 Scammer red flags 1:12 Scammers and Gift cards 1:39 How many scams are out there? 2:13 Messing with scammers for fun 3:54 Scambaiting: Origins 4:24 Random scam texts 4:57 Most scammed social media platform 5:23 Can scam texts track your phone? 6:16 Amazon scam LIVE 7:03 The most absurd scam call ever 7:42 Voice changing/Scammer Payback Setup 8:41 Phone number spoofing—how? 9:08 Scammed out of your crypto 10:13 Benefits? PTO? How about a 401K Match? 11:06 How do the creepy bots make money? 12:18 Programs 12:41 ……. 13:08 Some common senior citizen scams 14:35 How do scam call centers work? 15:37 Money mule address 17:50 Someone hacked my amazon account! But… 18:58 How did they get past my 2FA? 19:56 Is public wifi safe? Is VPN good? 20:42 Gaining access to scammers machines 21:36 The epicenter of call centers? 22:48 Pierogi > Police? 23:21 Let’s move this convo over to WhatsApp 23:59 Scam Likely 24:19 Fake shopping sites/The Cat 25:27 Do scammers ever get caught? 26:00 Caught in a PayPal scam 26:31 I want my money back 26:45 Meet the team Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey Director of Photography: Mark Denney Editor: Richard Trammell Expert: Pierogi Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark Talent Booker: Mica Medoff Camera Operator: Franz Criscione Sound Mixer: Mark Cochran Production Assistant: Reed Vrooman Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Additional Editor: Paul Tael; Jason Malizia Assistant Editor: Billy Ward Special Thanks: The Entire Scammer Payback Team Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► https://link.chtbl.com/wired-ytc-desc Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► https://subscribe.wired.com/subscribe/splits/wired/WIR_YouTube?source=EDT_WIR_YouTube_0_Video_Description_ZZ Follow WIRED: Instagram ►►https://instagram.com/wired Twitter ►►http://www.twitter.com/wired Facebook ►►https://www.facebook.com/wired Tik Tok ►►https://www.tiktok.com/@wired Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: https://wrd.cm/DailyYT Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.