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.
0:00 Scambaiting Support
0:27 Scammer red flags
1:12 Scammers and Gift cards
1:39 How many scams are out there?
2:13 Messing with scammers for fun
3:54 Scambaiting: Origins
4:24 Random scam texts
4:57 Most scammed social media platform
5:23 Can scam texts track your phone?
6:16 Amazon scam LIVE
7:03 The most absurd scam call ever
7:42 Voice changing/Scammer Payback Setup
8:41 Phone number spoofing—how?
9:08 Scammed out of your crypto
10:13 Benefits? PTO? How about a 401K Match?
11:06 How do the creepy bots make money?
12:18 Programs
12:41 …….
13:08 Some common senior citizen scams
14:35 How do scam call centers work?
15:37 Money mule address
17:50 Someone hacked my amazon account! But…
18:58 How did they get past my 2FA?
19:56 Is public wifi safe? Is VPN good?
20:42 Gaining access to scammers machines
21:36 The epicenter of call centers?
22:48 Pierogi > Police?
23:21 Let’s move this convo over to WhatsApp
23:59 Scam Likely
24:19 Fake shopping sites/The Cat
25:27 Do scammers ever get caught?
26:00 Caught in a PayPal scam
26:31 I want my money back
26:45 Meet the team
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Mark Denney
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Pierogi
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Talent Booker: Mica Medoff
Camera Operator: Franz Criscione
Sound Mixer: Mark Cochran
Production Assistant: Reed Vrooman
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael; Jason Malizia
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
Special Thanks: The Entire Scammer Payback Team
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@ScammerPayback
November 5, 2024 at 1:00 pm
Thank you for having us on!! Don’t get scammed!! <3
@TheFlyingTesla
November 5, 2024 at 1:20 pm
I was not expecting this crossover but it was awesome
@somethingoluf
November 5, 2024 at 1:24 pm
wow
@jessicahussey
November 5, 2024 at 1:32 pm
This is amazing. I’m so proud of you Pierogi
@carleeblake381
November 5, 2024 at 1:44 pm
So proud of you! Thank you for educating the most vulnerable❤️💜🩷
@gus473
November 5, 2024 at 1:44 pm
🫡 A true hero and genuine entertainer! Thanks for your public service! 😎✌️
@brianmulholland2467
November 5, 2024 at 7:54 pm
Another aspect that I’ve seen on reports is that some of these scammers who call aren’t participating voluntarily. I’m sure it’s a minority of scammers, but there are operations where some of these folks, especially those connected with the romance scams, are evidently being coerced. They can be punished severely if they don’t produce at a level their bosses think appropriate. That doesn’t mean you should give in or anything, that just creates an incentive for more people to be trafficked, but not all of these scammers you interact with are the OG bad guy/gal. They may be a victim too.
@staticradio724
November 5, 2024 at 7:54 pm
There’s this house I walk past sometimes that’s just full of Amazon boxes. Stacked high on both porches, and you can see them in every window. I always thought someone was hoarding empty boxes for some reason, but now I wonder! 🤔
@LordBoZman
November 5, 2024 at 7:57 pm
What wild times, I just got down the rabbit hole of your videos this week and now I see this.
@AtomicEy
November 5, 2024 at 7:58 pm
scalpers, scammers and illegal aliens
all i have no sympathy for
@npatu2003
November 5, 2024 at 7:58 pm
Your blue hair looks like a scam
Jk, thank you for scamming the scammers ❤
@kellifoss1122
November 5, 2024 at 8:02 pm
Perogi is my hero!!! Love watching scammer payback!
@user-h3li05
November 5, 2024 at 8:03 pm
applause to your grandam. My mum is like, I cal my kids they don’t get to call me for anything 😂 she will Hang up regardless the number show on the phone and call us individually
@emilyjane9901
November 5, 2024 at 8:04 pm
YESSSS PIEROGI IS HERE !!!
@raysim13
November 5, 2024 at 8:07 pm
My mother often gets calls trying to scam her. Fortunately her English isn’t that great and has a hard time understanding Indians, and will pass the phone to me or my brother and we hang up.
@Krzyktldy
November 5, 2024 at 8:07 pm
Shared on FB and x ❤❤❤
@Turbulance16
November 5, 2024 at 8:08 pm
MY BOY ON WIRED
@SeenGod
November 5, 2024 at 8:09 pm
Ayyyy Pierogi! Lets Goooooooo! 🤘😎
@Tuga-h1h
November 5, 2024 at 8:11 pm
Why you have done such a thing? 😅
@Popper217
November 5, 2024 at 8:18 pm
Pierogi you are a hero. I stumbled onto your channel and am hooked. Signed up for Aura and learning about cybersecurity on my own now. Thank you for your service! 🙏✨
@tyler5475
November 5, 2024 at 8:18 pm
The best way to get back at scammers is to waste a valuable asset, preferably time. If they’re messing around with you pretending to be an idiot then that’s less time that they have to prey on others.
@28ebdh3udnav
November 5, 2024 at 8:19 pm
Always save gift cards that you have recently used to use it against them to waste their time
@RandomStuff-he7lu
November 5, 2024 at 8:20 pm
“Don’t get scammed.” Don’t tell me what to do.
@28ebdh3udnav
November 5, 2024 at 8:22 pm
The IRS scam.
“if you don’t pay 10 thousand right now, you will go to jail!”
“”I know you are a scammer, I actually owe 50 thousand!”
@seekertosecrets7618
November 5, 2024 at 8:22 pm
19:51 Cool. I’ll do that.
@seanj3667
November 5, 2024 at 8:23 pm
19:01 There is something that you did.
@Morningcoffeethentakingadump
November 5, 2024 at 8:25 pm
red flag if they are indian and they call themselves bob
@Machtyn
November 5, 2024 at 8:25 pm
Some websites, especially banking sites, are forcing text message or email 2FA. So annoying. I have an Auth app, let me use that.
@monkeymugs8703
November 5, 2024 at 8:26 pm
I’ve been called a hard N’r like hard r by a scammer. I talked to them for ten minutes about my apple account and I don’t even own a computer. Lol
@Moon_Viber
November 5, 2024 at 8:26 pm
PIEROGIII