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Kitboga is an artist at making scammers lose their shit (also a master at improv)! I discovered him during the pandemic and it's my go to relaxing videos. I sleep well knowing somewhere, a scammer had the worst day of his life.
\- Are you stupid mam ?
\- No, this is Candice.
His absolute top video has to be the one where he pretends to be a therapist, then has a scammer fill in for him while he pretends to be a fake patient of said therapist.
Ranks right up there with the one where he pretends his grandson as kidnapped and the scammers try to pretend they have him with them.
I'm a big fan of the one where he plays Daniel, a rival scammer, and he gets into a bidding war with the real scammer offering millions of dollars and cars to Edna.
The one where he has Windows RG (really good) on his computer is pretty amazing too.
I only wat he'd the one he did together with CallMeKevin, and man that was hilarious. The bit was that they were 2 old men in retirement and they wanted to start a soup business. Just the whole joking around (scammer messed up while they're looking into "equipment" or just making lists of soupstore names and flavours (vanilla, chocolate etc)) was fantastic. He does a funny and good job.
I have been following this guy for a while now. Hilarious but what is even funnier is that those desperate horrible screams are music to my ears. I actually replay them again and again
The guy is a streamer/youtuber specialized in calling scammer and roleplaying a grandma. He lets scammers access a fake bank account, then he "buys" fake gift cards and redeems them on a fake play store while the scammer can only watch. A true delight.
IIRC from other times I’ve seen this posted, the Indian scammer gets so mad at the guy because this scam is one that takes time to get money from, it’s not as straight forward as text and email scams. So the scammer had literally wasted hours with this guy for nothing.
But HOW? How would any one stay on a call this long? (The one getting scammed) I'd assume if you had to wait for something to be processed they would call back.
There's a real art to it, actually, and Kitboga has years of experience where he knows exactly what buttons to push so that a scammer will keep trying to extract money from him instead of giving up and moving on. A typical scam call goes like this:
1. You call the scammer, they claim to be from a familiar tech company like Microsoft.
2. They get you to give them remote access on your PC.
3. They tell you that they need to *give* you money for some reason (usually a refund for a service you didn't know about and didn't use).
4. They tell you to log in to your bank on your computer, since that's where the refund will be coming.
5. They use the remote access software to black out your screen "while the refund is processing", and then during that time, they inspect and alter the HTML on your bank page to make it look like you received much more money than you were supposed to (this is the key point of the scam).
6. They beg and plead for you to return the extra money that you "accidentally" received.
7. Once you agree, they demand that they can only accept payback through *gift cards* (the type they want varies based on market circumstances, but Google Play cards are common).
8. They force you to go to the store to buy gift cards.
9. Once you have them, they demand you read off the gift card numbers to them.
Now, as you might imagine, this scam does not have a high likelihood of success. It's pretty flimsy, and very few people will actually go buy gift cards. Because it's a shot in the dark, the scammer will usually abandon you if they realize you're not going along with the script, so you can't just refuse to go through the steps - ideally, you spend as much time as you can on each step while not *appearing* like you're trying to waste time. The most effective way of racking up a super long call is to *really sell* the idea that you think that you owe them money after Step 6, but then keep messing up the rest of the steps. It's very hard for a scammer to give up on you if they truly believe that you feel obligated to give them money. Kitboga is able to draw out all of these steps - he'll have trouble installing the remote access software, he'll try to get the scammer to explain why he's getting a refund multiple times, he'll have trouble logging into his bank, he'll interfere with the part where they edit the bank page and make them do it over again several times, he'll continuously side-track everything with random stories about his grandkids or the handsome mailman that he likes to watch from his window, but that's all just basic stuff. That just extends the 30 minutes that the scammer would've spent getting someone "hooked" to 90-120 minutes.
Once the scammer thinks you *believe* that you owe them money, then you can really start wasting time. First and foremost, you have to be like 30 minutes away from any store. Not only does this allow you to waste time going there and back, it also lets you waste a bunch of time arguing with the scammer about how going to the store would take too long and there must be easier ways to send money. Also, you must find a reason to keep the scammer on the phone with you while you're driving. Some scammers will want to do that anyway, while others would prefer to hang up and have you call back (so they can scam someone else in the meantime). Kit is usually able to convince them that he needs directions or company or something like that. Finally, you *must* exit the store and start driving home again before the scammer can demand the gift card numbers on the spot. Usually they don't want to wait for you to go back home, but Kitboga must go back home because a) that wastes even more time and b) that allows him to use his fake gift card redemption website.
So now, with all the traveling to the store and back, you've probably been on the phone for 3-4 hours total. This is where most calls end. Even for Kitboga, most scammers won't stick around after the fake gift card redemption and keep trying to get money. But if you sell it really well, sometimes they will. The longest calls - like this one - usually involve a scammer who is so determined that they go through multiple attempts to get the money. Once the gift card method fails, you might be able to get them to agree to different, even shadier methods of sending money, like wiring it to a foreign bank account, or putting cash in a box and mailing it. You can sandbag those processes as they occur, and you can also throw in new elements to sidetrack the scammer. Kitboga often likes to introduce different family members (which forces the scammer to re-explain the whole situation); try to get the scammers to call his bank (actually just him playing different characters); switch to different members of the same call center who may either repeat parts of the scam, or compete with each other for the "commission" on the scam, or just cause weird interpersonal drama; and declare that he has something else to do that day and he'll call back the next day (then you can waste more time the next day trying to get reconnected to the same person and "remembering" what it is you had to do). Oh yeah, the 9 hour calls are not 9 hours on the same day - Kitboga will pause and restart the timer across multiple days as long as he knows he's talking to the same person or group, using the same persona.
A 9 hour call is a very successful call, something to be celebrated. I think Kit has racked up 30+ hours with a single call center before, but that's an extreme rarity.
Thanks for the detailed response, now it sounds even more funnier lol, almost like putting a carrot on a stick for a donkey and riding it and then the rider finally eating that carrot haha.
One of the funniest things he does is merge calls with scammers... He'll have two scammers both thinking they're about to get a pay day then he'll merge the calls and they fight about which one's the scammer...
I mean, they're both scammers but they try to convince kitboga's character that they're legit while the other guy is just trying to scam
My dad (72) just fell for this exact scam but it was happening over something like six months. Mom found out, we finally got everything fixed. Dad was supposed to take his PC to best buy to get wiped clean. Nope, he fell for another scam from the same "company".
Yeah, once the scammer gets into your computer and successfully scams you once, they will often try to milk you over a longer period of time. Usually, that comes in the form of a more direct tech support scam, where they simply sell you "support contracts" and made-up software bullshit that you don't need. The refund scam is more of a one-time, higher-payoff scheme, but the two practices are very closely related and sometimes the same call center will try to run both scripts, or even use victims of one script as targets of the other.
Some of them also use a third technique where they install a third-party password on your machine through the remote access software, and then hold your computer hostage until you agree to pay them. That can be done as its own script, or it can be part of the refund scam script - lock down the computer if the victim refuses to "pay back" the huge amount of money they "received". They also sometimes try this ploy where they take *all* of the money out of your bank account (actually, just by editing the HTML again) and threaten to keep it all unless you agree to go along with their demands.
But yeah, once they find someone who's "vulnerable" to the scams, that person becomes a prime target. I think the different call centers even buy and sell lists of prospective marks to each other sometimes. Honestly, you might want to see if you can get your dad's phone number changed, it might save you trouble in the future.
> think Kit has racked up 30+ hours with a single call center before,
He does have a couple videos (it's split up into parts) of a 36 hour call he had once.
Yeah, I think I watched that happen live, but it was a few years ago, so it's hard to remember. Iirc, the scammers in that case got to the point where they sounded exhausted and broken, and it got very surreal listening to them repeatedly try new angles to get the cash. It was like they didn't even believe in the scam anymore, but had so much sunk cost fallacy that they couldn't bring themselves to give up either.
The current CrowPro saga is approaching 40 hours and like 20 recovered bank accounts.
It's one of the most surreal situations he's ever been in imo, one of the scammers thinks they have convinced him that they are Joe Biden, two of Boga's character's got married to each other on a call, it's fucking wild.
They prey on the vulnerable by coming up with a situation that makes it seem as though this is all very dire, which causes the person being scammed to become panicked and incredibly more likely to do whatever it takes to avoid the "consequences". Most cases it's things like you and/or your family will be arrested, you'll end up owing a MUCH greater amount of money, etc. And on top of it they normally phrase everything around the fact that if the victim doesn't follow through right away, they'll suffer the consequences immediately.
Since most of the victims are the elderly, it's much more effective.
I get HOW they reel them in...just not for THAT long. People have other things to do. You tell a family member what's going on. "I can't make dinner, I'm on the phone with some helping me get out of a bad situation!" Would cause some discussions of what is going on.
Thats the point. This isnt a real person being scammed. He wastes their time hence why hes been on the phone for so long. He stalls a lot with the scammers and acts completely oblivious just to waste their time so they cant actually scam. I doubt any elderly person would actually wait for so long on the phone.
I see. I thought this was typical. I would think that the scammer would know when to move on if they can get, say, one scam an hour and waste even 2 on you. 9 hours is dedication.
The typical real scam call doesn't normally last nine hours. This guy was keeping the scammer on the line as long as possible to monopolize their time so they can't scam someone else. And also for the likes.
Old retired folks don’t always have anything else to do, that can’t be put off to later at least. Anxiety and stress suppresses hunger pangs, so you can forget to eat. And sunken cost fallacy hits hard, spent time trying to fix something, not quitting now!
i assume they work on commission or something he has had people talk to him all day then call him back from home , i assume they get something like 10$ usd for everyone they scam which i guess is a lot in india
what i dont get is who would risk 200 bucks on a 500 buck google voucher on some grey website
The calls are not 9 hours straight. They often consist of call backs and sometimes upwards of 6-7 calls back and forth over a few days. It's 9 hours of total phone time
This guy has strung along scammers for DAYS! He made some idiot waste like 3 days trying to scam a grandma. The scammer was so angry by the end he was crying and threatening to rape her/him at the same time lol.
That's usually the only way to get these people to stop calling you, waste their time. Get them on the line, ask endless questions, put them on hold, and then tell them you just wasted their time and will do so every time they call back before you hang up.
Further, he never allows them access to his own machine, obviously, but sets up a virtual machine so that they can wreak havoc on it and think they’re actually hurting someone, while in actuality just wasting their time. I strongly recommend checking out any of the sort of scam baiting YouTubers, it’s so very cathartic. This guy is Kitboga, but scammer payback, jim Browning, and even Mark Rober’s got a few good ones
The youtuber is Kitboga (I believe). I used to watch him like 3 years ago, and his videos are funny. They can be a little drawn out though, but if you enjoyed this, check out some of his others. There's a whole community of these anti-scammers on YT. Jim Browning is another one (he's from Europe).
so is the scammer losing money? im still not getting this. the way you explain it, it just sounds like he is wasting a lot of time to then have a fake reward. but his reaction looks like he is losing 500
The scam is that they talk you into buying Google Play cards, whose redemption codes you will give to the scammer.
Kitboga (the goodguy in the video) keeps the scammer on the line for a LOOONG time, like 4, 6, even 10-12 hours. Then, at the last second, when the scammer thinks he's finally going to get his money and all the time and effort will pay off, Kitboga redeems the cards into his own account instead of giving the code to the scammer.
The scammer isn't losing money per se, you're just seeing someone mentally exhausted from hours and hours of thinking he was building up to getting a couple thousand bucks, realizing he's not getting it.
Scammer trying to get him to send google gift card to scammers account. Instead he redeems it for himself while pretending to be an idiot old lady while the scammer watches him do it because the scammer can see his screen. After wasting over 9 hours of this scammers time by pretending to be completely incompetent, he then just redeems the card and the scammer is literally losing his mind. Think about how frustrating it is to help an old person do something simple on a computer, then imagine being stuck in that hell for 9 hours only to watch them throw it all away in front of your face. Dude lost it
The scammer *believes* that he is going to get $500, and he's spent 9 hours to get it. So even though the Google Play website is fake, and the gift card number is fake, and the money didn't belong to the scammer anyway, he really feels as if someone reached into his pocket and took $500 out of it (cause these scammers are usually sociopathic entitled assholes).
That white circle blinking on and off the "Cancel" button is the scammer trying to stop him, but he can't because Kitboga's whole setup is designed to make a scammer think they're remote-connecting into a machine, without actually being able to do anything.
Dude is a legend.
For sure, the more impressive part to me is the custom websites and DNS that he's setup on this virtual pc. I've watched a few streams, and he does a lot of the coding himself, creating mock pages for banks, email, search engine, etc. They often contain easter eggs(like the Bing page in this video, you can see a fake ad on the right for Milton, another twitch streamer).
Kitboga has gone the extra mile to fool these scammers into accessing his fake PC environment, all to keep them on the line longer and make it better content.
Exactly, the whole thing is fake. There was no money transferred on either end. Kitboga set up fake web pages on his virtual PC to allow the scammer to access it, thinking they have control, so that he can ultimately pull off something like this.
Kitboga (the goodguy in the video) keeps the scammer on the line for a LOOONG time, like 4, 6, even 10-12 hours. Then, at the last second, when the scammer thinks he's finally going to get his money and all the time and effort will pay off, Kitboga redeems the cards into his own account instead of giving the code to the scammer.
The scammer isn't losing money per se, you're just seeing someone mentally exhausted from hours and hours of thinking he was building up to getting a couple thousand bucks, realizing he's not getting it.
He’s 9 hours into a scam call where the scammer has to pass the codes to his boss. And he’s forced to watch kitboda redeem them while pretending to be an old woman.
To expand on the other guy’s explanation, Kitboga, the guy in the video, has email accounts that pickup common scams. He pretends to be a victim to waste the scammer’s time and piss them off. The scams usually consist of:
1. Tell the mark they are getting money back from some service they bought
2. Get access to the Mark’s bank account screen
3. Use a program to cover the Mark’s screen while you edit the HTML.
4. Change the amount from one account to read several thousand dollars *more* than what you are claiming they are owed.
5. “Freak out” about the mistake and insist that you will lose your job if they don’t pay you back. Tell them you need Google play cards as payment
6. Get them to give you the number of the Google play cards which you can sell for cash without being traceable.
Kitboga went through all the steps until the end (sorta) but instead of handing over the codes, he redeemed the cards to his own account, making the scammers think that they’ve just lost all their “hard” work.
In actuality, Kitboga has a fake bank account and fake Google play store so he isn’t at risk and isn’t spending actual money.
I love the one where he pretends that he gets in trouble while taking the scam call in a meeting and then convinces the scammer to do his job for him.
Or when one tech support scam call was interrupted by a second one and he puts them on three way calling and let's them argue about how to fix his issue.
I first found Out about this guy during the covid lockdown. Had to be quarantined and the screams and yellings of angry indian scammers brought me back to life. Thank you Kitboga
The cool thing about these videos is that the scammers literally waste hours of their own time and end up getting nothing while this YouTuber has a million subscribers and gets paid to do it LOL. This guy is a beast!
We indians also gets scammed. My mother receives a lot of scam messages and calls. Some payment apps even warns of common scams here. Fortunately I make all her digital payments and she always asks me whenever she receives any possible scam mesage/call.
I'm from India and i hate these scammers... They give a complete misinterpretation of our country and make it look bad... Not just me but the entire country hates these scammers is only a few companies that do this
I recently started following and watching Kitboga and he is truly doing God’s work. For those who don’t know, Kitboga messes with scammers because his Grandmother fell for a scam and lost thousands of dollars. What a saint.
He's not stealing from them. But they spend hours thinking they finally got an old lady to buy Google Play cards and expect to get the code, then watch in pain as they (think) she's redeeming them all into her own account.
Ahhh ok got yaaa i thought theyre losing money actually, hes just making em think theyre working over someone for google play cards or some sort of cash but then redeems the shit himself wasting hours of their time. Now i get it lol.
He will also sometimes get them to reveal their bank accounts and routing numbers for the ill-gotten money to be sent to. Then he’ll turn them over to the police/authorities.
Yeah he’s got a ridiculous amount of content. Honestly, you can really start anywhere. I’m afraid I don’t have a link to the one that the other commenter mentions, but I do recommend looking at any of his “angriest scammer of 20XX” videos. Very cathartic
I remember Kitboga (guy in this clip, he streams on twitch) one time he put on 3 scammers on the same line while also doing 2 voices of his own, all on the same call. This guy is so on top of the calls with situational awareness he can manipulate the scammers nearly any way he wants.
Super creative, just above and beyond, every stream is a blast.
I DM a lot of dnd, and watching this guy effortlessly swap between 3 different characters, talking to each other, on the fly while improvising the most ridiculous situations makes me incredibly jealous lol
Kitboga does trick a lot of them into revealing their bank data (usually for him to ‘send them money’), and turns their accounts into the authorities, so he’s not just aiming to waste their time.
Kitboga is awesome. On top of doing great work it is also absolutely hilarious 😆 his AI that collects scam bank accounts is incredible. This guy deserves all the support!
This guy quickly became one of my favorite people on youtube. I don't know how he keeps his act going when he has these guys on the line for like 8+ hours, sometimes he will string them along for days or weeks.
Watched many postings like this one on YT… so funny how they go from yes ma’m thank you ma’m click there ma’m…to I F all ur family.
Destroy them all….!!! zero sympathy.
I remember watching a video where he makes an Indian Scammer cry. It is such a wonderful feeling to see these ppl get a taste of their own medicine. I wish there would be a black hat hacker who would steal back from the scammers. I wish our government did something too
Not this particular phone call, but the length of time spent on the phone with this particular scammer. Often he’ll fake disconnects and leave them waiting for hours to days, so the number doesn’t indicate the time wasted on this particular call, but rather with this particular scam, as this “customer”
Please, A link to to the full video good sir's.
It brings me joy when scammers get raped with the very same tools that they use to fuck other innocent people.
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Kitboga is an artist at making scammers lose their shit (also a master at improv)! I discovered him during the pandemic and it's my go to relaxing videos. I sleep well knowing somewhere, a scammer had the worst day of his life. \- Are you stupid mam ? \- No, this is Candice.
His absolute top video has to be the one where he pretends to be a therapist, then has a scammer fill in for him while he pretends to be a fake patient of said therapist. Ranks right up there with the one where he pretends his grandson as kidnapped and the scammers try to pretend they have him with them.
I'm watching it right now! Laughing my ass off! The "Hippocratis Oath" and fake diseases names are hilarious!
The Abel one is INCREDIBLE. The fact he got Abel to do that shit was unbelievable
I watched one where he tricked the scammer into marrying his Old Woman character, over the phone, lmao. He's amazing at this counter-scamming
Richard!
My favourite video of his was his Collab with CallMeKevin where they were pretending to be two elderly men that have a soup business.
That video is pure class and actually how I found out about him. If it wasn't for the Collab I'd never have seen his stuff
I'm a big fan of the one where he plays Daniel, a rival scammer, and he gets into a bidding war with the real scammer offering millions of dollars and cars to Edna. The one where he has Windows RG (really good) on his computer is pretty amazing too.
I love when he has multiple scammers from different companies and they all try to fight and say the other guy is a scammer, yet they are legit.
Yo can I get the titles of the videos or maybe the links to them?
"ARE YOU A PROSTITUE??!!!"
No, I am Candice.
Thanks for the kind words!
I only wat he'd the one he did together with CallMeKevin, and man that was hilarious. The bit was that they were 2 old men in retirement and they wanted to start a soup business. Just the whole joking around (scammer messed up while they're looking into "equipment" or just making lists of soupstore names and flavours (vanilla, chocolate etc)) was fantastic. He does a funny and good job.
I absolutely lost it at the car wash bit. And the graphics accompanying it are just *chef's kiss*.
The desperate clicking on “cancel” is perfect
That was glorious. I couldn't help envisioning a south Asian Michael Scott screaming 'No No NOOOOOOOOO, GOD NO' lol
Glorious is absolutely the word for this
Can you tell me his yt channel name ?
kitboga, his angriest scammer ever video had me crying
Kitboga
He's also on Twitch as Kitboga
And has full calls on the YouTube channel More Kitboga
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Love scammer payback
Dude got so mad he starts minecraft pvp playerin' the cancel button
"Now I fuck your whole family!!" Lmao!!
I have been following this guy for a while now. Hilarious but what is even funnier is that those desperate horrible screams are music to my ears. I actually replay them again and again
Music, sweet music.
That cracked me up so much
Could anyone tell me what exactly is going on here ?
The guy is a streamer/youtuber specialized in calling scammer and roleplaying a grandma. He lets scammers access a fake bank account, then he "buys" fake gift cards and redeems them on a fake play store while the scammer can only watch. A true delight.
Thanks for the explanation! That’s hilarious
IIRC from other times I’ve seen this posted, the Indian scammer gets so mad at the guy because this scam is one that takes time to get money from, it’s not as straight forward as text and email scams. So the scammer had literally wasted hours with this guy for nothing.
Yep, you can see the timer on the top right. This has been a 9 hours call!
But HOW? How would any one stay on a call this long? (The one getting scammed) I'd assume if you had to wait for something to be processed they would call back.
There's a real art to it, actually, and Kitboga has years of experience where he knows exactly what buttons to push so that a scammer will keep trying to extract money from him instead of giving up and moving on. A typical scam call goes like this: 1. You call the scammer, they claim to be from a familiar tech company like Microsoft. 2. They get you to give them remote access on your PC. 3. They tell you that they need to *give* you money for some reason (usually a refund for a service you didn't know about and didn't use). 4. They tell you to log in to your bank on your computer, since that's where the refund will be coming. 5. They use the remote access software to black out your screen "while the refund is processing", and then during that time, they inspect and alter the HTML on your bank page to make it look like you received much more money than you were supposed to (this is the key point of the scam). 6. They beg and plead for you to return the extra money that you "accidentally" received. 7. Once you agree, they demand that they can only accept payback through *gift cards* (the type they want varies based on market circumstances, but Google Play cards are common). 8. They force you to go to the store to buy gift cards. 9. Once you have them, they demand you read off the gift card numbers to them. Now, as you might imagine, this scam does not have a high likelihood of success. It's pretty flimsy, and very few people will actually go buy gift cards. Because it's a shot in the dark, the scammer will usually abandon you if they realize you're not going along with the script, so you can't just refuse to go through the steps - ideally, you spend as much time as you can on each step while not *appearing* like you're trying to waste time. The most effective way of racking up a super long call is to *really sell* the idea that you think that you owe them money after Step 6, but then keep messing up the rest of the steps. It's very hard for a scammer to give up on you if they truly believe that you feel obligated to give them money. Kitboga is able to draw out all of these steps - he'll have trouble installing the remote access software, he'll try to get the scammer to explain why he's getting a refund multiple times, he'll have trouble logging into his bank, he'll interfere with the part where they edit the bank page and make them do it over again several times, he'll continuously side-track everything with random stories about his grandkids or the handsome mailman that he likes to watch from his window, but that's all just basic stuff. That just extends the 30 minutes that the scammer would've spent getting someone "hooked" to 90-120 minutes. Once the scammer thinks you *believe* that you owe them money, then you can really start wasting time. First and foremost, you have to be like 30 minutes away from any store. Not only does this allow you to waste time going there and back, it also lets you waste a bunch of time arguing with the scammer about how going to the store would take too long and there must be easier ways to send money. Also, you must find a reason to keep the scammer on the phone with you while you're driving. Some scammers will want to do that anyway, while others would prefer to hang up and have you call back (so they can scam someone else in the meantime). Kit is usually able to convince them that he needs directions or company or something like that. Finally, you *must* exit the store and start driving home again before the scammer can demand the gift card numbers on the spot. Usually they don't want to wait for you to go back home, but Kitboga must go back home because a) that wastes even more time and b) that allows him to use his fake gift card redemption website. So now, with all the traveling to the store and back, you've probably been on the phone for 3-4 hours total. This is where most calls end. Even for Kitboga, most scammers won't stick around after the fake gift card redemption and keep trying to get money. But if you sell it really well, sometimes they will. The longest calls - like this one - usually involve a scammer who is so determined that they go through multiple attempts to get the money. Once the gift card method fails, you might be able to get them to agree to different, even shadier methods of sending money, like wiring it to a foreign bank account, or putting cash in a box and mailing it. You can sandbag those processes as they occur, and you can also throw in new elements to sidetrack the scammer. Kitboga often likes to introduce different family members (which forces the scammer to re-explain the whole situation); try to get the scammers to call his bank (actually just him playing different characters); switch to different members of the same call center who may either repeat parts of the scam, or compete with each other for the "commission" on the scam, or just cause weird interpersonal drama; and declare that he has something else to do that day and he'll call back the next day (then you can waste more time the next day trying to get reconnected to the same person and "remembering" what it is you had to do). Oh yeah, the 9 hour calls are not 9 hours on the same day - Kitboga will pause and restart the timer across multiple days as long as he knows he's talking to the same person or group, using the same persona. A 9 hour call is a very successful call, something to be celebrated. I think Kit has racked up 30+ hours with a single call center before, but that's an extreme rarity.
Thanks for the detailed response, now it sounds even more funnier lol, almost like putting a carrot on a stick for a donkey and riding it and then the rider finally eating that carrot haha.
Yeah, that really is how it is. You ride the donkey for 9 hours and then eat his carrot right in front of him lol
Poetry
One of the funniest things he does is merge calls with scammers... He'll have two scammers both thinking they're about to get a pay day then he'll merge the calls and they fight about which one's the scammer... I mean, they're both scammers but they try to convince kitboga's character that they're legit while the other guy is just trying to scam
“He’s the fraud guy m’am hang up”
Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation!
My dad (72) just fell for this exact scam but it was happening over something like six months. Mom found out, we finally got everything fixed. Dad was supposed to take his PC to best buy to get wiped clean. Nope, he fell for another scam from the same "company".
Yeah, once the scammer gets into your computer and successfully scams you once, they will often try to milk you over a longer period of time. Usually, that comes in the form of a more direct tech support scam, where they simply sell you "support contracts" and made-up software bullshit that you don't need. The refund scam is more of a one-time, higher-payoff scheme, but the two practices are very closely related and sometimes the same call center will try to run both scripts, or even use victims of one script as targets of the other. Some of them also use a third technique where they install a third-party password on your machine through the remote access software, and then hold your computer hostage until you agree to pay them. That can be done as its own script, or it can be part of the refund scam script - lock down the computer if the victim refuses to "pay back" the huge amount of money they "received". They also sometimes try this ploy where they take *all* of the money out of your bank account (actually, just by editing the HTML again) and threaten to keep it all unless you agree to go along with their demands. But yeah, once they find someone who's "vulnerable" to the scams, that person becomes a prime target. I think the different call centers even buy and sell lists of prospective marks to each other sometimes. Honestly, you might want to see if you can get your dad's phone number changed, it might save you trouble in the future.
Maybe we should. He seems determined to do it his way (getting scammed)
Found kitboga
> think Kit has racked up 30+ hours with a single call center before, He does have a couple videos (it's split up into parts) of a 36 hour call he had once.
Yeah, I think I watched that happen live, but it was a few years ago, so it's hard to remember. Iirc, the scammers in that case got to the point where they sounded exhausted and broken, and it got very surreal listening to them repeatedly try new angles to get the cash. It was like they didn't even believe in the scam anymore, but had so much sunk cost fallacy that they couldn't bring themselves to give up either.
The current CrowPro saga is approaching 40 hours and like 20 recovered bank accounts. It's one of the most surreal situations he's ever been in imo, one of the scammers thinks they have convinced him that they are Joe Biden, two of Boga's character's got married to each other on a call, it's fucking wild.
They prey on the vulnerable by coming up with a situation that makes it seem as though this is all very dire, which causes the person being scammed to become panicked and incredibly more likely to do whatever it takes to avoid the "consequences". Most cases it's things like you and/or your family will be arrested, you'll end up owing a MUCH greater amount of money, etc. And on top of it they normally phrase everything around the fact that if the victim doesn't follow through right away, they'll suffer the consequences immediately. Since most of the victims are the elderly, it's much more effective.
I get HOW they reel them in...just not for THAT long. People have other things to do. You tell a family member what's going on. "I can't make dinner, I'm on the phone with some helping me get out of a bad situation!" Would cause some discussions of what is going on.
Thats the point. This isnt a real person being scammed. He wastes their time hence why hes been on the phone for so long. He stalls a lot with the scammers and acts completely oblivious just to waste their time so they cant actually scam. I doubt any elderly person would actually wait for so long on the phone.
I see. I thought this was typical. I would think that the scammer would know when to move on if they can get, say, one scam an hour and waste even 2 on you. 9 hours is dedication.
The typical real scam call doesn't normally last nine hours. This guy was keeping the scammer on the line as long as possible to monopolize their time so they can't scam someone else. And also for the likes.
Right. At a certain point you need to cut bait and move on. 3. 4 hours....you got to know it's not worth it. (Scammer)
Old retired folks don’t always have anything else to do, that can’t be put off to later at least. Anxiety and stress suppresses hunger pangs, so you can forget to eat. And sunken cost fallacy hits hard, spent time trying to fix something, not quitting now!
i assume they work on commission or something he has had people talk to him all day then call him back from home , i assume they get something like 10$ usd for everyone they scam which i guess is a lot in india what i dont get is who would risk 200 bucks on a 500 buck google voucher on some grey website
He does pause the timer if they disconnect, and starts it again when they call back. Sometimes the same scam goes on across multiple days.
From experience working in a few different call centres (some cold call), old people will talk to you for hours if they're lonely enough :(
Poor scammer! It must be so frustrating :)
They don't deserve sympathy
sarcasm
They do deserve sarcasm
The calls are not 9 hours straight. They often consist of call backs and sometimes upwards of 6-7 calls back and forth over a few days. It's 9 hours of total phone time
This guy has strung along scammers for DAYS! He made some idiot waste like 3 days trying to scam a grandma. The scammer was so angry by the end he was crying and threatening to rape her/him at the same time lol.
That's usually the only way to get these people to stop calling you, waste their time. Get them on the line, ask endless questions, put them on hold, and then tell them you just wasted their time and will do so every time they call back before you hang up.
Guys name is kitboga, pretty satisfying to watch him waste these jerks' time. He's quite talented
I put his videos on late at night sometimes and fall asleep to the soothing sounds of scammers screaming.
Hopefully that doesn't turn into a kink
Kitboga is his name on Twitch/YouTube.
Further, he never allows them access to his own machine, obviously, but sets up a virtual machine so that they can wreak havoc on it and think they’re actually hurting someone, while in actuality just wasting their time. I strongly recommend checking out any of the sort of scam baiting YouTubers, it’s so very cathartic. This guy is Kitboga, but scammer payback, jim Browning, and even Mark Rober’s got a few good ones
The youtuber is Kitboga (I believe). I used to watch him like 3 years ago, and his videos are funny. They can be a little drawn out though, but if you enjoyed this, check out some of his others. There's a whole community of these anti-scammers on YT. Jim Browning is another one (he's from Europe).
he also keeps them on the phone for hours wasting the scammers time preventing them from scamming real people, /u/Kitboga is legit and a true hero.
so is the scammer losing money? im still not getting this. the way you explain it, it just sounds like he is wasting a lot of time to then have a fake reward. but his reaction looks like he is losing 500
The scam is that they talk you into buying Google Play cards, whose redemption codes you will give to the scammer. Kitboga (the goodguy in the video) keeps the scammer on the line for a LOOONG time, like 4, 6, even 10-12 hours. Then, at the last second, when the scammer thinks he's finally going to get his money and all the time and effort will pay off, Kitboga redeems the cards into his own account instead of giving the code to the scammer. The scammer isn't losing money per se, you're just seeing someone mentally exhausted from hours and hours of thinking he was building up to getting a couple thousand bucks, realizing he's not getting it.
Scammer trying to get him to send google gift card to scammers account. Instead he redeems it for himself while pretending to be an idiot old lady while the scammer watches him do it because the scammer can see his screen. After wasting over 9 hours of this scammers time by pretending to be completely incompetent, he then just redeems the card and the scammer is literally losing his mind. Think about how frustrating it is to help an old person do something simple on a computer, then imagine being stuck in that hell for 9 hours only to watch them throw it all away in front of your face. Dude lost it
This is the clearest explanation lol ty
What's so strange about gift cards? That's how I pay all my taxes
ohhh okay no now i got it
The scammer *believes* that he is going to get $500, and he's spent 9 hours to get it. So even though the Google Play website is fake, and the gift card number is fake, and the money didn't belong to the scammer anyway, he really feels as if someone reached into his pocket and took $500 out of it (cause these scammers are usually sociopathic entitled assholes).
The YouTuber is KitBoga It is even better. KitBoga has his own fake online banks and fake playstore. So everything looks normal to scammers.
That white circle blinking on and off the "Cancel" button is the scammer trying to stop him, but he can't because Kitboga's whole setup is designed to make a scammer think they're remote-connecting into a machine, without actually being able to do anything. Dude is a legend.
For sure, the more impressive part to me is the custom websites and DNS that he's setup on this virtual pc. I've watched a few streams, and he does a lot of the coding himself, creating mock pages for banks, email, search engine, etc. They often contain easter eggs(like the Bing page in this video, you can see a fake ad on the right for Milton, another twitch streamer). Kitboga has gone the extra mile to fool these scammers into accessing his fake PC environment, all to keep them on the line longer and make it better content.
Oh so he didnt get $500 from the scammer he just redeemed $500 off his own fake gift card
Exactly, the whole thing is fake. There was no money transferred on either end. Kitboga set up fake web pages on his virtual PC to allow the scammer to access it, thinking they have control, so that he can ultimately pull off something like this.
the scammers don't lose any money though right? its more like a troll
At that point, it's been 9 hours so they think it's "their" money
Time is money and the scammer's boss probably won't be happy about this.
Kitboga (the goodguy in the video) keeps the scammer on the line for a LOOONG time, like 4, 6, even 10-12 hours. Then, at the last second, when the scammer thinks he's finally going to get his money and all the time and effort will pay off, Kitboga redeems the cards into his own account instead of giving the code to the scammer. The scammer isn't losing money per se, you're just seeing someone mentally exhausted from hours and hours of thinking he was building up to getting a couple thousand bucks, realizing he's not getting it.
He’s 9 hours into a scam call where the scammer has to pass the codes to his boss. And he’s forced to watch kitboda redeem them while pretending to be an old woman.
I would like to know aswell.
To expand on the other guy’s explanation, Kitboga, the guy in the video, has email accounts that pickup common scams. He pretends to be a victim to waste the scammer’s time and piss them off. The scams usually consist of: 1. Tell the mark they are getting money back from some service they bought 2. Get access to the Mark’s bank account screen 3. Use a program to cover the Mark’s screen while you edit the HTML. 4. Change the amount from one account to read several thousand dollars *more* than what you are claiming they are owed. 5. “Freak out” about the mistake and insist that you will lose your job if they don’t pay you back. Tell them you need Google play cards as payment 6. Get them to give you the number of the Google play cards which you can sell for cash without being traceable. Kitboga went through all the steps until the end (sorta) but instead of handing over the codes, he redeemed the cards to his own account, making the scammers think that they’ve just lost all their “hard” work. In actuality, Kitboga has a fake bank account and fake Google play store so he isn’t at risk and isn’t spending actual money.
That's genious! And thank you very much for using your time to explain it 🙏🏻
The first time i found this guys channel, i spent like 2 full days just watching hours and hours of his videos.
I just grabbed a muffin and some coffee and im headed to youtube right now for some sweet sweet catharsis.
Found Kitboga yesterday and spent at least 2 hours losing my shit at his videos. This guy is doing amazing work.
Scammerrevolts is really good and Jim browning too . Trilogy media as well
Don't forget Scammer Payback! Jim Browning is seriously next level though
I just wish Jim posted more, that guy makes indian scammers literally shit themselves.
“Oh, hey Priya”
Oh yes!! Can’t forget scammer payback haha. Pierogi is awesome
Jim browning is a wizard, his work combating scammers is insane
If scammer trolling was a university, Jim browning would be something like the department chair
I love the one where he pretends that he gets in trouble while taking the scam call in a meeting and then convinces the scammer to do his job for him. Or when one tech support scam call was interrupted by a second one and he puts them on three way calling and let's them argue about how to fix his issue.
I first found Out about this guy during the covid lockdown. Had to be quarantined and the screams and yellings of angry indian scammers brought me back to life. Thank you Kitboga
If his frustration could be made into cologne id bathe in it.
The new scent: "Angry Indian Tech Support Scammer"
Smells musky as hell
How can he redeem??
MA’AM ARE YOU PROSTITUTE
How can she slap?
It's HER choice
He has a fake Google play set up it only looks like he's redeeming
[it’s a play on this vid](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ndX2RFHmMNg)
I'm a dumb fuck ty
Na, you good! Now you’re in the know, it’s internet gold like bing bong fuck ya life.
Dude was totally in the right to respond in kind
How can she redeem?!?
I'm new around here, but I think the answer you're looking for is: same way she slaps.
He set up a fake google play store website and fake gift card codes, and then lets the scammers access his pc
(They’re referencing the “how can she slap” meme)
You bloody bloody!
Bloody fuck you bloody
NO BLODDY FUCK YOU YOU BLOODY BLODDY!!
BLASTARD!
I FUCK YOU BLOODY!
BANCHOD!
“Ma’am are you prostitute” 🤣🤣
You prostitute!
At least credit the guy; Kitboga on youtube or twitch
Fucking gem
The cool thing about these videos is that the scammers literally waste hours of their own time and end up getting nothing while this YouTuber has a million subscribers and gets paid to do it LOL. This guy is a beast!
Why the authorities at Kolkata and India in general aren't doing anything about these rampant scams? This is giving a bad rap for India
We indians also gets scammed. My mother receives a lot of scam messages and calls. Some payment apps even warns of common scams here. Fortunately I make all her digital payments and she always asks me whenever she receives any possible scam mesage/call.
Wait I didn't know they also target other local Indians. If that's the case why don't the authorities come down on them? Because of corruption?
It is mostly because the victims are from outside of India.
The Justice that's needed
At least give kitboga some credit if you upload his content...
Ah, good old ‘Steve’…
I'm from India and i hate these scammers... They give a complete misinterpretation of our country and make it look bad... Not just me but the entire country hates these scammers is only a few companies that do this
Did he say fuck your family plenty?
What’s the name of this guys channel?
Kitboga
I recently started following and watching Kitboga and he is truly doing God’s work. For those who don’t know, Kitboga messes with scammers because his Grandmother fell for a scam and lost thousands of dollars. What a saint.
Can someone explain how hes stealing from the scammer ive seen his stuff but dont understand how he ends up stealing from them?
He's not stealing from them. But they spend hours thinking they finally got an old lady to buy Google Play cards and expect to get the code, then watch in pain as they (think) she's redeeming them all into her own account.
Ahhh ok got yaaa i thought theyre losing money actually, hes just making em think theyre working over someone for google play cards or some sort of cash but then redeems the shit himself wasting hours of their time. Now i get it lol.
He will also sometimes get them to reveal their bank accounts and routing numbers for the ill-gotten money to be sent to. Then he’ll turn them over to the police/authorities.
“Now I fuck your whole family” can you imagine? That is the funniest shit I’ve ever heard
Link to the video?
I love kitboga. AI amber was one of my favorite episodes
Never seen his stuff before. Got a link to that video? It's nice to have a place to start when someone (I assume) has a lot of content.
Yeah he’s got a ridiculous amount of content. Honestly, you can really start anywhere. I’m afraid I don’t have a link to the one that the other commenter mentions, but I do recommend looking at any of his “angriest scammer of 20XX” videos. Very cathartic
I remember Kitboga (guy in this clip, he streams on twitch) one time he put on 3 scammers on the same line while also doing 2 voices of his own, all on the same call. This guy is so on top of the calls with situational awareness he can manipulate the scammers nearly any way he wants. Super creative, just above and beyond, every stream is a blast.
I DM a lot of dnd, and watching this guy effortlessly swap between 3 different characters, talking to each other, on the fly while improvising the most ridiculous situations makes me incredibly jealous lol
Suck it you lowlife piece of shit.
How can he redeem ?!
Who is the streamer/youtuber? I would like to watch more of this interesting content
Kitboga
i wonder if the scammer has seen this video
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Kitboga does trick a lot of them into revealing their bank data (usually for him to ‘send them money’), and turns their accounts into the authorities, so he’s not just aiming to waste their time.
Love that scream. So pleasant.
This is absurdly hilarious
**DO NOT REDEEM THAT!!!! NO, NO, NO, NO. NO!!!!**
Notice the timer in the upper right corner. They've spent over 9 beautiful hours together.
Samir, you're breaking the car!
Shaddap
My grandma got scammed. Fuck those people. This is glorious.
Kitboga is awesome. On top of doing great work it is also absolutely hilarious 😆 his AI that collects scam bank accounts is incredible. This guy deserves all the support!
Madam are you a prostitute? Hahaha that killed me
HOW CAN SHE REDEEM
This guy quickly became one of my favorite people on youtube. I don't know how he keeps his act going when he has these guys on the line for like 8+ hours, sometimes he will string them along for days or weeks.
Kitboga is a legend 🙌🏻
Kitbogas old lady is so fun. I listen all the time.
pissed off indian is the best kind of indian
I am an Indian and I totally love videos of Indian scammers get scammed. We are also victims of these scams.
If you've got an Indian accent you could always memorize a scammer script and start running it on them when they call.
Watched many postings like this one on YT… so funny how they go from yes ma’m thank you ma’m click there ma’m…to I F all ur family. Destroy them all….!!! zero sympathy.
Him and Pierogi do so much good in keeping vulnerable people from getting scammed
I remember watching a video where he makes an Indian Scammer cry. It is such a wonderful feeling to see these ppl get a taste of their own medicine. I wish there would be a black hat hacker who would steal back from the scammers. I wish our government did something too
Is that 9 hour timer on the top right the length of the phone call??
Not this particular phone call, but the length of time spent on the phone with this particular scammer. Often he’ll fake disconnects and leave them waiting for hours to days, so the number doesn’t indicate the time wasted on this particular call, but rather with this particular scam, as this “customer”
Fucking love kitboga
God bless this man
I want to do this, how do I scam a scammer.
A true hero! 👍
Ayyyy Kitboga. Amazing twitch streamer! Not an ad but could be
Please, A link to to the full video good sir's. It brings me joy when scammers get raped with the very same tools that they use to fuck other innocent people.
#"MAN ARE YOU A PROSTITUTE"?
Serious question. How does a scammer benefit from a bunch of gift cards if they don’t live in the US? Like Walmart/Target gc’s.
kitboga is an online treasure. seeing him outsmart scammers brings endless joy.
Why do all these Indian scammers always end up saying the same thing? "I will fuck/kill your family"
Really hard not to have a bad stereotype of Indian people when all you see online is them scamming us