My channel was deleted... HOW?

[@Huggbees]

Little did Jim know that talking to KZbin support is a far worse torture than speaking to any scammer.

[@JimBrowning]

I can't complain because they did eventually restore my account. It was an incredibly stressful experience though. I feel dreadfully sorry to smaller channels who may have fallen for this scam.... I may have been lucky with reaching the right person.

[@Huggbees]

@@JimBrowning It's really rough with how much the system ignores smaller channels. Glad to see they were able to put scambait Batman back in his Batcave though.

[@PRODBYVOTY]

@@Huggbees *Cough Cough* How its Really Made, Scams Would be nice

[@PresterJohn420]

Didnt expect to see one of my favorite youtubers here lol

[@arcticguy3455]

@@Huggbees Are you a mint or a chocolate?

[@KitbogaShow]

Glad they restored your account! Keep being you Jim

[@Sora-tk1tv]

Verified account POG

[@bloodlass18]

Ey!

[@DaltonHightowerDalt12]

Love your channel

[@dillonbracken5287]

Hi grandma voice! Love your content buddy!!

[@cripplingdepression213]

Ayo!! Kitboga, the most entertaining scambaiter

[@theodd1sout]

I got the same message today!!!! I knew it was fake because of this video!

[@HaCkEr--]

Hi

[@swegboii6447]

Don't like this comment

[@TheClipChannel]

Cool

[@manojprasad5805]

So less likes!

[@amansafeer5287]

here

[@magua73]

Only a true master recognizes his own mistakes, and lets himself and others learn from it, you are just beyond awesome.

[@sayyamzahid7312]

Cairo

[@quillclock]

the shame of being scammed keeps most scams from coming to light. this is what everyone who gets scammed should do. tell everyone you know and don't let them fall for it too

[@davidt8087]

Not true. Never fell for a single scam not even in the heyday in the early 2000s when I was a teen. I had so many situations with scammers during a time back in the mid 2000s when people didn't expect to get scammed, ever, yet I NEVER fell for it. Sure in those days, most of us who didn't fall for scams, also had self doubt and wondered maybe it was legit. But now, we know we were rifht, and people STILL FALL FOR THEM. Even kids who GREW UP WITH THE FKN INTERNET. Some people are born deformed. Their brains are deformed and tiny and incapable of advanced intellect, logic, common sense, instinct, intuition, etc. Just like most youtube viewers who fall for the "buy my merch because it's only limited time and limited sale" scams. Or "donate on my patreon or I wouldn't be able to support myself and make videos despite already making ten times more than you per day than you do in a month just though ad revenue and sponsors" scams.

[@savageclasher1014]

Just like the scammer

[@Psyched.Substance]

This is EXACTLY what happened to me! Same dude. He got us both.

[@Rammstein0963.]

Go troll elsewhere Gurpreet, you're not welcome here.

[@haroldpotter5911]

Watched your video on this Psyched S - glad you have recovered (except for the verified tick - hopefully this will be back soon).

[@Psyched.Substance]

Harold Potter pretty sure the tick is back unless I’m the only one who can see it lol.

[@JimBrowning]

I was actually going to refer to your video @Psyched Substance... I did see it. It's obviously an ongoing attack. I've sent this video to the (real) YT support people and I'd like to think that they might be able to use some of this to plug that hole in Google Chat. Glad you're back too PS!

[@Psyched.Substance]

@Jim Browning I’m curious if YT will have any feedback. The only difference is they actually got my password for a very brief amount of time before I changed it. It wasn’t enough for them to do anything except I keep randomly seeing their device show up in my email under “logged in devices.” No clue why/how as I’m positive they can’t do anything due to 2FA. I’m perplexed how they keep showing up though. After days I now believe it’s linked to my phone that I accepted their sign in on. As long as I keep that phone off they don’t show back up under logged in devices. I’ve since kept it off out of fear. The only thing I can think of to do is wipe that phone. Ppl suggested they have a saved cookie from the session that’s how they keep appearing but I’m nearly positive it has to do with my phone since as long as it’s off they don’t show up for days till I switch it on. Any insight?

[@AtomicShrimp]

Glad to see you back Jim - and I hope the silver lining to this cloud will be that people realise that it's not just 'stupid people' that can become victims of scams (a point I have been labouring myself for some time now) - I think people want to believe they are smarter than others who get scammed, because believing that makes them feel safer - but _feeling_ safer is not _being_ safer. Even the best people are not *always at their best* - I believe everyone has moments when they are vulnerable

[@JoseGarcia-mi4ig]

@@MrUssy101 👈 everyone let’s all cancel Mr Ussy for being the origin of hateful toxic spam, so he can be terminated for harassment and threatening

[@xxcattoxx544]

Will you play amongus with me?

[@mpr1193]

I got into scambaiting videos because of your content!

[@Newt2799]

Ugh now if only KZbin could do something about all the scams in comment sections.. 👆

[@oz_jones]

@@MrUssy101 that sounds a lot like projecting, mate

[@LeoTopol]

Another proof that ANYONE can be a victim of a scam. Even people with fast experience like Jim.

[@chrislee16228]

Indeed, you only need to be caught off guard

[@dakota7917]

Oh, they get so technologically advanced these days. Some things still boggle me to this day how the hell did they did it from phone number jacking (not spoofing, full on hijacking) to get MFA codes..etc and I regularly studying new cyber security techniques that are like seriously they are doing this now WTF

[@th-wicked]

vast🙂

[@encycl07pedia-]

@@th-wicked He has a fast knowledge of the Enlish langwij.

[@wasifchowdhury2004]

@@Zaillothen Put these foolish ambitions to rest

[@EngineerMan]

Unreal. I'm quite happy KZbin CTRL-Z'd your channel back into existence. The scammer loses...again.

[@AkiraAlexisSoyra]

Nothing is ever deleted from the internet, as it is forever in there in some way...

[@imakerandomvidscodm1787]

@@AkiraAlexisSoyra unless it’s actually cleaned from the internet

[@bitelaserkhalif]

I think there's a grace period of 30 days before it's truly deleted.

[@AnalyticalMenace]

I think it's just a good thing that nothing deleted on the Internet is ever really gone.

[@w1ld]

Indeed

[@requiemagent3014]

I think that finally puts the argument of "how can anyone fall for a scam" to rest. This more then proves ANYONE can be scammed. Be careful.

[@Hellooo999]

Yo who is the requiem director?

[@dardanik]

@@Hellooo999 I want to talk to the requiem manager.

[@Evercreeper]

@@dardanik What about the requiem CEO? We have budgets to cut.

[@jFar920]

Back before Google+ closed I had to do something very similar to transfer my KZbin account from an older Gmail account, I have this account and one with no content on it now. I can definitely see how this could happen, it is pretty close to the actual process

[@TheCrimsonZ_Hunter]

@@MrUssy101 Bait.

[@JG187]

Jim has spent literally thousands of hours fighting scammers. I’m glad he’s not too proud to admit he can also fall victim. This is a really important video. Also love he immediately went on the offensive to track down the scammer once he realised what was going on.

[@JG187]

@KY5 [9th Main Account] don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

[@jacobthesomething]

@KY5 [9th Main Account] not u posting several comments like this here. love how the yt app never fails to show how rent free these ppl live in yalls heads.

[@ryzenryne8747]

@KY5 [9th Main Account] Cry me a river

[@yggdrasil4187]

@KY5 [9th Main Account] Syon Lalwani, you're indian and you're better than commenting petty things to someone that is doing a good thing. You can do better than this Syon

[@Melpheos1er]

@KY5 [9th Main Account] L...

[@astro.]

It makes me a bit upset that KZbin lied and said they couldn't reinstate your account for whatever reason, when all it took was a bit of traction for them to actually try. Because as we can see from the conclusion of the video, it was most definitely possible to recover your deleted account. This just shows that KZbin support really doesn't care enough to try unless you have clout...

[@encycl07pedia-]

Or it shows they need to update their script/canned emails to reflect reality now. I don't think "clout" has much to do with this instance, otherwise it wouldn't have taken them days to do something.

[@Lucky10279]

It was probably someone who only helps with basic tech support stuff and didn't really know what they were talking about in regards to recovering deleted accounts, rather than someone just lying.

[@ShandoGuardian]

I doubt whoever sent that lied. Its very common for basic stuff like that to get lost between different teams for even moderately sized companies

[@JoriDiculous]

Yeah, YT dont care what so ever for smaller channels. A few 100K subs and you're screwed.

[@southweststrangla9591]

@@ShandoGuardian Probably word got to some higher up who could actually do this, doubt they'd give enough power to restore things to some random tech support guy working for $20 per hour.

[@andrewaldrich3602]

It takes a very humble person to admit they've been scammed, especially when you make a career out of exposing scammers. Good to have you back.

[@nanaki-seto]

I think part of this came down to a little over confidence on his part because after all who in their right mind would knowingly target him for a scam? Maybe it is how i was taught to work on computers but something my teacher/mentor taught me was to never be to confident to always believe there is a chance you are going to screw something up. Even today when building a computer i still worry that ill hook something up wrong and double and tipple check everything and until i see that bios splash screen im just a tiny bit worried it will die or not power on. He even said it him self he "blindly trusted..." Blind trust does show over confidence. Not a bad thing it is a normal thing once you have done something 1k times 10k times etc you get to a point where you think you can not fail and when you do that that is when you blow it big time. I fried a few usb thumb drives in my day because i knew i hooked up the usb right and in a few cases i hooked front usb ports to fire wire ports :)

[@firelies]

It's amazing having him back and this just shows that ANYONE can be scammed, even if you make a living off of exposing said scammers!

[@seb99342]

WTF is wrong with that bot having that annoying profile picture?

[@tylercoombs1]

The irony in all of this is that, in the end, the only person who can defeat Jim Browning is Jim Browning.

[@danvevoooo]

This is so true he got scammed but he did the damage to hinself

[@matthiasvanburg6708]

'Fine, I'll do it myself' - Jim Browning

[@richfactualsavage6219]

Lol

[@TheBritishSn0rlax]

@Arian Asistin Cease.

[@user-lr4nd3hn7n]

@Arian Asistin truck crash simulator Tf

[@LFPGaming]

I've had scammers claiming to be from game Dev companies like Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Bioware, etc. offer 'a pre-alpha version' of their latest games (something MOST gamers would jump at), and then they provide you with a link to download+install the game, but it turns out the 'game files' is just a worm/keylogger. You gotta be SO careful these days because a single wrong click can destroy your channel. Glad you got it back Jim

[@Narmada_dance]

nice

[@zoruasnivy]

They typically won't actually offer for you to play unless you sign up for it, I was part of Heroes of the Storm alpha testing. PLUS they tie it to your account 9/10 times instead of sending a straight link.

[@JimBrowning]

I've heard of this one too... Or the 'Sign our sponsorship contract' attachment. Got to be alert.

[@justsomeplantcells-]

This is some really smart scam methods. We should all be more careful with these

[@firedingo5]

This is why I still run an antivirus on my computer. It is my backstop. If I am dumb enough to click a bad link, my AV's job is to catch the file and nuke because I missed it. Kinda like the catcher in baseball is how I think of my AV

[@dillyndvd]

It’s terrifying when professionals fall for it as well. Scamming is a real problem that I wish could be combated easier. Glad you got your account back though!

[@KennyChu]

The email simply says Hi with no name what so ever.

[@DontTurnAround]

I'm most shocked that the real KZbin support actually helped you so quickly. They usually let creators languish forever!

[@kevinross6235]

They helped quickly because big creators shared what happened

[@Cuwubiq]

I mean.. he has 3 millions of subs. Ofc he will be one of the first to solve his probs..

[@Niceone11202011]

I mean if they don't, with his skills in hacking, coding and computer language, he'll probably hack KZbin and do it himself if he has too.

[@neociber24]

As I had see they actually help a lot, there is a lot of cases like this that recover they channels

[@gypseysurprise]

It happened before Jim and KZbin probably knew about the scam earlier. Fast support usually means they are in damage control.

[@MoreConsole]

Thanks for documenting this scam, Jim. Makes us all safer.

[@nahzook5452]

How's life going?

[@flopsik]

Yeah, Thank god he is back. I was scared for a really long time.

[@MrUssy101]

It was an attention seeking technique by Jim to boost his cringe content. An old tried and tested method of all smoke no fire, all of you fools fell for it !!!!

[@alexandergerodiaz7332]

Big fan dude

[@Henocied]

Papaaaaaa

[@breakcoregirlxd]

Glad you returned, let’s destroy some scammers

[@Gowrisankar71105]

@@MrUssy101 seek help

[@pluraleve]

@@Gowrisankar71105 agreed

[@duraab27]

@@MrUssy101 copypasta to different comment threads

[@windowsxpprofessional]

Why are you everywhere 😑

[@MrPositiveguy]

Bruh the “Bass Booting” God...

[@AdverseLemon2]

My mom almost got scammed and was feeling really bad till i showed her this. It can happen to anybody. Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@crumperdumpy]

You know what, as a person in IT I had huge respect for you getting this information out to others. Now I have 5-10 times the respect for you admitting that you fell for this and warning others, you could have just been quiet, but you were not. Thank you.

[@Andreskates7]

Couldn't have said it better myself

[@cayleece7890]

Lol "5-10", so strangely specific yet not specific

[@JETJOOBOY]

Did he ACTUALLY though?

[@kingindanorth0072]

@@JETJOOBOY EH?

[@MasterBlase]

@@JETJOOBOY conspiracy theorist?

[@28YorkshireRose12]

And let that be a lesson to us all - If the master can be scammed, then no one is immune. It's a brave move to admit when you got caught out. I am impressed with your honesty.

[@mikeobie1]

This exactly! I’m really happy he put this out. Can really protect other people from this scam.

[@aniuskamaitaa]

Yeah, exactly my thoughts...

[@AtomicShrimp]

17:09 I imagine they state that there's no recovery of deleted channels simply out of corporate expediency; it's easier to make an exception to a promise of _zero service_ than it is to fail to provide a promised service

[@flashdrive6939]

This is in the 9th top comment when it has no likes and was posted a minute ago

[@AlexYT20202]

Got nothing to say but that your content is very entertaining

[@LostInTech3D]

Yeah. Without a massive online fuss the default would be "no", and that's depressing for smaller content creators.

[@JimBrowning]

Probably true. It did take their 'internal' team quite a while to do the necessary work to recover the channel. I'd imagine they'd not have the resources to do this often. I'm grateful they made an exception for me.

[@remote44]

Speaking from my personal experience as the top tier of support for a cloud service provider, when your account is compromised they will move purchases over, but not the storage blob, so the same kind of messages flow. But, if you contacted my team instead of accounts team, we can build a case to have engineers move the blob.

[@drew-shourd]

I think it is safe to assume not all scammers come from over seas, and not all scammers have a poor handle on the English language either. This was an eye opener, thank you posting it, we all learned thanx to you. Blessings to you sir.

[@GEVids]

when the scambaiter gets scammed 😳 welcome back jim!

[@sesshyandenvyfreak]

@@MrUssy101 salty aren't we?

[@Migixkem]

Shut up clickbaiter Minecraft avocados from Mexico guy

[@SkylarTrahan]

@@MrUssy101 so..helping people with scammers is hateful and toxic? I suggest you rethink your life

[@dylandillpickles910]

@@MrUssy101 you aint going nowhere with this, you arent gonna protest and get jims channel deleted 🤡🤣

[@OddZodd]

@@MrUssy101 So you're supporting the scammers ruining people's lives?

[@FakeName-dz3ex]

James Randi: "No matter how smart or well-educated you are, you can be deceived." This is an important lesson in vigilance and I'm glad Jim has shared his experience with the class.

[@ThePharphis]

RIP Randi

[@Jgallstar1]

I miss James Randi so much. ❤️

[@generichuman2044]

Man, I really miss Randi. What an incredible and funny man

[@derrickdavis5390]

The best teacher's allow students to learn not only from the teacher's past successes, but also their failures.

[@Azrael_Garou]

Hence the term "rookie mistake."

[@hanskranz9897]

The true master shows his failures to make his pupils learn. Big man jim, youre a rolemodel

[@athens31415]

Just like Simone Biles! The true greats are never invincible and aren't afraid of letting the world know it, and become extraordinary and inspirational teachers as a result.

[@adamnunya7171]

LEGENDARY!!!!!

[@realredditstories420]

@@athens31415 Simone biles is not comparable to this man. She got invited and trusted to make to USA look good and she field

[@billweaver6092]

@@realredditstories420 Field? Fielded ? Fell in a field? Fielder? Field fi fo fum……..

[@queenhope6472]

@@realredditstories420 field 🤡

[@lukehtown]

This is an excellent point Jim makes. I work in Cybersecurity and there is a constant battle about how much we should train end users or depend on them to stop potential attacks. Awareness is great and can help prevent a larger overall number of issues, but we still need to make sure there are good procedure and products in place. CEOs get tricked, Exec Admins get tricked, even CISOs get tricked. Especially now in this crazy hybrid world we live in where everyone is stressed and working as hard as they can. Have some additional empathy and build a culture where it is ok to pause for a moment and double check if something seems legitimate. Also, I bet in this case if KZbin had a responsive account management style for content creators I am sure Jim could have contacted a named rep at KZbin when this message first initially came up.

[@forge20]

This. "if KZbin had a responsive account management style" I mean, let's be real, they're making literal millionaires out of people and you can't get them to do anything but send you "Creator Tips".

[@seanmckinnon4612]

That’s must be quite the badge of honor. The scammer who scammed Jim Browning… I suspect he will forever live in fear as he’s made a very dangerous enemy!

[@bacongrz]

It’s gonna be like a Liam Neeson movie. Jim will find and Jim will... well you know the rest.

[@Retroskiii]

Exactly what i was thinking, that theres someone out there who actually Scammed this Man 😂

[@fredericrike5974]

@@Retroskiii The tech wars are much like any other wars- one side finds a new method or technique and it works till the oppo figures it out or makes a new, faster go-bang to counter the first one. Rinse and repeat till exhaustion. FR

[@jonwatson9765]

@@bacongrz yes indeed, : of Jim: ,"I have a very special skill set. I will find you." Scammer: ",Good luck with that." How ironic he is in Turkey.

[@lucasnadamas9317]

He'll probably be more scared of constant civil war in his home country more lmao

[@dennywong2408]

It takes courage and genuine humbleness to admit such a blunder; let that be a lesson to all of us. I also admire how you managed to suppress your anger and went straight into investigative mode once you realise what's going on.

[@ashtonhartley2662]

I was going to say it but you did perfectly

[@rcruz6025]

If it happened to Jim, it can happen to any of us .

[@Kostas_Dikefalaios]

@@rcruz6025 Dont know how he falled for this tbh. This was pretty obvious from the start. If you pay attention you will never get scammed.

[@Dacept]

No scammer can take down the mighty jim

[@Dacept]

@@kassondraaleman8993 if you gotta beg in comments for subs that aint gonna happen

[@utu_be]

@@kassondraaleman8993 stfu

[@joseph_arrow]

@@kassondraaleman8993 reported

[@youlittlerocket]

@@joseph_arrow 🤣

[@Mikey-vy3og]

I feel like you guys should at least tell him ways to grow his channel normally so he doesn’t continue self promoting instead of mindlessly attacking him

[@adriadam3296]

This really does show how convincing these scams can be. Even people who are fully aware of this can get caught. Reinforces that the people who fall for these aren't 'dumb' or 'should know better' anyone can fall for it

[@DanShinozaki]

ehhhh

[@IronIsKing]

@@DanShinozaki ?

[@jadethecrabhighpriest5394]

@@DanShinozaki A well placed coincidence on a busy day can catch anyone

[@thezec]

Depends on the scam

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@thezec Okay, what scams does this not apply to?

[@teathomass]

Unreal. Jim is such a pro that even after falling victim to a scam, his focus doesn’t just go straight to fixing it, he starts looking into the scam itself. It’s like a detective solving a crime he was the victim of.

[@Nickwilde7755]

I just imagine a detective coming back as a ghost to find his murderer

[@greggyr6728]

Exactly

[@greggyr6728]

@@Nickwilde7755 like murder soul suspect?

[@morpheas768]

You're looking at this wrong. It isnt a single crime and not only Jim was the victim of that. There are many others, and Jim is simply looking at the bigger picture, the larger problem. Even if he found ALL of this scammer's personal info, it wouldnt solve this exploit where anyone can do this via google chat, and pretend to be KZbin Support. On what grounds is someone even allowed to have a username like "KZbin Support" on Google or KZbin anything? Any webpage, chat, or any of Google's services? It does NOT make ANY SENSE whatsoever. Just imagine that you go to a police station where literally anyone is allowed to wear a police uniform, and claim they are a police officer. And the police dont have any problems with that. So people can just walk in wearing a uniform, and then impersonate an officer and try to get people's information as they come in to the station. Google is absolutely horrible.

[@willh2739]

@@morpheas768 lol

[@k3vj00ce]

I didn't need to re sub, thankfully. This all had me terribly worried for a moment tho once I heard about it from penguinz0. Keep up the great work Jim!

[@Sekimsek]

same, I didn’t have to re sub either

[@semoopjr6302]

That jim browning guy is lucky

[@NaughtyNovaroo69]

Same and Fucking he'll I almost had a heart attack, tho I was away when this happened so at least it wasn't that depressing

[@rodolfoyoshii8345]

Me neither. No need to resubscribe. But all this vid left me very scared.

[@EdisnFox]

Wait.... Why is this the same voice as @Marty T, from Australia, who fixes tractors. kzbin.info

[@angusyang5917]

Can we give him credit for being willing to show his mistakes and pitfalls so that others won't follow in the same path?

[@joshuagraham9770]

Kuomintang drip

[@dougk359]

Absolutely, he showed a lot of character owning up to it.

[@RemmyCromwell]

He died for our sins

[@firelies]

That's why I love him so much imma be real he isnt trying to show a shiny status he shows everything to make sure people know the shit that goes on

[@nickthompson1812]

@@clementine2001 Praise the Sun!

[@staticradio724]

7:51 I just can't get over the fact that it *literally* says "Never submit passwords through Google Forms" at the bottom. On a form where the scammer is asking for a password xD

[@TheHoaxHotel]

He's back! This video will no doubt save some other creators. All missed Chat notification emails show that same default chat-noreply Google address, which is a huge fail on Google's part that is clearly being exploited more and more with their recent Chat merging/rollout.

[@queueuof]

verified with 2 likes, damn

[@MrUssy101]

It was an attention seeking technique by Jim to boost his cringe content. An old tried and tested method of all smoke no fire, all of you fools fell for it !!!!

[@JoseGarcia-mi4ig]

@@MrUssy101 The irony of this die hard Karen, for using hateful toxic spams as a way to seek desperate attention….

[@lordgizka]

That's cool and all, another scam documented, but the whole thing is, how you say, ironic.

[@petesgarage4670]

the journey to walmart has begun !!!

[@TheDanaYiShow]

The irony of trying to scam one of the best anti-scammers around... I'm so glad everything worked out, I can't believe 8 years of work was almost gone in an instant

[@TBAG]

this legit scares the crap out of me. In the past Ive gotten so many dodgey emails that I never know wether or not they are real anymore. Glad you got everything up and running again. I hate scammers with a passion

[@MrUssy101]

It was an attention seeking technique by Jim to boost his cringe content. An old tried and tested method of all smoke no fire, all of you fools fell for it !!!!

[@agentsbigassforehead]

@@MrUssy101 you realize his account was actually deleted for about a week right?

[@JoseGarcia-mi4ig]

@@MrUssy101 👈 everyone help take down this die hard Karen, for using hateful toxic spams. As a way to seek desperate attention, as he continues to make people fall for his fake theories

[@nyxx6431]

@@MrUssy101 you realize you've clicked on the video as well.... So his tactics, if that were true, worked? 😂

[@curlyfries2956]

TBAG!!! i love ur vids dude

[@christinescoloringandcrafts]

I am glad you shared this. SUCKS when we get suckered, BUT this will help other people realize it can HAPPEN TO ANY OF US. Those scammers get too smart.

[@onemanshow4116]

Jim Browning, moments after realizing he’s in the middle of being scammed: “I don’t know who you are… I don’t know where you’re from… but I can tell you that I have a very particular set of skills… “

[@eighthdoctor]

😂

[@logsie3918]

That is gold😅🤣

[@sam_c95]

I love it. But the irony is that Jim's very particular set of skills means that he DID know where he was from haha

[@steveluckhurst2350]

yawn. It's been said so many times before!

[@aarias99]

your ability to flip a potentially disastrous event into an educational tool is what makes you one of the best ytbrs fighting scams, thanks Jim!

[@ryzenryne8747]

@KY5 [9th Main Account] Cry me a river

[@lettowarrior4105]

@KY5 [9th Main Account] shut up bot!!!

[@motiversity]

Almost fell for this a few weeks ago myself... It's a really sophisticated scam. Thanks for raising awareness Jim!

[@chickensaladbrawlstars2729]

😳😳😳😳😳😳 😳😳😳 😳😳😳😳😳😳 😳😳😳 😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@curtuy878]

@@chickensaladbrawlstars2729 E

[@i_throw_ched289]

@@curtuy878 cræm

[@i_throw_ched289]

@KY5 [9th Main Account] I hope both sides of ur pillow are warm.

[@marker52]

@@i_throw_ched289 It's a bot, report it.

[@ACGreviews]

That sucks man. Glad to see you got back

[@mindme7628]

Don't fall for it yourself buddy.

[@ghostagent3552]

I didn't even realize that he was gone until now

[@megadeth-1a885]

It's insane. The scam buster getting scammed. I guess we all have our lapse in judgment. Fancy meeting ACG here though! Noice.

[@Seft2_]

@xXNiggaWaffenHDXx ratio

[@Seft2_]

@xXNiggaWaffenHDXx ratio

[@PowerTrain]

The amount of phising emails these days for creators is massive. from fake sponsors , fake youtube updates, fake copyright claims etc.

[@nummygummy4117]

ye

[@JDowning640srll]

It’s not a phishing email. It’s a legitimate email from Google Chats saying that someone has sent him a message.

[@gmonkman]

you should try producing scientific papers... tens of emails a day

[@TinaMucklow]

Only the strong will survive. No room for weakness

[@trevor7355]

We are in a new era of scamming. Kind of like the Wild West of the internet.

[@petergyuros]

I respect how he's forthcoming about being scammed himself. Even more so that he's one of the biggest names in online scams. You'd think he has seen it all and yet things like this can happen. No one is scam proof and we must remain vigilant.

[@-Teague-]

I appreciate his honesty but to be fair it makes for great content lol

[@alexgrissom3513]

Way too risky for one video. Plus he would’ve said so in the video if that was his motivation

[@Jaykebby]

You know what they say “even monkeys fall from trees”

[@morpheas768]

There's no such thig as "he has seen it all" no one has and no one can, because times (and exploits) change. And unfortunately, this exploit is so obvious and silly, that it casts Google at a terrible light of letting it slide for so long now.

[@moshunit96]

@@avae5343 no. He doesn't need to fake this to bring attention to the scam as he has 3 million subs. His brand is based on honesty. The fact that he has his channel back adds nothing to this "what if" scenario.

[@MavericSun]

As a rule if i get an email about issues with one of my accounts i go direct to the site through a fresh browser and check if the problem appears there or connect with support. I only use emails as a recommendation to verify through other means.

[@-webbo-]

"Never underestimate the competition" they say. This is the best and most useful video you've ever made - and you've made countless outstanding videos Jim. Thanks for sharing this very personal insight into the murky world of scumbaggery.

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

@create Hehe

[@Seft2_]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM

[@edge21str]

The moment when youtube suddenly had real time support, should've been the real tip-off for it being a scam.

[@riperian8954]

RIGHT? lol

[@abbynormal4740]

BINGO!!! Today's 🔨 & Nailhead Award goes to edge21str 🎉

[@callmeqt1269]

I can’t tell if you’re joking but I love your comment either way.

[@daileygaming9488]

@@callmeqt1269 they probably aren't tbh

[@abbynormal4740]

@@callmeqt1269 No joke 😀 edge21str's astute observation about (supposed) real time YT support being a tip-off nailed it 😉

[@SuperWiiBros08]

This is freaking terrifying

[@MrUssy101]

It was an attention seeking technique by Jim to boost his cringe content. An old tried and tested method of all smoke no fire, all of you fools fell for it !!!!v

[@MrXmoda]

Easy to avoid no?

[@bdono5970]

This, and those fricking calls. They bombard especially the elderly and it’s disgusting. I have answered my mom’s phone because of course they fake the ID and some are so foul and disgusting.

[@fafa-oh6ke]

Mhm

[@loganbracken1726]

Oh your the scammer!

[@thecloud7424]

You know this scammer is getting all the respect and clout by other scammers for scamming the guy who is known for rooting out scammers.

[@RGC_animation]

And yet he still got rooted as well, just one step too late.

[@fofopads4450]

The most respectable part is that he probably didn't even know or cared what his channel was about, he just saw the capital M next to his subscriber count and shot his shot.

[@builderdude9488]

@@fofopads4450 Hahaha dumb*** scammer didn't even look at one video

[@TailsIsDisappointed]

Poetic, in a way. The man known for hunting down scammers got scammed himself. Goes to show these things can truly happen to anyone.

[@breakfastboii]

I heard other youtubers got this email and fell for it. Kinda scary.

[@sunnylovelydays6823]

Lol he got scammed

[@happygimp5167]

@Sir Jimmy Savile Right??!!

[@aigeee]

damn lol

[@griffinpierce9675]

very true words Tails Is disappointed in Your Recent Decisions

[@Whispervr]

When I saw your tweet about this I was blown away, I know Muta received a similar email as well. Welcome back Jim, I am very happy youtube was able to actually help. Keep doing what you do best

[@imakerandomvidscodm1787]

Big mommy milkers

[@popcornpizza8869]

Yes

[@normalnate3447]

I’m surprised KZbin even helped

[@01Nexus]

Didn't expect you here

[@alviyaz6969]

@@Mexikirb same

[@endrizsantosa]

Jim was like: "Finally! A worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary"

[@Supergecko8]

hahahahahaha

[@dax6604]

This needs more likes:p

[@rehaan8813]

his name aint jim

[@SamLoki]

Jim Browning vs Jim Browning

[@yawardevaj847]

They will come across again 😃 it'll be entertaining as Jim takes him down this time ;)

[@nickbar9420]

Much respect for admitting what happened to you. Never considered supporting anyone on patreon but you'd be the first if I did. I pray you guys are successful at bringing down these scammers. They got my parents as well but thanks to videos like yours I was able to educate them and prevent them from losing more money. God bless you and your fellow youtubers. May He aid all of you in bringing these people to justice.

[@ryanduffy6089]

It takes a lot of humility to post something like this, especially when you're known for getting the better of scammers. I know when I lost dozens of dollars of steam items I didn't want to admit it or talk about it, but sharing experiences like this is one of the best ways to help other people avoid being scammed. I'm glad you got your channel back, and I hope other creators will see this video and now be prepared for scams like this.

[@Lazypanda050]

yeah when i nearly lost my steam account which had hundreds of games and items on it i was distressed but steam pulled through and got my account back they never got it because i got my account locked so they couldn't.

[@emilyhendriks7104]

ya i got scammed by getting a message from what looked like my bank and i logged into my account and then felt like maybe i had just fucked up so i told my mom and she was like “wow. i never thought that young people could fall for scams too i thought they only got old people” and i was soooo embarrassed

[@darkeye7472]

Sometimes even the smartest and most careful people can fall into the bait. But hey, as you said, in a way it needed to happen so people can be aware of this.

[@polehuggermusic]

Yeah love you Jim

[@ungabunga7879]

I alwas almost got by a steam scam, that someone had reported my profile on accident, and to speak with a steam offical. the steam offical account was insane, and im still unsure how they did some of what they did. always be careful, i would have lost hundreds or thousands of dollars. im very lucky, his English wasn't perfect when he went off script

[@SoftTinyBunny]

Plot twist. We’re all being scammed. This isn’t Jim’s account anymore.

[@miguelisaurusbruh1158]

_Bad ending_

[@Xantek85]

The scammer used an AI bot to record Jim's voice.

[@videogamebot1211]

@@Xantek85 i mean his voice sounds basic like text to speach on all vidoes - no hate, im just saying what it sounds like

[@Holphana]

The anti-scam scam is big on RuneScape. it was only a matter of time.

[@annaamalia7189]

@@BlondieHappyGuy yup , the beginning of the " tutorial" of what not to do sounds like a bit different. Slight voice change . Oh , it's been changed Somebody is paying attention. Lolz 😂😂😂..

[@wangchum349]

I believe this is just proving his point that anyone can be scammed, and it takes a big man to own up to his mistakes. Good job Jim, we love to have you back.

[@phazedq]

Wise words, Vladimir Putin.

[@phazedq]

@Danito FG i imagine that would help

[@SepticFuddy]

Does "owning up" to your mistakes mean having them poisoned?

[@wangchum349]

@@SepticFuddy what do you mean

[@awesomeness3781]

*anyone dumb enough to fall for it

[@PageNumber687x]

i feel like a lost of scam baiters have a mad-eye moody approach of "constant vigilance" and rightfully so but that's also just not how it always goes down. life happens, shit happens, and you can be caught off-guard. thank you for showing and explaining to us your "off-guard" moment and being humble about it. it can literally happen to ANYONE! thanks for the reminder that victims are not alone!

[@PageNumber687x]

@Jamie Last lol what? That makes no sense because that is a scam as well. A scam is a scam whether it involves keyboard princes or gift cards.

[@PageNumber687x]

@Jamie Last this video is about a popular scam baiter who very nearly got scammed himself because of a weird coincidence in his life. What I meant was you can't call a certain group of people who get scammed morons when they are still being scammed and victimized. That's victim blaming and not part of the culture that these awesome scam baiters that spend their time catching these scammers want associated with what they do. You will never hear them call any victim of a scam a moron.

[@CH4NNELZERO]

It's crazy that this wasn't a revenge scam, the guy knew nothing about you.

[@heartache5742]

that was on my mind for most of the video

[@christineherrmann205]

I feel like the revenge is coming... I hope Jim gets 'im.

[@derrickdavis5390]

Ya that's what I thought when I first clicked this, I thought that multiple foiled scam organizations had pooled resources to take him down haha

[@tabby73]

I thought that too! Fully expected an ip in Kolkata to be revealed.

[@jacobflores1250]

I’m sure he’ll find out who he is soon enough

[@TheFoxholeLife]

When KZbin/Google support talks to you, you know it is a scam. Real KZbin support will either not respond or they would respond after days of sending a query.

[@sayyamzahid7312]

I live in Karachi Pakistan and I like your comment if you don't mind

[@FatboiReborn]

@@sayyamzahid7312 lol wts wrong with u weirdo

[@water5210]

@@FatboiReborn lmao ikr

[@deusvult6938]

youtube support basically lives in another dimension so if they respond then they are not the real deal.

[@bobzeepl]

not chat though, that one is instant (depending on the queue). But for me, this one was an obvious scam because they have an advance warning despite serious violation, instead of just suspending the account.

[@hexium_]

I’m glad you were able to get your channel back. Just shows how anyone can be scammed!

[@Naleksuh]

-I was previously of the mindset that anyone can be scammed but now I'm just confused. Even if he did thinking he was really talking to KZbin why would you voluntarily delete your own channel? I also notice that the "KZbin Support" grammar is very similar to grammar used by Microsoft Tekneeshuns- Edit: Should clarify here that I commented this with the information on Twitter before I watched the video. The video itself seems to explain everything better. Oops.

[@hexium_]

@@Naleksuh I think it was all circumstantial. If he hadn’t had the coincidence of the phone the day before I don’t think any of this would have transpired.

[@prplt]

the thing that gives it away is that on 0:56 they have We capitalized in the middle of the sentence plus the last sentence is missing a period 😂

[@prplt]

@YouAintFromEndz well the problem is that many native speakers make mistakes as well so it's not as simple

[@prplt]

@YouAintFromEndz so can you tell whether I'm a native speaker or not?

[@DexTag]

13:37 I am always a bit surprised that often, the assumption is that it has to be a screenshot or stolen, but not simply edited. I don't mean photoshopped. F12 and I can have any views, earnings and what not. Graphs are of course a bit harder, but it's not like that one has to align with anything, as long as the right side (the number indicators) are fixed

[@PrimmsHoodCinema]

"I only want 100 dollars" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for exposing them. I could've seen myself falling for this stupid shit

[@Exertbobcat12]

I only want your 100 billion dollar company

[@LestifyYT]

L

[@charlesfranks1902]

There would be zero chance they got a $100 at that point.

[@SOMEONE-pr8qp]

@@LestifyYT l

[@peter2kfresh]

I want to do a celebration video for hitting 100 s,u,b,s of me doing 100 pushups & 50 pullups in 5 minutes the only thing stoping me is that I only have 96 I need 4 more

[@RickOps]

Imagine tricking the owner into deleting an entire 3.5M channel just to end up asking "I want only 100$"

[@rwood1995]

Not just any owner!!!!!!Jim mfing Browning!! I could see some gamer or fitness youtuber but Geeeez the King????

[@ElSkizzle]

Look its simple, if you give them money once, they come back for more. No way the 100$ was the final ransom money.

[@pinkneko13]

@@ElSkizzle actually I think he tried to find away to his bank account, he was gonna take much more than $100.

[@Aydingenc62]

Amazing

[@RodTV]

Wow! Absolutely a very shareable video to share awareness! I'm very glad that you come back 🇵🇭 ❤️

[@theressazaratrusha307]

@@MrUssy101 huhh ? What did jim ever do to u ????

[@Lantripery]

@@MrUssy101 what

[@fahkyew7776]

@@MrUssy101 Idk if this is a troll comment, but I haven't seen any toxicity. It seems most people agree about how unfortunate it is that a few bad apples have screwed up the reputation of India. Even then, Jim has made a video about not every scammer being from India. No one hates any particular group of people.

[@JoseGarcia-mi4ig]

@@MrUssy101 Says the die hard Karen that’s been creating mass hateful toxic spam against anyone on KZbin for months

[@ervire6537]

@ᙏɾ Uടടყ ಠ ͜ ಠ yeah all this dude does is comment on jim browning vids LMAO his vids are all indian music + a lot of the connected channels are indian or just random celebs so I'm wondering if he's just an angry scammer. bio literally says not a scammer so seems he's just salty he's been called out lmao

[@ZakEmber]

I liked a lot of your 2022 videos, but this is the one that made me subscribe to your channel. I deeply appreciate your honesty and for walking your audience through the scam step by step and pointing out the pitfalls. Just four minutes in, I had already learned a few new tricks I hadn't seen before, and could easily empathize with how distraction or coincidence could catch anyone! I love your videos, keep fighting the good fight!

[@herbderb4929]

I love how you could've had this big huge ego and not let anyone know. This is bigger than you and me. If these people can get you. They can get anyone else and That's very scary man... Thank you for this info

[@ddg2091]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYS7hWmNdr95sNE

[@AtomicShrimp]

Yeah, Jim could totally have bluffed his way out of this without telling anyone anything - channel down for a couple of days? Could have argued it was a weird glitch and the only people who would know would be a few staff at KZbin (who would never share the info) and maybe the scammer (who could be handwaved away). Props to Jim for having the guts to tell the true story. Must have been quite a difficult few days.

[@scaleonkhan183]

Absolutely. It's embarrassing to be fooled, but it's incredibly honorable to acknowledge that you messed up and tell other people exactly how to save themselves from making your same mistake. Anyone can be scammed.

[@wesleycorwine1788]

A hero rescues others from distress. A legend does the same but also shows others the way when they fail. Jim you are the best of us. I’m glad you got you’re channel back. You deserve the platform more than most.

[@courtneyhigh3442]

Props to Jim Browning for being confident enough to share what happened so we all learn. I would honestly have been so embarrassed if I was in his shoes. He is a stronger person than me.

[@trwijbenga]

Word

[@kc_cobra]

It's really valuable to see exactly what happened so that we don't make the same mistakes. He's the best kind of teacher.

[@DanAbrey]

Being open and honest when you make a mistake is one of the most underrated qualities in a person. It will make you better at your job, better at maintaining healthy and good relationships, and better at reaching your potential. Everybody makes mistakes.

[@jeestudent6758]

@@trwijbenga what word? learn english kid

[@trwijbenga]

@@jeestudent6758 Looks like we got a good old internet troll over here. I'm honored. Please continue, this is amusing.

[@RanUlfran]

Honestly I was almost scammed into something the other day. I was expecting to be contacted for a job opportunity anyway, so when I get a WhatsApp message saying they have an opportunity for me I went along with it for a bit. Got bounced between a couple different accounts and the website and accounts were claiming to be from a real company. Slowly it dawned on me that this was a scam as they didn't ask for any details on myself to get started, the job itself was basically cookie clicker, and the website had weird spelling errors. After some research it finally clocked, so I asked them some questions about how they thought this job ACTUALLY was supposed to work, to which they just claimed it did. Then blocked and reported their numbers and called it a day. Coincidence really is a powerful tool

[@nickywh1t3]

I’ll never fall for this, it would mean me actually checking my emails, and I’m far to lazy for that.

[@freds_chess]

agree

[@oerlikon20mm29]

Yea lol, I had 99+ unread emails… in 2019… I still haven’t checked my emails

[@VilTheVillain]

@@oerlikon20mm29 when I got 2k I created a new one that would be used for anything serious and used my old for spam, but a year later the new one became spam email number 2 lol

[@blinkin304]

not exactly sure what my unread email count is up to but it is several thousand at least. i only ever check my email when i am specifically expecting a message of some kind.

[@oz_jones]

Bigbrain

[@RealLyfeGaming]

"I'm KZbin" We should all fear his power

[@DetectiveWraith]

Your complaint has been filed and recognized. KZbin will be nerfed next time around. Bye!

[@bepis888]

That's similar to "I'm the captain now."

[@zoomrrmcgee]

They scammed the man himself, and he got back stronger.

[@thebluelion3337]

LOL stop hero worshipping the guy, he got scammed by a basic bitch scam, shameful for someone whose entire schtick is being smarter than scammers and getting back at them.

[@jackporter2878]

@@thebluelion3337 Ratio

[@kadiyamsrikar9565]

@@thebluelion3337 u dont have no right to dictate others opinion. Stop telling others what to worship and not worship.

[@zoomrrmcgee]

@@thebluelion3337 You say that like you wouldn't fall for it. Everyone can fall for a scam, no matter the experience

[@dwells3536]

@@thebluelion3337 Found a scammer

[@kerrygearin3910]

That’s so thoughtful of you to share what happened so people scammed can forgive themselves if scammed because it’s human to miss things. So glad you got your site back

[@CyberSystemOverload]

Jim is a legend and this makes him even more of a legend. He came back stronger and more powerful. Look out scammers!

[@CDA-]

If they strike him down, he shall become more powerful than scammer could possibly imagine

[@jebsj0277]

Mark Rober saving himself by not remembering his password is just hilarious.

[@agung-adhinata]

@Marc im in

[@vHades_]

@@agung-adhinata me too

[@thedripcritic9379]

@@vHades_ As do I

[@amnesia7583]

@@thedripcritic9379 guess I'm gonna join in

[@julienckjm7430]

That was too funny to read 😂

[@HerculeanPearl]

The fact that the scammer said "I only need 100 dollars" is probably a dead giveaway that shows he doesn't make any money from stealing accounts.

[@Zuignap]

I mean, he does it for a job, so he makes some money, but when his scam failed he thought he might scare jim into at least giving him 100 dollars. 100 dollars for a failed scam attempt is pretty good since that number is usually 0

[@Freekymoho]

Yeah If a poor person in turkey was making 16 thousand DOLLARS even semi regularly they wouldn't bother trying to extract small ammounts like that

[@hqcart1]

and he uses a $100 phone that he probably got it used for $30

[@michaelr.7805]

My first thought was that the $100 could have been symbolic. If he is indeed making the money he stated, to be able to receive $100 from Jim Browning himself would have been a symbolic victory

[@MrStabby19812]

Could just be a power thing a $100 is still a win in his eyes.

[@binboda]

Oh man, i cant imagine the array of emotions that went through you. All that hard work lost but at the same time you confronted the scammer with such calmness and zero panic, I'm in awe. Very happy you got your channel back in the end!

[@bogdanivchenko3723]

This is the equivalent of rickrolling Rick Astley.

[@robertdascoli949]

It's funny cause that also happened.

[@vinayjb007]

@@robertdascoli949 Yup, in reddit comment section!

[@Xxmeca421xX]

This seems so unreal. This guy falling for this scam.. could be fake for views. He knows better

[@rukmaniramanathan8707]

@@somebody700 the thing is, the scammer told him to do the same thing youtube themselves (later) told him to do. That was the actual procedure. The circumstances seemed right.

[@gmonkman]

lol

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

It's really scary how scammers are getting more and more clever with deceiving people. I just want to say that it's really sad how KZbin Support won't even bother with smaller channels that fell for this same exact scam.

[@novaleader7305]

How do you live without a Mustache?

[@Kvn_450]

i think that peoppe a paying less attention to details that got scammed, not the scammer getting smarter

[@walshar2705]

Mhm

[@Romyyyy__]

CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO AVOID YOU

[@AyushSinghYT]

@YoTokyo How do you have 30k subs without a video or views?

[@FernandoTakeshiSato]

Sheeeesh, this was scary stuff. I'm a software developer, so usually just scoff at obvious phishing and the like, but man...this serves as a warning to always keep my guard up online.

[@MrUssy101]

It was an attention seeking technique by Jim to boost his cringe content. An old tired and tested method of all smoke no fire, all of you fools fell for it !!!!

[@davidm3maniac201]

@@MrUssy101 what are you a scammer. All this hate for jim

[@ClickItYT]

@@davidm3maniac201 I recommend to report him for spamming. I just did.

[@pk3]

@@MrUssy101 Scammer spotted. Can someone reverse his connection?

[@ClickItYT]

@@pk3 Not a scammer, just a spammer. :}

[@clocktamer]

In moments like this I can only think of a quote by Brian Brushwood. "Cons don't fool us because we're stupid, they fool us cause we're human."

[@luffyskywalker7549]

"The circumstances just have to be right." Which is the biggest takeaway for me. I almost got scammed for a car because I desperately needed one, I was saved only because the second part was pretty obvious like in this case.

[@Bakuryu0083]

I almost got scammed when i was trying to make my comcast payment. (dyslexia'd the last 2 numbers of the phone number) Thank god the scammer wouldn't take American Express. They didn't get the numbers and now that card's been replaced.

[@nobinary2296]

I love that you talked about this. It's a great way to remind everyone to stay alert and have proper protection in order. And sometimes even THAT won't save you. The world is a scary place. Stay safe everyone.

[@eddie1372]

This also happened to a prominent channel “The Spiffing Brit”. He tweeted that KZbin was fixing the issue but it’s scary how this can happen to anyone.

[@ClickItYT]

This seems to be the 6 million sub channel that the scammer mentioned.

[@darthmaul5413]

@@ClickItYT The Spiffing Brit only has 2.33 million subs

[@ClickItYT]

@@darthmaul5413 Oh ok.

[@XtremeDrake]

Oh no! I didnt know about this.. Hope he gets his channel back too..

[@minimoose1441]

Nooo, not spiff! Hopefully all the support emails means KZbin fixes this.

[@mr.logicpants2835]

Jim, thank you for your honesty about what happened to you. This is really good information for anybody with the KZbin channel. Keep up the Great work!

[@guscox9651]

Waiting for the "I managed to reverse the connection, say goodbye to your Google accounts, hackers"

[@MischievousMan23]

I managed to reverse the connection, goodbye to their families as I John wicked there asses.

[@myswanktrendz]

@@MischievousMan23 lolol

[@r3zaful]

@@myswanktrendz I love when you think Jim is a God at reverse access, this is one of the proof that he has been targeted by bot miners.

[@MINIPRO27]

"Sometimes you have to lose the battle to win the war" -Sun Tzu, the art of war

[@luviam0001]

I like this since it can very much be true in warfare.

[@crispinotechgaming]

@@luviam0001 warfare?

[@MistahShootrES]

Ok this one is actually sun tzu right? All these sun tzu comments bewildering me

[@democard1199]

@@MistahShootrES Probably. Because somewhere in the past somebody use this tactic to win the war.

[@goblinslayer6375]

Sun Tzu approves this comment.

[@billtheunjust]

I've never seen "2-sa" as an abbreviation. I always see it as 2fa (two factor authentication.) maybe that confused him.

[@jnawk83]

also, two "step" doesn't really communicate what's really going on - two factors of auth - somthing you know (your password, which you prove by giving it) and something you posses (your 2fa device - which you prove by having it generate a one time code and giving that)

[@eVCANN]

yeah I was thinking the same thing, I call it 2fa

[@sgbench]

Or MFA if you don't want to limit it to two factors

[@calebmcnalley]

2-step and 2-factor authentication are actually 2 slightly different things: 2-step just means there's 2 steps for logging in and commonly uses security questions or a code sent by email or text in addition to your password. 2-factor means that both authentication elements satisfy separate requirements. There are 3 types of these requirements: something you have, are, and know. A password and code sent by email both only satisfy the 3rd (something you know) since a hacker would only need to know your account password and email password to retrieve that code - they don't need access to a physical device of yours (something you have) or biometric data (something you are) for example. Since 2FA requires at least 2 of these things, it is far more secure. The most common forms are a physical USB key which the hacker would need to steal in addition to hacking your account, or a 2FA app that generates offline codes and would require direct access to your device (and these are usually also protected by both your device password and a 2nd password to open the app).

[@hexyko4850]

I've seen both "two-step" and "two-factor", but the only abbreviation I am aware of is 2fa. Maybe that was a misspelling?

[@jacquestone3280]

Jim Browning, to me the lesson learned is not that absolutely anyone can be scammed, that's a given to me, but rather just how does the scammer go about scamming. In most all of your videos you let yourself be scammed by someone but the thing is that you study their methods to discover exactly how they are scamming you. So true to form you let yourself be scammed which is the way you work, but you also learned how they do it. So I think its a win and I encourage you in your fight against scammers as they become more knowledgeable and technical at conducting this crime.

[@lokichoki_]

Its very humbling that you shared this experience with everyone considering your 3.3 million subscribers came from videos showing you getting the upper hand on scammers. It definitely shows scammers are getting vast in ability

[@Apocalypz]

Jim, if anything ... *anything at all* ... thank you for your humility.

[@Snickersnek]

Mad that the KZbin staff claimed the account couldn't be restored. How many smaller channels have been wiped out because Google Support can't be bothered to undo an honest mistake without the backlash of a large community?

[@ductabeats284]

It's scary

[@ng.tr.s.p.1254]

One small channel deleted, one less channel for youtube to pay ad revenue. ;)

[@laplongejunior]

Developer here (not at Google, obviously) With the right kind of access, anything can be made up/restored. The problem is that, by definition, cancelling a permanent change is breaking the rules. Asking to undelete this is basically asking to a human expert to hack its way across several work processes in order to trick KZbin into believing the channel never moved. Well, not exactly never because that other Jim got views... uh... That's the open gate to a lot of complications. Let's say you stop your subscription to YT Premium... what if the expert come in and sets the system as if you never stopped? What the community asked to KZbin is to *break any trust into any kind of permanency*. It should "never" be done and must be reserved for exceptional cases. No human should have the right to undelete data.... and you're asking all of that because Jim forgot to check the email from KZbin support. Do you honestly believe his channel is worth enough to risk non-standard fixes, and proving that nothing shown by KZbin could be genuine? KZbin decided that yes, Jim Browing was worth the expert's salary. My 700 subs would not be worth it.

[@laplongejunior]

@@ng.tr.s.p.1254 I agree that there should be a grace period. If it is not available, that means the deletion process is *too complicated* to rollback automatically. And we want KZbin to do *anything* to rollback this case? Sounds like a disaster incoming. Last time I checked, Discord doesn't make recommendations to random users, nor is in a contract with advertisers to put ads on public videos. There must be *centralized lists* somewhere, and adding/removing from them must not be simple.

[@ng.tr.s.p.1254]

@@laplongejunior yeah I know DIscord isn't KZbin, I was just trying to make an example. Though even if the deletion process is indeed too complicated to rollback automatically, KZbin support team shouldn't just tell people to suck it up and make a new channel from scratch like they did to Jim.

[@Muginami01]

Thank you for everything you are doing! I’m new and trying to catch up on all your videos! You go above and beyond. You are absolutely brilliant and such a wonderful person! Everyone needs money- that doesn’t make it right to scam innocent people. Thank you for showing so much love and goodness in a world filled with greed and hate.

[@karter61]

Creator of Grabify here, I'm absolutely star stuck that you used our service! Very glad you were able to get you account back. Keep up the awesome work!

[@ankerhr]

I believe Jim has used grabify lots of times before

[@morpheas768]

@franklin clinton Yeah? Then why doesnt your God expose the scammers Himself? Grow up.

[@animax2422]

@@morpheas768 Figure of speech, nothing to do with what you're talking about.

[@Mundilfari_]

@@morpheas768 Read your last two words to yourself. Then do it again

[@replayarena8429]

@@morpheas768 You really gonna attack religion over this? Come on. That’s not the main issue here. Leave people’s beliefs alone…

[@pian1st_dude609]

Jim browning- FINALLY! A WORTHY OPPONENT! OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY!!!!!

[@TyranitarTube]

YOO you got it back, thank god man

[@blazi2396]

Heyy! I know this man! I would say one of your quotes but honestly my memory has been bad as of late.

[@alexxC37]

@@MrUssy101 what’s the matter? Did Jim get your scam call centre shut down? 😂 Only a dumb scammer would hate Jim’s channel so much.

[@LvL5dE4tH]

@@MrUssy101 probably part of the scammer community lol

[@ICraigI]

this just happened to spiffing brit help? we are so sad rn

[@joe-ib1wn]

yo its ttar thats crazy

[@CROWFACED]

Truly, great kudos for sharing your own mistakes. Getting scammed easily makes you feel humiliated, and it lessens the shame knowing that even people like you Jim can indeed fall for it. Like you said, it can happen to anybody. I think a good rule to do as a precaution, -even when not being suspicious, is to thank for the info you're given and say you'll get back to them later during the day to solve it. That way you are contacting the company yourself

[@leandro4552]

Holy shit, I can imagine how actually scared Jim was. Given that even the real youtube support itself it's kinda of a mess.

[@hypethekomodo6495]

Outside of the email this is an eerily effective scam: Mixing proper links to make it seem legitimate and typing in good enough English to seem professional enough. (I've seen customer support reps with much lower typing skills) Since you can actually move channels it makes sense that this can catch someone not on their A game. Happy to have you back!

[@rebeccahetrick6576]

Every time I contact customer support for any company, the person always has horrible grammar skills and spelling skills because every company outsources their customer support to India for some reason. That's also why I only contact support through emails or chats, because it's much easier to understand what they're saying by reading text on a screen than trying to understand them actually speaking out loud. And that's not racist or xenophobic or anything. I'm just saying that people in foreign countries with strong accents can be difficult to understand when speaking to them.

[@Ck87JF]

As Jim said, the chat started off with a script that was written by someone with a better grasp of English. Once they went off-script, it was obvious that this scammer wasn't the author of the prior messages.

[@ryzenryne8747]

@KY5 [9th Main Account] Cry me a river

[@IronIsKing]

@@rebeccahetrick6576 India is poor and doesn't need to be paid that much, which is why companies look for costumer support there.