The scammer who got away

[@Lt5K1TZ]

This channel alone helped me to recognize that my mother was being scammed while I was visiting during Christmas last year. I overheard her on the phone talking about a refund, and I had a flashback to every Jim Browning video I've ever seen when I suddenly heard her say, "Yes, I have Microsoft Edge." She had been sent an email from "Norton" saying they had charged her $500 to renew her service. There was no 1-800 number, the email didn't even come from Norton, and there was no payment information at all, but she had literally just gotten off of a 12 hour overnight shift working as a maternity nurse, and was so tired she didn't even question anything. Thank you very much, Jim, for the work you do and for putting all of this information out for the public. I remember in an older video that a company warned you against posting these videos because of something along the lines of, "It could help the scammers refine their methods." I know you know this, but they are full of it. I look forward to every video you post, it's always a treat to see you in my subscription feed.

[@artistknownaslisa2850]

Hear, hear! I'm glad you were there to thwart the criminal before he hurt your loved one.

[@Anonymous4045]

What did you do after you realized? How did your mom react?

[@samuelwurster2899]

STOP LYING ON THE INTERNET RIGHT **** NOW

[@zahidshabir4038]

These videos can help scummy scammers refine their practices BUT having more people know that computer based scams exist and that it usually requires the scammers to take control of your computer online is a big hint especially since this is not how genuine banks and many genuine businesses run. NO genuine bank employee would ever ask to see you login to your account over the internet (they may do it in person at your local branch if you need help with setting up and using online banking but that is in person being done on a company owned computer that is controlled and monitored by the banking organisation). No genuine employee would either ask you to even give them passwords and OTP's ("one time passcodes" that are sent via text or email for logging in) many OTP messages even state that you should NOT share this with anyone but since these messages with the OTP's are not 100% clear enough for victims I think that instead they need to have the OTP not easily visible and have the message about not sharing these codes over the phone or internet a million times more clearer

[@susancreed8430]

So glad you were there to help your mum, who will now i hope tell others not to fall for these scams

[@TrilogyMedia]

WOW. Karan needs an extended stay “behind the bar”. Awesome video Jim 💪

[@QuickS4nd]

Hi Trilogy Media!

[@hoopoe_]

Cheers to that 🍺

[@flyingfig12]

I hope he sees "the bars" very soon.

[@ashleybrooke2087]

But he doesn't just do one thing! He does each & every thing

[@Nogames2281]

All those hackers behind 1 lone bar .🤦🏻‍♀️🤣😂😂

[@bhuwadechmahapokai8010]

Thai person here (little bit late but better than never I guess) I believe the reason why the money went through Thailand is because that we have abundant supplies of masked account, whether from stolen identity or voluntarily (yes, people get hired to open bank account for these kind of purposes knowingly, sadly). Do we acknowledge its existence? Yes. Are we doing something about it? Yes and no, I guess. Unusual transactions are easy to find and catch, but we still don't have a solid preventative measure.

[@hariharanmarcel737]

Yes these is accurate and if i may add, sometimes a business account is preferred choice as it doesnt raiase any flags if large amounts continue to enter that account. And also, business accounts provide higher max limit for withdrawals or transfers compared to a personal account. I spend a lot of time in Thailand as i visit my children there. From what i can see, this becomes a country of choice as it is a top tourist destination amd lots of foreigners are married/gf, some running small businesses, hence large money transfers from a foreign country, hardly raises an eyebrow. The same cant be easily done in neighbouring Malaysia (my home) as they are stringent laws currently monitoring abnormal large transfers. Philippines is another story......having family and frens there, i realised it could actually work for or against, however shall not go into details here. Some figured it out i guess and they continue to ezploit that loophole.....

[@tallreversd]

At this point, most scammers hearing Jim's voice would probably hang up, he's so good at catching them

[@cosmiccrowspeedrun]

@@ponponpatapon9670 true

[@ethandoesmusic]

@@cosmiccrowspeedrun this

[@Malk3]

@@ponponpatapon9670 a fellow Patapon Enjoyer in the wild?

[@YusufAli-cf8fp]

@MrBeas𝔱 ⸜⁄ What is "it"? Where is "here"? What is life? Why do we exist?

[@opossumontheinternet9864]

@MrBeas𝔱 ⸜⁄ Shut up.

[@Sudip_Das1]

As someone who lives in near kolkata, I can assure you that these people will never get arrested. The police or the government don't give that much importance to such issues. And owners of these companies have powerful ties to the political leaders. So even if they get arrested they will simply get away by bribing the police or local leaders and continue to operate freely. The only way this can be stopped is by influence of foreign governments.

[@JimBrowning]

Yes. I am well aware. So instead some KZbinr will continue to expose them. Perhaps some day there will be someone in control who isn't corrupt. And perhaps the likes of Karan and Arjun will sleep just a little less easy.

[@NicolastheThird-h6m]

@@JimBrowning It's better off Reporting it to the Media directly than the poIice, I'm pretty sure they would be interested in not missing out on an 'exclusive' news.

[@NordicPolestar]

@@NicolastheThird-h6m Correct.. at least they will publish it for their own monetary benefit. Whereas the police and the govt have no incentive to busy this network and put these people behind THE bars so long as they rake in all that money and help build the local economy.

[@munish259272]

@@NordicPolestar Big media houses won't be interested. you might get some 10 lines on the 10th page of news paper which no one will read. media is also sold here to the politicians so you are out of luck. India is a country of frauds , i don't know about the rest of the world

[@NordicPolestar]

@@munish259272 i know mate, I'm Indian too. It really sucks. The good people here are torn with total apathy and the lack of support from the officials when we raise matters of concern. It doesn't look like anything will change no matter who rules this country. There is something lacking in the collective consciousness of this nation.

[@Musashi_XIV]

Fun fact: This scammers are somehow getting detailed info about you and your families when they don't get their way. Someone I know here in WA state had his children's life threatened to be taken and potentially harmed from the daycare they go to ( he knew their names and name of the daycare) if he didn't pay up for the scam. Luckily he called the police about this however this is a whole new level of scam. Thank you for your work all you guys do together 🙏 and keep up the good fight brotha.

[@jarmakey1]

You'd be surprised how much information about themselves people just give out on the internet. Plus, computers have truly become personal computers, so if you let someone onto your computer you're basically exposing yourself to them with all the documents, auto-fill, pictures, and passwords you've let them have acess to. So it makes sense that the scammers know private information, and they've always been amoral, so it's not surprising that they'll stoop that low.

[@AliceYobby]

Yeah, basically you let someone onto your computer, they can easily find all that information, especially if you stay logged into your email, etc.

[@TheUrantia001]

and the cops are the biggest scammers...

[@TriPawrus]

It's still baffling how, with such clear evidence, official action is not taken against these scumbags. Corruption must run deep within the Indian authorities. Jim, I applaud your determination and perseverance in trying to deal with these low-lifes.

[@penguin44ca]

Yeah Indian cops are super crooked. Interpol should be involved it's international

[@KrazyKeith4]

Kolkata in particular, the scam bosses pay off the police and the police don't even question. Kolkata is where a good amount of scams occur. That or in a region of Turkey that Trilogy Media once covered.

[@eliasross4576]

Cops are bad but also these cases are hard to prosecute. At least I'd think they would investigate these scammers for tax evasion.

[@TheWolvesCurse]

when it comes to large sums of money, hardly any country has transparent and non-corrupt authorities. for some jobs you need violent vigilantees.

[@vivekra]

Even US authorities do not take action on money mules based on complaints by scam baiters. You can see this in the videos of Trilogy media. For action to be taken, the victim needs to make a police complaint. The scam baiters like Jim can facilitate this but I've not seen them do this.

[@certifiedschizophrenic8598]

I love the fact you are just the bigger fish, you are a legend man

[@onezerosevensix]

@peter this is automated, dont click the link :)

[@xionkuriyama5697]

@@onezerosevensix this variation always confuses me because who the hell "enjoys" a video while listening to another one

[@key1228]

@@xionkuriyama5697 so counterintuitive like if you're gonna spam on mass at least do it proper

[@mostinterestingmaninthehoo4630]

Unreal!

[@artifice4723]

There’s always a bigger fish

[@TCNN0204]

You are doing an amazing job!

[@pierredostiedetabernacle3506]

As a former scam victim I applaud everything you do and I think you are a freaking angel sir. Thank God for people like you and your friends

[@JimBrowning]

Thank you Pierre. It's sad that I have to resort to KZbin to out some criminals. There really should be more action by the police on this.

[@Capturing-Memories]

@@JimBrowning where is our FBI and CIA? Or they just work for the liberals wealthy elite.

[@kylephipps4648]

I don't get why all the remote access sites are still letting scammers operate

[@titipezehealing4348]

@@kylephipps4648 Well, when they don't let them operate, the scammers just use old versions.

[@ElectricalSwift]

@T[A]P Me!! To Have [S]EX With Me no, get lost

[@officialaetryx5816]

I was recently the target of a fairly well crafted scam and it nearly fooled both my manager and myself until I noticed a few things that seemed off, and I completely owe it to your videos for teaching me so much about how scammers operate.

[@nicoledoubleyou]

Can you tell us what the scam was and what you noticed? Might help people

[@YourFreeBeats]

It happens. My son was selling his PS-5 and while taking him to the post office, I noticed the address was Nigeria. I stopped the car and asked “you HAVE been paid already, haven’t you?” He told me some sucker story how “well the guy can’t send it directly so he sent it to his friend who is going to send the money once I send a picture of the tracking number…” etc. i kept explaining it was 100% a scam he argued and argued, I said “at least take the day to go home and research it” he did and found out I was right.

[@YourFreeBeats]

My point being, often these scammers play on the victims greed so that the victim convinces himself that in NO WAY is it a scam (even when told) because they want so badly for it to be true. In my sons case he was offered more than his asking price since the money was being paid by a third-party blah blah blah. He was like “it’s not a scam and no one else will give me that much for it”. Geez. Personally, I would never to any business with any person or company from Nigeria. I don’t care if it’s the Nigerian government. Anything that has the word Nigeria associated with it (and you are doing a transaction of some sort)…run run as fast as you can. I promise you.

[@YTStoleMyUsername]

​@@YourFreeBeatsPeople often say they would never be scammed, but there are so many different kinds of scams and everyone has a weakness. They will find your weak spot and use it against you, whether you're young, old, well educated or not. I appreciate when people like you and OP share their experiences so others can learn from them... and realize that no one is immune - not even Jim Browning. We must all be cautious and listen to our gut. Always a good idea to take some time to research what you're getting into before making a financial decision - scammers love to play on a sense of urgency. And if something is too good to be true, it probably is!

[@nathansavage8692]

100K?! Thats got to be a record. How tf did the bank not step in! Anyone know an 83 year old who sends a house worths of money off the cuff?

[@lolbots]

hsbc don't give a shite

[@stefanjohansson2373]

It’s an unusual transaction that definitely would be blocked in most countries (if they normally doesn’t transfer large sums). A lot of countries can also add a block for elderly persons accounts to avoid this. It’s not a problem if the real bank must call to confirm a transfer of 100k, standard procedure in many countries. The largest part of this problem is the bribed police force in India, they can’t care less since they earn a lot from this. Hang out the police chief in every large magazine in India. 😃👊💩🤮

[@kristir1262]

@@stefanjohansson2373 why? If he had his name and face published, people will jump over each other to be his "friend" 😂. Bcos he has money and connections... I won't say all Indians are like that. But that's really how that society works 🤷🏻‍♀️. By preying on the weak.

[@ۥۦۥ]

id hope shes a multi millionaire or something because thats awful

[@delincuente6647]

They normally do. I was transferring 3.5k to buy a car to a dealership and I had a 15 minute on the call interview about what I was doing with that money. It's awfully strange how they let a transaction of 100k go through (even part of it).

[@kareningram6093]

That's got to be frustrating for you, Jim. I'm sorry. Your hard work is appreciated and is not in vain. I've learned so much from your videos and warn other people about these scams. The number of lives you have saved with your channel is incalculable.

[@JimBrowning]

Thanks Karen. I hope they're having a small impact at least.

[@LittleCarol]

@@babyblush9746 You need a lesson in English writing and comprehension before commenting. Your comment is unreadable. How is the weather in India today? You are fooling no one.

[@maxp9598]

@@babyblush9746 all financial terrorists will be exposed all over the internet and social media yes you too like it or not and theres nothing u can do about it

[@babyblush9746]

@@LittleCarol are you mad I just want jim two contact me ,because I don’t have anything two do with scammers

[@nicoledoubleyou]

@@babyblush9746 you can't even use the correct form of to/too/two

[@xliquidflames]

They went for £400,000?!?!!?? That is just insane. That's the most I've ever seen in any of these videos. I feel so bad for her.

[@vishwasmattur2027]

Keep up the good work Jim!

[@JimBrowning]

Thank you Vishwas. I wish that the police there would do a little more, but I know YOU represent the true face of India. Thank you.

[@rahilmalhotra001]

@@JimBrowning The police in India is slow on most of the Indian cases itself, taking up scammed foreigner cases will be way down in the list.

[@cardboardcrafts9834]

​@@JimBrowning It seems that Thai banks don't monitor accounts for illegal activity, and it's possible that they don't have limits on transfers so that they can move massive amounts. (Credit goes to Ruby Rose)

[@vishwasmattur2027]

@@JimBrowning The entire judicial system and the police are inefficient and slow, but things are improving slowly. Hopefully someday there'll be no more scammers!

[@JasonMomos]

​@@JimBrowning These criminals thrive because Indian cyber laws are weak and obsolete. The country has got even bigger problems and priorities to deal with, so unfortunately, I don't see the situation improving anytime soon - unless there is a strong impetus for it. We could try and set up an awareness campaign in Twitter, simultaneously making appeals directly to the government to act against cyber scams. These days, Twitter campaigns seem to be the easiest way to garner attention from the upper strata of the Indian government. They usually acknowledge and respond to mass appeals via social media. Coordination is key, so you might wanna pull some strings. Cheers!

[@ryuukiM]

"he is helping his father's business" by stealing from someone else's father's hardworked money wow his father must be really proud

[@H0lyMoley]

Y'never know, his father could be a scammer too. Look at Dan Bilzarian or whatever that guy's name was. Spent millions of dollars of other people's money on his own lavish lifestyle, while playing down how his father was convicted of fraud. Truly it pays to go into the family business! Y'know what's "Karan" is actually going to be ashamed of? Those awful, awful selfies, which will inevitably be introduced in court as evidence of his identity. You can just imagine the jury at his trial snickering at his "resting gorilla-face", before convicting him of offences against both vulnerable elderly people and good taste.

His father is likely involved, or, at least, he is one of those toxic parents who validate everything his precious does.

[@jaredwilliams8621]

His father is probably very well aware of his sons scam money. He is probably living off it. I could even see him acting as some sort of manager/coach for his sons, making sure their "talents" are fully utilized.

[@lord_khufu]

@@jaredwilliams8621 did you notice the shot where you see him with gold chains ? He's definitely living off of the scam moneys and it's unlikely that he cares, at least his son hasn't been in jail, right ?

[@anneford696]

Just watched you on ' This Morning ' you sir are a bloody legend! Thank you for the work you're doing , I just hope the police start to get these horrible people who are committing these awful crimes .

[@Athereel]

Thai bank accounts can often have lower fees than other countries also due to Thailand's laws they cannot be frozen or seized by the government.

[@schwingedeshaehers]

But by the bank?

[@ilonachan]

@@schwingedeshaehers You'd have to convince me that the banks give a shit.

[@iGrom]

good to know

[@shanepearce1629]

Transfer money easily within Thailand and overseas through our nationwide and international ... Unlimited transferable amount with no bank account needed.

[@F_L_U_X]

Is that just a guess or are you gonna provide proof/source material?

[@DipayanDas773]

I am glad that your work is getting a lot of attention, however this may not be enough to get Kolkata police's attention. This is based on my assumption that majority of the viewers are not from Kolkata and you may need their attention to make this more effective. You may have tried this already, I would strongly recommend collaborating with youtubers from Kolkata, as you did with karl rock. Ex: Halka Tech - is a kolkata based youtube channel that does podcast like this. Also this is unlikely but worth a shot. I recommend reaching out to Deepak Adhikari(Dev), a politician of the ruling party of West Bengal. I believe he is the only bengali politician with some integrity and might be sensitive about these issues. Having a politician on your side can get anything done in West Bengal.

[@ProtoCJ]

-50 DOLLARS LULW

[@muddy_puppy_mofo]

@@ProtoCJ go outside u neet

[@ddyoutuve]

Thanks Jim!, I recently reached the age of 60 and scammers starting calling my and my former wife (same age), I know that they know at least my age, date of birth, zip code, and phone number. I apprecite what you do and will donate as soon as economy allows.

[@deathpunch23]

That's great. Please place your donation in a box and I will send my agent to pick up your donation.

[@ibrahimdevx]

@@deathpunch23😂

[@mayortheogalavan]

"Hackers hidden inside your internet" I like to think these scammers have a 'Jen/IT Crowd' idea of the Internet

[@vysharra]

No, they want victims who don’t know enough to spot the scam so they use these strange scripts to weed out the people who aren’t susceptible at that moment.

[@Wolf-ln1ml]

Don't drop the internet!!! 🤣

[@mayortheogalavan]

@@Wolf-ln1ml "why does Jen have the Internet??" "No, Moss, we're not doing that"

[@KHwut]

Their victims mights

[@AdamNoizer]

Great job tracking them Jim. That’s also probably the first bit of decent journalism the Daily Mail have ever done.

[@CStoph1979]

That was terrible journalism. You must watch too much American news.

[@AdamNoizer]

@@CStoph1979 why?

[@CStoph1979]

@@AdamNoizer I dont know why you watch the news. Thats a question you need to ask yourself

[@wrxsubaru02]

This is one of the few channels I actually get excited about when I see the notification.

[@LauraTheRed]

@time to leave earth Reported

[@rainbowmom7582]

@time to leave earth reported

[@JamOfJar]

@time to leave earth reported

[@jk-gb4et]

@time to leave earth Deported

[@svelli7473]

Cracking up at the bar picture when he said "behind the bars", you're a legend Jim!

[@TogekissKate]

i live in australia and i watched that 7 news spotlight segment and to find out that you were the one who told them about it i have a lot of respect to you

[@sleepytreeguy]

I can sleep at night knowing that Jim is out there fighting for us. My man!

[@Kaipanzer-r2w]

I hope in the future he will consider become a tech teacher and create bunch of cyber security courses to share his knowledge

[@chronosbat]

@@Kaipanzer-r2w Well that probably wouldn't go so well because a practitioner doesn't equal a good teacher. If I was teaching algorithmic design I wouldn't know how to make the lecture not boring af.

[@Kaipanzer-r2w]

@@chronosbat yea well we dont know for sure but hes got lot of experience so he could make a good teacher who knows

[@archivevaultvideos5070]

I was nearly scammed a couple of weeks back. The guy was pretending to be Norton, and said that I owed them five hundred dollars. I almost sent them the money because my Norton subscription had actually run out, and I was in the process of renewing it. I really owe you for making videos like this one, because it really helped me to think through things again before sending that money.

[@dgwachtel]

In the early days of scamming I was de-virusing three of my cousin's S.O. kids netbooks. I thought that my cousin had called a tech support company "Windows Support" or some such bogus service before tasking me with the job. When the scammer claimed that they had been notified via the internet of the infections I realized it was a scam. As a career software developer, I knew that what they were claiming was both ridiculous and impossible. The netbooks weren't even connected to the internet and one wouldn't even boot (40+ viruses). I got him to own up to being a scammer and we had a nice little chat. We talked about the shame his relatives would feel if he was widely exposed, karma, poverty and since his English was very good, how he could leverage that skill into finding legitimate work. He didn't seem to be entirely comfortable being a thief and a criminal. Of course this was before all scammers will say when found out are not very inventive insults and profanities. -dave

[@FUG_GOOGL]

Why in the world would you be paying $500 for Norton anyway? Use some common sense people!! A one year plan costs like $50-60. Even a 3 year plan would only cost $100-150. Far from $500!

[@Usernhhh77776]

You can get Norton for £40 and make sure to set auto renew off otherwise it will go up to £150. After that they will offer the £40 price again. £500 is ridiculously expensive even if it was genuine.

[@IceBlueLugia]

@@Usernhhh77776Norton for £40 is a scam in and of itself. If you really need an antivirus get MalwareBytes. Otherwise just stick with Windows Defender or Apple’s native security

[@l.s.s.8-8-16]

Thanks for everything you do!

[@TC_here]

Videos like this show what BS it is when scammers give that sad story about how they only do it cos they have no money and cannot get work.. Its greed. Great work Jim... Hopefully many will end up behind the bars.. and not the alcohol kind..

[@StreakyBaconMan]

I'd be shocked if there was even a single scam caller who couldn't get a legal job where they don't scam people. To even get a job in a scam call center you need a reasonably good education and probably come from an upper-middle class family who has forked out for that education. There is basically zero excuse when you're educated, can speak English, have computer skills etc to be working in a scam call center in India besides "it pays better than not being a scum bag"

[@indiarocks5731]

greed lol …you are taking about third world country …money that you white guys looted during colonial period

[@denis2381]

I would do the same tbh

[@indiarocks5731]

@@StreakyBaconMan oh really, so why don't you return all those looted money which your ancestors did and build a thriving economy which led to your countries to becoming a welfare state ...the looted amount is estimated to be around 45 trillion dollars in 200 yr...

[@sealsnatch]

Yeah, sometimes it is true but more than majority of the time it’s an outright lie.

[@glynnL]

I don’t think I could handle watching someone get scammed in real time. It hurts my heart to watch it even when you are able to intervene. I hope you have good coping methods.

[@DaReaperZ]

5:00 So what drives this man is greed and vanity only. What a stellar example of a human being.

[@stephaniehumphries]

Wow Jim even though I saw this on patreon I’m watching it again and this required a lot of your time and determination. It’s disgusting watching this in real time and I can imagine how you feel. You are our guardian angel and this world needs many more Jim Browning’s to put a end to these disgusting animals. Again I can’t thank you enough for your hard work and determination 🥰

[@Bond2025]

Don't be greedy by putting content behind a paywall. The income from KZbin must supplement his day job.

[@lightyear2411]

@@Bond2025 do you really believe the channel creates content to supplement another day job?

[@sudhanvakashyap297]

@@Bond2025 bruh...

[@mrhalo9181]

@@Bond2025 this is a legitimate career nowadays. KZbinrs place content on Patreon so that they can help get out of fickle ads and all.

[@raybans8712]

@@Bond2025 why don’t u do something

[@BSzili]

It's sad that people are still using the "Indians are poor" excuse for a scammer who is filthy rich and lives an extravagant lifestyle, while elderly people are robbed of their life savings.

[@youtubeuserandchef471]

Poor can be honest, in any country

[@rockysage7760]

Who said that?

[@jeffg3343]

He's definitely not filthy rich, not by western standards anyway.

[@youtubeuserandchef471]

@@jeffg3343 India can be compared to Bangladesh and Pakistan only

[@Shenaldrac]

@@rockysage7760 I don't remember the account name but I saw someone commenting in another one of these videos about the scammers only do this because they're so poor and there's no other job opportunities so it's either be a scammer or not have enough money for food. So yeah, there's definitely people spouting crap like that.

[@aminalone]

Absolute champion 🏆. I'm Aussie and watched that 7 News special report along with pleasant green. Keep the pressure up mate. Was great to watch..

[@millbridge1016]

Another day of thanking Jim for using his powers for good! We are lucky to have you man.

[@maseyez1]

Thanks!

[@Austinian2002]

I ought to learn how to do this kind of stuff. Stealing anything from someone that’s spent their life earning is sickening. Keep it up man these people deserve everything they have coming to them!

[@doopy]

he just reverses the teamviewer connection if i remember correctly

[@Austinian2002]

@@doopy I’ve heard him say that but I still don’t know that either lol

[@cluckendip]

I love how a KZbinr is better at exposing scammers than Australian news networks XD

[@jari2018]

they could be fired so they dont want stir a antnest and they bigger goals than som old people scammed

[@SirFaceFone]

Or the local police in India.

[@justmyself3003]

Mulțumim!

[@capricorndragon6268]

Thank you for working against scammers. We do our best to waste their time while giving false information any time they call.

[@LauraTheRed]

You are my hero.❤❤ You've inspired me to study cybersecurity to fight these cockroaches. You're amazing!

[@LauraTheRed]

@time to leave earth Reported. Spam

[@rainbowmom7582]

@@LauraTheRed I’m reporting them to. 👍🏼

[@vladimpaler9274]

@@LauraTheRed I been reporting it also 👍🏻

[@rainbowmom7582]

@@vladimpaler9274 👍🏼 thank you

[@vladimpaler9274]

@@rainbowmom7582 I see them annoying.... all over the place 💙👍🏻🧡

[@TheSkye077]

I did my dissertation on scam emails. Thank you for not victim blaming BUT also thank you for blaming the perpetrators and shutting them down, it’s refreshing.

[@shinew7185]

QUESTION: Mr. Browning, I have often heard that what these scammer’s do for a living (theft!) is viewed as a source of shame to their families.. and their parents in particular so they convince them that they are working at a decent job rather than sitting in some call center reading from a script to some unsuspecting victim. Have you ever exposed a scammer to his or her parents before and if so, what was the outcome? On the rare occasion that one of the popular KZbin scam baiter’s gets the scammer to talk, they always mention how disappointed their parents would be if they knew what they were doing and it often makes me wonder if it would make them stop stealing if they were exposed. I have a lot of respect for what you do, I literally get goosebumps every time you are able to make contact with a victim and put a wrench in the scammers plans especially when it comes to a senior citizen living on a fixed income. Thank you for all that you do, you are freaking awesome! 😊🌻

[@rohitanand7048]

He did this recently

[@Boo.....]

Lol. Jim was on ITV this morning. 😂 👍🏻 Yes mate. Glad you're still spreading the important advice. 👏🏻

[@netizen6958]

While I'm here struggling to make a living with good source of money, they are those who heartlessly stealing money and proud of it.

[@utsisaini]

You doing great Job sir. It's a shame to see this happening in India. I work with global partners and this type of scams makes our life difficult when working with people in Europe, USA and Australia.

[@jennynorway1398]

I got a call yesterday and she told me she called because of the problem on my computer. I've been watching your videos and I was alarmed and I told her "I know it's a scam" then she end the call. Thank you so much you help us a lot.

[@sumersabharwal9838]

There is a lot of work that goes into these videos and we all appreciate that!

[@rainbowmom7582]

@MrBeas𝔱 ⸜⁄ reported for spam

[@intfamous4001]

@MrBeas𝔱 ⸜⁄ loool , that ghetto ass check mark is crooked g

[@KakashiMike]

Always so unsettling hearing my own accent attached to the Baba Yaga of scammers. Keep up the amazing work, Jim!

[@eliezra83771]

That must really suck, I can imagine...

[@jeffro5032]

Gawd dang Jim ,. even after all these years that I've been following you........you still amaze the heck out of me with your skills. You are an inspiration with all the good you do! Thank you!

[@ProfSir1]

Jim is fighting the good fight. These scammers don’t deserve any sympathy, nor patience. They’re evil, twister thieves that don’t value the money nor lives of those they scam.

[@ClipsByMatt]

I love videos where you get their files, delete their copies, take down entire call centers. Great work.

[@senjames88]

Sir, you are doing a great work shut down all the scammer office in india...

[@tuprima_lademurcia]

When will the Indian authorities start doing something about all the scams? what a country Great job as always Jim!

[@hungryman5625]

I guess the same time American authorities stop invading other countries, screwing over entire populations

[@aak1992]

All authorities from most countries are corrupt, lazy and simply sh.t. I’m in the uk and have seen so many friends and family members be victims of vehicle theft, general theft, and scams. Nothing was ever done.

[@joshuaanol3853]

6:00 Hi Jim, Thai AML (Anti-money laundering) law enforcement is pretty weak considering that Thailand is only "partially compliant" to FATCA, which hampers international enforcement of AML investigations. It's only recent that the Thai parliament is also enacting more stringent banking transparency laws to combat the trend of AML and other related activities. Plus, distance wise, it's the closest country to India that is politically friendly or at least neutral, (rules out most of the Muslim states nearby) has a developed and stable banking system that can be transacted with ease by foreign nationals (rules out Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Burma) and is not yet overly burdened by banking transparency laws, unlike the Philippines, Singapore, or Malaysia.

[@rafaelmarkos4489]

Actually, those last 3 countries are considered good banking secrecy jurisdictions, so they are going to be particularly resistant to this bullshit.

[@robertmcbee4671]

Howdy Jim, I was on Pierogi's channel watching their "Scammer Telethon" and made mention of how us, as normal viewers, could protect ourselves and was asking for information about doing so. A person wrote back and made mention about you and something about setting up a "virtual computer". In my past working life I used to deal with computers but on a closed system, so I am not knowledgeable to creating things. Can you give information regarding this type of set up and "should " the normal PC user do this. I would like to learn how to do this set up, to be able to protect my equipment, and possibly learn enough to help fight these"nogoodnicks". Any info will help. Thanks... and keep up the good work!!! So many more are needed that do what you, Pierogi and all his team, as well as the others that are out there helping to keep the computer world safe.

[@BeaHindebars]

It hurts me to watch this, there are so many good samaritans dedicating their time to trying to save victims from these criminals yet the authorities in all countries do nothing to help and often even scupper the efforts of the good guys.

[@renderproductions1032]

We need guns and bombs to solve the issue at this point

[@ZX3000GT1]

Money talks. As simple as that.

[@brutalbeat5228]

India india india

[@BeaHindebars]

@@ZX3000GT1 sad but true

[@encycl07pedia-]

Most of the victims don't deserve the money any more than the scammers. People that friggin' $+up!d shouldn't be hoarding hundreds of thousands if not millions or billions of dollars while millions of young, savvy, worthwhile people are living paycheck-to-paycheck, can't afford a house, can't take real vacations, etc. I can tell you right now even if I were a kcufing drater and believed I owed some Indian over the phone $120,000, I wouldn't be able to pay it. Yeah, cry me a river for these "poor" filthy-stinking-rich ID10TS that don't even bat an eye over sending $120,000 to someone they never met.

[@madladlabs]

I feel like UK and US should be putting pressure on countries where this kind of activity happens to have a collaboration between the countries' law enforcement agencies to hunt these people down.

[@VaasMontenegro12]

These countries are poor and have no incentive to not steal money from the richer countries to add to their economy, and honestly I can't really blame them, it's just really sad that this is the way they're adding money to their economy.

[@PraneethKiran]

@@VaasMontenegro12 so you're saying that with this scammed money he pays taxes and improving countries economy right?

[@farhanabdulrahim1]

I fear unless someone goes to India and puts the fear of God in these scamming filth, they won't stop.

[@koool56]

@@PraneethKiran he buys things with money within the country, so in a way technically yes

[@amanthakur95]

As an Indian I feel this is the perfect way to stop these scams. When US, UK puts the diplomatic pressure, I believe the Indian police will need to get their act together.

[@KanwarAnand]

Dear Jim, you may not know this but there used to be an Indian man named Dewang Mehta. He died in 2001. If he was alive today our nation would be a lot different. He fought long and hard to curb piracy. Another by product of stealing not dissimilar to scams. I know he is just one man but he headed Nasscom. They're not doing too hot and we seldom hear their mention anymore.

[@namelessmonster8139]

Hey kanwar bhai

[@shreksmith]

I'm always amazed by these scammer's ability to speak Bullshit so fluently

[@rainbowmom7582]

😂

[@lolbots]

practise, and lots of it

[@dukenukem5768]

I think I'd choke if I tried to tell those lies.

[@rainbowmom7582]

@@dukenukem5768 i know I would. I'm no good at it.

[@DekuStickGamer]

It’s because they themselves believe what they are saying. The deception runs deep within themselves as well.

[@AdamLinkous]

It's frustrating to not see any action being taken after you've gone above and beyond in identifying these thieves.

[@david2k86]

New subscriber here. Just saw an interview with yourself on This Morning. Amazing work you’re doing here. Long may it continue!

[@maxp9598]

Beware telegram scammer reply to your comment

[@ThermionicValve]

In the 1980s to 1990s, I watch The Cook Report with Roger Cook on TV physically tracking down criminals. Now in the 2010s to 2020s, I watch Jim Browning also tracking down criminals but using the Internet.

[@ifaiful]

Loved the cook report

[@johna7075]

Roger Cook was total badass. I remember thinking 'This guy's gonna get himself killed' as he stormed in to situations with a load of proper dodgy people, armed with nothing but microphone and protected by only a cheap looking beige coat.

[@ACEinOZ]

I get regular calls from scammers saying they're with "Telstra Australia", but they usally hang up when I ask if I'm going to see them on youtube. A "supervisor" rang back once, and started swearing at me when he realised he wasn't getting anywhere. I quite enjoy their calls now. :)

[@uknowho890]

Just watched your collaboration video with Scammer Payback and it was good stuff. While this particular situation had to be quite frustrating, you've still been a making some headway for the future, 1 person saved turns into 2, then 4, etc.. Keep doing your thing!

[@jmesg]

Thanks for what you do. This is justice.

[@adrianjanssens7116]

I watched your interview on This Morning and hope you get more chances to be interviewed and inform more vulnerable folks. Many victims are simply not aware that there is a problem with allowing a stranger inside your computer or phone. Cheers from Canada Jim.

[@maxp9598]

Beware instagram scammer pretend to be jim browning

[@Train115]

It makes me very uneasy knowing that my grandparents could be falling to this stuff. My grandpa is developing Alzheimer's which makes me even more concerned.

[@admiralbum]

Maybe try to convince Your grandparents to go to the bank and set some kind of extraprotection (idk, additional confirmation needed or delay in processing bigger transfers)?

[@FUG_GOOGL]

Restrict software installs on their pc or something. Do a search on the internet how to accomplish this. Then the scammers will be unable to install any remote software and their scam will not work. Of course grandparents can get mad if they feel you are trying to take power away or something. You have to explain it’s for their own good and have them watch these videos.

[@MOARPSYK]

Hey Jim, just a bit of a privacy thing - you may want to blur out the number from the victim at 6:15. I would hope no one would call it, but with thousands of people watching these videos - you can never be too sure. You can edit in a blur in your KZbin video editor fairly quickly. Thanks for the content and your hard work to catch these crooks!

[@Yuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Hold up calling rn

[@TopNotcha]

That's the ABN number for AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED lol

[@benladd4791]

@@TopNotcha and good luck guessing the other digits

[@SupitchaN]

hi jim! thai person here, currently living in bangkok. the most likely reason thailand still allows these money mules is most likely because they can tax them a decent amount and get some pocket change if you catch my drift. for decades thailand has been known for its corruption, nepotism and dirty government. especially now with this era. (prayut chan-ocha's coup era, now going on for 8 years currently. he rigged the elections to continue his term for another 4 years) its no secret to us citizens that the government is extremely money hungry and if you can bribe them well enough they'll let you off of any and every crime you can think of. hope this helps!

[@HarperCait]

Be careful saying things against the government publicly! Even though it’s true, you could get in serious trouble. As I’m sure you well know. Just be careful!

[@emclovin6962]

I know this is a bit of a different scam than what you usually show, but my grandma thinks she is dating music singer George Strait and has sent him all her social security money. Same with “rich and powerful people” promising her a “huge check” but of course costs a “delivery fee” that never actually delivers. I’m so sick of it, and wish these people would just go away.

[@coldogno7]

are they all have same accent?

[@nutsbutdum]

How does someone send 100,000 pounds to a stranger!? I know I shouldn't be blaming the victims, but what the hell is wrong with people... 100 grand!??

[@rainbowmom7582]

I don’t know either. It boggles the mind. For people who’ve had strokes, brain damage, or dementia aren’t like us and they’re the kind of people they target.

[@matthewshiers9038]

It's almost always older people who are not very tech savvy, and even then, only a fraction of them. Scammers will effectively spam their calls to as many people as possible, waiting for an easy mark to take the bait. You'd think that a process with such a low success rate wouldn't be worth it. Thing is, they would not do this if it wasn't working. It's like bad advertising campaigns - it works often enough to turn a profit. And to the scammers, that's all that matters.

[@nomore-constipation]

Remember if you saved this amount and the guy on the phone just adds a zero to the original 10,000 (just like the example in the video that person had 10k available). If you're tired, old and super responsible and pay your bills or would just work with the government (who isn't the government). These don't seem too out of the normal. Again not everyone has that kinda cash in savings but older than 65+ have been penny pinching for ages only to have it stolen. F'ing disgusting

[@kaiserschnitselsr]

one dumbbb sucker born every minute

[@jns8393]

Why would a bank system allow such a withdrawal or transfer of anything like that amount?

[@Inflatableorc]

Thank you Jim.

[@xorinzor]

These scammers really deserve the worst of the worst.

[@indiarocks5731]

but british left india without any punishment

[@theai2020]

You people looted india before so these is payback time mf

[@NCHLT]

@@theai2020 proof? I don't think everyone lives for hundreds of years

[@indiarocks5731]

@@NCHLT so why not return our money.

[@NCHLT]

@@indiarocks5731 because I didn't do anything. You're asking the wrong person

[@HusseinKefel]

Hi Jim, thank you for exposing these scammers, they have no mercy and no heart but stealing people

[@Bonobos922]

This makes my blood boil . Keep up the great work Mr. Browning! So sad for all the victims.

[@Dtoler1124]

His father is probably a damn scammer as well. I LOVE to see these pos scammers getting exposed and called out, everything shady they've been doing put on blast for the entire world to see. You should change your name to Karma 😝

[@njmaugbill]

thanks for your great work exposing these thieves....

[@clivejohnson9515]

scammers are getting wise to the fact that we have virtual machines etc and are now making a shift towards mobile devices like iPads, phones... which you cannot run a vm on, so just in case you havent heard of this yet, I thought I'd mention it here . keep up the brilliant work, Jim!

[@noordinyusufaly8465]

I wish western governments would put pressure on the Mohdi administration to put a end to these scumbags. We know that the Indian police are corrupt. The only way we can put an end to these scammers is if the Indian government puts their resources to stop them. All the governments have to do is tell the Mohdi government that they refuse to have anything to do with India. Keep up the good fight Mr Browning you are a legend.

[@chrishayes5755]

western governments don't care about or represent their citizens. they work on behalf of multinational corporations and old money families.

[@srishroxsy2713]

Here almost everyone's corrupt, even the government.. Can't do anything when the people ruling and making laws are corrupt themselves...

[@adarshsnija7501]

Indian govt uses this money to boost their GDP. The govt is interested in staying in power, not in killing the goose that lays the golden eggs for them.

[@DarkGob]

The United States is too busy being a trainwreck

[@DCPTF2]

The government doesn't care that see it as payback and go out of their way to defend them

[@mpchmr1317]

I recently answered a call from an Amazon scammer. My accent is similar to Jim’s. I told her my name was Jim Browning and she called me a C U Next Tuesday and told me to F off. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheLifelongdream]

Salute you keep going for so many years. Watching these scams that went thru I may have depression already.

[@Andreamom001]

So, years ago when I was looking for a work-at-home jobs, there were so many “envelope stuffing” jobs. They said I would be opening envelopes with checks in them and putting the checks into other envelopes addressed to the company I’d be working for. The company would pay me based on how many envelopes I sent in. It sounded so fishy to me. I didn’t want to do it. Was that the old way of doing scams like this?

[@abetts123]

I can’t think of any legitimate reason the payment address would need to change. Totally sounds like a scam

[@meymer]

no but you probably wouldve been a money mule

[@ihateunicorns867]

My Dad’s just been scammed out of £8k (all his savings). He came to me to borrow another £3k. He still doesn’t believe me that it was a scam.

[@frostedbiscuit2013]

I'm so sorry to hear that man

[@terror503x]

jim im just now seeing this video as i didn't see a notification at the initial upload time. great work jim!

[@dracrichards5785]

I'm just glad they weren't able to get rid of you. Love your channel and love what you do. And especially love the team ups you do with trilogy media and Mark rober

[@alvinlepik5265]

This guy belongs "behind the bars" for a very long time indeed. You could make his cell have monopoly money lying around everywhere and tell him to clean it every. single. day.

[@TheAnalzecke]

I am so happy that i have found your channel some time back. I honestly thought this scammer stuff would not work in germany because of the language barrier. But they are it trying anyway. Just got some fake robocalls from "Europol" yesterday....

[@tardybloomer]

there’s hard evidence against this man and yet he’s not even taken in for a questioning or something?? i hope he never gets away with this

[@Leith_Crowther]

Local officials get too many bribes to care.

[@stripedrajang3571]

Do you think there is corruption in the Indian government?

[@FUG_GOOGL]

That hope is in vain because they absolutely get away with it. That’s what makes me so mad. They get caught red handed and just walk away without any punishment 🤬

[@DaDandyman]

The vast majority of this evidence is inadmissible in court due to Jim's methods of procuring it.

[@Shenaldrac]

Why would the police arrest him when he's willing to give them money not to? Turns out plenty of people are willing to accept bribes.

[@lisasmith7066]

Here in the US we have some amazing people going after these scammers. I’m happy that you’re helping Brits and the citizens of Australia. Good on You as the saying goes! God bless! 🙏❤️

[@hawkeye8882]

I hope someone like u come across our issue one day. There's this scammer called Triumph Defi last year. They gave off nice offers and results for few months. It's a crypto thingy. We were so green about the matter and many poor people are being targeted. The CEO was getting away without consequences. I hope scammers anywhere in the world are getting what they deserve.

[@MichaelGarland]

Golden rule: If anyone advises you about a problem and then suggests a solution get the hell out asap.

[@kiddhkane]

That sounds a lot like the people who sell vaccines.

[@ShubhamPatil-cb8dk]

Hmmm .. not always tho..

[@sanfransiscon]

Wait, isn't this comment suggesting a solution to a problem? XD

[@MichaelGarland]

@@sanfransiscon Sure is lol

[@Ban00]

@@sanfransiscon 😂😂

[@22568307r]

life is so unfair, my girl is fighting in courts to get the inheritance her mom left her away from her lying father shes been stuck in another country dealing with U.S. embassy and scammers are getting away with hundreds of thousands, actually seems like most scumbags are always profiting and people that deserve happiness are always suffering....will this shit ever be right ?!? frustrating af

[@ZayLaVi]

It cracks me up that instead of saying “they will be going to jail” they say “they are going behind the bars.”

[@PU21RCY]

Watching you on ThisMorning!

[@Blickybot]

Holy shit $120k!!! That’s insane! Poor Margaret, I hope her family can support her after that 💔💔

[@encycl07pedia-]

The real tragedy is that someone that $tup!d had $120,000 in her bank account to begin with. If she sent that no problem, she's probably got a lot more. There are good, smart people starving and living paycheck-to-paycheck and these useless, stvp!d "victims" are hoarding money they don't deserve. The scammers are scum, but so are these "victims."

[@aleksarajkovic3471]

You mean stupid Margaret? How the f can you fall for that!?!?!?

[@staticgk5589]

What support its the end of her life

[@BulletAgario]

@@staticgk5589 ok scammer

[@Ztygs]

@@staticgk5589 You're heartless.

[@RoSi4You]

*Jim, a big THANK YOU!*

[@R.-.]

These scams where they edit the content of a HTML div tag could be easily quashed by the javascript on banking website regularly redrawing those divs from response data, or comparing the on screen text with the data. The bank could silently detect when the displayed values are changed, then freeze transactions until they have phoned the account holder.

[@natalieeuley1734]

Once it has been served to the client there is really nothing a server can detect. I suppose you could have a situation where every x seconds the amount is re-rendered. That's probably possible with React or something. But bank websites probably want to avoid frameworks at all costs because of the security risks associated with them

[@R.-.]

@@natalieeuley1734 You use setInterval() to regularly call a function that compares the XMLHttpRequest response data used to render the page with the current contents of the htmls divs. If there are discrepencies send a new request to the server reporting that the page has been tampered with. The response data should be stored in an encrypted format so the scammer can't just edit the variable where it's stored to the value they want. It will not be uncrackable by an experienced hacker, but it will deter casual scammers.

[@JasonMomos]

Interesting!

[@sjiht0019]

@@R.-. Couldn't the scammer just delete that code? It's still there in the html right?

[@kvineet631]

They are editing the balance mostly. I don't think banks would consider the balance to be a section which needs a high refresh rate. If anything actually changes there you do get a text message don't you? There is already more than enough security the systems give you and if you still do fall victim then I don't think fixing this issue will fix anything, the scammer will find something else to fool you with.

[@Randomuniverse-qn6cc]

I like how you went all in showing their faces and names its about time.

[@Nai18845]

Jim Browning is so amazing, the way Jim access the scammer's computer that's so amazing, and keep it up like this by stopping the scammers