Identity Theft - Why it's so devastating
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Someone has access to your identity documents... why is it so devastating? This video shows how scammers use these documents to create bank accounts in your name and how they will raid your bank account if they are given enough access.
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"I really appreciate your honesty"
This really angered me, specially knowing full-well what they're doing...
"take your time honey" ffs
Oh my Gawd! $21,000!? Jesus christ!
@MiNDBoX i have this rascist thought as well. but then you have to tell yourself not all indians are bad, its just the worst of them deepening their sterotype
Agreed; there are bad apples in every society. Note that these crooks probably genuinely do appreciate the victim's honesty. It's what they rely on to make the scam work.
@XwzDrL Quit being a racist fuck. There are good and bad people of all race and gender.
Jim, you absolute hero! You saved these poor people nearly $20,000. Words cannot express how much of an amazing person you are for doing that!
VHS youtube if you do scambait them or anyone else, upload a video of it. I would check it out
Your profile picture is literally my computer background lol @Dartanius100
he saved alot more than 20000 but its ok jim will have a special place in heaven
VHS youtube Scambug sounds better
He is The police of the internet
I really love your videos.. I have wasted 10 years watching nonsense in RUclips. You inspired me to learn cyber security cause i was a victim once. Thank you for educating us.
I am very proud of you Jim!
Are there any Cyber criminals in Ulster?
I know you can’t say to much because you don’t know who is watching here.
Usually I don’t like hearing accents from my homeland but I do enjoy hearing yours.
I’m originally from Millisle so you know what I’m talking about.
You are very methodical and calculated which is just what I would expect.
All I want to see is all the RUclips scam baiters teaming up and destroying call center after call center until someone notices.
I bet you will uncover some government officials eventually.
Be careful and stay safe!
I hate when my computer freezes and all of a sudden I have transferred $21,000 to someone.
Good Video my man! Your a hero
Another idea for you, if he could not contact her it might be possible to call the bank and ask them to put out a loudspeaker message for her or to do something to get her account flagged as being fraudulent. Good job again, another person saved!
Too much work , better to get her personally .
They think it's curious that someone calls them up to warn them about a scam, but don't react to someone having to logged into their own bank account to refund them a purchase. Technology education needs to be somewhat mandatory.
I can't imagine how people could be so dispicable!!
you're a legend! great job, you saved them!
15:49 "Which is left, right? Right."
Identity theft is not a joke, jim!
1 word to explain it: someone can go around doing bad things AS YOU
“One word”
ninjabellybutt Yes I realised that when I made this comment but I couldn’t be bothered to fix it unlike you pointing easy mistakes out
Because Identity theft is not a joke, millions of people suffer every year
I often type 21000 when i mean to type 500, it's a typing error! a common typing error.
I HATE it when that happens... really sucks when you want to pay your $500 dollar bill but right then you accidentally slip on a banana peel and hit your head on the keyboard and you end up paying $21000 instead, banktupting yourself in the process.
I K R
Especially when they are DOLLARS, real fuckin money
Well you know when your PC freezes and you accidentally Type 21000 instead of 500
dustyb58 lmao
I'm more surprised that the scammer knows how to substract hundreds from thousands. After all, Jim has proven how stupid they are.
me if I got $21,000 instead of $500: *hangs up and flees to Mexico*
lol
Lol I would just buy legos for my child
No suspicion after seeing any of these videos?
@@Gyr0nium God bless
They just reverse the credit putting your account negative for any amount of money u spent. So you'd be stuck in Mexico.
These videos scare me. They get me thinking someone close to me who is less tech savvy may have fallen for something this well put together.
You know, it’s interesting you say this as my father growing up now that I think of it always had one hell of a time with a computer and with dealing with the quote on quote so called “computer guys” always used to get frustrated with the Indians on the phone who’s constantly charge him for things, as a kid I unfortunately was blamed a lot of the time as I played games on his computer as a kid, so they’d have my father fooled it was a virus and my dad figured me being young and dumb opened a bad page and got a virus to his work desktop.. Now looking back I remember being blamed so often for this that I completely lost privileges of going on his computer.. wasnt until these issues persisted long after i had stopped using it that he realized something was up.
Looking back it was very easy for them to play onto the fact that it was just a young unsuspecting kid who pulled up a bad web page and got a virus while on the computer.
My great-aunt got scammed out of several thousand pounds a few years ago... I don't know which scam it was, but luckily, she mentioned it to several family members just a few hours later and they got down to the bank that day. Unfortunately, it wasn't a big enough amount that the bank flagged it as suspicious and she ended up losing the money :( Disgusting people. Thankfully, she doesn't/didn't have too many outgoing expenses so it didn't hurt her financially (ie she didn't have to borrow money off of people/companies to pay for other things), and she was helped by her family so that it doesn't happen again.
But it isn't well put together, it's quite obviously a scam. I'm not saying old people are stupid, but when someone with a thick indian accent claims to have a very Western name, they should just hang up.
all people need to know: if its an indian giving a white asf name like "John Smith", just hang up, or even better: mess with them and waste their time
This is like the only RUclips channel where I've ever considered becoming a patron.
@Conundrum Likewise. But it's the banks who should be paying Jim and others to do this, full time - and if they've any sense, they eventually will.
well theres also
anton petrov and secular talk !
@@maxmuller8633 I know, he works in IT. I bet he could make more money as a fraud investigator for large multinational banks or an intergovernmental service, though.
@@comanchio1976 That is a whole other thing and he is not the type of person that is unknown.
@@maxmuller8633 Your last comment made absolutely no sense to me.
My heart dropped when I saw that she'd already given them the money. So glad you saved them!
They took it, knowing her password. Bank reversed it.
@@luvpamelanewton you cant transfer 19k online. thats why they sent her in person
@@thelonestonr7243 Okay, makes sense.
Anonymoose spoilers!
What a legend he is! Imagine some random bloke saving you near 20k just because he felt like it. Jim, you are a legend mate
The work JimBrowning does is amazing. He deserves way more attention and way more patreon donations! God bless!
I agree 100%.
Dr. Marlowski Plot twist : JimBrowning is a scammer
@@Rafale25
The scammer and the scammed in this video were both paid actors.
@@JimBrowning
Yeah I know. Tis a joke.
Had to become a Patreon supporter after this video!
"Take your time, haha, no problem you take your sweet time I'm not in a hurry."
Disgusting.
Totes. Literally and figuratively.
If my grandma got 20000 instead on 200 she would have straight hung up and hit Walmart lol
Reminds me of when Pierogi from Scammer Payback (acting as Vivian) decided to use the $5000 he had pretended to have withdrawn in cash to purchase Best Buy gift cards for Vivian's grandson 🤣🤣
hey its me your bank we need to give you 500k in currency
but first we need your everything
Lol hahaha
Ok
each and everything
Yes i want, how do i get? I will do anything for you lisa!
Brilliant
Card number - 66795435
Sort code - 11/06/07
Sercurity - 465
Just drop it in my bank please cheers pal
When I saw the bank had reversed the transaction in time, I legit cheered and startled my wife.
This my kind of sports
@@sawderf741 The best type, at that.
She was doing something or thinking something bad.... prang
😂😂
Wow, thanks for being a good human! Is so good to know people like you exist in this world! :')
Kip Kipy Tiny unlike you with no sub count visible
@@KS-tl4hk It doesn't matter :o I know how many I have and that's all that matters to me. :3
@@Stoum51 Why does it matter, I am a lowlife gamer, if i make it past 100 ill turn it on, oh wait its already on numbskull -.-
@@KS-tl4hk So? They still bring in more views in one video than your channel has combined.
@@user-gc9dk7cc1y Very true.
This particular scammer is a bit more scary than the most of them because of how good his english is. Clearly he has an Indian accent but I don't think it's nearly as noticeable as the others so I'd think that only makes him more believable to someone who hasn't got a clue what's actually going on. Ps. Not trying to offend anyone, it just seems that the vast majority of scammers come from India or certain African countries. I'm well aware that there are scumbags of every nationality. So don't do that shit where you misunderstand my comment on purpose.
And their very charming.. "your very beautiful". And so on.
Yeah because the average older senior American invisions Indians in a few stereotypical roles: Doctor, Corner Store Clerk, Taxi Driver, Tech Support, Banker.
Should be a red flag...we call that sexual harassment over here and they would be fired.
Lol the replys
@Gear Jammer FUCK OFF YA RACIST BASTARD
"oh goodness me! jesus christ! just hold on nancy!" someone give this man a walmart oscar
@Abu Dabu an odd one
Hahahahaha "typing mistake" instead of 500 you type 21000? Lol
50000 would have been more believable and she had the cash so I’m surprised the dipshit didn’t arrange that.
@@RandomTask there may be additional safeguards for amounts of that size, including involving the IRS
MrRuination similar to the UK large transactions are flagged to the inland revenue but not stopped. It would be impractical and these guys would have disappeared by the time they caught up.
They're basically claiming that they refunded her the 21k instead of someone else, since they have to refund a lot of people simultaneously, as far as I understood.
Around 7:32 you can see the daily limit is 25k
My friend's mother is suffering from some form of memory loss and every day I worry something like this will happen to her. Scammers are absolute garbage!
I showed my mom (whos 70) Jim and Kits videos. She now toys with them on the phone!! We have to educate the seniors!
@@JengiX Good. Education goes a long way.
@@JengiX Good boomer
Isn't it amazing how they are the ones scamming an old lady and it's Jim that will be viewed with caution!!!
You're a legend Mr Browning, keep up your amazing work.
Most people won't question a refund.
@@emachine310 Well as has been pointed out before it's almost entirely old people but they certainly should question it though, I mean who randomly offers to give you a refund for a product or service you've never bought? The tiniest bit of critical thinking should tell you something isn't right, obviously that doesn't mean they should lose $20,000 of course.
Its because she's bought into all that crap they've fed her, she believes them, and then some random person calls her and tells her its all a lie.
Its not strange that he's viewed with caution, its actually expected.
How can you blame them though.....
It's hard to trust anyone these days.
@@morpheas768 it was the husband that was called. When the husband called The wife, she snapped too.
I've just spent the night binge watching this channel and now all I can hear in my head is Indians repeatedly saying "ok, ok, alright? What we are going to do now is...."
AAAAAAA ASAMEE ANAHAHA all night long that’s all I hear...
same bro and my family originated from india so its even worse
Legit Just did the same thing! Lol
I have “each and everything” burned into my brain.
the voice in my head now has an irish accent
I fell victim to ID theft some years back and its the most stressing thing I've experienced. Bless Jim Browning for doing the work hes doing.
I imagine it feels similar to coming home to your house to find out there was a breaking and entering or something like that...
@@faselblaDer3te Knowing that someone, somewhere, has all your personal information is really scary. You feel like you have no control over your own life....especially when your mailbox starts filling up with receipts for things you never bought. Luckily, all my debt was deleted in the end, but it gave me a scare. I've become super paranoid ever since and even a phone call from an unknown number (I never answer those) gives me anxiety.
faselblaDer3te when I was about 6 or so me and my family went out to church and my dad went home a bit early to see that our house was messed up and most of our belongings were gone. One thing I find funny about the situation was they stole my *reading lamp*
@@emmaly8993 Was it a cool themed reading lamp?
@D2o40 Akz report everything to the police, and keep a dialogue with any creditors.
Wouldn't the bank be suspicious when the old lady comes in wanting to send 19k to coinbase? My bank raises eyebrows when I want to take $1000 cash out!
🤣
They do, which is why they don't want you to go through your bank usually
Wire transfers are what people use for large purchases, like house down payments, cars, etc.
Yep was thinking exact same thing , my bank asks me what the money is for over 500
YOU SAVED SOMEONE $20,000
Wow man
You are amazing
Yeah, but why he always waits for the last moment? Why not help her immediately. He would lose the chance to get this video, but it's about saving people first, right?
@@SmartK8 Because he is showing us how they do these things and raising awareness.
@jubeifyGuy guy the indian people dont deserve the hate. The vast majority of indians are good people and infact Hate these scammers just as much if not more.
@@SmartK8 Would you rather he just left it tottaly?🤣🤣😂
@@SmartK8 its about educating others.
"you look very beautiful as well" The cringe
Typical Indian things xD
Arsalan Nawaz, some people like cats. I heard the pope is a cataholic
I know .. uuggghhh
Yeah but he meant it. He said so himself.
It's an honest mistake, everyone knows the 21000 button is right next to the 500 button.
I wanna see a “customer” one day see a “refund” of $21,000 and just be like: “alright see nothing wrong with it” and yeet the phone call lmfao
The scammers use the word "OK" a lot at the end of sentences... trying to reinforce confidence...
no it's just how indians talk
@@jidma i disagree, it is a tactic to try influence the mind of the person on the other side of the phone call... its trying to gain confidence by smothering them with OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK all the time
Dean Heylen what are you a psychologist
@@azain7443 that's common knowledge ok
@@asecondago7 ok 😁
I love how you get directly involved and warn those being scammed. I can imagine this is not easy - they don't know who to believe, and you have to try to convince them.
"You look very beautiful." Gah they make me sick!!
"Are you handy with a paper and pen?" No, I'm uncoordinated as hell. I put the paper in my mouth and pen in my nose. Is that good?
He uses the Lord's name as a cuss word, then says God bless you. Smh..
Him: sir I accidentally gave you 21,000
Can we have it back??
Me:its my money now bitch.(ends call)
*Hits refresh*
"Damn the money's gone" 😎
I often wonder how often these scams have failed due to the apparent victim being fraudulent themselves by them telling the scammer that they are not going to return any of the money.
@Han Lockhart true.
@Han Lockhart they are more vulnerable. they have less experience around computers which means they dont recognize scams when they are happening. this isnt true for all of them, but most havent grown up around computers like younger people have
@@clarenceboddicker6679 LOL maybe I'll do that
“you’d almost think , he’d rehearsed this” 😂 i love the snide little one liners jim throws in every now and then
14:50 "Im shivering right now" - I actually believe him, he is about 20 minutes away from 1,5 million rupees, you can buy a house and a car with that money in India.
You're assuming that he'll get all of it himself.
@@M4RC90 Even if he would get 15% as a reward it would make about 7 average Indian salaries. Still worth shivering :)
Why didnt the scammer not do 50,000 and do 21000
@@yat_ii bc that’s all they need if it was for example 75,000 the bank would be like o that’s weird
I think this scammer has the best accent and prononciation so far.
FlymanMS he still sounds ridiculous. "Please be handy with a pen and paper." There were other examples as well. I don't understand where these specifically Indian-English colloquialisms come from (as someone who is half Indian), but they are annoying as fuck. Any English speaking Indians I know around my age or my parents age speak English perfectly normally, but people of my grandparents generation tend to speak like your classic Indian tech support. I truly am at a loss as to where these people learn English like this, but it is infuriating to listen to...
Also it doesn't help that this asshole is constantly repeating himself loudly as if he's talking over the poor woman...I would strangle him if he did this to me -_-
Faker Baker To me he sounds very indian
@@arjunyg4655 what's up with the "do one thing"? Is it just an easy catch all sentence crutch or what?
@Faker Baker I think he might be my cousin
His script and polish were pretty good too
“ Identify theft is not a joke Jim! Millions of people suffer every year”
MICHAEL !
Bears, beets, battlestar gallactica.
I just made that comment and I just knew if I looked I would find it, and here I am.
arkonez lmao same so I deleted mine one day... one day
i spent way too much time looking for this exact comment in this comment section
"Oh, my God! Jesus Christ!"
lol because that's how a pro talks to clients haha
more like oh my vishnu
Oh my cow!
I think that’s India…
Holy cow.
Anton Wilzewski 🐮
@@Davethedog141 He's so professional, he even took the time to research her religion so as to not offend her.
Professional help desk would never ever say oh my god or jesus christ
I can’t agree with you more. This is so upsetting.
Our company intern help desk regularly drops the f-bomb
If a human being is working at the help desk, they it could very well happen. Humans swear/curse (even the nice/good/well-spoken/professional ones).
I mean, they might out of reflex. However they would try to avoid it, this guy on the other hands draws his shock out, which is really unbelievable. If an actual help desk employee had messed up, they'd probably try to conceal their shock, simply explain what happened and go straight to a solution. Emphasizing how badly you messed up is unprofessional, because it would have the potential to hurt the image of a real company.
I wouldn’t think this is very uncommon? Most people have verbal slips, especially when something is actually going wrong.
"Identity theft isn't a joke, Jim."
Millions of families suffer everyday,
Michael!!!
This deserves so many more likes
@@ellyrhae9092 oh that's funny, Michael
@@Angry_Peanut_52 Who is Michael?
I cried as I watched this video! I imagined someone doing this to my grandmother and it breaks my heart! Sadly, this is happening every day! YOU ARE A HERO! I wish so much I could support you! I hope you have been able to quit whatever job you had and are able to do this full-time! God bless!
Jim this is so patently sad to see the efforts scammers are resorting to. As a senior citizen, I am appalled at the behavior and so grateful there are people like you warning us how easily it is to scam trusting individuals. Thank you Jim
@ninuxy Can't wait to see you get scammed when you're seventy and no longer in touch with technology.
@ninuxy you're such a baby, every older generation will say the new generation is bad and every new generation is going to say the old generation is weak. be a kind human being and be good to people of every age and maybe your life will stop sucking so much since you're this angry over old people (that didn't have technology when growing up) being scammed online.
@ninuxy The man literally never complained about a millennial once in his comment, Why the hell are you so primed to attack the old that you come frothing at the mouth the moment someone utters the word "senior citizen"? He just thanked jim for helping teach people around his age about scammers and technology and you come in like "Hurr durr old dumb bc they didn't learn computers that I grew up with and have an intuitive knowledge of" Okay pal, Get an instrument you've never played before, then bang me out a fucking master tune with help from a guy that plays it giving you a few quick pointers. After all age/lack of exposure isn't an excuse to be a fucking idiot, right? Literacy with computers and digital tehcnology is a whole new ball game to people who havent been exposed to it nearly their entire life.
You have a narrow-minded view, an utterly horrid grasp on generational differences and what the vast majority of senior citizens are actually like, and lastly and possibly most importantly you are the exact person you claim to hate, You literally blame shit on the "other" generation as "payback" when the people you're "paying back" would say the literal exact same thing about you. To them they are getting "payback" on the "millenials" you are what you hate, how do you feel?
The funniest part about this is that when boomers come a raging id be right there by your side but jesus fucking christ man all the guy said was thanks and you outright attacked the poor guy. he EVEN specified "trusting individuals" at the end, NOT JUST other senior citizens, which could be anyone of any age or creed, but Nooooo you were so hyped up on your hating people over the age of 50 juice that you still had to take a fucking potshot, Jesus dude grow up.
Identity theft is not a joke Jim! Millions of families suffer every year
-Dwight Shrute
Schrute**
bears, beets, battlestar galactica
Jim: “Michael!”
Dwight: “Michael!”
Love that Comment - miss the Office so bad
Can’t u just watch it?
It doesn't make sense to say, I don't want my manager to find out, I'm scared if he finds out, and then say the company is happy to offer three times compensation because of the mistake.
Yeah honestly it's not just that people who fall for these aren't tech savvy, they also have no bullshit radar.
If you could even wonder why and how you COULD even do a "mistake" for a mere 500 to 20k and still able to "refund" it?!
Even with the hole 3 times thingy? The sus meter is over 9000!!!
Watching this actually made me feel sick. The fact that people can prey on such innocence and honesty is horrible.
Thankfully, your hard work and kindness saved this couple from losing out.
Amazing work.
Well you know that the only reason they didn't try for 50k was that they thought they might not be able to pull it off
oh my god *NANCY*
The Scammer sounds like a big fan of Simply Red
_Jesus Christ_
@@dinosaurtreesflowers *Cheese and crackers Nacy*
You have incredible nerves Jim... I am shaking like expensive dog only watching your videos, can't imagine being you. So angry...
Shaking like an expensive dog. That’s a new one on me lol
Yeah, he has patience and he is waiting to for the right opportunity to take down these scammers.
@@Chalky29 lol 🤣 🤣 yea... you know those little dogs which are always shaking? This is what I meant... glad I made you laugh
I'm shaking as well, but I haven't had my crack
@@INeedAttentionEXE lol 🤣🤣 crack addict doesn't have shaking withdrawals... but I guess it was a joke anyway
".. take your sweet time.." in US that is an insult to say sweet time, meaning: you have made me mad by being slow. On one of my videos when they said that, Id already been on the phone for 10 min with them, and that was the breaking point where I tore their head off. Great Job Mr Browning!
It's a little sarcastic in the UK, but not hugely impolite.
When they say "okay" "believe me" "I am telling you" or they constantly say your first name. It's a scammer
Or "sir"
M_Stanfield5441 - actually I was taught, from a very young age, to repeat the person's name occasionally in conversation. It is a "solid" way of remembering the name of the person. It does work.
@@danilostevanovicgeschaftsa1490 or “madam/ma’am”
@@danilostevanovicgeschaftsa1490 or “oh my god”
"Believe me" is a pretty good giveaway. If they were honest, there would be no reason to say that.
"I'm telling you" is a technique to avoid cognitive dissonance on the end of the scammer. When they start a phrase with "I'm telling you" the statement will be true no matter what follows, as they are in fact telling you whatever their lie is.
This makes me soooo angry. I'm 80 and have friends that would fall for these scams. Makes me want to do REAL damage to these vile weasels.
Really
Lol 80 year old woman watches youtube?
@@value2887 And 80 years old woman plays Skyrim. Hell I played with a 70 year old man on Guild Wars 2 for years. Soooo I don't really see your question being valid.
@@StudlyFudd13 I am dying from esophageal swelling pray for me
@@value2887 older people tend to be less tech savy and so should form at least part of the audience for videos like this so they can know what to look out for.
It amazes me how often people say, "I'm telling you the truth", or, "Believe me", when they are lying.
thou doth protest too much
Not all heroes wear capes. Some just have very good computer skills and a kind heart. Thank you Jim Browning.
14:29 After this sentence would be the exact time i would have hung up. "Thank you for the 21k dollars. sorry that you will loose your job. bye bye!"
"I am just shivering right now" he says in a completely calm voice
Oh Jim my heart dropped when I saw the 19K was gone but luckily they got it back. Well done to you for helping them. I would loved to have seen the scammers celebration turn to horror when he realised the transaction was cancelled.
"It's a big mistake, and I've done it before" lol
lmao
Jim's voice is so cool it could make babies go to sleep while explaining hacking to them.
xd
$21,000!!! Oh my goodness!! XD I can't believe how bad these people are at acting!!
Is it a job requirement to be bad at acting/english?
Also "save my job and my life!" Wow!
I know, I cringed a lot
This guy's accent was actually one of the best accents I've seen among Indian (or Pakistani) phone scammers, and his English syntax seemed fine too (although I don't remember well; I listen to so many maybe there were some mistakes I just forgot about), certainly good-enough with no major blunders unlike most of them.
I agree that the acting was relatively poor, but most people have major problems with acting; it's not easy; you're telling multiple lies after all. It's just as possible to over-act as it is to under-act, so it's not like one can just turn up or down a metaphorical dial.
Scammers get executed on the job if the victim doesnt "give" back the money?
Live and learn.
The Australian okay is hilarious
His accent maybe slightly more understandable but he makes obvious Inglish mistakes like not using "to"..
Phew!. I thought they lost the money for good. I was rooting for Nancy the whole time. I was the edge of my seat toward the end. This better than any freaking action movie. The suspense was enthralling. Great video !!!!!
This makes me want mandatory, yearly scam alerts sent to every senior citizens, educating them on how to protect themselves. This has to stop.
"I am shivering right now"
he said while laughing and with a clear voice
I have a surefire way to stop my identity from being stolen.
It’s not worth stealing.
It probably is
Even if you have no money, if someone opens credit cards in your name they can still rack up debt for you while buying stuff for themselves.
r/woooooooooooooooooooooooooosh
Illegal immigrants in the US disagree. A stolen SSN makes it easier for them to find employment. You get a rude surprise from the IRS eventually, though, since they've filed a W2 with your name and SSN and claimed all the exemptions needed to avoid having taxes withheld and often will file fraudulent documents (again, with your ID on them) to get a fat "refund" check.
Matthew Dahl just replying to your old comment. Yes that’s true but your credit can be so shit that no smart or decent agency would accept any applications from you for a line of credit. They’d deny you for everything essentially worthless unless your credit improves or you file bankruptcy.
I was so, so relieved when you showed that Nancy had reversed the transfer. Thank you for doing this work.
Am glad there are people like you and kitboga that make this public.
Tommy and the hoax hotel
And deeveeaarr
Yall should check out Scammer Revolts. He Syskeys and Deletes Scammer's files! They get pissed and it's absolutely priceless! I am glad I found this channel though... This channel is a bit "sophisticated" if you will :-)
Dont forget scammerrevolts!
I think I know this person. My mother and I are from Connecticut, and a friend of ours told us this happened to them. The exact amount scammed.
Wow
If that is so, please send them this vidoe? Kudos to this man and I'm glad they got the money back.
I was thinking the same thing. It was Thomason savings bank so I knew it was CT
woah insane that was really close and the amount was huge aswell. "Normal" tech support scam is really peanuts compared to this... Good job Jim also in warning the husband!
Wow this is terrifying. I get daily fake refunds from “Apple” because they’re “going out of business”.
You can try to annoy the shit out of them and then they'll hopefully stop
Apple don't go out of business.
@@iProgramInCpp wanna bet ;) Some mighty giants have fallen in the past, and continue to fall today. Apple lost Steve (RIP) and many would argue, with him, their way forward.
@@005AGIMA I meant that Apple don't go out of business at this moment, just because they are so rich.
@@iProgramInCpp yeah i know ;) It's a silly one for the scammers to pick, but I guess it's also not as it's a known name and many people will think "but I use apple" and be baited in.
I recently had to transfer a large amount of money from my bank account in the UK to an account in the USA. After deciding to use TransferWise (a legit company) to complete the transfer (they typically offer better exchange rates and lower fees than the banks) I set up the transaction, only for my bank (NatWest) to flag it as a suspicious transaction. Not surprising since TransferWise can be used to ship money just about anywhere in the world, once the money has been sent to them.
I received an email from the bank to call their security department, which I did, and spent a few minutes confirming my identity with information only I could know (like when I last changed the address on the account). I was also asked if I had received a call from the bank this morning about the transfer, and since I was out of the country, I said no, but that someone at home might have, but I haven't talked to anyone.
Interestingly, that seemed to trigger the rep's concern that I might be being scammed. There was nothing I could say to convince him I knew exactly what the banking scams are, and that I even watch videos (like this one) on a regular basis! He told me I would have to go into a local branch to unlock my account, but I said needed the money before I got back to the UK, so that wouldn't fly. In the end, after talking to his manager, he asked me to ring off and call home to talk to the person who took the call and then call them back. I pointed out that I could simply pretend to do all that, so it wouldn't prove anything, but he would not be moved. I think it was more to confirm to myself that I wasn't being scammed, if that makes any sense...
So I did what he asked, found out the approximate time of the call (which I guess would have been confirmation it was legit) and called back a couple of hours later, getting a different rep. I went through the same confirm identity process, and then I was ready to continue the previous conversation, but this new rep cut me off, telling me she'd already unlocked my account and approved the flagged transfer... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Although the whole process was a little aggravating, and the prospect of not being able to get the money to where I needed it was worrying, I find it hard to be mad at them, given what happened in this video. It's good know that they're on the lookout for this type of scam, and at least I know that if anyone else does try to get their hands on the money in my bank account, they're not going to have an easy time of it.
It was probably a PITA for you, but at least you know that they care enough to cross their ts and dot their is.
I worked in a loan department at a bank. An elderly woman called in, frantic and desperately needing a 2k loan for her grandson because he had gone to a prison in Tennessee and they wouldn't fix his broken arm without 2k.
I told her this sounds like a scam, and advised that maybe we could ring up her grandson or his mom (her daughter) to check. She was so freaked out, she wasn't having any of it and started crying before demanding I take the application.
We can't legally deny an application, so I did it, asking her to PLEASE call her family while a loan officer reviewed it.
The loan partner, the one who funds the loan and sets up the due date and pay schedule also asked her to just TALK TO HER FAMILY first.
When she went to the bank to wire it out, she was on the phone (probably with the scammer) and was very paranoid and frantic.
It's crazy to believe that, even when you do everything you can, people can still get so in their heads that they wont listen. I get it, she was elderly, incredibly freaked out, and maybe her mind wasnt in tip top shape.
What I'm saying is this; those safeguards are in place so that, when you're older and maybe starting to be forgetful and untrustworthy, you will still have a chance to not get scammed. Did any of our warnings and suggestions work? No, they didn't. And we legally cant stop anyone from doing anything with their own money and information.
She came in next week, telling us she'd been scammed. We did forgive the loan. The biggest tool your financial institution has to get you to realize it's a scam is adding time, seeding doubt (have you talked to your family about this?) And by being hypervigilant with IDing people.
Likewise when I moved FROM the UK, it was a nightmare to transfer money (from a house sale) from my UK account to my Australia account. But like you, I was grateful for how hard it was, even though I had both a house and car purchase waiting for the money. The more checks in place, the better.
“I’m just telling you the truth, believe me” Wow
I see that 84 scammers have thumbs downed that you saved this poor lady from a 19,000 dollar scam. How are people that heartless.
It's probably the scammers that disliked the video
The scammers always say:
“I will tell you one thing”
They always say more than one thing. I wish they never said anything xd
Yes "I do believe" they "explain us" this way
"Hello, Mr. Villiams. I'm calling to tell one important thing"
"Important thing?!"
"Yis"
"Tell it now!"
"Hahahaha, sorry. I won't disclose my name and address to you"
"It's your wish, now, tell me the madame sir?"
"I need some money. IMMEDIATELY"
"Money? This is not a bank!"
"I know. I'm fully aware of my demand."
"What is the motive behind this demand?"
"Necessity. Necessity for MONEY."
"I'm not supply money for a necessities!"
"Sir! You are not provide to give money?"
"Yis. I'm not."
"Hmmmmm... I realise that. BUT! Is this because you don't have money? Or else?"
"Bloody!" **SLAM**
....
"HALLO?! ........ HALLO? HALLO?! ...... Hahahahaha! VILLIAMS!"
“I have a very huge family” - the only honest thing the scammer says for the entire video
😂
You know him do you? How do you know he was even honest about that?
@@Julmaa87 he hacked his webcam, and saw his big ass family, his statement is confirmed to be valid, i assure you.
Just like rabbits
Damn it'd be a shame if someone shut down that scam and made sure that his family couldn't eat...
"You look very beautiful." Gah they make me sick!!
"Are you handy with a paper and pen?" No, I'm uncoordinated as hell. I put the paper in my mouth and pen in my nose. Is that good?
He uses the Lord's name as a cuss word, then says God bless you. Smh..
Artist Known As Lisa IKR, literally all those things you said made me want to punch these scammers in the face. My own grandmother fell for this one time which hurt my family😔
@@faznaz7455 I'm so sorry. I know.. they're disgusting, worthless pieces of garbage.
@@faznaz7455 My father almost fell for one of the phone ones thinking my son was in jail in Toronto. Luckily he called me before giving them money.
If Jim saved me from being ripped off to the tune of thousand of £'s/$'s, i'd bung him a few quid for saving me and giving me an education.
I know it’s a year later, but what does “bung him a few quid” mean?
You save lives.. huge respect and credit to you.
I cant believe what type of person would have the heart to do this to anyone, let alone an elderly person who worked hard all their lives.
Jim Browning
That was to close for comfort !!! Was there no way for you to contact her bank ??? It seems to me that I would have called her bank, to put a stop to what was going on !!
I do LOVE your channel !! Thank you for all that you do !!
Which one? He would have to find the right branch. It was faster for the husband to call the wife, while holding your breath she answers the phone when he calls.
It would take more time convincing the person at the other end than her own husband who knows that the wife has just gone out somewhere in a hurry.
I liked the way Jim explained without any change in his voice or emotion. If I were him, I would freak out when the guy was reluctant to believe. This man is an embodiment of patience!!!
6:09 ... *"I am telling you the truth, believe me". No one ever say this unless he or she is lying!* I do admire your work and effort Jim! Wish you all good!
I thought this was a Donald Trump quote at first 😂
@@MrRuination The second part belongs to Jon Stewart )) Search for "Jon Stewart To The Media: It's Time To Get Your Groove Back" I just can't stop laughing!
@@jpgonly7034 Thanks for that! I watched it, loved it, I really miss Jon Stewart! I love Trevor Noah, but he's not Jon...
@@mmmk1616 You're right! Jon is SPECIAL! Trevor, i like him too! He is unique in doing damn right accents of other nations. I don't know how does he do it, but he is always spot on. Search for "Trevor Noah - Some Languages Are Scary" here I totally disagree about Arabic language, but ... 100% agree about Russian language;) I do know much about Russian and its culture, i'd say... inside-out)
@@jpgonly7034 Yes, he does accents so very well :)
i started binge watching these videos in quarantine because Jim's voice is really soothing
trying to convince these people that you're on their side and trying to help them is like convincing the last remaining fellow crewmate that you're a crewmate as well in among us
As simple as it sounds, everyone, EVERYONE should be taught this in school so that nobody will ever be scammed ever.
These scams seriously need to stop.
1:45 damn the way he talks is exactly like a cliche movie villain trying to set a trap
Man, the number of times you can hear the scammer's dupers delight. He's supposed to be worried and upset about making a mistake that loses the 'company' money yet he chuckles in between gasps of horror.
I mean if the person you're dealing with is laughing about what would be an incredibly serious and fire-able mistake should be a big red flag (among many obviously)
"you're the only one in this whole world who can save my job AND my life" lmaooo
Good Job Jim for stopping this before it was too late.
Jesus Christ, those acting skills are, oh my God, so good, Jesus Christ
Thank you for what you do Jim
Oh my gosh Nancy, Nancy, Nancy, Nancy, please "Do one thing" and don't send copies of your ID to people you don't know!! Well done, Nancy's Husband.👍 Great vid, Jim. Thank you for spreading the awareness!!! 😊✌&❤
@@Nico97fr Sadly this is very true in many case. People can go through a legal process to prevent someone elderly or otherwise unable to manage their account from having control of it. Problem is someone still has to manage it and not everyone has someone they can trust. I also feel like passing a class to use online banking, rather than courtroom filing after someone incapable is given an account, would be more appropriate.
Certain parameters are red flags and some scared kids with their first monetary accounts can make mistakes too. Fake holding a computer for ransom may work well on any child old enough to not just unplug the device and pretend they were not using it behind their parents back. A child swiping a card to pay for a video game or a teen afraid after porn are good examples of this scenario, especially paid porn on a device their parents own.
The work you do has to be applauded, Everyone who owns a pc or is considered vulnerable should be made aware of these disgusting individuals ..You are a godsend to many of these elderly victims and of course to the future victims of these scumbags, so glad nancy got the warning in time.
This is like watching the saddest documentary
It's amazing how much effort you put into helping other people, you're a good person and your videos are amazing.
Amazing job. We need more people like. Thanks for saving Nancy and her husband
Jim, you're nothing short of a hero. For you to go to such lengths to help these people is just amazing. This woman and her husband are total strangers to you and you get nothing in return for all you do. This is so incredibly rare these days. You renew my hope in humanity!!!
Thank you so much for helping the lady. I’m so glad her husband listened and didn’t brush you off.
I'm so glad my grandma doesn't use the internet because of these predatory scammers. She doesn't have a laptop or a desktop and she can't even get internet on her phone because it's super old, think of the old Nokia brick phones from the 2000s. All of us in the younger generations should talk to our elderly family members to warn them of scams.
This video legit broke my heart. Thanks for all that you do, Jim.