50 Amazon Scam Calls (humorous scambaiting with The Major and others)
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2022
- Chapter marks for each call can be found here in the description. I'm back as the man of a thousand voices - or (more accurately) up to 10 very similar-sounding voices - talking to criminals who pretend to be from Amazon. They want me to download software that will give them control of my computer. As I am a very amateur scambaiter with close to zero technical skills I would never do that, but I am reasonably adept at the fine arts of time-wasting and putting them off with silly characters who say silly things. Warning: includes strong language.
******* The calls: *******
0:00:40 Call 01 - Not much choice
0:02:30 Call 02 - Hide and seek with The Major
0:06:56 Call 03 - Rat enthusiast
0:11:38 Call 04 - I don't have a computer
0:14:22 Call 05 - There's an echo on the line
0:16:02 Call 06 - The Major asks for advice
0:23:10 Call 07 - Hope it's not catching
0:25:47 Call 08 - I am Amazon Customer Services
0:27:02 Call 09 - What if I insult them back?
0:31:50 Call 10 - Not a good enough reason
0:33:28 Call 11 - 'Amazon' is a happy place to work
0:34:45 Call 12 - Other communication methods
0:37:43 Call 13 - The Major gets a refund
0:40:56 Call 14 - A highly convincing fake page
0:45:07 Call 15 - "I am from Jean-Marc"
0:46:34 Call 16 - Precision is important for The Major
0:49:28 Call 17 - Spider enthusiast
0:51:55 Call 18 - The Major accepts
0:54:01 Call 19 - "Three 'W's for Whisky" with The Major
1:02:32 Call 20 - Unanswered questions
1:04:15 Call 21 - The Major is taught how to speak
1:08:10 Call 22 - Two lost souls
1:11:04 Call 23 - Scammer turns into salesman
1:15:46 Call 24 - Every day's a party day at 'Amazon'
1:16:51 Call 25 - Scammer can't be bothered
1:17:56 Interlude - A moment of silence
1:18:42 Call 26 - The Major has any other queries
1:21:39 Call 27 - A terrible warning
1:25:21 Call 28 - The Major finds out about the new Iffone
1:29:50 Call 29 - The Major just can't stop
1:32:02 Call 30 - Disappointed Magus
1:34:12 Call 31 - The power of the Cross
1:36:24 Call 32 - What if I offer to pay?
1:37:52 Call 33 - The Major asks if the iPhone 7 is worth it
1:41:17 Call 34 - Fly on the wall
1:43:17 Call 35 - Tortoise enthusiast
1:48:42 Call 36 - Baffled aesthete
1:54:56 Call 37 - The Major in "Call me madam"
2:04:07 Call 38 - Incoherence, the new fragrance pour homme
2:08:15 Call 39 - The Major's coffee morning
2:15:22 Call 40 - The Major's coffee morning continues
2:27:59 Call 41 - Sales analysis
2:35:04 Call 42 - No, you hang up
2:40:37 Call 43 - Never ask a Medium what she sees
2:49:45 Call 44 - The Major's coffee morning - the final dregs
2:55:25 Call 45 - Amazon scammer versus a tortoise
3:12:58 Call 46 - Giraffe enthusiast
3:37:40 Call 47 - Why do they do it?
3:44:23 Call 48 - Become a scammer and work from home
3:59:57 Call 49 - The problem with a Google search...
4:09:17 Call 50 - Living by numbers
The best information on this scam is provided on RUclips by people who know what they're doing: @JimBrowning (e.g. here • Scamazon Prime ), and Pierogi at @ScammerPayback . To be clear, the scammers do not work for Amazon and have no connection with the company. The scammers get victims to download AnyDesk, TeamViewer, AweSun, dSupport, Supremo, Iperius Remote or other remote control software, in order to claim a nonexistent refund. The scammers then contrive it so that their victim accidentally claims too big a refund, and then guilt/order the victim to repay the difference, often via gift cards. Refuse, and they will lock you out of your computer/phone. Either way they will probably also steal your banking details, money, and personal data.
Why 50 calls? It could have been many more, but I had to stop somewhere. 50 is a nice round number and serves to convey the level of intrusion that these scammers create. These are all cold, incoming calls made to me by the scammers - I don't go looking for trouble, but when they disturb me I think it's only courteous to talk to them. 
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Welcome back Major, Benji, and the whole family of crazy characters! You have all been sorely missed.
Surely after such Herculean effort, The Major should be in line for some sort of recognition from Her Majesty The Queen? An O.B.E, M.B.E. or even (date I say it?) a Knighthood?
Thank you so much for this - I have laughed out loud on multiple occasions whilst listening to this!
And a particularly favourite moment of mine, I hear you ask?
Well, it's gotta be: 'Yeah... computer's on... TWAT!'
Keep up the good work!
P.S. Please give my regards to Benji!
50 calls you have put online - these scumbags are relentless! - how come you get so many? I have never had one call for Amazon, but plenty of other phone scammers. Keep up the good work wasting these fools time!
Thanks! I think I got put on a suckers' list, and they never bother to take off the time-wasters. Maybe it's regional? I've never had Norton/McAfee scammers.
Had lots of calls like this back in 2020 several times a day, to the point where I couldn't take calls for work as they were constantly phoning.
Changed my number since and it's lovely and quiet now thank goodness.
The rat one was hilarious, I love rats lol 😅
I am a huge “Major” fan-- along with his spaniel!
Same
I'm glad to hear from the major am a huge fan! I got some of this phone calls from Amazon and don't even have an Amazon account! Wasn't sure what they wanted it never was clear