I dont know anything about computer stuff but i really love this video..thankyou all of you guys for the hard and amazing work..all the love from Philippines to Saudi Arabia❤❤❤❤
She was absolutely amazing!!! She actually made me feel bad as well because I could so easily believe it was just a poor innocent person believing that they were about to lose everything… these scammers are awful. All the power to that lady for being able to flip the script!
Other companies would be wise to do this. It would protect their reputation. And it would be a great effort it lowering bandwidth use for everybody. When the pipes are clear, everyone's internet could be a lot better.
It isn't justice. Losing 2 Weeks of time is nothing compared to losing life savings. They will keep doing it because its basically a clap on the wrist.
@@thrakirlp4233There’s a short story I read once. A grandpa and his grandson were walking along the beach, where many starfish had been washed up by the tides. The grandpa stopped to throw the starfish back into the sea. The grandson asked, “Grandpa, why bother? There’s too many starfish on the beach for it to matter.” The grandpa picked up a starfish, threw it back and said, “It mattered to that one.”
Absolutely incredible job man. The amount of organization behind the PPC 2023 can't be underestimated. Thank you @AnyDesk too for making the 1st week possible - great job Matt, Pierogi, Brandon and SP team. I wish I could have been there, but perhaps next year.
@@dmm3124 Ikr the name really does, lol 😂 But it works too well to be communist. At a communist enterprise, people pretend to pay people who pretend to work; which eventually, inevitably, devolves into catastrophic failure.
Faaaacts. My folks have been scammed a couple times and I'm just so confused, after the childhood training, how and why they would trust a disembodied voice on the phone.
Also not to give out family members phone numbers without permission or informing them. That’s how I got scammed. My mum’s card wasn’t working online, so I used mine. Then my so called bank called, little did I know they’d phoned my mum first and she’d given them my phone number. I really believed it was my bank because they’re really quick in the fraud department. And my phone number is very private. So they took every last penny I had. When they hung up I felt it was odd, so called the fraud team and they handled it quickly. They got caught, thankfully.
@@hugh_jasso There weren't scammers when they were raising you. I am still sharp enough, I know what not to do. If I am feeling feisty and get an incoming call I may play with them and waste their time, but *NEVER* give information. As I age from here on out and scammers get more creative, I can't promise it will stay that way... :(
As an Indian, thank you so much for this. These scammers are vicious to us all, they don't even spare their own country. I'm not in the cybersecurity field so I'm not of much help but I hope your video is successful so you're able to carry more of such operations.
Huge respect to you brother, Even though I am not from your country it genuinely upsets me because of what these people do and how they make your culture and race look bad to those who are ignorant Around the world who They think you are all like this.. I just wanted to remind you that most of us over in North America know that it's a small Fraction of your society who are like this and that they are not liked by the rest of your country for the shame they bring... My first time traveling was to India and I loved it; I had never left Canada and was always just a negative person assuming that I wouldn't be welcome in another person's own country. I assumed that simply because I was from Canada ,People would think I'm rich or even well off.. even though I'm barely able to pay rent and my bills and I definitely don't have any luxuries in my life. But I ended up staying in India for over 3 months because the people that I met in those first 2 weeks were so amazing and took time to show me around and even welcomed me to sleep at their home.. i felt so loved.. so instead of continuing on to 2 other locations I had planned for my 4 month trip i instead stayed in india, and it was the best experience i had in my life. 🇨🇦🤝🏼 🇮🇳
Hey guys, I’m 73 and haven’t a clue at what you are doing! But it’s so much fun watching you all mess with these scumbags! My sister lost nearly $800,000,00 last year. She now lives in a caravan on her daughter’s property. She is 76. I feel so bad for her, but her heart took over and that was that. I love your work guys! Keep it up! Chris, Western Australia 🇦🇺.
I know it's not enough to find someone's info, but the fact that you're even putting your first name and location is probably not a good sign that you took away the right message from this video. Don't sign your posts like they're personal letters man.
Chris, there's plenty of us Anydesk users helping seniors like yourself overcome technology safely! I feel so sorry for your sister, I've had many of my senior customers in the same position. Carl - MetaWeb IT, QLD
You should have kept this idea to yourself. Unless you want to act on it and make it a reality. I'm not sure ho you could monetise it but it's not a bad idea.
Hundreds of scammers in jail, bunch of them banned. If you just save ONE person losing their life savings, what you're doing is totally worth it. Thank you for doing this, so much!
I am an IT professional on a much lower level than these guys. I applaud and admire what they are doing. I also applaud AnyDesk for joining the fight instead of being like Facebook, Twitter, and RUclips saying they can't do anything. Well done AnyDesk!
@penileymajorey7174no. Don't. Not all Indians are doing this. Don't lump the entire group of people into this category. There are good Indians too that hate what these scammers are doing. And there are American scammers and con artists too. Evil and corruption are not specific to one country or group of people.
I was recently a scam victim to the bank scammers while I was sick and they took my entire life savings. Unfortunately the bank I'm with will not reimburse me for any of the loss so seeing them helping the victims makes me so happy. Thank you so much for your work.
Pierogi, I'm calling you Big Daddy from now on 😂 The things those scammers say man! It's too much. Also, I had no idea so many scammers were shirtless!
U guys killing it, it's so inspiring, i wish i could save people like how you are doing, but I'm not socially capable to do it, we are not free to do the right thing we wanted to do for our country because of stinky powerful people, but still i will always support you and spread education to people how not to get scammed, thanks perogi, love from Indians
Its what I expected tbh. Scammers seem like the type to be fat asses sitting around all day stuffing their faces with gross snacks with little to no clothing. theyre like discord mods that way.
You guys, the scambaiter youtubers, the volunteers, or just the People's call center as a whole. You guys are literal unsung heroes. This was an amazing watch and looking forward to the people's call center 2024! Keep bringing the fight to the scammers!
I no longer do business in Canada with any Indians that move here because Indian + Scam is as normal as saying Canadian +Hockey or Maple Syrup... Wish youd all go the F home cause all they do is complain here....why leave India if its so bad in the west? I do contracting and my god the cheapness and unwillingness to pay...literally had us examine with a lawyer if we can refuse business without being called out for Racism or some left wing BS law.. the $5000 spent on the lawyer will save me $500,000 in my lifetime. I trust an Iranian, Russian, Chinese, Afghani or North Korean faster than i would an Indian.... Sorry but its just facts from 10 years of business.
Good to hear you're on the right side. One thing you can do in India is help elect officials who aren't corrupt and don't look the other way on crime like this, because too many do. More pressure on this illegal activity should be coming from the Indian government than scambaiters, yet I don't think that's the case.
Thank you so much for what you are doing!! My mother was scammed out of $10.6k. We filed a police report. We were told that nothing could be done as the money was transferred by the scammers to a bank in the islands. Why isn't the FBI or the CIA doing something about this?
I am an Indian and My father was about to get scammed just yesterday... I cannot thank you enough for doing this. I will support this as much as I can.
That lady crying almost had me convinced that she was in full distress. That was awesone acting. And great work scamming the scammered. Love what you all do.
Crazy that AnyDesk is this invested in it. Obviously they want to stamp it out, but, to literally host you guys, and go out of their way to help you is immense. Fair play to them.
NOT ONLY all of that, but every time they ban a scammer, they literally lose a customer 😵 they are helping you guys lower their top-line revenue! Granted, the potential brand value they're creating in goodwill with the consumers and companies seeing this video could be significant.
I was never sure which remote desktop app to use and had just been sticking to TeamViewer out of habit, but after seeing AnyDesk not only support and help run this take-down but also sacrifice some of their business to do the right thing, it's made my choice clear, and I'll be sure to recommend them to my friends and clients going forward. Good on the whole team for this amazing progress!
I work at a pharmacy that sells gift cards, I've become something of a local champion of the people--I've stopped over 50 victims of this type of scam-work. I only hope your message reaches more than just people who answer their phones, but also retail employees. I know my contribution isn't much, but it feels good to know there are so many more of you all fighting the good fight too!
Nah dude, it means a lot. Who knows how many of those 50 people were about to spend the last of their cash cause they were getting crooked by a scammer. Respect🫡
Please keep doing what you do!! Larger scale it may seem small but every single person you help has their lives significantly re-directed for the better thanks to you ❤
yep i worked in retail for 7 years an i cant count how many times i haved stoped someone from bying appel giftcard for 10.000 - 15.000 who said that they whare told to send it to someone
Keep up the good work. I like to shut down text scammers by reporting their webites to their ISPs. They don't text me anymore. I think they know that texting me a link is a bad idea now. LOL. If you get texted a link never click on it. Even if it's from someone you know. Stay safe!
Thank You for what you are doing! Last November I got scammed. I am a disabled Viet Nam era veteran they took every penny I had and was unable to participate in my grandkids Christmas, I ended up getting a new computer and I still am not caught back up. I also have two different cancers in my lungs. I keep fighting to live but it is great to see what you do to keep other's protected. I once was a warrior for other's now I have to be a warrior for myself. These people are the lowest form of human existence. Thank you and God Bless you! Keep up the good fight!!!
Yeah part of me feels bad because it's often poor people having to resort to doing something immoral, but the fact that people like your grandmother are being targeted is just unforgivable.
@@dontxtalk It's getting harder to find sympathy for people who respond to being stopped by screaming "F*ck you! Your mother is a wh*re!" when they were trying to steal the life savings of a confused elderly person, and it's usually someone who has no source of significant income or backup savings. That's just...evil. No conscience whatsoever.
I had someone try to scam me today from India. Luckily I knew about this channel and caught on the second they asked me to download onlydesk. I had a problem with my Macbook and Googled "Apple support number" and made the mistake of clicking the top number, which was a paid AD. It's immoral how Google allows these people to advertise. Be careful people.
Maybe unnecessary but needed.. Now the Government can fund this without no problems and the Communications companies can now help them with no problems..
This is why we can't let the globalists win. The USA and our middle class needs to be preserved or it will be every person for themselves against the world.
i am a gamer from 1998 first LAN Games Unreal Tournament Generals Total Anniahlation etc etc etc - this is far better than gaming so maybe get the gaming communtiy involved. BTW i am a retired Gamer as the kids started to beat us old guys lol
Man, this channel has helped restore my faith in my country🇺🇸and people again. They’re still good hearted people out there. I’m happy to see this.😊 thank you all for what you do.
I work for the Geek Squad at Best Buy as an Advanced Repair Agent.... Thank you for fighting back! I can not tell you how many victims have come to us for help. We try to educate our clients how to avoid these scams literally every day.
Pass this video around to the legitimate Geek Squads out there. Scams are being done using the Geek Squad brand. Now you have something tangible to show the corporate office. Be a hero.
@@andreac7261We get at least one or two clients per week showing us an email about some adsurb renewal cost from the Geek Squad with a number to call. I can not thank Pierogi enough for doing this. Trust me as an GS Agent; we all know. And of course, I'll continue my best to be a hero.
The collab with AnyDesk and banning the scammers was the most badass thing I've ever seen. Even funnier when I saw the AnyDesk uniform guy participating in baiting. One of the best scambaiting events I've ever seen.
A man around my area committed su***de..after loosing his whole life's earning to a scammer..he didn't receive any help from the authorities either..he was such an amazing hard working joyful man..we miss him..watching your videos..gives us a lot of hope..thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️
@@crocadillius6418yeah it's a good pr move but, also anydesk is one if not the only company that actively institutes software updates to prevent scammers.
My husband who has mild dementia was scammed a couple of years ago. Fortunately I was able catch him....doing 100mph....to stop him from buying Walmart gift certificates for them. I closed our accounts.....took his drivers license....and cut up his cards to the new accounts. For whatever reason it did not sink in to his brain. They would call continually and I would have to yell at him to hang up. I found your site and turned it on. I made him watch time and again. Then one day he said "that's what they did to me". Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh finally. He now recognizes the calls and hangs up. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I highly recommend using the hiya app to block those calls. I've been using it now for 3 yrs. Small yearly prescription and I never "receive" those kind of calls anymore. I love it and highly recommend it. My dad almost got scammed. I sent him links to several scam baiters and he now knows what to watch out for. There's also now I seen that gas pump skimmers can be detected via Bluetooth. I highly recommend looking into that and keep spreading the word (RUclips links) to get the word out. Education on this matter is definitely key.
I love that anydesk is involved that’s awesome they could develop tracking software to flag internal Ip of the devices involved in this so if they boot up their system on a different network that one is flagged as well further encumbering them I made this comment early lol so good loving it third edit
not really that tool has legitimate use, it's impossible to prevent a tool or service you provide to not be used for malicious purposes, so respect to anydesk for supporting @@19HarDMaN97
Thanks for your awesome work from Europe. We'd get at least one call a day from Microsoft support scammers for weeks and we always have a lot of fun. Not everybody is lucky though, so thanks a ton.
This can't be understated. The scambaiter community is having a real, tangible effect that EVERYONE can notice, even those of us who haven't been actually scammed.
I agree . I legit used to get HUNDREDS OF calls from Monday through Sunday and they would start right at 8:00 am until 9pm . Since last year November they’ve stopped !! These guys are doing the Lord’s work 🎉🎉
Ya'll do know the government came down on phone carriers about this? The reduction in calls has all of nothing to do with scam baiters... Scam baiters force these people into a moral quandary. The government makes change.
@@GodsBelovedDaughter08 what's a possibility is since you didn't fall for any of the calls the scammers stopped paying to get your information since you were unlikely to fall for one, reducing the amount of call you got. but it could also be the scambaiter community doing it
The umpteenth example you don’t need government. Actually government has been the biggest tumor of the planet. And faith in government the biggest religion/cult.
Because it's technically illegal. And you can't lawfully fight illegal with illegal. It's literally no different that what the scam callers do. So you can be either okay with both or not okay with both, but you can't be okay with one and not the other (legally).
@@davidhenry352 That's not realistic, that would shut off many thousands of legit businesses. Even though there are many scammers, it's still just a tiny fraction of the population that uses anydesk.
Just came across this channel. Had great fun watching you all and the fun you were all having for such a good cause. Here in the UK we have a TV programme called Scam Interceptors on BBC hosted by Rav Wilding (ex policer officer). They are only a small team who try to intercept the actual calls to the victims and tell them what is going on or to help them uninstall Anydesk. If they can't get through on the phone, they have a small mobile team to send to the vicinity if it not too far, to knock on the victim's door to stop the scam . They have also got hold of neighbours or family. when an older confused person is being taken in. Parcel intercepts have also been made occasionally. Bravo to all of you. It is an uphill struggle which will only finish when the Indian Police put their effort into a crackdown.
Guys, I'm from INDIA. . and i love the way you guys are working so hard to get rid of this scum call centres. . Good luck to you guys and all the best wishes to you people for such good work
I work for the customer service of a top american bank and hearing the customers call in once they’ve been a victim is traumatic. Thank you for saving so many people from these people.
You should reach out to AnyDesk or bring it up to your higher ups and see if there is anything you can assist with! I’m sure money-laundering happens often within your company as unfortunately there’s not much we can do to stop it as hard as we try. Maybe Pierogi or AnyDesk has some ideas in mind to decrease money-laundering?
Same here and it is so sad to hear older people or people who speak a different language being scam because they don't know much about technology. And are tricked into providing personal information or buy gift cards
I'm a third-level customer service guy from a company with a huge contact center. Let me know where I can sign up as a volunteer next year. THANK YOU ANYDESK! Make them not trust their favorite tool.
The sense of satisfaction I felt to see everyone around Nacho supporting him as he basked in the glory of pulling off a reverse connection on that fool was incredible.
@@Minotaur-ey2lgI like to setup the call by saying that I’m glad this isn’t a scam because of *old family member* who couldn’t *buy food / afford medical bills / etc* because they got scammed. Then after a while I say I’m glad they aren’t a scammer because if I were their mother I’d be ashamed if my son ruined lives like my *old relative’s*
My late grandfather was scammed for nearly $15,000 back in 2012. I’d like to think he is smiling down at y’all from heaven and laughing at the exposed scammers. Thanks for all your hard work for keeping these criminals from scamming other vulnerable grandparents, y’all rock!
Cassandra Munoz... Those nice guys look like P Newman and R Redford in "The Hook".... Good fellows, using hookers methods, who fucked up badass Hookers. I loved it.
Awesome work! Sure wish you all were working against Facebook scammers. They scammed my wife out of nearly $30,000 while she was on Chemotherapy. When she figured it out, it broke her heart. She died, feeling guilty about being scammed. I'm not about revenge, but I pray families can be protected from these bottom-feeding leeches. God bless you all💯❤️
May the Lord comfort you. God bless you. Jesus Loves you very much. Here are some scriptures: "Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord." *Romans 12:19* "You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven." *Matthew 5:43-45* "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." *Genesis 50:20* 🙏❤✝
I am so sorry. Yes FB scammers are the worst, and FB is doing next to nothing. I report, and the answer is" does not violate community standards". I can sniff out almost all of them with some sleuthing. I am not computer expert, but I do the best I can. Again , so sorry!
Thank you! Scammers wiped out my dads whole retirement. It cost me close to 30,000.00 to get my dad back to a less than normal life. My heart breaks for anyone who has gone through it.
My goodness, I wanna punch these scammers and leave them broke for life. Sorry for the aggressive statement, what they're doing is an international threat ro everyone's welfare.
Realistically it's going to be very expensive to run a govt operation like that... However In alot of 1st world countries do have education programs to help aid on minimizing being a victime to scams like these.
@@trevorlaird6904lmao exactly. Yeah let's hire 20,000 more IRS agents to combate against $500 transfers within small businesses and individuals, as opposed to fighting scammers, its sadly worth a laugh.
Honestly in recent years I've noticed a sharp decline in the number of scam calls me and my family receive. I thought it was just tech getting better or something, but this video makes the decline make more sense. For every call center shut down, there is a noticeable difference made in the lives of those around me. Please never stop until they're all gone.
honestly it is insane how they are so cold hearted. Can you imagine being a scammer, getting someone on the phone who is crying their eyes out, someone you know is innocent, but you STILL continue. Disgusting
@@AfrolovertjeOne time, before I was medicated and still full of rage, I spent 4 hours calling back a call center that attempted to scam me, wasting their time, and screaming obscenities. What I learned in that time is that they don't actually believe we are innocent. At least the "people" I talked to believe that. There seems to be this broad, generalized mentality that America as a whole is stealing from India and doing other nefarious stuff. In their eyes, they're on the same crusade that Perogi is. How sad and misguided.
I would like to say any desk allowing this to happen and participating in dismantling these scumbags is the coolest thing I have seen a company do in a while.
They should be paid mega bucks by governments, bank’s insurance companies etc etc. think of all the money they have saved “people and companies” they’re HEROES for sure . Thankyou . ❤
I am from India and I can't Thank you enough ... You are doing what our government should ....thank you for taking out these garbage...... Me and my friends love your work and your channel..... really really appreciate what you doin ..... :)
As an Indian how would scammers and scammers families deal with Swamis and Gurus if they would start naming these people on public along with complicit police?
My mom was scammed. She sent $5000 cash. Fortunately she called me right after dropping the package off at UPS and I was able to retrieve it before it left the building. These people are the lowest of the low, what you and your team is doing is a real blessing. THANK YOU! P.S. my mom's had several scam calls since, but now she enjoys playing with them....hoping she'll get more calls. Maybe she'll join you someday in the People's Call Center...lol.
I am so glad you could stop that package! All the best to your family and in a roundabout way, here's hoping your mom is going to have a lot of fun trolling the scamming scumbags :)
It's not a good idea to play with them on the phone anymore. If they already have some of your information then all they need from you is your voice, so they can call your bank pretending to be you
I have an elderly mother that I worry about getting scammed and I appreciate what you guys are doing to help the vulnerable. Keep up the fight! Thanks!
My grandmother has a thing on her phone where if you call it you have to press a number to "confirm you're not a telemarketer" so she doesn't get robo calls. I think you can do it for a landline if you talk to your provider.
I ensured my parents computers run linux for this very reason (also it never breaks so saves me alot of time fixing it ) as soon as they say they are from "microsoft or norton or macafee" my parents just hang up
me too and still dealing with fallouts of an all devices hack, that considering the way my concern over identification of 4- 8 devices on the network that I couldn't determine was turned into distrust of everyone in the family alone, the bitcoin payment might have been wiser than all the time lost on You tube crash cyber security courses. Rude awakening for all us baby boomers
Don't be intimidated. You know more than you realize. Even the guy in charge of this stated that he recently fell for a scam. With knowledge multiplying so quickly today, it is easy to feel intimidated. I have to remind myself of this also. Just keep on learning!
Dude an absolute HUGE shoutout to Anydesk. You guys absolutely crushed this and made your company look fantastic and caring. Other companies should take note of moves like this.
I am a call center supervisor for a healthcare company. So many of our members are apprehensive of speaking to us when we call them because of all the scammers out there, that they're being severely impacted with their coverage. You're doing great work here, keep this up because so many people depend on it. Its not just their direct victims, but those that are weary of answering their phones because these vile people exist.
Bingo. This is exactly how I feel when speaking to anyone in a call center now. Legit or not, I'm always skeptical. I've had scammers call me and my local bank was the number that shown up. They're definitely blurring the lines.
I literally never answer any call that isnt saved in my phone because im tried of dealing with scammers. Hopefully none of my family calls me from jail or in an emergency because i wont answer lol
I'm currently with a retailer, and previously I worked for medical and disability insurance companies. People are so leery of answering their phones that they miss legit calls with important information. I nearly had to send a freight shipment for thousands of dollars back yesterday, because the customer wouldn't accept a call from the freight company's unknown number to schedule the delivery.
@@friedmule5403 It's a lot more complicated than that. Blacklisting an entire country because there are many scammers there can potentially open them up for litigation, let alone losing nearly 30% of the potential client base.
Besides catching scammers, I have NO CLUE about what you’re doing but I’m like a teenage cheerleader, cheering you on like I do because I’m so happy for you all and for all the people you saved from them, especially the elderly. This is just awesome.. 👏
I had exactly this scam attempted on me. I typed in $7 and he made it look like I accidentally typed $7000 on some MS-DOS-looking screen. He was very friendly and polite, and told me I needed to go to my bank to transfer the $7000 back to their account. So I pretended to fall for it, got in my car, which got him really excited, especially since the bank was only 15 minutes away. He told me to stay on the line. "I will. Bye." He called back. Asked if I was still on my way to the bank. I said I was, but I got hungry, so I had to stop at a McDonald's first. He said that was okay, but that I should eat quickly and then go to the bank because this was urgent and to not hang up up. "I won't. Bye." I kept him going like this for a glorious 6 hours, until I was out having actual dinner with my family and the only excuse I could come up with was that my husband does not take no for an answer, at which point I couldn't control myself anymore and I burst out laughing. I'm binge-watching you right now. 😂
I used to turn one or two a day into FB for two years, when FB actually cared. They don't bother to protect us anymore. I see them everywhere and know them well. But, I never feel safe and it ruins my online experience. They call me several times a day too. I try to help ladies with romance scams but no one ever listens until it's too late. These women lose everything but seriously are dumb. I had many romance scammers try. It took me a month to be an expert detective. I love watching these videos. I just now discovered them! I am so glad other people out there care and are fighting the good fight;
Creating a tangible community to fight against scammers | Teaching others how to scam bait | increasing awareness on this issue | actually saving innocent defenseless people | banning and stopping call centers… Dude, this is the beginning of history. Go Big. Go Far. Go Strong. And Don’t Stop.
Unfortunately what they do likely doesn't actually prevent much scamming long term, this is just feels good stuff. Also you have no idea what governments are doing to prevent stuff like this so I'm not sure where your comment comes from.
@@Neurotik51 If they actually search for resources and leads they can find a lot about the scammers that are nearby their area, the indian police for example. They can carry out investigations and put the building or "call center" in question under surveillance. It doesn't take much to wiretap given these guys' skills I know they have a tech intelligence unit to deal with these but they don't utilize it, in a way, we can definitely say, the government is moving, but not actually trying do something.
@@Neurotik51 Shutting down their call centers, temporarily or for good, getting law enforcement involved, exposing corrupted officers and politicians, all of these things help. On the long run, it's true that the effect is limited, as even if you completely dismantle an operation, new ones can get setup to take its place. To root out scamming on the long run, you need to root out corruption at a systemic level in India and other countries where scammers can operate with relative impunity. You need to attack crime at its root, which means fighting poverty, offering young people (especially young men) some legitimate ways to make a living so there is less incentive to turn to crime. Unfortunately, there isn't not a lot that scam baiters can do on that front. Scambaiters can wield the stick but they can't wield the carrot. The stick on its own has limited power. But the stick is still a useful tool. They are doing what they can. Basically, rooting out the whole problem would require changing a whole society which is way beyond what small actors like this can do. They can treat the symptoms but not the disease. But treating the symptoms of a disease is still useful.
@@Neurotik51if nothing else this project adds major delays to the scammer's wrath. and clearly the government is not much considering how many innocent people get scammed every single day.
considering the fact that scammers are growing in numbers everyday with new methods and more creative ways, evolving like a virus as the number of their victims increases, the government doesn't do much, of anything at all. and that goes for all the north america not just US@@Neurotik51
So proud of all of you. Yesterday My elderly brother was told to obtain gift cards to pay for a rental car. He was over wrought stumbling around downtown frantic but was unable to find what they wanted. Finally called me and I explained he was being scammed and of course helped him out. You did this. You showed me about scammers. Thank you. Thank you so much. God bless you all on your righteous path.
Something that would really help is an agreement with the indian government to extradite scammers to the US. Thats something that many criminals fear more than death
@@YOSSARIAN313 How come? What exactly is can be illegal in that? They have support of AnyDesk (so you can say they are making sure their soft is used correctly) as well as Law Enforcement (as they made it possible to intercept packages)
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What an incredible community. Here to answer questions. Wow, this was an amazing ride!!! 🥹🥹
Well done
hello my birthday is september 23 can i have a advance happy birthday thank you hehehe
😅. Please if we can make it world-wide !!!! 😅.
I dont know anything about computer stuff but i really love this video..thankyou all of you guys for the hard and amazing work..all the love from Philippines to Saudi Arabia❤❤❤❤
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😅. Happy birthday !!!! 😅.
This should be considered a national security issue and we should fund anti scammer call centers.
International security threat thank you very much...
@@Guds777 indeed!
why every scammer is indian just like Moodi?
@@Guds777 we should send this to the UN and other international organizations, community outreach is big
Yes, if you can tell us how to stop it. What theyre doing in the video stalls the scammers for 5 minutes...
The red haired lady acting like she was distraught one moment and then turning around straight faced to give an update was stone cold. I LOVE IT!
Right?! I was just about to comment about that. So powerful.
That lady was amazing
She was giving the performance of her LIFEEE
Made me laugh
She was absolutely amazing!!! She actually made me feel bad as well because I could so easily believe it was just a poor innocent person believing that they were about to lose everything… these scammers are awful. All the power to that lady for being able to flip the script!
Props to AnyDesk for not just giving vocal support, but literally turning their office into a freaking artillery barrage of scam baiters.
@RollandB yeah you didn't see the part where they cloned 100 karl rocks and launched him via intercontinental ballistic missile at scam offices?
Wow these gay people are scamming scammers😂😂
@RollandBnah. They're literally using "literally" to say something figuratively. Grinds my gears everytime 😂
workers also helped
Other companies would be wise to do this. It would protect their reputation. And it would be a great effort it lowering bandwidth use for everybody. When the pipes are clear, everyone's internet could be a lot better.
As an IT guy, thank you. Seriously. This is beautiful work. And AnyDesk just earned a lot of respect from me for this.
Having the elderly ladies scam baiting really felt like poetic justice for all the elderly ladies they scammed
The ladies weren't that old though IMO but they did awesome!
I was there and none of the ladies were elderly. Middle aged, yeah but not elderly. We had a blast in Tampa.
It isn't justice. Losing 2 Weeks of time is nothing compared to losing life savings. They will keep doing it because its basically a clap on the wrist.
@@thrakirlp4233There’s a short story I read once. A grandpa and his grandson were walking along the beach, where many starfish had been washed up by the tides. The grandpa stopped to throw the starfish back into the sea. The grandson asked, “Grandpa, why bother? There’s too many starfish on the beach for it to matter.” The grandpa picked up a starfish, threw it back and said, “It mattered to that one.”
@@flyingGrandpaOddly 65 is considered elderly. But still, awesome.
Thank you so much for the invite, we made a ton of impact and everyone was incredible
Sir i have a doubt is it possible to hack Instagram account?
@@manchigamersyes get the password and you will be able to hack into it! :D
Bon appetit
bro
Amazing! Great job! 🩷🌟
Absolutely incredible job man. The amount of organization behind the PPC 2023 can't be underestimated. Thank you @AnyDesk too for making the 1st week possible - great job Matt, Pierogi, Brandon and SP team.
I wish I could have been there, but perhaps next year.
Hopefully other remote desktop software joins as well
We can only hope we wont need to do it anymore next year..
@@DsA-lr4fr your comment is definitely of big help to the people that were scammed
the man the myth the legend jim browning
@@DsA-lr4freverything comes at a cost.
You guys saved one of my family member from these scams. Thank you and God bless you 🖤
I love the People’s Call Center and the people who work there.
It's sounds like it is for communists.
I wish I was there.
@@dmm3124 Ikr the name really does, lol 😂
But it works too well to be communist. At a communist enterprise, people pretend to pay people who pretend to work; which eventually, inevitably, devolves into catastrophic failure.
How come your videos on Facebook the latest ones are all last year ?
@@dmm3124 😂😂 You Scammers can't stop the reign and the wrath of the People Call Center.. Your Scammer Business is over and I'm happy about it..
When we were kids we were warned by our parents not to talk to strangers. No we have to tell our parents not to send money to strangers!
Faaaacts. My folks have been scammed a couple times and I'm just so confused, after the childhood training, how and why they would trust a disembodied voice on the phone.
A bit of irony here IMO
Also not to give out family members phone numbers without permission or informing them. That’s how I got scammed. My mum’s card wasn’t working online, so I used mine. Then my so called bank called, little did I know they’d phoned my mum first and she’d given them my phone number. I really believed it was my bank because they’re really quick in the fraud department. And my phone number is very private. So they took every last penny I had. When they hung up I felt it was odd, so called the fraud team and they handled it quickly. They got caught, thankfully.
@@hugh_jasso There weren't scammers when they were raising you. I am still sharp enough, I know what not to do. If I am feeling feisty and get an incoming call I may play with them and waste their time, but *NEVER* give information. As I age from here on out and scammers get more creative, I can't promise it will stay that way... :(
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As an Indian, thank you so much for this. These scammers are vicious to us all, they don't even spare their own country. I'm not in the cybersecurity field so I'm not of much help but I hope your video is successful so you're able to carry more of such operations.
Yes it throws just a bad picture on india, only because of this fucking scammers... That is so sad..
I've seen the huge Chinese scamming call centers, they are even more ruthless to Indian and their own nationals, scammers are a worthless bunch
Huge respect to you brother, Even though I am not from your country it genuinely upsets me because of what these people do and how they make your culture and race look bad to those who are ignorant Around the world who They think you are all like this.. I just wanted to remind you that most of us over in North America know that it's a small Fraction of your society who are like this and that they are not liked by the rest of your country for the shame they bring... My first time traveling was to India and I loved it; I had never left Canada and was always just a negative person assuming that I wouldn't be welcome in another person's own country. I assumed that simply because I was from Canada ,People would think I'm rich or even well off.. even though I'm barely able to pay rent and my bills and I definitely don't have any luxuries in my life. But I ended up staying in India for over 3 months because the people that I met in those first 2 weeks were so amazing and took time to show me around and even welcomed me to sleep at their home.. i felt so loved.. so instead of continuing on to 2 other locations I had planned for my 4 month trip i instead stayed in india, and it was the best experience i had in my life. 🇨🇦🤝🏼 🇮🇳
Do you think if arrested and confirmed scammers were burned alive, that it would reduce their numbers?
@@dewfall56Ohh that's cruel ... Put them behind bars...
Hey guys, I’m 73 and haven’t a clue at what you are doing! But it’s so much fun watching you all mess with these scumbags! My sister lost nearly $800,000,00 last year. She now lives in a caravan on her daughter’s property. She is 76. I feel so bad for her, but her heart took over and that was that. I love your work guys! Keep it up! Chris, Western Australia 🇦🇺.
Not to be mean, did you mean $8000 or $80,000 AUD by any chance?
@@pieceofcornreali thinking he means 800k and 0¢
He meant Monopoly money
I know it's not enough to find someone's info, but the fact that you're even putting your first name and location is probably not a good sign that you took away the right message from this video. Don't sign your posts like they're personal letters man.
Chris, there's plenty of us Anydesk users helping seniors like yourself overcome technology safely! I feel so sorry for your sister, I've had many of my senior customers in the same position. Carl - MetaWeb IT, QLD
Thank you. The world needs more of this.
Anonymous needs to join hands with these guys
@@TheBluePhoenix0084chan anonymous?
Not like our government is doing much about it anyways .. we have to do something
Except for Perogi by the color of his hair he's lokely a leftist weirdo which cancels out all the good he does.
How do you have 2 million subs but don't have a single video over 100k views? Sounds like bot subscribers to me
This kind of work needs to be an actual profession that people can apply for
There is, but its garbage 🗑️
Isn’t that Cybercrime Police?
@@armandblake Cyber crime police is not responsible for petty scams lol
You should have kept this idea to yourself. Unless you want to act on it and make it a reality. I'm not sure ho you could monetise it but it's not a bad idea.
sounds good until you realize that the call centers could send in people too workk
Hundreds of scammers in jail, bunch of them banned.
If you just save ONE person losing their life savings, what you're doing is totally worth it.
Thank you for doing this, so much!
Netflix needs to fund these guys so they can do a full series with a serious budget.
That would be epic
Lol no Netflix will cancel them, they need more stable funding so they can keep up the good work forever.
YES!!!
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@@Lily-xl4hgLol you’re so right 😂
Thank you so much for letting me join you all for this event. Seriously life changing and you are leading the charge bringing the fight to scammers!!!
You and Ryan were an amazing addition to the PCC family this year. Well done.
You’re awesome too man 🫡 PCC full of so many incredible genuine people it’s truly heartwarming to watch
Seeing you there was the highlight for me. Glad to see all my favorite content creators come together do some good. Well done all of you!
This was awesome!
Nice one john
I am an IT professional on a much lower level than these guys. I applaud and admire what they are doing. I also applaud AnyDesk for joining the fight instead of being like Facebook, Twitter, and RUclips saying they can't do anything. Well done AnyDesk!
For evil to prevail good people must do nothing. Doing nothing supports the wrong doing! Wish those companies join the fight.
are you good in helping me get my email as i have no access to it due to my old phone number to it i would appreciate any help
@penileymajorey7174no. Don't. Not all Indians are doing this. Don't lump the entire group of people into this category. There are good Indians too that hate what these scammers are doing. And there are American scammers and con artists too. Evil and corruption are not specific to one country or group of people.
@@luisordonez360you mean Indian? Because 99,99 percent of them is Indian.
@penileymajorey7174so all 1 billion or less then .000001 %,
I was recently a scam victim to the bank scammers while I was sick and they took my entire life savings. Unfortunately the bank I'm with will not reimburse me for any of the loss so seeing them helping the victims makes me so happy. Thank you so much for your work.
Pierogi, I'm calling you Big Daddy from now on 😂 The things those scammers say man! It's too much.
Also, I had no idea so many scammers were shirtless!
AYO BIG DADDY??? NAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
U guys killing it, it's so inspiring, i wish i could save people like how you are doing, but I'm not socially capable to do it, we are not free to do the right thing we wanted to do for our country because of stinky powerful people, but still i will always support you and spread education to people how not to get scammed, thanks perogi, love from Indians
why big daddy? Lol
Hi Sir i know one of the scammer in india who is rich now scamming since last 10years and i have some data that i want to share.
Its what I expected tbh. Scammers seem like the type to be fat asses sitting around all day stuffing their faces with gross snacks with little to no clothing. theyre like discord mods that way.
I honestly think this could be a yearly tournament and have prizes for destroying the most or doing the most damage to scammers
Weekly
Like field day in hamm radio groups, but with scambaiting, that would be awesome
@@spiralspark8523 KD5QLC
Exactly 😂😂😂❤❤my words
@@gooddypmHOURLY
As a True Indian I fully support you guys, we too are victim of these scammers.
real question,does indian god punish these type of sin? if yes,is it normal sin or a big sin?
@@mariyow1409do you know dalit bro?
@@mariyow1409 read up about hinduism, it's honestly really interesting. there's more than just hinduism in india, but it is the majority.
@@mariyow1409 not indian, but no god would allow someone to cheat anyone. Sin is a sin big or small no matter what religion.
@@mariyow1409 more like the univeres itself punishes you. not "sin" but karma. what you put out into the universe will come back at you.
You guys, the scambaiter youtubers, the volunteers, or just the People's call center as a whole. You guys are literal unsung heroes. This was an amazing watch and looking forward to the people's call center 2024! Keep bringing the fight to the scammers!
It shouldn't be a personal or private business issue. It is a national threat at this point. But it seems authorities can't care less.
Nope they don't care about us!
exactly
Because they’re part of it
I think these gays and scammers are on the same team and scamming the viewers 😂😂
@@joyboyskyhighfound the disgruntled scammer
I am ashamed as an Indian to see so many scammers are from my country , I wish these hunters all the success
India reputation are lower than a cow 🤮
Dont be, youre on our side and thats all that matters! 🙏💚
I no longer do business in Canada with any Indians that move here because Indian + Scam is as normal as saying Canadian +Hockey or Maple Syrup... Wish youd all go the F home cause all they do is complain here....why leave India if its so bad in the west? I do contracting and my god the cheapness and unwillingness to pay...literally had us examine with a lawyer if we can refuse business without being called out for Racism or some left wing BS law.. the $5000 spent on the lawyer will save me $500,000 in my lifetime. I trust an Iranian, Russian, Chinese, Afghani or North Korean faster than i would an Indian.... Sorry but its just facts from 10 years of business.
Good to hear you're on the right side. One thing you can do in India is help elect officials who aren't corrupt and don't look the other way on crime like this, because too many do. More pressure on this illegal activity should be coming from the Indian government than scambaiters, yet I don't think that's the case.
dont be ashamed because of these scammers. Your culture is more than that.
The crying lady deserves an Oscar!!!! She almost had me in tears.
She really fooled the scammer
She’s incredibly good, i was already wondering if something went wrong...
She had me fooled 😂
Sadly it represents most likely many real calls
Especially those sobs, sounded so real !!
Thank you so much for what you are doing!! My mother was scammed out of $10.6k. We filed a police report. We were told that nothing could be done as the money was transferred by the scammers to a bank in the islands. Why isn't the FBI or the CIA doing something about this?
Exactly my question - who polices this international activity?
@@davepirtle9790It sounds like it needs to be an international effort between countries' security forces...
I am an Indian and My father was about to get scammed just yesterday... I cannot thank you enough for doing this. I will support this as much as I can.
About to scammed or about to scam someone?? 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@@ice-teapopread again😊
@@ice-teapop racist.
@@nick33ee Kinda but I don't think it was malicious.... also unfortunately it's kinda true
@@thehottoast😂
That lady crying almost had me convinced that she was in full distress. That was awesone acting. And great work scamming the scammered. Love what you all do.
Genuinely moved me when you you think some folks actually loose their life savings. it's was a window into a different world. Great work all
@@martindooley4439 LOSE
15:04 in case you’re all wondering.
People should go practice their acting emotional scenes here. For free.
I cringed at that :(
The saddest part is these scammers don’t gaf if you lose all your money 🤦♂️
Crazy that AnyDesk is this invested in it. Obviously they want to stamp it out, but, to literally host you guys, and go out of their way to help you is immense. Fair play to them.
It's good marketing for them. It's win win. Good on them.
NOT ONLY all of that, but every time they ban a scammer, they literally lose a customer 😵 they are helping you guys lower their top-line revenue!
Granted, the potential brand value they're creating in goodwill with the consumers and companies seeing this video could be significant.
I was never sure which remote desktop app to use and had just been sticking to TeamViewer out of habit, but after seeing AnyDesk not only support and help run this take-down but also sacrifice some of their business to do the right thing, it's made my choice clear, and I'll be sure to recommend them to my friends and clients going forward. Good on the whole team for this amazing progress!
Its a pr stunt. They dont care, for many many years theyve allowed scammers to do whatever they want with their software
@@BlairBryngelsonIs that worth being known as a app made for scammers? That's sure to hurt their PR.
Thank you for what your doing don't know why government isn't helping companies like yours more
This man is on a crusade. We the people thank you for your service.
The fact they have genuine elderly people scripting a couple arguing with each other over their finances with a scammer is just hilarious
These guys deserve an award. 🤭👏🏻
That wasn't scripted. He asked her to pretend to be his wife and then .... magic. It was amazing to watch. Im person and on video.
I work at a pharmacy that sells gift cards, I've become something of a local champion of the people--I've stopped over 50 victims of this type of scam-work. I only hope your message reaches more than just people who answer their phones, but also retail employees.
I know my contribution isn't much, but it feels good to know there are so many more of you all fighting the good fight too!
Nah dude, it means a lot. Who knows how many of those 50 people were about to spend the last of their cash cause they were getting crooked by a scammer. Respect🫡
Please keep doing what you do!! Larger scale it may seem small but every single person you help has their lives significantly re-directed for the better thanks to you ❤
yep i worked in retail for 7 years an i cant count how many times i haved stoped someone from bying appel giftcard for 10.000 - 15.000 who said that they whare told to send it to someone
Keep up the good work. I like to shut down text scammers by reporting their webites to their ISPs. They don't text me anymore. I think they know that texting me a link is a bad idea now. LOL. If you get texted a link never click on it. Even if it's from someone you know. Stay safe!
big thank you for helping those people
Thank You for what you are doing! Last November I got scammed. I am a disabled Viet Nam era veteran they took every penny I had and was unable to participate in my grandkids Christmas, I ended up getting a new computer and I still am not caught back up. I also have two different cancers in my lungs. I keep fighting to live but it is great to see what you do to keep other's protected. I once was a warrior for other's now I have to be a warrior for myself. These people are the lowest form of human existence. Thank you and God Bless you! Keep up the good fight!!!
My grandmother was scammed for over $60,000 at a time when none of this was going on. I fully support what y'all are doing. Thank you.
Yeah part of me feels bad because it's often poor people having to resort to doing something immoral, but the fact that people like your grandmother are being targeted is just unforgivable.
Channels like this have helped me identify scammers and stopped a scam in progress at my work.
@@dontxtalk It's getting harder to find sympathy for people who respond to being stopped by screaming "F*ck you! Your mother is a wh*re!" when they were trying to steal the life savings of a confused elderly person, and it's usually someone who has no source of significant income or backup savings. That's just...evil. No conscience whatsoever.
@@clairepettie well said, but I would never even consider garnering any sympathy for these animals. Take care!
I had someone try to scam me today from India. Luckily I knew about this channel and caught on the second they asked me to download onlydesk. I had a problem with my Macbook and Googled "Apple support number" and made the mistake of clicking the top number, which was a paid AD. It's immoral how Google allows these people to advertise. Be careful people.
Imagine if governments and communications companies actually did their jobs and this was unnecessary? Huge thanks to all of you!
Indian government is extremely corrupt. Extremely.
Maybe unnecessary but needed.. Now the Government can fund this without no problems and the Communications companies can now help them with no problems..
If governments took care of business then the local authorities would not get their cut
This is why we can't let the globalists win. The USA and our middle class needs to be preserved or it will be every person for themselves against the world.
Scammers are low life monsters 🤮
Would love for this to keep getting bigger and then get people and companies to fund the peoples call center so it can run all year long!
Amazing project that Really need more.
Is an all W situation/"format".
Cheers from 🇮🇹
i am a gamer from 1998 first LAN Games Unreal Tournament Generals Total Anniahlation etc etc etc - this is far better than gaming so maybe get the gaming communtiy involved. BTW i am a retired Gamer as the kids started to beat us old guys lol
I want to see raids and putting scammers behind bars until they repent.
@@boydownunder007love this idea!
@@boydownunder007 this sounds like a great idea!
Man, this channel has helped restore my faith in my country🇺🇸and people again. They’re still good hearted people out there. I’m happy to see this.😊 thank you all for what you do.
I work for the Geek Squad at Best Buy as an Advanced Repair Agent.... Thank you for fighting back! I can not tell you how many victims have come to us for help. We try to educate our clients how to avoid these scams literally every day.
Pass this video around to the legitimate Geek Squads out there. Scams are being done using the Geek Squad brand. Now you have something tangible to show the corporate office. Be a hero.
@@andreac7261We get at least one or two clients per week showing us an email about some adsurb renewal cost from the
Geek Squad with a number to call. I can not thank Pierogi enough for doing this. Trust me as an GS Agent; we all know. And of course, I'll continue my best to be a hero.
People/consumers have to stop being so gullible .
@@papagigo1no they need to stop taking advantage of people
@@papagigo1lets not blame the victims since literally anyone could get scammed
To think youre above it makes you more susceptible
Thanks! freaking awesome! Much love to you guys for taking these scumbags down.
Exactly
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Dude no freaking way you donated 100$ that's awesome!!
Oh no, the scammers got you too
wtf are you on about?@@facechamp8742
respect bro !
The collab with AnyDesk and banning the scammers was the most badass thing I've ever seen. Even funnier when I saw the AnyDesk uniform guy participating in baiting. One of the best scambaiting events I've ever seen.
Thank you to everyone who has participated in your endeavors. You are the GOAT!
No way he was not undercover hahaha
One word, PHENOMENAL. Thanks to the whole team.
A man around my area committed su***de..after loosing his whole life's earning to a scammer..he didn't receive any help from the authorities either..he was such an amazing hard working joyful man..we miss him..watching your videos..gives us a lot of hope..thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️
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That's awful😔. May he rest in peace 🙏
Yes many stories of that from binary options scams, sadly. Canadian man lost everything and committed suicide.
that is horrible!
Oh dear
Kudos to Anydesk for stepping up and taking a stand.
Yeah this was really smart for them, both as a PR thing and just in service of humanity.
Agreed! I love that they participated in all this! And they got special clearance from MS, which is also awesome! I love this!
@@crocadillius6418yeah it's a good pr move but, also anydesk is one if not the only company that actively institutes software updates to prevent scammers.
My husband who has mild dementia was scammed a couple of years ago. Fortunately I was able catch him....doing 100mph....to stop him from buying Walmart gift certificates for them. I closed our accounts.....took his drivers license....and cut up his cards to the new accounts. For whatever reason it did not sink in to his brain. They would call continually and I would have to yell at him to hang up. I found your site and turned it on. I made him watch time and again. Then one day he said "that's what they did to me". Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh finally. He now recognizes the calls and hangs up. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I highly recommend using the hiya app to block those calls. I've been using it now for 3 yrs. Small yearly prescription and I never "receive" those kind of calls anymore. I love it and highly recommend it. My dad almost got scammed. I sent him links to several scam baiters and he now knows what to watch out for. There's also now I seen that gas pump skimmers can be detected via Bluetooth. I highly recommend looking into that and keep spreading the word (RUclips links) to get the word out. Education on this matter is definitely key.
You folks are doing what our government should be doing! Thank you.
On behalf of elderly people and grandparents everywhere, thank you.
Big shoutout to AnyDesk! It's rare to see a tech/software company actually caring about people! ❤
Its their responsibility, they are giving tool thats wrong used can make big damage
I love that anydesk is involved that’s awesome they could develop tracking software to flag internal Ip of the devices involved in this so if they boot up their system on a different network that one is flagged as well further encumbering them I made this comment early lol so good loving it third edit
not really that tool has legitimate use, it's impossible to prevent a tool or service you provide to not be used for malicious purposes, so respect to anydesk for supporting @@19HarDMaN97
Of course anydesk is getting a bad rep from scammers using their program to scam. Makes anydesk look horrible even though they’re completely innocent
Please help Indian 🇮🇳people from scammer 😢
Thanks for your awesome work from Europe. We'd get at least one call a day from Microsoft support scammers for weeks and we always have a lot of fun. Not everybody is lucky though, so thanks a ton.
you guys are doing way more than the police. i have so much respect for your techy guys. love you all
Not going to lie I have notice a huge decrease in recieving calls from random numbers in the past year. You guys are doing god's work.
This can't be understated. The scambaiter community is having a real, tangible effect that EVERYONE can notice, even those of us who haven't been actually scammed.
I agree . I legit used to get HUNDREDS OF calls from Monday through Sunday and they would start right at 8:00 am until 9pm . Since last year November they’ve stopped !! These guys are doing the Lord’s work 🎉🎉
Ya'll do know the government came down on phone carriers about this? The reduction in calls has all of nothing to do with scam baiters... Scam baiters force these people into a moral quandary. The government makes change.
I am missing one funny indian scammer who always wanted to help me with some online issues that I never had 🤷🏼♂️
@@GodsBelovedDaughter08 what's a possibility is since you didn't fall for any of the calls the scammers stopped paying to get your information since you were unlikely to fall for one, reducing the amount of call you got. but it could also be the scambaiter community doing it
WHY DOES EVERY GOVERNMENT NOT HAVE A 100 PERSON OFFICE DOING THIS 24/7!!!!!!!!!
Cuz they're too busy trying to take down Trump and patriot parents protecting their children from school board groomers.
Because it’s not their money getting scam 😅
The umpteenth example you don’t need government.
Actually government has been the biggest tumor of the planet. And faith in government the biggest religion/cult.
Thank you, yes. When regular people are vested in their community and the wellbeing of everyone in the country, that's all you need. @@JDYTC
Because it's technically illegal. And you can't lawfully fight illegal with illegal.
It's literally no different that what the scam callers do. So you can be either okay with both or not okay with both, but you can't be okay with one and not the other (legally).
AnyDesk is frickin' amazing for this. Noticed their software was being used for evil and stepped up.
1000 times better than Teamviewer.
Anydesk should simply shutdown all their business related with India
@@davidhenry352 That's not realistic, that would shut off many thousands of legit businesses. Even though there are many scammers, it's still just a tiny fraction of the population that uses anydesk.
@@Tomsm8 then they wouldn’t be volunteers would they
Just came across this channel. Had great fun watching you all and the fun you were all having for such a good cause.
Here in the UK we have a TV programme called Scam Interceptors on BBC hosted by Rav Wilding (ex policer officer).
They are only a small team who try to intercept the actual calls to the victims and tell them what is going on or to help them uninstall Anydesk.
If they can't get through on the phone, they have a small mobile team to send to the vicinity if it not too far, to knock on the victim's door to stop the scam .
They have also got hold of neighbours or family. when an older confused person is being taken in. Parcel intercepts have also been made occasionally.
Bravo to all of you. It is an uphill struggle which will only finish when the Indian Police put their effort into a crackdown.
Guys, I'm from INDIA. . and i love the way you guys are working so hard to get rid of this scum call centres. . Good luck to you guys and all the best wishes to you people for such good work
It such a shame for your country, why your government don't do anything about this? It's literally ruined your country name
India🤮🤮
@@schrodinger_kotthe government is in on it :). The local police is literally payed off by the scammers
Wtf is your government doing?
@@ishpdl nothing obviously
I work for the customer service of a top american bank and hearing the customers call in once they’ve been a victim is traumatic. Thank you for saving so many people from these people.
You should reach out to AnyDesk or bring it up to your higher ups and see if there is anything you can assist with! I’m sure money-laundering happens often within your company as unfortunately there’s not much we can do to stop it as hard as we try. Maybe Pierogi or AnyDesk has some ideas in mind to decrease money-laundering?
Same here and it is so sad to hear older people or people who speak a different language being scam because they don't know much about technology. And are tricked into providing personal information or buy gift cards
I'm a third-level customer service guy from a company with a huge contact center. Let me know where I can sign up as a volunteer next year. THANK YOU ANYDESK! Make them not trust their favorite tool.
He gave the info at the beginning of video
Thank you guys!!!! I was scammed once but now I just play with them. I’m a monitor on a school bus and when they call it’s entertainment for us.
The sense of satisfaction I felt to see everyone around Nacho supporting him as he basked in the glory of pulling off a reverse connection on that fool was incredible.
Honestly in all the years I've had to deal with scammer calls just saying "You bring shame to your family thief" seems to bring out the most rage
Or “Does your mother know what you do for a living.” They hate that.
@@Minotaur-ey2lgI like to setup the call by saying that I’m glad this isn’t a scam because of *old family member* who couldn’t *buy food / afford medical bills / etc* because they got scammed. Then after a while I say I’m glad they aren’t a scammer because if I were their mother I’d be ashamed if my son ruined lives like my *old relative’s*
I told one to join the Untouchables and clean the streets every night...
My late grandfather was scammed for nearly $15,000 back in 2012. I’d like to think he is smiling down at y’all from heaven and laughing at the exposed scammers. Thanks for all your hard work for keeping these criminals from scamming other vulnerable grandparents, y’all rock!
Cassandra Munoz...
Those nice guys look like P Newman and R Redford in "The Hook"....
Good fellows, using hookers methods, who fucked up badass Hookers. I loved it.
15k?!? Such an amount is literally life changing for so many people, this is awful.
Condolences for your grandpa ❤
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There are so many scammers out there still acting scammer crimes on poor victims. Scammers from Africa, Asia and East Europe.
my heart feels warm when they are calling the old lady to help her out of this scam. Wonderful work!
We’re always told to be afraid of hackers, but seeing them in their hoodies with their faces covered going after criminals really makes me feel good.
I’m going into IT as my college major because I want to be a part of this XD
@@Lazarus_The_NPC💯 Good for you and all of us.👍
@@Lazarus_The_NPCwhat course to take to learn this?
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these are considered white hats. Hacker isnt a derogatory term.
Awesome work! Sure wish you all were working against Facebook scammers. They scammed my wife out of nearly $30,000 while she was on Chemotherapy. When she figured it out, it broke her heart. She died, feeling guilty about being scammed. I'm not about revenge, but I pray families can be protected from these bottom-feeding leeches. God bless you all💯❤️
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This breaks my heart. I'm so sorry that happened to you and your wife. Are you okay?
May the Lord comfort you. God bless you. Jesus Loves you very much.
Here are some scriptures:
"Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord."
*Romans 12:19*
"You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven."
*Matthew 5:43-45*
"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives."
*Genesis 50:20*
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Oh man…. That hit hard. My mom is fighting cancer now. I can’t imagine.
I am so sorry. Yes FB scammers are the worst, and FB is doing next to nothing. I report, and the answer is" does not violate community standards". I can sniff out almost all of them with some sleuthing. I am not computer expert, but I do the best I can. Again , so sorry!
So many seniors died from financial stress; thank you for avenging them. God bless you
i hope mr beast notice this problem..
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@@florastewart7957 these people are murdrers
so true
I absolutely luv when u manage to stop them midscam and u can save that persons possible life savings thank you so much on their behalf!
Thank you! Scammers wiped out my dads whole retirement. It cost me close to 30,000.00 to get my dad back to a less than normal life. My heart breaks for anyone who has gone through it.
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My goodness, I wanna punch these scammers and leave them broke for life. Sorry for the aggressive statement, what they're doing is an international threat ro everyone's welfare.
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There needs to be a department in this country that does just this to save and protect people who are not internet savvy
I have a yt channel and I have no idea how you do all this
Maybe make it crowd sourced via payment links on the website. Id pay money for a permanent group like this.
Thats what the FBI should be doing instead of going after Grammy for being at Jan 6th
Realistically it's going to be very expensive to run a govt operation like that... However In alot of 1st world countries do have education programs to help aid on minimizing being a victime to scams like these.
@@trevorlaird6904lmao exactly. Yeah let's hire 20,000 more IRS agents to combate against $500 transfers within small businesses and individuals, as opposed to fighting scammers, its sadly worth a laugh.
You all are heroes! Thank each & every one of y'all for volunteering to help protect the vunerable against these parasites! God bless! ✨️
Honestly in recent years I've noticed a sharp decline in the number of scam calls me and my family receive. I thought it was just tech getting better or something, but this video makes the decline make more sense. For every call center shut down, there is a noticeable difference made in the lives of those around me. Please never stop until they're all gone.
So freaking true, I have defo noticed a decline in these calls. A very big thank you to all of these individuals fighting for us all! 👏 👏👏👏👏
Interesting, I seem to be getting more than ever recently (I’m from the UK so can’t speak to other countries)
I get a scammer rings twice everyday like I'm too decrepit to make it to the phone for the first ring.😂
or where one goes down 2 pop up
I get up to 30 calls a day...from NC.
The lady at 15:00 crying was GENIOUS, she did it so well too, absolutely lovely goal and video! Thank you for doing this
The mind games are insane!
honestly it is insane how they are so cold hearted. Can you imagine being a scammer, getting someone on the phone who is crying their eyes out, someone you know is innocent, but you STILL continue. Disgusting
that was AWESOME acting. it had me going for a second til she started talking normally! she totally knocked it outta the park.
@@AfrolovertjeOne time, before I was medicated and still full of rage, I spent 4 hours calling back a call center that attempted to scam me, wasting their time, and screaming obscenities. What I learned in that time is that they don't actually believe we are innocent. At least the "people" I talked to believe that. There seems to be this broad, generalized mentality that America as a whole is stealing from India and doing other nefarious stuff. In their eyes, they're on the same crusade that Perogi is. How sad and misguided.
I started out thinking she was crying because the scammers were being caustic. She was in control the whole time. I am impressed.
I would like to say any desk allowing this to happen and participating in dismantling these scumbags is the coolest thing I have seen a company do in a while.
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Well it ruins their public image so that's why they have to do something about it
@@BorgoliiExactly! But sometimes, the companies just don't care. That's what sets anydesk apart I guess.
Thank you so much for what all of you do. You’re an amazing group of people.
The lady at 15:16 needs to be nominated for an Oscar
Thank you guys for doing such an amazing service.
YES! I was amazed by her skills...and laughing so hard.
I was looking for a comment about her, otherwise i would've made it myself
They should be paid mega bucks by governments, bank’s insurance companies etc etc. think of all the money they have saved “people and companies” they’re HEROES for sure . Thankyou . ❤
I thought she's crying but no she's just acting,wow she's very good at acting
good acting right hahaha
I am from India and I can't Thank you enough ... You are doing what our government should ....thank you for taking out these garbage...... Me and my friends love your work and your channel..... really really appreciate what you doin ..... :)
As an Indian how would scammers and scammers families deal with Swamis and Gurus if they would start naming these people on public along with complicit police?
Are any member of your family scammer that u need report them?
@@mikededo9455 what on earth are you yapping about
@@mikededo9455???
My mom was scammed. She sent $5000 cash. Fortunately she called me right after dropping the package off at UPS and I was able to retrieve it before it left the building. These people are the lowest of the low, what you and your team is doing is a real blessing. THANK YOU!
P.S. my mom's had several scam calls since, but now she enjoys playing with them....hoping she'll get more calls. Maybe she'll join you someday in the People's Call Center...lol.
I am so glad you could stop that package!
All the best to your family and in a roundabout way, here's hoping your mom is going to have a lot of fun trolling the scamming scumbags :)
Good on you man. I enjoy playing with these people too not gonna lie.
Cheers! Well done! 👍
How did they trick her?
It's not a good idea to play with them on the phone anymore. If they already have some of your information then all they need from you is your voice, so they can call your bank pretending to be you
What an awesome project. Thank you all for what you do to protect us all.
As an IT professional, I am proud of you all and I feel an urge to be a part of this.
I'm not an IT professional and feel an urge to be part of this! 😁
As a former victim of a few scams, I feel the urge to be a part of this
I have an elderly mother that I worry about getting scammed and I appreciate what you guys are doing to help the vulnerable. Keep up the fight! Thanks!
My grandmother has a thing on her phone where if you call it you have to press a number to "confirm you're not a telemarketer" so she doesn't get robo calls. I think you can do it for a landline if you talk to your provider.
I ensured my parents computers run linux for this very reason (also it never breaks so saves me alot of time fixing it ) as soon as they say they are from "microsoft or norton or macafee" my parents just hang up
You should have her watch this video and some of the other ones. That way, she might be able to detect scammers before they get anything from her.
@@DragonsWizdom I talk to her about them all the time and I watch her finances.
@@cutecats532 Do you know what it’s called?
You guys deserves a netflix documentary! Not all heroes and heroines wear capes
It's time to smokeout europiens out of invaded land of america
Heroines? Seriously?
@@dcenhancements😂😂 gays
@@dcenhancements imagine being so offended by a word for the feminine equivalent of hero.
@@dcenhancementsyes, touch some grass
I love all the work you do.... hitting back at the scammers, keep doing what you're doing and saving people from these waste of space scammers
Thanks to you all and the sponsors. You are awesome people!
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These guys do more than the FBI protecting citizens from scum bags like this.
Indian government/FBI gets a cut brother, why would they care? The average American citizens are peasants to the feds and elite.
These guys are allah itself
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FBI is too focused on preventing political candidates from being able to run.
Dude take money from the FBI and give it to scammer paybag its better investet there😂
I’m over 70 not of the IT generation. THANK YOU all of you for coming together to help protect people like me
me too and still dealing with fallouts of an all devices hack, that considering the way my concern over identification of 4- 8 devices on the network that I couldn't determine was turned into distrust of everyone in the family alone, the bitcoin payment might have been wiser than all the time lost on You tube crash cyber security courses. Rude awakening for all us baby boomers
Don't be intimidated. You know more than you realize. Even the guy in charge of this stated that he recently fell for a scam. With knowledge multiplying so quickly today, it is easy to feel intimidated. I have to remind myself of this also. Just keep on learning!
Dude an absolute HUGE shoutout to Anydesk. You guys absolutely crushed this and made your company look fantastic and caring. Other companies should take note of moves like this.
Props to AnyDesk for actively participating and getting those scammer tears in BUCKETS.
My mom was scammed of her life savings. Bless your souls for stopping these absolute scum of the earth :)
Hope she is doing well
Why don't you send him a chargeback?
It’s so fun to watch these scammers get upset.I make sure to watch and comment just because I want them to get recognition they deserve.
I am a call center supervisor for a healthcare company. So many of our members are apprehensive of speaking to us when we call them because of all the scammers out there, that they're being severely impacted with their coverage.
You're doing great work here, keep this up because so many people depend on it. Its not just their direct victims, but those that are weary of answering their phones because these vile people exist.
Bingo. This is exactly how I feel when speaking to anyone in a call center now. Legit or not, I'm always skeptical. I've had scammers call me and my local bank was the number that shown up. They're definitely blurring the lines.
I literally never answer any call that isnt saved in my phone because im tried of dealing with scammers. Hopefully none of my family calls me from jail or in an emergency because i wont answer lol
Yeah it doesn't help that even when I am working in a call center I can't tell if what I am working on is a scam or not
The federal government should be helping y'all with funds. Go get them guys. Love love love your work.
I'm currently with a retailer, and previously I worked for medical and disability insurance companies. People are so leery of answering their phones that they miss legit calls with important information. I nearly had to send a freight shipment for thousands of dollars back yesterday, because the customer wouldn't accept a call from the freight company's unknown number to schedule the delivery.
This gives me so much respect for AnyDesk. Unlike a lot of companies, they DO care who their customers are.
I am not sure, but maybe they could almost eliminate the problem. If AnyDesk built in an advanced My-Ip and refused to work in India.
@@friedmule5403 Refusing to work in India would for sure have it's benefits, but also have a lot of drawbacks since the legit companies would suffer
@@friedmule5403 yeah but they just switch off any desk, it's better to work with the anti scammers
@@friedmule5403 It's a lot more complicated than that. Blacklisting an entire country because there are many scammers there can potentially open them up for litigation, let alone losing nearly 30% of the potential client base.
@@friedmule5403 truth is, criminals will just change programs. Anydesk is doing it right, collecting data, deleting accounts and data.
Everyone participating in the People's Call Center deserves an award for dedication to public Service... doing what Law Enforcement is unabe to do.
These loosers don't know they are felling in a huge trap😂😂
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Besides catching scammers, I have NO CLUE about what you’re doing but I’m like a teenage cheerleader, cheering you on like I do because I’m so happy for you all and for all the people you saved from them, especially the elderly. This is just awesome.. 👏
I had exactly this scam attempted on me. I typed in $7 and he made it look like I accidentally typed $7000 on some MS-DOS-looking screen. He was very friendly and polite, and told me I needed to go to my bank to transfer the $7000 back to their account. So I pretended to fall for it, got in my car, which got him really excited, especially since the bank was only 15 minutes away. He told me to stay on the line. "I will. Bye." He called back. Asked if I was still on my way to the bank. I said I was, but I got hungry, so I had to stop at a McDonald's first. He said that was okay, but that I should eat quickly and then go to the bank because this was urgent and to not hang up up. "I won't. Bye." I kept him going like this for a glorious 6 hours, until I was out having actual dinner with my family and the only excuse I could come up with was that my husband does not take no for an answer, at which point I couldn't control myself anymore and I burst out laughing. I'm binge-watching you right now. 😂
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WAY TO GO!💯👍👍
I used to turn one or two a day into FB for two years, when FB actually cared. They don't bother to protect us anymore. I see them everywhere and know them well. But, I never feel safe and it ruins my online experience. They call me several times a day too. I try to help ladies with romance scams but no one ever listens until it's too late. These women lose everything but seriously are dumb. I had many romance scammers try. It took me a month to be an expert detective. I love watching these videos. I just now discovered them! I am so glad other people out there care and are fighting the good fight;
Legend 🙌🏻
Wow was it nerve racking?
Creating a tangible community to fight against scammers | Teaching others how to scam bait | increasing awareness on this issue | actually saving innocent defenseless people | banning and stopping call centers…
Dude, this is the beginning of history.
Go Big. Go Far. Go Strong. And Don’t Stop.
My concern is that they are also teaching to scammers present at the meeting the tricks to scam honest peoples at the same time.
If we removed the profit motive from our economy, all scammers and criminals would vanish.
These guys do more to stop the scammers than our governments .❤
Unfortunately what they do likely doesn't actually prevent much scamming long term, this is just feels good stuff. Also you have no idea what governments are doing to prevent stuff like this so I'm not sure where your comment comes from.
@@Neurotik51 If they actually search for resources and leads they can find a lot about the scammers that are nearby their area, the indian police for example. They can carry out investigations and put the building or "call center" in question under surveillance. It doesn't take much to wiretap given these guys' skills I know they have a tech intelligence unit to deal with these but they don't utilize it, in a way, we can definitely say, the government is moving, but not actually trying do something.
@@Neurotik51 Shutting down their call centers, temporarily or for good, getting law enforcement involved, exposing corrupted officers and politicians, all of these things help.
On the long run, it's true that the effect is limited, as even if you completely dismantle an operation, new ones can get setup to take its place. To root out scamming on the long run, you need to root out corruption at a systemic level in India and other countries where scammers can operate with relative impunity. You need to attack crime at its root, which means fighting poverty, offering young people (especially young men) some legitimate ways to make a living so there is less incentive to turn to crime. Unfortunately, there isn't not a lot that scam baiters can do on that front. Scambaiters can wield the stick but they can't wield the carrot. The stick on its own has limited power. But the stick is still a useful tool.
They are doing what they can. Basically, rooting out the whole problem would require changing a whole society which is way beyond what small actors like this can do. They can treat the symptoms but not the disease. But treating the symptoms of a disease is still useful.
@@Neurotik51if nothing else this project adds major delays to the scammer's wrath. and clearly the government is not much considering how many innocent people get scammed every single day.
considering the fact that scammers are growing in numbers everyday with new methods and more creative ways, evolving like a virus as the number of their victims increases, the government doesn't do much, of anything at all. and that goes for all the north america not just US@@Neurotik51
What a brilliant bunch of people, fantastic work by all of them.
So proud of all of you. Yesterday My elderly brother was told to obtain gift cards to pay for a rental car. He was over wrought stumbling around downtown frantic but was unable to find what they wanted. Finally called me and I explained he was being scammed and of course helped him out. You did this. You showed me about scammers. Thank you. Thank you so much. God bless you all on your righteous path.
You're a good person, helping your older brother. Glad you told him about scammers.
This needs to be on Netflix or Amazon so people can know how prevalent this is today worldwide ❤
What they are doing is questionably legal probably not a great idea.
Something that would really help is an agreement with the indian government to extradite scammers to the US. Thats something that many criminals fear more than death
@@YOSSARIAN313 How come? What exactly is can be illegal in that? They have support of AnyDesk (so you can say they are making sure their soft is used correctly) as well as Law Enforcement (as they made it possible to intercept packages)
@@YOSSARIAN313they’re shutting down operations that steal from people! How is that illegal.
@@vitorossi7839 oh hey someone with a brain