computer frauds now the most common
crime in the UK the very few fraudsters
are ever caught or convicted so online
vigilantes are fighting back they call
themselves scam baiters what's your
website microscope not home
oh you don't work for Microsoft come on
now sweetie scan people
they pretend to fall for a scam and then
turn the tables on the fraudsters their
videos are watched by millions my
computer's making like a beeping sound
can you hear that sound these scam betas
are breaking the law so they can show
their faces on camera I'm available yes
for the next couple hours
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but some online vigilantes go further
I'll be very honest right approved to
you that you're lying your real name it
apart like Orton cart that's what you
really limited correct nor is Ricky your
correct name my real name isn't the I
you tube name so I try to keep myself
safe that way but I'm disrupting
criminal organizations and some of those
organizations can literally make
billions of US dollars per month and
there's also a risk because some of the
techniques that you're using could be
considered illegal I do not attempt to
gain access to someone's computer unless
they're trying to scam me and I wait for
them to try and scan me first
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what I do is deliberately set up my own
home computer to allow these scammers
access and once I do that it's set up in
a way deliberately that I can trace
their connection back so if you like I
can connect back to their PC Jim's given
us some footage that hasn't been
published before it's his most
successful hack yet
so you got right inside the company
through these cameras yes this is a scam
call center in the Indian capital Delhi
and Jim has taken control of their CCTV
cameras he can see exactly what they're
doing important security message your
computer has been locked up the scammers
freeze your computer with a message
telling you to call Microsoft for urgent
technical support you can get rid of it
by simply switching off your computer
this is Windows security server
Microsoft Windows right yeah it's got
Microsoft so your Microsoft here yes
but instead Jim calls the scammers and
watches as they try to rip him off
there's like a beeping noise and it said
credit card details could be jeopardized
so what does this mean oh my god okay me
I will tell you you must have went to
any unsecured website due to which it
let those hackers to get into your
network right
I see so how do I get rid of this I'll
help you sir don't worry sir you ready
to go ahead and get it fixed and there
will be a one-time charge okay so hold
on why would you charge me when there's
nothing wrong that's quite normal
no there are certain technical thing
that has to be fixed technical things go
on try me I'm quite technical are you
running a scam here because that's what
it looks like to me I think like that is
just a warning that came up and we are
trying to fix it this is another call
Jim made
the scammer claims he's calling from San
Jose in California if you really live
there you would name one restaurant
anywhere at all
in San Jose let me tell you one thing
are you in San Jose or not definitely
sir okay can you name me one restaurant
in San Jose without looking at Google
well I bet you're looking at Google
right now I'm not doing that sir