I don't think that old man had that much since if he didn't know what was going on, he might have been like "What telephone line and internet line? I don't know what you're talking about I don't have one!" lol imagine that!

almost a year later, and i have the same sentiments...What kind of pond scum does that to an old man. if i ever go back to the UK i'll buy you a pint.

these horrible heartless bastards need a good savage beating, makes my blood boil!!!

Lee-Enfield No.4 please

And also from having his rooter configured.

I’ve seen files at least that stupid on some old people’s computers, so it actually isn’t as far fetched as it might seem.

Nah a lot of ppl do that.. the stupid part was downloading it and trying to open it when it DIDNT WORK on the owners pc and gave a virusresult aswell.. why would they have a file they can’t open themselves for their own info

@Flare Me, an indian person: 🤨

@@endermeap6488 lmao don't listen to him

ForumcoldiArchon Like, the only time a pdf document will have an icon is if it could be ran. The icon isn’t even transparent. Easy way to make out a fake...

Nur als Hinweis, "Schutzengel" heißt auf Englisch "guardian angel". :)

Many german people are here anwesend, as it scheint :P

Schön ein paar Deutsche hier zu sehen. :D

Moin moin

@@cimadev weiss nicht wovon du redest

and that's how social engineer works😂

I think naming it user names and passwords is more believable, people are more likely to have a file like that in their desktop and it’s just as tempting

its not even that clever! i bet Jim was buzzing his tits off as it happened

Nah the scammer was really stupid, what elderly person keeps their bank info in a PDF document? It would be in a word document if anything.

wait you arnt using pastebin?

fire X of course they get a kickback, it's how they're allowed to operate. China is the same, its how Chinese scammers are allowed to scam tourists, the police are all in on it and take a cut.

Whenever somebody makes a joke about the quran, many Middle-Eastern countries threaten to boycott the entire western world. Meanwhile these Indian scammers are stealing millions from the English speaking world and nobody does anything about it. Maybe it's not the best comparison, but shouldn't some united nations like group say "hey, stop that shit now" to India? Or maybe all big companies in the west are so tied to India and China that we can't really boycott them. Dunno. Who even funds these scam callers? Is it some Indian mafia or a foreign crime organization that's using India for money laundry or some shit.

It's also that they have to go through the proper channels. They can't RAT someone like Jim does because all the evidence gained from it would be inadmissible in court.

They downloaded and activated the file themselves with no prompting from Jim so I don't think there's anyway a court could find Jim in the wrong in this case.

Fred Gassit Right up until the point he connects, then it all gets a bit, shall we say, grey

How do you know he doesn't wear a cape? For all we know, he is wearing one in all of these videos!

No capes!!!!

Not every hearo wears a cape. Few of them use VM and they reverse remote connection.

No hero's wear capes.

I understand what you mean, my grandfather was 85 when he believed some scammers. While he didn't lose a huge amount of money ( 2000 € if i remember correctly,which to him wasn't a little amount btw) ,he didn't feel secure anymore, he did lose his natural charisma if you will. I realised that he really, for the first time, felt old and vulnerable. He is in a better place now, but still if i think of it i get so angry that i could hurt someone.

You could subscribe to his patreon page if it hits close to home for you. People like him should be encouraged, rewarded and incentivized. Maybe the next person he helps will be someone else's father/grandfather .

@@Eisenwulf666 Yeah even if you're not necessarily hurt by the monetary aspect (although it might sting) it will still hurt you mentally to fall for something like this. It's embarrassing for most and it makes you question your own judgement to a degree that's far from good. And when you're old it makes you question your own sanity and mental wellbeing, even though it has little/nothing to do with that. This is a threat that's completely new to someone over a certain age.

@@volundrfrey896 It's similar to how people who are abused by narcissists feel, they start to doubt their own senses due to the gaslighting

they put money in their ears, sad but true

They believe that they are disadvantaged and people in other countries OWE them something, therefore they are facilitating this transfer (the ends justify the means). I have some friends from India and every time they go back, their family EXPECTS them to leave EVERYTHING they brought with them in India. If they do not then "they are being greedy and selfish".

TheIlook1 Yes, this applies to anyone who is prepared to do such things to vulnerable people. Regardless of where they are from.

Girlybunches they see it as a career and are never told it’s wrong, they go looking for a job, find a high paying “tech” company, and then boom, they are scamming people.

Girlbunches, I agree, I wasn't trying to say it is part of the Indian culture, but was surprised when our friends told us that they HAD to go shopping (some new things would be expected) so they could take things with them to "keep the peace" in their family. I have seen this with people from many walks of life....victim mentality.

Man how messed up is the modern world that we need to rely on post offices employees to make sure we don't lose all our money (btw VERY happy that your friend is safe and for the employee) have a good day sorry for being 2 years late.

I worked at credit union call center and I had older people who would call cause they got a scary call pretending to be the bank. I'd have to reassure them that it was a scam and their money was okay. I'd always tell them that it they are still concerned or want to change account info, they can go into the CU and they'd be more than happy to help. Those were some of the worst calls cause they were just so scared and I couldn't do a lot more than explain what it was.

There is a special room in Hell for that level of garbage. That takes a special kind of evil.

Because he's English :)

SecretSquirrel aha, I guess so.

JMXHD Business day was good

Don't forget that he is not calling them up bragging about how he syskey'ed them or something either. It's good to see someone out to learn more about how to effectively deal with these scum

Nicolai Nielsen Exactly. There are so many others who just call up to cuss out at them, make jokes, etc and to me, that doesn't make any sense or have any effect.

That's a great idea... there should be a bounty on these crooks!

Maybe hes already an fbi agent or something , or maybe a part of an organization that works againts these guys , who knows !

Lol he earns more from KZfaq 🤣

I want you to read your comment VERY CAREFULLY.

He was coming back from the barstand when he wrote that comment

Jim, well on behalf of elders like my mother, thank you for stepping in (and following up) when you knew he was a sitting duck. I bet his family was grateful (at least I hope so). Anyway, I AM grateful.

Aqua Nova dumbass

Aqua Nova lol jk that was the joke mate

They listen to too much rap. Little big gangsters in da Indian hood!

You're kidding right??@Aqua Nova

Aqua Nova They axed him Not ask *axe*

Vote Labour!

​@Prajna Shenoy When someone asks, "okay?", our response is usually "okay" also. This is similar to "yes" - it is an affirmative. It declares that you agree with something. So if you are repeatedly answering "okay" or "yes" to the question "okay?" then this makes your subconscious mind more willing to accept the instructions of the person asking "okay?" - you have told yourself "okay" enough times that you actually start believing that the activity you are falling victim to is ok. Salespeople use this technique to take you in the direction they want you to go. Google the 'Yes Set Technique'. Basically, the salesperson asks the customer easy-to-answer questions; then, at the end they will add on the final question which they _really_ want they customer to say 'yes' to. The basic 'Yes Set' pattern goes like this: *Salesperson:* I noticed that you were looking at our range of winter jackets. *Customer:* Yes *Salesperson:* Were you able to find something that will keep you warm? *Customer:* Yes *Salesperson:* Does this one you've just tried on feel comfortable? *Customer:* Yes *Salesperson:* I'm not sure if we have many of these left in stock actually. Are you ready to buy this today? *Customer:* (thinks 'Yes') Uhm yeah, I think I'll take this one, thanks. Years ago, I had a shitty job in a horrible call centre where I would cold-call people to try to get them to agree to make an appointment at their home with a greasy salesperson who would get them to buy double-glazed windows. The opening pitch was just an adaptation of this technique. For example, a conversation went something like this: *Me:* You answered in our survey that your house is over 10 years old, didn't you? *Customer:* Yes, that's right. *Me:* And you'd be interested in increasing the value of your home over time, wouldn't you? *Customer:* Yes, of course. *Me:* There's actually a local WINdow recycle scheme running at the moment. Money back for old windows. Homeowners are taking advantage and really seeing rewards. I don't know if you've heard about it yet, but would you ever be interested in finding out how much you could get if you ever wanted to upgrade your WINdows? *Customer:* Uh... *Me:* It would be good to know at some point in the future, wouldn't it? *Customer:* Yes. I'd be interested (...also subconsciously hears the word 'win') *Me:* So you have seven rooms in the house, right? *Customer:* Yes *Me:* Hmm..so I wonder how many WINdows that would be.... *Customer:* Uhh..let me think...10 *Me:* Yeah, so you have about 10 WINdows? *Customer:* Yes *Me:* If you were ever to upgrade...CAN YOU IMAGINE which WINdows you'd choose? (customer consciously thinks "Yes I can imagine"/subconscious mind hears this as: "Can you imagine win?") *Customer:* Yes. All of them. *Me:* Well, I can get someone to PAY you a quick visit...whenever's best for you...and they'll be able give you a good idea of what options you have for the WINdows if you ever decide to upgrade. It's really helpful to know and they can answer any questions you have. Does that sound good? Shall we make an appointment? *Customer:* Yes. Then a salesperson goes to the customer's home and convinces them to rip out their perfectly fine windows and install new 'upgraded', 'green' ones. The customer never gets money back from recycling - the company cashes in on the materials, and gets thousands from the customer. Most of the time the customer is happy though and never feels rip off. But it's all so insincere. I was so happy to leave that job. Anyway...so the repeated 'ok' pattern these scammers use puts the customer in a habitual response to answer 'ok' also - just like the customer who continually answers 'yes'. They say 'ok' - in other words, they agree automatically with the scammer. The force of the 'ok' or 'yes' is built up so that the victim says 'yes' to the ultimate aim of the scammer without really thinking about it too hard - 'OK I will let you control my computer'; 'OK, I will give you my bank details'; or whatever it may be. It's been proven how idiotic these scammers are. Yet even a complete moron can keep asking 'okay?', without formally realizing what they are doing. It might be difficult, however, for good people to realize when they are falling into this trap of automatically agreeing with someone and allowing themselves to be persuaded even more into doing something against their own interests. It's also important to realize that the word 'No' is probably the most powerful word you can ever use.

Why?

Jim Browning I can understand that. I am so happy that you are able to save some victims their hard earned money! I don't want to know from which victim they took money from. I guess I am just curious as to the average amount of money they scam out of people. Do they clean the victims out completely all at once, or slowly over time? I am a retired Police Officer, and I have been retired for about 10 years now so computer crimes was not even a crime when I retired! At least at our small department it wasn't, at the time anyway. It is just my cop brain wanted to know as much as possible! Thanks for answering all my questions. I meant what I said about you being a hero. Peace, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Gaspodnetich is

Damn right we do need more people like jim

me too

Kenan Wondercheck 80th like (21:57 UTC January 7, 2019)

Pretty easily, I'm afraid. They're scamming people in a wealthy country half-way across the world. It's easy for them to convince themselves that their victims are going to be fine -- that is, even if their conscience is pricked in the first place.

Yeah, you're probably right. I hope karma will get them all in the end, but that's probably wishful thinking.

not ww2 the video is from 2018 2018-87 1931 ww2 ended in 1945 he would only be 14

Question: are they scamming only the elderly? I would think they would hit each and everyone they can. Heartless has no color. race or religion. Humans suck!

Greta Bos Scam baiting videos in general would be good. Another place would be Lewis Tech as long as you stop the video before they start swearing at each other. And for a lighter video there's always The Hoax Hotel who usually does pretty clean scam baiting.

ya that's the reason why I want to use jim's, it's very professional and has no nasty language..

Why do you need permission to play youtube videos? As long as you're just playing them and not re-uploading them or something then I don't see what you need permission for.

it's common courtesy to ask, don't ya know..

Greta Bos If you want to do that it's better to message him via e-mail in the "about" section of KZfaq on his profile page

Thank you for your work, Koko! Can't wait to see more stuff from you.

Mohit Jain what do they say in the background at 2:30?

Yeah what did they say?

That scammer said : "maybe he didn't say anything because he saw the girl"

to be honest thats exactly what i would say if i had a quest to befriend your enemy in order to be a firsthand snitch to a scammers side, its unlikely but possible; hope you are legit through but i thought it would be wise to let Jim think about that so he can be around for a longer becouse after all, at this point he made enough losses to get WANTED for his...head.

The BBC get info from these call centres saying this is illegal. The BBC are scared of Indian backlash so they do little.

Jim Browning congratulations on 2.33 million

@@JimBrowning Just a small amount of 2.82 million subs now!

sad thing is this isnt the only one there thousands out there

Zeo Life Just terrible. Poor old gal 🥰

Omg yes he totally does!

Same with me, my financial institution requires you to physically show up and if any changes are made to the account, you have to contact them personally and send them a signed note via fax or email where they will match your signature of course from the first time you showed up.

Oh, here we have to walk to the bank, talk to a bank person, give them my ID and then they will unlock your account for online purchases.

Indian scammers are arrested, in their hundreds sometimes. The problem is that it's very easy to set up a call center using today's technology, it's easy money for the owners, and the employees often have no alternatives that pay close to what they can earn at those places. So they popup all over the place, and will keep popping up.

I am an occasional scambaiter. 5 weeks ago I reported some scammers to the Kolkata police (as well as to their ISP) and the address is still active. I really don't think they care. I reported it to our local police in Australia who said they would contact their counterparts in India but they were doubtful anything would happen. You would think maybe Microsoft would be interestrd too.

Yes just educate people don't arrest any criminal because indian government and police is so innocent and knows nothing.

India is the Biggest Corrupt country in the World... everyone from Top to Bottom, from their PM to the lowest of Police Constable are all piece of SH!T #ShameOnIndia

He couldn't do a TEDtalk because they would accuse him of oppressing people of colour.

@@frazzleface753 what? why