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I Forced a Scammer to Confess to His Girlfriend
Added:This is our scammer for today and we're going to find out everything about him from his credit card information to his home address and even the girl he's been talking to. So, we're going to try to make a virus that has two jobs. One, make his computer absolutely unusable.
And two, force the system to spam confessions to his girlfriends. There is.
>> Now, while all this is happening, we're also going to see if we can pull up his webcam to get his live reaction. But first, we got to try and hag this guy's system. Thank you.
>> And what I was saying was that I was when I and what I said though was when I clicked on it, it was saying, "Do you want to allow the following app to make changes to your device?"
>> All right. It seems like I've dropped you in the middle of things. But in reality, this is one of Perogi's favorite tactics. You see, after so many years of fighting scammers, we got their process memorized. And all we're doing here is pretending that we've already been on the phone with a different scammer whose call has been dropped. The idea is that Matthew Davis will realize that we're already on the hook and jump straight to the point where we connect to him via remote access software. Let's see if it works.
>> Do I have to hit yes?
>> Yes.
>> All right. Now, it came [music] up. It's saying allow remote control. Please tell your partner the following ID and passcode if you would like to allow remote control. And then um there's a your ID and password. Do I tell you that?
>> Yes.
>> Okay.
>> Right here, Matthew falls for it and connects to our computer.
>> Lotally connected like an idiot. Now, the reason this is so important is because this creates a gateway into Matthew's system, and with just a little bit of time, we can hack it. Normally, we do this while staying on the call with the scammer, but this time things are going to go a little differently.
>> You just have to uh go on to best buy.com.
>> Best Buy.com.
>> That is correct.
>> I know. I'm just kidding. It says Sonos.
Call [music] ended. So, we don't really know why he hung up there. But unfortunately for Matthew, it's already too late because in that brief window, we've already gained enough access to start going through his files.
>> Wow.
>> Wow. Wow. Wowee. WhatsApp.
>> Wow. Wowee.
>> Wow. Oh, look at this picture.
>> Get this. Yeah, I'm freaking this. Oh my gosh, bro.
>> ASAP.
>> Calm down, buddy.
>> ASAP. Now, Perogi and Knight are talking about getting permanent control over Matthew's system. This takes a little bit of time, but luckily Matthew left his computer on long enough for us to do what we needed to do. Now, we already know he has a photo, meaning that this computer is likely a personal system.
So, the question is, what else can we find? So, we're going to use a customized tool that I customized, and we're going to go through and extract all the passwords that he has in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. And something tells me this guy's an idiot. So, he's going to have tons of passwords. There might be some credit cards in there, too, cuz you can save credit card for We'll see if he has it or not. But, you know, that's just >> we'll take a little we'll take a little We'll just take a little peek >> walk around the park and see if maybe [music] >> walk around >> he's dropped those 16 digits in the three special.
>> Now, obviously this guy's real name isn't Matthew Davis. It's actually Titus Chalker boarding. We'll cover how we know this in a bit, but knowing this name is about to be very important.
>> Cards.json. Oh, there it is.
>> cards.json.json.
I didn't even know that, by the way. We don't know anything that's going to come out of this. But, you [music] know, we're we're going to >> It's a pleasant surprise to see cards.
>> Yeah. It doesn't say that when there's no cards, so we'll see if there's extra card [laughter] in there.
>> Hopefully, it's not like a [music] victim's card. That's always the risk.
>> I mean, we do know this guy's name.
>> I mean, these are >> Yeah, >> that's Yeah, that's his name.
>> That's his name.
>> Titus [music] Chakraorti. And that's his card.
>> Credit card number.
>> Looks like expires 2029. [music] So, you know, fairly new card. Might need to get a new one of those. Titus, >> be a shame. Be a shame. No, we're not.
No, we're not going to put it on the internet. But just imagine if we were thread. If we were evil.
>> Okay.
>> All right. Let's see some passwords. We [music] got some passwords. He has passwords. There's passwords.json. Do you think there's going to be anything at 123 in here?
>> Dude, I hope so. I hope we got some support at 123. Oh my. Talk about loaded. Holy cow. How many lines is that? 496. [music] >> Holy cow.
>> Save credentials. Titus at 1986.
>> You think that was the year that Titus >> Do you think he was born? He was definitely born in 1986. That's the worst password.
>> How How old do you think he is? If he's born [music] in 198, if he's 1986, then he's 40.
>> He's 40 years old.
>> Yeah. This guy's a 26.
>> Yeah. Wait, wait, wait a minute. Hold on a second. Hold on a sec.
>> Of course, with all these passwords in front of us, there was no way we could resist trying them out. But most of them were protected by Twofactor. And the few that weren't were on websites like this.
>> Oh, that's [music] accountonami.net.
>> What is Konami ID?
>> It's It's our account now. So, we're going to find out what it is.
>> You listen. You got to solve this capture first, man. Preve you're not a robot.
>> Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. That's the weirdest capture I've ever seen. That's kind of cool. They have they put game characters on there.
Oh, four bad requests. Whatever this he signed up for just doesn't exist anymore.
>> Oh gosh.
>> So, with the personal account sitting a dead end, we tried to see which of the scam tools we could get into.
>> This is so cool. Lots of lots of scammer accounts. Okay. Lots of uh servers and call and like dialers and stuff.
Gorillaes. I'm assuming that's another remote access software. I could be wrong. Gorilla.
>> Let's see. Let's see what that is.
Actually, I you know what? I think that's worth a while looking. Oh, this is weird. Let's see [music] here.
Matthew at 1986. Maybe that's his Oh, that's probably his fake name, dude. You think >> Yeah, he probably goes by Matthew.
>> The name [music] of the account is Mitchell, but it's spelled like Michelle. Look at that. Yes. Look at that.
>> Mitchell.
>> Michelle, dude.
>> This guy is an idiot.
>> Oh my god. I'm so happy we saw that.
>> Michelle. Hi, ma'am. This is Michelle.
>> Mitchell.
>> Oh my gosh. What a terrible scammer name. Invoicelee.com. [music] This is probably what he's sending us. fake invoices from.
>> Okay, firstly, can can we just acknowledge that invoice leak? He says select business and there's two businesses that he made. There's one called accounts team and accounts. This guy probably couldn't figure out how to use the website.
>> Oh, what is this? Oh, yeah. This is a invoice. [music] You were right. This is he's making like template invoices. It looks like it's from accounts [music] team at 350 something street, California.
>> Oh, look at his address though.
>> Titus Shakraorti, >> United States. United States.
>> He is not from the United States, buddy.
I think we know.
>> I think I think he's from somewhere else.
>> Of course. Knight's right. So, now it's time to reveal the biggest thing we found on Titus.
>> You know, this is a really easy way to do I'm going to set his desktop background and we're just going to wait for >> Just look at it big on your head.
>> Oh, that Oh, that's that's his girlfriend.
>> Oh, so that's not even his car.
>> That's the girlfriend. Wait a minute.
Wait a minute. Oh, we're we're going to make sure the girlfriend knows what's going on as well. Oh, this is a [music] picture of him, too.
>> Hello, Titus.
>> Hello, buddy. Oh. Oh, my oddar front. I have a feeling it's this one. I [laughter] hope. Well, if it's his, >> it says mine.
>> It will be mine. So, >> oh my goodness. Let's take a look here.
>> Oh, yeah. Titus tracker. [laughter] >> There it is.
>> Government of India. That doesn't say government of the United States.
>> I got to say, as someone that lives in the United States, I don't have an Indian ID.
>> Yeah. Well, maybe we're not true Americans.
>> Yeah. It's just like this man.
>> This is the real ID to get on the plane.
>> Is this what it is when you have to get on the [music] plane? You got to have a real ID. Now it's from India.
>> Titus is the name of Nacho's dog. So, I like I like saying I think Titus is funny because I'm just imagining Nacho's dog. I mean, this guy basically is a puppy, but he's not good or doesn't make you smile or anything like that.
>> This is the kind of dog that just pees all over your carpet.
>> We're going to try our best to get the scammer's girlfriend to break up with him. But one thing I want to point out to you guys is that scammers just like these, they will do all sorts of things to get your personal information, including buying it just so that they can scam you. So, if you're tired of scammers just like I am, and you're looking for a way to stop all the emails, text messages, and phone calls, you should check out Incogn. Listen guys, criminals all around the world have access to your exposed personal information and they're doing things like scams, harassment, or even stalking. And the more information that's out there, the more data breaches that happen, the more likely you are to become a target. And that's why I recommend using Incogn. Incogn helps reduce the risk of scams, protects you on and offline, and most importantly helps you to take back control of all of your personal data. Incogn is also available in a bunch of other countries outside of the US. So, for all my international friends that have been asking me, "Hey, how do I protect myself online?" You should check out Incogn.
Head on over to incogn.com/proy for a 60% discount on their annual plans and start taking back control over your personal data today. Now, we're going to get back into the video and destroy the scammer.
>> Right. So, at this point, we have all the identifiable info we could ever need. That means our next move is to figure out how we're going to destroy this guy. Now, something we mentioned earlier was Titus's girlfriends. While we were watching him, he spent basically all of his time in between scams talking to her. It seemed like what he would do is leave the house while pretending it was for real work, then video call her throughout the night. Makes sense, too.
After all, scamming is an incredibly shameful act in India. So, it seems like our best option to ruin Titus is to figure out some way to let his girlfriend know what he's been up to.
While at the same time, our virus destroys his computer. But while we were coming up with how this is going to work, we noticed something big.
>> Oh, Knight. Typically, you're the guy with the surprises. Guess who's got a surprise for you. Put your mask on for this one.
>> Put your mask on for this. That's pretty good. That's a great >> It's a great slogan.
>> It's a surprise and a present at the same time. How about his >> You going to cover it? You going to cover it? Okay, >> we got your face, buddy. And the only reason my voice is squeaking is because I may or may not I don't think I was sick, but I had a little bit of congestion.
>> Now, we've looked at the webcam before this, and up until now, it's been covered. So, assuming it stays this way, we're going to be able to turn it on while our virus runs to see his live reaction. However, doing this test may have revealed a bit too much too soon.
>> He's a little bit nervous right now, I guess.
>> Because he turned his webcam on and took a picture of it.
>> So, he's ending his screen connect tasks. Let's see.
>> Oh, he was looking straight at it.
>> Oh my [laughter] gosh. Why did he do that? He was looking straight at it.
>> He's been idle for 5 minutes, so he literally just like walked away.
>> He's probably on the phone going, >> "What just happened?" I'm going to download more of his files. Oh my gosh, dude. Titus >> very handsome guy.
>> Handsome guy. It's a shame he chose scamming instead of modeling.
>> Likes to smoke cigarettes, by the way.
Don't smoke cigarettes, Titus. See, this is the same guy for sure. That's fun.
That's That's so funny.
>> Where is Titus from? Let me check the back of his card. Kamar Hunti, West Bengal. Is this the same guy? Is he wearing glasses? Yeah, let's triple check. What do you think, Dan?
>> Let's play a game called Is that the guy?
>> Yes, >> dude. Oh, the glasses are the same, too.
Wait, are those glasses or under eyes?
>> No, he's got bags.
>> Dude, look how big. Wait, are those bag Look how big that bag is.
>> You know why, dude? It's cuz he's staying up all night scamming.
>> Yeah. Yeah. He literally has to stay up till 3:00 in the morning.
>> That's crazy.
>> What time is it right now? It's It's midnight right now.
>> Now, after this, Titus ended up shutting down. And he stayed shut down for a while. But, as with most scammers, greed eventually got the better of him. So, about a week and a half later, while we were preparing to take down an entirely different scammer, we noticed that our boy Titus came back.
>> Oh, Noli's back.
>> He's back. He is back. He's back. Okay, we're doing Dan. Let's go.
>> Come on, Knight. Give me some. Let's go.
What?
>> All right, let's go get Dan. NLI is back.
>> His computer's on. Virus is ready.
[music] >> Yeah.
>> So, you need me right now?
>> Yeah. I'm really happy that you're photo shooting [laughter] me into this is amazing. This is what happens in the office. We have like 20 things that are happening at the same time. So, literally, we're about to confront.
>> We're about to confront 95.
>> This is Mak.
>> Also, I want to say great job on the photos. Thank you for the update on >> Let's do it. Let's get this guy.
>> So, now it's go time. We confirmed that Titus was in fact coming online to scam.
But then we saw that he happens to be talking to his girlfriend right now. So, here's the plan. Our payload is going to spam a confession message directly to his girlfriends. The moment it's done, it'll completely wreck his display, leaving his screen virtually unusable.
And the best part, no matter what he tries, the visual effect isn't going away, effectively rendering his system useless. Now, on top of all that, we're also going to see if we can pull up his webcam so we can watch his reaction as everything unfolds. What do you want the message to be to the lady?
>> Hey babe, it's Titus. I've been scamming people. You should break up with me.
>> Hey babe, this this Titus, I'm a scammer. You should break up with me.
>> Yeah, >> that is absolutely okay.
>> I'm not good for you. Thank you for calling.
>> Okay, now spam it now cuz he's on a call. Face it in. It's going to run.
>> Come on, go. Face it in there.
There he go. There he goes. I locked his input. That's awesome. Hold this camera.
Oh my gosh. Camera's open. Camera's open.
Camera's open. Let's go. Camera's open.
Titus. Come on, Titus. [laughter] Show us your face. Titus, show your c Show your face. You're He's hiding from the side.
>> Oh my gosh. I think it's dying. His computer's dying. I wish I had it on the screen. He definitely moved to the side on the camera. I feel like he did the same thing that Romesh did. So like to the side.
>> That's hilarious.
>> Like Romesh went to the side immediately and this guy went to the side as well and now his face is going to be permanently shown on this channel. So hopefully girlfriend of Titus, you leave him. He's a scammer, okay? Don't deal with him anymore. He tries to steal from innocent people. He is a scammer. And we we tried to do our best to let you know that, okay? We [music] went straight to you and told you that he was a scammer.
Okay.
>> Do you think he's panicking right now?
Like trying to delete the message?
>> He's probably need to change his shorts.
>> This is the last [music] image that he saw on his screen, too. Hopefully, we helped one person out there from being involved with a scammer. This [music] is Pro Scammer Payback saying don't get scammed and don't date scammers. Bye.
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