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Pranks Destroy Scam Callers- GlitterBomb Payback

Mark Rober · 120.3M views · 2022-05-08 · 26:41

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Overview

Mark Rober and collaborators build glitter bomb traps and other pranks to fight phone scam call centers, and share evidence about the operations.

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Offered as a satisfying example of fighting back against scam call centers.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2022–2024

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Privacy, surveillance & cybercrimeMagic, puzzles & curiosities
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jasonwatkinspdx · 2024-02 · Recommendation

> My second thought was the majority of this type of fraud is probably from foreign impersonation, not Americans. There's an industry for it in India, because they can source english call center workers there fairly easily. The youtuber Mark Rober ran into a couple of US mules for these sorts of scams while working on one of his prank videos, and decided to team up with some other youtubers to troll some of these companies in India. The video on it is worth watching: [VIDEO]

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IG_Semmelweiss · 2023-09 · Recommendation

I think the definition of cyber crime is what is important here. I think there are huge buildings with call centers in India dedicated to cyber crime. Thousands of people. Nothing to do with tech skills. Here is Mark Rober basically bringing the war to their shores with incredible pranks: [VIDEO]

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fossuser · 2022-07 · Recommendation

I thought this was pretty great: [VIDEO] My favorite part is when the guy uses the scammers real name and she panics.

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