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The Fox News Rundown

Extra: The Dangerous World Of 'Scambaiting' And Busting Internet Fraudsters

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

News, Daily News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

One in three Americans faced a financial scam in 2024, according to a recent Bankrate survey. As technology advances, it is growing easier to fall victim to cyber scams. And with the rise of AI technology and increasing involvement of organized crime organizations, the financial and emotional threat is only becoming more common and harmful. However, some folks are fighting back. ‘Scambaiters’ make videos of themselves wasting scammers' time and exposing them and their methods -- sometimes, to law enforcement. Ashton Bingham and Art Kulik have been doing it on their YouTube channel for ten years. Ashton Bingham and Art Kulik joined FOX News Rundown host Chris Foster to discuss why they decided to target scammers and how they do it. The hosts of FOX Nation’s Scammed: Getting Even explained how scammers operate, and why busting up their schemes can be a dangerous job. We often have to cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full interview. Today on Fox News Rundown Extra, we will share our entire interview with Scammed: Getting Even hosts Ashton Bingham and Art Kulik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Fox News Rundown Extra.

0:05.8

I'm Chris Foster.

0:07.1

We spoke to a couple of scam baiters on the podcast.

0:09.8

They make and post videos of themselves interacting with anonymous scam artists,

0:13.6

sometimes just wasting their time for fun,

0:15.8

sometimes exposing their methods and even bringing them to the attention of law enforcement.

0:19.9

Ashton Bingham and Arcula have been doing this for about 10 years now. They have more than 1.7 million subscribers on YouTube. They also have a new series streaming on Fox Nation called Scammed Getting Even. We couldn't fit the entire conversation into the rundown podcast and radio show. We think it's good enough, though, to play the whole thing here is a weekend extra. As always, we thank you for listening and invite you to subscribe. Come back for more. Thanks if you already subscribe, of course. And now Ashton Bingham and Art Kulik on the Fox News Rundown Extra. Ashton, Art, nice to meet you guys. Nice to meet you. Thanks for having us.

0:54.3

Thank you for having us.

0:55.1

Scammed on Fox Nation.

0:57.3

Ashton, just remind people or tell people who don't know your story how this got started.

1:01.2

Yeah, we're two pretty much opposite people from opposite sides of the planet that came

1:05.2

together with a similar dream about 15 years ago to make contents and just be ourselves

1:10.2

and stumbled into scam baiting in 2016

1:12.6

when we had an accidental viral video and kind of developed it into our brand where we like to get

1:17.3

justice for scam victims, raise awareness about, you know, all the things that are plaguing our

1:21.8

internet and our society and everything. And so now we're fortunate to have this show where we can

1:25.7

actually take down scammers on a on a huge level and get revenge good no back in the days when we started 2016

1:32.1

2017 three maybe three four channels who've been scam baiting so it was such a niche right scam baiting

1:39.6

and every single person who will scambate either it's only voice or there is glasses, right?

1:45.0

So there is never like a, like, you can hear personality, but you don't see the face.

1:50.0

And here there is a certain in me.

1:52.0

Right in your face, in practical jokers, you know, like doing scam baiting and...

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