Inside the World of a Scam-Busting YouTuber

The Perfect Scam

AARP

True Crime, Aarp, Fraud, Society & Culture, Scam, Crime, Bobsullivan

4.5 • 980 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

With over 2 million subscribers, Scammer Payback captivates YouTube viewers with his ability to spot scams and flip the script on the scammers. In this special interview, host Bob Sullivan sits down with Scammer Payback (also known as Pierogi) and learns more about the man and the methods behind his successful channel. They’ll talk about how Pierogi got started, his most interesting confrontations, his experiences inside the call centers where these scammers work, and his tips for listeners on how to stay safe and keep their information secure.

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0:00.0	This week on the perfect scam.
0:03.4	How many people do you have working at Microsoft?
0:06.4	A lot, we cannot, we cannot give in count.
0:09.1	Ma'am, if you look on the top, there will be help.
0:12.4	H-no be help.
0:12.6	H.N. help.
0:13.6	Click on that?
0:14.6	What's your website?
0:15.6	Microsoft.com.
0:17.0	Oh, you don't work for Microsoft.
0:18.9	Come on now, sweetie.
0:20.2	You're doing a short scam?
0:21.8	It's a short scan. Yeah, short scan? It's a short scam.
0:23.2	Yeah, short scam.
0:25.2	Yes.
0:26.2	No, a scan.
0:27.6	I'm sorry, honey, I have a southern accent,
0:30.2	so I don't know if maybe you're not hearing me. Why would you try to, why would you try to tell me that there's fake viruses on my computer
0:38.0	and then tell me that I owe you $25,000?
0:42.0	How about you have... I owe you $25,000.
0:42.9	How about you have all of your files gone
0:46.8	for trying to steal money from an old person?
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