Who scams the scammers? Well, Rosie and I do :) (Patreon)

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2021-10-04 10:40:59

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2026-06

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The link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/03/who-scams-the-scammers-meet-the-amateur-scambaiters-taking-on-the-crooks

This article appeared in the Observer newspaper yesterday and features IRLRosie (https://www.youtube.com/c/rosieeeyuh) and me. It has some interesting perspectives on scambaiting.

I will have a little collaboration between Rosie and me very soon!

Jim

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Who scams the scammers? Meet the scambaiters

hree to four days a week, for one or two hours at a time, Rosie Okumura, 35, telephones thieves and messes with their minds. For the past two years, the LA-based voice actor has run a sort of reverse call centre, deliberately ringing the people most of us hang up on - scammers who pose as tax agencies or tech-support companies or inform you that you've recently been in a car accident you somehow don't recall.