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  • computer frauds now the most common crime in the U.

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  • Very few fraudsters are ever caught or convicted, so online vigilantes are fighting back.

  • They call themselves Scam baiters.

  • What's your website markers home?

  • Oh, you don't work for Microsoft.

  • Come on Now people know they pretend to fall for a scam and then turn the tables on the fraudsters.

  • Videos are watched by millions.

  • My computer's making like a beeping sound.

  • Can you hear that sound if the's scam baiters are breaking the law so they can show their faces on camera?

  • I'm available?

  • Yes, for the next couple hours, actually.

  • But some online vigilantes go further.

  • I'll be very honest approved to you that you're lying.

  • Is your real name card like Wharton Cart?

  • That's not your real limited.

  • Correct.

  • Nor is Ricky.

  • You're correct, ma'am.

  • My real name isn't that you, Chip?

  • Name s O.

  • I try to keep myself safe that way, but I'm disrupting criminal organizations on some of those organizations can literally make millions of US dollars per month.

  • And there's also a risk because some of the techniques that you're using could be considered illegal.

  • I do not attempt to gain access to someone's computer unless they're trying to scout me, and I wit for them to try and scam me first.

  • What I do is deliberately set up my own home computer to allow these scammers access.

  • And once I do that, it's set up in a way deliberately that I can trace their connection back.

  • So if you like, I can connect back to their PC.

  • Jim's given us some footage that hasn't been published before.

  • It's his most successful hack yet, so you go right inside the company through these cameras.

  • Yes, this is a scam call center in the Indian capital, Delhi.

  • Jim has taken control of their CCTV cameras.

  • He can see exactly what they're doing.

  • Important security message.

  • Your computer has been locked out.

  • Scammers freeze your computer with a message telling you to call Microsoft for urgent technical support.

  • You can get rid of it by simply switching off your computer.

  • This is Windows Security server Windows rights.

  • Yeah, it's got Microsoft.

  • So your Microsoft here?

  • Yes, but instead, Jim calls the scammers and watches as they try to rip him off.

  • There's like a beeping noise and said credit card details could be jeopardized So what does this mean?

  • Oh, my God.

  • Okay, I will tell you.

  • You must have been to any unsecured website due to which it let those hackers to get into your network.

  • Right?

  • I see.

  • So how do I get rid of this?

  • I'll help you, so don't worry.

  • You ready to go ahead and get it fixed and there will be a one time charge.

  • Okay, So hold on.

  • Why would you charge me when there's nothing wrong?

  • That's quite normal.

  • No, There are certain technical thing that has to effect technical things.

  • Go on, try me.

  • I'm quite technical.

  • Are you running a scam here?

  • Because that sort of looks like to me, nothing like that is just a warming that came up on We're trying to fix.

  • This is another call, Jim, Mate, the scammer claims he's calling from San Jose in California.

  • If you really live there, you would name one restaurant anywhere Huddle in San Jose.

  • Let me Really one thing.

  • Are you in San Jose or not?

  • Definitely, sir.

  • Okay.

  • Can you name me one restaurant in San Jose without looking at Google?

  • Why should I?

  • Didn't question Well, I bet you're looking at Google right now.

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