The narrator, a scam-baiter, shares a story of how he helped take down a large tech support scam call center. He pretended to be a victim and allowed scammers to connect to his computer using a remote connection tool called AnyDesk. However, he had secretly contacted AnyDesk, who helped him track down the scammers and ban them from using the service.
As a result, the scam call center lost access to over 3,000 devices and 62 scammers were banned. The narrator estimates that this action saved around 10,000 devices from being hacked. He praises AnyDesk for their cooperation and efforts to stop scammers.
The video also includes snippets of the narrator's conversations with the scammers, who try to convince him to download software and give them access to his computer. The narrator humorously responds to their requests and eventually gets them banned.
The video ends with the narrator thanking his audience for their support and encouraging them to pursue their passions.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Tech support scammers aim to gain access to a victim's computer.
2. To achieve this, scammers ask victims to download remote connection tools like AnyDesk.
3. Once installed, these tools allow scammers to connect to the victim's computer anytime.
4. Scammers can lock the victim's mouse and keyboard, hide their screen, and access their bank account, private files, and webcam.
5. The narrator pretended to be a victim and downloaded AnyDesk to gather information about the scammers.
6. The narrator sent the scammer's connection code to AnyDesk, which led to the scammer being banned.
7. AnyDesk engineers can analyze the scammer's network and ban other scammers in the same call center.
8. The narrator repeated this process with multiple scammers, resulting in dozens of scammers being banned.
9. The narrator estimated that around 10,000 devices were saved from scammers through this effort.
10. AnyDesk worked with the narrator to ban scammer devices and prevent further access to victim devices.
11. The narrator used a service called Aura to monitor their identity and prevent identity theft.
12. According to Aura, every six seconds, someone in the US was a victim of identity theft a few years ago.
13. The narrator was able to intercept and ban around 62 scammer devices at one call center.
14. The scammers had made over 24,000 connections to victim devices, which were lost when the scammers were banned.
15. The narrator believes that remote connection tools should do a better job of stopping scammers.