Pranking Scammers ft. Mark Rober

Kolkata Sector 5 is the telephone scam capital of the world. Although I've reported lots of scam call centers there, nothing seems to happen. So what could be better than turning up at these call centers armed with (harmless) devices which will get the attention of these scam groups and hopefully the rest of the world.

Thanks to the engineering skills of Mark Rober and the to Trilogy Media who made the trip to India to confront the scammers themselves, we managed to film a set of pranks via the scammers' own CCTV cameras.

Although this is having some fun at the expense of scammers, this is a serious problem. Millions of dollars are lost to these scammers and the police in Kolkata do very little to shut down these call centers, so it would be great if people shared these videos and tweeted @KolkataPolice

Let's hope we can make a "shut down" video before long. In the meantime, enjoy....

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Intro, outro and logo by Pico.
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Outro music:

[MarkRober]

So great working with you again Jim. You are truly one of the greats.

[gawbe]

Missed opportunity to say: "I'm in the office, I work with you. Find me"

And see them all go after each other.

[rexdavidson]

Can’t believe they didn’t think to check the camera. They actually thought you had telepathic powers 😂

[Xxarealeexx]

I absolutely love that just as they're about to be done with Jim, he draws them back in with a simple, "so, what's wrong with my computer?"

[naomirajan]

The fact that Jim can do almost anything with a computer but still decides to use his knowledge to take down scammers and send glitter bombs to people astonishes me.

[TrilogyMedia]

Was an absolute honor to be a part of this. Let's take these guys down!

[Realalexostrowski]

They’re the chillest scammers ever tho 😂. They let you keep going and continue wasting their time. Absolutely amazing

[clairegrim]

Glad I don’t have to worry about my 101 year old grandma… one time I called her from a friend’s number.

She answered the unknown number call by blowing an air horn, then yelled “I DONT FALL FOR SCAMS!” And hung up.

I was laughing so hard I couldn’t compose myself to call back from my own number for a while 😂

[FullyAlive]

The fact that they were literally still trying to scam him after all of that is INSANE.

[iemand]

I love how Jim called four of them out by their real name and they still all tried to talk to him about computer problems and Microsoft. That is some real commitment.

[moamenlapongen]

The person in the red shirt furiously fanning away 🤣🤣🤣

[DevilboyScooby]

"Are you a Microsoft chipmunk?" 🤣

[professionalprocrastinator]

Trying to gaslight these scammers into believing that they gave you their real name was the funniest thing I've seen all year! Great job Jim & Mark!

[Kalepsis]

What you should do is have someone discreetly install loudspeakers above their ceiling tiles so that when a scammer gets scared and asks where you are you can tell the entire call center, "I AM EVERYWHERE."

[jokay]

Love this video because every minute Jim consumed the whole teams time means time they aren’t scamming. Having them all transfixed in his talents is hypnotizing parasites.
Brilliant work as always.

[calebs]

seeing the entire office begin panicking was the funniest thing I've ever seen lol. Good work!

[maro]

you really put Priya in a rollercoaster of emotions😂 this is some next level trolling ahahaha

[TruthBehindTheLies]

The fact they'll send a mob to someones house is insane

[christophergargaro]

You should've told them you were going to cast a spell on them - I think they would've actually believed you and that you were this omnipotent presence. A+ video and A+ work. You rule man.

[hannahhickenlooper]

It’s conflicting how much I enjoy Priya