Episode 350 Livestream Recap
Scammers Will Do ANYTHING For A Scam…
We tried out a Google extension called “ScamWall.” It’s in development to try to stop scammers by warning victims about scammers. Rinoa will contact the developers with her feedback.
What’s My Fake Name Today?
Stream Timestamp [00:28:01]
Margaret Rosebud vs Steve Wilson (Musa?) -PayPal [CONTINUED – Terry Makichoot vs Adam Wilson & Jason Watson & Mark Wilson (Crazy Eyes/Mr. Trombone) from Episode {349}]
AnyDesk & Alpemix were used.
He recognized us. He gave us a different name today than he gave us last week. We put him on foreverhold.
Time Wasted Today: 40min 02sec
Time Wasted {349} 1hr 16min 36sec
Total Time Wasted: 1hr 56min 38sec
So Many Attempts to get Money from an Elderly Woman with Obvious Dementia…
Stream Timestamp [01:23:25]
Margaret Rosebud & Bob (the real “Brian”) vs Alex Parker (“Jake”) & Unidentified Scammer (the fake “Brian”) & John from GeekSquad & Eric from Chase Bank/Zelle
Alpemix was used.
Refund amount $1,257.98
“Accidental” refund amount $12,570
“Welcome Fraudulent Code” is shown because there’s “some kind of fraudulent activity happening,” according to Alex.
Alex: “I am just like your grandson. OK?”
Margaret threatened to smack Alex with a lawnmower if he didn’t stop chewing in her ear. Alex attempted a Zelle transfer.
First F5 refresh redeem!! Mr. Mittens jumped on the keyboat and stepped on F5!!
Alex explained that the transfer mistake happened because her computer was running slow due to the virus. Margaret’s son kept calling her but Alex told her not to answer his call. He had been getting a notification from the ScamWall on her computer.
Margaret thought that Alex is her grandson, Jake, who is 9 years old and likes Legos, Minecraft, and Pokemon, wants to be a firefighter, and wants a Hello Kitty lunchbox and has a friend named Bart. She thought this because Alex insisted that he was her grandson, so he must be Jake.
Alex told Margaret to buy Target giftcards totaling $9,000. Margaret wanted to know if Jake’s father was going to bring him to meet her at the Target. She’s going to buy him a firestation lego set. Alex started eating again because Margaret was making him hungry by not letting him speak.
Margaret: “Jake, do you still have your big, beaver teeth?”
“Jake” gave the phone to his father, “Brian.” She wanted to know if it was OK with Brian and Sally for her to buy Jake a big present. He said to just buy the giftcards first. Brian gave the phone back to Jake.
Rinoa: “Sorry, Mom. I’m beating someone to death with his own leg.”
Margaret let Jake know that she had purchased the giftcard and lego set for his birthday. She said it was $5 but then said that the amount is a surprise.
Margaret: “You need to learn that money doesn’t grow on trees, honey.”
Alex called us back from a different line.
Alex: “Hi, this is Jake.” He had resigned himself to his new name.
When she reached her home, “Jake” had Margaret login to her bank again.
Margaret: “Why does it sound like you’re pressing your buttcheeks? What’s that buzzing? Are you microwaving the cell phones again? Get Grandma out of the microwave!”
MelonBuddy Translation: She wanted doing it. I don’t know how it got changed.
Margaret’s son, Brian showed up since she wasn’t answering the phone. He called out the scammer and told him to get off the computer and never call her again. He booped.
We called the same call center again without the Margaret voice, not realizing it was the same place.
Victor answered.
Alpemix was used.
Victim: “The door in the background needs to be ripped off the hinges and thrown away.”
MelonBuddy Translation: Yes, it is true. Need to repair that.
We were busted.
We booped.
What About the Blueberries?
Stream Timestamp [03:38:55]
Margaret Rosebud vs David (BarnacleHead) -PayPal
Refund amount $600
TeamViewer was used.
Margaret said that it was a fraudulent charge.
Chase Bank
Margaret: “I see the f’n key!”
David: “Not football team viewer! Just TeamViewer.”
David brought up the very professional cancellation form in Notepad.
Margaret: “I’ll hold down my horse.”
Margaret: “Honey, you’re as dull as dishwater. Do you know that?”
Margaret: “Have I ever told you about blueberries?”
He accused Margaret of messing with the computer and booped.
Total Time Wasted: 19min 30sec
Goldfish and Sharks…
Stream Timestamp [04:09:12]
Jessica Wilson vs Alvin Carter -Geek Squad
Refund amount $349.99 for 3-year subscription
AnyDesk was used.
Jessica: “Am I a shark with a fish mask or am I a goldfish with the goldfish mask?”
Alvin: “You’re no one.”
Alvin said that her system has been hacked by someone in Dayton, Ohio.
Jessica: “Is that the shark, then?”
Alvin: “The shark and the fish doesn’t matter!”
Alvin: “You’re gonna receive it in your end.”
Alvin attempted a Zelle transaction but we knew that he was doing it wrong and that it was going to send money rather than request money.
Jessica: “Could you sound less stupid?”
Scammer tried to explain chargebacks but Jessica didn’t understand. He wanted her to send the hacker money to get our money back.
Jessica: “I don’t want to send my money to somebody who stole my money. That doesn’t make any sense! You dirtbag!”
He wanted Jessica to send money to Kelsey. Jessica gave the scammer a loud lesson on how Zelle works.
Jessica accused him of trying to steal her money. “You are a criminal. You are a scumbag.”
Jessica: “You are a dirty, disgusting sewer rat!”
We booped in his face.
Total Time Wasted: 33min 13sec
Let’s Play Bankers and Robbers…
Jake called Margaret back.
He asked her to open TeamViewer again.
Margaret: “Why does it sound like you are farting in the background, honey?”
Margaret suggested she pick up Jake so they can “play bankers and robbers” in person. “You be the robber and I’ll be the banker.” She proceeded to pretend play with Jake.
Margaret: “I’m putting the money in the bag!”
We were transferred to John, who is Jake’s personal assistant.
Margaret: “Jake, make an owl sound if you are being kidnapped.”
She asked Jake to explain why he needed a personal assistant as a 12-year-old boy.
Jake: “I’m not trying to do any fraud. Alright?”
Margaret: “Just fix the diarrhea phone.”
Margaret no longer remembered getting $9,000. She shut down the computer because Alex was doing something that she recognized as a problem. Alex accused Margaret of being on drugs and called Jake an asshole.
Alex: “Are you ready to give our money back or what?”
Margaret: “What money do I owe you?”
Margaret: “Are you at my son’s house right now?”
We were transferred back to Jake.
Margaret: “Who is this weird man you are playing with? Why are you around all these strange men?”
Margaret decided to call Jake’s father because Jake’s gonna be in trouble. We booped.
Jake called back, upset that Margaret wasn’t listening to him.
Margaret told Jake that he’s in trouble and isn’t allowed to play video games.
We booped. Jake called back.
Margaret: “Jake, why do you have so many phone numbers?”
Margaret: “Is somebody bullying you in school? Talk to grandma.”
Jake still wanted her to open TeamViewer.
We booped.
Jake called back. Margaret said that she was driving to his house to help him.
Jake: “If you go to my house, I will be in problem.”
Margaret: “Tell the strange bad man that I’ll give him the $9,000 in person if I can exchange it for you in person. You’re in stranger-danger territory right now.”
Margaret: “I’ll get you the $9,000, but first I need to talk to your dad.”
Margaret: “How did you get caught up in this situation?”
Jake: “Some bad people, they have got hold of me.”
Jake told Margaret to go back home.
Margaret: “So, I have to bang a U-y?”
Margaret believed that Jake must have been taken legally through a custody order.
Margaret: “Do you have a safe place to lie your head tonight?”
Jake: “Yes.”
We hung up when we got to Jake’s house so that we could talk to his dad, Brian. Brian got on the phone and the scammer booped.
Jake called back and Brian answered.
Brian: “What do you need to talk to my mom for?”
Jake went silent and booped. We called back. No answer.
“Zelle” called us, later identified as Eric from Chase Bank (same call center as Alex Parker. Margaret confirmed that she had transferred $999 to “the Microsoft boys” earlier today. He took the phone number from the other scammers we spoke to earlier but he said it wasn’t working.
Eric asked how the other person had removed the hackers from the computer.
Margaret: “He said used his powerball and removed them.”
Margaret: “He said he was going supersane on the hackers.”
Eric said that the account she sent money to earlier is associated with terrorist activity.
Eric: “You are now being considered as a national threat.”
Eric from Chase Bank asked to speak with Brian.
Brian: “There was these dirtbags earlier, pretending to be my son.”
Eric is going to work with Brian to try to get Margaret out of this trouble.
Eric: “Today is Labors Day.”
Brian will go to Margaret’s house tomorrow and will call back. He thanked Eric for looking out for us and booped.
Total Time Wasted [estimate] 3hr 05min 36sec
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