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hunter

(38,313 posts)
Mon Mar 2, 2020, 10:18 AM Mar 2020

Criminals on CCTV: Scammers caught red-handed

Hundreds of thousands of people fall victim to scams in the UK every year.

Many are run from criminal call centres abroad, where teams of fraudsters operate around the clock.

One man in the UK, who goes by the name "Jim Browning", decided to do something about it. He hacked into a call centre in India from where scammers target their victims.

--more-- (includes video)

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-51660982/criminals-on-cctv-scammers-caught-red-handed


I feel bad for the people who get scammed, but I sure enjoyed seeing the scammers get a taste of their own medicine, which is why I posted this in the Lounge.

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Criminals on CCTV: Scammers caught red-handed (Original Post) hunter Mar 2020 OP
Very interesting! Alliepoo Mar 2020 #1

Alliepoo

(2,221 posts)
1. Very interesting!
Mon Mar 2, 2020, 10:41 AM
Mar 2020

Good for “Jim Browning” and may he successfully continue this good thing he’s doing!!

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