Comment on Kitboga Trapped 200 Scammers in an Impossible Maze
Cruxifux@lemmy.world 8 months agoHow do you know it’s fake? I’m a pretty huge skeptic of anything on the internet and don’t watch this guys videos myself but my wife likes them. Is it just a gut feeling or has this been proven?
I never thought of it before but you’re probably right, this probably is fake.
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Am asking a legitimate question. Am not sure if he’s fake, I only saw few videos. At times it feels pretty convenient how things always go to plan and right on time for next stream. Then again I could be wrong, like I said am not a dedicated follower. Also I could understand his tricks working once or twice but on a constant schedule for years. I don’t know. It also feels very naive that people rarely just hang up. Why would anyone sit 20 minutes on call when they can call others who can be scammed. I don’t know. At this moment it’s just a gut feeling as all the tech used exists but using it in such ways requires a lot of effort and am not even sure some things are possible. I’d be a believer if there were scripts and code I could look at. The way it is now it’s just “trust me” this hack button totally reverse hacks into people’s networks.
dingus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
They actually don’t always go according to plan. He only posts videos of the ones that get hooked and work out.
There’s also a bit of finesse to these things. It’s an elaborate game of fishing. You can’t give the scammer too much or too little or else you won’t get a bite. There are some videos where he explains why he responds in a certain way to the scammer which will keep them on the hook. You can contrast with other older videos he has made where he does something that ends up making him lose his catch pretty early.
I will admit, some of the more elaborate schemes Kit has pulled do make me a bit suspicious at times, but for the most part it seems legitimate.
thenightisdark@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s good to assume to be a skeptic. But in this case the KISS principle probably points to this being a highlight reel.