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I track down and identify scammers. https://t.co/EPDyCMDyiK
Sep 22 7 tweets 3 min read
1/ Meet Abhishek Rawat. He's 24 years old running fraudulent tech support scams out of his apartment complex in Noida, India.

After weeks of spying on him...I confronted Abhishiek through his own laptop webcam. Image
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2/ Abhishek tricks victims by impersonating companies like Canon and McAfee.

He sets up fake support ads, answers the calls, pretends to be a trusted brand, and pressures people into giving him full access to their computer. Image
Sep 5 7 tweets 4 min read
1/ Meet Balwant Singh, An Indian scammer who impersonates HP printer support and then rips off the elderly with fake tech plans.

He tried to scam me....but instead of falling for his trap, I hacked into his live webcam feed and watched him panic in real time. Image
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2/ Balwant runs a classic printer support scam out of his apartment in Almora, Uttarakhand, India.

It starts with fake Google ads posing as printer support. When victims call, he demands remote access, invents fake problems, and charges hundreds for useless “repairs Image
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Aug 28 10 tweets 6 min read
1/ Meet Manish Kumar, An Indian national responsible for scamming thousands of innocent people out of his bedroom in Ghaziabad, India.

When I hacked into his laptop and switched on the live webcam feed, he instantly panicked and blocked the camera view with his hand! Image
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2/ Manish is running a classic tech support scam. He poses as AVG support, pushes fake Google ads to lure victims, then asks for remote access so he can make up fake problems and charge the victim for useless “support” Image
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Aug 19 8 tweets 4 min read
1/ Meet Gaurav Trivedi, an Indian scammer who impersonates Microsoft support and then rips off innocent vulnerable people.

He tried to scam me......but instead of paying him money, I hacked into his laptop and turned on his live webcam feed. Image
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2/ Gaurav runs a classic Microsoft tech support scam out of his apartment complex in Raebareli, India.

It starts with a fake popup that locks your screen, blares a loud warning sound, and tells you to call “Microsoft” immediately or risk losing all your data.
Aug 12 13 tweets 7 min read
1/ Meet Gurpinder Singh and Rohit Sharma. Both of them run a scam call center in Punjab India. Together they have been stealing over $1.2 million every year since October 2016. Image 2/ I first encountered their scam operation when I found this fake advertisement offering avg support Image
May 15 14 tweets 7 min read
1/ This scammer is using leaked Coinbase customer data to spam out fake SMS text messages to users.

I could dox the scammer right now but I'd rather conceal his identity until he is brought to justice!

Let's give you an inside look into the scammers perspective and workflow. Image 2/ Earlier this year, my team and I noticed a massive spike in social engineering attacks mainly aimed at @coinbase and @binance users

Reddit and X were flooded with screenshots from victims targeted by these social engineering scams. Image
Apr 11 11 tweets 6 min read
1/ A few hours ago I hacked a group of crypto scammers impersonating @Coinbase Support.

These scammers drain most of their victims out of thousands of dollars!

This thread will show you how the scam works and the methods I used to trace their exact location!👇 Image
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2/ Earlier today I started looking into new tactics that scammers use to impersonate crypto exchanges like @coinbase and @binance.

About 20 minutes in, I stumbled across a new group targeting Coinbase users— Scammers spamming fake reviews on the Chrome Web Store. Image
Feb 17 15 tweets 12 min read
1/ Meet Pankaj Dhingra and Awadhesh Kumar Verma, both of them run a scam call center located in Noida, india. Together they have stolen $1.4M from innocent vulnerable people since November 2021. Image
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2/ I first came across Pankaj’s and Awadhesh’s scam operation when I saw a fake Google advertisement offering printer support. At first glance, these sites look pretty harmless, but in reality, it's a big scheme to get you to pay for useless drivers or firewall security. Image
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Jan 28 25 tweets 13 min read
1/ This is An investigation into a group of scammers who stole millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency by impersonating the Austrian federal police. This thread will outline our efforts, which led Indian authorities to make multiple arrests and seize over $150,000. Image
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2/ On June 12th, 2022, I received a message from my friend and fellow scambaiter @DanGleeballsYT regarding a scam call center that spams out fake, malicious phone calls to thousands of innocent people. (Actual Robocall Audio used by these scammers) Image
Jan 23 16 tweets 9 min read
1/ Meet Sushil Chouhan, An Indian national who owns a scam call center in New Delhi, India. He has been scamming thousands of innocent people since November 2023. Image
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2/ I first encountered Sushil's operation when I came across this "Microsoft scam popup." It blocked my keyboard and mouse input and played an audible warning instructing me to call a toll-free number. (This is an example of the scam popup.) Don't call the number!