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All the technology used is well known and you can replicate it yourself. Why would you fake it?
Jim Browning is a good example if you want a little more information on how this stuff is done.
Am well aware of technology and no one needs to explain anything to me when it comes to that. Why fake it? Money of course. But my question is a legitimate one. It seems awfully convenient that reverse scams work every time and in convenient time slots for his stream. So I am wondering if it's fake or not.
These scam centers are active around the clock. Why wouldn't they be? It's billions they are pulling as an industry.
I've been watching his channel for years and never once had the impression anything he does is faked.
The scammers he talks to would have to be amazing actors to have emotional outbursts like they do after being comparatively friendly and tame for so long.
Not only that, but there is rarely a repeat of the people he talks to, if any, unless it is the same scammer for days.
I don't are anything that would suggest this one or any of his videos are fake.
Plus it's not far fetched to think that the scammers themselves are just as excited for their big payoff as they hope their marks get for theirs.
I don't know whether I like this one more or the ones where they (not sure if it's the same guy that did any of these) advance fee scam an advance fee scammer. In one case they know for sure they've been had, but if some of them are returning for 40 days in a row, it's likely that some give up but keep thinking about it, wondering if they could still claim that money, if they gave up too soon, maybe it's time to try calling again.