And he does. In some of my favorites, Pierogi, who dyes his hair bright blue, follows a scam in real-time. He tries to call the victim and tell them they are on the phone with scammers.

Many phone-based fraud scams originate from countries with large call-center operations, like India, the Philippines or even Russia, according to Velasquez. The scammer will tell you that your ...

Biggest claim to fame: Working with the BBC investigative series Panorama in 2020 to bring down an Indian call center full of scammers. Style: Browning (not his real name) is no LA entertainer.

The scammer tells the victim they missed jury duty and must pay fines, or they will face jail time for contempt of court.

Occasionally, the scammer would answer ... for free as a way of building a list of live phone numbers to sell to call centers." ...

My scam caller said his calls are successful ... It is more likely that he was sitting inside of a call center room somewhere in Asia. "In some of these places, they're equipped with a phone ...