He also believes that each time a scammer gets caught in his snare, it’s an opportunity for them to reevaluate the choices they’ve made that led them to such a dark place as to defraud elderly people for money. Occasionally, scammers will even recognize him and give up the act to have a heart to heart. As Kit likes to say in his streams, “Everyone has the ability to positively or negatively affect the world”, and if just one of these scammers decides to give up a life of crime due to either conscience or consternation, that’s Kitboga moving the needle for humanity.
Kitboga is far from the only prominent scam baiter, although others have chosen a more wrathful approach. Jim Browning is a black hat hacker who exposes the personal information of scammers, steals their stolen money to give it back to their victims, and hacks into CCTV footage at the call centers notorious for their scam operations. He’s even shut down entire call centers all from behind his computer screen.
It’s reassuring to know that these keyboard crusaders are out there distracting and destroying scam operations that would otherwise be busy stealing from our parents and grandparents. But rest assured, if you’re a millennial, you’re just as likely, if not moreso, to fall victim to a scam as a boomer. So until Kitboga perfects his scam-fighting AI, please heed his message and keep your guard up when “Mark” from “Microsoft” tells you to buy some gift cards.
Top Image: YouTube / Kitboga
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