Scam Type: Internet Service Provider Scam
Scam Call Description
This Spark scammer thought he’d found an easy target in a sweet grandma—until tech-savvy Trixie Tricks turned the tables! 😂 Watch as I scambait my way through this ridiculous call, wasting their time and exposing their sneaky tactics. From fake IP address issues to remote access software schemes, this scammer didn’t stand a chance against my quick wit and endless distractions (Amazon packages, anyone?). Scammers like these are working overtime to trick innocent people with scams like credit card fraud and bogus tech support, but I’m here to stop them in their tracks and help YOU stay safe! What’s the most ridiculous excuse you’ve heard from a scammer? Share it in the comments below—I’d love to hear your stories! Join me in my mission to outsmart scammers, have a little fun, and spread the word about these shady tactics. Your support means the world to me—hit that like button, share this video with a friend, and subscribe to join our scambaiting squad. Together, we can waste their time and protect real victims. Thank you for being part of this journey!
This is a real call with a real scammer. The victim knows it’s a scam and is pretending to believe the scammer to learn more about the scam, waste the scammer’s time so he can’t be on the phone with a real victim, and get information about the scammer that can be reported to authorities.
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Well, hi, y’all. It’s Trixie. I pretend to be a victim with scammers to learn more about the scams and waste the scammers’ time. While we in The US are sleeping, scam call centers in India are busy scamming people in places like The UK, Australia, New Zealand. On this call, I’ve got a spark Internet scammer targeting New Zealand. I’m just going to play with him for as long as he will let me. The more time he spends with me and other scambaeters, the less time he has to scam real victims. A scammer once told me that he spends about 60% of his day with scambaeters. Let’s make that even more. Here we go. Hello. Yeah. Hi, sir. This is Harry calling you from Spark regarding your Internet connection. How are you doing today? Fine. How are you? I’m fine, ma’am. Thank you so much for asking. And the reason of this call is to let you know that from the past couple of days, we are receiving a lot of error and a warning messages from your server due that your IP address, which should be run-in a private connection, has changed from private to public. Uh. So, uh, so have you made any changes in your IP address? Well, uh, I don’t think so. Sorry? I don’t think so. I don’t I wouldn’t even know how to do that. Okay. K. So, uh, ma’am, no worries. I will help you to cancel I will help you to make your change your IP address from being public to private once again. But first of all, I just want you to check the problem by your own eyes, like, how is it happen. So in order to check your IP status, whether it’s running in a private or in public connection, do you have any device with you at that connected with your Internet? Do I have say that again. Do I have what? Do you have, uh, like, a computer or laptop, mobile phone? Yes. Okay. So I just want you to be seated in front of your computer that I can help you to show you the problem first. Oh, okay. Alright. Give me just one second. Uh, let me Okay. Get this here. Sorry? Oh, hold on just a second. Somebody’s at my door. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. I’m back. It was just somebody delivering a package. Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. Uh, now what? What do you need me to do? I’ve got my Okay. My computer’s coming on right now. Let’s turn it on. Okay. Okay. Okay. Oh, okay. Alright. It’s on now. Okay. It’s on now. Right? Yes. Okay. I’m not very good with I’m not very good with this computer. Are you sure you need me to do something? Can’t you just do it? Uh, Yeah. Yeah. So just hold on the line. Uh, I will just, uh, transfer this call to one of the senior technician on this floor. They will help you further to make you understand this call in a better way. Alright? Oh, well, okay. Okay. Just hold on one second. Mhmm. Hello? Hello? Thank you for being on hold, ma’am. You are speaking with Mark, the senior technician on this floor. How are you doing today? Well, I’m fine. I don’t know why he had to transfer me. Uh, I hope I wasn’t being too much trouble. Okay. Not not a problem. First of all, ma’am, I do believe my colleague, uh, my colleague explained you the reason of this call, why this call is being connected to you from the Spark Security Services. Do you have any idea? Um, like you said, there was a PI problem, but, uh, but I don’t know anything about that. I Okay. Not not a problem, ma’am. First of all, let me explain you, you know. The thing is that, madam, that from the last couple of days, we are continuously receiving several errors and warning reports from your Internet network. Right? And today morning, when we checked your Internet network, we found with the help of your register information and with the help of your register number, there is a Spark account which has been created in behalf of you using your personal information and using your identity. So we just check the account from where this account has been created, and we got to see that this account has been created from Mountain View, California, USA. So we just need the legal authorization from your end, madam, that have you authorized or allowed anyone to use your personal information Uh-huh. Hold on just a second. Somebody’s at my door. Just one minute. Okay. Okay. Take your time. Take your time. Take your time. Take your time. Take your time. Hold on. Alright. I’m back. I got a package. Okay. Okay. That’s us. I like to I like to order from amazon.com. Do you like to order from amazon.com? Yes, ma’am. I usually I whenever I need to purchase something, you know, from online, I usually do it personally, you know. Yeah. It’s a good website. They deliver it fast too. That’s right. That’s, uh, you know, that’s a great application as well, you know, who just take cares about the customers, and they used to deliver the parcel within two to one working days. And that is something that’s right. And that is something great. So now what I’m saying is I ordered a bunch of things, uh, this week. A bunch of things. Okay. So let’s see. What do we need to do here? Yes. So that’s the reason, madam, when we check this account, we found that this account is being created, you know, from Mountain View, California, USA. And and we check that you are still you are sitting here in New Zealand. Right? So that point of time, we suspected as a fraud and as a fake account, which is being created in behalf of you using your identity and using your Oh, I’m gonna I’m gonna have to ask you to hold just another second. I gotta get the door. Okay. Okay. I’m back. I got a I got one of those, uh, Fitbits uh, a couple of weeks ago, and they’re supposed to get my steps in. And my goodness with the doorbell ringing so much, I’m getting my steps in today. Okay. Now first of all, madam, let me tell you, it means that this is totally a fraud account, you know, which has been created without your prime knowledge and without your prime authorization. Right? So in this case, what we are going to do, we are simply going ahead in order to block this park account, and we will provide you the temporary layer of security so nobody can use your personal informations, you know, without your permission and without your authorization. So you will be safe and secure. Somebody hacked my account? No, ma’am. Someone used your Internet IP address, and I do believe you also know that that your Internet IP address is a Internet protocol address number. Right? And if the protocol number if your Internet IP address is mis misused by any third person, they can easily access whatever you do over your Internet. Hold on hold on again. Let me get my door. Just a second. Yeah. Bye bye. Thank you. Okay. Are you there? Yes, ma’am. I’m there. Okay. So, uh, you were saying, uh, I need to fix the IP address. Do I need to get somebody out here to do that? No. No. No, ma’am. I’m just going to help you out in order to cancel this account. So can you please tell me, like, which are the devices connected to your Internet network? Is it a computer, laptop, iPad, mobile phone, tablet? Oh, goodness. Well, I’ve got the the computer and, um, and my phone and, um, the TV. Oh, okay. And, um I do believe that Oh, my little my little robot vacuum is connected. Okay. I do believe, ma’am. Ma’am My coffee maker my coffee maker’s connected. I don’t know why the coffee maker’s connected, but but it is. Okay. So, ma’am Oh, and my I can’t I can’t say it out loud or she’ll talk to me, but her name is a l e x a. She’s connected. Thank you, Alexa. Yeah. Don’t say it too loud. Okay. Now can you please, you know, can you please tell me mostly, I do believe you use your computer or your mobile phone to access your Internet network. Right? So simply do one thing, madam. Simply just be in front of your computer or your laptop. Oh, yes. I use my computer. Okay. So some simply just go just go in front of your computer. Just be in front of your computer. Oh, yes. I’m I’m I’m in front of the computer. Okay. Can you please confirm me exactly what can you see on your computer screen? Well, I’ve got the pictures of my grandchildren up here. Uh, it’s when they it’s when they, uh, went skiing. And the little one fell, broke his arm. Bless his heart. But but he’s doing well now. Okay. Now do one thing, madam. Simply just open Simply just Hold on. Hold on. My door again. Hold on. Okay. You’re there? Yes, ma’am. I’m there. Okay. Thank you. So No. Is this still ma’am. Is this still Mark? Yes, ma’am. This is Mark. Okay. Still Mark. Now simply open up your Google Chrome on your computer, ma’am. Simply open up your Google Chrome. Oh, yes. The Google Chrome. Yes. I use that. Okay. Open it up. Simply open it up. Okay. Yes. Now on the Google Chrome, ma’am, just focus on the extreme right hand side, top corner of your screen. Do you see there is a three dots? Uh, yes. Three dots. Just I see that. Push on yeah. Push on the three dots and just push on new windows. Just tap on new windows. New window. Got it. Yes. Now just type just start typing through your keyboard, j as in John j. K. D as in David j d. D. D. J d, d as in David. John David. Okay. Yeah. Again, d as in David. Okay. Now can you please tell me what did you typed in? JDD. Now type CAsInCharlie. Oh my goodness. Hold on. Take take your time, ma’am. Take your time. Take your time. My goodness. I’ve gotten four packages today. Okay. I can’t believe you. You just ordered something, you know? A used steak. Yes. I ordered a lot of things this week. I’ve got I’ve got a lot of things coming up and, uh, I’m Okay. Okay. Now you just need to type in after j d d care, c a r e care. J d d c a Care r e c a r e. Dot dot. Dot. K. Help. H yeah. Now type in the help, h e l p, help. H e l p. Boy, my goodness. This is a lot. Is there is there more than this, or is that all there is? Okay. Now can you please confirm me what did you typed in? Um, jddcare.help. Yes. Now simply press enter from your keyboard. And what’s comes next on your screen, just let me know. Oh, okay. Press enter. Press enter from your keyboard first. Press enter. Okay. Enter. Oh, gosh. Hold on again. Hold on one second. Hello? Mark? Yes, ma’am. Oh, I’m back. Oh, you need me to press enter? Yeah. Press enter. Simply press enter, ma’am. Alright. Now the I got a a warning, and it’s making a loud noise. Okay. Just push on continue. Just just push on continue. It doesn’t have that. It doesn’t have continue. It just has this big red warning. Okay. It says the red warning. Right? Uh, yeah. It says, uh, warning. The bad show you are talking to is trying to steal your money. Sorry? What? No, ma’am. I think you are totally wrong. This is not right. Oh, I don’t know. What it’s what what is it showing you there? What is it showing you there? Just let me know. Uh, it’s got a a red box. Uh-huh. And and it’s got, uh, white letters, and it says warning. Uh-huh. The, uh, bad show you are talking to is trying to steal your money. Called that’s not bad show. It’s called? It’s what? Ma’am, it’s called mother Shud, not Pan Shud. I appreciate you all so much. Remember to click the like button and share this video with a friend. It’s fun to have fun with scammers and cause them a little misery in their day. 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