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Watch scambaiter test fake tech support with 100 computer viruses

Grant St. Clair
Aug 18, 2025
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Spoiler alert: the answer is "not well."

Although scambaiters specialize in derailing the well-practiced scripts of online scammers, what would happen if one played along a little too well by asking a tech support scammer to actually do their supposed job?

Veteran scambaiter Kitboga is on the case, loading up a computer with a fu…

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