Mark Rober's Glitter-Bomb Traps for Phone Scammers
Mark Rober · Demo · 23 min · 2021 · YouTube title: Glitterbomb Trap Catches Phone Scammer (who gets arrested)
Why it's here
HN mentions it in robocall and scam threads as an entertaining look at how phone scams work and how vigilantes fight back.
What it covers
Mark Rober sets up elaborate glitter-bomb traps to go after phone scammers, working his way up their chain of command, and ends with a scammer being arrested. He also points viewers to fraud-reporting resources and to scambaiter Jim Browning's investigation.