Lau MoralesMar 20, 2025
BrianKrebs

I'm dying over here. This guy says he's created the world's first AI-based call center for actively disrupting and screwing with scammers. Their AI bots are taking live phonecalls at scale and keeping the scammers on the line for hours, and sometimes taunting the scammers. They're tying up entire scam call centers. So entertaining.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDpo_o7dR8c

I Built a Bot Army that Scams Scammers

YouTube
Mar 20, 2025 at 9:45pmWeb
Show threadMatt BlazeMar 20, 2025
@briankrebs This might be the killer use case for this otherwise generally odious tech.
Show threadkeeps vis.social runningMar 21, 2025
@mattblaze @briankrebs exactly what I was thinking.
Show threadEric McCorkleMar 20, 2025
@briankrebs kitboga is fantastic. I discovered him while down and out from my second covid vaccine way back.
Show threadDuncanMar 20, 2025
@briankrebs if you have not come across him before, he streams on twitch. Voice changers, custom python or similar scripting hooked up to voip etc. can be hilarious listening to scammers get so frustrated with his personas
Show threadMatt HallMar 20, 2025

@briankrebs

That's a use case I can get behind.

Show threadJeff CloughMar 20, 2025
@briankrebs I've been following his attempts at this for a few years. His earlier versions are hilarious. I'm glad he's finally having some success.
Show thread"Wish the sun to stand still.." 🌞Mar 20, 2025

@briankrebs Ah, you have to have a Youtube account to see this.

I have de-Googled, so 🤷

Show threadBrianKrebsMar 20, 2025
@tasket That sounds complicated. I'd love to hear about your harrowing experience.
Show threadRaglan Niall  Mar 24, 2025
@briankrebs @tasket me too.
Show thread"Wish the sun to stand still.." 🌞Apr 10, 2025

@briankrebs I never really "Borged-up" to begin with. I deleted my Google accounts and the harrowing parts are:

  • Youtube videos don't play 3/4 of the time, as of about 6 weeks ago.

  • Couldn't get the T-Mobile compat. voicemail app to work from the Aurora store. I can see when voicemail is waiting, but I have to dial-in to hear it.

  • Banks sometimes give the impression you must use their app. In my experience, its a ruse and the idea you can't do banking on a PC is absurd.

I use exactly one Play-dependent app via Aurora. It works fine without a Google login. Everything else comes from Fdroid. SMS also works fine, unfortunately.

Show threadStevenMar 20, 2025
@briankrebs @tasket Nope, plays fine on Librewolf with uBlock Origin on Mullvad VPN without an account.
Show threadMark CrockerMar 20, 2025
@tasket @briankrebs On a de-Googled mobile device, you can use NewPipe https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe to view this video.
NewPipe | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Lightweight YouTube frontend

Show threadMethylzeroMar 20, 2025
@tasket
Here you go, I have downloaded it for you: https://pixeldrain.com/u/KxsuV4W2
I Built a Bot Army that Scams Scammers [ZDpo_o7dR8c].webm

This file has been shared with you on pixeldrain

pixeldrain
Show threadCubeOfCheeseMar 21, 2025
@tasket @briankrebs you literally don't need a YouTube account.
Show threadThe Lack ThereofMar 21, 2025
@tasket
I'm pretty sure YouTube doesn't require an account for watching, but I would like to introduce you to https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
GitHub - yt-dlp/yt-dlp: A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader - yt-dlp/yt-dlp

GitHub
Show threadArcaikMar 21, 2025

@lackthereof @tasket Yes it does and yt-dlp will not help, they implemented IP block and forces you to login.

I can watch videos on LTE, but not from my home network for instance.

Show threadalex.tmMar 21, 2025
@tasket @briankrebs He live streams this on Twitch. https://www.twitch.tv/kitboga
Kitboga - Twitch

Scammer IQ Test ft MiltonTPike1 [Episode 1521]

Twitch
Show threadWolfiMar 21, 2025
@tasket @briankrebs
https://yewtu.be/search?q=I+Built+a+Bot+Army+that+Scams+Scammers
Show threadkasperdMar 21, 2025
The video played just fine in an incognito window.
Show threadTeflonTrout  he/himMar 20, 2025
@briankrebs I sw hs one yesterday. Truly the only legit use for Gen ai bots
Show threadari Mar 20, 2025
@briankrebs kitboga my absolute beloved
Show threadJWMar 20, 2025
@briankrebs
 Sounds like a high-tech version of the old fashioned response to scams sent via fax, endless reply using a loop of paper.
Show threadJohn TimaeusMar 20, 2025

@jwi @briankrebs

Extra points if it was a loop of black paper.

Show threadmmu_manMar 20, 2025
@briankrebs don't think it's the first one:
https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/ai-granny-is-happy-to-talk-with-phone-scammers-all-day/
'AI Granny' is happy to talk with phone scammers all day | TechCrunch

On Thursday, the U.K.’s largest mobile network operator, O2, introduced a chatbot designed to frustrate phone scammers. Called “dAIsy,” it mimics an older

TechCrunch
Show thread🇨🇦 Jason Bouwmeester 🍁Mar 20, 2025
@briankrebs @snowshadow man that was some good stuff!
Show threadṫẎℭỚ◎ᾔ ṫ◎ℳMar 20, 2025
@briankrebs Let me tell you the 1st time I learned to Eat soup 🍲 👴🏼
Show threadIcilMar 20, 2025
@briankrebs
Finally, the one (1) based use of generative AI
Show threadpodkaynelivesMar 20, 2025

@briankrebs I cannot stop laughing at this. The comments pointed me to their separate AI Kitboga channel for calls.

This one is pure gold:
https://youtu.be/dob0e04pSBQ?si=eneaVsMYjLb7cbCk

AI Tells Book Publisher Scammer Its Fridge is Haunted

YouTube
Show threadPhDogMar 20, 2025

The good use of AI.

@podkaynelives @briankrebs

Show threadPhDogMar 20, 2025

She is so polite to refer to Firehose Norman by his last name.

@podkaynelives @briankrebs

Show threadbeepsterMar 20, 2025
@briankrebs
> As human soldiers had quickly become useless in war, utterly outclassed by machines, they were almost entirely phased out. This lead to the second era of the Final War, where machines fought machines in a back-and-forth tide as new designs were phased in and out at a feverish pace, each designed specifically to counter the last.
Show threadRadioAdditionMar 20, 2025
@briankrebs @puppygirlhornypost2 oh I love kitboga, so glad he's still doing good work
Show threadSteve WilliamsMar 20, 2025

@briankrebs
“Did you hear about deeze nuts?”

Priceless

Show threadS.R.3Mar 20, 2025
@briankrebs kitboga is the GOAT!!
Show threadDawn NafusMar 20, 2025
@briankrebs And just when you thought there was no meaningful use of AI.... I stand corrected.
Show threadVolodymyrMar 20, 2025
@briankrebs Yeah, I’ve seen his live streams on Twitch—absolutely hilarious!
Show threadVeraMar 20, 2025
@briankrebs finally... A good use of AI!
Show threadsmkMar 21, 2025
Kitboga is great. Some of his videos where he uses a voice changer to toy with scammers are hilarious.
Show thread⚡🍉OverlordTomala🍉⚡Mar 21, 2025

@mookie @briankrebs

He has so many amazing videos. The ones where he uses Password Game as a captcha, and his own bitcoin redemption website are god tier levels of trolling.

Show threadHopeMar 21, 2025
@briankrebs Put AI to it's good uses!
Show threadBe_OutsideMar 21, 2025
@briankrebs
for every ONE of these well-meaning geniuses, there are smart a-holes who will figure out how to use this brilliant tech against his purpose.
Glad it seems to be working in the moment.
Show threadIanMar 21, 2025

@briankrebs I remember a year or two ago someone had a lot of success with an "old man" recording they'd forward their calls to.

"...what? ...oh, could you repeat that? ...you know who's good with this sort of thing? My niece, I think she's 24 this year...no wait, her birthday is in December so I think it's 25..." etc.

Show threadKNovaMar 21, 2025

@jerry
@briankrebs if you are not familiar with Kitboga, he messes with these scammers live on stream (Twitch IIRC) because (again IIRC) his grandmother got scammed by one.

He is an entertainer, but I also think he is sincere in his hatred of scam callers. As someone else already posted, he is the GOAT

Show threadNosirrahSec 🏴‍☠️ guillotine enthusiastMar 21, 2025
@briankrebs always been a fan of him. I found him a year or two ago and I'm surprised I never came across him earlier, given what I do for a living.
Show thread⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯Mar 21, 2025
@briankrebs sponsored by kraken (big crypto trading platform) lol... cue spider mans pointing at each other picture.
Show threadBill ZaumenMar 21, 2025
@briankrebs I might have posted this before, but at one point I got a crank call from some bozo who was mad that all I would talk about with a "telemarketer" was about the do-not-call list and who gave them my phone number.
Show threadThe Cat HerderMar 21, 2025
@briankrebs Thankfully I can finally retire from doing this manually.
Show threaduntakenusernameMar 21, 2025
@briankrebs now this is a good use of ai lol
Show thread873Mar 21, 2025
@briankrebs Ah - take me back to the 80's.
Show threadUNINOIZEMar 21, 2025
@briankrebs Oh god not these cringe ass posts on mastodon too
Show threadKim ScheinbergMar 21, 2025
@briankrebs
We used a service like this back in 2018, Jolly Roger I think it was called. It kept a nosy reporter on the line for a good three minutes before he picked up on it
Show threadClark Breyman (he/him)Mar 21, 2025
@briankrebs - next level version of the Jolly Roger Telephone Company.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/25/fashion/a-robot-that-has-fun-at-telemarketers-expense.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=512E5854-67B8-4E02-B58C-A0335E4B7985
A Robot That Has Fun at Telemarketers’ Expense

After being harassed by spam calls, a telephone geek took matters into his own hands and devised a way to keep the person on the other end of the line engaged endlessly.

The New York Times
Show threadjoel cretanMar 21, 2025

@briankrebs supposedly this phone company in the UK is also already doing this, but yeah, amazing, we need as many as possible

https://youtu.be/RV_SdCfZ-0s

AI Scambaiters: O2 creates AI Granny to waste scammers’ time

YouTube
Show threadTheBisonMar 21, 2025
@briankrebs 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😇
Show threadSparrowsMar 21, 2025
@briankrebs I feel so conflicted...
Show threaddexternemrodMar 21, 2025

@briankrebs
O2 in UK did this also

https://youtu.be/yVtifBzAVhM?feature=shared

I so love this approach!

New AI grandma tool helps fend off phone scams

YouTube
Show threadMaddie Posts About KeyboardsMar 21, 2025
@briankrebs he's livestreaming them on his second channel too, i've been watching it and it's pretty funny
Show threadkasperdMar 21, 2025
It's nice once in a while to see AI being used for good.