Here’s a basic guide to scambaiting.
Requirements:
- A FireRTC Account (or anything that can call US/Canada phone numbers)
- A voice changer (optional, just to troll scammers or fake your voice)
- A program that runs VMs (Virtual Machines) such as VirtualBox and VMWare
Once you have these requirements, follow these steps:
1. Go to FireRTC and log in into your account. (if you're not signed in to FireRTC)
2. Find a toll-free Tech Support Scammer's phone number. (if you have one then skip this step)
3. Don't call them yet. You have to run your VM.
4. Once your VM just started up, call the scammer.
5. Give the scammer some information (Pop-up message etc.)
6. If they're asking for your First Name and Last Name or something like that, you must tell your false Full Name. (Or else they will get some of your personal information)
7. Give the scammer remote access to your computer. (If he tells you to do it)
8. Listen to the scammer. (This is very important)
9. If you have a voice changer, then you can use it to fake your voice or troll. (Optional)
Hotkeys (in case if you don't know):
Windows+R - Opens the "Run" window
CMD Commands (in case if you don't know):
tree - Opens a tree of folders.
del [file name].[file ext.] - Deletes a file.
dir - Views some files.
Run Commands (in case if you don't know):
[URL] - Just opens a URL that you've typed in.
cmd - Opens the Command Prompt (CMD).
iexplore [URL] - Just like the first one in the list, but it opens the URL in Internet Explorer.
Do's:
- Have the evidence of a VM hidden.
- Always use a VM to scambait. (important)
- Always fake your data. (such as your name, age etc.)
- Always fake your credit card info. If the scammer realizes that it's fake credit card info, you will have slight problems. (You can always use a Credit Card Generator or a fake credit card that sometimes works)
Dont's:
- As always, do not provide your real personal info. (As the Do's say)
- Do not use a real machine. (Because they will like syskey your Real Machine)
- "Don't use your real phone numbers to scambait." - BanterousSor
Okay, that's it. Hope you enjoy and good luck scambaiting people!