Livestreamers who bait scammers find creative ways to waste their time. This makes for entertaining viewing. But as scams spike, one streamer, Kitboga, wants to protect as many victims as possible.
Kitboga, a popular"scam baiter" who hides behind characters to waste the time of scammers, has a combined Twitch and YouTube following of more than million subscribers. His aviator sunglasses — a signature look — recall a comically disguised CIA agent.Kitboga, a popular"scam baiter" who hides behind characters to waste the time of scammers, has a combined Twitch and YouTube following of more than million subscribers.
"Interesting, 'cause all of your IP addresses are there," Kitboga says on a livestream, his voice now deeper, after switching off a voice changer. The naïve Edna character is one of the many disguises devised by Kitboga, the alias of a computer software engineer-turned-Twitch streamer, to lure scammers into his traps.Kitboga, also called Kit, is a millennial with a knack for improvisation.
It wasn't so long ago that Kitboga himself was ignorant of the types of scams he now encounters daily. Scammers had been taking advantage of his grandmother, he learned. She was paying for multiple cable and internet packages. He said"sketchy" people were showing up at her house on her dime, doing unnecessary tasks."The initial drive or mission was, if I spent 10 minutes on the phone, then that was 10 minutes that that scammer wasn't talking to my grandma or your grandma," he said.
"When you're playing around with people whose job it is to be a criminal, you need to really think about what are you attempting to do," she said."If it's truly just to entertain followers then, no, I don't think it's the right thing to do at all."
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