Uploaded November 2015 | Updated September 2026, 13 minutes ago
Today's lesson in trolling scammers: Called up some "free federal grant" scammers and messed with them mercilessly. Enjoy!
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These grant scammers sure are fun to mess with. It seems about 50/50 that they will be really adamant about needing a "confirmation code" to continue the call. With a little work you can usually convince them you have one and waste their time further. These scammers were calling people telling them that they have free federal grants of thousands of dollars to claim. I screwed with them for a while, then I started getting a strange ringtone and wasn't able to get through on any number I called from...
More about the scam here: consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0113-government-grant-scams
And here: consumeraffairs.com/scam_alerts/grant.html
This is the free US federal grant scam and how to troll scammers.
Thanks for watching everyone, and please subscribe for more videos of messing with scammers!
Intro song:
Egmont Overture by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200069
Artist: incompetech.com
Outro song:
'Pisco Sour' - Gunnar Olsen - youtube.com/watch?v=MPTga-IW-Ws
Copyright © 2016 The Hoax Hotel
Scam the scammers!
Today's lesson in trolling scammers: Called up some "free federal grant" scammers and messed with them mercilessly. Enjoy!
Follow me:
Patreon ▶ patreon.com/TheHoaxHotel
Twitter ▶ twitter.com/thehoaxhotel
Facebook ▶ facebook.com/TheHoaxHotel
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These grant scammers sure are fun to mess with. It seems about 50/50 that they will be really adamant about needing a "confirmation code" to continue the call. With a little work you can usually convince them you have one and waste their time further. These scammers were calling people telling them that they have free federal grants of thousands of dollars to claim. I screwed with them for a while, then I started getting a strange ringtone and wasn't able to get through on any number I called from...
More about the scam here: consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0113-government-grant-scams
And here: consumeraffairs.com/scam_alerts/grant.html
This is the free US federal grant scam and how to troll scammers.
Thanks for watching everyone, and please subscribe for more videos of messing with scammers!
Intro song:
Egmont Overture by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200069
Artist: incompetech.com
Outro song:
'Pisco Sour' - Gunnar Olsen - youtube.com/watch?v=MPTga-IW-Ws
Copyright © 2016 The Hoax Hotel
Scam the scammers!
