mb Payback To Scammers Almost Got Us KIL
you need everybody in my room
你需要我房间里的每个人
immediately okay
立即
to kill him everybody's life is on the
杀死他,每个人的生命都
line yeah I know including yours okay
岌岌可危,是的,我知道,包括你的,好吧,
quickly came to know that a hit was put
很快就知道我们受到了打击,
out on us I had no idea of the real
我不知道
risks we were actually getting ourselves
我们实际上陷入了真正的风险
into
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[ 音乐]
hi I'm Ashton Bingham and I'm art Kulik
嗨,我是 Ashton Bingham,我是 art Kulik
and together we are Trilogy media
,我们一起是 Trilogy media
Trilogy media is a production company
Trilogy media 是一家制作公司
and online vigilante group that chases
和在线治安维护组织,
down and exposes internet scammers
back in 2016 we had just opened our
早在 2016 年我们刚刚开设了我们的
production company Ashland came to me
制作公司 Ashland 就开始追捕和揭露网络诈骗者 我
and said like Hey brother I'm getting
说,嘿,兄弟,我
like absolutely slammed with all these
简直被所有这些
chemicals I eventually decided to answer
化学物质击中了,我最终决定回答
one and maybe make a fun three minute
一个,也许我的朋友们会制作一个有趣的三分钟
video from my friends the guy got so mad
视频,那家伙非常生气,
that he went on this crazy terrorist
以至于他继续疯狂的恐怖
rant
咆哮
[音乐]
and the video ended up being massively
该视频最终在
viral posted online millions of views
网上疯传,
within the first 24 hours and we started
在最初的 24 小时内获得了数百万次观看,我们开始了
this new path of investigating wasting
调查浪费相机时间的新途径,
camera times so we kept working we kept
所以我们继续努力,继续
making videos and eventually things
制作视频,最终事情
started to pay off we only made content
开始得到回报,我们只
on something that everyone can agree on
在某些东西上制作内容 每个人都同意
which is that scammers suck and we were
骗子很糟糕,我们很
shocked how many people getting scam
震惊有多少人被骗了,
it's got seven thousand
有七千人
oh my goodness Tommy to refund this to
哦天哪,汤米把这笔钱退给
you yes yes
你是的,
your first go-to thought might be like
你的第一个想法可能是
who the hell falls for this stuff but
谁到底会爱上这个东西 但是
reading the comments you see there are
读评论你会看到有
so many people that say oh my God I was
很多人说天哪我
scammed my grandmother was scammed my
被骗了我的祖母被骗了我的
family member lost their life savings
家人失去了毕生的积蓄
but we started to really dig deep into
但我们开始真正深入研究
how do these scammers receive the money
这些骗子是如何收到钱的这
it's not just a prank phone call it's a
不仅仅是一个恶作剧 这是一个价值
multi-billion organization the first one
数十亿美元的组织,
we were ever involved in was called a
我们参与的第一个被称为
refund scam which was a robocall that
退款骗局,这是
came from a call center in India once
来自印度呼叫中心的机器人电话,一旦
they get access to that person's
他们访问了该人的
computer they start manipulating their
计算机,他们就开始操纵他们的
their HTML and manipulating their
HTML 并操纵他们的
screens demanding money from them and
屏幕向他们索要钱财,
and basically holding their finances
基本上将他们的财务作为
hostage we started to learn that there
人质,我们开始了解到
are ties all around the world and it
世界各地都存在联系,其中
involves a lot of money mules that are
涉及大量钱骡,这些钱骡
actually receiving checks or large cash
实际上正在接收来自受害者的支票或大量现金,
shipments coming from victims to then
然后将
forward them along to the scammers in
其转发给
India and they're receiving them
印度的骗子,他们
sometimes at their at their house at
有时会在他们家的
their front door I felt that we can do
前门接待他们,我觉得我们可以
so something about it somebody has to do
做点什么,有人必须
something I had no idea what I was
做点什么,我不知道我
getting myself into
让自己陷入了
that corner
那个角落,
waste time let's just get away from the
浪费时间,让我们 离开
car right here all right ready guys
这里的车,准备好,
so Florida
佛罗里达州,
where do I start a lot of times when we
我从哪里开始很多次当我们
find mules it's us pretending to be a
发现骡子时,我们假装是
victim and we wait for the scammers on
受害者,我们等待电话里的骗子
the phone to tell us where to send the
告诉我们
money and whoever is that recipient is
把钱汇到哪里 不管那个收款人是谁,
the money mule we got a name and an
我们得到了一个名字和一个
address somebody named Jeffrey in
地址,
Florida ready to accept a box of cash
佛罗里达州一个名叫杰弗里的人准备接受
from victim Ryan Benson now Ryan Benson
受害者瑞安·本森的一箱现金,现在瑞安·本森
is not a real person Ryan Benson is me
不是一个真实的人瑞安·本森是我
so we're like why not just go knock on
所以我们就像为什么 不只是去
the door and be like what a what
敲门,然后说
are you doing why are you accepting
你他妈的在做什么,为什么你要
fifty thousand dollars in a cash box
在钱箱里收五万美元,
this time it was uh three of us me
这次是我们三个人,我
Ashton and Connor so art approaches the
阿什顿和康纳,所以艺术走近
door and knocks and I'm able to kind of
门,敲门,我' 我可以
stay to the side around the corner where
呆在车库拐角处的一侧,
the garage is so I can listen in
这样我就可以听到
and a man named Jeffrey answers the door
一个叫杰弗里的男人开门,
okay looking for Jeffrey
好的,寻找杰弗里,
uh it's a delivery
呃,这是一个送货
art asks him who are you expecting a
艺术,问他你是谁,你在等
package from Jeffrey says Ryan from Ryan
杰弗里寄来的包裹吗瑞安说 来自 Ryan
Benson Hey Jeffrey Ryan Benz my name is
Benson 嘿,Jeffrey Ryan Benz,我叫
Ryan Benson do you know what's inside
Ryan Benson,你知道
this package so hold on
这个包裹里有什么吗?等等,
now there was a key moment here where we
现在有一个关键时刻,我们
messed up this guy
搞砸了,这个人
invited us in the house
邀请我们进屋,
come on in are you sure
进来吧,你确定这是
and it was right at that moment when we
对的吗? 当我们
crossed the threshold of his house that
跨过他家的门槛时,
he saw Connor filming I have one more
他看到康纳正在拍摄,我这里还有一个
guy with me here no I said you come in
人和我在一起,不,我说你进来吧,把
all right turn that off no worries you
它关掉,不用担心,你
stay out here and then his personality
呆在这里,然后他的性格
switch completely sure
转变完全确定
in the back of my mind I'm hoping he's
在我的脑海里,我希望他
not gonna notice why I'm wearing
不会注意到我为什么
sunglasses in a dark apartment if
在黑暗的公寓里戴着墨镜,如果
Jeffrey spots this camera on Art's eyes
杰弗里发现这个摄像头对着阿特的眼睛,
that's gonna be a really bad situation
那将是一个非常糟糕的情况,
I think for me the scariest moment of
我认为对我来说,整件事中最可怕的时刻
the whole thing was when we were
是 我们当时
standing in his kitchen
站在他的厨房里,
and he left the room to go upstairs but
他离开房间上楼,但
in my mind I'm thinking he could very
在我看来,我认为他可以很
easily come right back down with a gun
容易地
in his hand and he would be then
手里拿着枪回来,然后他就会
blocking the door from us and it wasn't
挡住我们的门,事实并非如此。
until Jeffrey thought he was no longer
直到杰弗里认为他不再
being recorded
被记录,
that more information started coming out
更多的信息开始出来
to back up back up and he started
备份,他开始
calling to India to his connection
打电话给印度的联系人,
trying to figure out how the heck we got
试图弄清楚我们到底是如何得到
his address he was saying very
他的地址的,他对我们说了非常
physically threatening things to us and
人身威胁的话
to the person on the phone you know when
对电话里的那个人,你知道,当
I come up there I'm have to hurt
我到那里时,我他妈的必须伤害
you right I'm gonna light you up you
你,对吧,我要照亮你,你
already know I'm a light show over time
已经知道我是一场灯光秀,随着时间的推移,
there it became more clear to him that
他变得更加清楚,
it wasn't our fault
这 不是我们的错,
that it was the guy on the phone's fault
是电话里的人的错,
now you got 30 minutes
现在你有 30 分钟的时间,
30 minutes to get their name and address
30 分钟的时间来获取他们的姓名和地址,
30 minutes if I'm not
如果我不是胡说八道的话,我他妈的 30 分钟,
my heart was pounding it was it was
我的心在狂跳,这太
terrifying it was terrifying
可怕了,太可怕了,
service advisor to me absolutely so at
服务顾问 对我来说绝对如此,
the end he said like hey guys since you
最后他说,嘿,伙计们,因为你们
guys brought so much and like I
带来了这么多狗屎,就像我
have neighbors who is watching me we're
有邻居在看着我一样,我们
gonna go outside and we're gonna all of
要出去,我们要
us take a picture together like your
像你们的送货员一样一起拍张照片
delivery guy you give me uh this box as
soon as he got off the phone he told us
他一挂完电话,你就给我这个盒子,他让我们
to leave so we left
离开,所以我们离开了
[音乐],
just don't ask questions just keep
不要问问题,继续
walking just keep walking
走,继续走,
and art was like are you okay and I'm
艺术就像你还好吗,我
like I yeah I guess I'm my
就像我 是的,我想我
pants but I'm fine
尿裤子了,但我很好,
there was a moment there when I wasn't
有那么一刻我
sure if we were gonna get out I wasn't
不确定我们是否会出去,
sure if he was going to come down
shooting
when we first started
当我们第一次开始
pursuing this scambaiting endeavor and
追求这个时,我不确定他是否会下来射击 诈骗行为和
making videos I had no idea it was going
制作视频 我不知道这会
to lead to us confronting scammers in
导致我们亲自面对诈骗者,
person getting our lives threatened
我们的生命受到威胁,
we're going into this just to ask
我们进入这个只是为了提出
questions we want to learn how this
问题,我们想了解这是如何
works and who's responsible for it
运作的以及谁对此负责,
especially when it comes to a money mule
特别是当它发生时 对于金钱骡子来说,
they're just one little Cog in this
他们只是这台巨大机器中的一个小齿轮,
gigantic machine we knew pretty early on
我们很早就知道,
that eventually there would be a trip to
最终会有一次
India in some capacity
以某种身份前往印度的旅行,
we didn't know it was going to be as big
我们不知道它会
or as dangerous as it ended up being oh
像它结束时那么大或那么危险 哦,
they have notified everyone oh my God if
他们已经通知了所有人哦,我的上帝,如果
anyone sees them shot them
有人看到他们开枪打死他们
hey buddy essentially we have a dozen
嘿,伙计,本质上我们有十几个
undercover agents working in these call
卧底特工在这些呼叫
centers to gather Intel
中心工作,收集情报,
and scammers in India have resources for
印度的骗子有资源
each other to communicate and exchange
互相沟通和交换
information exchange resources and offer
信息 交换资源并
their services to each other they are
互相提供服务,他们很
open they don't they are fearless
开放,他们不害怕,
they're posting like we can do this type
他们发帖,就像我们可以做这种类型
of work without anything from their real
的工作,而无需他们真正的
ideas and our Insider in India is in a
想法,我们在印度的内部人士就在
lot of these groups it was literally
很多这样的团体中
like James Bond in real life
就像现实生活中的詹姆斯·邦德一样,
we're going to India
我们要去印度,
in this video we are targeting three
在这个视频中,我们的目标是加尔各答
separate call centers right in the heart
市中心的三个独立的呼叫中心,
of Kolkata we're about to expose them
我们要揭露他们,
and hand deliver them a few surprise
并给他们送上一些惊喜
gifts having a dozen undercover agents
礼物,还有十几个卧底
working in these call centers to gather
在这些呼叫中心工作的特工收集
Intel and eventually bringing devices
情报,最终带来设备
and pranking the out of these call
并对这些呼叫
centers we have Insiders
中心进行恶作剧,我们有内部人员,
we have glitter bombs we didn't know it
我们有闪光炸弹,我们不知道它
was going to be as big or as dangerous
会像你一样大或那么危险
as it ended up being you trying to knock
试图
on somebody else door who've been
敲开几十年来
successfully in criminal business for
在犯罪业务中取得成功的其他人的门,
decades and you trying to close that
而你试图关闭该
business or stop that business so you're
业务或停止该业务,这样你就把
putting yourself in danger
自己置于危险之中
I need everybody in my room immediate
我需要立即让每个人都到我的房间来,
okay get Connor and Sean please news
好的,请告诉康纳和肖恩消息
came to us very early five in the
morning four in the morning and it was
早上五点四点很早就来找我们,这
shocking for everybody there is a lot of
对每个人来说都很震惊,印度有很多
people in India and obviously we stand
人,显然我们
out like a sore thumb
很引人注目
and we were spotted
,我们被发现了,
and quickly came to know and find out
很快就知道并发现了
that a hit was put out on us we can't go
我们受到打击,我们不能
outside they're not joking they were
出去,他们不是在开玩笑,他们很
shocked they are girls we
震惊,他们是他妈的女孩,
couldn't even leave the hotel if you
如果你想回家,我们甚至不能离开酒店,
want to go home we're going to book
我们会
tickets the the same second the same
立即订票 同一
minute because it's not safe anymore
分钟,因为不再安全了
Messi is going to lunch we had several
梅西要去吃午饭,我们有几个
locals that were involved in our mission
当地人参与了我们的任务,
one in particular was messy he's going
其中一个特别混乱,他
for the interview right now before a job
现在要在上班前接受面试是
yeah everybody's life is online yeah I
的,每个人的生活都是在线的,是的,我
know including yours okay and um
知道包括你的,好吧,嗯
teammate decision to stay and fight it
队友决定留下来反击,
back and go until this Mission over
直到任务结束,
they were just saying me why are you
他们只是问我为什么你
taking this bag inside I I told them
要把这个包带进去,我告诉他们
this I'm new either you wrap it up and
我是新人,要么你把它包起来,然后
you come back to America empty-handed oh
空手回到美国,哦
yeah he said everything is activated
是的 他说,
on the other hand if you're gonna stay
另一方面,如果你要留下
57 000 people who are ready to kill you
57 000 个准备杀死你的人,
you have to be responsible for people
你就必须对
your team your employees lives so this
你的团队、你的员工所居住的人负责,所以这
will be 1.6 kilometers to pick up Messi
将是 1.6 公里去接梅西,
I just start running I run for almost a
我刚刚开始跑步 我跑了将近一
mile
英里
okay so here is Messi oh
好吧,梅西来了,哦操,
it's just gonna be a few minutes so uh
这只是几分钟的事,呃,
cockroach small and just rats are gonna
蟑螂很小,老鼠就会
come out we refuse to
出来,我们拒绝
come home empty-handed we refuse to let
空手回家,我们拒绝让
other
其他
teammates down you're a God man
队友失望,你是一个 他妈的上帝
Justin's company is company
贾斯汀的公司
like the roaches on the ground at the
就像底部地上的蟑螂一样是他妈的公司是的,它
bottom yeah it's happened
发生了
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[掌声]
not only pranking them with glitter
不仅用闪光
bombs and cockroaches and various other
炸弹、蟑螂和各种其他
devices but also making them aware that
设备恶作剧他们,而且让他们意识到
we are inside watching everything that
我们在里面看着
they're doing and we were able to shut
他们的一切。 我们正在做的事情,我们能够
down multiple call centers for multiple
关闭多个呼叫中心数
weeks it accounted for potentially tens
周,这可能节省了数
of millions of dollars that was saved
千万美元,
from otherwise would have been scam
否则这些钱可能会被骗子
victims surprise surprise scammers
受害者意外惊喜骗子
Trilogy media in the house we are
三部曲媒体在房子里我们正在
addressing all fish
向所有鱼
thousand members we've also downloaded
千名会员讲话 我们还下载了
every single person's contact
每个人的联系
information we're submitting it to the
信息,我们将其提交给
FBI in the United States and the CBI
美国的联邦调查局和
here in India you better stop scamming
印度的联邦调查局,你最好停止欺骗
people we're watching everything that
人们,我们正在监视
you're doing and we are inside of way
你所做的一切,而且我们的范围
more than you can even possibly imagine
远不止于此。 你甚至可以想象
most surprises coming just just wait
大多数惊喜的到来,只是等待,祝你
exactly good luck it definitely feels
好运,这绝对让人感觉
Reckless
鲁莽,
it feels maybe sometimes
有时感觉
way too risky we're interrupting
风险太大,我们正在中断
multi-million dollar Industries all over
the world that are stealing billions of
世界各地价值数百万美元的行业,这些行业正在
dollars from people so the risks get
从人们那里窃取数十亿美元,因此风险变得越来越大
higher every single time my wife she
每次我妻子
said it's easy to sleep for me not
说对我来说睡觉很容易,但她不
knowing how dangerous it is for you
知道这对你来说有多危险,
because after everything happened to us
因为在我们在印度发生的一切之后,
in India she she took it very like why
她就很想知道为什么
would you put yourself like why are you
你要把自己放在这样的位置,为什么你
doing this why are car chases some of
要这样做,为什么汽车 追逐一些
the most watched things on television
电视上最受关注的事物
it's because it's unpredictable
这是因为它是不可预测的
something bad could happen at any moment
不好的事情随时可能发生
I refuse to say that we do this for
我拒绝说我们这样做是为了
entertainment we're not intentionally
娱乐 我们并不是故意
putting ourselves in more dangerous
将自己置于更危险的
situation I'm not doing these full likes
境地 我不会做这些完全点赞的
clicks comments it's it's it will be
点击 评论这是
stupid to do this for entertainment
为了娱乐而这样做是愚蠢的
we get challenged all the time about
我们一直受到挑战关于
everything we do uh that's just
他妈的我们所做的一切呃这只是
everything we do uh that's just
that's just the nature of of doing
basically anything online we're not
基本上在网上做任何事情的本质我们不是
Batman going after a particular bad guy
蝙蝠侠在追捕一个特定的坏人
we're just
我们是 只有
the ones that are willing to jump in
那些愿意跳进去的人,
feed first head first whatever peel the
先吃东西,先把洋葱剥开,剥开
onions the layers of the onion apart and
洋葱层,
see what happens and we document it and
看看会发生什么,然后我们记录下来,
that was in a weird way our dream all
这以一种奇怪的方式是我们一直以来的梦想
along
foreign