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Marketplace joins forces with top scambusters to confront scammers in real time, cracking into networks of organized crime groups and watching some through their own security cameras. We stop nearly a dozen Canadians from potentially losing their life savings at our very own Fraud Fighting Centre, joining forces with scambaiters Jim Browning, Pleasant Green and Kitboga. 00:00 - Meet the scambaiters 06:08 - Saving Canadians from scams 12:48 - Psychology of a scammer 22:42 - Outsmarting scammers in real time 33:45 - The ‘grandparent scam’ and the impact of AI 38:56 - How to protect yourself #Marketplace #Scammer #scambaiting Comments on this episode were open only for the first 48 hours following its posting on March 21, 2025 to allow for responsive comment moderation. You can read more about why comments aren't open all the time across CBC and other ways to interact with us: https://cbchelp.cbc.ca/hc/en-ca/articles/21378634468763-Why-aren-t-comments-available-all-the-time ========== Meet the scambaiters Jim Browning: The ‘godfather’ of scambusting - https://www.youtube.com/JimBrowning Pleasant Green: The Protector - https://www.youtube.com/c/PleasantGreen Kitboga: The crime-fighting comedian - https://www.youtube.com/@KitbogaShow ========== Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS Connect with CBC News Online: For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: http://bit.ly/1Z0m6iX Follow CBC News on TikTok: https://bit.ly/3TnHioe Follow CBC News on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1sA5P9H Find CBC News on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1WjG36m Follow CBC News on Instagram: http://bit.ly/1Z0iE7O Subscribe to CBC News on Snapchat: https://bit.ly/3leaWsr Download the CBC News app for iOS: http://apple.co/25mpsUz Download the CBC News app for Android: http://bit.ly/1XxuozZ »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» For more than 80 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians. SCAM STOPPERS: THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN producer/director NELISHA VELLANI editor AARON TAYLOR reporter DAVID COMMON additional editing SIMON PARUBCHAK camera NORM ARNOLD DAVID MACINTOSH JOE FIORINO art director DAVID ABRAHAMS audio IGAL PETEL RICHMOND LEE additional field production JENNY COWLEY MICHELLE McCANN additional research BOBBY HRISTOVA additional footage YOUTUBE: Jim Browning YOUTUBE: Kitboga YOUTUBE: Pleasant Green YOUTUBE: Scam Sandwich YOUTUBE: Amazon MGM Studios YOUTUBE: O2 special thanks AMELIA KARIM media management ASTORIA LUZZI social media producers CAROLINE GDYCZYNSKI BRITT PURDY RACHEL MACLEAN AVNEET DHILLON colour correction KYLE J. SMITH sound mix DANY TREMBLAY MARIANA HUTTEN resource coordinators MARC CORMIER DRAGAN MARICIC news rollout associate producer DEXTER McMILLAN packaging producer LINDA SIBONY promo producer GREG SADLER senior producer TIFFANY FOXCROFT executive producer NELISHA VELLANI FIRST BROADCAST March 21, 2025

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