for every well intentioned musician, there is someone perhaps with slightly darker motives. i have been speaking to cath, who is a reporterfrom the bbc panorama programme who has been investigating a new kind of criminal, the fraud influencer. fraud influence is someone who has a large following but the difference is the engaging content they are putting out there is fraud. they are promoting this glamorous, criminal lifestyle and sometimes even using social media to sell criminal services, fraudulent services. now, you looked into an influencer called tankz. how many followers does he have online and what of those followers seeing? he has over 150,000 followers across different platforms. tiktok, instagram, snapchat, twitter, and he posts these day in the life videos, day in the life of tankz,
from your panorama now. i m a london scammer, i see it, i want it, i click it. this is the sound of tankz, a fraud influencer, who posts on youtube bragging about scams while keeping his true identity hidden. he has more than 150,000 followers across various social media platforms. tankz and others like him are openly trading takes on defrauding individuals, companies, banks and even the benefit system. now, these fraud influencers use a whole array of different social media platforms, so what did those platforms say when you told them about tankz? i ve got to look at my list because we contacted quite a few social media platforms. we contacted twitter, instagram, facebook, snapchat, youtube. they ll say they don t allow for content on their platforms and in relation to tankz per se, his accounts and those
why are my views not flowing very well any more? it can take a very big toll on your mental health as well so i think opportunities for creators to, kind of, regain that connection with their audience in a real direct way is something that s going to be really beneficial going forward. we have talked about making money via social media but of course, that every well intentioned musician but of course, for every well intentioned musician, there is someone perhaps with slightly darker motives. i have been speaking to cath, who is a reporter from the bbc panorama programme who has been investigating a new kind of criminal, the fraud influence. the fraud influencer. fraud influence is someone who has a large following that the difference is the engaging content they are putting out there is fraud. they are promoting this criminal lifestyle and sometimes even using social media is to sell criminal services, fraudulent services. now, you looked into an influence are tanks.
on how to exploit weaknesses in the systems of online retailers, banks, a guide on how to defraud the government s universal credit scheme. he also provided you with links to website where you can go and buy people s stolen personal information, known as fulls. we can hear a little bit from your panorama now. i m a london scammer, i see it, i want it, i click it. this is the sound of tankz, a fraud influence, who post a fraud influencer, who posts on youtube bragging about scams while keeping his true identity hidden. he has more than 150,000 followers across various social media platforms. tankz and others like him at openly trading takes are openly trading takes on defrauding individuals, companies, banks and even the benefit system. now, these fraud influences use a whole array of different now, these fraud influencers use a whole array of different social media platforms, so what did those platforms say when you told them about tankz?