on my phone and £115, i could have tried to defraud thousands of people. obviously, i couldn t take part in the fraud, so i didn t take him up on the offer. instead, i asked if we could supply some numbers. vio agreed to the deal. but all of the phone numbers belonged to me. sure enough, i was targeted. it was scammers pretending to offer me a phone contract. you said you needed my bank details, is that right? yeah. what details would you need? so, we will need like the sort code and the account number.
than they were in january. now on bbc news, panorama. i m on the trail of a new generation of criminals. they re fuelling a fraud epidemic. i was starting to panic because obviously my account hit zero. i just started crying. their targets are everywhere big brands, the banks. and they could be coming for you. ifeel like, how stupid was i to believe this? they are openly using social media to run criminal networks. you could potentially earn anywhere from £2000 to £4,000. and promoting fraud as a lifestyle choice. i m a london scammer, i see it, i want it, i click it.
methods off me. we posed as someone interested in learning about fraud. we asked tankz for a guide via instagram. he offered us a set of how to guides to choose from. we chose what he called the expert guide. it cost £100. the files he sent contain multiple techniques to commit fraud. we re not going to reveal his tricks, but i can tell you these methods target major brands. and there s even a way to con the taxpayer by defrauding the universal credit system. we showed the guide to fraud expert, tim ayling.
nights in the bando pyrex whippin. he keeps his true identity hidden while rapping and bragging about fraud on social media. this track has been played nearly 7 million times on youtube. from time to time, he even posts a bit of life advice. it doesn t matter if it s legal or illegal at the end of day it s still a hustle. he is probably, you know, one of the influencers out there when it comes to this kind of stuff. he wants to be the kim kardashian of fraud. tankz is on youtube, twitter, instagram, snapchat and tiktok. he s built his reputation through a web of the biggest social media platforms. with a total of over 150,000 followers, tankz is a social media influencer who promotes crime. fraudsters on social media have brought this kind of crime to a new audience.
a robo call to you, posing as your bank. i ve obtained a demonstration of one of these calls from inside otp agency. it shows just how convincing they can be. john seymore, this is an automated call from halifax bank. they pretend to be calling to prevent fraud. they say if you want to stop the transaction, you need to give them your one time passcode. an authorised payment of £85.23 was made using your debit card ending in 1312. in order to cancel this transaction, please enter the code that you received by text message followed by the hash key after the beep. if you follow these instructions, the criminals will have everything they need to take your money. i was not the only one investigating them. i discovered an american cyber intelligence firm,