Kitboga, the internet vigilante that is known for his scam-baiting videos has unleashed a significant strike against scammers this week. He launched the worlds first AI bot army that can operate at scale – engaging with scammers with clones that do not exist.
From Solo Vigilante To A Full Command Center In His Garage
What began as a personal experiment five years ago with his limited coding skills at the time has evolved to a sophisticated system that uses AI agents at scale.
For five years he has been cloning himself in an effort to take on scammers more than one call at a time.
“We’ve been outnumbered in this war against scammers until now”, Kitboga explains in his recent video that announced the project.
Kitboga partnered with ABK, a developer, to help create convincing clones that could engage in realistic conversations with scammers. The AI bots that they developed together now operate from his garage which he calls the “Command Center”.
The AI Bot army includes multiple voices and personalities including “Granny Edna” the alter ego and voice he created which became the inspiration for O2’s Daisy which the UK company released earlier this year.
Three Hours The Scammer Will Never Get Back
The bots are highly effective and can waste scammers time endlessly. In one case, a scammer spent three hours trying to convince an AI clone to purchase gift cards.
“Three hours the scammer will never get back. Three hours someone else was safe,” Kitboga says. And this really is the whole point: when these bots are occupying scammers time, that means they have less time to target actual victims.
And waste time they do. Have a listen to this hilarious 23 minute call where a scammer has to sit through “Firehose Norman” telling her all about how his refrigerator is haunted.
Call Center Disruption At Scale
Kitboga’s AI Bot army doesn’t sit idly by waiting for scammers to call them. The bots actively dial scam operations identified through fake emails and advertisements. When a scam center is targeted, multiple bots call the location simultaneously to tie up all available operators in the center.
In one demo, Kitboga showed how his bots were able to pre-occupy an entire small scam call center. The scammers became increasingly frustrated as they realized they were talking to machines programmed to waste their time.
On A Mission To Stop Scams
While the recordings of scammers becoming angry at robots provide entertainment value, Kitboga says the project has a serious purpose too – stopping scams. He created a separate YouTube channel called “AI Kitboga” to showcase their bot interactions to the world.
The data collected through the AI bots feed a security application he created called SeraphSecure, a software he designed to protect people from scams and remote connections these scammers use to defraud people.
Check Out The Launch Video Here
Kitboga’s innovative approach shows that we really can fight fire with fire and that the good guys can use AI just as effectively as the bad guys.
“I believe that we can win this fight,” Kitboga says. And I think he is right.
