A subreddit for creators in the YouTube Partner Program, with advice and discussion on content creation, monetization and marketing strategy. But at the same time he's probably bombarded with scams constantly, being in his position, it's statistics that one would eventually get him. I am genuinely amazed anyone fell for a scam that literally asks you willingly delete your entire channel like that's normal or helpful. Upstartsecurity.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to products on Amazon.com. Jim Browning deleted his channel? 31 25 25 comments Best Add a Comment JokuIIFrosti 1 yr. ago https://discord.com/invite/CR8eGzDEcNCheck out my personal blog and forum all dedicated to, of course, technology. Beware of the ongoing crypto/Forex scam; the more sophisticated scammers will be posing as professionals or investors on LinkedIn. The official Jim Browning Community I personally think this YouTube channel was a great channel and hope for it to be recovered soon. . This story is about "Jim Browning" (a psuedonum) who makes videos about tech support scams and . There was substantial incriminating evidence linking alleged scammer Amit Chauhan, who operated several call centers in Gurugram, Haryana, India. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. A large well established channel's back catalogue of evergreen content can still pull in some decent coin without ever uploading a new video. The Tech Support Scams YouTube channel has been erased from existence in a blaze of irony as host and creator Jim Browning fell victim to a tech support scam that convinced him to secure his account - by deleting it. Do you really believe that?? By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. The irony thoughpoor guy. Huge fan of Jim, but I suspect he gets berated with scams quite a lot. Jim Browing was scammed. ?UPDATE 2: so he thought his account was a duplicate Adsense account, watch mutahars video about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IirecBNx3nMan archive of the videos: https://hobune.stream/channels/UCBNG0osIBAprVcZZ3ic84vwhis subreddit:https://www.reddit.com/r/JimBrowning/ CLICK THE BELL to be notified when I post or live stream! Sorry about this mass edit, but I wish to make it semi-official post. I recommend watching his video which goes extremely in-depth into what happened here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIWV5fSaUB8Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/JimBrowning11/status/1419765976074268682His channel (At the time of recording unavailable): https://www.youtube.com/c/JimBrowning============================If you have enjoyed this vid don't forget to support my channel by subscribing and sharing . the mystery!I woke up wanted to watch him and I switched to that tab and it said he closed his channel.hopefully, he comes back!UPDATE: he made a statement on his Twitter https://twitter.com/JimBrowning11?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor the question is what did they say?? Jim was featured in the British documentary series Panorama, where a large-scale tech support scamming operation was infiltrated. The popular tech-support-scam YouTube channel under the alias Jim Browning suffered an embarrassing shutdown by none other than its author. I'm really sorry for what happened, but as I'm sure. I watched Jim's video. Someone like Jim who dismantles scams for a living should not have fallen for it. Jim Browning is the Internet alias of a software engineer and YouTuber from Northern Ireland [1] whose content focuses on scam baiting and investigating call centres engaging in fraudulent activities . Jim Browning can hacked scam call centers, access to a scammer's webcam, gain access to targets' laptops, the man has done it all. REALLY looking forward to hearing his explanation video once he uploads it. Bayern Munich will take on Manchester City in an intriguing preseason friendly between two of the world's best teams. Example - Jim contributed to a story on the BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-51660982. Here's all the information that you need to know about how to watch the game. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc, or its affiliates. Jim Browning continues to expose scammers and grow his YouTube channel. (Jim Browning, The Spiffing Brit) - YouTube Two massive YouTube channels have been SCAMMED into deleting their channels. For anyone out of the loop, Spiff has deleted his channel because of a scam. Poor Jim :(. I suspect that they could make a good bit of money pretty fast. He is known by the alias Jim Browning and he is our modern-day Batman. The champions of Germany and England will face each other in the United States, with an array of high-profile players set to be on show. Jim Browning, a YouTube user running a homonymous channel on the video platform, was convinced by a scammer to delete his own channel and was forced to go through a tedious restoration process. 12 Months +. But a word to the wise, if YouTube Tech Support reaches out to you with some urgent action you need to take to save your channel, don't believe it. He also has a lot of contact with YouTube staff due to the nature of his work, so I wouldn't be surprised if he thought it was YouTube contacting him again. It wasn't some pissed off tech support scammer that did this to him, it was a scam to steal YouTube channels. I just hope it is recoverable. Latest News: Microsoft PowerToys adds Paste as plain text and Mouse Jump tools, Featured Deal: Organize your writing and documents with this Scrivener 3 deal. You currently have javascript disabled. USA:Select matches are televised on USA Network (English) and Telemundo or Universo (Spanish), and all three channels can be streamedon fuboTV. Thanks for the support, love you all, and God bless #Scam #JimBrowning #TheSpiffingBrit #JCashVids I will make a video on how all of this went down, but suffice to say, it was pretty convincing until the very end. The subscribers are there and the 'about this channel' video plays. Someone just scammed Jim Browning (the scambaiter), tricking him into deleting his own YouTube channel. I completely agree. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. How does the scam work tf. In this documentary series I will be discussing this topic, and talking about what might happen. Published Jul 27, 2021 + Follow Someone just scammed Jim Browning (the scambaiter), tricking him into deleting his own YouTube channel. The official Jim Browning Community [If you are on a phone - check out the "Menu" for Links and Press J to jump to the feed. The scammers wouldn't even need to upload new videos. We must lend a hand to bring Jim Browning's channel back! This is INSANESUBSCRIBE IF YOURE NEW: www.youtube.com/c/jcashvidsSUB TO PJ: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmiPCIZwZH74xP-iq2pSqVAJoin my Discord server: https://discord.gg/7UxBt4eRWuJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvPMrUuDX3hvpIN-7FTNuoQ/join FOLLOW ME : Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jcashvids/?hl=en Twitter - https://twitter.com/cash_vids SUB TO THE PROD SQUAD Paul - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmiPCIZwZH74xP-iq2pSqVA Ben - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw3-5SU8vx9gxthlExZ6IFA Business Email - jcashgoat@gmail.comThanks for watching! There were a few unfortunate incidents just prior to this phishing email and I explain how I was convinced to delete my own YouTube channel. Also to all of the people in the comment section saying \"Why do you need to do a part 2\". I know he exams it in his video, but, even then, it shocked me how he missed it. As a huge fan of Browning's channel, this is really shocking that he could be scammed like this. Thank you for watching and I will see you next time!Check out my Twitter where I tweet and re-tweet content right here https://twitter.com/VladintTechHighly recommend joining my Discord server where you can say hello to my work-in-progress Discord bot! The champions of Germany and England will face each other in the United States . https://youtube.com/JimBrowning - is now showing a different Jim Browning - a channel with much fewer than the several million subscribers the anti-scammer channel had. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. In this documentary series I will be discussing this topic, and talking about what might happen. I am hoping that YouTube Support can recover the situation by 29th July and I can get the channel back, but they've not promised anything as yet. If only there were a thousand + exactly like him; though I am aware other "white hats/hackers" are out there, which is awesome, I don't know how many of them have the knowledge, determination, and overall kindness and empathy Mr. Browning does. The popular tech-support-scam YouTube channel under the alias Jim Browning suffered an embarrassing shutdown by none other than its author. Posted 27 July 2021 - 03:04 AM. As this post presents: https://www.reddit.com/r/SpiffingBrit/comments/ov3ztz/fake_yt_account/and as u/CerddwrRhyddid mentioned. . The attackers contacted him from the email address youtube @ creator-partners .com. Yes I fell for it. I haven't had a chance to watch yet. A YouTube channel called Tech Support Scams, dedicated to trolling and unmasking scammers, fell victim to a tech support scammer who convinced creator Jim. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality. UK: Matches are carried across Sky Sports and BT Sport streaming and TV platforms, with select matches on Amazon Prime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIWV5fSaUB8, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCADI1ERBZZmOd_EQTzJ1PPQ, https://www.reddit.com/r/SpiffingBrit/comments/ov3ztz/fake_yt_account/. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. These two channels are Jim Browning, a channel known for catching. In 2018, The channel grew past 100K subscribers! Why? The March 2020 episode of Panorama gain lots of attention and the YouTube channel grew to over 1M subscribers. Jim Sparks of North Carolina is considered to be the only alien contactee who remembers 95% of his encounter with aliens. Another Subreddit moderator or I will inform you when The Spiffing Brit channel is recovered. Australia: ESPN2 will be showing Man City vs. Bayern in Australia, with City+ also streaming the match. If you're reading this thread and haven't . 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