History WebVideo / JimBrowning

* FourTwentyBlazeIt: In "Making life hell for [=TomTom=] scammers", "[[Characters/FrozenAnna Queen Anna of Arendelle]]" makes a complaint about her purportedly malfunctioning "[=DeskJet=] 420". It is by no coincidence that such a printer exists, albeit a legacy model dating from the Windows 9x era, though the printer model was chosen due to the number's association with cannabis.

* TheDreaded: You won't see if often with the editing of some calls, but scammers have come to fear Jim for how quickly he has access to their network. Including their victim contacts which are easily deleted, call flooding to jam their phone lines, showing their photo IDs or calling them by their real names.

* BadassBaritone: One of Jim's most notable traits is his deep and commanding Irish monotone. Which leads to fans comparing his voice to Liam Neeson or generally like an internet Batman.

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Unfortunately, scammers' cruelty and persistence extends to the idea of scamming kids. In his video on the customs and border protection scam, there's footage of kids hanging out with the scammers while doing drugs. Thankfully, the kids' faces are blurred out.

* TheFaceless: [[JustifiedTrope Done mostly for his own safety]], considering the dangerous and legally ambiguous nature of his operations. His face was blurred out at his request when he was featured by CBS News in a segment about measures taken against tech support and refund scammers.

* InsistentTerminology: He's a ''scam baiter'', not a ''vigilante''.

* ManipulativeEditing: The refund/overpayment scams featured in his videos often involve scammers editing the HTML on the victim's bank account overview, making it look as if they'd been refunded more than the amount initially promised by the scammer. However, the changes are only client-side and thus temporary, and are undone when the page is refreshed. Even when victims catch on to the fact that they received nothing from the scammer and disobey their instructions, scammers will often retaliate with the "zeroing" tactic, making it appear as if they've emptied their victims' bank accounts, followed by a hostile demand to purchase gift cards.[[note]]The fact of the matter is, if the scammers really did take hold of the victim's money, they would have no reason to continue the call, and demanding payment via gift cards would be redundant then.[[/note]]

** Often discussed on the comments section of Jim's videos, where people (especially Indians) lament about how a bunch of bad apples, in this case scammers, have ruined the reputation of their country, to the point that a number of people have either developed a sense of distrust towards Indian call centre agents and would hang up upon hearing someone with a heavy South Asian-ish accent, legitimate or otherwise, or took things up to eleven and express crassly xenophobic sentiment against South Asians in general.

* ThisIsUnforgivable: Jim wouldn't hesitate to express his disgust at those who defraud elderly and disabled people. Fortunately for him, even those from India agree with Jim's sentiments as being vile and immoral. Taken UpToEleven with an operation run by Amit Chauhan, where hacked CCTV footage shows him and his colleagues as having [[NoSympathy next to no concern]] towards his victims, brazenly stating ''"we don't give a shit about the customers"'' and amassing considerable wealth such as a [[CoolCar Porsche]], lavish overseas holidays, and a nightclub to name a few, all allegedly bought from ill-gotten gains he and his agents fleeced from innocent computer users. Even more disgusting was when a couple of agents [[ForTheEvulz appeared to be amused]] at a poor Briton's well-being when the latter tearfully said he was suffering from [[UsefulNotes/{{Depression}} depression]], all while the victim is coaxed to cough up the fee for a nonexistent problem. [[https://youtu.be/G15xjQM-rGc?t=306 He does get a happy ending, though.]]

** Often discussed on the comments section of Jim's videos, where people (especially Indians) lament about how a bunch of bad apples, in this case scammers, have ruined the reputation of their country, to the point that a number of people have either developed a sense of distrust towards Indian call centre agents and would hang up upon hearing someone with a heavy South Asian-ish accent, legitimate or otherwise, or took things UpToEleven and express crassly xenophobic sentiment against South Asians in general.

* MistakenIdentity: Such was Jim's notoriety that during one of WebVideo/{{Kitboga}}'s scambaits, Kit was mistaken for Jim Browning by the scammer he confronted.

* TheGreatPoliticsMessUp: In "Tech scammers... get your story straight!", Jim asks a tech support scammer which country is he sitting in right now. He tells Jim that he's sitting in the [=USSR=].

** Often discussed on the comments section of Jim's videos, where people especially Indians lament about how a bunch of bad apples, in this case scammers, have ruined the reputation of their country, to the point that a number of people have either developed a sense of distrust towards Indian call centre agents and would hang up upon hearing someone with a heavy South Asian-ish accent, legitimate or otherwise, or took things UpToEleven and express crassly xenophobic sentiment against South Asians in general.

* ThisIsUnforgivable: Jim wouldn't hesitate to express his disgust at those who defraud elderly and disabled people. Fortunately for him, even those from India agree with Jim's sentiments as being vile and immoral. Taken UpToEleven with an operation run by Amit Chauhan, where hacked CCTV footage shows him and his colleagues as having [[NoSympathy next to no concern]] towards his victims, brazenly stating ''"we don't give a shit about the customers"'' and amassing considerable wealth such as a [[CoolCar Porsche]], lavish overseas holidays, and a nightclub to name a few, all allegedly bought from ill-gotten gains he and his agents fleeced from innocent computer users. Even more disgusting was when a couple of agents [[ForTheEvulz appeared to be]] [[ComedicSociopathy amused]] at a poor Briton's well-being when the latter tearfully said he was suffering from [[UsefulNotes/{{Depression}} depression]], all while the victim is coaxed to cough up the fee for a nonexistent problem. [[https://youtu.be/G15xjQM-rGc?t=306 He does get a happy ending, though.]]

* InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: The crowning moment being a BBC ''Series/{{Panorama}}'' documentary where an uncensored view of the call centre he hacked showed footage of both the agents and the alleged mastermind, a certain Amit Chauhan, can be seen in plain view. And it didn't take long for Mr. Chauhan to get [[https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51740214 pinched]] [[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/crook-who-lived-like-a-ceo-till-a-uk-hacker-unmasked-him/articleshow/74502112.cms by local authorities]] as a result of the Beeb's exposé with Browning, further putting his operation in shambles.

* ThisIsUnforgivable: Jim wouldn't hesitate to express his disgust at those who defraud elderly and disabled people. Fortunately for him, even those from India agree with Jim's sentiments as being vile and immoral. Taken UpToEleven with an operation allegedly run by a certain Amit Chauhan, where hacked CCTV footage shows him and his colleagues as having [[NoSympathy next to no concern]] towards his victims, brazenly stating ''"we don't give a shit about the customers"'' and amassing considerable wealth such as a [[CoolCar Porsche]], lavish overseas holidays, and a nightclub to name a few, all allegedly bought from ill-gotten gains he and his agents fleeced from innocent computer users. Even more disgusting was when a couple of agents [[ForTheEvulz appear to be]] [[ComedicSociopathy amused]] at a poor Briton's well-being when the latter tearfully said he was suffering from [[UsefulNotes/{{Depression}} depression]], all while the victim is coaxed to cough up the fee for a nonexistent problem. [[https://youtu.be/G15xjQM-rGc?t=306 He does get a happy ending, though.]]

** Ironically enough, Jim himself fell for the very same modus operandi he sought to put a stop to, as a scammer managed to pose as Google customer support and convinced him to delete his channel. Jim has since contacted Google to help resolve this issue, especially as he isn't the only content creator who fell victim to such scams.

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* VigilanteMan: For when the Indian police (as if they've done anything ''at all'', as some have accused them of ''protecting'' or taking bribes from crime syndicates, though they have been pressured by international law enforcement agencies and tech companies alike, in fairness) or even the Feds just isn't cutting it, Jim is more than willing to be a "one-man army" of sorts against those who have the nerve to prey on the technologically-illiterate. Jim admits that what he does is technically illegal, but he and his fans feel that it is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as professional law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies don't seem to be doing enough to clamp down on such scams, especially in India where corruption is rife and scam call centres are able to scoff off a raid as if nothing happened, as local police are unable to prosecute when no victim steps up to file a complaint, and most of those victims are outside their jurisdiction anyway.

* InternetToughGuy: One of the scammers featured in "Making life hell for [=TomTom=] scammers" threatens to "beat the crap" out of one of the scambaiters helping Jim out with chat flooding the scammers.

** Jim addressed this "vigilante" labelling towards him in a [[https://twitter.com/JimBrowning11/status/1235258081182986240 tweet]] where he linked to a BBC news item about the arrest of Amit Chauhan, denying that he was in any way a vigilante. While his exploits do border towards vigilantism i.e. delivering justice without legal authority or due process, it isn't like with what critics of scambaiting accuse them of like racist humiliation towards foreign criminals or reckless intrusion and destruction of computer networks for the sake of entertainment; the most that Jim does is to infiltrate their networks and gather as much evidence as he can with respect to privacy and security, and intervene in a lawful manner if needed.

* ElderAbuse: Any time an elderly victim doesn't play ball with a refund scammer's demands, they will often yell at them and press them into "returning" the "overpaid" amount via gift cards, or face legal repercussions for failing to do so.

** Any time Jim calls out scammers for their actions, they'll often dodge his questions about their operations or otherwise claim they're doing legitimate business, seemingly unrattled by the availability of video evidence of their scams in action.