Junseth from the legendary Bitcoin Uncensored podcast joins us to talk about his shocking investigation into crypto phone scammers. He recorded dozens of calls with young thieves targeting Bitcoin holders, revealing how 16-17 year olds recruited on Roblox and Minecraft steal millions through social engineering attacks on Coinbase users.

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Junseth’s scammer interviews: https://soundcloud.com/junsethsworld

Notes:
• He gets 10+ scam calls/day
• Scammers are young: 16-18 years
• Recruited primarily on Roblox/Minecraft
• One scammer calls back to apologize!
• Claims of $60k+ paydays

Timestamps:
00:00 Start
03:51 Scammer recording
07:36 The arc of the conversation
12:50 Who are these scammers?
14:51 Arrests
17:06 What do they do with the assets?
20:26 Recruiting scammers from Minecraft
25:04 Bitcoin cultural evolution
28:26 Whay is everyone dumb?
30:21 Non-monetary Bitcoin
37:02 Cultural moments


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