Voice Actor Uses Her Professional Impersonation Skills To Prank A Scammer, Easily Succeeds Interview With Author
There’s nothing quite as priceless as seeing scammers getting scammed. And who is there better to serve justice than talented voice actor Rosie Okumura? Better known by her Youtube name IRL Rosie, the LA-based actor has got a real treat for fans of karma.
In a viral Youtube video, Rosie posed as a Google virtual assistant calling scammers and inviting them to redeem their Google play card credits worth $500. Her “scambaiting” pranks worked wonders and it seems like nobody on the end of the line gave it a shadow of doubt. Rosie, who is no rookie when it comes to messing with scammers, told Bored Panda: “I think anyone who falls for anything is caught in a moment of desperation or vulnerability. The scammers are the desperate.” Scroll down for the full interview down below!
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The talented voice actor posed as a virtual Google assistant in this priceless “scambait” prank
Rosie told Bored Panda that voice acting was something she has always had passion for since she was young. Impressively, all of her impression techniques are self-taught. It was only a few years ago that “I saved up the money and got a little bit of training, mainly for commercial copy.”
It takes both talent and training to be a good voice actor. “Anyone can learn anything, but it being difficult or hard is dependent on being born with it or not.” Rosie also said that having lived in a lot of different states, it’s been easy for her pick up dialects and accents.
There are around 25 voices in Rosie’s repertoire at the moment, but her Alexa/AI impression and old lady voice are “my silliest!”
It turns out, voice acting comes in handy in real life too. “If someone’s calling me and I don’t recognize the number, I’ll answer with an Australian accent just in case.” The actor recounted how one time she got super embarrassed when she realized it was the vet calling to confirm her cat’s appointment. “They have met me several times and know I am NOT, in fact, Australian,” Rosie laughed.
Rosie is planning on doing a video where she orders food at the drive-through in her different voices. We can’t wait!
Watch Rosie tricking the scammers big time in this full video
And people thought it’s gold
How does she know scammers' numbers? This is the bit that I don't get. It seems like she's doing the scamming.
She just calls back the numbers that have called her. I get dozens of not only scam calls but emails as well, those emails containing phone numbers to call. Simple as that.
As shitty as scamming is, somehow I still feel sorry for the people who work there. It must be horrible if you live in a country with so less opportunities for a propper job.
Many scammers live in affluent countries, but CHOOSE to scam people because criminality is more lucrative than working (till you get caught of course). Scammers are thieves, worse than pickpockets
The same could be said for a lot of crimes in affluent countries. Selling drugs, theft, mugging, prostitution....all of these things can be more lucrative than trying to get an honest job. Sometimes it can be very hard to draw the line between "didn't have a choice" and "just being greedy", but the problem of selling one's moral compass goes all the way up the income ladder.
I'm sorry but if you know you're doing wrong, and repeating that wrong several times a day, I have no sympathy for you. These scammers are pure scum, and deserve every bit of wrath coming their way.
There are lots of videos like this on YouTube (look for Kitboga, for instance). Some of them yell at, insult and threaten to imprison (by pretending to be law enforcement) pensioners for not giving their savings. I don't doubt some (maybe all) of them have a difficult life but I personally can't find a lot of sympathy for people that do these things.
I don't feel sorry for "Roger Marlbrorro" .
I don't have a quarrel with people doing phone work (such as sales and surveys) as a survival job, but scamming is wrong. I can see how one can have compassion for the desperate, but it's hard to feel bad for someone who preys on the vulnerable who may themselves be in precarious circumstances.
It is hard to not feel compassion for people who you perceive as less fortunate. However, scamming is a multi-billion dollar business. Think Silicone Valley.
Silicone Valley? Is that the land of breast implants?
OMG! She's super funny and extremely talented! Her YouTube had me laughing all day! XD
Why did they press when they were supposed to press eleventeen??? XD
What* I meant What! ...
How does she know scammers' numbers? This is the bit that I don't get. It seems like she's doing the scamming.
She just calls back the numbers that have called her. I get dozens of not only scam calls but emails as well, those emails containing phone numbers to call. Simple as that.
As shitty as scamming is, somehow I still feel sorry for the people who work there. It must be horrible if you live in a country with so less opportunities for a propper job.
Many scammers live in affluent countries, but CHOOSE to scam people because criminality is more lucrative than working (till you get caught of course). Scammers are thieves, worse than pickpockets
The same could be said for a lot of crimes in affluent countries. Selling drugs, theft, mugging, prostitution....all of these things can be more lucrative than trying to get an honest job. Sometimes it can be very hard to draw the line between "didn't have a choice" and "just being greedy", but the problem of selling one's moral compass goes all the way up the income ladder.
I'm sorry but if you know you're doing wrong, and repeating that wrong several times a day, I have no sympathy for you. These scammers are pure scum, and deserve every bit of wrath coming their way.
There are lots of videos like this on YouTube (look for Kitboga, for instance). Some of them yell at, insult and threaten to imprison (by pretending to be law enforcement) pensioners for not giving their savings. I don't doubt some (maybe all) of them have a difficult life but I personally can't find a lot of sympathy for people that do these things.
I don't feel sorry for "Roger Marlbrorro" .
I don't have a quarrel with people doing phone work (such as sales and surveys) as a survival job, but scamming is wrong. I can see how one can have compassion for the desperate, but it's hard to feel bad for someone who preys on the vulnerable who may themselves be in precarious circumstances.
It is hard to not feel compassion for people who you perceive as less fortunate. However, scamming is a multi-billion dollar business. Think Silicone Valley.
Silicone Valley? Is that the land of breast implants?
OMG! She's super funny and extremely talented! Her YouTube had me laughing all day! XD
Why did they press when they were supposed to press eleventeen??? XD
What* I meant What! ...