Interview: Voice actor Rosie Okumura, aka IRLrosie, wastes scam callers time and offers tips on staying safe

How much do you hate those scam calls that try to get you to hand over your personal information?

Rosie Okumura, voice actor and content creator, joined me on the Rich On Tech radio Show to discuss how she gets them back.

She pranks scam callers - using her amazing voice skills - to waste their time so they can’t spend it talking to another potential victim.

Key takeaways from my interview:

1. Rosie is a scam baiter - she calls scammers and wastes their time as long as possible to educate the public on what scams to look out for.

2. She got into scambaiting after her mom fell victim to a tech pop-up scam where scammers gained remote access to her computer and stole $500.

3. Rosie uses her voice acting skills to prank the scammers, doing impressions like Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears, and an elderly lady named Irma Gersh.

4. The longer she keeps the scammers on the phone, the less time they have to scam real victims who may fall for it.

5. The scammers are located all over, including the US, India, Nigeria and other countries. Some recognize Rosie from her popular YouTube videos.

6. Her biggest advice is never to answer unknown numbers, always hang up and call back official numbers yourself. Don't click on any links in suspicious messages.

7. Spoofing and AI voice copying are big issues in scams now, so it's important to verify identities even if it sounds like a real person or company.

8. Rosie's scambaiting videos aim to entertain but also educate the public on the latest scams to watch out for to protect themselves.