1 hr 3 min

Scams, Frauds and Everything In Between ft. Coffeezilla Through The Web

    • Technology

An in depth and casual conversation with Coffeezilla himself where we break down his career, his motivation for exposing frauds and scammers and everything else in between. 

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INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/throughtheweb.podcast/
WATCH THE EPISODE: https://youtu.be/EYwraoi-f3w

Twitter: https://twitter.com/throughtheweb

00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Who is Coffezilla? 
01:27 - Are Coffeezilla and Stephen two different people?
02:47 - Coffezilla’s downtime activities
04:23 - Getting recognized in public
06:06 - YouTubers that he loves watching 
09:57 - Coffee Break
12:44 - From Chemical Engineering to YouTuber
15:30 - Ridiculousness of scams
19:15 - Motivation of scammers 
20:50 - Coffeezilla's rise in 2023
23:13 - Rolling Stone for grandparents
31:06 - Facing potential threats when investigating 
33:11 - Drive behind uncovering scams
33:32 - Does crypto really have any value to society?
49:24 - Working for the government?!
52:05 - Is fraud at an all time high?
54:50 - Spotting signs of scams and frauds
01:01:10 - Logan Paul
01:02:26 - Outro

An in depth and casual conversation with Coffeezilla himself where we break down his career, his motivation for exposing frauds and scammers and everything else in between. 

Stop data brokers from exposing your information. Checkout our sponsor https://aura.com/throughtheweb to get a 14-day free trial and see if your personal information has been compromised. Currently available only in the U.S.

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/throughtheweb.podcast/
WATCH THE EPISODE: https://youtu.be/EYwraoi-f3w

Twitter: https://twitter.com/throughtheweb

00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Who is Coffezilla? 
01:27 - Are Coffeezilla and Stephen two different people?
02:47 - Coffezilla’s downtime activities
04:23 - Getting recognized in public
06:06 - YouTubers that he loves watching 
09:57 - Coffee Break
12:44 - From Chemical Engineering to YouTuber
15:30 - Ridiculousness of scams
19:15 - Motivation of scammers 
20:50 - Coffeezilla's rise in 2023
23:13 - Rolling Stone for grandparents
31:06 - Facing potential threats when investigating 
33:11 - Drive behind uncovering scams
33:32 - Does crypto really have any value to society?
49:24 - Working for the government?!
52:05 - Is fraud at an all time high?
54:50 - Spotting signs of scams and frauds
01:01:10 - Logan Paul
01:02:26 - Outro

1 hr 3 min

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