The gentle voice of an elderly woman named Edna is heard over the phone. "I'm going to call Ticketmaster and see if we can get us some tickets to a Taylor Swift concert, OK?" she says. "Will you call ...

“How should I get you the money, like, write a check?” said the Twitch streamer Kitboga, affecting the frail vocal fry of an 81-year-old woman named Edna. On the other end of the phone line, a man ...

On Twitch and YouTube, Kitboga spends most days delving into the murky world of tech support scams. Donning aviator sunglasses and sometimes a wig, he is a rising star in the live-streaming scene, ...

Earlier this week, live on Twitch, the streamer Kitboga attempted to place a wholesale order for an essential oil that, the woman on the phone implied to him, cured Covid-19. There is, of course, no ...