Scams, Frauds and Everything In Between ft. Coffeezilla

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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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