Social:Trilogy Media

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Template:Infobox social media personality Trilogy Media is an American YouTube channel and media company/streaming service founded in 2016 by Ashton Bingham and Artsiom "Art" Vladimirovich Kulik (Russian: Артём Кулик). The channel is primarily known for its scambaiting and internet vigilantism content with a focus on exposing scams and fraudulent activities.[1][2][3][4]

History

Bingham and Kulik launched Trilogy Media in 2016, initially producing sketch comedy and short-form entertainment content.[1][5][6][7]

Both founders have backgrounds in film and acting. Bingham is an actor and comedian from Reno, Nevada, and Kulik was born on January 10, 1984, in Siberia and raised in Soviet Belarus.[8] Their prior experience in acting influenced the production quality of their videos. As of 2025, Trilogy Media is based in Los Angeles.[1]

Trilogy Media, in collaboration with Scammer Payback, contributed to the 2025 dismantling of an alleged money mule operation for scam call centers by Chinese nationals in California.[9][10]

In May 2026, Bingham and Kulik were keynote speakers at the Central Ohio Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).[11]

Content and style

Trilogy Media creates content that exposes scammers by using voice changers and false identities during phone calls.[12] With a mix of humor and commentary, they prank call alleged scammers in India to waste their time and prevent real victims from being scammed.[13]

The series Trilogy vs. Predator focuses on investigations into individuals attempting to allegedly exploit minors online, sometimes in coordination with law enforcement and child protection organizations.[14]

Collaborations and projects

In 2022, Trilogy Media collaborated with Scammer Payback on the "People's Call Center" a public initiative designed to raise awareness of online fraud.[15][14] The channel has also participated in joint efforts with other creators in digital activism and cybersecurity awareness.[16][17]

In 2025, Trilogy Media released a video titled Exposing Hollywood’s Most Sadistic Director on their streaming platform, TrilogyPlus.[18] The video documents an investigation by content creator Reckless Ben into the filmmaker Lucifer Valentine, known for the Vomit Gore Trilogy. It includes discussion of online claims regarding the director’s identity. In September 2025, Trilogy Media assisted local and federal law enforcement in Baxter County, Arkansas during an investigation into fraud targeting elderly victims. Two individuals were arrested following a sting coordinated with the Mountain Home Police Department, the Baxter County Sheriff's Office, and the Department of Homeland Security. The operation involved a controlled delivery of $250,000 to intercept participants in the scheme.[19]

Television

In October 2025, Trilogy Media premiered their first network television series, Scammed: Getting Even, on the Fox Nation streaming platform. The six-part documentary television series follows founders Ashton Bingham and Art Kulik as they investigate and confront real-world fraud and scam operations.[20] Each episode examines a different form of fraud, including romance scams, cryptocurrency cons, and refund scams.[21]

Television episodes

Contents below are adapted from a Fox Nation press release.[21]

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Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2022 12th Streamy Awards Collaboration[lower-alpha 1] Won [22]
  1. ↑ With Mark Rober and Jim Browning.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Deck, Andrew; Kumar, Raksha (January 10, 2023). "Vigilantes for views: The YouTube pranksters harassing suspected scam callers in India". https://restofworld.org/2023/youtube-scam-call-vigilantes/. 
  2. ↑ "Scam Fighters Answer Scam Questions From Twitter". Wired. November 29, 2022. https://www.wired.com/video/watch/answers-scam-questions-from-twitter. Retrieved August 17, 2024. 
  3. ↑ Skiba, Katherine (September 14, 2022). "Former NASA Engineer Shares How He Gets Even With Scammers". https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2022/mark-rober-glitterbomb.html. 
  4. ↑ "Scammers stole life savings of San Diego Holocaust survivors, 97-year-old widow: DA". NBC San Diego. August 27, 2025. https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/scammers-stole-life-savings-of-san-diego-holocaust-survivors-97-year-old-widow-da/3892773/. 
  5. ↑ Melugin, Bill (February 4, 2019). "FOX 11 tracks down biggest US robocalling offenders accused of millions of illegal calls" (in en-US). https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/fox-11-tracks-down-biggest-us-robocalling-offenders-accused-of-millions-of-illegal-calls. 
  6. ↑ "Inside the world of vigilante scam-baiters" (in en). March 20, 2025. https://www.afr.com/technology/inside-the-world-of-vigilante-scam-baiters-20250317-p5lk4c. 
  7. ↑ Schulz, Bailey. "Millions of Americans lose money to scams every year. One group of YouTubers is trying to help." (in en-US). https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/10/13/scambaiting-videos-scammers-get-scammed/8237885001/. 
  8. ↑ "Meet Ashton Bingham". https://canvasrebel.com/meet-ashton-bingham/. 
  9. ↑ Coakley, Amber (August 28, 2025). "YouTube vigilantes help feds bust $65M scam ring targeting seniors". https://www.wric.com/news/youtube-vigilantes-help-feds-bust-65m-scam-ring-targeting-seniors/. 
  10. ↑ "YouTube scambaiters help dismantle $65 million multinational fraud ring targeting". United States Department of Justice. https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdca/pr/youtube-scambaiters-help-dismantle-65-million-multinational-fraud-ring-targeting. 
  11. ↑ "Central Ohio ACFE - 25th Annual Emerging Trends in Fraud Investigation & Prevention Conference". https://centralohiocfe.com/event-6576022. 
  12. ↑ "Online vigilantes turn tables on scammers who victimize the elderly" (in en-US). NewsNation. May 31, 2025. https://www.newsnationnow.com/cuomo-show/online-vigilantes-hunt-scammers/. 
  13. ↑ Fulton, Chris (August 21, 2025). "Four arrested in multi-day operation targeting scam 'Money Mules'" (in en-US). http://mhobserver.com/four-arrested-in-multi-day-operation-targeting-scam-money-mules/. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Ryan, Shannon (August 18, 2022). "YouTuber Pierogi targets scammers with 'Scammer Payback' channel, new project" (in en-US). https://www.fox7austin.com/news/youtube-pierogi-call-center-scammer-payback-target-scams. 
  15. ↑ Gerber, Callie. "YouTube channel review: Trilogy Media". https://dailyevergreen.com/113052/culture/youtube-channel-review-trilogy-media/. 
  16. ↑ "Man Exposes Scammer Who Promised $4.5 Million in Hilarious Video Call" (in en). June 14, 2021. https://www.newsweek.com/scam-call-fighting-video-call-hilarious-video-ant-ashton-tiktok-1600439. 
  17. ↑ Taylor, Chris (April 1, 2025). "Meet the creators who bait scammers for fun and profit" (in en). https://mashable.com/article/scam-baiter-youtube-creators. 
  18. ↑ "Exposing Hollywood's Most Sadistic Director (Confronted)" (in en). https://www.trilogyplus.com/videos/exposing-hollywoods-most-sadistic-director. 
  19. ↑ "Two more arrested in ongoing scam investigation" (in en). September 25, 2025. https://www.baxterbulletin.com/stories/two-more-arrested-in-ongoing-scam-investigation,111158. 
  20. ↑ "Viral scam-busters Trilogy Media on tracking down online criminals" (in en-US). October 7, 2025. https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1720173. 
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Fox Nation to Premiere "Scammed: Getting Even" on October 22". Media Relations. Fox News (Press release). Archived from the original on November 11, 2025. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
  22. ↑ "12th Annual Winners". https://www.streamys.org/nominees-winners/12th-annual-nominees. Retrieved December 10, 2022. 



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