"Yes, yes." Mr. Chen said, taking out an A4 paper with the scammer's information and photo printed on it.
"Don't shake it, I can't see clearly... The scammer is called Marlon, right?" Elliot asked.
"Yes, his name is Marlon." Mr. Chen said.
Elliot carefully looked at the information on the A4 paper, and at the same time, took a few photos with his phone.
"Can't contact the scammer at all?"
"Yes, I'm completely out of options. Yesterday, I saw your live stream and thought I'd give it a try to see if you could help." Mr. Chen explained.
"I understand." Elliot nodded, "Mr. Chen, I can try, but I can't guarantee that I can find Marlon. After all, even the authorities couldn't find him..."
Elliot said, starting the crawler software and entering Marlon's information.
The netizens in the live stream were also discussing:
[How to find him?]
[It's undoubtedly like searching for a needle in a haystack, isn't this too difficult?]
[The scammer's phone is probably already disconnected.]
[Even the cyber police couldn't find him, can the streamer find him?]
[This is too difficult, the streamer isn't a god.] ...
The crawler software was searching the entire network for Marlon's information.
"Mr. Chen, I'm already searching the entire network, but it will take some time." Elliot explained.
"No hurry, thank you for your trouble, streamer." Mr. Chen said.
"It's hard to say when the search results will come out, let's continue first. If there are other friends who need help, connect in."
"Ding!"
Soon, another netizen applied to connect.
This was a young man in his twenties, who had also been scammed out of money playing gambling apps and couldn't withdraw it.
This kind of thing was too simple for Elliot.
He directly invaded the app's server and took down the app.
Next, Elliot successively connected with several netizens. The problems they encountered were also being scammed while gambling, or falling victim to phishing websites and losing money.
These problems were all child's play for Elliot.
Time flew by, and an hour passed.
While connecting with netizens, Elliot occasionally kept an eye on the crawler software.
On the computer screen, countless data streams refreshed.
The crawler software was still "crawling" Marlon's information across the entire network, but there were no results.
It was indeed very difficult to find someone who was deliberately hiding themselves from the vast amount of network data, and it required time.
Of course, it was also related to Elliot's computer configuration.
If he was using a server, the search speed would be much faster.
"It seems I need to exchange for a server." Elliot thought to himself.
Just then, the crawler software suddenly made a new discovery, and a message popped up on the screen:
{Marlon, male, 36 years old, logged into Oasis Gaming Network and registered an account on March 15, 2024...}
"There's a result." Elliot was delighted.
"Brothers, wait a moment, Mr. Chen, I seem to have a clue here." Elliot said.
"Really? That's great!" Mr. Chen had been online, and when he heard Elliot's words, he immediately became excited.
Elliot clicked on the crawler software's search results and examined them carefully.
The collected information showed that a month ago, Marlon had logged into a gaming website called "Oasis Gaming Network" and registered an account.
The registration information was as follows:
{Name: Marlon
ID number: 430521********
Mobile number: 135********}
...
The information completely matched.
This was the Marlon they were looking for.
Elliot tried to dial the mobile number Marlon left during registration.
"Beep..."
The call actually went through.
This mobile number was still in use.
Elliot hung up the phone.
With the mobile number, it was easy.
Elliot opened the invasion tool.
"Invasion successful!"
Then, he opened the target phone's camera:
The screen showed a roof, with a computer next to it.
Judging from the environment, it was an internet cafe.
The phone was placed on the table, and the angle couldn't see the person.
"Beep beep!"
Elliot dialed Marlon's mobile number again.
In the internet cafe, a man in his early forties reached out and picked up his phone, glanced at the caller ID, which was an unfamiliar number. He hesitated for a moment and directly hung up the call.
However, the moment the man picked up his phone, Elliot had already seen his appearance through the phone's camera.
Elliot compared the image captured by the phone's camera with the photo provided by Mr. Chen.
"That's him! It's him!"
Elliot himself didn't expect it to go so smoothly.
"Mr. Chen, good news, I found Marlon!" Elliot said with a smile.
"Found him?" Mr. Chen's eyes widened suddenly, his face full of disbelief.
"I can't even believe it myself, that I found him so quickly." Elliot said with a smile.
He switched the screen captured by the phone's camera to the live stream.
In the picture, Marlon was holding his phone, looking at the screen in confusion, seemingly trying to recall who that unfamiliar number belonged to.
"It's him! It's him!" Mr. Chen recognized Marlon at a glance.
[Holy cow! That's amazing!]
[He can find him like this?! It's simply divine!]
[It's terrifying!]
[Watching the streamer's skills makes my scalp tingle! *Fear*] ...
The bullet comments in the live stream exploded instantly.
"Marlon is currently at Neon Knight Internet Cafe on Breeze Avenue in Golden Sun City. You have the authorities' contact information, right? Just call the police directly and let them go arrest him." Elliot said.
"Yes, yes, I'll call the police right away!" Mr. Chen said excitedly.
He quickly dialed a phone number:
"Beep beep... Hello Officer Zane, I'm Jared Chen, I have news about Marlon, he's currently at Neon Knight Internet Cafe on Breeze Avenue in our Golden Sun City... Okay, okay, thank you Officer Zane, I'll wait for your good news."
Mr. Chen hung up the phone and said excitedly to the camera: "Streamer, thank you so much! You're amazing! I can't believe the authorities searched for more than half a year with no news, and you found him so quickly! Thank you, thank you!"
"Don't thank me too soon, the person hasn't been caught yet." Elliot said with a smile.
Marlon was still at large, and everything was not yet settled.
The rest of the time was spent waiting.
Half an hour passed...
"Tap, tap, tap..."
A sound of footsteps came from the entrance of the internet cafe.
Marlon raised his head and glanced casually.
The next second, his face instantly changed, filled with fear.
"Don't move!"
"Marlon, you are under arrest!"
Two cyber police officers entered the view of the phone camera and, without a word, took control of Marlon.
...
Marlon was successfully apprehended.
[Awesome! So awesome!]
[Streamer, amazing!]
[Godlike!]
[Invincible!]
[Whispering Wind tipped the streamer 1 Sky-Piercing Rocket.]
[Coffee Bean tipped the streamer 1 Sky-Piercing Rocket!] ...
In the live stream, there was a scene of jubilation.
(End of this chapter)
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Translator and Editor - Husband
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