Trilogy Media

Trilogy Media is a YouTube channel that specializes in scam-baiting. They are currently residing in Los Angeles, California, United States.^{[citation needed]} They also worked with other notable scambaiters.^{[citation needed]}

Members

Members of Trilogy Media include:

• Ashton Bingham: One of the two stars of the channel, and the CEO of the eponymous production company.^[1] He is also an actor, producer, and writer.^[2], and has appeared in Parks and Recreation, Supergirl, and 90210.^[3]
• Art Kulik: The other star of the channel born in Siberia, Russia, on 10 January 1984, and raised in Belarus before moving to Los Angeles to attempt becoming an actor and filmmaker.^[4]

Associates of Trilogy Media include:

• Jaani Muxikk: An ex-scammer who lives in India who sometimes does undercover work for Art and Ashton.^{[citation needed]}

Behind the scenes members include:

• Shawn Boone Jr, who serves as the channel's creative director.^[5]
• Amanda Muttart, who serves as the channel's director of operations.^[5]

History

Trilogy Media launched their YouTube channel on October 2, 2016. They uploaded their first video, titled "IRS Scammer Gets OWNED - Then Threatens TERRORISM", on the same day of the channel's creation.

In 2016, Ashton and Art took on the IRS Robocall Scammers, the relentless scammers that would call pretending to be the IRS to obtain personal information from vulnerable people. Their video went viral garnering millions of views within the first 24 hours.^[5]

On July 15, 2017, they uploaded their most viewed video, titled Calling Scammer Back Repeatedly Until They Change The Number, which gained over 5 million views.

Subscriber milestones

Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.

• 100,000 subscribers: June 10, 2019^[6]
• 200,000 subscribers: July 30, 2020^[6]
• 300,000 subscribers: April 23, 2021^[6]
• 400,000 subscribers: November 29, 2021^[6]
• 500,000 subscribers: May 9, 2022^[6]
• 600,000 subscribers: May 13, 2022^[6]
• 700,000 subscribers: July 9, 2022^[6]
• 800,000 subscribers: November 22, 2022^[6]
• 900,000 subscribers: January 12, 2023^[6]
• 1 million subscribers: April 15, 2023^[6]

Trivia

• This channel/company has been featured in various media such as The Dr. Oz Show, CBS KCAL, Fox 11 News, ABC's The Briefing Room, CBS News Memphis, Good Morning San Diego, and more.^[5]

References