Classic Car Scam Exposed!
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Scammers are going to great lengths to look like legitimate car dealers. In this video I'll peel back the curtain and show you how they are stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars!
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Anyone good at recognizing accents want to weigh in here?
hey ben @ 12:08 the name of the cargo company is not fully blurred at the end
Hard to tell if it's Polish, or Eastern European. It's difficult to tell since many post-communist countries have a similair slavic accent. Also a lot of Eastern-Europeans have migrated to Western-Europe for work so it's not unlikely that they are based in France.
@@MateusAntoninus definitely not Polish. I was actually thinking it was some sort of French. Maybe some African French.
Dont buy anything from scammers!
@@rakerholm Close call between French or Eastern European. I'm siding with Eastern European.
Scammers only apologize for getting caught, that's all they're sorry for. They're not sorry for scamming. It's pathetic that they are impersonating these legitimate car showrooms that have worked hard to build a reputation. Thanks for going after them!
I work at ScamHaters United. We some some of the worse scams. They took 36 Billion in 2020. Yes that's Billion not millions.
100th like!
I could tell from the lack luster apology to Hugh, that he's not stopping his scamming anytime soon. I agree that his only sorrow was over being caught.
Same with people who abuse children.
They're only sorry because they've been caught
Yeh and they even not really sorry because they were caught, they back out the next day scamming. Its all an act. Which will one day, backfire on them. The only day when they are sorry is when they in jail. But by then there sorry will be too late
I’m kind of shocked the scammer stayed on the line for long as he did after you’ve basically exposed him. He was really trying to turn the tables on you.
He was trying to get his routing number to “send a refund” so he could still pull off the scam.
I wonder whether that guy "Walter" is really sorry for what he did or... it was just an apology for being caught. I want to believe he actually has a conscience.
@@delpinsky Personally, I doubt it. Scammers seem to only be sorry mainly bc they got caught
@@delpinskyhe is from eastern Europe he has no conscience
@@delpinsky He did have the balls to call back even after he exposed the fake image of the lot, so idk maybe?
My grandpa just fell a victim of a scam. One click, his all life savings were gone. He is an old man trying to get it together after a heart attack. Thanks for going after them Ben!
Fake sob story
One click?
He was greedy and think he can get a cheap car for half the price, that is what he get from being greedy. If its too good to be true then it is.
@@poppyseeded3062 Sorry, do you even know this person? 😭 Otherwise, how would you even know if it was fake or not?
@@sdfv4zx Did mommy not get you a Playstation this year?
The scammer's "apology" was hysterical. And then he had the audacity to ask you how you faked the wire transfer information. A highly entertaining but also educational video!
It legitimately sounded like a conversation I have with my 6 year old students when I catch them doing something stupid, right down to me asking them what they are sorry for. The only difference is my students actually have the intelligence to own up to their mistakes unlike this idiot scammer.
“I apologize, and for the stuff” is almost as good as “I’m sorry you feel that way.”
I faked a wire transfer to a scammer. I didn't expect it to work, but it backfired on the scammer instead, big time, and now he's in debt to his financial institution, big time.
That fake website looks like one of the online car buying sites from gta5. Lol.
😂
But I did kidnap his wife!
“We just took this picture” but also “they stole it from our website” 😂
Dang 'ol time traveling scammers. Hacking people's accounts, stealing their pictures, going back in time, and posting scam listings.
Actually it’s all set up 😂😂😂
We’re getting scammed
Most of the time when I see scams I think "How could someone fall for that?" but this one's actually pretty sinister. I could see a lot of people getting excited about the price and maybe not being familiar with photoshopping stuff or not being the kind of person that tries to actually research before jumping in. You're awesome for making all these videos. It's easy to just miss the insane variety of scams out there.
I mean to not look at a car before purchasing is quite ridiculous
@@Alex-cw3rz There are people who buy from a long way out and they ask the dealer to send them video/pics before they come to get it. It's not that ridiculous.
I've even almost been tempted to get a used Tesla through their site which is completely blind. Thankfully I found a dealer with a great one and saw it in person before buying. They guarantee it to match the basic quality checks but that doesn't mean you won't get bad panels or dings or whatever minor issues. (Not a problem for me but vain people will have massive issues with this.)
Either way, it's really not that far-fetched.
@@Alex-cw3rznah.. you can get a warranty.. a video before you buy.. just make sure it's a legit website..! and call and verify.. l researched the owner and called him.. lol .
but hey, it worked..
This is a really good video! Compared with other more common scams, these scammers are niche, well-trained, go for high value transactions, and are much more tech literate. Ben meanwhile just jumps right in, knocking some incredible investigation work right out the park, telling an excellent story as always, almost seeming to meet his match with the scammers disengaging or refusing to admit at every turn.
At a guess, I'd expect these scams, less assembly-line, more "quality over quantity", taking advantage of less online or defunct businesses are either more common than we might think, or will become more common, but are much more under the radar.
I was shocked about the “American Classic Cars” scam stealing all those pictures and you finding the exact real place. They really are getting clever. But Ben’s always one step ahead.
It’s fake 😂😂😂
You’re the one being scammed, and Ben is laughing all the way to the bank
Several years ago a guy in Bakersfield, California, was pulling the same scam, only he pretended to be a private seller. He'd drive all over, taking his own pictures of random cars just parked in people's driveway, etc. that were never offered for sale. He'd place online ads and his first question was where are they calling from. If they said someplace nearby, he'd say he already has a deposit on the car, but will give the caller 2nd refusal. Someone calling from overseas is the perfect bait for a wire transfer to a legitimate account. But since there's no international law against such piracy, the buyer was always fucked and this crook was never prosecuted.
Bro really pulled a geoguessr to find the place with the church. Great work
We do pre-purchase inspections in Salt Lake City and have been dealing with this exact thing for many months. It always takes a long conversation to burst the bubble and explain 'if it's too good to be true, it probably is' (and I always have to "prove it" to them by going through this process you've explained well). Thanks for posting, I'll be sharing this with many.
This is one of many reasons to always get a PPI - especially on a classic vehicle!
I bought my car online. From a dealership in Utah! Best car buying experience I've ever had. We talked to the dealership got the paperwork in motion, flew to salt lake. Got picked up at the airport in my new car. They took us to an auction place. Filled out the paperwork and handed the certified check. It was so easy and laid back. Also saved a ton. because the local dealerships wanted 35k when this place was 12k. Haven't had a single issue with the car. Love it! So it can be done. Just have to be careful.
Thank you! That was my inspection report you referenced in your video on the 55 T Bird that I inspected for a client. These scam sites are a terrible problem and I report all the ones I become aware of in the state of Michigan to the Michigan Attorney General to have them taken down. Keep up the good work!
This is the most politest scammer Ive ever seen
Oh Walter... don't be modest. Give yourself more accolades than that.
*heard
And as soon as he got off the phone, he continued his scamming.
Maybe cause he was European and not Indian or African. Maybe he's into the businesses.
@@davidumana9861
From his accent he is from Eastern Europe
If you can’t touch it or drive it , it does not exist says this classic car owner . Great video ! ! ✌
Wana touch mine 😂
If I had $40-$75,000 to spend on a classic car, nothing gets done until I show up and drive the car, and take it somewhere for a pre-purchase inspection.
Exactly, and even then I'll be double, and triple checking the title and who really owns it. And making sure the numbers on the car haven't been altered, or changed.
That's not always true though. I found and bought my car sight unseen. The first time I actually saw my car was when the dealership picked me up at the airport in my car. It can be done safely and properly. Just don't be dumb about it
@@FukaiKokoroexactly.. done all the time.. if you dont like it, or it's not all as represented, many will refund you.. but yes, this day and age (heck decades previous) yes you can get a veh from across the country.. just be smart abt it..
Wow what a nightmare. I can't imagine sending money to a scammer like that, losing your hard-earned money and not getting your dream car. I would like to think I would never fall for anything like that, but you never know. It sure looked legitimate. Thank you for this video. I'm betting you have saved someone from a real heart-breaking situation.
Wonderful video! The Bart Simpson prank call names are an especially nice touch. The "Hugh Jass" scene was one one of my favorites.
This almost happened to my husband but my daughter showed up and saw many discrepancies and saved him from sending $37,000
how would he fall for this lol
Your daughter's got her head screwed on right. You would be surprised how many elderly people fall so easily for things like this. One of my family members lost 1000s over a scam.
@@Darth001that’s mostly who they target. They cast a wiiiiide net and most people recognize the scam but the ones who fall for it most often are old and out of touch. Even though it’s really simple to verify a real person/company/product
😂😂😂😂 omg
See the car in person, simple as thay
I live in Glen Burnie, MD and Brown's Performance Motorcars was a reputable place for classic cars until they went out of business. The building still stands, but empty
They have just about ALL one-star reviews on Yelp going all the way back to 2012. The Google street view was taken in Aug 2018 and cars are visible through the plate glass windows.
I also live in Glen Burnie md next to flea market 8th Ave . How you doing my neighbor lol
I live in Baltimore, I said the same thing😂😂😂
@@goodweed3417 omg no way!!! I live in america too!
@@nottydredhedme being happy MD is in a video 😂
*There is scammers Everywhere!!! What happened to this wonderful world???* 😓
There's a lot of things going downhill these days, but scammers and charlatans are an age old problem.
This actually made me smile, thank you.
You deserve a national recognition. You are doing what the Police and other related law enforcers are failing to do.
Sadly there isn't much law enforcement can do
Those scams are outta the country. They can only get locals. Unless it's big and they get permission from the other nation.
If one of them got scammed for $30,000 car the S.W.A.T. team would be knocking down their door.@@thenamesjames3922
He does enjoy doing this and gets paid for it as he has sponsors so I'd say it works out. He's not in it for the "recognition".
He didn't do shit really.
In fact he just made them all a little less stupid..
Something the dealerships can do is watermark the photos so nobody can steal them.
even a watermark cant save you, there are tools that can effortlessly remove the watermark for you, dealerships should have a presenter just like Vanguard Motor Sales has.
Would take a whole 15 seconds to remove said watermark
There are A.i watermark remover tools these days so no one is safe.
@@timeismoney9684Not true. There are "AI-proof" watermarking techniques. AI is code. Code is dumb. People are smarter.
@@TravisNewton1 and who made the code ?
His staying on the phone as long as he did would have been a great "scam" to tell him his location has been triangulated by the Interpol and they are going to be breaking down his door if they don't come out with their hands in the air !
Great job and video !
Same thing happens in the piano industry. BUT I cant believe you got him to apologize. THats gold!
Great work Ben Dover/Mike Rotch/Hugh Jass 😂🤣
Eileen Dover also. ,
I'd so love to see him make a comedy skit using these characters
@@vladimpaler9274 She's I leaned over not Bens wife. Ben doesn't have a wife because he works in the UK porn industry. Google it.
@@scotts4196 Ben Dover is an actual person so you couldn't use his name. He works in the UK porn industry. You think Mr Green made him up himself.
Mike Hawk
These people should be arrested immediately and given a sentence of a minimum of 20 years maybe even to life.
How do you know where they are?
The problem is most of them are not in the USA. So the authorities have no jurisdiction.
🙄
Thanks for doing what you're doing. I actually own a classic car dealership that's been around 20 plus years and my photos are constantly stolen by these awful people who steal and hurt people on a regular basis!
Hope that scare tactic indeed makes them think otherwise. They seem new to scamming people tbh and perhaps even with a little bit of conscience. Very interesting conversation with the manager btw. I've never seen a scam call end this way before. And thanks for what you do!
I have been watching you for a while and I have been a attempted scam victim but, watching you has given me a sense to spot a scam at 61 years old. They have attempted to scam me about 10 times. I only came close once so I just want to say Thank You!!
Beware of the biggest scams: banks
There’s a TH-cam channel-Catfished that makes videos of romance scammers. 99.9% of scammers live in Africa and pretend to be Americans. Warn your friends and family! They steal 2 billion annually from lonely Americans!
My uncle found a scammer who said they were a noble woman from sweeden who was selling her old cars, but "she" couldn't talk via telephone because she "was" mute because of throat cancer...
That’s a more creative excuse than saying their phone is broken, while at the same time posting a bunch of selfies with their brand new iPhone 15!
@@Sashazur that was my Ipod 15!
huge fan of this content thank you for creating this i love seeing and learning about the diffrent types of scams and scammers a person can have to deal with and ways to protect us from them by you either telling us to avoid them or using a program to stop or block these types of people. i always learn something new from your videos and say what people really do that anyways keep doing this type of stuff and know you got fans like me that are being saved from getting scammed by your lessons :)
Thank you for the video! I was soooo close to being scammed. The seller gave me a sob story of her son tragically passing away. He just wanted thecar to go to someone who really needs it. NEVER EVER SEND MONEY TO ANYONE WITHOUT THE CAR IN YOUR POSSESSION. NEVER !
I wouldn't have told him your payment was fake. He should have thought you cancelled it so he can be caught again in the future. BUT GREAT JOB!! Love your videos.
"I apologize sir."
"For what?"
"..."
"I'm Canadian" :(
@@biscoito1r bruh that was actually funny 😂
😂
I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for helping me laugh a little!
I just found your channel and can't thank you enough. Excellent content and very informative.
You know it’s fake right?
3:24 As a car Enthusiast, cars with low miles, especially those that are considered special models or collectible models, are desirable and fetch higher price than those of a similar model with higher mileage.
True
True
Well.. yeah..
As a comment enthusiast, yes.
But which car with higher mileage is more desirable than the same car with lower mileage
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate this video. I work in the classic car business and I'm dealing with these Scams almost 5 times a week. I used to be an account rep for the real browns performance motor cars before they went out of business
Good afternoon. Thanks for the awareness of theses people.
Its always a good day when PleasantGreen posts a video!
So the guy selling the ‘67 stingray for $16,000 is a scam ? But he’s so nice and kindly wants my card
"sir pls kindly provide me with your credit card details to buy this classic car with only 9 miles for some 25 cents (real no fake)"
Don't buy a car without seeing it in person. This is common sense!
It should be.
Common sense isn’t so common.
They are scamming people from the USA for a reason.
I got my car online. I had a certified check and flew to Utah from Oregon.
They picked me up in my new car from the airport. We went to this place and filled out all the paperwork. And gave them the check. The car has been amazing! No issues at all.
It was from a dealership. It can be done safely and properly.
@@FukaiKokoroso you actually got to drive it before you paid for it?
This video was so satisfying at a personal level. I drove from California to Texas to discover my construction equipment deal was a scam. No money changed hands because I want to personally inspect the
equipment. They hijacked the address and business name of a legitimate operation leaving both parties bewildered when I met the owner in person. Beware when shopping on Facebook Marketplace!
To be honest I think if you are going to spends 1,000s if not 10,000s on a car and not see it before purchasing which I even did for a £600 Ford Focus. I feel like you almost asking to be deceived in one way or another.
Damn Ben took the gloves off and didn’t hesitate!
Where? What gloves??
He didn't do anything really
The gaslighting on this one was so extreme. He didn't stop trying to make you feel like you were the one that was wrong. Absolutely deplorable. He even tried to get you to teach him to scam better 🤦
Yeah. The goal is to keep you assured long enough for the wire transfer to clear your bank. 😢
@@PleasantGreen I hadn't considered that. Thanks for your insight Ben!
Yeah, it's literally just stalling tactics.
The conversation is fake lol
We’re the ones getting scammed!
But the audience got everything we want and more!!!
Not only did we get to hear a long phone convo, but then we heard over 5 min of him getting confronted!!!
With all the evidence!!! And there was a lot of it.
Oh and he found out he wasn’t getting the money, and the best part… he admitted at the end 😮😮😮
Yeah totally real
@@JewclawProof please?!
Man!! the lengths they go to is unbelievable.
Something weird yet wholesome about you and the scammer sharing a laugh at the end😂
We've been dealing with a rash of parts seller scams in our Saab community. Some of us that run Facebook pages are doing our due diligence, but these guys are slimy!
There are so many of those. Now they are copying legitimate parts businesses too and even linking the legit website.
That's one of the reasons I love your videos is all the Bart Simpson prank call names you come up with! It's a laugh riot! 😂😂😂
you're doing good work. Kudos to you. Our society is not responsible enough yet for the media resources provided to them.
Thank you for making this! We always encourage buyers to do their homework. FaceTime video is the best way to confirm its a real car!
I would bet my first born child that when he asked if you wanted a refund, he was going to get your details and try to scam you that way.
The Mike Rotch joke never gets old 😂
Man you are too nice to these scammers. Nice job on this one.
Good work on exposing these scams.
Speaking of, did you see Last Week tonight with John Oliver. He talked about the pig Butchering scam!
I was honestly expecting a clip from one of Pleasant greens, TH-cam videos to pop up during that segment
@@DoodleThis me too!
I was just able to out a loan scammer last week. Watching your videos definitely allowed me to see the subtle red flags.
I always tell them “I’m just down the street, I’ll come on over” gets them every time
Thanks for educating us about this scam.
Autobahn lady says there's nothing she can do about people stealing her photos, but somebody should tell her that there is something she can do. It's called watermark
I was thinking the same but they probably don’t do that because it covers parts of the pic, and maybe that leads to less engagement.
Not her problem
Have you not been paying attention? These scammers are stealing the logos and branding of legitimate businesses so a watermark wouldn't do much. They'll just steal the logo so the watermark would match, or they'll crop out the watermark.
Lol. Photoshop can also remove watermark. 😂
There are digital watermarking technologies that do not disturb the visual content of the photos, sort of like invisible ink. Unfortunately, a layperson wouldn’t necessarily know how to verify a digital watermark. The battle ensues…
When you're standing at the train station and you look to your left, you see a tall dude who looks familiar. You ask him, "Don't I know you from somewhere?" He replies, "Oh yes, I have a small TH-cam channel called Pleasant Green." I was in shock, but somehow I didn't realize it until I had already left, five minutes later. LOL
i figured this dude lived somewhere in a major metropolitan area, he seems very lib ish , which would make sense if there's a "train station " nearby
@@Hard_Righthe lives in utah i believe
@@The1nOnlyRoseChild he lives in Ogden Utah
Tbh you are the most beneficial channel on TH-cam. Ben dover you are awesome 👌
The Hugh Jass laugh at the end was just so perfect 😂
I encountered a familiar scam site, that was selling a 68 Pontiac GTO for 22k from a place called "Marriane Vintage motors" in Ohio.
Was able to decipher this scam very easily by reverse searching the picture of that GTO and they cropped it on another picture.
I even was able to find that the number in the site was a textnow number.
And looking at the accents of those guys, they are obviously based in Pakistan
Glad you caught on
@PleasantGreen I helped a classmate when a pop-up tried to lock his computer...I restarted his computer and boom bye bye pop-up 😂
they’re not based in Pakistan. they sound Ukrainian or Russian.
@@m0b13 one guy did sounded more south asianish.
They are in Africa
6:25 Consuela from Family Guy answered the phono, NO NO NO.
need more lemon pledge
@@mraaron1584Batman Not Here 😂
🤣 Good one!
Thank you for doing this! I wish the authorities would bother to investigate and PUNISH the scammers for impersonation at least and outright criminal fraud when possible!
I feel privileged to live close to ones of the two Hanksters Hot Rods showrooms. Beautiful cars that feels more like a museum than a salesroom! :)
A REAL car salesman never talks like this vile scammer. I love your videos because you bring different sorts of scams and NOT like some scambaiters who always focus on the Indian scammers pretending to be Microsoft, Norton, Amazon...etc and always asking you to login to AnyDesk or to a similar application to get into your electronic devise and it is always the same.
His focus on Nigerian scammers is getting old. This video is a breath of fresh air.
@@dannydaw59 :
You are terribly wrong. He has a variety of scams and this is excellent.
ahaha yes car salesmen are known to be very reputable people
Amazing video
The ways these scammers find a way to get you
Thanks for doing these videos.
I have been into buying and selling cars / classic cars online. I’m well aware big these scams. The only way to cut to the chase is to tell a seller you want a meet n greet. Real sellers say yes and scammers have excuses why they can’t.
It's disheartening to see how deep and sophisticated these scams can get. Thanks for helping us stay informed and aware. Your investigations could potentially save many from falling victim to such scams.
keep up the good work. you are helping people
This grinds my gears !
I hate tech support calls and dealing with phone sales. Listening to you interact with the "manager' was actually painful.
I used to work at a classic car dealership, and you'd see these all the time on facebook marketplace. The least scummy is the time wasters luring you in with $1 car, but there's the ones that rip images from other posts/websites, and often you'd see those posts right next to real ones. Hell, there was one using the same images from a car we had in our shop. It's crazy what these scumbags will do for a quick buck.
I have been seeing a lot of scam posts for auto detailing in one of the Facebook groups I’m in. It’s supposed to be a local buy sell and trade group but these fake auto detailers could be several counties away. They display all the red flags: new Facebook account, usually a pretty girl in the profile picture, nothing related to auto detailing in their profile, they want potential victims to DM them instead of giving details in their post such as a physical location.
These various types of scams flourish on social media because the platforms I feel do not do enough to get rid of the scammers
Thanks again for the tip.
Good job you made him an honest man😊.👍.
These scammers have no shame..! Disgusting ppl imo
Omg these scammers are getting smarter by the day and stealing a lot of money from people . But Ben is even smarter and he will find you and destroy you lol. Thank you so much for uploading this video Ben because this will save a lot of people from being scammed. Btw how much money did you pretend to them? 😘
I sent him 47k!! :)
😳😆😆😆😆
@@PleasantGreen 🤣🤣🤣
I had no clue such a scam existed, especially now when a lot of people buy, without seeing the car from dealers.
Maybe a step for the genuine guys would be a big watermark on the photos.
And buyers will have to pay for someone to verify the car physically exists.
Good information, keep up the good work.
We need this guy .
Thank you, from all of us ..! 🤨👍🏻
You're so good at this. Thank you for exposing them
Really enjoyed watching this, great work Pleasant. 😊
Your GOOD !!! GREAT Job !!! I'll be watching out and also your channel NOW, THANKS !!!
Good work Ben .
I lived in Alabama once upon a time and passed by the classic car dealer you showed with the old service station twice a day for about 30 years until I retired. It was and still is legit and has some awesome cars for sale, (not cheap, but near perfect). Recently I was back for a visit (in Bama) and passed by again. They are still there and open for business! (just bring a big stack of green stamps)!🤑 Thanks for another great video!
It's always a pleasant day when Pleasant Green uploads.
Good video... Thanks for the heads-up.
At 15:00 - B&B Motors - He is saying that They have the original car... and the other site stole the pictures from them.... I guess that it's possible. You can't assume anything right off the bat.
- At least at 19:55... he seems like he wanted to refund the buyer.... Respect.... and "People are weird."
Nice seeing you again mr Dover
My favorite scam baiter talking about my favorite thing, classic cars, awesome video!
You know my friend from the UK asked what my apartment building looked like (not a scam, she was curious about american apartments) and it only took me about 2 minutes to get her five angles of pictures and type up where my, and the other apartments, and the parking garage was. Funny how it took these people 30 min to go outside....
the most unfulfilling scammer confrontation ever.
What a lovely ending to this video
Video hits home for me! I am from Michigan so hello to all Michigan viewers!
Or don't buy anycar without seeing it in person first.
I wouldn't buy any car unless I could go look at it first. Buying any car sight unseen online to me isn't a good idea.
Car showrooms and businesses needs to start to use a strong watermarks imo. Great work as always
I"m sure he's going to get right on it, stopping scams.