I’ve worked at target 5 years now, these no talent grifters take hundreds of dollars out of the pockets of jobless and homeless people alike who either have real talent or have no seed money to pull cons like this. It’s despicable, I remember some fake busker scum out side drawing a dozen eyes a minute all while an old homeless guy tired to sell free catalogues for a dollar a piece. Fuck people like this.
@@gwynjustice6664 I’m at cart attendant at a target and I see them all time and one time even watched their bow come off the violin and it kept playing music lmao
Can buy cheap from pawn shops, can trade other possessions for them, sometimes they’re stolen property , or as mentioned cheap imports that don’t even play properly anyway …
This is a business someone funds these people,, just like the people selling you fruit and flowers on the side of the road they get paid a cut of the profits and they all have someone watching 🇺🇸
Lol same and when a part came up that he was supost to play the vilon in the middle of him fake playing he itced his nose and I screams he’s a scammer and my bffs saw him to and we all said “SCAMER” and we all started laughing and he was like “wut and we said I just saw you itch your nose what you were playing and we laughed again. LOL
He's right, it's absolutely insulting to a real musician that took thousands and thousands of hours to master an instrument for someone else to literally do a pathetic replica of their playing at a scam show like this, it's absolutely horrendous. I'm not personally a violinist but even as a pianist I feel offended for my violin gang.
Agee 100% What made this gloved freak think it was okay to walk up to a complete stranger and accuse him with no objective evidence whatsoever and then dare to touch the man's equipment?
THIS IS AN ORGANZED GROUP WITH MANY PLAYERS AT HAND. Stay aware people. They make more money than you do. The worst part is that they aren’t in NEED. Come on with that .
If you ever know someone is faking ( and you have to be 100% sure they are faking ) pull their bow and the music keeps playing and it is the funniest thing ever
As a REAL performer, I am SO PISSED!!😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬 These people are CONS!! PLEASE! Stop them. Listen, watch.. tell them to stop the background music and play! They CAN'T! I CAN...
I have seen hundreds of movies where famous actors pretend to play instruments or even sing and everyone is mesmerized. He is doing the same. Go home Karen.
As a martial artist who trains three days a week in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, I would find it insulting if someone bought themselves a black belt off line that takes on average 10 years to earn. It's insulting to be fake, and also it's evil to manipulate good people's empathy in order to scam them of their hard earned money.
I fell for this scam in Pearland Tx. I thought the guy was actually playing the violin. Now I know it wasn't him playing. I gave them money. They are good at scamming that's for sure.
Just because some audacious weirdo in gloves says they are all fake doesn't mean it's true. I spent a lot of time with one of these violinists and he had a sign like this and played with backing track and people said he was a fake but I am a musician and later, outside of a restaurant we went to, I convinced him to play. He played and played without a backing track. We went to my house and he was skilled on my twelve string as well as the keys. He was also a funny man and a kind and upbeat person who was clearly hiding a lot of sadness. Don't listen to this weirdo who thinks it's okay to walk up to strangers and accuse them of things and touch their equipment.
If he can afford an electric violin he can't be too poor. I have an antique violin and one cheap violin that I use when busking. My antique violin I originally bought for a very cheap price because the person who sold it to me had no idea what the violin was worth. My very lucky find. It was very expensive to get it set up but worth the money because of what it is valued at now.
Keep exposing these assholes. They should pay every cent they "earned" to Karolina who made this music happen in the first place. They are disgraceful.
This guy know there’s no right of privacy in public right ? They always want the rules to be in their favor when they want them to be and then to be the other way around when it’s not convenient for them well what I did in the shopping center that I own a business in is and I’ll be clear about this I’ve never had a good experience with law-enforcement. I’ve had my run-ins with them but when I called the management of the owner of the shopping center they said if we put up signs, then we can trespass them and that’s what he did and they really haven’t come back since then.
This pretty much happens with my music that I post on Soundcloud. People download it and then upload it to TH-cam and monetize it. I even had my music on TH-cam striked by people claiming ownership of it. There are a lot of scummy people in the world. 😟
i think that the idea was that they were playing to a backing track, but they were really just not playing and all of the sound was coming from the backing track which is really insulting to musicians and everyone really, especially when there's someone actually in need in the background
This is an organized crime. There's a striking consistency among these scammers: they typically share the same ethnicity, utilize electric violins, speakers, perform identical songs, display similar signs, and even their sign-writing appears uniform. It cannot be a coincidence.
Not goona lie. The first time i encountered this in front of a grocery store, I fell for it. The music was so beautiful, I thought 'oh thats such a great busker, he's amazing!' As his partner wife walked around collecting donations. The music filled the air in the parking lot, I listened, I watched, I closed my eyes as I enjoyed the music. I didn't have money to give though, I probably would have. I'm no musician and don't know how to play any instruments. The 2nd time I saw this going on, same song different couple, I thought sheesh, he's soooo good, he'd make more money being in a symphony or something! Why panhandle such an incredible talent! Maybe someone will discover him! Life is hard on so many people. I sat in my car nearby, moved by the music, and i just happened to notice....he stopped playing (no one was nearby) to say something in the womans ear, and the music kept playing, violin and all. I finally figured out this scam. I see this scam everywhere now! And innocent people tossing $5, $10, $20's at them all day. And also, they ALL pretend with the same 3 songs! It is definitely an insult to the artists, instrument players, musicians, and people who give them money. There are so, so, so many other people who legitimately could use some help much more than these grifters.. Don't let this scam sway being a good person to someone in true need. 💞
For those people who thinks that the real musician is trying to be a hero, he is not. It’s personal. Faking violin playing is like plagiarism for a writer. It’s the same thing as taking the joke of other comedians and making it your own. Once you ask for money in exchange of a particular skill and people pay for that set of skill they think you have, and you don’t and results on faking it. It’s a scam. It’s the same thing as those saying they are homeless and people gave and you’re not homeless. It’s a scam. This is as bad as lip syncing. Milli and Vanilli got called out for this. And that ended their career.
I only learned this was a type of scam that people pull off ; a couple weeks ago. I sometimes play violin in public and do enjoy it if people give some dollars - I also enjoy it when say thats beautiful or "thank you. This videographer totally did a cool thing when talking to the guy , a violinist and any instrumentalist practices a lot to get a good sound and to make it sound musical - I now feel better if people don't understand busking because at least Ive tried assiduously to learn the violin
the guy that plays in Smyrna Ga at kroger and sometimes publix, has the same or similar sign that says the same thing, this scamming con game shit is a slap in the face to people with real severe struggles and needs, as well as its a slap in the face to folks with real skills and talents who work their asses off to prove , promote , and use said skills and talent.
A few years ago in Meridian Idaho, in the local Walmart parking lot, there were two young overweight male twins that would sit down in the grass by the busiest exit and wouldn't even hold their signs up. They would prop them on the stop sign pole and sit down all day. They did this for at least two summers. One time I saw them taking turns "playing" a violin like this and I just laughed. I once saw one of them pull out of a nice neighborhood on a motorcycle 😂 Haven't seen them for years now
I confronted a similar pair yesterday at one of our local supermarket's entrance/exits in Brunswick, Maine. I asked the male violinist, about in his 50s, to play me a piece without the accompaniment [wherein the "violin" parts are found]. He pretended not to understand English and fumbled with the violin's cord at the amp end. Same violin as seen here, btw. Then, a 50ish overweight, swarthy woman appeared. She didn't take kindly to me exposing their scam. She spoke to me in Romanian or whatever Gypsy tongue they use, flipped me the bird and gave me a mock "moon". I circled around and came up behind them with my phone camera trained on them. The woman came at me and made a hissing sound as she made a mock swipe at me, slashing the air. I told them that's what the cops need to see. I also observed her scoping out the insides of parked cars there. These folks Always work in groups. They were gone when I returned an hour or so later. A couple or so years ago, I fell for their scam, right at the same spot. It was a different guy who "played" beautifully. He seemed to have the right fingerings on the strings [as if I knew, I play piano and harmonicas, jazz/blues], and he had the standard bowing, or so I thought, and a nice smile. He also had a big sign with words on it like "honest", and "god" and "thank you". He had a couple of young teen girls with him, swarthy with dark, unsmiling eyes, the dead eyes look, suspicious, so common with this clan. Still, I tipped the guy five dollars, I think, and left. So, after yesterday's event, I went home to quickly learn a few choice phrases in Romanian. As mentioned earlier, they were gone. I so wanted to say to the woman, "Isti un porc!!!". Next time, if there is another scam "violinist" here, I'm going to open with Portugues. Knowing that won't be understood by them, I will then speak in English with a fake Brasilian accent. And I will smilingly ask them to play me a tune, unaccompanied. Or, maybe I'll take a harmonica and play some simple tune like Three Blind Mice and ask them to repeat it, knowing full well they can't. And then I will make sure they know what scum they are. They put the "tune" in opportunists. This is where a bunch of vile stink bomb vials could come in handy. Or, if someone wanted to place a bill in their coffer, first tape the bill to a magician's reel. It is a spring-loaded prop with a monofilament string. As one walks away, smiling, the donor releases the brake on the quarter-sized, handheld prop. ZIP!!! The bill magically returns to the donor's hand in an instant. It's a very inexpensive prop, perfect for conning back these cons.
yes, there are thousands of them across the country - doing this every where - even using the same prerecorded tracks, the signage the same -- it's a massive scam, collecting millions -- you ever see the signs in convenience stores "due to the national coin shortage" -- yeah, well I bet these crooks are a major contributing factor
1. You CAN make a video in public ! Don't allow yourself to be intimidated by these mobsters! 2. This is disgusting and insulting and beyond fraudulent ! Some brilliant arranges spent a lot of time arranging that song for the violin ! How dare you ! 3. This is organized mafia ! Please stop funding their cars and villas with your hard earned money ! Go to a local pub and support real musicians especially now in the pandemic ! Buy a ticket for a real orchestra or opera, unlike mainstream opinion, classical music is for EVERYONE to love and enjoy and who knows, you might find a whole bunch of new styles to love, you didn't even imagine before and remember classical music is kinda like wine, there is no good and bad and not all of it is amazing and not all of it is "boring", it's just taste and you can find your own taste and then stick with it, it's a whole world out there, a Universe you didn't even know existed and people who dedicate their entire lives to these instruments and beautiful music, like the person who arranged this song ! Stop giving money to organized crime!
I wish your audio would have been better but good for you showing him up. I am not a musician but I do appreciate good music and have so much respect for all of you that devote so much work and effort to your art. I personally feel that those scammers should be forced to give up the tools they are scamming you with and do send jail time. Because to me they are stealing. They ate getting money from people under false pretenses. They are intentionally misleading people into giving them money. Also, it would be great if someone were to stand across from them with a sign saying "beware, this guy/girl is a scammer". If they have a right to Express in their way then we have the same right to Express in ours by warning people. If I weren't an old man with a bad heart and 3 back surgeries I'd be out there holding my sign warning victims. So, good for you for facing that scum bag.
Saw one a pair at Castro Valley. Same songs and everything. Cops came talked to them left. And then immediately went back to scamming. Sigh why even work a real job when i can do this?
because americans would only do it if they actually had a talent to showcase for those donations. everyone who crosses the border now has no respect for this country.
Was a mistake to say "sure" and just turn your phone off. You are allowed to videotape in public in all fifty states. There's no expectation of privacy.
What do you think you missed out on, exactly? I skip work and point the camera at him long enough until he realizes the error of his ways? No, what happens is they stand there doing nothing and saying nothing while I look like a fool ranting to myself. I can tell you that because that's exactly what happened. Everything you need is in the video.
@@mmphpffmph9141 Well, it seems to the viewer you didn't know you could continue recording them, and you complying to the fake violin player's demands makes you feel weak. I think the way you wrote your responses show a lack of understanding in how your viewers may feel when they are watching this.
Same old Same old here in Standish Maine too at the Hannaford Store !! First time father and son, and second time just an adult male playing the same tunes as the ones on TH-cam !! Too Funny 😂
I seen these types once at a Ralph's parking lot. Similar sign. But I didn't say anything to the guy. Security from The Hub shopping center chased him away. They don't allow that on their property. San Diego CA Hillcrest. Vermont n University
You know what is crazy? Last week my husband and I was out and about and we was pulling out between Aldi and farm and home and when we got to the light, I started hearing a violin, look over and this young guy was standing alone, outside Aldi (off the property) and he was playing away and I almost turned around to give him money, because all these other bums just stand there w a sign and we agreed that he'd be someone we'd not feel bad about helping, we didn't turn around because it was extremely hot and my asthma was getting me, but ever since then, I've been seeing these vids, lolol!
I looked, electric violins like that are around $110-120 on amazon. The whole setup is probably under $400. I don't know how much these people make, but it must be worth it.
it's legal to video tape them since they were in a public space and literally expecting a public audience. they were literally trying to grab peoples' attention.
Acting is a skill. You pay actors all the time. He is not doing anything wrong. Not the best actor but he is not forcing anyone to pay him for his act.
@@MrPolakWusa No not the same at all, when ppl spend their entire lives learning and crafting these instruments then some thief impersonates their talents
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Who care people work for life just not listed go away leave people do anything he want I head people when tray be a heroes tray bother other people
I had a stroke reading this
@@fish8887 Same
I’ve worked at target 5 years now, these no talent grifters take hundreds of dollars out of the pockets of jobless and homeless people alike who either have real talent or have no seed money to pull cons like this. It’s despicable, I remember some fake busker scum out side drawing a dozen eyes a minute all while an old homeless guy tired to sell free catalogues for a dollar a piece. Fuck people like this.
Did you go to school?
@@gwynjustice6664 I’m at cart attendant at a target and I see them all time and one time even watched their bow come off the violin and it kept playing music lmao
They don't have money, but they have money for the expensive equipment to scam.
Can buy cheap from pawn shops, can trade other possessions for them, sometimes they’re stolen property , or as mentioned cheap imports that don’t even play properly anyway …
This is a business someone funds these people,, just like the people selling you fruit and flowers on the side of the road they get paid a cut of the profits and they all have someone watching 🇺🇸
They usually get them from things like thrift stores, good will, yard sales and Amazon or temu because they’re extremely cheap there
I was like “wait this looks familiar” This is the target I always go to 😭 I literally saw him there again yesterday
Is this the one in Atlanta?
Lol same and when a part came up that he was supost to play the vilon in the middle of him fake playing he itced his nose and I screams he’s a scammer and my bffs saw him to and we all said “SCAMER” and we all started laughing and he was like “wut and we said I just saw you itch your nose what you were playing and we laughed again. LOL
If u see him again lift up his bow lmao
Confront these scam artist!!
Cool story
Huge respect to the people who lift the bow off the fake performer!
This guy is amazing he can play an invisible piano and air violin at the same time
If you're capable of standing in a parking lot for hours on end scamming people, then you're quite capable of getting a real job.
Maybe he can use the money he got from scamming people to pay for violin lessons.
This kind of scam is so low on so many levels. A bank robber almost has more honor than this.
He's right, it's absolutely insulting to a real musician that took thousands and thousands of hours to master an instrument for someone else to literally do a pathetic replica of their playing at a scam show like this, it's absolutely horrendous. I'm not personally a violinist but even as a pianist I feel offended for my violin gang.
Absolutely
Also do u watch twoset?
Some people of this world have absolutely no shame.
Agee 100%
What made this gloved freak think it was okay to walk up to a complete stranger and accuse him with no objective evidence whatsoever and then dare to touch the man's equipment?
THIS IS AN ORGANZED GROUP WITH MANY PLAYERS AT HAND. Stay aware people. They make more money than you do. The worst part is that they aren’t in NEED. Come on with that .
If you ever know someone is faking ( and you have to be 100% sure they are faking ) pull their bow and the music keeps playing and it is the funniest thing ever
Yeah, don't do that. They could have you arrested for assault, vandalism, or even larceny.
@@rviolinfiddle55 but it’s funny
As a REAL performer, I am SO PISSED!!😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬 These people are CONS!!
PLEASE! Stop them. Listen, watch.. tell them to stop the background music and play! They CAN'T! I CAN...
I have seen hundreds of movies where famous actors pretend to play instruments or even sing and everyone is mesmerized. He is doing the same. Go home Karen.
Saw this at target it’s a damn shame I got tricked now I know. I bet they got backup plans now. Shame these men.
As a martial artist who trains three days a week in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, I would find it insulting if someone bought themselves a black belt off line that takes on average 10 years to earn. It's insulting to be fake, and also it's evil to manipulate good people's empathy in order to scam them of their hard earned money.
These fake people have started showing up in my town
Bro there is someone who looks the exact same near my target doing the exact same thing
Thanks for exposing these frauds.
love to see a real violin player go up next to him and play
I fell for this scam in Pearland Tx. I thought the guy was actually playing the violin. Now I know it wasn't him playing. I gave them money. They are good at scamming that's for sure.
Just because some audacious weirdo in gloves says they are all fake doesn't mean it's true.
I spent a lot of time with one of these violinists and he had a sign like this and played with backing track and people said he was a fake but I am a musician and later, outside of a restaurant we went to, I convinced him to play. He played and played without a backing track. We went to my house and he was skilled on my twelve string as well as the keys.
He was also a funny man and a kind and upbeat person who was clearly hiding a lot of sadness.
Don't listen to this weirdo who thinks it's okay to walk up to strangers and accuse them of things and touch their equipment.
Unless they are clearly just a branch of the albanian mafia and are clearly just acouple of thugs pretending to play violin
Why they all use the same song😭😭
_same old sad song lmao to gain sympathy._
If he can afford an electric violin he can't be too poor. I have an antique violin and one cheap violin that I use when busking. My antique violin I originally bought for a very cheap price because the person who sold it to me had no idea what the violin was worth. My very lucky find. It was very expensive to get it set up but worth the money because of what it is valued at now.
Is that a stradvarius or something
Keep exposing these assholes. They should pay every cent they "earned" to Karolina who made this music happen in the first place. They are disgraceful.
I imagine the scammer got beat up right after he turned off that camera
I hope so
These people are all over the place. When you expose them, they try to attack you or people that don't know they are fakers come to their defense.
I shazammed it. Here it is: All of Me by John Legend, covered here by Robert Mendoza
If he really could play that good, he would find a job !
Obviously has enough money for a smart phone because he has a Venmo account
You can buy secondhand smartphones for $20 … my last 2 already horribly outdated iPhones I gave away for free ..
Isnt it crazy how hes perfectly synced with the piano and how it stopped immediately?
This guy know there’s no right of privacy in public right ? They always want the rules to be in their favor when they want them to be and then to be the other way around when it’s not convenient for them well what I did in the shopping center that I own a business in is and I’ll be clear about this I’ve never had a good experience with law-enforcement. I’ve had my run-ins with them but when I called the management of the owner of the shopping center they said if we put up signs, then we can trespass them and that’s what he did and they really haven’t come back since then.
This pretty much happens with my music that I post on Soundcloud. People download it and then upload it to TH-cam and monetize it. I even had my music on TH-cam striked by people claiming ownership of it. There are a lot of scummy people in the world. 😟
That's crazy
I did not see the piano
Backing track
i think that the idea was that they were playing to a backing track, but they were really just not playing and all of the sound was coming from the backing track which is really insulting to musicians and everyone really, especially when there's someone actually in need in the background
Scammers
Parasites they are everywhere
His movements don’t even look like the music playing!
If I ever see this shit I’m stealing that box of money and putting it to a real cause
Yes!
Sureee, solving a crime with another crime
@@alfredohumberto2222 solving is not the word
Ugg I hate how out of sync his bow is
No way I heard this same exact song played at a target near my house but it was two women.
This is an organized crime. There's a striking consistency among these scammers: they typically share the same ethnicity, utilize electric violins, speakers, perform identical songs, display similar signs, and even their sign-writing appears uniform. It cannot be a coincidence.
Ive been noticing that too. Strange
What's the crime genius?
🤣 can't wait for this one.
They are gypsies, originally from Europe and India.
Wait until you find out who runs our government
I’m in St. Louis was at target yesterday. Same same sign different guy. Occasionally goes and inside and will pass off a note asking for money.
Welp, I've fallen for this...twice
Not goona lie. The first time i encountered this in front of a grocery store, I fell for it. The music was so beautiful, I thought 'oh thats such a great busker, he's amazing!' As his partner wife walked around collecting donations. The music filled the air in the parking lot, I listened, I watched, I closed my eyes as I enjoyed the music. I didn't have money to give though, I probably would have. I'm no musician and don't know how to play any instruments. The 2nd time I saw this going on, same song different couple, I thought sheesh, he's soooo good, he'd make more money being in a symphony or something! Why panhandle such an incredible talent! Maybe someone will discover him! Life is hard on so many people. I sat in my car nearby, moved by the music, and i just happened to notice....he stopped playing (no one was nearby) to say something in the womans ear, and the music kept playing, violin and all. I finally figured out this scam. I see this scam everywhere now! And innocent people tossing $5, $10, $20's at them all day. And also, they ALL pretend with the same 3 songs! It is definitely an insult to the artists, instrument players, musicians, and people who give them money. There are so, so, so many other people who legitimately could use some help much more than these grifters.. Don't let this scam sway being a good person to someone in true need. 💞
Mans wasn't even using the full bow
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For those people who thinks that the real musician is trying to be a hero, he is not. It’s personal.
Faking violin playing is like plagiarism for a writer. It’s the same thing as taking the joke of other comedians and making it your own. Once you ask for money in exchange of a particular skill and people pay for that set of skill they think you have, and you don’t and results on faking it. It’s a scam.
It’s the same thing as those saying they are homeless and people gave and you’re not homeless. It’s a scam.
This is as bad as lip syncing. Milli and Vanilli got called out for this. And that ended their career.
I wonder how much money these guys make. The instrument and amp are at least $1000 so they probably have done ok.
I only learned this was a type of scam that people pull off ; a couple weeks ago. I sometimes play violin in public and do enjoy it if people give some dollars - I also enjoy it when say thats beautiful or "thank you. This videographer totally did a cool thing when talking to the guy , a violinist and any instrumentalist practices a lot to get a good sound and to make it sound musical - I now feel better if people don't understand busking because at least Ive tried assiduously to learn the violin
I should have a sign that says "he's not playing. He's a scam." And see what he says
He’s not even holding the violin right
Unplug his violin while he’s playing! That was obviously fake. I would’ve kept recording. He’s in public.
Looks like private property to me, retail car park. But yeah he can’t tell the person to not record as it’s not his property
In some states this is considered panhandling and is illegal. The store could trespass him too
the guy that plays in Smyrna Ga at kroger and sometimes publix, has the same or similar sign that says the same thing, this scamming con game shit is a slap in the face to people with real severe struggles and needs, as well as its a slap in the face to folks with real skills and talents who work their asses off to prove , promote , and use said skills and talent.
I'm so sick to see those scammers..Never give any money to those scammers anymore. I'm glad to watch this video.
He’s not even on beat!😂
A few years ago in Meridian Idaho, in the local Walmart parking lot, there were two young overweight male twins that would sit down in the grass by the busiest exit and wouldn't even hold their signs up. They would prop them on the stop sign pole and sit down all day. They did this for at least two summers. One time I saw them taking turns "playing" a violin like this and I just laughed. I once saw one of them pull out of a nice neighborhood on a motorcycle 😂 Haven't seen them for years now
I guess playing a violin from pre-recorded soundtrack is the new stolen valor,
they always face the violin away from you so you can't see their fingers.
I have seen hundreds of buskers, some rubbish some very good but none with begging signs or who take tips via cash apps.
why do everyone of these scammers look the exact same
Not from here.
Gypsies.
Because they are worthless illegal migrants
They’re related and have scammer party’s in the evening.
I confronted a similar pair yesterday at one of our local supermarket's entrance/exits in Brunswick, Maine. I asked the male violinist, about in his 50s, to play me a piece without the accompaniment [wherein the "violin" parts are found]. He pretended not to understand English and fumbled with the violin's cord at the amp end. Same violin as seen here, btw. Then, a 50ish overweight, swarthy woman appeared. She didn't take kindly to me exposing their scam. She spoke to me in Romanian or whatever Gypsy tongue they use, flipped me the bird and gave me a mock "moon". I circled around and came up behind them with my phone camera trained on them. The woman came at me and made a hissing sound as she made a mock swipe at me, slashing the air. I told them that's what the cops need to see. I also observed her scoping out the insides of parked cars there. These folks Always work in groups. They were gone when I returned an hour or so later. A couple or so years ago, I fell for their scam, right at the same spot. It was a different guy who "played" beautifully. He seemed to have the right fingerings on the strings [as if I knew, I play piano and harmonicas, jazz/blues], and he had the standard bowing, or so I thought, and a nice smile. He also had a big sign with words on it like "honest", and "god" and "thank you". He had a couple of young teen girls with him, swarthy with dark, unsmiling eyes, the dead eyes look, suspicious, so common with this clan. Still, I tipped the guy five dollars, I think, and left. So, after yesterday's event, I went home to quickly learn a few choice phrases in Romanian. As mentioned earlier, they were gone. I so wanted to say to the woman, "Isti un porc!!!". Next time, if there is another scam "violinist" here, I'm going to open with Portugues. Knowing that won't be understood by them, I will then speak in English with a fake Brasilian accent. And I will smilingly ask them to play me a tune, unaccompanied. Or, maybe I'll take a harmonica and play some simple tune like Three Blind Mice and ask them to repeat it, knowing full well they can't. And then I will make sure they know what scum they are. They put the "tune" in opportunists.
This is where a bunch of vile stink bomb vials could come in handy. Or, if someone wanted to place a bill in their coffer, first tape the bill to a magician's reel. It is a spring-loaded prop with a monofilament string. As one walks away, smiling, the donor releases the brake on the quarter-sized, handheld prop. ZIP!!! The bill magically returns to the donor's hand in an instant. It's a very inexpensive prop, perfect for conning back these cons.
To feed my kids 😅 Stop eating all their food!!
They take advantage of poor gracious people.
blud forgot to commit the vibrato 💀
is this happening with an accordion, too ?? because I saw someone playing one on Target parking lot...with speaker and tear-jerker sign....😕
yes, there are thousands of them across the country - doing this every where - even using the same prerecorded tracks, the signage the same -- it's a massive scam, collecting millions -- you ever see the signs in convenience stores "due to the national coin shortage" -- yeah, well I bet these crooks are a major contributing factor
@@ttattx I almost stopped to give him something but didn't have any "paper" money 😁 good thing...
Yes! They seem to only have three or so songs they "play" over and over.
Basically stolen Valor.
You can just tell who is and isnt a performer in arts in this comment section.
1. You CAN make a video in public ! Don't allow yourself to be intimidated by these mobsters!
2. This is disgusting and insulting and beyond fraudulent ! Some brilliant arranges spent a lot of time arranging that song for the violin ! How dare you !
3. This is organized mafia ! Please stop funding their cars and villas with your hard earned money ! Go to a local pub and support real musicians especially now in the pandemic ! Buy a ticket for a real orchestra or opera, unlike mainstream opinion, classical music is for EVERYONE to love and enjoy and who knows, you might find a whole bunch of new styles to love, you didn't even imagine before and remember classical music is kinda like wine, there is no good and bad and not all of it is amazing and not all of it is "boring", it's just taste and you can find your own taste and then stick with it, it's a whole world out there, a Universe you didn't even know existed and people who dedicate their entire lives to these instruments and beautiful music, like the person who arranged this song ! Stop giving money to organized crime!
Just seen one in hinesville, GA. A mile away from the base. Claimed she was from Romania
yeah, they're all gypsies
How do they pause the song ?
If you watch enough of these, they all use the same track.
He doesn’t need the full bow, he’s just that good
Can confirm its bs. Not playing the double stops or doing vibrato
Public place you can take all you want
I wish your audio would have been better but good for you showing him up. I am not a musician but I do appreciate good music and have so much respect for all of you that devote so much work and effort to your art. I personally feel that those scammers should be forced to give up the tools they are scamming you with and do send jail time. Because to me they are stealing. They ate getting money from people under false pretenses. They are intentionally misleading people into giving them money. Also, it would be great if someone were to stand across from them with a sign saying "beware, this guy/girl is a scammer". If they have a right to Express in their way then we have the same right to Express in ours by warning people. If I weren't an old man with a bad heart and 3 back surgeries I'd be out there holding my sign warning victims. So, good for you for facing that scum bag.
he say i have 3 kids for rent then how can he buy a violin
I was like wtf I saw this at my target
Saw one a pair at Castro Valley. Same songs and everything. Cops came talked to them left. And then immediately went back to scamming. Sigh why even work a real job when i can do this?
If enough people did this that there are 20 fake busters in the same parking lot, I am sure people will find something is up.
I would have lifted his bow off the violin
I am forever grateful that they don't know a certain fiddle song.
Lol the dude who invented the scam violin is the one making bank
They are always at Target
Safeway in my Town.
@@bigly2422 i worked for Jewel-Osco (a grocery store in Illinois owned by Safeway) and we had a lot of violin scammers in our parking lot
Dudes in public homie, you can film him all you want.
I've seen like a dozen of these videos and every single one of these predators have been foreigners.
It's the American way
because americans would only do it if they actually had a talent to showcase for those donations. everyone who crosses the border now has no respect for this country.
Playing the same tune
I've seen like a dozen of these videos and every single one of these predators have been Roma gypsies. Corrected and you're welcome.
Was a mistake to say "sure" and just turn your phone off. You are allowed to videotape in public in all fifty states. There's no expectation of privacy.
What do you think you missed out on, exactly? I skip work and point the camera at him long enough until he realizes the error of his ways? No, what happens is they stand there doing nothing and saying nothing while I look like a fool ranting to myself. I can tell you that because that's exactly what happened. Everything you need is in the video.
@@mmphpffmph9141 Well, it seems to the viewer you didn't know you could continue recording them, and you complying to the fake violin player's demands makes you feel weak. I think the way you wrote your responses show a lack of understanding in how your viewers may feel when they are watching this.
It’s not like actual musicians are going to make a career out of it, or that these type of people are any hindrance to them.
It’s not a scam, he got a chat gpt violin!
that guy is the same one in my video that i recorded him on!! lol
you guys can setup next to him so we can see a real violinist play
Same old Same old here in Standish Maine too at the Hannaford Store !! First time father and son, and second time just an adult male playing the same tunes as the ones on TH-cam !! Too Funny 😂
The Windham Hannaford has some of these scammers outside once in a while too!
I seen these types once at a Ralph's parking lot. Similar sign. But I didn't say anything to the guy. Security from The Hub shopping center chased him away. They don't allow that on their property. San Diego CA Hillcrest. Vermont n University
Why does that sound so familiar I heard this when I was at my local target
@@kishascape if I was to do it I wouldn’t even use a amp
if it’s a violin there shouldn’t be any other instruments in it
Notice it’s almost always at a target
Ever notice that the same song plays?
Lol they all “play” the same songs
If that's real then I'm his Irish Uncle
You know what is crazy? Last week my husband and I was out and about and we was pulling out between Aldi and farm and home and when we got to the light, I started hearing a violin, look over and this young guy was standing alone, outside Aldi (off the property) and he was playing away and I almost turned around to give him money, because all these other bums just stand there w a sign and we agreed that he'd be someone we'd not feel bad about helping, we didn't turn around because it was extremely hot and my asthma was getting me, but ever since then, I've been seeing these vids, lolol!
Yes all to frequent.They are using accordions too.
Look at the Violin! It's Expensive. I'm in Tucson, Arizona 💜 and the same 🎻, and the same song only difference is he had his daughter PLAYING SMDH BS
I looked, electric violins like that are around $110-120 on amazon. The whole setup is probably under $400. I don't know how much these people make, but it must be worth it.
I'm not supportive of any kind of scam, just meant it must be worth the upfront cost if people keep doing the scam.
@@wickedmuffin76 Believe They are making Good $$$
So if they're so talented, why aren't they performing professionally or in central square or a really busy area
it's legal to video tape them since they were in a public space and literally expecting a public audience. they were literally trying to grab peoples' attention.
Whole country has to deal with these fakers. DO NOT DONATE.
Acting is a skill. You pay actors all the time. He is not doing anything wrong. Not the best actor but he is not forcing anyone to pay him for his act.
@@MrPolakWusa
No not the same at all, when ppl spend their entire lives learning and crafting these instruments then some thief impersonates their talents
@@MrPolakWusa
He’s a panhandler stealing ppls money
WRONG when someone goes to a movie theater or watch Netflix they know the show or movie will be acting.
@@MrPolakWusa let me guess.... You are a homeless meth addict
They all play the same shit too
Guy playing the same music is at my Walmart in central PA for the last 2 weeks.