California man tricked out of $200K in clever scam
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- A California man says he lost $200,000 of his family’s savings in an alleged scam that’s so bizarre -- it’s hard to imagine that anyone could fall for it. But he did. FOX 11's Phil Shuman reports.
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i can 100% get his money back for 400k.
Lol
I'll have the Sheriff do it for $375,000.
Fuck it , I'll do it cheap .... 10k
His luck is about to change for the better when I inform him that he has just won 8 million on the lottery. All that's needed for instant access to this windfall is a processing fee of 40k.
It just might work
He got duped outta 200K and then snitches on himself on national television. This guys a legend
Lmao
😂😂
It's money laundering plain and simple. He smarter then he lets on to be. He just got greedy is all
It's like buying crack and getting ripped off and calling the cops and saying. He ripped me off while I'm doing it something illegal.
That’s what I’m thinking. Dude was laundering money?? Doing something I’m sure was illegal otherwise it wouldn’t be colored in white.
"...So that these $100 bills would in turn, turn these back into real $100 bills..."
Who in the family let this guy have access to $200,000? 🤣
To me this sounds more like a drug deal gone bad! Maybe he's just making this up for an insurance claim?
Can't teach common sense
@@ericnelson9100 Either that or he was raised in a secluded home that is far from the city and was never taught about scams or unethical people.
He might have been too pure and gullible. It's pretty possible. I don't think this falls under any Insurance policy.
I know the family is regretting it now😂
@@ericnelson9100 washing money smuggling ofcourse it is and I’m surprised he went to the news and police asking for the secret service’s help
His mullet is the giveaway. They saw the mullet and knew it was going to be easy.
😂😂😂😭
The scam wasn't clever, the victim was stupid.
Emma Kpop
Wow. At least we have you to save the world... The guy leaves a comment and you reply with that?!
Salaheldin Akl ikr
Joe Smith STUPID IS SO PRECISE
Joe Smith I only clicked to see what Fox calls "clever". Not surprised.
Joe Smith lmao so true
when you're selling a restaurant and you pay the buyers
LMAO.............!
yeah thats what im not getting, it cost 200k to buy the chemicals to turn the money back???
Bizket Butt he puts the restaurant up for sale on Craigslist for, lets say, one million dollars.
scammers respond saying "we will give you TWO million dollars, but there's a catch. we dyed the cash white to sneak it in, all you have to do is give us $200k for the chemicals to turn it back and it's yours!"
victims greed does the rest....
Thats impossible NO one I mean NO one is that dumb right? This just has too be fake news.
@@pilgrim666butters sadly it's not fake news, dozens of cases like this happens here in Europe. Like Jon Doe said, greed always speaks louder.
This guy has a lot of balls to tell this story
yeah and no brains for falling for the sucker play!
@@ronbonora7872exactly
@@ronbonora7872bro if you had two cents to your name you'd fall for the same trick shut up 💀💀💀
Pay for SMUGGLED MONEY??? You got what you deserved, dude!
That’s exactly what should have triggered alarm bells
They admitted to committing or attempting to commit money laundering
SMEAGLE WANTS HIS PRECIOUS BACKKK!
Exactly. I didn't catch that it was smuggled illegally, but my thought was, why would they have this amt in cash and not a bank acct. Makes no sense.
Here is a Ferrarri. It costs $1000000. I know it looks like a wooden box with garbage can lids for wheels but we just need to add a special chemical to turn it back into a real car!
seriously, here look at all the money, it looks like cut up printer paper but we washed it with special chemicals to pass threw customs to avoid taxes, we will pay you with this money after you give us 200k to buy dawn liquid soap to turn it back to cash.
Here take my monies! Gimme those chemicals! I'm gonna flip that car and sell it and be rich!
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
Hahahahahha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
thats fucked up 😂 thats a real chemical bro lol
these guys found that one person, on this planet that could fall for this is amazing
How much was he selling his restaurant for? And he needed to pay 200k for that chemical I for the white cash to turn normal
Its not the first, ive seen another one with a woman on Dr. Phil.
Probably they offered him say $300,000 in exchange for $200,000 in cash.
@@cat-lw6kq they offered him $300,000 and to buy that chemical was for $200,000? You know that doesnt make a lot of sense chemical at $159 would have been reasonable
@@tinvo368 That's my guess they conned him into believing it was an expensive process to convert the bills.
He should win an award for the biggest embarrassment of the decade
His spouse is never going to let him live this down.
For the situation he’s in or the mullet on his head?
He wouldn't have been scammed if he wasn't a thief himself . He's also mind bogglingly stupid . What kind of family trusted him with money?
Exactly. Who would trust people who ‘smuggled ‘ that much cash into the country?
A fool and his money are soon parted....
Like me 😂.lost 18 k on stock market 😥
@@gudytwoshoez rip
I've also heard the female version, a fool and her legs are soon parted.
True and this is a fool by any means first off Craiglist No. MOney is not real but can be made real No, Cant you wire me the money directly into my account no? Get the Fuck out of here.
@@gelbusherpa1947 wow what stocks?
I need to call this guy. I have a tower in paris i want to sell him.
Mister lustig I presume?
Andres Leon shit. Will a picture work do you think?
Which tower? I sold it already.
MrJack08722 lmao
Me first I have a winged unicorn to sell.
This is the type of guy to buy an invisible house
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I’m happy that I got scammed out of $40 as a kid at a city bus stop because ever since that day I have been suspicious of strangers and their sob stories about needing money or whatever the scam is. Since that time I’ve been approached numerous times. One time they attempted the white van scam. Another time was the gold jewelry scam, gas scams, gift card scams. I’m proud to say I’ve only fallen for the very first one at age 14 or 15.
Very true. Got to teach them young.
Happened to me in college. Some guy said he had hubcaps to sell me for $35. Asked for payment up front which I gave him never to see him again
He even conned me for a ride miles away
Best $35 bucks I ever wasted
He was about to commit a fraud but got scammed. Hilarious
The irony
Wdym?
Damn
@@chris-8597 WWJD?
How do you know
Heres my civic , if you give it a wash with shampoo it will turn into a lamborghini , believe me this
YUGO BOSS I have a feeling that dude voted for TRUMP.😉
How about a demonstration? I will pay for the chemicals up to $5k. I give you the money, and you go buy the chemicals. I'll wait here. I trust you because you dress so nice
Actually, I'd say both candidates were horrible. We're stuck with a bombastic, pathological liar, after we voted him over another pathological liar.
Joseph Lee Always go with the adult.
I would have played these scammers and have them buy me clothes and all kinds of stuff!!!Then turn them to the police at the restaurant!!!
He willingly gave them $200,000 to swap money to purchase a restaurant???? 😂 😂
A five year old could spot this scam. This guy has done way too many drugs.
I have seen this scam in turkish tv series
I feel bad for him but I can't stop laughing. How tf did he fall for that?
Cuz it's sad and hilarious at the same time
Lol
If you felt bad you wouldn't have made the comment
@@triggerfingersguyyead4423 how would you know
I'm surprised he lived to be however old he is, you'd think with this logic he'd have won a Darwin Award by now. "The crosswalk says to go but some cars are still coming, maybe the walking symbol turns the cars holographic so they can't hurt me, here I go!".
Craigslist, People from Paris, Money that is dyed white, people asking for money up front so you can get Rich Quick!
How is this not an instant red flag scenario?
+Ren nope just around that. proper way to say it
DANK MEMES you're so dank
Empty Under And they look like genuine Africans, probably from a French speaking country if they said they're from Paris... Who would trust them further than you could throw them? Sheesh.
Glue123 Pull : awwwwe....BLACKS fucking over WHITES, priceless! Love it!
Business men from Paris sounds a lot more creditable then a prince from
Nigeria
I would have just let them wine and dine me over the course of several weeks acting interested in the deal and then taken off after that.
and he was the brains of the family, taking care of business...
dang this is a courageous man to expose himself. Thank you
Hey Ross loves your vids , I’m just laying in bed looking at random vids 😂😂
My favorite video of you is the poop in the chain 😂😂
You could see he wasn't smart by looking into his eyes. Selling the family business, never thought to use a lawyer. His family is just as dumb for letting him arrange the sale..
I don’t feel so bad about losing my wallet with $80 in it after watching this
I don't feel so bad after tipping $80 for a mediocre hand job at the massage parlor.
@@jeffghant4760 LOL
Did you ever find it?
I'm sure he was going to pay the taxes to the IRS on the $100 bills he planned to receive after completing the washing process ;-)
When I heard what the scam was, I spat out my beer laughing.
That’s hilarious. He’s like, “how dare he cheat me and not be a real money launderer.”
Well said you are hillarious
Well said Kesayo. He was willing to do money laundering to sell his restaurant.
Damage
Is that where the term money laundering comes from? Laundry...launder....hmmm
lol funny, not money laundering though
I almost fell for this too. It was about 27 yrs ago when I was 5 years old
Great way of putting it.
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yeah, I'll give you 2 pennies for your 1 dollar
They really put "clever" in the title in a last ditch effort to salvage this man's ego.
Sounds like the victim was doing a shady illegal thing and got scammed, because of greed!
"Guy tries to sell a restaurant on craigslist, instead purchases a $200,000 Magic trick."
Gob Bluth tings
Red flag
Yep
LOL I laughed so hard
When I saw "Craigslist", I was like, "Well 🙄"
Apparently this guy is easily impressed.
We'll look at his hair cut.. Obviously he isn't the sharpest tool in the shed.
I would debate that; You felt you needed to impress a stranger with your mental prowess while having long hair?......You may be a hair smarter but it's not much hair................................
" Oh yea. And im not easily impressed. Wow! A blue car!"
-Homer Simpson
As most long haired dick suckers are
American with basic education meet two Africans with PhD from the University of Crime Hustle and Hardship. This should been made into a movie.😅😅😅
The worst part is that scammers NEVER GET CAUGHT. You can scare them off but I have never heard of a scammer getting caught and being sent to prison for life.
This guy needs a TV show. I can't imagine how often he falls for shit like this.
He'll have to sell his house in case he owns one.
I bet his credit is completely ruined
Was he once duped in other scams?
just imagine how it went down in the finance room
That's a good idea, imma sell it to him.
He didn't fall for it, it's a B.S. story for attention, the News Station even knows it's B.S.
Before the video: That poor guy
Halfway through the video: Idiot
After the video: "I write to you on behalf of our Royal Prince"
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Haha!! Good one!
yeah, Im with you....that was just damn dumb!!! he shoulda known better.....what a dumb ass!! lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂 Go get that money, champ.
EXACTLY!!!!!
I wish this scamming would be on the US news daily for the elderly faithfully watch the news every day. My grandparents don’t watch TH-cam. I thank this young man for sharing his story and the news for sharing on TH-cam for the younger people. I really hope this gets investigated more seriously. My son told me about it and the stories break my heart!
I respect him for being willing to go public with getting scammed to help others, but who would fall for something so ridiculous? You want to buy my restaurant? I'd say great, put the money in my bank account and when the bank confirms it's cleared, you get the title.
How does this guy have any control over his families business? Is he the smartest one of the bunch?!
Fresno4runner that's a scary thought 😂
Fresno4runner HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
It's called white privilege. Outside of professional sports, you'd never find a minority that stupid with 200k to be scammed off them. A lot of what white people have is from them just taking it through violence, nepotism, and cronyism. Of course there are white people who earn what they have, but also a ton of post turtle whites.
Will Moffett be quiet dumbass. Idiots should be seen and not heard, so that's enough from you.
James Hutchinson he's right...
Poor guy. I wonder if his online girlfriend from Paris was able to make her flight to console him?
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The money he sent her for the ticket never showed up so she couldn't make it LOL
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I LOVE the fact that the victims were able to leave that message to the assistance team. They were ables to tell that guy, they are no longer victims! you are such an awesome force *VortexTrace* be reckoned and that is why I watch you!! Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!
Imagine if this guy was a financial advisor
he graduated with Jethro on the Beverly Hill Billies!
Carlton 'Sheets' Jr. 😂
Man that brought back memories of those infomercials!@@MisfitsFiendClub138
"I wanted to avoid paying taxes by taking payment in cash and lying about the sales price and I got ripped off" - that is the correct title of this video.
RIGHT! Who posts an ad to sell a restaurant on Craigslist anyway?! Shady all the way around
Yep, pretty much! I can't help but wonder if this was really a drug deal gone bad, and this was his way of covering!
Nothing wrong with trying to avoid government THEFT
@@orangeblood307 but plenty wrong making others pay more so you won't. That's why people pay more.
@@dodgeplow i dont get your point. are you saying it shouldnt be legal to sell items on craigslist?
First bad move: CraigsList
Second bad move: Believing elaborate plot
First red flag: Here's your money, but it's going to cost you to get it.
craigslist is not a bad move at all. People buy and sell there all the time. I've bought all my cars on craigslist. You can be scammed in a store, in a parking lot, on ebay, on Amazon and many other platforms.
@@mwendia I like craigslist but theres no real recourse if someone gets ripped off. It's no good for high dollar deals. Too risky.
@@johnnytakisawa Agreed. I bought an $80 monitor years ago from Craigslist, which was easy to prove it was legit. I made him prove to me it worked by plugging it in and seeing the display on. I would never buy huge ticket items, or items that I cannot see prior to buying.
his second bad move was to go on youtubes to talk about his first bad move
@@shanefsr6609 If it saves one other sucker from getting scammed, then he did a good thing. It's bad only because it causes him an awful lot of embarrassment.
This guy should not handle the family business or money, anyone in his family should take the money from him before he waste all of it
"Gullible man tricked out of $200k in see-through scam anyone else would have run away from".
There. Fixed that headline for ya.
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He probably thought Nigeria was in Europe
billy nomates 😂
So who said they were Nigerians?
Yeah this guy doesn’t seem like the brightest tool in the shed. I don’t know what’s worse, the fact that he literally thought blank notes would magically turn into money or the fact that he thought two black guys were from France.
Aegon Adie I honestly hope your joking right now, but in case you don’t understand I’ll explain. The comment was a joke about the guy who got scammed, insulting his intelligence. The comment was not intended to be racist.
Yep!!! Lol
He should be jailed as well for money laundering. I don't need google to know this is a scam. lol
Cannot imagine someone could be that naive. Or call it stupid.
"If he did any basic research, he would have realized that it was a scam."
Or if he used some basic common knowledge he would have realized it was a scam.
Anonymous Anonymous lmao “basic” research? I guess taking a few seconds to realize that a bunch of blank notes aren’t going to magically turn into cash is so difficult to do now a days.
Or just common sense!! His IQ must be below 70 😂😂😂
This guy was so dumb. Why would anyone have to pay so much money for a process? And when was the last time any seller had to pay for anything, other than a house or car in order to fix it up to sell it?
Common sense
"The secret service needs to do something" LMFAO no wonder this guy got scammed.....
StachMan lmaoooooo
The secret service investigated counterfeit money dumbass
@@hiramabiff7421 no, the secret service protects the President you fucking moron. The FBI investigates money laundering. I'm going to assume you're the fucking idiot in this video that got scammed.
M G the secret service also investigates counterfeiting and various types of fraud. I suggest you do some research before calling someone an idiot.
@@mikedoja6704 protecting the president is actually a very small part of the secret service. The smallest section of the agency actually. Anti counterfeit and anti laundering are their main operations.
I’m pretty sure they asked him how much he could do and he answered “200,000”
LESSONS LEARNED:
*Do not try to sell your familys resurant on craigslist.
*Do not recieve a luggage full of white paper as money.
*Should probly get a lawyer to make a deal like that.
*If two black guys from "paris" are buying you dinner.... something is definitly wrong.
But lawyers cost money! Like to sell real estate they want like $1000! Too expensive.
Safer to lose all of my money.
Chief... yep,,, I figured that too.
#1 LESSON: Don't enter into a trust agreement with admitted criminals! These con men told Joe Dirt they had smuggled the bag of cash from overseas.
FALLACY: "They may cheat some foreign government, but they will be honest with me!"
I like you comment Jeff
Nigerians claiming to be from Paris 😅
What GTA heist mission is dis
BrandoGYT 1 underrated.
LMAO
BrandoGYT 1 hey do you know how to do heists on gta i need cash
@@pastoryoda2789 🤣🤣🤣
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It's good that he came forward. Years ago, my boss at work borrowed $1000 and then quit and took off with my money- I told everyone at work but everyone told me that they also gave him money - but told me not to tell anyone because they were embarrassed. I was like "NO"! People need to know so this doesn't happen again. Now when anyone asks me to borrow money i tell them to "ask Joe (with his last name) - my ex-boss - He's got the $1000 for you".
wow i feel way smarter every day.
Makes you wonder how long he tried dyeing the money before he realised they had scammed him , im thinking he tried for a long while .
Anthony Peck
guy: I been scrubbing this f***ing paper with soap and water for days! But it only disintegrates!!!!
Idiot must have called them to have them explain. Over the phone Lmfao
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So basically they asked for 200k 'up front' for some white paper, and he wasn't even a bit suspicious?
How stupid would you have to be?? Words fail me!
no, this guy looks like a Hilary voter
The dude claiming to be scammed was in on counterfeiting money. And is mad he got played.
The scam works based on the other guy´s greed. He was expecting like $1.6MM of the 5 MM they were gong to smuggle, or something like that.
This is not the whole story. They wanted to buy your family business with money washing? why? they just couldn't transfer the money to your bank account? seems like he was also in on the scam and ended up being the one scammed.
MY DAD TOLD ME A SUCKER IS BORN EVERY SECOND.. WELL THERE HE IS EVERYONE !
"we have the money, but its dyed white and you need to buy chemicals to turn it back into money"
"....... OK sounds legit, heres the keys!"
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Bet his family members will not let him do any more dealings with the business..
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What a dumb ass 😂😂😂
Lol yea he is a real country bumkin
"it looks like monopoly money, but if you put lemon juice on it, it turns into real money"
Octopus PhD lmao
Brooooo 😂😂😭😭
Also, I have these beans for sale...
haha
Omg😃
I'm surprised they didn't sell him some magic beans that grow into a giant beanstalk
The scammer saw a grown man with long hair wearing a Harley Davidson hat and said to himself, “today is going to be a good day.”
What a genius. "There are a couple of black fellas here with lots of invisible money and I'm agonna get me some!" His family must be so proud....
I'm black I'm laughing at your comment
Why be racist, especially on a public platform? Their ethnicity dosen't matter. If they had been white it would have still a transparent scam. Obviously you have some issues with bigotry you need to deal with.
Idc if you’re white, black or whatever if you come to me with white paper and tell me it’s money I’m laughing at you 😂😂
@@aliyusuf6552 same lmfao
I personally think he’s being funny,. If this type of humor hurts you in anyway maybe don’t read the comments. There was a club in Brooklyn New York called the crazy country club where they were brutal on everyone.back in the eighty we brought a new guy at work there, he was black. One Comedian in the middle of his act Made an announcement that a pocketbook was missing from one of the customers. They turned on the lights and all the bounces were around the black guy stood them up and power them down while everybody laughed and so did he. He told his mother take dealt with real racism most of her life and she brought different groups of her friends and church members almo every week. They were told to sit in the back, security would make Announcements while shining the light on the table to watch your valuables tonight as we have some unsavory characters here. She said her friends could not get enough of it. I miss the good all days
Me: I'm selling a Roll Royce !!
Dumb ponytail guy: How much?
Me: $450K but it looks like a Corolla
I did that to bring it from England
To get the Phantom, just wash the car. 😂
But this scenario is different. He gets a Corolla of value for $450k. He got white paper that was perfectly cut.
Junito Punto Comm 😂😂😂😂😂
Junito Punto Comm exasctly this guy was a moron
Junito Punto Comm😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!
I guess common sense isnt taught in California schools only protesting and voting democrat
When the crooks bailed on this guy, they were doing flying chest bumps, hand shakes etc.. "I told you... I told you...."
This has to be a joke.. there is seriously zero chance of this being real.
Carly Exactly. Who is going to go on television to be crowned "Worlds Biggest Dumbass"?
It's real, it's a common scam. Often the money is black and the chemicals are supposed to wash off the dye. They show you an example and leave you with cases of blank paper. They did this in Nigeria to a guy I read about. Real money traded for a larger sum of faked money. I wonder if someone came up with the scam after misunderstanding the phrase "money laundering".
dorbie no they came up with it after seeing a magic trick kit that's supposed to turn "paper" into money.. the kit feeds in a paper slip and rolls it up while at the same time rolls out real money so it looks like it's changed
I don't think so. This is one of the oldest scams in the book, that's why it has a specific name and the con involved washing not that little roller trick. I am not making this stuff up, I know of another SPECIFIC instance of this scam where the money was black and the black dye had to be washed off. These guys were even lazier passing plain white paper instead of black paper. Just amazing that he fell for it.
dorbie I suppose it would not be hard to hide a bill in the bottom of a bucket and then put the paper in and switch it really quick
"You selling your restaurant? Let me pay you with these white dollar bills... just give me 200k for soap to wash the money I'm paying you with."
That's not a scam, that's a Three Stooges skit.
i feel bad if other family members were affected by him being so stupid
He´s the only one in the family that can read and write..
Lmaooooo 💯🍜😂
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They probably offered to buy the business for $300,000. The catch was they needed $200,000 up front they would convert the bills and he would end up with $300,000 for the sale of his resturant.
I have zero sympathy for that dude.
not even the elderly would fall for this lmao
Those two men just bought themselves a mansion in Nigeria
Mario Rubio I think they bought a full city.
Or maybe they bought more cash
Mario Rubio
Your 100% right bro..
These two men spent it all and shoot to death in Nigeria for not sparing the high officials any.
Mario Rubio lol in Lagos only a 1 bedroom small condo, Nigeria is not that poor nowaday
i had to pause it while i finished laughing.
BeefPapa 😂😂
BeefPapa make love to me with you've smooth jazz
1:26 seriously just did the same thing
still laughing ?
Lmaoooooo
My feelings when I heard this guy was scammed out of family’s savings: 😱😠. My feelings when I heard how: 😑.
OMG that is literally one of the oldest tricks in the book. Scammers have been doing that scam for decades now.
This cannot be for real! There are people out there who are that stupid? And they are allowed to vote and drive cars? WOWWW!!!
Jason Bean, yep! who you think voted for the Trumpster?
Jason Bean blinded by greed
Jan Diehn liberals in Cali smh
Jason Bean trumpers
This is extreme but most average people believe in crazy shit.
Religion doesnt need proof.
Laws like age where if 2 17 year olds agree to fuck most Americans are cool with it or dont care but if a 17 year old has sex with someone over 18 and both agree they have a problem with it when they could have a problem with both or neither.
If a 17 year old said they wanted to fuck a 5 year old most Americans would have a problem with that but not with 2 17 year olds fucking each other when they could view them both as the same thing.
These examples just promote humans are stupid.
Man I can’t believe this guy was so gullible.
But good on him for coming forward, and letting others know
Perhaps he’s only attempting to place himself above suspicion by “coming forward”.
A wise man said, "a fool is born every second."
If if this was true if you hold a bill up to the light it will still have the security water marks and strip.
Scam only works if you are greedy, if it seems to be too good to be true, avoid it like the plague.
I definitely wouldn't eat at this dudes restaurant. You'd order a pizza from him, he'd come back with a strawberry banana smoothie instead
That's why he's trying to sell it lol
You order a pizza. He serves you a round cardboard box. For $50 you can purchase chemicals to turn this in a real pizza. To me it still taste like cardboard with a chemical after taste.
@teddytac253 💀💀💀💀💀
He’s not the sharpest tool in the shed
I admire that he's willing to publicize this. Hopefully it will save others.
I was scammed $6800 a few years ago when somebody claimed I could get s financial ageunt to perfect my portfolio. I wired money to this guy… then nobody ever came and the guy was unreachable. Even the help desk that was there at first was unflushable
LOL, I love how he thought the money was "illegally brought into the country" & still went with the scheme but once he knew he was scammed he cries that the government should do something!
Yea, part of his rationale for going along with this scheme appears to be because it's supposedly sticking it to the govt.
you guys act like he was trying to evade taxes. not at all the case. the guy was just stupid.
Crooked, the scammers' rationale was that they were avoiding declaring the "money" they were bringing (supposedly illegally), which suggests that it was about avoiding currency import duties (aka taxes). That the idiot 'knowingly' went along with this shows that he was complicit in their illegal scheme to avoid taxes ... therefore "he was trying to evade taxes".
It's that simple.
not at all. learn the law before you speak.
lol ... what Diploma Mill issued your law degree?
They wined and dined him for weeks and he never once thought to google it?
Clever scam...? This is so basic and easy to avoid. You'd think they were talking about a 5 year old trying to avoid a complicated scheme; because even a 5 year old wouldn't fall for this. The bar is set so low. This guy probably would have bought invisible car if you dressed well enough.
The idiocy here is astonishing. Everyday society is so detached from reality.
For that amount best to have the bankers exchange the money.
avoiding taxes
when have bankers stole money?
Since when do you involve a bank in a scam?
The Mafia won't allow you to pay your monthly protection money via direct debit .... because it's traceable, and your local street-corner drug dealer doesn't accept MasterCard for the same reason.
The scammers in this case aren't going to deal with banks, and they make their target wary of using a bank by making them complicit in the 'crime' of receiving illegally smuggled money.
@Johnson Black Ha ha ha ha ha ha snort cough snort. Joking right?
Sounds like a version of the classic “I have a winning lottery ticket but can’t cash it because I’m not a US citizen. So pay me X amount up front and you can have the ticket”.
both, in essence, are advanced fee scams
Clever scam??? Calling this scam “clever” is the news media way of suckering this guy into doing this interview without hiding his face in shame.
Even if the "cash" was real, I would be suspicious as hell of anyone with a duffle bag full of bills.
I used to talk to this fake military guy back in 2016. He told me he has a duffel bag full of money. But he only sent me a pic lmao!!
I also heard about scams that involve gold bars
Imagine when he told his family that story
Kudos. Good point. 👏 😎👍
lmfao...like dad he said like the money was gonna come back then disappear dude
dude they're gone..they moved....locked him out, left no forwarding address!! lol
Dad smacked him I hope
If he even had a family.
I think we must note that the big reason they tricked him is because he was blinded by the way these people carried themselves and how they treated him.
I received an email from a Nigerian Prince. He said his money could be “ freed “ with funds to help “ free “ it. For this awesome favor I’m extending to him? He will give me double the amount back. Or was it triple? I remember reading the email and just being fascinated that they were trying this at random on thousands of people. I wondered how many fell for it? I thought about the older confused person that didn’t know what they were doing. It made me sad. I really hope that “ Prince “ develops chronic diarrhea and a house lands on him.
Why didnt he ask..ok, turn ten pieces of paper into 10 one hundred dollar bills before my very eyes and we can seriously start talking, if not piss off
No cure for stupidity
The paper turns back into $100 notes LOL...my god
why would the chemical process cost 200k? thats so unbelievable?
Sacha P-T THAT'S the part you find unbelievable!!!!
michael rew amongst other things....
Here is the deal.......he was selling his family's restaurant for say 400k. These guys came along with a scam that they wanted to buy the restaurant but their money say 600k was disguised and it would take 200k to buy the chemicals to do this. The guy goes to his family and says I have a buyer, but I need 200k to complete the sale. He gets the money and gives it to the scammers who then disappear with the guys 200k.
Shay Monte' wins dumb comment of 2017....congratulations
The whole thing is unbelievable, but greed is a powerful motivator.