The most legendary scam response I remember is when the scammer requested a PayPal request from the recipient. The PayPal request was sent and the scammer accepted the transaction, without realizing the request the recipient sent was to TAKE money from the scammer, NOT giving it. So not only did the scammer not make any money, but the recipient got $10 out of the whole ordeal. Cherry on top: scammer was openly malding and begging for their money back.
Whenever I get scam calls (Microsoft support, Chase bank, warrenty, etc.) I answer with "Sir, this is Officer Miller of the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, and you are currently in violation of about 5 different laws at this moment". It's amazing how quickly they hang up or try to say how they must have "misdialed" the number. It's truly magical.
I once got pulled over by a cop while driving through a town famous for fake cops. His name was James Bond and he introduced himself as county police (my vision is bad enough that I can't easily tell the difference between highway patrol cars and county cars with similar lights, and uniforms seem to vary heavily), but his badge didn't come up in the county thing when I got home. Thought the tickets were fake. Called the county he claimed to work at to report his scam. "Hey, I'm calling to report one James Bond-" "Oh, he's not ours, he's with the Highway Patrol. If there's an issue, I can put you through to the appropriate office." "Ah. So... He's real?" *slight laughter on their end* "Yes, he's real." "Fu- uh... No, no issue, thank you."
There is actually a reason behind some scammers being so obvious. Because they filter out those who wont fall for it either way and instead get the most gullable/uninformed people.
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I love the serial killer comment. When they ask if I'm that or a creep, I always say that I am. I try to say it in a funny way too in case it's not a bot. Something like, "well I can't promise that you won't eventually end up in my basement with all the others but..." I enjoy messing with scammers wayy too much. I figure the more time I waste, the less time they have to find someone else who might actually fall for it. One day I'll post a few of the good ones on reddit, one day...
whenever i get a text from someone running the car insurance scam I usually google for the the weirdest and most obscure makes and models of vintage cars I can find. I only had one idiot determined enough to complete this scam not to realize there's no way i could easily own a car that was only built in 1950s Yugoslavia to try and shoe horn it into whatever programs he was using to carry out the scam. It was pretty fucking funny to watch.
@@brothersandsistersofvalhalla Never heard of them. I do like a lot of horrorcore (imagine icp only not garbage lol) and I think some brotha lynch hung or king Gordy would be great! Unfortunately I rarely get scam calls, I keep my phone on silent when I'm not expecting a call so usually by the time I notice, it's already a voicemail.
I mean, that sounds like a great way to mess with them as an adult. They begin the scam telling you about your son - you just explode in their ear, scream crying about your baby boy and then hang up on them
@@gokuxsephiroth4505 Or just go like "Thank you for calling Pizza Hut, how can I help you?" then wait for them to respond, and then say "Okay, 10 large cheese pizzas, 20 medium pepperoni pizzas, 5 large pepperoni pizzas. That would be 89 dollars and 33 cents. This will automatically be charged to your Pizza Hut account." and then hang up.
People scamming those who lost their pets is infuriating. We found a cat with no collar one Saturday night, kitty wandered into the house with us. We gave him his own comfy space until we could take him to get checked for a chip on Monday. We let the Vet handle the contact since getting a phone call from a veterinarian seemed less sketchy than a call from random folks around the corner. Kitty made his way home to two very happy kids, and every so often he still wanders past the house
I remember that a few years ago, I was just going through my email and noticed that my spam folder had something. Turns out it was a scam email about how some dude found out one of my passwords and tried to blackmail some money out of me. The email was full of only red-coloured text and everything to make it look scary or something... (I think it even started off with something like "I'm a hacker who's found the password to one of your accounts" or something) Now, the real issue was that it really was one of the passwords that I had used... Just that I used that on a third-party Club Penguin site after the original CP went down, but mainly as a tribute to my original CP account that I had made when I was like 7-8 years old. And that password was something that I had never used anywhere else... I was initially quite shocked that one of my passwords got leaked... Until I read which password got leaked... Then I just laughed really hard and deleted the email...
I guess you kind of lucked out, but it still sounds pretty spooky that the guy found one of your passwords in the first place. Unless you know just how he got your not-club penguin password, it sounds like he could just as easily have come up with any of your other passwords that were actually important.
@@skylaraustin4596 Ah, I didn't realise what that meant... Because back when club penguin was around, it was referred by its abbreviation quite a lot. And since I had already mentioned the name once I figured that it'd be pretty understandable... Didn't realise what it could also mean...
@@ArcanineEspeon The website that I had last used that password on wasn't pretty secure in the first place. I mean it was just random people trying to bring back a game they liked. So that password getting found didn't really mean much. I'm pretty sure that it'd be pretty dang easy since the main point of the website was the game while security would be second. I would be pretty scared if say, any of my other passwords were leaked as those belong to websites/services with proper security measures...
My grandpa had the best scammer experience I think I've ever witnessed. Someone called him during tax season and told him that "the government is illegally holding your tax return, and if you give us your information, we'll get it back for you." He asked them how that could be when he received his return in the mail just the other day (he hadn't). *The guy immediately hung up* 😂💀
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I received a scam from "Amazon", which said my order was processed to my PayPal. Apparently I had an order for 14 items, which if totalled correctly, would be around $2100 (I live in Scotland, so I am not sure why it was in $), however, their total was around $1300, hmmm. Then it had a different box which said total order $256, the tax was subtracted, so I guess they covered that too, and the total amount charged was $193. I don't even have a PayPal. I was more insulted by the lack of effort. When this first started there was some creativity, now it's just fly fishing. I don't get a Nigerian Prince, a lost inheritance, a sweepstakes, or even a hardship story... Nope just a low mark in primary school maths, poor excel skills, and an Amazon email sent from a Gmail bot. Work for my "No" people.
19:20 I used to buy that canned ground beef for like $7 a can at Walmart but I have not been able to find a single can in stores since February and the best price I've seen online is like $24/can. I'll buy fresh and cook it myself for that price. $24 is NOT worth the convenience of canned ground beef. Also, just FYI but the ingredients are just beef and salt so it's not much worse than fresh.
@@Yearlybreeze if you can find it. But it's either not available or way overpriced. And since it's precooked, it's not good for burgers since those need to be formed into patties before cooking. Still, there's a lot of options available like adding to spaghetti sauce, making into sloppy joes, make taco filling like I do, etc.
When selling a car: A, make them see it in person before making decisions. B, Bad checks happen, and they happen on purpose. Take cash only. When buying: A, always inspect & drive yourself before making decisions. B, no title=no sale. There are other cars. C, ALWAYS run a VIN check before committing. Odometer scams are common, even if the car is otherwise legit.
or get a cashier's check. they can't bounce, and are as good as cash. they're issued by the bank on a per case basis, so it's not like they're gonna have a stack of em sitting around to write out.
legit knew a guy who reported to the cops that he believed a guy who sold him a car had lied about how many miles were on the car, only for the cops to run the vin and find out it was stolen. dude was out not only the money for the car, but the entire car itself. no clue how they transferred the title without it being flagged as stolen.
I always respond to scams by telling them how to make their scams more believable. And then watch as they struggle to choose between taking the advice and keeping up the act.
21:11 Please stand for a random animal crossing parody “Hey this is Tom Nook, I need to raise money so I can finish a bridge on the island. Can you please send 50,000 bells? I have Isabelle with me” “Hello this is Isabelle”
Haha! I remember getting a scam call (I didn’t answer cause I was tired of it) but then I had the bright idea to call them back, and when they picked up I did my best professional sounding voice and said “Hi, you have reached Maryland Morgue Services, you seize it, we freeze it, how may I help you today?” And their response was “did we just call a business?” And I said “now you know how I feel” and hung up! It still cracks me up to this day! It was two years ago! Still can’t believe that I actually pulled it off without laughing my ass off! 😂
If a scammer was to just say "This is a scam, please give me money" then I would give them some money. Well if I had money. I don't even think it would be a scam at that point.
I deal with scams at my line of work on a daily basis so this is my favourite entertainment. What isn't so entertaining is dealing with the people that get scammed. You wouldn't believe the ways they get them and they just don't want to believe that they are being scammed.
9:56 as an Indian, I feel VERY offended. If you don't give me ALL your credit card information, social security number, address, and email information, I WILL cancel you on Twitter.
Rule of thumb: If you called them and a pop-up didn't tell to, it's just getting assistance. If they're calling you or trying to get you to call them, it's a scam.
I saw somewhere that scammers sometimes intentionally put spelling mistakes etc. in their messages so the only people who respond are the ones stupid enough to actually fall for it and they don't have to waste effort on smarter people.
Isn't crypto supposed to be a "long term investment?" It's weird that someone would think a senior living center would be a good place to sell any form of "long term" investment - especially when said "investors" are not going to be around "long term" anyway.
The story behind the crypto one is actually heartwarming and not a scam. That kid is a college sophomore going to senior homes teaching old folks about crypto so that they won’t get scammed. He did tell the people that it’s more for long term investment into the future of web and it’s risky, so he doesn’t recommend it and advises against it. He did say “if you really want to invest, start with something more stable or established like bitcoin or ethereum” but it’s not really a sales pitch.
Yeah assassination scams are kinda all over the UK. Friend of mine got a random email from someone claiming to be the best assassin in Mexico (?). They did what anybody of their age would, and pretty much go "yeah, my life sucks, fucking end me".
I can't wait for someone to tell me "I'm here to tell you about your car's extended warranty!" so I can reply with "Sorry. I don't have a car. I'm too young.".
There needs to be a life in prison sentence for people who scam others over a pet they lost. Even the other inmates would think you're fucked in the head.
22:46 I've never heard of or seen anything like this. Honestly I'd probably find it amusing for a while before it got super annoying. But some of those words and phrases would definitely have me crying from laughing so hard.
They send out a text to a group of numbers, you'll notice it's a group text with every number being 1 digit different. It'll usually be something incendiary. The point of it is to get people to respond so that they know which numbers are valid numbers, assigned to actual people, who are gullible enough to respond. Then they sale the list of valid numbers to "call centers"
@@elaexplorer its happening to me rn, i once answered 1 of those phone calls. Only thing i heard was some korean/chinese? Automated message. I live in Poland
9:10 Discord does the same thing, except it spams the console with it so you really can't miss it. They also give a link to their job applications for people who know what they're doing
I remember I got a TOLL notice text before, basically message saying that I didn't pay my TOLL to /DRIVE/ through to another road. It sent me a link and that, blah blah all of that junk. I couldn't help but burst out laughing seeing the text!...the hilarious part about this is, I don't have a drivers licence.
i work in retail and we recently “upgraded” our phone system. by that i mean we switched from the classic nokia bricks that worked just fine to smart phones that are so overloadedd with work related apps that they can barely function even for phone calls. since the “upgrade” i’ve also noticed we’ve been getting tons of telemarketer and scam calls. these arent our personal phones, theyre all registered under the stores phone number. on the few occasions that we answer & theres an actual person on the other end trying to scam us they somehow dont get the hint when we say “Thank you for calling the blahtown Xmart, how can I help you today?” so then we awkwardly listen to them start up their scam bit which is usually the typical “your computer has an illness” as one scammer put it, politely wait for them to stop talking, repeat ourselves & cue 5 seconds of awkward silence from them til they hang up
@@ana.wordswordswords There is, actually. I don’t know it’s name, but I’ve seen ads of apps that limits what texts you get and doesn’t let random numbers text you. I disliked the idea because I thought, “Well, If I give out my phone number and I don’t get theirs, I won’t be able to text them” but otherwise I think it’s a good idea to avoid spams. I don’t use it, though, because spams aren’t as prominent in my everyday texting experience so it’ll just take up space on my phone. Dude, now you’re making me sound like an advertiser in an ad 😂 If you really need it, you should probably look into it lol.
if someone try to scam me with the assassin trick, it'll play the game and give them a time and hours where to meet me to execute me and actually wait there.
Of course competent and well observing person were never the intended victim, it gotta be barely focused granma or someone who can easily scared by what seem like an authority
9:05 When I was a teacher I found out that one of the students (4th grade) found that part of the online test and made it display his name in a couple of places during the test. His homeroom teacher found out and chewed him out. I found out from his homeroom teacher and we were both secretly impressed and annoyed that he didn’t put that kind of innovation towards his regular work x - D 9:43 This scam is reminding me of when that woman got kidnapped and the assassins were like “fuck this. Lady, we were paid to kill you but you don’t seem like that kind of bitch. We’re gonna keep his money and you better LAY LOW.” She ended up crashing her own memorial service.
7:22 i have literally gotten pretty much this exact string of texts before with a different photo used when i was 17 or so and it would progressively get more explicit (didn't block bc i was bored). i called them a bot and they insisted they were not a bot so i told them i was a minor and threatened to call the cops (too lazy to actually do so but wanted a reaction). they said "haha you're silly" then continued on like nothing happened so i assume that the insisting they were real was a programmed response and blocked them.... dunno what they were trying to accomplish...
9:17 the assassin. My response: I'm a pizza driver if someone is paying you to kill me they are scamming you because really all they would have to do is order a pizza during my closing shift at a secluded place in my delivery area and shoot me in the head would cost them the price of a bullet and then they could drive off place the gun in their safe and no one would find out it was them. Heck they could take the $20 in my wallet and that would pay for the bullet.
19:34 Scammer: I have pictures of you doing bad things from your computer camera. I have also installed virus on your computer that can monitor everything you are doing. Me: What type of virus: trojan,malware,spyware,adware,P.U.P what? Scammer: I don't know what type of virus it is but I installed a virus on your computer. Me: HAHA YOU ARE A SCAMMER.
15:23 That kind of scam is somewhat common where I live. Banks and large companies that give their own credit lines to customers often sell customer debts to third parties (which is a common practice I believe). Thing is, instead of doing the legal procedure for payment collection, some douchebags use letters similar to these ones to coerce ignorant people into paying. During the 90's, an uncle lived with my grandparents. He got some debt, and then when he went to pay, for some reason they never accepted the payment and instead wanted to go with judicial collection. So my uncle made an in court payment (a procedure where he admits to have a debt, says the other party doesn't want to receive the payment to pile up interest, and proceeds to leave the payment in court's custody in case of a future trial). Around 18 years layer, that debt was sold to a third party, and those idiots went to my grandparents home to ask for the payment. My grandpa, not a fool in the slightest, took the papers they brought and closed the door in their face, then called me to ask about it. I read the documents and they were clearly private documents, but they said that the dude collecting was supposedly a court's official and he came to take the payment in money or goods. This was soooooo fake I laughed several minutes and told my grandpa if someone came again with something like this, he call cops immediately and say some scammer is impersonating an official (a federal crime here) and don't let the fool enter. I think a year later, they tried again, my grandpa called me about it, and I told him to call police. In the end he went out and told the dude either he scram that moment or he awaits for the cops to take him for trying to pass for a court official. The dude ran out of there at that moment, and that was that.
He got the pronunciation of Telstra right the first time. A few years ago our router and printer were fried by a power surge, though all other devices were connected with wifi. The wifi still worked, but without internet. We called them, had to lie to the bot to get it to give the right options, then spend 2 hours on hold. They then charged us to send someone out to tell us the router is fried (which we already knew) and that we would have to buy a new one. So overall, pretty average for an ISP
Scammer: Your Apple pay has been suspended for suspicious activities, please use (Link) to have your account unsuspended. Me: *bursts out laughing then blocks number*
1:50 happened to me. I may have gotten in trouble for saying mean things to one of those scammers trying to pull that crap on me. Why, pray tell, does fb think it's ok for a scammer to pull their crap but I'm not allowed to tell said scammer to go f themselves?
My favorite response to scam calls is " Smith's funeral home, crematorium and Restaurant- You kill 'em, we grill 'em! How can I help you today? " One time, while using this, the scammer said that we had solar panels, and my response was " Sir, we have a crematorium right here. We steam power our entire establishment. We need not thine Solar panels like other peasants." And the dude hung up lol
19:06 Imagine that was real lol. Breaking News: 2 people have been murdered at 5:39 PM on the streets of Indiana. The murderer explains some mysterious number told them because they owed them "5 dollars." We are still unsure on who this is aswell. The murderer is still being sent to jail for life too.
I work at a nursing home, and we get a lot of scam calls. When they ask a first name, I say " Is that a resident or employee." This weeds the scammers out. Some say, "I'm sorry, wrong number," "Thank you, have a nice evening," or soemthing, but I have had multiple people straight up hang up on me without saying thing.
1:42 they keep putting me in group chats with a bunch of fake numbers after I got a whole group chat to riot Well I think that’s the reason that’s the last group chat I’ve been in
related to the post at 19:18 (tangentially), my mom's cousin once got an insane discount at some bulk food supply place she worked at and for Christmas one year she gave everyone in the family 7 dozen English muffins. like each household got 7 dozen, my grandparents got 7 dozen, my aunts each got 7 dozen, my mom got 7 dozen. We all ate an unsettling variety of toppings on English muffins in the following winter months that year.
completely irrelevant to the video but 2:10 gave me a depressing reality shock. In my town, Walmart is the good-paying job that everyone wants. Hearing that from you made me realize how bad we're paid down here.
The most legendary scam response I remember is when the scammer requested a PayPal request from the recipient. The PayPal request was sent and the scammer accepted the transaction, without realizing the request the recipient sent was to TAKE money from the scammer, NOT giving it. So not only did the scammer not make any money, but the recipient got $10 out of the whole ordeal. Cherry on top: scammer was openly malding and begging for their money back.
The true Uno reverse.
Its not scamming if you took it from a scammer 🧍
@@godofchaos8131 Agreed.
@@godofchaos8131 agreed.
i remember that i think
Whenever I get scam calls (Microsoft support, Chase bank, warrenty, etc.) I answer with "Sir, this is Officer Miller of the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, and you are currently in violation of about 5 different laws at this moment". It's amazing how quickly they hang up or try to say how they must have "misdialed" the number. It's truly magical.
Hehehe, thanks for the tip I'll use it.
i'm doing this from now on. thank you, you legend
It's illegal to claim to be police when you're not. This is not good advice.
@@elaexplorer And it's illegal to scam people. What's your point?
@@DJdoppIer
Two wrongs do not make a right, in the eyes of the law.
I once got pulled over by a cop while driving through a town famous for fake cops. His name was James Bond and he introduced himself as county police (my vision is bad enough that I can't easily tell the difference between highway patrol cars and county cars with similar lights, and uniforms seem to vary heavily), but his badge didn't come up in the county thing when I got home. Thought the tickets were fake. Called the county he claimed to work at to report his scam. "Hey, I'm calling to report one James Bond-" "Oh, he's not ours, he's with the Highway Patrol. If there's an issue, I can put you through to the appropriate office." "Ah. So... He's real?" *slight laughter on their end* "Yes, he's real." "Fu- uh... No, no issue, thank you."
Imagine your name being a troll LMAO
@@terminus9897 IKR? It's just like "James Bond? Yeah right, and I'm the queen of england."
Welp, I've been proven wrong. Still not a queen, sadly.
@@jeffisaperson4471 yet!
@@lemonsmug Fair point, might end up discovering I'm the unregistered estranged heir to the English throne.
This is almost worse than calling your kid "Lon Boner"
I don't know if that's a real thing but it's a pretty terrible troll.
There is actually a reason behind some scammers being so obvious.
Because they filter out those who wont fall for it either way and instead get the most gullable/uninformed people.
I doubt that since I keep getting scam calls and scammers dm'ing me
@emokitten4ever i thought ur pfp waz catti from deltarune for a split sec lmao
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@@that_one_shiny_eevee go to your comment/reply, click the 3 dots, and theres a "edit" button. Click that if you want to make a correction or add onto your comment/reply.
@@mrlemflem i only see report
tho
I love the serial killer comment. When they ask if I'm that or a creep, I always say that I am. I try to say it in a funny way too in case it's not a bot. Something like, "well I can't promise that you won't eventually end up in my basement with all the others but..." I enjoy messing with scammers wayy too much. I figure the more time I waste, the less time they have to find someone else who might actually fall for it. One day I'll post a few of the good ones on reddit, one day...
whenever i get a text from someone running the car insurance scam I usually google for the the weirdest and most obscure makes and models of vintage cars I can find. I only had one idiot determined enough to complete this scam not to realize there's no way i could easily own a car that was only built in 1950s Yugoslavia to try and shoe horn it into whatever programs he was using to carry out the scam. It was pretty fucking funny to watch.
Play some Slashstreet Boys in the background while on a call with someone.
@@brothersandsistersofvalhalla Never heard of them. I do like a lot of horrorcore (imagine icp only not garbage lol) and I think some brotha lynch hung or king Gordy would be great! Unfortunately I rarely get scam calls, I keep my phone on silent when I'm not expecting a call so usually by the time I notice, it's already a voicemail.
Scammer: *telling me that my son had an accident and died*
*10 yr old me crying cuz my son died*
Dad: son you're the stupidest kid I ever had
You are not stupid you were just to young to understand
I mean, that sounds like a great way to mess with them as an adult. They begin the scam telling you about your son - you just explode in their ear, scream crying about your baby boy and then hang up on them
@@gokuxsephiroth4505 Or just go like "Thank you for calling Pizza Hut, how can I help you?" then wait for them to respond, and then say "Okay, 10 large cheese pizzas, 20 medium pepperoni pizzas, 5 large pepperoni pizzas. That would be 89 dollars and 33 cents. This will automatically be charged to your Pizza Hut account." and then hang up.
@@Mushroom-09 10 is not too young to understand that.
@@IAmGodHimself777 oh... sorry 😅
People scamming those who lost their pets is infuriating. We found a cat with no collar one Saturday night, kitty wandered into the house with us. We gave him his own comfy space until we could take him to get checked for a chip on Monday. We let the Vet handle the contact since getting a phone call from a veterinarian seemed less sketchy than a call from random folks around the corner. Kitty made his way home to two very happy kids, and every so often he still wanders past the house
you did the right thing, and that's so wholesome the kitty still comes by as if to say, "I'm still around, don't worry about me :3"
Good and honest scammer, giving the victim what they want, and considerate victim downloading the virus
just to make the scammer happy. Beautiful
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Beautiful
Yo how many times have you edited this
@@sirmaruyeet7883 twice
@@sirmaruyeet7883 xd
All of these scammers dont even know that an assassination is always politically motivated, they are (pretend)hitmen, not (pretend)assassins
Well how do you know they aren't targeting that nice Prince in Nigeria for his $50 million transaction?
@@justaperson4656 oh shit, my uncle?
@beepboop wait r u my relative or wut he's also my uncle
what a beutifull family reunion.
@beepboop1472 bro!! He's my uncle, too!
I remember that a few years ago, I was just going through my email and noticed that my spam folder had something. Turns out it was a scam email about how some dude found out one of my passwords and tried to blackmail some money out of me. The email was full of only red-coloured text and everything to make it look scary or something... (I think it even started off with something like "I'm a hacker who's found the password to one of your accounts" or something)
Now, the real issue was that it really was one of the passwords that I had used... Just that I used that on a third-party Club Penguin site after the original CP went down, but mainly as a tribute to my original CP account that I had made when I was like 7-8 years old. And that password was something that I had never used anywhere else...
I was initially quite shocked that one of my passwords got leaked... Until I read which password got leaked... Then I just laughed really hard and deleted the email...
In future, maybe don't abbreviate club penguin.
I guess you kind of lucked out, but it still sounds pretty spooky that the guy found one of your passwords in the first place. Unless you know just how he got your not-club penguin password, it sounds like he could just as easily have come up with any of your other passwords that were actually important.
@@skylaraustin4596 Ah, I didn't realise what that meant... Because back when club penguin was around, it was referred by its abbreviation quite a lot. And since I had already mentioned the name once I figured that it'd be pretty understandable... Didn't realise what it could also mean...
@@ArcanineEspeon The website that I had last used that password on wasn't pretty secure in the first place. I mean it was just random people trying to bring back a game they liked. So that password getting found didn't really mean much. I'm pretty sure that it'd be pretty dang easy since the main point of the website was the game while security would be second. I would be pretty scared if say, any of my other passwords were leaked as those belong to websites/services with proper security measures...
Rip ur club penguin account
Imagine being Indian with the Indian accent, and you work for Microsoft... Constantly convincing everyone that you're not a scammer
As an indian who was scammed by indian i belive it will be hard
With that assassin scam, I know some people who are so paranoid they'd fall for that.
is it bad i would just be like do what you gotta do to the assassin?
@@darky5554 "do it, no balls"
@@creaketh well i would but i dont got the scam email yet and also of course i have no balls im female
@@darky5554 You misunderstood my message
@@creaketh oooh you mean thats what would be said to the assassin? i get confused when reading things sometimes :P
My grandpa had the best scammer experience I think I've ever witnessed. Someone called him during tax season and told him that "the government is illegally holding your tax return, and if you give us your information, we'll get it back for you." He asked them how that could be when he received his return in the mail just the other day (he hadn't).
*The guy immediately hung up* 😂💀
20:55 if a scam or anything else says "show me your wood" the best thing you can do in response is just send a picture of a log.
Dang al you know some cool stuff
That's really useful
15:34 "we are formally inform you formally" i cant stop laughing bro
imagine you’re visiting a low rating “fancy” restaurant and that’s how they greet you
the sheef is coming to formally inform you that you are under arrest you formally
Whoever did that "sawcon" prank is a true Legend.
I almost liked this comment but your current number of approval marks have exceeded my abilities to bypass without saying the mandatory compliment… Nice.
WE MUSN'T LET THE 69 FLAME DIE OUT!
Too late
@@bluesteel1664 oops 🚿💦
169, lets hustle to it guys
Fun Fact: Admitting you're a hitman or assassin isn't just a crime. It's an international crime.
First time I've ever agreed with an LGBTQ+ person
@craig No, No, he’s right.
@craig ??
@@bluesteel1664 is 1 + 1 = 2? (im gay)
@@ambrosxa is 1 + 1 = 13? (I think so) (im straight)
Allowing a sales presentation like that in a nursing home is nothing short of criminal and the home should be investigated
I received a scam from "Amazon", which said my order was processed to my PayPal. Apparently I had an order for 14 items, which if totalled correctly, would be around $2100 (I live in Scotland, so I am not sure why it was in $), however, their total was around $1300, hmmm. Then it had a different box which said total order $256, the tax was subtracted, so I guess they covered that too, and the total amount charged was $193. I don't even have a PayPal. I was more insulted by the lack of effort. When this first started there was some creativity, now it's just fly fishing. I don't get a Nigerian Prince, a lost inheritance, a sweepstakes, or even a hardship story... Nope just a low mark in primary school maths, poor excel skills, and an Amazon email sent from a Gmail bot. Work for my "No" people.
19:20 I used to buy that canned ground beef for like $7 a can at Walmart but I have not been able to find a single can in stores since February and the best price I've seen online is like $24/can. I'll buy fresh and cook it myself for that price. $24 is NOT worth the convenience of canned ground beef. Also, just FYI but the ingredients are just beef and salt so it's not much worse than fresh.
It sounds 10000 times worse!! How is that more convenient than buying fresh, opening the package it’s in and cooking it up.
@@Manhandle730 it's precooked so it saves time. I make taco filling with it.
@@auntieaoife damn maybe I need to start buying some...I can't cook for shit
@@Yearlybreeze if you can find it. But it's either not available or way overpriced. And since it's precooked, it's not good for burgers since those need to be formed into patties before cooking. Still, there's a lot of options available like adding to spaghetti sauce, making into sloppy joes, make taco filling like I do, etc.
I had the same experience with chocolate oranges. They used to be maybe 3, 4 bucks. Now they're like 12. It's insane.
When selling a car:
A, make them see it in person before making decisions.
B, Bad checks happen, and they happen on purpose. Take cash only.
When buying:
A, always inspect & drive yourself before making decisions.
B, no title=no sale. There are other cars.
C, ALWAYS run a VIN check before committing. Odometer scams are common, even if the car is otherwise legit.
or get a cashier's check. they can't bounce, and are as good as cash. they're issued by the bank on a per case basis, so it's not like they're gonna have a stack of em sitting around to write out.
legit knew a guy who reported to the cops that he believed a guy who sold him a car had lied about how many miles were on the car, only for the cops to run the vin and find out it was stolen.
dude was out not only the money for the car, but the entire car itself. no clue how they transferred the title without it being flagged as stolen.
I always respond to scams by telling them how to make their scams more believable. And then watch as they struggle to choose between taking the advice and keeping up the act.
Just don’t give good advice haha
Make sure the advice you give is good😊
Telling someone that there are an assassin out after them is a good way to make someone get the police involved.
I know
21:11 Please stand for a random animal crossing parody
“Hey this is Tom Nook, I need to raise money so I can finish a bridge on the island. Can you please send 50,000 bells? I have Isabelle with me”
“Hello this is Isabelle”
Haha! I remember getting a scam call (I didn’t answer cause I was tired of it) but then I had the bright idea to call them back, and when they picked up I did my best professional sounding voice and said “Hi, you have reached Maryland Morgue Services, you seize it, we freeze it, how may I help you today?” And their response was “did we just call a business?” And I said “now you know how I feel” and hung up! It still cracks me up to this day! It was two years ago! Still can’t believe that I actually pulled it off without laughing my ass off! 😂
If a scammer was to just say "This is a scam, please give me money" then I would give them some money. Well if I had money.
I don't even think it would be a scam at that point.
I'd give them 0.25 cents just for the honesty
why don't you sell sandwiches? draw a sandwich doing something than sell it
At that point isn't it just panhandling?
@@isappycracks I don't sell them because I am bad at drawing.
That sounds like something the Amoeba Boys would do.
I deal with scams at my line of work on a daily basis so this is my favourite entertainment. What isn't so entertaining is dealing with the people that get scammed. You wouldn't believe the ways they get them and they just don't want to believe that they are being scammed.
at 5:30 you can literally see their phone number lol
9:56 as an Indian, I feel VERY offended.
If you don't give me ALL your credit card information, social security number, address, and email information, I WILL cancel you on Twitter.
ah yes, average Twitter users like to complain.
@@Claybrone press read more, its a joke
@@NOTSPML I believe he was joking
Rule of thumb:
If you called them and a pop-up didn't tell to, it's just getting assistance.
If they're calling you or trying to get you to call them, it's a scam.
I saw somewhere that scammers sometimes intentionally put spelling mistakes etc. in their messages so the only people who respond are the ones stupid enough to actually fall for it and they don't have to waste effort on smarter people.
Isn't crypto supposed to be a "long term investment?"
It's weird that someone would think a senior living center would be a good place to sell any form of "long term" investment - especially when said "investors" are not going to be around "long term" anyway.
I think that's the point scam people who won't be around that long so you don't have to give the money back
The story behind the crypto one is actually heartwarming and not a scam. That kid is a college sophomore going to senior homes teaching old folks about crypto so that they won’t get scammed. He did tell the people that it’s more for long term investment into the future of web and it’s risky, so he doesn’t recommend it and advises against it. He did say “if you really want to invest, start with something more stable or established like bitcoin or ethereum” but it’s not really a sales pitch.
Yeah assassination scams are kinda all over the UK. Friend of mine got a random email from someone claiming to be the best assassin in Mexico (?). They did what anybody of their age would, and pretty much go "yeah, my life sucks, fucking end me".
6:24 Robin reading jibberish is the best thing my gosh! XDDD
I can't wait for someone to tell me "I'm here to tell you about your car's extended warranty!" so I can reply with "Sorry. I don't have a car. I'm too young.".
Just let them explain everything and when they are done say "can you repeat that one more time? I didnt quite hear you" repeat until they hang up
I love how people try so much to scam people its so silly
At a certain point...just do real work, right?
10:06
Lol. If I was told "coordinate with me or die", I'd be telling them to hurry up with the assassination.
Ok but trying to prove your case to an assassin sounds like a great indie game story.
My favourite response to assassination scams is just reply something along the lines of: "Oh thank god, can you hurry up? I'm fed up being alive."
14:43 I don't know about that. If they are not better at what they do, they are probably just as gullible as their only successful victims.
r/scams is probably my favorite new Emkay subreddit. Keep it up, you guys (and gals) are amazing!
I am tempted to call every scam number I've ever gotten and try to scam them out of $5 bucks
See how well it goes
Edit: Only tempted
i need an update
please
@@R3DAACTED SAME
We NEED a update
Pls we need an update
call them and scream as loud as you can into the mic. Thats why I do every time
I am actually crying over "Happy Mother's Day, I got you 120 cans of beef" right now
6:29 *Summons Cthulhu by speaking Enchanting Table*
12:49 me who hasn't seen it before: "no keep reading, KEEP READING!"
Same 😭
Lol yes
I love how some scammers are not smart enough to know when someone is scamming them, while they are scamming them
There needs to be a life in prison sentence for people who scam others over a pet they lost. Even the other inmates would think you're fucked in the head.
22:46 I've never heard of or seen anything like this. Honestly I'd probably find it amusing for a while before it got super annoying. But some of those words and phrases would definitely have me crying from laughing so hard.
they are pings to just get your info via text i belive
@@inigowrottesley1512 but how would that work?
They send out a text to a group of numbers, you'll notice it's a group text with every number being 1 digit different. It'll usually be something incendiary. The point of it is to get people to respond so that they know which numbers are valid numbers, assigned to actual people, who are gullible enough to respond. Then they sale the list of valid numbers to "call centers"
@@elaexplorer its happening to me rn, i once answered 1 of those phone calls. Only thing i heard was some korean/chinese? Automated message. I live in Poland
9:10 Discord does the same thing, except it spams the console with it so you really can't miss it. They also give a link to their job applications for people who know what they're doing
Actually, Roblox also has that like the one shown here in this video
Wait so to become a Discord programmer I have to open the inspect element to find their job application? Is that actually true?
it just shows you the link where you can sign up to work for them@@insertcreativehandlehere
This whole sub feels like the "OMG Neil Cicirega!!" Meme
I remember I got a TOLL notice text before, basically message saying that I didn't pay my TOLL to /DRIVE/ through to another road. It sent me a link and that, blah blah all of that junk.
I couldn't help but burst out laughing seeing the text!...the hilarious part about this is, I don't have a drivers licence.
6:20 the fucking chuckle
i work in retail and we recently “upgraded” our phone system. by that i mean we switched from the classic nokia bricks that worked just fine to smart phones that are so overloadedd with work related apps that they can barely function even for phone calls. since the “upgrade” i’ve also noticed we’ve been getting tons of telemarketer and scam calls. these arent our personal phones, theyre all registered under the stores phone number. on the few occasions that we answer & theres an actual person on the other end trying to scam us they somehow dont get the hint when we say “Thank you for calling the blahtown Xmart, how can I help you today?” so then we awkwardly listen to them start up their scam bit which is usually the typical “your computer has an illness” as one scammer put it, politely wait for them to stop talking, repeat ourselves & cue 5 seconds of awkward silence from them til they hang up
22:33 This is why you never… NEVER answer random numbers, whether it be text or call.
i wonder/wish there was a reverse blocking, like you ONLY get popup calls/ text notifs from numbers of ur choice
@@ana.wordswordswords There is, actually. I don’t know it’s name, but I’ve seen ads of apps that limits what texts you get and doesn’t let random numbers text you. I disliked the idea because I thought, “Well, If I give out my phone number and I don’t get theirs, I won’t be able to text them” but otherwise I think it’s a good idea to avoid spams. I don’t use it, though, because spams aren’t as prominent in my everyday texting experience so it’ll just take up space on my phone.
Dude, now you’re making me sound like an advertiser in an ad 😂 If you really need it, you should probably look into it lol.
"HAPPY MOTHERS DAY! I GOT YOU 120 CANS OF BEEF.."
I both hated and loved the fact that he sounded so distressed when reading that out
if someone try to scam me with the assassin trick, it'll play the game and give them a time and hours where to meet me to execute me and actually wait there.
Yeah yeah you'll totally do that
How old are you?
@@UhmActually. i'm 20
Bro this mf is commited to the "Ehm, ackshually" bit, has the demeanor, the profile pic, everything
22:30 when the cur you encounter at the local food grocer happens to be a small bit more "I bite my thumb at thee" worthy
Of course competent and well observing person were never the intended victim, it gotta be barely focused granma or someone who can easily scared by what seem like an authority
9:05
When I was a teacher I found out that one of the students (4th grade) found that part of the online test and made it display his name in a couple of places during the test. His homeroom teacher found out and chewed him out. I found out from his homeroom teacher and we were both secretly impressed and annoyed that he didn’t put that kind of innovation towards his regular work
x - D
9:43
This scam is reminding me of when that woman got kidnapped and the assassins were like “fuck this. Lady, we were paid to kill you but you don’t seem like that kind of bitch. We’re gonna keep his money and you better LAY LOW.” She ended up crashing her own memorial service.
7:22 i have literally gotten pretty much this exact string of texts before with a different photo used when i was 17 or so and it would progressively get more explicit (didn't block bc i was bored). i called them a bot and they insisted they were not a bot so i told them i was a minor and threatened to call the cops (too lazy to actually do so but wanted a reaction). they said "haha you're silly" then continued on like nothing happened so i assume that the insisting they were real was a programmed response and blocked them.... dunno what they were trying to accomplish...
9:46 - the obly acceptable response to that is : "Oh thank god, please hurry up with the assassination. "
9:17 the assassin. My response: I'm a pizza driver if someone is paying you to kill me they are scamming you because really all they would have to do is order a pizza during my closing shift at a secluded place in my delivery area and shoot me in the head would cost them the price of a bullet and then they could drive off place the gun in their safe and no one would find out it was them. Heck they could take the $20 in my wallet and that would pay for the bullet.
19:34
Scammer: I have pictures of you doing bad things from your computer camera. I have also installed virus on your computer that can monitor everything you are doing.
Me: What type of virus: trojan,malware,spyware,adware,P.U.P what?
Scammer: I don't know what type of virus it is but I installed a virus on your computer.
Me: HAHA YOU ARE A SCAMMER.
16:34 Imagine getting this text msg and never been to the UK 💀
15:23 That kind of scam is somewhat common where I live. Banks and large companies that give their own credit lines to customers often sell customer debts to third parties (which is a common practice I believe). Thing is, instead of doing the legal procedure for payment collection, some douchebags use letters similar to these ones to coerce ignorant people into paying.
During the 90's, an uncle lived with my grandparents. He got some debt, and then when he went to pay, for some reason they never accepted the payment and instead wanted to go with judicial collection. So my uncle made an in court payment (a procedure where he admits to have a debt, says the other party doesn't want to receive the payment to pile up interest, and proceeds to leave the payment in court's custody in case of a future trial). Around 18 years layer, that debt was sold to a third party, and those idiots went to my grandparents home to ask for the payment. My grandpa, not a fool in the slightest, took the papers they brought and closed the door in their face, then called me to ask about it. I read the documents and they were clearly private documents, but they said that the dude collecting was supposedly a court's official and he came to take the payment in money or goods. This was soooooo fake I laughed several minutes and told my grandpa if someone came again with something like this, he call cops immediately and say some scammer is impersonating an official (a federal crime here) and don't let the fool enter.
I think a year later, they tried again, my grandpa called me about it, and I told him to call police. In the end he went out and told the dude either he scram that moment or he awaits for the cops to take him for trying to pass for a court official. The dude ran out of there at that moment, and that was that.
I love when the little goblins get mad I imagine they're like descending down the text thingy with both middle fingers up
Another scammer logic;
"I can't be a scammer, I'm a Christian"
The irony 🤭
@@deadinside8781 *laughs in mediaeval Church*
20:50 i'd have honestly sent a picture of the chopped fire wood i use to heat my house with just for shits and giggles
7:59
this one is the funniest scam i've ever seen
He got the pronunciation of Telstra right the first time. A few years ago our router and printer were fried by a power surge, though all other devices were connected with wifi. The wifi still worked, but without internet. We called them, had to lie to the bot to get it to give the right options, then spend 2 hours on hold. They then charged us to send someone out to tell us the router is fried (which we already knew) and that we would have to buy a new one.
So overall, pretty average for an ISP
is this another scammer?
yes
well at least he was honest
Scammer: Your Apple pay has been suspended for suspicious activities, please use (Link) to have your account unsuspended.
Me: *bursts out laughing then blocks number*
Me, an android user: _I will not fall for your tricks fine sir, Now go back to your place before I recreate the British Empire._
1:50 happened to me. I may have gotten in trouble for saying mean things to one of those scammers trying to pull that crap on me. Why, pray tell, does fb think it's ok for a scammer to pull their crap but I'm not allowed to tell said scammer to go f themselves?
7:59 Has the same vibe as “I do not kill people. That is… that is my *LEAST* favorite thing to do.”
Imagine trying to buy a support monkey, that's just natural selection at that point & you deserve to be scammed.
I can sell Support Monkey
Not what natural selection is
5:29
i love how the number isnt even covered up properly lol
Actually, that inspect element thing applies to a lot of websites, most of them will have that warning if they have a semi-competent IT team.
1:00 imagine suddenly gaining memories of the same guy messaging you about this right after you send him that message
Prayers to Larry, hope he recovers.
1 credit card info = 1 prayer
okkkkieeeee
Name: no info :c
Credit number: YES YAS YEP YIS YEP
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My favorite response to scam calls is " Smith's funeral home, crematorium and Restaurant- You kill 'em, we grill 'em! How can I help you today? "
One time, while using this, the scammer said that we had solar panels, and my response was " Sir, we have a crematorium right here. We steam power our entire establishment. We need not thine Solar panels like other peasants." And the dude hung up lol
0:54 Not to mention, February 30th doesn't exist. 🤣
2:09 just like every video, more anger...
Those people had a choice, they agreed to the pay they receive lol
7:06 joke's on you, I have other plans.
6:13: Scammer having a stroke for 13 seconds.
Wouldn't it be TART and not TERT, because the name of the company is Telstra Accounts Recoverable Team? 16:05
I love netfelixx and their shows such as octopus game and weirder things
Ah yes, and who can forget the superhuman classic, the Parasol School
19:06
Imagine that was real lol.
Breaking News: 2 people have been murdered at 5:39 PM on the streets of Indiana. The murderer explains some mysterious number told them because they owed them "5 dollars." We are still unsure on who this is aswell. The murderer is still being sent to jail for life too.
I love the r/Scams videos
-also wonder how much Zack has paid to assassinate me.
-Robin going to commit war crime
please do some more R/scams they give me some realy good ideas for replying to scammers (love the casino reply) 14:30
I work at a nursing home, and we get a lot of scam calls. When they ask a first name, I say " Is that a resident or employee." This weeds the scammers out. Some say, "I'm sorry, wrong number," "Thank you, have a nice evening," or soemthing, but I have had multiple people straight up hang up on me without saying thing.
1:42 they keep putting me in group chats with a bunch of fake numbers after I got a whole group chat to riot
Well I think that’s the reason that’s the last group chat I’ve been in
related to the post at 19:18 (tangentially), my mom's cousin once got an insane discount at some bulk food supply place she worked at and for Christmas one year she gave everyone in the family 7 dozen English muffins. like each household got 7 dozen, my grandparents got 7 dozen, my aunts each got 7 dozen, my mom got 7 dozen. We all ate an unsettling variety of toppings on English muffins in the following winter months that year.
9:45 ah yes normal day on wattpad
19:44 if i get that, my comeback would be "i dont have a webcam on my computer lmao"
0:34 he named the phone number that
Ok but those random texts from different numbers would probably make me laugh so hard "Scorch" had me cackling, I want this "Scammer"
11:12 yooo the password to my phone is in that name what a coinkedink
""you are under the rest" under the rest of what? your bullshit?" best comeback ever.
4:57 tittle is unreasonably funny
completely irrelevant to the video but 2:10 gave me a depressing reality shock. In my town, Walmart is the good-paying job that everyone wants. Hearing that from you made me realize how bad we're paid down here.