Student Job Turns Out to Be a Scam!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ค. 2024
- Scammers are posing as employers and targeting students! I'll share what I learned in this video by applying for one of those jobs myself :)
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Sounds like Kelly is a middleman playing dumb. He went straight to the scammer and ratted you out, then pretended like he was also playing the scammer.
I doubt Kelly too
100%
No that doesn't make sense. Pleasant warned Kelly and after that the Scammer still insisted on the money and wanted to send more information to Pleasant.If Kelly was in on it he would have just told the Scammer that he is getting baited by pleasant but clearly he didn't because he himself started to Bait the Scammer. The first theory Pleasant put up at the end seems to be what is most likely. At no point did Kelly anything to "rat" Pleasant out
Yehp! Clear as day!
100% this is what it is.
3rd theory is Kelly is in on the scam , knows he’s a mule but is playing dumb cuz he’s scared he’s about to be busted
I was thinking the same thing
Same
He asked to change his voice... Why would he do that lmfao.
Kelly needs further investigation for sure.
@@subparinternet4014 asked to change his voice because he’s guilty lol why would he respond to a random text asking if that’s his email? something fishy went down there
Bingo
I'm nigerian, i'm sorry for this unruly behaviour on the behalf of all nigerians, we are not all like this. he cursed your mum at the end of the call, but don't worry it's all going back to him 10 folds. God bless you and your family for everything you do. i have been watching you for 4years now
Don't worry, I think any rational person knows it's not all Nigerians and these people are not representative of Nigerians as a whole. I once heard someone question what it must be like to be a real Nigerian Prince. Those guys are never getting taken seriously 😂
Amen
@Jesus_Iced 😂😂😂
@@idkanymore3382 Looks like the irrational one arrived
Did you know that Darth Vadar is watching you 🤣
A Nigerian here
He cursed your mother at the end of the call 😂
What did she do to him? 😢
@@PleasantGreenGive birth to you I guess.
@@Tim-007 😂😂. She trained you to be smart and not fall for his scam so he’s mad at her.
@@PleasantGreenwell no surprise since both Nigerian and Indian scammers like to curse the mothers 😂
@@PleasantGreen 😂😂
i like how these scammers are smart enough to think of all these schemes but dumb enough to not recognize "Ben Dover"
They aren't as smart as you think. The smart ones aren't actively involved in the scam. Those ones stay in the US researching loopholes in the system. Then they write out detailed scripts of the scam and sell those scripts to the scammers at home
After coming up with the scheme, they have no brainpower left for anything else.
I think it's because English usually isn't their first language. And we know how bad these scammers tend to be with names, too.
Also they did not read "Toilet tester" Lol how did he came up with that
Reporting him to the school authorities 😂🤣
Slightly racist don’t you think? To be honest, we should be offering reperations.
Consequences will never be the same
Reporting to the school authorities over a guy on the internet is so damn crazy
@@dexus8762what? They need to all go to jail
@@ForeverCactiLol it's a joke he's making a joke 😂
He got something wrong in the middleman's information and his real middleman is wondering why no money ever shows up.
That might be possible, good thought!
Nah, Kelly is in on it and playing dumb so he doesn’t catch on
It’s really awful of them to target college students who are often hard up for money and naive enough to fall for something like this. I’m glad you’re exposing the scam
Thankfully Biden is paying off their student loans.
College students of today have never known life before the internet. They’re very very unlikely to fall for obvious scams.
If a college student is stupid enough to fall for something like this, then oh boy what the hell is going on in colleges these days
@@Maximilian1990so lazy they click on jelly bean counter
@@Maximilian1990my exact thoughts 🤔
If you see the word “Kindly” RUN!
Kindly run
"Let me tell you one thing" earns a hangup from me. Same with "Let me be clear" god i hate that stupid phrase that all politicians seem to use lately
@@JohnS-il1dr "Do one thing" is another one.
And dear . Only scammers call u dear
I hope you know even legitimate companies say “kindly” so stop trying to act dumb and stupid at the same time
‘Why would you send me money just for me to send it back???’
- ‘ ……. I’m gonna report you to the authorities.’
Perfectly acceptable answer!
Am I fired, why did you fire me?
……… im gonna report you to the authorities ok
When I first came to the US to pursue my higher education, within 2-3 months of being here, I was targeted by a similar scam. I had been searching for an on-campus job and mistakenly fell for a scam that resulted in me losing a couple hundred dollars and getting my bank account closed due to a fake check. It was a very traumatic experience and I wouldn't wish it on anyone else. I hope that the videos you are creating are helping to raise awareness about these scams. Thank you for producing such valuable content!
I feel for you. I'm already a broke college student as it is. I couldn't imagine how it must feel having all that money vanish.
I received a email for the exact same scam just 10 days ago with our school's email address. Luckily our school sent a crime alert warning people about fake job offer emails and not to respond or cash any checks they give you. It is interesting seeing a video covering the exact same scam.
Everyone in this country is confronted by scammers multiple times on a daily basis. It wasn't always like this. Started about 10 years ago.
Same happened to me, but I thought I was getting a grant, and they took my money
Same as my daughter, who was a freshman at a college looking for a job on campus. Thanks GOD! She gave me the check to deposit and so I asked her what did you do to get this much money ($4.5K). She said just being someone personal assistant for a few hours and an easy browsing the net. I know right away that this check is a scam. I told her to block the phone# and email, and never answer to that # again. Life lesson learn... when you feel that thing is being offered to you is too good to be true, it is most likely something wrong about it, in this case it is a scam.
Yeah I feel like Kelly is in on it.Tried to play dumb, but magically knew how to contact original scammer to mess with him, while also pretending he had no idea his Zelle was being used, but also has had other people send him money and sent it back but wasn't contacted by original scammer on that instance? Those are the halfbaked lies of someone who is a willing accomplice to the scam
Kelly is involved I think.
If he really were then he’s either gone rogue or is really bad at being an accomplice, given that he spent the entire time screwing with the scammer and telling Ben not to send money.
100% unquestionable
Right bc if he had already been approached several times by similar individuals wouldn’t he have mentioned that in the first talk with Ben? But he played clueless then immediately contacted the good dr and he’s claiming he now is playing scam bait too. I’m sure Kelly would be able to put everything together for himself that it was a scam before Ben told him and mention it in their initial conversation.
We’ve had some teacher email accounts get compromised at my college and they send out emails like this to all the students. We are quick to lock down the account and send out a follow-up email to everyone letting them know not to respond but there’s always someone who falls for it anyways
The real scam is when you have a bachelor's or masters degree but you still need 10 years of experience for a entry level job...
I shudder to think of the headway that humanity would make if we put this kind of effort into something productive.
I mean it's ingenious that people can get so desperate to set up all the scams, but it sad that millions of people have been too stupid to fall for them
Predators and prey.
There has to be a balance.
Great one PG! Just had a poor young man who fell for a similar scam- the email was sent to everyone at his college in India to their college email address. He notified the College after he was scammed. Thankfully the college took some action on the email address.
There's a certain ironic twist to that story.
this is a pretty confusing situation. its easy to just believe kelly right away at his word, but he really didnt go very far, and i think its more suspicious that he went straight to talking to the scammer AFTER he JUST SAID ive never heard of this person. if he never heard of him, why did he know who to respond to right away?
Right! Also, how did the scammer know he was contacting Kelly?
Kelly is 100% in on it. No doubt. Should send his email to the cops. Not like anything will happen but maybe.
Wow! The scammer, hailing from the southwestern region of Nigeria, swiftly hung up and swore after realizing he had been exposed.
yep. suprise suprise.
My wife had a scam sort of like this, but it never got as far as them sending money. It was an 'interview' over Telegram (first red flag). I looked into it a bit more and it was pretty obvious it was a scam, so I did a fake interview with them and answered their questions in pretty ridiculous ways, causing them to act 'tough' and ask questions like "Is this an appropriate answer in an interview??', etc. They had terrible grammar, similar to the scammers you deal with.
In any case, they got frustrated and stopped talking to me as most of my interview answers pointed out that it was a scam. Good times.
Yeah my daughter got a letter about something like this. After looking into it, I found out it was a pyramid scam.
That's something completely different than anything that is showing on Pleasant's channel. These are straight up scams. And MLM is often a legitimate company that's claiming you can make money but only 1% of them do make anything of any significance.
@@americarocks1776 no I realize that. Pleasant shows illegal scams, pyramid scams are legal scams.
@@popixel I don't think pyramid scams are legal, lol. But MLM can be. Depends upon the hustle.
@@jenanne31 I never knew that. They seem like they are very rampant and they are always around. Well, if they aren’t illegal, they should be.
@@jenanne31 It's mathematically impossible for anyone except the top couple of layers of the pyramid to make money in MLM. It should be outlawed too.
Darth Vader disapproves of scamming.
Yes Darth Vader! 🤣🤣😂😂😜😜
In his funny human voice before the cinematic one was added in post-production?
I don't like scammers. They're coarse and rough and irritating and they live everywhere.
Omg I was gonna point that out
Kelly is clearly involved, you can tell straight away by the way he paused on the phone call before answering.
I love these videos and love scam baiting so I went straight to Gambit Show to find the website so I can use the tools, but as always with literally everything online these days, it's a paid subscription 😒
When I was applying for jobs, there was an ad for a well-known travel agency. It was during lockdown so it was work from home and I was immediately 'accepted'. All of the correspondance came from (company) but at a yahoo address so I knew I wasn't dealing with the same company (who I let know immediately that they were using their name and logo). They had zoom 'interviews' so I signed on and the 'interview' was just a presentation of people in nice clothes and perfect teeth and clips with current employees saying how great it was to work there with phrases like "we're more like a family than a job" and "I paid back all my student loans with my commissions" etc. but they didn't ever say what the job is. Just that I could work there and I, too, could have nice jackets and perfect teeth - and an all expenses paid company holiday somewhere exotic. I only watched about 10 minutes. Then I got an email "We noticed you didn't watch all of the video". I said "you didn't say what the job is." so they stopped. I DID...however get them to stop using the travel agent's name and logo though.
This is a very common scam. I attend a public university here in the US, and these emails come in all the time. Have no idea how they are able to send emails to our university emails anyways, as only people within our university can send to each other. I’ve definitely given these emails a look over but luckily I’m smart enough to know it’s a scam. Thanks for spreading the word so others don’t fall for this scam!
It’s very easy to spoof the from address. A spoofed from and a reply-to that looks similar at a glance is all you need…
@@TTIOttioI’ve gotten a few of these, the emails aren’t usually spoofed, but are from compromised accounts.
A spoofed email would trigger a “This comes from outside your organization” message
I'm a victim to an online scam this past week. I just wish I could get my lost funds. Would you know any professionals I can speak to about this? Any help would be much appreciated.
My husband and I was scammed twice last year, totaling losses over $550k. It was a process involving intervention of Retrievebackteam to get our money back and taking a stand against these criminals. Much love and support from California
My husband and I was scammed twice last year, totaling losses over $550k. We need more people like Retrievebackteam taking a stand against these criminals. It was a lengthy process involving federal intervention to get our money back. Much love and support from California
My husband and I was scammed twice last year, totaling losses over $550k. It was a lengthy process involving federal intervention to get our money back. We need more people like Retrievebackteam taking a stand against these criminals. Much love and support from California.
Thanks for the Info. Got scammed this past week out of 2.25 Bitcoin
Sorry about that, just don't understand how so many human beings can be so heartless to people like that
When I deposited a large check from my retirement account, my bank took the time to question me about the origin of the money to be sure I wasn't being scammed.
Me, too. I deposited a $7000 check that came from Schwab broker. The manager questioned me about where the check came from, and if I had ever gotten a check from them before.
Turns out that also they must get permission from the bank headquarters to accept for deposit a check for more than $5000. Moral: do large amounts via direct deposit or ACH.
Always with the 'Kindly`
It's so weird how that's become such a telltale sign of a scam, a single word. You'd think they'd stop using it.
It's baked into Nigerian English
Thanks, Ben! Your sense of humor is always refreshing and your content eye-opening. I love your channel.
I just ran into something like this, a company sent me a letter offering a flexible schedule for college students, but the interviewer never showed up
You lucked out - what made you decide it was a scam?
The fact that Kelly put a hold on their account tells me they aren't a scammer.
Or they realise they’ve been busted and don’t want the cops at their door. It’s plausible in that scenario could play dumb and place a hold on their account.
You can tell this is a scam because no employer will hire an intern in this 3-5 year experience economy
Why not? interns usually do work without payment..
and if they actually read the resume with the silly jobs he had listed that resume would have gone in the bin right away.
Stupidity really, or to create fake jobs or something. I have seen one that needs 4 years to be intern @@angaratosurion
@@angaratosurion and you need 3-5 years of experience to get a 0 pay experience "job"
@Taterzz and a bachelor's degree and you won't even start at 20 bucks an hour lol
I love these videos when you call them out on their ridiculous attempts at scamming . Most of them are kids and it sure shows .
Hi, Ben. Glad to see a new video from you.
I think Kelly is his money mule. How did the scammer know that you have been talking to him? I think Kelly is bs'ing you! It's the only way it all makes sense. The scammer knows Kelly will send him the money.
I love how u sow distrust between the mule and the scammer if it stops them for even 1 day it saves someone else from being scammed!!! Great video brother
I'm a graduate student in the University of Wisconsin system. I remember getting an email a while back warning us about this scam (I wonder if I still have it). Never did I think it would end up here on this channel, but thanks for yet another great video, PG! Keep up the awesome work! 💪
Kindly Pleasant Green, do not stop doing this!
You're the best.
Sadly I can see how an inexperienced college student could get scammed by these jokers.
When I think back to when I was in college many years ago I could have easily fallen for a scam like this. I was young and naive about these things and could have been easily fooled by some slick talking huckster.
Ben, thanks for all you do in exposing these fraudsters and educating people on how to avoid being scammed.
I was recently in a class at the local college. The kids I was in class with were unlikely to fall for this, but then it was a computer security course🤣🤣🤣 And, the internships were orchestrated by a professor that knew you, often in person.
Nevertheless, I understand your point. My Dad who had built and troubleshooted computers as I hobby p, and who had to deal with calling Microsoft to install some OEM software, did fall for one of the Microsoft calls. He was about 96 at the time and actually fairly security savvy. When he suspected this was a scam he called Microsoft who worked to try to trap the guy and restore what had been damaged. I found out in the middle of the mess because he asked me what else he needed to do -- like freeze its accounts. Unfortunately I had to tell him he had to change all his passwords 3 double column 4-line entries. He did those from a different device. What a mess. He did call the credit card immediately, before calling me, and they trapped the charge.
Love your videos, Ben! Keep up the good work
I love how you investigate all these smaller scams going on and informing the Internet about how they work. Keep up the great work Mr. Dover. Lols
I get a lot of text and emails from fed x and UPS about a shipping box can’t be delivered to my place and tells me I need to pay to get it delivered. So I ignored it and deleted it. You should make a video about that. Cheers 😎😎😎🔥🔥🔥
They are a thing when you first payed or bought..they don’t throw a surprise fee for customs or anything else..I get same emails..I know better, I ship and receive goods from Eastern Europe almost every week for over a decade now..no surprise fees ever, it’s a scam straight up..
That text message just means your information has been leaked somewhere
I get spam like that all the time! Luckily not texts - instead I get political texts all day like OMG THE WORLD IS ENDING UNLESS YOU DONATE RIGHT NOW 🙄
I never ordered anything outside of USA. Occasionally I order stuff from Amazon I have no problems with that. And I don’t Donate anything on anything. 😎😎🔥🔥
ive been getting these same emails through my college email. so cool to see you make a video about it.
Great video! Love the new backdrop. 😀
Anyone else notice that Darth Vader is hanging out in the corner behind "BenDover "?? 😆
I am always looking for your new videos. You do a good job.
8:40 "I'm gonna report You to school authorities right now. Your'e gonna get sent away from school". Hilarious! Laughed my pants off! He wants back money he never sent. WOW!
You laugh, but I could see my university side with the scammer and expel the student
My favorite TH-cam channel keep it up 👍 you are saving a lot of people from scammers I also spread the information to more people so that they don’t become victims of scammers 👀
I have received so many emails about job opportunities that seem too good to be true! I'm glad you were able to cover these annoying emails
I almost fell for a scam like this once. Although I was applying for a freelance position and not a student job, the process this video showed was identical to my experience. I'm so glad my dad stopped me from making a huge mistake when I was about to deposit the fake check I received.
great work my friend 👏
8:37 'Are you firing me?' bro be playing his role perfectly 🤣🤣🤣
I have seen so many young adults fall into these scams. There is no convincing them otherwise. Critical thinking is a lost art.
and yet people say "The elderly need protection from scams". Younger people are more likely to get scammed, it's a fact.
@@B.H.56: that’s exactly right. I am a senior citizen and through many years of experience and knowledge gained I can recognize the telltale signs of a scam. But when I was a college student long ago I can see how I could have been fooled by some smooth talking fraudster, especially one promising easy money when I didn’t have much and was making $2.25/hour at a part time campus job.
Fools are easily parted from their money.
Younger people might be naive but if you fall for this, still, in 2024 with all the warnings and knowing you should always wait for a check to clear, it is beyond naive and being plain stupid. Harsh truth.
@@B.H.56 there is a simple explanation for this. The only reason younger generations are more likely to be victims of online scams is because there are far more young people using the internet and they use it much more often.
Things probably balance out. Some younger people don’t have the common sense or life experience to help them avoid scams, and some seniors are either equally common sense deprived, or are undergoing cognitive changes that make them less discerning about scams.
I'm a student in the UW school system. We have this email go through our school account about once a month. People know that it's not real but it still gets through our system. I believe there are advertisements for it on campus via chalk on the sidewalk. I've been meaning to bait them sometime but you got to them!
Always good mate Respect from Oz 🇦🇺
Sophisticated! No wonder so many people get hacked. Thanks for your education.
"toilet tester and jelly bean counter"
sounds like there are jobs out there even i could do
😂
Ice cream tasters make over $20 an hour to start. You have to have the gene to taste rancid. Not a joke. Not a scam. There is a large turnover though, I guess it's not a job that people keep for long...
I read that and was lmao 😜 😂
@@christine8268
Hey Ben. What’s the that tool you’re using called? My mother gets targeted by scams and me having extra time I usually mess with them, most of to e time I use Canva to fake a screenshot but the gambit show tool looks a lot easier and faster. If you don’t mind could you help me use it?
This is why I subscribed to this channel. The scammers live in a world much different than the rest of us live in. The reason why they hate the world of reality because just about each time you turn on the news, there are always reports of violent crime such as shootings. If we tell the scammers that their tiny little world is about to be scrapped, we are automatically guilty of bullying. To me, it would serve them right for all the nonsense they have caused.
I think kelly is in on it, who would answer a random text about “is this your email” because I sure as hell wouldn’t.
Ben Dover, you are just great! Thanks for the great work you are doing! I loved this episode. I laughed so hard when the guy spoke his local language right before hanging up 😂😂😂 I think he said something like “Shoot! He got me!”
His real name ain’t Ben Dover lol. It’s his fake name known as an alias
😂😂😂 Steven Seen How creative 😅. My money. Great job 👏
scammers take advantage of people's goodwill and inexperience. They suck
No its not goodwill and inexperienced its stupidity . You have to be stupid beyond imagination to fall for this.
This is part of the training of life.
Much better than being eaten by a lion.
my college gets the same emails too, too good to be true
Love your videos Ben!😅
I swear scammers will scam anyone or anything!
🤣🤣🤣that resume was outrageous 😭
But the board approved!
Love your videos. I fell for the Microsoft phone call tech support. However, my Frontier new technology router foiled the scammers, & I disconnected the router to break the contact. A surprise crisis can dupe even the best of us. Lesson learned.
Thanks Pleasan Green for another good informative video.
Either Kelly was in on it, or Kelly didn't know it was a scam but was sharing their zelle willingly with a promise of getting to keep a percentage. Anyway, her might have gotten cold feet or figured out it was a scam so now they are not participating and playing dumb
I think the obvious theory is kelly got caught so now he's acting like he doesn't know what's going on
Another greats video and I appreciate you Ben greats work
I love all your videos and all the other crews ypu get together time after time
Clicked straight away 😂
It must work on some level or the Nigerian scammer wouldn't be putting in the effort to " frighten " the student into complying. As far as the American Mule, I have zero confidence he is not involved and I hope you reported his Zelle account as involved in Scam.
I had a friend that went to UW Parkside. It's in a large area so I doesn't surprise me that scammers targeted that area. It's close to Milwaukee and it's expensive so I'm sure students are looking for extra money.
I’ve been baiting these exact same scammers! Love this!
Yeah these Nigerians play nice then start to play tough to get their money. People usually get fired for non payment. time to quit and get a job elsewhere. I love your videos and always learning something new.
You should send him his money with a phony check
Murphy’s law will then apply; the scammer will get off scott-free while Ben will get in trouble the law. 🙄
It's always a good day when i see a new Pleasant Green upload
I encountered a job scam last year. Most things seemed legit and I was hopeful- the company was a real company, the person I spoke with had a LinkedIn profile. I had a written “interview” through Microsoft Teams, and then I had a second interview over the phone with a guy with a strong Indian accent. They asked for my sensitive personal information and that’s when I started to feel fishy. I eventually got in touch with the real company and they weren’t hiring
As a Nigerian
I love this 😂❤
What I want to see for Pleasant Green is to learn Yoruba, it's one of the National Languages in Nigeria.
Great vid, Thanks!
Great work sir as usual
As a Nigerian. I am sorry about this . Some of us are very honest and hardworking . The end was funny bcs we was angry he got caught and swore in Yoruba 😂😂😂
Are there really people that would ignore the fact that a check is already endorsed and deposit anyway? 😮
Unfortunately, yes! I've seen young adults struggle with the simple process of properly addressing a letter. We're all doomed....!
@@dodgeguy232Maybe because it's something they haven't done. I think I've deposited 2 checks in the last decade. Sending written letters just isn't a common thing in today's world, and it's ridiculous to think that the world is "doomed" because a young adult doesn't just automatically know how to do these things.
I'm sure there's plenty of antiquated activities that were common before our time that us older folks would struggle to perform.
@@joshua.harazin I agree. But it is a failure not just in schools, but with lazy parents. Until the postal service and physical mail goes out of every society on Earth, this basic skill needs to be taught. It's not like we have to teach our kids the art of churning butter, but simple things that are still required at some point in a life, like learning cursive for signatures on paper, need to be taught. No excuses. I was being sarcastic when stating we are doomed. But we are losing basic, critical thinking skills and relying too much on tech to help us live our life.
Yep! Greedy people or people desperate for money will.
I think your right. Option 3 might be that they have access to Kelly through connect wise and may have Kelly information to the bank so that they could withdraw the extra money when it is sent through zelle
Hey Pleasant, I’m currently a student at Bossier Parish Community College in Louisiana and we have the same problems as well with scam student employment opportunities. It’s not just the big universities, it’s also smaller community colleges everywhere under attack.
Kelly is a liar and knows what's going on..
sounds like Kelly's taking you for a poes
I got a similar one at the beginning of the year from the CEO of a local business with a school email address. He wanted me to mail something. I didn’t get far enough to figure out what he was trying to do.
Thank You Green !
feels illegal to be this early
That’s an odd one for sure.. Kelly could be lying also. There’s a fool
Born every minute
i get so many emails about getting a job. i send them to the stop spoofing email and they all end up fake. i think these types of scams need to be dealt with more
Thank you for your work…
omg that Nigerian was so funny i can't even be mad at him that Nigerian had me rolling to the moon and mars and then back to earth 🤣
Day #69 asking Ben if he's cut or uncut 🍌
What’s that mean?
@@BaconPizza it's adult stuff
Cringe
@@wemilkpigs circumcision?
@@BaconPizza yep