so, wait, let me get this straight. if I want to get a pay increase from my employer, I should not attempt to blackmail them? what a crazy world we live in.
NO! YOU MUST APPROACH THEM WITH EMPATHY AND KINDESS AND BE - CLEAR AS THE COLOR! CLEAR! CLEAR. It was to be all 3, or it will spiral. I did this at work 2 weeks ago. Litteraly today. It's fine again. You are right......but flip it around. Polar opposute what you think. If you do it that way. basically they don't even had me the last 2 days on the schedule, because now THEY have no idea what to do with me. No one listened to me. They are now. Please. Listen to me.
also fry: Did you hear about the scam in SF Chinatown by a guy they had known for 20+ years? See: $39 million Ponzi scheme run by 41-year-old Derek Chu of Alamo( California)
@@pastoryoda2789 He said that in the previous video, where he put an Apple AirTag to track his parcel containing "money" that he delivered to a money mule.
The way that the ransom price kept decreasing shows how he followed the scammer attitude of trying to get any amount of money, hence if he detects the victim isn't willing to pay up, he lowers the price. I admire how resistant you were to the gaslighting.
That was funny. "I'm a Cop, you need to speak to me about who kidnapped your Sister so I can help her out!" The Scammer,"Uh, we found her! She was at her Friend's house! 😰🤣
Even better that the "friend" scammer certainly saw this video and saw that someone else, doing legitimate work, got the 4,000r that he was trying idiotically to scam for. I absolutely love that nothing infuriates scammers more than seeing other people have or get money. I hope he is still seething in this self loathing by basing his own self esteem comparing his shortcomings to others' successes.
This is both kind of crazy and a little sad. This is what happens when the slightest bit of greed messes with people. Edit: 1st comment with over 1k likes, I was not expecting it to blow up like this in a good way.
Or it could be out of desperation due to the lack of jobs. The poverty rate for India as a whole was at 55% per capita. I am not condoning his actions, but when you are starving, people will do almost anything to eat.
I don’t think that’s the moral of the story here, I think the moral of this story is you should build strong relationships and not lie your way to success or think your entitled because of one good thing
This dude isn't a former scammer lmao. He works in a coffee shop. He's probably a viewer who Ben recruited to just go snap pictures of things and text people and stuff like that.
Just looked up how much a train ticket in India is after you said Train tickets don't cost that much($30) in India, and it's $10 USD for a normal ticket and $16.50 for an Executive ticket. So you are right, you taught me something new today! 😀
Once again your responses to this guy were so correct. You gave him a few opportunities to come clean but he refused, mistaking your decency for gullibility. I watch lots of scambaiting videos and as entertaining as some are, yours are in another galaxy! You're one of the most caring, sensible and straightforward people on RUclips. Your family and friends are indeed blessed to have you in their lives!
These guys are like shapeshifters. You never know who they really are from moment to moment. They take on multiple roles in an ever-expanding play, and they are really good at it. They could all be in Hollywood making really good money. But there is little loyalty. Their ability to plan for their lives is very limited. Insight is almost nonexistent. But they do have some good script writers, I'll say that. Especially for romance scamming. Thanks for another good video!
Lynn Proctor: Shapeshifter is a great description of these kinds of people. Unfortunately when they do the SHIFT...they can't take their soul with them.
Amazing how this guy became friends with Ben, learned to trust him and saw how easily it is for him to spot scammer lies and agreed to help him, until he decided to scam for easy money. Which is when Ben spots the obvious lie. Talk about burning bridges. It true. One can turn their life around, but when you return to the mud, you typically only get dirty, not rich.
If only he had behaved in a decent manner (impossible for a scammer), he could have had a regular income, what a shameful waste. Once a scammer, always a scammer, they can't see their way out.
I tried to hire a graphic designer from Africa you featured and he never made the thing I paid him for. Im just glad I only paid half up front! Just shows that no matter how many chances you give some people, some will take the easy route instead of earning it.
If they really were honest and hardworking do you really think that Africa would be in the same condition that it is in right now ?? You're soo naive for falling for that , don't you have graphic designers where you're from ??
@Dont_Tread_on_me Of course... I was trying to help out someone who was seemingly trying to better themselves. You can't write off a whole continent because some, even a lot, or even if almost all were corrupt/bad. Everyone deserves a chance individually. However, I'm not stupid, so I only gave him half up front and we are only talking about an amount I spend on snacks at a gas station for my family, not some huge sum. That is worth it to me to see if someone wants to prove themselves or take advantage. I've been to South Africa and met some of the hardest working people who live in what we would call a shed, but would still give it to you if you needed it. However, due to corruption in the government and a poor economy they are not able to pull themselves out of poverty. The only people who truly get ahead in Africa are the ones who are corrupt or work for western companies. The schools we visited were single room shacks with campfires for kitchens. If the entire next generation were honest hardworking people, it would still take them 40+ years to turn the government around. So I'm not going to blame one individual for how his country is ran.
Be wary of anyone who tells you about an emergency situation that wants you to volunteer money quickly. I believe some bad manipulators use shame and fear to get you to do what they want you to do.
Uncle Kev: Ha! I wish you had been with me when I loaned $50k to a friend, of 40+ years, in need. Things are not good anymore and I may never see money again.
@@macforme Have you ever heard we reap what we sow? Some people may call it karma. Whatever we do, we will either get rewarded or punished for it. In a sense, our actions return to us. If your intentions were pure when you gave that money to the individual, I believe you will get rewarded for it. You probably already have. That so-called friend who scammed you will get what they deserve too. Which they probably already have and still are going through. I have been scammed before too. It is a horrible feeling. Some people will use your empathy against you. Probably thinking about profit. We all will reap what we sow. We just have to try to forgive these people and move on.
@@Bibleinformationandhelp You have good advice.... I will try to forgive.... but the wound is still too fresh to just forgive and forget. I don't think this person started out with the intention of never paying me back. The problem is they refuse to give me contact information in case anything should happened to them and I would need to approach the Estate. I could get a lawyer but I would end up with a big bill and I would still not get my money from this "friend." Thanks for taking the time to share words of encouragement. 👍
@@macforme Jamaican acquantance said to me "When you loan money, you lose the $$ and lose the friend." Tangent; banks only loan $ to people who do not need it. There are a lot of good comments, but I am not reading all 597. Some of us are too trusting because we would not scam and would pay back $$. Sadly, we probably have not learned our lesson.
What caught my eye was that " they " were blackmailing him in English and not in Hindi. All in order to make a screenshot for you to understand, so he don't need to translate you.
Always about the money. Do these people ever sleep? Its seems like all they do is make up another scam. Its sickening at what lengths they go to for the money. I guess it never occurs to them that legitimate jobs pay real money. As always Ben, thanks for all the hard work you put into catching these scammers.
Yeah, but here's the problem with that. Employer's make you do back breaking labor for an unhealthy amount of hours each day. Bosses can are rude, powertripy and the working conditions are unsafe. The pay is also crap and well below what we deserve to be payed for.
Sir, you are helping a lot of people in the world my grandmother sees your video's and someone tried to do a facebook type of scam but she remembered your words and hung up. Thank you
Imagine admitting to lying about something- and then immediately turning around and trying to continue the same story. They're not even creative enough to come up with something other than what they just admitted to lying about.
I am sorry that you lost a person you considered a friend. The point of your video is very true, especially with some young people today. That want everything right now. I worked a lifetime to be able to retire. I am not rich but I have a roof over my head and do not worry about money. Great video, Ben. 💓
My sister got scammed by an old family friend that we knew from 16 years ago.she lost 500 bucks in gift cards she gave to him. I was so upset because i watch all the scam baiting videos and try to always keep my family informed and safe from current scams.after it happened i educated my sister on all the current scams so it wouldn't happen again.i always try to keep her informed on being careful to not let people scam her.
Yeahhhh!!!!! Love that you gave the 4k to your REAL FRIEND, and your ending comments -- because your other "friend" likely watches your videos still. Great response! Sorry to hear that greed has cost all this unnecessary drama though. 😞
A sociopath is always a sociopath. Research shows once you pass the stage of brain development for a "conscience"; you cannot develop it. Notice too, how he chose a quick scam over a long term steady income. Glad you were able to spot his scam.
I guarantee you that he did NOT learn a lesson other than to be sneakier the next time because their mentality doesn't allow introspection,nor find faults within themselves or their actions..
This is an amazing way to get this across to your future potential partners - he was so deep and trying to sqeek money out of you he couldnt see it at the time, but now that he can go back and watch this video time and time again to remind himself of what he lost - and what he could have had like the 'IPS' agent friend of yours has. Great video, and killer content as always!
There's a big scam that's doing an ad campaign on RUclips they are showing a segway ebike for $40. Never comes and the website does not work after a couple days. Its terrible how RUclips is letting these ads go up.
Congratulations on 1,000,000! I’ve been here since like.. 40,000! Awesome to see, love the content! Where do we submit scams? I keep on getting calls from Google to “confirm my business account”.
Dude had a golden ticket and just threw it away because he got greedy. Nothing better than putting away people who are ruining other's lives and getting paid for it. To the informant: you reap what you sow. Good riddance.
it baffles me how these scammers make up these elaborate but poorly orchestrated stories and really think someone will just accept it as truth without a second thought
Unfortunately, there are people in life that are chronic liars. They lie to others and they lie to themselves. They never take responsibility for their actions. To them, everything in their lives is someone elses fault.
Never feel bad for any scammer. I who cares if they are scared of someone. Should of not started scamming people. Its's no ones fault but his own if something would happen to him or his family
I did something similar to what he did on the old IMDb Messageboards when I had two socks, Karice and Chone Wilson. Chone was an Asshole and a Jerk and Karice was nice and sweet. 🤣 I stopped posting as Karice for a couple of days, I think I said something like,"I'm going on vacation for three days." I still continued posting as Chone. After the three days, I started posting as Karice again. A Poster asked Karice,"How was your vacation?" CHONE WILSON responded,"My vacation was good, thanks for asking. 😀 The Poster responded,"Uh, Chone, why did YOU answer the question I asked KARICE? Oh crap! I forgot to log out as Chone and log back in as Karice. Other Posters also noticed this. I made up a VERY lame excuse and claimed I got Karice and Chone Wilson mixed up. Posters were like,"Chone, how could you get Karice and yourself mixed up? And besides, Chone, you didn't go on vacation. You've been here all along!" Other Posters agreed. I finally came clean and admitted to being both Karice and Chone Wilson. 🤭🤣 Posters had a good laugh out of that one! 🤣🤭
A lot of people deserve second chances, but definitely not a third chance. I live the baseball "Three strikes," rule philosophy, not the "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me," philosophy.
Wow Ben!! Now I understand your comment to me. It is crazy how people double down. Even AFTER they are caught..TWICE! Nice work spotting the insta mistake. He wanted a fast pay out, so fast that he forgot to cover his own tracks! It is a shame people are not up front, This could have gone very differently for him and you. Much love, it is going to be a good year!
Thanks! Ii'll watch this later. whateer it is you are right. whatever that means to "YOU IN YOUR HEAD". So whatever. Your gut feeling has always been right! First time thanked someone with a 5 on here. You're talking to a "chatbot" he's not real. I'm listening to the video on and off. But pretty sure it's a new chatbot no one "trained".
Good grief! They just can't help being scummy scammers! That flip of the chat, it showed up in court, AH/JD case, it was hilarious when the defending attorney drew attention to it!
I thought that this was gonna be a video about how people's messenger apps got hijacked asking anyone in your friends list a few questions that help them hack their account. Happened to my mom recently but she was surprisingly witty enough to realize something was suspicious and she contacted me (I'm basically the family's "tech" guy)
I loathe to say it,but some people are irredeemable because they cling to the pursuit of earthly possessions and perceived power. Backstabbing seems to be the narc/sociopath attack of choice. Just wicked, twisted souls on the mortal coil. Let's be our best to counteract them as Ben does as well as his colleagues and equals, by being lovely quality humans. What a pathetic "life" the scammers and thieves lead. Be well everyone, and thanks a million Ben lad.
I actually had something like that happen to me 2 yrs ago. A girl whom I met on snapchat we became fast friends, but after a month I started to catch on to certain things, she was a scammer. She is someone who would ask for money saying it cost $30 then she'll call 2 more times and say she keeps getting the price wrong and ask for more money and item that cost only $30 was now $100. When you question her about it she'll start screaming at you because she hates being questioned, in reality she knows your on to her B.S. She lives 8 hrs from me, one morning I got text from her saying she was there in the city I live in. But she wouldn't tell me where she was at and every time I would ask where she was at she just say "OMG this place is the devil". Then she said someone was going to text me and don't get the Police involved, I knew right there and then it was another one of her B.S. things. Long story short the person text me saying shes been kidnapped and they want a lot of money for her but, if i can get him 1K he can sneak her out. I knew right away it B.S. They said dont called the cops because they scanners on and they know and they'll kill her. I straight out told them I don't believe this crap and so find someone else to scam. The person got pissed and cussed me out and bunch other stupid stuff. I just blocked them afterwards. And of course she blocked me on insta, snap, and my phone number afterwards. One way I knew it was B.S. was because her name is Ivette and the who text me spelled correctly, anyone who would of just met her would have spelt her name Yvette.
@@IHaveBadWiFiBro Oh, been answering a few in the past? Now they've got you on their list, to sell to other scammers. Try not to respond to spam, scam, scummers.
It’s sick that even a friend can scam you. I know money can be a bit complicated or takes a lot of time to earn, but that’s part of life. There’s no shortcuts in lite
It's amazing how much scammers will quadruple down on their lies. Such as swear to a god, shame you, cry, etc. There is no low they won't happily dive to.
All scammers are snakes. I have had my own scammer friends turn their back on me after nights out partying and paying for everything. In the end, it was best just to block them and do my own thing even if it means I have to party by myself which saves me a lot of money and gives me less headache. It's best to stand by myself rather than stand with snakes 🐍
The man doubled down like crazy! Glad you were able to spot the lies.
Scammers always get sloppy when they lie
@@Kings_leii ?
@@Kings_leii you have been trying to reach him for sometime I hope he will get in touch with you
@@Kings_leii 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@nprpps sir
so, wait, let me get this straight.
if I want to get a pay increase from my employer, I should not attempt to blackmail them?
what a crazy world we live in.
I wouldn't recommend it!
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@@PleasantGreen thank goodness I saw this I was gonna try but not anymore!
@@Christian-gr3gu say what now
NO! YOU MUST APPROACH THEM WITH EMPATHY AND KINDESS AND BE - CLEAR AS THE COLOR! CLEAR! CLEAR. It was to be all 3, or it will spiral. I did this at work 2 weeks ago. Litteraly today. It's fine again. You are right......but flip it around. Polar opposute what you think. If you do it that way. basically they don't even had me the last 2 days on the schedule, because now THEY have no idea what to do with me.
No one listened to me. They are now. Please. Listen to me.
Betrayal is VERY VERY common in scamming
Yup no honor amongst thieves
Scamming IS betrayal. You cannot scam somebody who doesn't trust you.
also fry: Did you hear about the scam in SF Chinatown by a guy they had known for 20+ years?
See: $39 million Ponzi scheme run by 41-year-old Derek Chu of Alamo( California)
@@pastoryoda2789 He said that in the previous video, where he put an Apple AirTag to track his parcel containing "money" that he delivered to a money mule.
@@nettack I don't trust Indian authorities to shut these people down They probably take bribes from these scammers to look the other way.
The way that the ransom price kept decreasing shows how he followed the scammer attitude of trying to get any amount of money, hence if he detects the victim isn't willing to pay up, he lowers the price. I admire how resistant you were to the gaslighting.
@JamesBarry-cg5gf I advise you to watch the video you left comments on. Think about the message.
What kind of friend scam u
“I’m just a fallen soldier of your army” Bro thinks he Shakespeare 😭😭
That line would be way cooler if it was in any other situation
@@kingoftheclams2887He said it while planning his betrayal, that’s the coldest situation you can use that line in
@@anonymousaccount4483 you make a good point
Your attention to detail saved you. Plus involving someone else to get out the truth was smart. Great work.
That was funny. "I'm a Cop, you need to speak to me about who kidnapped your Sister so I can help her out!" The Scammer,"Uh, we found her! She was at her Friend's house! 😰🤣
Even better that the "friend" scammer certainly saw this video and saw that someone else, doing legitimate work, got the 4,000r that he was trying idiotically to scam for.
I absolutely love that nothing infuriates scammers more than seeing other people have or get money. I hope he is still seething in this self loathing by basing his own self esteem comparing his shortcomings to others' successes.
This is both kind of crazy and a little sad. This is what happens when the slightest bit of greed messes with people.
Edit: 1st comment with over 1k likes, I was not expecting it to blow up like this in a good way.
Yuup
Or it could be out of desperation due to the lack of jobs. The poverty rate for India as a whole was at 55% per capita. I am not condoning his actions, but when you are starving, people will do almost anything to eat.
@@crunchycowboy3206 most normal people will not resort to preying on others, even in these dire scenarios.
Sin, it’s a disease with a known cure.
@@PleasantGreenI’ve a story for you bro a 15 billion dollar scam I want to expose it
It baffles me that anyone would choose a scambaiter as their scam victim.
Moral of the story: Never try and scam a scambaiter!
TechHelp: This a concept the Indian contact did not appreciate enough. 🤣🤣🤣
I don’t think that’s the moral of the story here, I think the moral of this story is you should build strong relationships and not lie your way to success or think your entitled because of one good thing
You'll be featured on his "wall of shame" (I mean you might be featured on his next video).
Surprise! Sanjay was in on it and it was all part of the plan.
@@f1ology you rly took that comment srsly lmao
Never ever trust a former scammer. Only few are honest. Glad you were smart enough to notice what that scumbag tried to play on you.
This dude isn't a former scammer lmao. He works in a coffee shop. He's probably a viewer who Ben recruited to just go snap pictures of things and text people and stuff like that.
The moment he sent “30 USD for a train ticket” I immediately knew he would be lying / scamming you. Train tickets don’t cost that much in India
Just looked up how much a train ticket in India is after you said Train tickets don't cost that much($30) in India, and it's $10 USD for a normal ticket and $16.50 for an Executive ticket. So you are right, you taught me something new today! 😀
@@karicewillis yeah usually its half of it he just want 30 bucks so he can run off with it
No kidding. Doesn’t it usually cost like 1000-2000 rupees (which is around $11-23) instead?
Once again your responses to this guy were so correct. You gave him a few opportunities to come clean but he refused, mistaking your decency for gullibility.
I watch lots of scambaiting videos and as entertaining as some are, yours are in another galaxy! You're one of the most caring, sensible and straightforward people on RUclips. Your family and friends are indeed blessed to have you in their lives!
These guys are like shapeshifters. You never know who they really are from moment to moment. They take on multiple roles in an ever-expanding play, and they are really good at it. They could all be in Hollywood making really good money. But there is little loyalty. Their ability to plan for their lives is very limited. Insight is almost nonexistent. But they do have some good script writers, I'll say that. Especially for romance scamming. Thanks for another good video!
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Lynn Proctor: Shapeshifter is a great description of these kinds of people. Unfortunately when they do the SHIFT...they can't take their soul with them.
Doppelganger...
Amazing how this guy became friends with Ben, learned to trust him and saw how easily it is for him to spot scammer lies and agreed to help him, until he decided to scam for easy money. Which is when Ben spots the obvious lie. Talk about burning bridges. It true. One can turn their life around, but when you return to the mud, you typically only get dirty, not rich.
Loyalty is in short supply in the scammer world.
@@yellowbird5411 Not just in the scammer world. It's in short supply EVERYWHERE. That's what makes loyal friends a rare commodity. 😏
If only he had behaved in a decent manner (impossible for a scammer),
he could have had a regular income, what a shameful waste.
Once a scammer, always a scammer, they can't see their way out.
There is no honor amongst theives.
well oaky, phrase isn't 100% applicable but still
@@stpfs9281 not fair to say about those who did get out and stayed out. Trilogy media has one of these guys working with them.
He unintentionally helped you make a new video. He's a real pleasant green supporter
Goodness, that's horrible behaviour. Glad that Ben's real friends are still willing to help.
I tried to hire a graphic designer from Africa you featured and he never made the thing I paid him for. Im just glad I only paid half up front! Just shows that no matter how many chances you give some people, some will take the easy route instead of earning it.
this needs to be upvoted
It’s all a con really
If they really were honest and hardworking do you really think that Africa would be in the same condition that it is in right now ?? You're soo naive for falling for that , don't you have graphic designers where you're from ??
@Dont_Tread_on_me Of course... I was trying to help out someone who was seemingly trying to better themselves. You can't write off a whole continent because some, even a lot, or even if almost all were corrupt/bad. Everyone deserves a chance individually. However, I'm not stupid, so I only gave him half up front and we are only talking about an amount I spend on snacks at a gas station for my family, not some huge sum. That is worth it to me to see if someone wants to prove themselves or take advantage. I've been to South Africa and met some of the hardest working people who live in what we would call a shed, but would still give it to you if you needed it. However, due to corruption in the government and a poor economy they are not able to pull themselves out of poverty. The only people who truly get ahead in Africa are the ones who are corrupt or work for western companies. The schools we visited were single room shacks with campfires for kitchens. If the entire next generation were honest hardworking people, it would still take them 40+ years to turn the government around. So I'm not going to blame one individual for how his country is ran.
This unfortunately gives us African designers a bad rep . Some of us are willing to to do the work
Be wary of anyone who tells you about an emergency situation that wants you to volunteer money quickly. I believe some bad manipulators use shame and fear to get you to do what they want you to do.
Ai-Chat bot, with a small voice sample, can even fool a mother.
Uncle Kev: Ha! I wish you had been with me when I loaned $50k to a friend, of 40+ years, in need. Things are not good anymore and I may never see money again.
@@macforme Have you ever heard we reap what we sow? Some people may call it karma. Whatever we do, we will either get rewarded or punished for it. In a sense, our actions return to us.
If your intentions were pure when you gave that money to the individual, I believe you will get rewarded for it. You probably already have. That so-called friend who scammed you will get what they deserve too. Which they probably already have and still are going through.
I have been scammed before too. It is a horrible feeling. Some people will use your empathy against you. Probably thinking about profit. We all will reap what we sow. We just have to try to forgive these people and move on.
@@Bibleinformationandhelp You have good advice.... I will try to forgive.... but the wound is still too fresh to just forgive and forget. I don't think this person started out with the intention of never paying me back. The problem is they refuse to give me contact information in case anything should happened to them and I would need to approach the Estate. I could get a lawyer but I would end up with a big bill and I would still not get my money from this "friend." Thanks for taking the time to share words of encouragement. 👍
@@macforme Jamaican acquantance said to me "When you loan money, you lose the $$ and lose the friend." Tangent; banks only loan $ to people who do not need it.
There are a lot of good comments, but I am not reading all 597.
Some of us are too trusting because we would not scam and would pay back $$. Sadly, we probably have not learned our lesson.
Rule #1 about working for a scam baiter: DON'T SCAM THEM!
So what is Ben going to do about this guy now ?
@@phillipanderson7398 abandon him, cant trust a guy who lies about something like that, once a scammer always a scammer until proven otherwise
You’d be surprised
Thank you for this video Ben! I can’t wait to call my boss and tell them I need a raise because my family is being held hostage.
lol
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Dude thinks he’s living in a Bollywood movie
What caught my eye was that " they " were blackmailing him in English and not in Hindi. All in order to make a screenshot for you to understand, so he don't need to translate you.
That's a good point! 😳🤔
Always about the money. Do these people ever sleep? Its seems like all they do is make up another scam. Its sickening at what lengths they go to for the money. I guess it never occurs to them that legitimate jobs pay real money. As always Ben, thanks for all the hard work you put into catching these scammers.
Yeah, but here's the problem with that. Employer's make you do back breaking labor for an unhealthy amount of hours each day. Bosses can are rude, powertripy and the working conditions are unsafe. The pay is also crap and well below what we deserve to be payed for.
Sir, you are helping a lot of people in the world my grandmother sees your video's and someone tried to do a facebook type of scam but she remembered your words and hung up.
Thank you
Imagine admitting to lying about something- and then immediately turning around and trying to continue the same story.
They're not even creative enough to come up with something other than what they just admitted to lying about.
I am sorry that you lost a person you considered a friend. The point of your video is very true, especially with some young people today. That want everything right now. I worked a lifetime to be able to retire. I am not rich but I have a roof over my head and do not worry about money. Great video, Ben. 💓
Great comment!
@@PleasantGreen how did this person respond 17hrs ago if the video was posted 5mins ago
@@panagg100 Exactly what
@@panagg100 yeah, what?
@@panagg100 You can join the channel and get access to videos early
This is heartbreaking
yeah, very very sad
You have such a big heart. Thank you for being you, and thank you for doing this very important work.
It’s interesting when people try to take shortcuts it inevitably takes a lot longer. Keep on keeping on!
What a weird decision from that guy.
Remember the old saying: Honesty is the best policy!
My sister got scammed by an old family friend that we knew from 16 years ago.she lost 500 bucks in gift cards she gave to him. I was so upset because i watch all the scam baiting videos and try to always keep my family informed and safe from current scams.after it happened i educated my sister on all the current scams so it wouldn't happen again.i always try to keep her informed on being careful to not let people scam her.
These scam stories are classic 😂
Yeahhhh!!!!! Love that you gave the 4k to your REAL FRIEND, and your ending comments -- because your other "friend" likely watches your videos still.
Great response! Sorry to hear that greed has cost all this unnecessary drama though. 😞
Scamming a scambaiter is not very smart. Sad that he thought it was ok to do so. This is why i love watching you guys so much. Well done Ben....
Thats terrible saying he hopes something happens to your family. It really showes the heart of people that could say things like that
A sociopath is always a sociopath. Research shows once you pass the stage of brain development for a "conscience"; you cannot develop it.
Notice too, how he chose a quick scam over a long term steady income.
Glad you were able to spot his scam.
Still the most entertaining scambaiter out there, keep doing greatness Ben 😊
9:35 Uh oh, scammer guy is not gonna be happy when he sees that part of this video 😂
Once a scammer, the scam changes but the scammer stays the same.
I guarantee you that he did NOT learn a lesson other than to be sneakier the next time because their mentality doesn't allow introspection,nor find faults within themselves or their actions..
When greed and dishonesty meet poor foresight and a lack of understanding of the real world.
Oh crap man, congratulations on 1mil subscribers, if anyone deserves it it’s you.
Keep up the good work
that moment Ben said " price of on this girl head is falling faster than NFT" lol
I never would have caught the chat thing on the phone--this is why I can't scam-bait LOL
He's sloppy!
Bro what? I noticed it immediately
@@shaneh7519 So did I. And I never was a second on Insta. Do I get a bigger cookie now?
@@nettack I’ll get you a whole cake king
I immediately saw a red flag myself with the different colored texts. I was like,"It looks like he's blackmailing himself!" 🤨🤔
You are a genius. How you detect falsehoods is amazing. Keep up the good fight. Do not give these scumbags a penny.
This is an amazing way to get this across to your future potential partners - he was so deep and trying to sqeek money out of you he couldnt see it at the time, but now that he can go back and watch this video time and time again to remind himself of what he lost - and what he could have had like the 'IPS' agent friend of yours has. Great video, and killer content as always!
There's a big scam that's doing an ad campaign on RUclips they are showing a segway ebike for $40. Never comes and the website does not work after a couple days. Its terrible how RUclips is letting these ads go up.
Congratulations on 1,000,000! I’ve been here since like.. 40,000! Awesome to see, love the content! Where do we submit scams? I keep on getting calls from Google to “confirm my business account”.
Never use you real email, real device, real phone to reply!
@@stpfs9281 I don’t, but all that stuff is public - people email me for work all the time.
Hahahaha 😂 LMAO... Awesome 👍 video 📸... Thank you Ben 😊... Be safe everyone especially in this dark times YUP 💯
"That's a conversation I'd loved to have. I think every employer would."
Lol, you sure about THAT? :D
Dude had a golden ticket and just threw it away because he got greedy. Nothing better than putting away people who are ruining other's lives and getting paid for it. To the informant: you reap what you sow. Good riddance.
This is a good life lesson.
This is just sad... it's like scamming is a drug to them or ingrained into their blood...
Fast money is addicting ,I know from experience
it baffles me how these scammers make up these elaborate but poorly orchestrated stories and really think someone will just accept it as truth without a second thought
It's like early school tall story competitions!
Sadly a lot of elderly people do fall for these poorly orchestrated scams. 😫
They’re so ignorant it’s hilarious. They all act the exact same! They just charge ahead with zero consideration everrrrr!
Awesome video! It’s crazy that even people like you aren’t even fully immune from this trickery.
The saying, “There is no honor among thieves” is very fitting.
Unfortunately, there are people in life that are chronic liars. They lie to others and they lie to themselves. They never take responsibility for their actions. To them, everything in their lives is someone elses fault.
Wow. Just wow. Incredible. Man what a sad person. I feel so bad for them. The amount of self-respect you would have to lose to do something like that.
Their lack of self disrespect is offset by the amount of joy they get when they scam a victim's hard earned money.
Never feel bad for any scammer. I who cares if they are scared of someone. Should of not started scamming people. Its's no ones fault but his own if something would happen to him or his family
Congrats on 1 million subs! Love from 🇵🇹!!!
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" -- A lesson to learn
Lying, to your friends... Wow.
When’s the next chicken sandwich video??
Great seeing you here!!
Let's go get one together!
No honor among thieves
He really tried black mailing himself 😂
I did something similar to what he did on the old IMDb Messageboards when I had two socks, Karice and Chone Wilson. Chone was an Asshole and a Jerk and Karice was nice and sweet. 🤣 I stopped posting as Karice for a couple of days, I think I said something like,"I'm going on vacation for three days." I still continued posting as Chone. After the three days, I started posting as Karice again. A Poster asked Karice,"How was your vacation?" CHONE WILSON responded,"My vacation was good, thanks for asking. 😀 The Poster responded,"Uh, Chone, why did YOU answer the question I asked KARICE? Oh crap! I forgot to log out as Chone and log back in as Karice. Other Posters also noticed this. I made up a VERY lame excuse and claimed I got Karice and Chone Wilson mixed up. Posters were like,"Chone, how could you get Karice and yourself mixed up? And besides, Chone, you didn't go on vacation. You've been here all along!" Other Posters agreed. I finally came clean and admitted to being both Karice and Chone Wilson. 🤭🤣 Posters had a good laugh out of that one! 🤣🤭
You can take the scammer out of the scam, but you can’t take the scam out of the scammer.
I always get so excited when I see u uploaded a new video 😀 please keep uploading more often! ❤😊
Being honest is priceless ❤️
Glad to know there are no second chances with people who turn on you, Ben.
A lot of people deserve second chances, but definitely not a third chance. I live the baseball "Three strikes," rule philosophy, not the "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me," philosophy.
Wow Ben!! Now I understand your comment to me. It is crazy how people double down. Even AFTER they are caught..TWICE! Nice work spotting the insta mistake. He wanted a fast pay out, so fast that he forgot to cover his own tracks! It is a shame people are not up front, This could have gone very differently for him and you. Much love, it is going to be a good year!
Highest IQ scammer:
This is quite the sad story, someone who had decided to do the right thing and stop scamming people couldn't resist to go back to the old ways.
Some people just can't seem to help themselves 😔
Thanks! Ii'll watch this later. whateer it is you are right. whatever that means to "YOU IN YOUR HEAD". So whatever. Your gut feeling has always been right! First time thanked someone with a 5 on here. You're talking to a "chatbot" he's not real. I'm listening to the video on and off. But pretty sure it's a new chatbot no one "trained".
Good grief! They just can't help being scummy scammers!
That flip of the chat, it showed up in court, AH/JD case,
it was hilarious when the defending attorney drew attention to it!
His repeated use of the word "Sir" gave him away.
I thought that this was gonna be a video about how people's messenger apps got hijacked asking anyone in your friends list a few questions that help them hack their account. Happened to my mom recently but she was surprisingly witty enough to realize something was suspicious and she contacted me (I'm basically the family's "tech" guy)
Thanks!
I loathe to say it,but some people are irredeemable because they cling to the pursuit of earthly possessions and perceived power.
Backstabbing seems to be the narc/sociopath attack of choice.
Just wicked, twisted souls on the mortal coil.
Let's be our best to counteract them as Ben does as well as his colleagues and equals, by being lovely quality humans.
What a pathetic "life" the scammers and thieves lead.
Be well everyone, and thanks a million Ben lad.
Scammers really like this dude
I actually had something like that happen to me 2 yrs ago. A girl whom I met on snapchat we became fast friends, but after a month I started to catch on to certain things, she was a scammer. She is someone who would ask for money saying it cost $30 then she'll call 2 more times and say she keeps getting the price wrong and ask for more money and item that cost only $30 was now $100. When you question her about it she'll start screaming at you because she hates being questioned, in reality she knows your on to her B.S. She lives 8 hrs from me, one morning I got text from her saying she was there in the city I live in. But she wouldn't tell me where she was at and every time I would ask where she was at she just say "OMG this place is the devil". Then she said someone was going to text me and don't get the Police involved, I knew right there and then it was another one of her B.S. things. Long story short the person text me saying shes been kidnapped and they want a lot of money for her but, if i can get him 1K he can sneak her out. I knew right away it B.S. They said dont called the cops because they scanners on and they know and they'll kill her. I straight out told them I don't believe this crap and so find someone else to scam. The person got pissed and cussed me out and bunch other stupid stuff. I just blocked them afterwards. And of course she blocked me on insta, snap, and my phone number afterwards. One way I knew it was B.S. was because her name is Ivette and the who text me spelled correctly, anyone who would of just met her would have spelt her name Yvette.
Once a scammer always a scammer
I want to know how this man finds so many scammers
They're everywhere. Don't you get scam calls all the time?
@@arjundureja i haven’t gotten one in awhile, can’t seem to find scammers to mess with
@@arjundureja no i just get hundreds of emails
@@IHaveBadWiFiBro Oh, been answering a few in the past?
Now they've got you on their list, to sell to other scammers.
Try not to respond to spam, scam, scummers.
Look into your spam.
Craziest heel turn of all time
Lmao ben is the greatest troll ever and the best storyteller😂 and wow first time there's no sponsor😢
Dude went through a villain arc
2:48 $5,000 not $50,000 lol
It’s sick that even a friend can scam you. I know money can be a bit complicated or takes a lot of time to earn, but that’s part of life. There’s no shortcuts in lite
I just woke up and I’m so happy I saw this
The Sanjay twist got me laughing hahaha. Great work as always
love the videos man keep it up
Ben…your content got me threw some really dark times. I just wanted to say thanks and keep up the good work!
For some reason,I read your comment as,"Your content got dark." 🤔
The man could have continued to provide content to you and earn honest money. Instead, he still provide content to you and earn no money. Poor choice.
It's amazing how much scammers will quadruple down on their lies. Such as swear to a god, shame you, cry, etc. There is no low they won't happily dive to.
If he hadn't made that Instagram screenshot blunder, how would things have moved?
It would have fallen apart eventually. PG is smarter than these scammers, and the scammers always make a mistake somewhere.
@@pvanukoff Yeah, you're right.
I just noticed you hit 1m subs!!! Congratulations super proud of you!!
He may be a drug addict
100 percent what I thought of. C0k3 perhaps
Really love your content Ben! those jokes about calls and name calling is super hilarious
All scammers are snakes. I have had my own scammer friends turn their back on me after nights out partying and paying for everything. In the end, it was best just to block them and do my own thing even if it means I have to party by myself which saves me a lot of money and gives me less headache. It's best to stand by myself rather than stand with snakes 🐍
Great story. Love the work you do. Thanks for helping out people.