@@johntchb, they are usually phishing. I ask them to tell me about myself. Scammers rarely know anything and go in cold. But clear give away is if they state a name like Mike Smith while rocking an Indian accent.
@@the-potato-warriorscammers come in all colors man🤦 this one is Romanian for example and they have every color light to fair to dark. Plz go be racist in the Fox News comment section instead.
@@cindblank I wonder when did people get so comfortable showing their hatred. I guess people feel comfortable being a POS from behind a keyboard since they think it won’t hurt them irl.
@@gigahorse1475 the only way I could imagine it is if someone was genuinely pacing back and forth in traffic like a mad man (to be fair schizophrenia is genuinely a cause of this)
Pretty sure the scammer smelled a rat at that point. If Kit had just said he had a money laundering conviction, and hence the limit on money transfers, he probably could have got more info out of the scammer.
The wrecking of this guy's family business really upset me. I am grateful that Kit & team were able to stop this before the business had to completely shut down. Such a harmful scam.
If you can't get out of your own way and register a domain and manage your businesses identity. You should expect someone to do something like this. Seriously even small businesses have a responsibility to their customers to do better. I'm old and can't use a computer is a really dumb reason to loose your company. It would have taken very little effort and money for this company to prevent this scam in the first place. I have no sympathy for the business owner; just for any employees who lost their jobs.
@@its_llew No, I don't lack respect or empathy. I work in IT and I watch people make these decisions all the time. It has become a mantra of the Boomer generation to say "I don't computer" as if that is a meaningful statement. My grand father rode a horse as a young person and learned to drive a car late in life. He didn't refuse to learn how to do something new. Because learning to do new stuff is hard or something.... If you own a business you probably registered your business name and a trade mark and all the other basic stuff to setup a business. Creating a web page and having a listing in google search, Facebook, linked in etc. are all part of setting up and managing a business. The company I work for suffered a major reputation hit when it didn't take control of the automatically created Facebook business page. People in the company knew the page existed and did nothing. I hear people all the time telling poor people about boot straps. But when it is a business that failed to do it's due diligence. We've got to light candles and bail them out. This is a sickness in the USA and we've got to get past it.
@@its_llewhe's not strictly wrong that this is the fault of the business owner for refusing to do the basics of handling the digital end. That said it's unfortunate that this mild refusal to do something snowballed into almost losing his business due to reputation damage by a bad actor
@@EthosAtheos The only person responsible for a crime, is the criminal. The victims were simply making an honest living, providing a real service to their community. Instead of scamming, these people could've approached the guy legitimately and offered to create a web presence for his business. There is no legitimate rationale for taking advantage of innocent people.
This is insane to me. As a Kentucky native, I'm familiar with Owenton and it's a very small town, literally a blip on the map. That these scammers would target a small town business from here is mind-blowing. It just goes to show, no one is safe from these predators. Thank you Kitboga for all you do, to help protect people like this.
Well no it’s not “mind blowing” it’s effective. It’s not hard to work out why. Unless YOU aren’t from a small town or haven’t spent a significant amount of time in one. If someone pretends to be from Warner brothers or something, then you’re more likely to be suspicious, because it’s a huge company and it’s “easier” to pretend to be with such a large company However a small company in a small town, you wouldn’t expect someone to pretend to be the owner of that place And in fact, a lot of people myself included choose local businesses for that reason exactly, it feels safer and more authentic, less chance to be scammed. They are “professional” scammers so they think like this constantly, they spend a lot of time trying to understand both sides of the conversation and interaction. This guy, is very “good” at the grift. He would for sure be very rich by now.
Always disgusting to have a business's customer service magically start to pay attention and treat you special when you reveal you're a youtuber, but desperate victims get ignored no matter what they say. In any case, this guy can finally rest easy thanks to you Kitboga. Amazing work.
Glad Kitboga can at least pull some strings. But yes, that level of customer service is appalling, and almost seems like there should be criminal charges for something, especially the ones that refused until he went to twitter.
Yeah of course CarFax was slow to respond to scammers who are advertising dollars all over the country to do this. Shows you what gets prioritized selling cars online, imagine if this was just a low level service scam
I hope Kit also helped him take down the bad reviews from Google maps or wherever else, given the documentation that the business was one of the victims.
Meet the seller in person or don’t buy. I just sold my car via Escrow to someone locally and I was happy that they were suspicious enough that they wanted me to meet them with it at the inspection place. Buying a car sight-unseen seems like such a massive risk.
Tbf that isn't fool proof or 100% safe. People have been robbed or in more extreme circumstances deliberately targeted via selling apps with far worse motives. Always meet in a public place with cctv & take someone with you if possible. Make sure people know where you're going & can contact you. Keep all messages & don't delete until you have confirmation in writing that everything is OK. Be weary of anything sounding too good to be true ie price that's far less than its worth & vice versa is offering far above the value.
It is. I bought a car sight unseen and it had several problems. For example, the “brand new” wipers were dry and the spare tire was original. I had to drive it home during a sleet storm
I live in DE. Everyone here is great south of Newcastle 😂 I've never had anyone scam, rob, or even fuck with me. It's useful to have a grand dad who knows half the state He knew a guy, gave me an Acura for free with like 50k miles, and was fully loaded from like 2005 😂 full built in gps, like all the shit.
@@snooganslestat2030also even knowing the person/ company face to face with other avenues can still lead to being scammed. Mainly real estate from my knowledge.
That poor owner deserves all the business he can get.. Not only did they ruin his business' rating with bad reviews from customers, but they robbed him of alll those sales that could've gone to him. They lost him so much money. Thank you so much for helping this guy out.
@@evaldsinanovic8437more than likely the FBI didn’t know anything about this. People are stupid for sending money to people that they never met or can’t see in person. Anyone that buys over internet or by phone deserves to be scammed. Especially when prices is way lower than what it should be. People in general are just dumb, this doesn’t even sound legit. If people weren’t so dumb telemarketers would not exist
Hate to break it to you but there is a law called the Foreign Sovereignty Immunity Act which basically says... any foreign person operating on foreign soil is immune from prosecution by the US government. I mean if the US government ignored that law to arrest indian scammers, then that's the start of an international crisis right there
the government has louder fish to fry not bigger or more important ones just ones people pay them to fix so they can't just sweep it under the rug to fix later
Highly educational, frustrating that the bureaucracy that should flag and solve this is dead in the water, or building cases or whatever, doesn't help the guy pertinent to this case anyway
This video is great. A solid win! So many are "We shut down some accounts and wasted dozens of hours of their time!" There's nothing wrong with that, in fact much good, but to see an operation actually shut down is so refreshing and wonderful! I hate how many legal loopholes these kinds of people can find, I wish it was so much easier to shut them down instantly when you had adequate legitimate proof that they were a scam!
Some of Kit's videos make me cry with laughter, but this one made me angry and frustrated, mainly because it sucks that it took so long for the website to be shut down. There should be a speedier process to take down such obvious scam sites. Well done Kit on saving the car dealer from such a dreadful situation ❤
@@singingfan Facebook especially is just as guilty as the scammers. You report imposters doing illegal activity, you get an inept AI notice from Meta saying they will not take them down.
Was thinking at first that is a funny pickup ( albeit possibly a bit creepy as well) pick up line. Then my mind shifted to " well that guy is getting the mouth to mouth treatment". * camera pans over to show Arin from gamegrumps kissing a dad.
That's really kind of you to help out this gentleman. It's unbelievable that these website hosting companies were so unwilling to act until you called in and took things into your own hands. Hoping the best for the man and his business 🙏🙏
I agree. But the growth of well known sites like CarMax and Cravana that promote selling cars sight unseen, is making people more used to buying cars sight unseen. Doing it from them is probably safer than from random smaller sellers, but it’s still better to see it in person if you can.
I'm sorry but to me that seems logical. Fancy sending so much money for something you have never seen!! Also practically how does that work? First you need to sight it. Test drive it. Take it to the mechanic etc. How does that work if you are buying a car online? 🤔
@@thegraffitiwriterknowsas I hear you. I wonder how people give away money so readily ,I don't understand it. Maybe some people are just more naive or trusting? I feel bad for them still,and it's not right what the thief did. I have to buy online and obviously you do it blindly and it takes a certain amount of trust...but I have a limit to how much I'll spend that way.
@@lusimyer It usually looks too good to be true. Dont have to get up out of thier chair how convenient! Too many people who really believe all they read or see online is really true. How scary is that
Answered an ad on Craigslist, $4400 for a used motorcycle. Get to the dealership that had the USED bike, and they wanted to charge me $5k, out the door. After I informed them of how Craigslist works, and their refusal to take $4400, they got to keep the bike. Found out they had paid too much at auction for the bike, plus paid to have it shipped to their shop, so they were trying to recoup their mistakes. This was in Durham, NC.
I am absolutely gobsmacked to hear that a car dealership tried to scam extra money out of a customer! That's incredibly shocking to hear! Impossible to believe!
Kit, are you aware of scammers pretending to be West Jet customer service? My flight was cancelled when I was in vegas a few weeks ago and when we were stranded without hotel and meal vouchers, scammers reached out to us for information claiming they were transferring money to us and got all our personal information. It was scary but we almost fell for it since we were in distress. Thanks so much for you and your teams help in shutting scammers down.
Canada supports scammers. I came across a “legitimate” scam being run by the Bank of Canada and Equifax. If you pay them it may improve your credit rating. No guarantee though.
You are such a stand up dude. You could have made simple content on this one wasting the guys time but you went above and beyond for these folks. props to you Kit for going that extra mile
When you hear someone doing their strongest fake American accent. Like you immediately hear what they're going for and how they fail at it. And this is why I've never seen a person send money online for a car. It's always done in person after making the deal online. Either the seller travels or the buyer travels, but that's what happens. I love that your visibility doing this is giving you the leverage to force people to act upon wrongdoings. It's sad but an average person probably couldn't do anything about it, but the moment you have millions of viewers they start caring. I can imagine it's uncomfortable pulling that "extortion" card out of the pocket and puff your chest, but it's what has to be done after all. And I'm glad you're willing to do it and go to these lengths, spending your day calling everywhere to force someone to listen and take action. It doesn't give a great perspective on these parties offering services or offices, whatever each of them are doing, to not take any steps despite being handed everything on a plate. "This is something that we can't address" says the guy who hosts the whole problem. That's something you should never say if you think yourself as someone who is not only reputable but can run their business and brand. It should be at the top of your priority list and part of the core of your team's expertise running the service. Not caring about that side of the business is bordering of running scam business itself. On the other hand I can't even fathom how it works in the US, this is equivalent for me to buy a car all the way from mediterranean despite having a whole nordic nation full of car dealers and private sellers. Like how much better deal you have including the time spent on hunting it and shipping it and risking being scammed for never seeing the car before paying up, for a thing that will be your economical burden for the next 5-10 or more years too. I feel like the profit made in the deal can be easily overcome in all those years of not being scammed (for your money or in a poor deal that seemed better than it was).
Seems like a great rule. I’ve bought a car across the country twice sight unseen and I got lucky both times. But damn not these days I wouldn’t gamble with it
I’ve never heard of this one either. It’s pretty scary since I can actually see people falling for this one. Thank goodness I have an oil rigger in the Ukraine who is coming back home as soon as I send him $125,000.00 to bail out of Syrian prison and release his gold bars to me What?
The fact that these hosts would ONLY respond to a twitch streamer with millions of viewers was the MOST infuriating part of this. These people tried to do it on their own and were IGNORED. The people who are SUPPOSED to support and protect them ignored them. Unacceptable.
Seems like a boycott of New Fold Digital is in order, yes? If they won't protect their "customers" from scams, then they don't deserve to have any customers.
Easy to be critical if you don't think about it too much. But without some kind of formal legal order to shut down a site, it's difficult for a host to validate all of this themselves. How are they supposed to validate what's real vs what's scam re: contact phone number, etc to even reach out to the business and see if it's a legit site? Honestly the last thing you want is for a host to be too reactive to requests like this lest competitors start getting in touch with hosting companies requesting legit sites be shut down.
Kit flexing his following for the good of others! glad that our viewership/following actually helps him be able to have the extra, well deserved clout.
It's disgusting that he gets better escalation just because he has a large following. This world we live in and the values we put on people who have "followers" is sad. I'm glad he was able to get it taken down, and Kitboga is a great guy for doing that, but the fact that they only helped him because he has followers is insane.
@@mph38 Agree!! Scammer must have been an online goob who thought that meant something. Since when does clicks mean anything once past the front door? Dont get it.
Imagine being an honest man trying to do the right thing, make an honest living and this dirty scammer comes and ruines your reputation and livelihood... and puts your life in danger. Such filith.
This man is an international treasure. He is literally doing more for the common American than our current government is doing. It is beautiful to see, but also abhorrent to know the government is unwilling to help the people who pay their salary. This man is a real life super hero. Prove me wrong!!
back in the early 2000s, my dad almost fell for a car scam where the seller was 'in the military' and selling the car after being transferred. I told him in no uncertain terms don't send anyone money, that you need to see the car in person, and only deal with the person listed on the title.
MAN ... THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! What a SERVICE you are providing for so many people. Being scammed is the WORSE feeling to simply LOSE your money that you have saved and saved to buy a new truck and the money is GONE ... or acquiring a loan that you now have to pay on and you have no truck or car. It's a NIGHTMARE ... and you lose that hard earned money with nowhere to turn. WHY doesn't our government HELP???? It's left up to a brilliant scam baiter and we are so very thankful for you. Thanks again so very much.
The best thing people can do is NEVER send money for something you can’t touch or see right in front of you!! Thank you for all of your hard work exposing these scammers🌻
I don't know if this is possible anymore, but back in time, when I started buying things online, I always made a pay by receive the first time, which means, when I had the package in my hand the payment went through. By doing this with a few online companies, I then had sort of a reputation for them, that they're reliable, and those of them which exist today, I still use. It's convenient to buy online, but I stick to those I have confirmed work, never buy at a new place. This means there are deals I will not get, but it also means, the probability of being scammed is very low. Either that, or I go to the physical store and place an online order there if possible. It's very hard to have a physical store and run a fake online service.
It’s also very upsetting that people wouldn’t listen to that man or Kit until Kit explained that he’s Kitboga. I know that people don’t want to shut stuff down willy-nilly, but this man needed help and nobody really tried to help him or tried to understand what was going on when he was clearly frantically upset. I’m glad that Kit was able to help him and was able to push all these different people to get the site taken down, it’s upsetting that it took them so long to take it seriously. It was hundreds of thousands of dollars lost, a man’s business nearly ruined, before people decided it was worth taking seriously
I absolutely love your videos, but to see you help someone out that's been affected by a scammer was really cool to see.. This is my favorite video so far.. Keep up the amazing work!!
I feel so sorry for those who have lost their money, but especially for this man and his son, who have had their reputation attacked and their livelihood put in jeopardy. These scammers are putting the legitimate business owners in extreme danger.
It's good to know people have you and your team on their side. It is a horrible scam and I feel for the man who owns that dealership. I hope he can restore his business and people realize that he was scammed.
Thank you! As a small business owner, I have empathy for what they are going through. Thank you for doing what no one else would do. Please keep going. I hope your team grows to take them all down!✨️
I remember that case, it was first degree aggravated jaywalking with intent to cross the street! Also, he didn't look both ways before crossing!! which is what convinced the jury in the end
You are an absolute legend! Protecting people from being scammed, protecting businesses that are being used as bait, shows how much you care about protecting people from these cowardly thieves. Keep taking them down!!
If an Indian, Pakistani or African accent contacts me and I have zero knowledge of why they are calling, then I always assume they are almost definitely scammers. This system has never let me down yet.
Kitboga, you sir, a what we call a Saint. You sacrifice your time, energy, and livelihood, to help out fellow Americans who are being scammed out of their hard earned money. My level of respect for you and your team could not be any higher. I applaud you good sir. I also thank you on behalf of the American citizens. God bless you.
Wow that is just crazy. I feel so bad for that business owner who has to deal with the full brunt of the scammers aftermath. He has to deal with everyone's anger,frustration and vitriol. I'm glad it finally got shut down even though it took some pushing to do. I don't know why it was so difficult for CarFax to deal with the situation
Dear Kit, I love your videos. On my last birthday, I got a call on my land-line and I thought it was my grandma calling to wish me a happy birthday, as she had done every year prior, but in actually it was just a robot scam call. My grandma didn't call me that year because she was in a bad way and we lost her a few months later. I would love it if you asked a scammer to wish you a happy birthday and maybe sing to you (even if it's not your birthday) just to mess with them and in memory of my grandma ❤
I've seen a lot of these scammer cars for sale when I would look for a CTS-V wagon, 6 speed. Price would be ridiculously low and when I looked into it more I saw signs it was a scam. Glad you did a video to raise awareness.
These scammers seem to be getting better and better at using technology to make their cons more convincing to the point where I feel like the only way to do business is face to face.., it's a damn shame
Glad to see a video on this! Someone did this kind of scam with my dads small company. They set up a website where they pretended to be a seller for some construction equipment under my fathers name/ company. We only found out because they didn't answer their calls and some of them found my dads real number and called him, asking to buy the stuff.
I recently ran into one of these scams. I almost fell for it too. Ive been needing a new car. These scammers really are getting crafty, I always thought I would be able to detect scams right away. They literally made up some sob story that their husband died and they want to get rid of their car because it reminds them of their husband and they don't want to have to look at it anymore. Sick selfish people. Great job for exposing this scam
@@AtheistOrphan true, they think what an amazing deal, i better send 40k now... i think some people are so stupid, you can't protect them from being scammed.
My colleague had the same problem. We live in Belgium and a lot of the German and Dutch websites are scammers. From plants for sale (one I fell for a long time a go) to cars (which are of course much higher prices),… I’ve been asking friends on the radio/journalists for years to cover it. But nobody seems bothered by it. Thank you for doing this. X kind regards
The number of scammers targeting German speakers are unreal! and you are right- Nothing is done! always some operation from Eastern Europe with relatively good German language skills. I have been on some call list for the last three years.
Great video! So glad you were able to help the car dealer. Must have been a difficult experience for him to deal with angry scam victims when he was just a victim too.
Kit you're a legend mate, I'd love to see an interview with you sitting down with these guys, them telling their story about how it ruined their entire lives for that period. I recall waking up in the night with a police car parked out the front of our house, my Dad told us they were just parking in a quite place to have late shift lunch. My Dad had a partner called Kit in the customs that had a bad car accident, my Dad took me to see him before he passed on, he told when I was about 6 that he was a real hero. He told me as an adult he had been beaten up by some of the 20 odd bad cops they had both then taken down involved in drugs.
@@val_de_maar well you got a person whose youtube handle is a reference to a novelty country leader making what I assume is a terrible joke and then several people correcting them by stating the blindingly obvious. It's infantile but wholesome.
@@treepotato9273 No, we're all referencing 14:06 (which I guess you havent noticed). Its a perfectly valid thing to discuss, and I agree that its an alias, not his real name
After I retired I wanted an old car and experienced scam after scam. A car listed in NJ. I lived in CT. As soon as I said I could pick it up in person I was told the car was overnighted to California. The seller also said he worked on an oil rig and was never home. I then had a friend click on the car and miraculously the car was back in NJ. Guy still said he worked on an oil rig. Scammers suck.
The lengths these scammers go to steal people's money with no regard to who they hurt is so unbelievably sad. But it also saddens me when companies offer no help to people unless you blast them on Twitter. And even then, you need to be someone big with a huge following.
Something is wrong when a RUclipsr is more effective in shutting down scammers than authorities. Good job Kitboga & Team.
Theres bigger fish to fry, honestly. Love this guys work, that being said.
really makes you wonder about their priorities
Just scared to say dont trust unexpected phone calls with strong foreign accents. Political correctness surpasses common sense.
@@johntchb, they are usually phishing. I ask them to tell me about myself. Scammers rarely know anything and go in cold. But clear give away is if they state a name like Mike Smith while rocking an Indian accent.
Shows how evil & pathetic our gov. Is ! No one should trust our government
Scammer trying to relate like "corn is my favorite... one" lol
My favourite crop 😆
Corn isn’t even widely grown in KY. 😂
😂😂😂 with the husk on
I mean... of all the ones out there, corn is definitely top tier 🤷♀😂
Corn is my favorite…uh…umm…favorite food group.
I genuinely can't fathom sending someone almost $50k for a car that i have never even seen in person....
Plenty of people have more money than sense
I don't even trust paying an application fee for an appartment I haven't seen. I can't imagine making a huge purchase blindly.
Seriously. Common sense ain’t that common these days.
I wired €12,000 for a car I found online, but it all worked out for me 😅
Carvana
But that's a reputable company so I know what you mean
These scammers ruining people's lives and businesses are absolutely horrible.
What skin color are they 99% of the time?
they have families
Scammers come in all colors from many different countries. You are focusing on the wrong thing.
@@the-potato-warriorscammers come in all colors man🤦 this one is Romanian for example and they have every color light to fair to dark. Plz go be racist in the Fox News comment section instead.
@@cindblank I wonder when did people get so comfortable showing their hatred. I guess people feel comfortable being a POS from behind a keyboard since they think it won’t hurt them irl.
Who knew Kit was a reformed felony jaywalker. Glad he‘s taking steps in the right direction. And not across the street in the middle of a busy road.
Yeah, put him on the straight and narrow road, didn't it? Good results after he crossed the line.😂
Must have been a jaywalk into a bank vault to be a felony 😂
pff
@@gigahorse1475 the only way I could imagine it is if someone was genuinely pacing back and forth in traffic like a mad man (to be fair schizophrenia is genuinely a cause of this)
I mean he knew the rules and so did they. You wouldn't get that from any other guy.
"It was felony jaywalking and it shouldn't have been a crime" I'm dying!!! 🤣
Pretty sure the scammer smelled a rat at that point. If Kit had just said he had a money laundering conviction, and hence the limit on money transfers, he probably could have got more info out of the scammer.
Calls the FBI no help. Calls Kitboga shuts down the scam.😂😂😂😂😂
3 letter agencies DO NOT work for you, or hold any vested interest in your well-being.
Uhhhhhhh
When the FBI doesn’t do the I part 😂
Seems about right.
FBI doesn’t care about you. Or anyone other American 🇺🇸 just trying to get by
The wrecking of this guy's family business really upset me. I am grateful that Kit & team were able to stop this before the business had to completely shut down. Such a harmful scam.
If you can't get out of your own way and register a domain and manage your businesses identity. You should expect someone to do something like this. Seriously even small businesses have a responsibility to their customers to do better. I'm old and can't use a computer is a really dumb reason to loose your company. It would have taken very little effort and money for this company to prevent this scam in the first place. I have no sympathy for the business owner; just for any employees who lost their jobs.
@EthosAtheos that's harsh, kid. Clearly on top of lacking empathy, you also lack respect. Sounds like the makings of a scammer... 🤔
@@its_llew No, I don't lack respect or empathy. I work in IT and I watch people make these decisions all the time. It has become a mantra of the Boomer generation to say "I don't computer" as if that is a meaningful statement. My grand father rode a horse as a young person and learned to drive a car late in life. He didn't refuse to learn how to do something new. Because learning to do new stuff is hard or something....
If you own a business you probably registered your business name and a trade mark and all the other basic stuff to setup a business. Creating a web page and having a listing in google search, Facebook, linked in etc. are all part of setting up and managing a business.
The company I work for suffered a major reputation hit when it didn't take control of the automatically created Facebook business page. People in the company knew the page existed and did nothing.
I hear people all the time telling poor people about boot straps. But when it is a business that failed to do it's due diligence. We've got to light candles and bail them out. This is a sickness in the USA and we've got to get past it.
@@its_llewhe's not strictly wrong that this is the fault of the business owner for refusing to do the basics of handling the digital end.
That said it's unfortunate that this mild refusal to do something snowballed into almost losing his business due to reputation damage by a bad actor
@@EthosAtheos The only person responsible for a crime, is the criminal. The victims were simply making an honest living, providing a real service to their community. Instead of scamming, these people could've approached the guy legitimately and offered to create a web presence for his business. There is no legitimate rationale for taking advantage of innocent people.
This is insane to me. As a Kentucky native, I'm familiar with Owenton and it's a very small town, literally a blip on the map. That these scammers would target a small town business from here is mind-blowing. It just goes to show, no one is safe from these predators. Thank you Kitboga for all you do, to help protect people like this.
Yep no one is safe
Well no it’s not “mind blowing” it’s effective.
It’s not hard to work out why.
Unless YOU aren’t from a small town or haven’t spent a significant amount of time in one.
If someone pretends to be from Warner brothers or something, then you’re more likely to be suspicious, because it’s a huge company and it’s “easier” to pretend to be with such a large company
However a small company in a small town, you wouldn’t expect someone to pretend to be the owner of that place
And in fact, a lot of people myself included choose local businesses for that reason exactly, it feels safer and more authentic, less chance to be scammed.
They are “professional” scammers so they think like this constantly, they spend a lot of time trying to understand both sides of the conversation and interaction. This guy, is very “good” at the grift. He would for sure be very rich by now.
"I fought the law and the law won, but I've changed now" 🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Clash classic
LMAO Kit!
That's the OLD me!
felony jaywalking...thats gonna follow him the rest of his life. good luck getting a job.
Always disgusting to have a business's customer service magically start to pay attention and treat you special when you reveal you're a youtuber, but desperate victims get ignored no matter what they say. In any case, this guy can finally rest easy thanks to you Kitboga. Amazing work.
Glad Kitboga can at least pull some strings. But yes, that level of customer service is appalling, and almost seems like there should be criminal charges for something, especially the ones that refused until he went to twitter.
Yeah of course CarFax was slow to respond to scammers who are advertising dollars all over the country to do this. Shows you what gets prioritized selling cars online, imagine if this was just a low level service scam
I hope Kit also helped him take down the bad reviews from Google maps or wherever else, given the documentation that the business was one of the victims.
Uh oh CarFax needs to be held accountable too if they were informed of this scam.
CarFax has always seemed shady af
It looks like they were informed multiple times. smh.
You’d think so but they actually aren’t legally obligated to do anything
I'm glad that you and your team were able to help this family owned business... thank you Kitboga.
Meet the seller in person or don’t buy.
I just sold my car via Escrow to someone locally and I was happy that they were suspicious enough that they wanted me to meet them with it at the inspection place.
Buying a car sight-unseen seems like such a massive risk.
Tbf that isn't fool proof or 100% safe. People have been robbed or in more extreme circumstances deliberately targeted via selling apps with far worse motives.
Always meet in a public place with cctv & take someone with you if possible. Make sure people know where you're going & can contact you.
Keep all messages & don't delete until you have confirmation in writing that everything is OK.
Be weary of anything sounding too good to be true ie price that's far less than its worth & vice versa is offering far above the value.
It is. I bought a car sight unseen and it had several problems. For example, the “brand new” wipers were dry and the spare tire was original. I had to drive it home during a sleet storm
I live in DE. Everyone here is great south of Newcastle 😂 I've never had anyone scam, rob, or even fuck with me. It's useful to have a grand dad who knows half the state
He knew a guy, gave me an Acura for free with like 50k miles, and was fully loaded from like 2005 😂 full built in gps, like all the shit.
As a car salesman, I always prefer to meet my customer face to face
@@snooganslestat2030also even knowing the person/ company face to face with other avenues can still lead to being scammed. Mainly real estate from my knowledge.
The fact that Kitboga shut this down when the FBI couldn't is INSANE lmao.
Good work, Kit. You're doing a Saint's work!
Not couldn't, couldn't be bothered.
FBI is too busy with Diddy and Trump I guess.
@@LukeTube_777
You mean, hide Diddy and persecute Trump....
Moral of this scam is to buy your vehicles in person.
Not really a moral but a lesson….
So you can get scammed face to face, just like God intended...
THis! I buy nothing electronically anymore
CAnt trust anyone and never know who youre really talking to.
Even then, with the prices of even side-of-the-road beaters nowadays, you're getting scammed no matter what you do.
and, if the deal seems too good to be true, it probably is.
I can only imagine that father/son duo trying to navigate those initial days of angry, confused people. Great job Kit and team!
The oddest thing is that Amazon is responsible for this trend to buy online. Try to get away with such a scam at a retail outlet.
@@Supremax67 lmao. people have been scamming other people since the beginning of time.
@@Supremax67what a very weird take
@@swiiishgin1515 -- No doubt. But a lot easier to scam someone when you are not physically standing in front of them.
That poor owner deserves all the business he can get.. Not only did they ruin his business' rating with bad reviews from customers, but they robbed him of alll those sales that could've gone to him. They lost him so much money. Thank you so much for helping this guy out.
U right but always keep in mind the sale price is pry way way cheaper than what he’s asking
They asked the FBI.... Kitboga is better at stopping scams than the United States Government 😂
Well to he honest what has the government done anything for the last 20 yrs or more that was good,positive or helpful towards the civilians
@@evaldsinanovic8437more than likely the FBI didn’t know anything about this. People are stupid for sending money to people that they never met or can’t see in person. Anyone that buys over internet or by phone deserves to be scammed. Especially when prices is way lower than what it should be. People in general are just dumb, this doesn’t even sound legit. If people weren’t so dumb telemarketers would not exist
There’s basically nothing the FBI can do to someone operating out of a foreign country.
Hate to break it to you but there is a law called the Foreign Sovereignty Immunity Act which basically says... any foreign person operating on foreign soil is immune from prosecution by the US government.
I mean if the US government ignored that law to arrest indian scammers, then that's the start of an international crisis right there
the government has louder fish to fry not bigger or more important ones just ones people pay them to fix so they can't just sweep it under the rug to fix later
Kit out here saving the common folk. The hero we needed.
He’s been doing this from the beginning…
Highly educational, frustrating that the bureaucracy that should flag and solve this is dead in the water, or building cases or whatever, doesn't help the guy pertinent to this case anyway
Common folk aren't spending 10s of thousands of dollars on vehicles sight unseen. Only a fool with lots of disposable income would do that
@@chrism8180 you’d be surprised
This video is great. A solid win!
So many are "We shut down some accounts and wasted dozens of hours of their time!" There's nothing wrong with that, in fact much good, but to see an operation actually shut down is so refreshing and wonderful!
I hate how many legal loopholes these kinds of people can find, I wish it was so much easier to shut them down instantly when you had adequate legitimate proof that they were a scam!
Really cool watching Kitboga evolve over the years from wasting scammers time to now getting them shut down.
i agree i am so proud of him i been watching for so many years.
He inspires me, I hope to do this for a living one day, seriously.
When did he start doing this? I haven’t seen his streams since last year, and I remember him still messing with scammers
@@hablandoshethe still does this lol. just check more kitboga
Some of Kit's videos make me cry with laughter, but this one made me angry and frustrated, mainly because it sucks that it took so long for the website to be shut down. There should be a speedier process to take down such obvious scam sites. Well done Kit on saving the car dealer from such a dreadful situation ❤
the problem is that they aren't obvious
@@Zephyr314 And they keep getting smarter and making them sound more legitimate.
Yeah I love how he befriends em first. 😂😂😂
@@TriPawrus and why didn’t these sites believe the actual business when they contacted them?!?!
@@singingfan Facebook especially is just as guilty as the scammers. You report imposters doing illegal activity, you get an inept AI notice from Meta saying they will not take them down.
Moral of the story: You can look at cars online, but DO NOT buy cars online. Always close the deal in person.
"Mouth to mouth transfer" (6:01) was just too much for me. I just cant stop laughing.
hahahaha that was too good yea:D:D
rofl
Was thinking at first that is a funny pickup ( albeit possibly a bit creepy as well) pick up line. Then my mind shifted to " well that guy is getting the mouth to mouth treatment".
* camera pans over to show Arin from gamegrumps kissing a dad.
He is also attempting a 'happy transfer' mmm...WTF!!!
Tongue in
can’t believe Jebediah is a chronic felony jaywalker, he seemed like such a good guy!
He was INNOCENT!!!
He eats corn with the husk. Cant trust Jebediah.
@@McUsernameFace I remember I once asked jebediah why he crossed the road, he just said "it's a hobby"
It doesn't mean Jeb is a bad guy, he is addicted and it is a disease, and the law punishes him for being sick.
It is funny but I would know this was fake if I heard that. But the scammer believed it.
That's really kind of you to help out this gentleman. It's unbelievable that these website hosting companies were so unwilling to act until you called in and took things into your own hands. Hoping the best for the man and his business 🙏🙏
Your skills to be able to have a full conversation as multiple characters and voices without a flub is very impressive to me
He's been practicing for several years now
That's what I think,, he's amazing 👏
I've considered doing this kinda stuff as a hobby and this is where it gets difficult. If actually takes energy to screw with scammerz
@@Look_What_You_Didnah you trippin
@VeeAmericanEagle he's scamming the scammer...
And this is why I make a point of never buying a car unless I've actually met the seller and seen the vehicle in person.
I agree. But the growth of well known sites like CarMax and Cravana that promote selling cars sight unseen, is making people more used to buying cars sight unseen. Doing it from them is probably safer than from random smaller sellers, but it’s still better to see it in person if you can.
I'm sorry but to me that seems logical. Fancy sending so much money for something you have never seen!!
Also practically how does that work? First you need to sight it. Test drive it. Take it to the mechanic etc.
How does that work if you are buying a car online? 🤔
@@thegraffitiwriterknowsas I hear you. I wonder how people give away money so readily ,I don't understand it. Maybe some people are just more naive or trusting? I feel bad for them still,and it's not right what the thief did.
I have to buy online and obviously you do it blindly and it takes a certain amount of trust...but I have a limit to how much I'll spend that way.
@@lusimyer Cause people are mainly lazy and believe all they see and readon the web. Nuts.
Man I thought online dating was insane...lol
@@lusimyer It usually looks too good to be true. Dont have to get up out of thier chair how convenient!
Too many people who really believe all they read or see online is really true.
How scary is that
Answered an ad on Craigslist, $4400 for a used motorcycle. Get to the dealership that had the USED bike, and they wanted to charge me $5k, out the door. After I informed them of how Craigslist works, and their refusal to take $4400, they got to keep the bike. Found out they had paid too much at auction for the bike, plus paid to have it shipped to their shop, so they were trying to recoup their mistakes. This was in Durham, NC.
That’s not a scam. That’s just a crappy dealership.
@@mkdmlsSo, a scamming dealership. Got ya.
I am absolutely gobsmacked to hear that a car dealership tried to scam extra money out of a customer! That's incredibly shocking to hear! Impossible to believe!
You're "just a youtuber" but you, absolutely without debate, are a genuine HERO Kit 👏👏👏
Kit, are you aware of scammers pretending to be West Jet customer service? My flight was cancelled when I was in vegas a few weeks ago and when we were stranded without hotel and meal vouchers, scammers reached out to us for information claiming they were transferring money to us and got all our personal information. It was scary but we almost fell for it since we were in distress. Thanks so much for you and your teams help in shutting scammers down.
I would email him more details. This sounds interesting. I'm sorry that happened.
Canada supports scammers. I came across a “legitimate” scam being run by the Bank of Canada and Equifax. If you pay them it may improve your credit rating. No guarantee though.
scammers impersonate all kinds of companies.
Corn tastes so much better with the leaves on. This guy must be legit.
Where I come from, them got worm in em too
I believe him now.
I mean can you blame him? It's one of his "favorite ones." One of what you ask? Who knows! Certainly not him! 😂
You are such a stand up dude. You could have made simple content on this one wasting the guys time but you went above and beyond for these folks. props to you Kit for going that extra mile
Kit is an angel for helping this poor country guy. Considering the FBI couldn’t do *anything* it’s crazy that Kit has more pull than they do.
The FBI is too busy investigating Trump supporters & people who talk too loud at school board meetings.
Idk if "couldn't" or "wouldn't" is the right word, but YAY for Kit & his team! 100%!
Since when do gov agencies Actually help people? That's just hilarious
@@LadyValkyri 100% they definitely could, they just can't be assed until it turns into something they can't ignore.
I don't know if its "more pull" or just that Kit actually cared and therefore actually tried to fix it
When you hear someone doing their strongest fake American accent. Like you immediately hear what they're going for and how they fail at it. And this is why I've never seen a person send money online for a car. It's always done in person after making the deal online. Either the seller travels or the buyer travels, but that's what happens.
I love that your visibility doing this is giving you the leverage to force people to act upon wrongdoings. It's sad but an average person probably couldn't do anything about it, but the moment you have millions of viewers they start caring. I can imagine it's uncomfortable pulling that "extortion" card out of the pocket and puff your chest, but it's what has to be done after all. And I'm glad you're willing to do it and go to these lengths, spending your day calling everywhere to force someone to listen and take action. It doesn't give a great perspective on these parties offering services or offices, whatever each of them are doing, to not take any steps despite being handed everything on a plate. "This is something that we can't address" says the guy who hosts the whole problem. That's something you should never say if you think yourself as someone who is not only reputable but can run their business and brand. It should be at the top of your priority list and part of the core of your team's expertise running the service. Not caring about that side of the business is bordering of running scam business itself.
On the other hand I can't even fathom how it works in the US, this is equivalent for me to buy a car all the way from mediterranean despite having a whole nordic nation full of car dealers and private sellers. Like how much better deal you have including the time spent on hunting it and shipping it and risking being scammed for never seeing the car before paying up, for a thing that will be your economical burden for the next 5-10 or more years too. I feel like the profit made in the deal can be easily overcome in all those years of not being scammed (for your money or in a poor deal that seemed better than it was).
If I can't physically go check out a vehicle I will not buy one.
People are buying properties like this too! SMH!
I wouldn’t buy a car without seeing it either
Consider yourself a minority.
Seems like a great rule. I’ve bought a car across the country twice sight unseen and I got lucky both times. But damn not these days I wouldn’t gamble with it
@@SimonCas I just couldn't bring myself to shell out that kind of money without knowing what I'm buying.
Never heard of this scam before, great seeing you cover different scams these days.
I’ve never heard of this one either. It’s pretty scary since I can actually see people falling for this one.
Thank goodness I have an oil rigger in the Ukraine who is coming back home as soon as I send him $125,000.00 to bail out of Syrian prison and release his gold bars to me
What?
@@Jessie-w5f "the Ukraine" it's just Ukraine buddy, maybe you're thinking of the UK
@@joshyoung1440 Bored are we?
@@joshyoung1440That’s actually a weird little American linguistic quirk from the cold war days. It’s outdated, but also like… not that big of a deal?
I appreciate you taking this seriously and being empathetic to folks in these terrible situations.
Kit, Thank you for opening my eyes to this online car scam.
Your work is literally saving lives.
The fact that these hosts would ONLY respond to a twitch streamer with millions of viewers was the MOST infuriating part of this. These people tried to do it on their own and were IGNORED. The people who are SUPPOSED to support and protect them ignored them. Unacceptable.
Seems like a boycott of New Fold Digital is in order, yes? If they won't protect their "customers" from scams, then they don't deserve to have any customers.
they probably make most of their money from scammers paying them
Easy to be critical if you don't think about it too much. But without some kind of formal legal order to shut down a site, it's difficult for a host to validate all of this themselves. How are they supposed to validate what's real vs what's scam re: contact phone number, etc to even reach out to the business and see if it's a legit site? Honestly the last thing you want is for a host to be too reactive to requests like this lest competitors start getting in touch with hosting companies requesting legit sites be shut down.
@@caveman1226 They can call the number and hear an Indian accent.
@@ZeranZeran racist much? That proves nothing.
At 0:26 I thought that was a scammer’s fake accent for a second 😂
Kit flexing his following for the good of others! glad that our viewership/following actually helps him be able to have the extra, well deserved clout.
It's disgusting that he gets better escalation just because he has a large following. This world we live in and the values we put on people who have "followers" is sad.
I'm glad he was able to get it taken down, and Kitboga is a great guy for doing that, but the fact that they only helped him because he has followers is insane.
I hate cancel culture but literally one of the strongest weapons today is to threaten to @ someone on Twitter
@@mph38 Agree!! Scammer must have been an online goob who thought that meant something.
Since when does clicks mean anything once past the front door? Dont get it.
🗣" I want to do mouth-to-mouth if possible"😂😂😂😂😂😂 8:04
😂
Kit single handedly doing more than the government and “responsible” corporations.
a lot of scammers based in Romania do this kind of scam some are cars , trucks , excavators ect. ,keep the good work my dude.
I once found a new horse trailer listed on CL for less than it retails. Later I saw the same pictures of this trailer listed on the FB marketplace.
Imagine being an honest man trying to do the right thing, make an honest living and this dirty scammer comes and ruines your reputation and livelihood... and puts your life in danger. Such filith.
Nothing happens to the people doing this either.. wild
Like auto dealerships aren't scammy?!
@@chippistachio5397 So, that makes this justifiable? I really fail to understand the point you're trying to make.
@@Joomluh12 💯
I love the dialogue between the banker and the customer 😂
"I fought the law and the law won" Were you breakin' rocks in the hot sun? You do great work!!!
DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM????!!!!!! Kit, you are a treasure friend. Thanks for getting me through the hardest time in my life. Love you bud!
This man is an international treasure. He is literally doing more for the common American than our current government is doing. It is beautiful to see, but also abhorrent to know the government is unwilling to help the people who pay their salary. This man is a real life super hero. Prove me wrong!!
back in the early 2000s, my dad almost fell for a car scam where the seller was 'in the military' and selling the car after being transferred. I told him in no uncertain terms don't send anyone money, that you need to see the car in person, and only deal with the person listed on the title.
MAN ... THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! What a SERVICE you are providing for so many people. Being scammed is the WORSE feeling to simply LOSE your money that you have saved and saved to buy a new truck and the money is GONE ... or acquiring a loan that you now have to pay on and you have no truck or car. It's a NIGHTMARE ... and you lose that hard earned money with nowhere to turn. WHY doesn't our government HELP???? It's left up to a brilliant scam baiter and we are so very thankful for you. Thanks again so very much.
The best thing people can do is NEVER send money for something you can’t touch or see right in front of you!! Thank you for all of your hard work exposing these scammers🌻
I just cannot believe that people do this for purchases of this caliber.
I don't know if this is possible anymore, but back in time, when I started buying things online, I always made a pay by receive the first time, which means, when I had the package in my hand the payment went through. By doing this with a few online companies, I then had sort of a reputation for them, that they're reliable, and those of them which exist today, I still use. It's convenient to buy online, but I stick to those I have confirmed work, never buy at a new place. This means there are deals I will not get, but it also means, the probability of being scammed is very low. Either that, or I go to the physical store and place an online order there if possible. It's very hard to have a physical store and run a fake online service.
It’s also very upsetting that people wouldn’t listen to that man or Kit until Kit explained that he’s Kitboga. I know that people don’t want to shut stuff down willy-nilly, but this man needed help and nobody really tried to help him or tried to understand what was going on when he was clearly frantically upset. I’m glad that Kit was able to help him and was able to push all these different people to get the site taken down, it’s upsetting that it took them so long to take it seriously. It was hundreds of thousands of dollars lost, a man’s business nearly ruined, before people decided it was worth taking seriously
Thank you, Kitboga & friends - y'all are the best! You guys are so great to help show scams & all the different types of scams!! That is so helpful!
The second that the dealership owner said, "I'm just an old country boy," I instantly became suspicious that someone was using a fake voice on Kit 😆😆
He might need to be careful with that in the future for sure...
As a Kentuckian, can confirm we eat corn with the husk on
I absolutely love your videos, but to see you help someone out that's been affected by a scammer was really cool to see.. This is my favorite video so far.. Keep up the amazing work!!
I feel so sorry for those who have lost their money, but especially for this man and his son, who have had their reputation attacked and their livelihood put in jeopardy. These scammers are putting the legitimate business owners in extreme danger.
It's good to know people have you and your team on their side. It is a horrible scam and I feel for the man who owns that dealership. I hope he can restore his business and people realize that he was scammed.
Thank you! As a small business owner, I have empathy for what they are going through. Thank you for doing what no one else would do. Please keep going. I hope your team grows to take them all down!✨️
Felony jaywalking!! I'm loving this.
I remember that case, it was first degree aggravated jaywalking with intent to cross the street! Also, he didn't look both ways before crossing!! which is what convinced the jury in the end
He can't stop.
He is addicted to felony jaywalking.
This guy is hilarious
Keep up the good work. 👍
It's a damn shame that the government doesn't work as hard to bring down scammers as you do.
Instead they'd rather go after Libgen and PB which get proxied within hours. The FBI is so fucked.
"He was a felon once"
"You aint gotta tell him that"
Nah kitboga is hilarious man and the accents/voice changers are amazing
1:30 top notch dad energy
You are an absolute legend! Protecting people from being scammed, protecting businesses that are being used as bait, shows how much you care about protecting people from these cowardly thieves. Keep taking them down!!
If an Indian, Pakistani or African accent contacts me and I have zero knowledge of why they are calling, then I always assume they are almost definitely scammers. This system has never let me down yet.
They've gotten a lot better at it, and they've got legit working "Ai voice correction" almost nailed.
this is definitely an eastern european address. sounds russian
its americans too though. its people, man
Wait till you hear AI voice.
Or Kamala Harris…
Kitboga, you sir, a what we call a Saint. You sacrifice your time, energy, and livelihood, to help out fellow Americans who are being scammed out of their hard earned money. My level of respect for you and your team could not be any higher. I applaud you good sir. I also thank you on behalf of the American citizens. God bless you.
Wow that is just crazy. I feel so bad for that business owner who has to deal with the full brunt of the scammers aftermath. He has to deal with everyone's anger,frustration and vitriol. I'm glad it finally got shut down even though it took some pushing to do. I don't know why it was so difficult for CarFax to deal with the situation
Dear Kit,
I love your videos. On my last birthday, I got a call on my land-line and I thought it was my grandma calling to wish me a happy birthday, as she had done every year prior, but in actually it was just a robot scam call. My grandma didn't call me that year because she was in a bad way and we lost her a few months later. I would love it if you asked a scammer to wish you a happy birthday and maybe sing to you (even if it's not your birthday) just to mess with them and in memory of my grandma ❤
He's done this several times
@@kilbert666 really?
@@lilfizz1619im so sorry for ur loss, grandmas are the best ❤
next robocall you get on your birthday, just imagine it's grandma's spirit pushing whatever levers she can up there so you get a call
So sorry for your loss. (((((Hugs)))))
I've seen a lot of these scammer cars for sale when I would look for a CTS-V wagon, 6 speed. Price would be ridiculously low and when I looked into it more I saw signs it was a scam. Glad you did a video to raise awareness.
I hope you find one some day! Wagons are the BEST!!!
@@2pepperz I did find a wagon but not CTS-V. 71' Volvo 145 Express, that was on Bring a Trailer.
These scammers seem to be getting better and better at using technology to make their cons more convincing to the point where I feel like the only way to do business is face to face.., it's a damn shame
It's stupid NOT to do business face to face. For anything
Or mouth to mouth
Just wait till AI is normal. Nobody's going to know what tf is going on.
And some people want a "cashless society"? F*** that!
@@bubs83idk I buy cards off tcgplayer all the time with no issue
Glad to see a video on this! Someone did this kind of scam with my dads small company. They set up a website where they pretended to be a seller for some construction equipment under my fathers name/ company. We only found out because they didn't answer their calls and some of them found my dads real number and called him, asking to buy the stuff.
I recently ran into one of these scams. I almost fell for it too. Ive been needing a new car. These scammers really are getting crafty, I always thought I would be able to detect scams right away. They literally made up some sob story that their husband died and they want to get rid of their car because it reminds them of their husband and they don't want to have to look at it anymore. Sick selfish people.
Great job for exposing this scam
Imagine sending 45000$ without seeing the car or anything...
People do. They’re so blinded by the greed of supposedly getting a super-cheap car.
@@AtheistOrphan true, they think what an amazing deal, i better send 40k now... i think some people are so stupid, you can't protect them from being scammed.
Without dummies no scammers would exist
@@Jmac50-k2h - So true.
I see many people spending hundreds of dollars on items sight unseen. Foolish, yes? But, Amazon makes a lot of money doing that.
My colleague had the same problem. We live in Belgium and a lot of the German and Dutch websites are scammers. From plants for sale (one I fell for a long time a go) to cars (which are of course much higher prices),… I’ve been asking friends on the radio/journalists for years to cover it. But nobody seems bothered by it. Thank you for doing this. X kind regards
The number of scammers targeting German speakers are unreal! and you are right- Nothing is done! always some operation from Eastern Europe with relatively good German language skills. I have been on some call list for the last three years.
Crazy how Carfax wouldn't take the listing down until you flexed on them. Poor guy wasn't being heard.
It's a great day when Kit releases another video. Thank you for all of your work and what you do. 😊
Great video! So glad you were able to help the car dealer. Must have been a difficult experience for him to deal with angry scam victims when he was just a victim too.
2 min squad here! Always love watching the videos scammers suck keep up the great work Kit!!
Thank you Kitboga for fighting for the people, and exposing the evil ones. You are a hero.
I cracked up when you were “explaining” your felony crime of jaywalking while at the “bank”, while the scammer was talking to the “lady”! Hahaaa 😆🤣😂
8:46 “are you kidding me right now?!” “You dont have to tell him that!!” This is hilarious 😂 instant sub!
Gotta make it believable 😂 Felony J walking
I just randomly remembered “I DONT HAVE A TRUCK!” 😂
Kit you're a legend mate, I'd love to see an interview with you sitting down with these guys, them telling their story about how it ruined their entire lives for that period. I recall waking up in the night with a police car parked out the front of our house, my Dad told us they were just parking in a quite place to have late shift lunch. My Dad had a partner called Kit in the customs that had a bad car accident, my Dad took me to see him before he passed on, he told when I was about 6 that he was a real hero. He told me as an adult he had been beaten up by some of the 20 odd bad cops they had both then taken down involved in drugs.
They do this with cars now. I remember a decade ago they were doing scams like this on Craigslist for renting apartments.
They still do on Facebook.
That’s still happening.
Dude, you and the other guys and ladies who make these videos are awesome! You're doing the world a wonderful service.
I can't help thinking that people that would buy a car online should not have children.
Great story Kit. Glad you helped the shop owner. He seemed like a real nice guy and didn't deserve that. Thanks for doing what you do.
Kitboga is Josh, we learn new things everyday.
It's his "talking to legit people name" not his real name
@@kimjongun1777 that is his default name when dealing with the public. Not his actual name.
@Gatapult What? How come?
@@val_de_maar well you got a person whose youtube handle is a reference to a novelty country leader making what I assume is a terrible joke and then several people correcting them by stating the blindingly obvious. It's infantile but wholesome.
@@treepotato9273 No, we're all referencing 14:06 (which I guess you havent noticed). Its a perfectly valid thing to discuss, and I agree that its an alias, not his real name
Kitboga you are such a blessing to so many. Thank you for all you do🙏
After I retired I wanted an old car and experienced scam after scam. A car listed in NJ. I lived in CT. As soon as I said I could pick it up in person I was told the car was overnighted to California. The seller also said he worked on an oil rig and was never home. I then had a friend click on the car and miraculously the car was back in NJ. Guy still said he worked on an oil rig. Scammers suck.
The lengths these scammers go to steal people's money with no regard to who they hurt is so unbelievably sad. But it also saddens me when companies offer no help to people unless you blast them on Twitter. And even then, you need to be someone big with a huge following.
Yeah it's easier to set up a scam than shut it down. Totally effed
I appreciate you doing this for this guy. Cool guy almost almost had his business ruined. Thanks
Thanks for doing this Kit. These videos are so much more important than entertainment.
CARFAX isnt taking it down because they get a commission on the sale whether it's fraudulent or not
And that's the problem
Sounds like they need to be investigated by a state AG for knowingly assisting fraudulent sales.
How do they get a commission if the car never got sold? Do they charge when you submit the car for review or something?
@@weneedaladder8384 I think you have to pay a small fee to list a car for sale regardless of if it sells.
Same thing with Facebook (now Meta).
Kit you are an ANGEL for helping these people!! Bless you and your team for the work that you do!! 💜🙏
Shoutout to Kitboga. Best to ever do it. Adapting to new scams constantly. Glad he still does this in 2024!
I've been dealing with these scams for 20 years. These scams started as soon as online classifieds appeared in late 90s.