A Scammer Named SALAD

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  • Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
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  • @serpentza
    @serpentza  2 года назад +845

    I let myself get baited into a scam by a scammer named Salad! Thank you so much to all of you who support me by watching my videos, you're all incredibly awesome!
    And for those of you who take the extra step... I'm forever in your debt
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    • @jerryhuang1999
      @jerryhuang1999 2 года назад +10

      This video would have been 2 times as hilarious if you posted this on April Fools 😂

    • @uchia4206
      @uchia4206 2 года назад +18

      Hey Winston. You know this type of content is pretty popular. Your probably could turn this into a new channel. Trapping chinese Scammers Serpent ZA style

    • @mattparker9726
      @mattparker9726 2 года назад +3

      I would have popped off about eating a healthy Salad. HAHAHHAHAHA Serious slop.

    • @moisesledesma7492
      @moisesledesma7492 2 года назад

      Hey Winston,these chinese nationalist enjoy threating people to enhance the ccp ego

    • @dangoodall1253
      @dangoodall1253 2 года назад +1

      Great!

  • @ChinaUncensored
    @ChinaUncensored 2 года назад +2520

    Same exact thing happened to a friend of mine. I'm pretty sure they were even using the same girl. Good work Winston!

    • @Adler2935
      @Adler2935 2 года назад +135

      Chris are you back and done with your Harry Potter fanfic?

    • @brandon3872
      @brandon3872 2 года назад +136

      One of my favourite RUclipsrs commenting on one of my other favourite RUclipsrs videos... ^_^

    • @secretbassrigs
      @secretbassrigs 2 года назад +12

      locked in a factory...

    • @PhilippinesSunsetTravel
      @PhilippinesSunsetTravel 2 года назад +42

      Your are supposed to be on vacation Chris😏

    • @HScorching
      @HScorching 2 года назад +17

      Chris is back.

  • @mikespike2099
    @mikespike2099 2 года назад +1637

    The worst victim is the lonely old men who have not grown up with tech and may have lost their wife or been divorced - they are easy targets for these scummy scammers!! Protect the elderly near you!!!

    • @knightofjustice5475
      @knightofjustice5475 2 года назад

      A lot of lonely older men period who just aren't tech savvy who get embroiled in this only to find out that the one time a girl was interested in them, they turned out to be fake and ruined them financially. Pretty demonic shit right there honestly.

    • @piotrjeske4599
      @piotrjeske4599 2 года назад

      Those scamer fuckers called my grandmother, age 92, told her that my dad ,her son, needs a special medicine because he is covid stricken . They wanted her to pay 11k $ for a special medicine from germany. If she had not called her sister, because she collapsed and couldnt go to the bank. My grandaunt couldnt go either so she called her son. And he called my dad. My dad called gran and she would not believe him that he is not on his death bed in hospital. He had to drive from France in one go. My dad is 71, so a night drive was not good for him

    • @elonmust7470
      @elonmust7470 2 года назад

      It says that there're 2 replies to the OP's statement. WHERE are they? This crap just started happening, tons of comments that aren't there. commie tube....

    • @goyoy6433
      @goyoy6433 2 года назад +143

      I play dumb for 4 or 5 minutes. Then I send a pick of Xi Jinping and Winnie the poo together. They always act like they don't get it but I continue to resend and finally they show their anger 🤣

    • @mikespike2099
      @mikespike2099 2 года назад +25

      @@goyoy6433 good move 👍🏻

  • @Well_Its_Me
    @Well_Its_Me Год назад +137

    Funny how these scammers always end up with insults when they realized they won't get anything from you.

    • @johnle231
      @johnle231 Год назад +11

      Poor salad. She spent 2 months for nothing

    • @matthewmosier8439
      @matthewmosier8439 Год назад +12

      My observation has been that some of the angriest people you will ever see are thieves who got tricked and weren't able to steal something they were after.
      I don't know if the anger comes from them feeling superior while stealing, smarter than their victims, or something, but they certainly get mad if a person out-thinks them

    • @daveg1431
      @daveg1431 Год назад +1

      i think is a kind of vengance to try to offend one insulting him

    • @waterfoker8558
      @waterfoker8558 11 месяцев назад +2

      Cus they wasted time, make no money, also they might be on a quota, they might be in a life threatening situation

    • @matthewmosier8439
      @matthewmosier8439 10 месяцев назад

      @@carlahaiduk1878 I don't recall ever throwing insults at a woman who didn't want to date me.
      My guess is the guys who do that are the kind that a lot of women usually respond to, who have learned that insults and pressure tend to get some women to think they are bad boys

  • @godzpowr
    @godzpowr Год назад +234

    I’m a widower and when I decided to start dating, I was inundated with scammers. I was a hurting and very lonely guy which they tried to take full advantage of. I had been married for 45 years and had absolutely no idea there were so many depraved people out there who could stoop so low. I have been educated. I LOVED what you did. We should mount a large scale attack on these scammers and their practices. I’s sign up for it. I have stories to tell about those days that are absolutely unbelievable. It’s amazing I survived it all.

    • @livelovely4681
      @livelovely4681 Год назад +13

      Meeting in person is better maybe meet a nice lady through hobbies?

    • @hippocratesnoah8642
      @hippocratesnoah8642 Год назад +24

      @@livelovely4681 Seriously, I've given up on online dating entirely. It's a fucking cesspit.

    • @marsantos81
      @marsantos81 Год назад

      I'm in

    • @loganstroganoff1284
      @loganstroganoff1284 Год назад +6

      ​@@hippocratesnoah8642ditto. If the people aren't outright fake there's a 90% chance you're going to get catfished by someone with an old pic or heavily filtered one. I've twice done an about face and walked out of a meeting spot when the women were nothing like their pics. I had one that claimed she was 29 and IRL looked closer to 60. Another looked slim on her pics and was probably 250lbs IRL

    • @johnrick3508
      @johnrick3508 Год назад +2

      What storys?

  • @PeterMasalski93
    @PeterMasalski93 2 года назад +1068

    While living in China, I had girls sending me pics of their sick grandmas trying to extort money out of me. That's the one I saw the most. A few even called me and we were speaking Chinese. The girls kept trying to say that " they feel hopeless and her grandma is in the hospital". I knew it was a scam, but I was just practicing my Chinese Rolf...
    That year I passed my HSK5
    hours of free Chinese conversations! hahaha

    • @firstnamesurname2482
      @firstnamesurname2482 2 года назад +182

      When life give you lemons, you squeeze it, make a lemon juice.

    • @dritzzdarkwood4727
      @dritzzdarkwood4727 2 года назад +5

      Hahaha! ;-)

    • @TheGrmany69
      @TheGrmany69 2 года назад +35

      That's a good one, I've done this with European foreigners, it' nice to play along.

    • @nobodynoone2500
      @nobodynoone2500 2 года назад +53

      Nice. An untapped resource for those learning!

    • @orihoola
      @orihoola 2 года назад +6

      This is amazing!

  • @contrarianduude3463
    @contrarianduude3463 2 года назад +667

    You should have told the scammer that your money was in a trust and the principal of the trust died. And if the scammer sends you money for lawyers you could speed the process up...

    • @Val.Kyrie.
      @Val.Kyrie. 2 года назад +34

      Hilarious 😂

    • @swhite1702
      @swhite1702 2 года назад +63

      I kept a scammer going for ages like that. Said my big inheritance was in a fixed term trust and I'd have to pay a $200 fee to terminate the investment, so they'd need to send that first.
      Kept them messaging but they didn't send the 200.

    • @court2379
      @court2379 2 года назад +30

      Or that you are a Nigerian prince... Or ask them about their car warranty.

    • @3DVizzion
      @3DVizzion 2 года назад +11

      Scam the scammer! I love that!

    • @meritamity
      @meritamity 2 года назад +9

      Good one 😂

  • @raphaeldemo9966
    @raphaeldemo9966 Год назад +45

    I find it funny that u're catfishing the catfish,😂

  • @MrHalukbilgin
    @MrHalukbilgin Год назад +44

    I recently had a similar experience. My take is, they are actually training AI for scamming. the whole conversation sounds very AI, pictures by Midjourney etc. If you have properly trained AI for this, you can scam in every language, in huge numbers.

    • @valberm
      @valberm 11 месяцев назад +10

      It's true, but AI would actually be better than this.

  • @DogSpeak
    @DogSpeak 2 года назад +362

    You should have told her you're the chinese secret police and you've been investigating her for a long time.... Leave her absolutely paranoid for months.

    • @spudpud-T67
      @spudpud-T67 2 года назад

      May you be carried away in cart with 'I am to be executed as scammer' sign around your neck.
      The department of internal affairs will be in touch with you shortly.

    • @Aaron-zu3xn
      @Aaron-zu3xn 2 года назад +69

      get them to click a link from grabify then send them a pic of the building they're messaging you from and tell them it's about to get raided

    • @gakidomo9561
      @gakidomo9561 2 года назад +1

      @@Aaron-zu3xn Oh yeh!

    • @mikesully110
      @mikesully110 2 года назад

      I bet if they think he is White, then he suddenly starts speaking Chinese to them it'll really spook them

    • @michaelrmurphy2734
      @michaelrmurphy2734 2 года назад +2

      Her OR him...

  • @EchoSigma6
    @EchoSigma6 2 года назад +116

    My dad got scammed a few years ago, someone called him and told him that I got arrested in the Dominican Republic…never think your parents will remain the same cognitively as the years go by.

    • @jyee2217
      @jyee2217 2 года назад +1

      Bummer

    • @boundless8951
      @boundless8951 2 года назад +13

      This happened to my grandparents 5 years ago. The scammers said my brother was arrested in the Dominican Republic. Actually both sets (maternal and parental) of my grandparents these scammers called. One set didn't fall for it because he was taking a nap at my grandparents while they were on the phone trying to scam them. My grandma was dragging them along and then finally said "well I know you're lying because I'm looking at him right now." and of course they hung up. My other grandparents unfortunately fell for it.

    • @ChaosTherum
      @ChaosTherum 2 года назад +3

      I've made it very, very clear to the older folks in my family to always contact me. I hope none of them ever get sucked in by any of these.

    • @bustywaifus
      @bustywaifus 2 года назад +4

      Old people should just disconnect their phones.

    • @SimmerCK
      @SimmerCK 2 года назад +2

      My parents got taken in by a similar scam.
      I can't believe they blindly sent in money, but the scammers knew my nephew's name and they fell for it.

  • @matlee9832
    @matlee9832 Год назад +111

    who would've thought a man who wears a suit and tie everyday has such a great sense of humor WE LOVE YOU SERPENTZA

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 10 месяцев назад +2

      Someone who wears a suit and tie every day can have a great sense of humor .
      He wears it to look more professional ; that's all , as he has been a consultant for people and businessmen traveling or moving to China ... being a professional or looking like a professional does not negate a sense of humor .

    • @sublimemime183
      @sublimemime183 2 месяца назад

      Stop glazing

  • @michaelshort2388
    @michaelshort2388 Год назад +20

    I engage with these scammers all the time. it;s so much fun messing with them and wasting their time.

    • @RenlangRen
      @RenlangRen Год назад +2

      That is really the only thing you can actively do to fight the scamming.

    • @MegaSunRise3
      @MegaSunRise3 Год назад +3

      You're also wasting yours...

    • @michaelshort2388
      @michaelshort2388 Год назад +5

      @@MegaSunRise3 not really. It's not time wasted if I'm having fun.

    • @RenlangRen
      @RenlangRen Год назад

      @@MegaSunRise3 I feel like I am doing a community service when I waste their time. And it is fun.

    • @AnnafromHungarylvNW
      @AnnafromHungarylvNW 6 месяцев назад +1

      But the people messaging you aren't the people running the scams most of the time, are they? They are often scammed into doing this as well, even kidnapped and forced into slavery

  • @rinardman
    @rinardman 2 года назад +253

    Aww, it's sad how it ended. Salad seemed so genuine. The kind of girl you would bring home to your investment advisor. 🤣

    • @Zerg435
      @Zerg435 2 года назад

      Just a pity it wasn't the same girl all the time. Her facial features looked different on different pictures. She must be a cosmetic surgeon addict. To many westerners the Asian people all look the same, and scammers bank on that.

    • @rachelar
      @rachelar 2 года назад +5

      😂 😂 😂

  • @Ubersnuber
    @Ubersnuber 2 года назад +83

    “L.A. is a very beautiful place”.
    Okay now we can be certain this person is taking the piss.

    • @helmutsecke3529
      @helmutsecke3529 2 года назад +2

      Too right mate. She'd come the same bollocks if ye said ye lived in bloody Much Marcle 🫖 🌳 🇬🇧.

    • @timokho20
      @timokho20 2 года назад

      I mean it's not that bad, it's just gone down quite a bit from what it used to be especially compared to the rest of the US.

    • @spac18
      @spac18 2 года назад

      @@timokho20 homeless people and shit in the street ain't beautiful bro

    • @sylviam6535
      @sylviam6535 2 года назад

      Or on drugs.

    • @town944folk
      @town944folk Год назад

      I thought LA was 🔥. I have heard good things (from the telly) about Mullholand Drive; Route 66, Melrose Place, Santa Barbara. But I know LA is expensive and they have a serious homelessness issue

  • @dr_gotheem3899
    @dr_gotheem3899 2 года назад +7

    I now send the link to this video before blocking the scammer on WhatsApp. Their responses are priceless. Keep up the awesome work Winston!

    • @RG-iw7py
      @RG-iw7py 4 месяца назад

      look up Scammers Payback (Pierogi), Kitboga. & Trilogy Media story of Markissimo to see the other side of a coin

  • @lalida6432
    @lalida6432 Год назад +4

    I took Mandarin for one year in college. The class was odd because for a class of only about a dozen students, we had two teachers. One from PRC, and one from Taiwan. I had no idea at the time the reason for this. The woman who taught the class was from PRC and was very brash and bossy. The young man from Taiwan, was very subservient, and quiet, helpful when he could be. When we would ask about traditional characters, our teacher, the woman, would just tell us to ignore them, ‘they’re too complicated anyway.’ I didn’t realize until much later how manipulative all of it was. Now, I wish we had been a little more knowledgable all of it or that someone at the university had warned us before we signed up for the class.

  • @riotpoliceTRELL
    @riotpoliceTRELL 2 года назад +606

    Serpentza’s wife: so. I guess you’re just “researching” Chinese dating apps “for a video” again huh
    Serpentzas: I swear it’s research!!!

  • @eeledahc
    @eeledahc 2 года назад +64

    Scammers think that they deserve your money because they put in so much work, not the presentation, but the involvement. SO when it's blown, they get mad. It's crazy how their minds work.

    • @the_mowron
      @the_mowron 2 года назад

      The Indian people always go straight to calling me a mf'er. This is when they say they will send the police to my house, and I say, "They better come prepared: They will never take me alive."

    • @stratvar
      @stratvar 2 года назад +7

      This is actually true. Some of them also think that their victims deserved to be scamed because they were not "smart" enough to realize that they were being lied to. Every single day that passes by i lose faith in humanity even more.

    • @chriper77
      @chriper77 2 года назад

      @@stratvar That's a typical psychopathic mentality. Psychopaths believe that their victims deserve to be fleeced of everything they own if they're not smart enough to realise the con.

    • @gezzapk
      @gezzapk 2 года назад +3

      But they arent even putting in any hard work. It's laziness, since they can't even hold down full time employment.

    • @RG-iw7py
      @RG-iw7py 4 месяца назад

      @@stratvar Just narcissists, narcissistic people, sociopaths think like that. Most people are good but we tend to remember for longer bad experiences. Please look up: 'narcissistic red flags', Sam Vaknin, Dr. Ramani, Dr Less Carter...

  • @frikkieprinsloo211
    @frikkieprinsloo211 Год назад +3

    Well done! Love that you got her all worked up. 😂😂😂😂

  • @kellykelly7747
    @kellykelly7747 Год назад +7

    Wow!!! Very interesting. Thank you for disclosing this reprehensible technique of scamming vulnerable people. Way too many people worshipping money! Keep the great content coming

  • @norrisbethke7770
    @norrisbethke7770 2 года назад +376

    Glad you had the knowledge and time to do this..when someone calls with a scam I ask them to call on my personal phone and give them the # of the FBI and for some reason I don’t get many calls back, anything to frustrate these people 🧐

    • @Troya11
      @Troya11 2 года назад +38

      Am using this tactic next time . They already try to pull same scam on me .

    • @gh-dw3tg
      @gh-dw3tg 2 года назад +12

      great idea!

    • @MyLittleMagneton
      @MyLittleMagneton 2 года назад +14

      That's brilliant!

    • @Hildegarden
      @Hildegarden 2 года назад +4

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @envitech02
    @envitech02 2 года назад +85

    What a disgusting scammer! But then again, all scammers are disgusting. Thanks for a great story!!

    • @boudewijnj.m.kegels5198
      @boudewijnj.m.kegels5198 Год назад +2

      This is simple chinese way of scamming. loads of them. ive had my share. sometimes 5 a week. As long as u manage to frustrate them its quite amusing and entertaining. And they come up with those esotherical sounding mistakes like "Women are made of water". haha

    • @frankthetank8050
      @frankthetank8050 11 месяцев назад

      And even sent a picture of a tranny not even a normal woman 😢

  • @richardl6188
    @richardl6188 2 года назад +2

    Love what you did! It's also interesting how "her" English improves 100% where she chats about crypto (probably from script), compared to her regular conversation.
    FYI: I kinda did the same thing (wasted his time) to a scammer, who wanted to rent my house, and he actually sent me a fake cashiers check for the deposit. The check was a thousand dollars more than what I asked for, and he wanted me to send the difference back to him via wire. Instead, I reported the scammer to my bank and to the FBI.

  • @Seb30able
    @Seb30able 11 месяцев назад +2

    "You can basically drag them by their testicles anywhere" i burst out laughing!

  • @shakespeare4bears
    @shakespeare4bears 2 года назад +120

    It looks like Salad is [*puts sunglasses on*] bad for your health.

    • @mikoto7693
      @mikoto7693 2 года назад +3

      Gah, it took me far too long to get that.

    • @residentgrey
      @residentgrey 2 года назад +5

      "We won't be fooled again!"

    • @CaptainSeamus
      @CaptainSeamus 2 года назад +8

      YEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!

  • @Dave2170
    @Dave2170 2 года назад +469

    Rule: Never send money to someone you haven’t met in person. Most scammers are pretty easy to spot. If they are super hot, never meet you, and ask for money, they are a scammer for sure.

    • @youtuber6185
      @youtuber6185 2 года назад +65

      I have an even stronger rule. I never send money to even people I’ve met.. lol

    • @Dave2170
      @Dave2170 2 года назад +3

      @@youtuber6185 I’d say you don’t have siblings or kids then.

    • @youtuber6185
      @youtuber6185 2 года назад +31

      @@Dave2170 my brother never asked me for money and my son always worked. But I was joking tho

    • @mistersir7882
      @mistersir7882 2 года назад +5

      scammers are hot, i am hot
      scammers never meet you, i never meet you
      scammers want your money, i give you my money
      Scammers and I are not the same.

    • @Ryfinius
      @Ryfinius 2 года назад +4

      Thanks dad

  • @wayus6309
    @wayus6309 11 месяцев назад +2

    This is so funny! I've been contacted by these scammers more than a dozen times but they never went any where. I truly lack your great patience. 🤣

  • @mahoney1999
    @mahoney1999 25 дней назад

    This is hilarious!!! I have decided to play along the next time I get an "invitation"! Tossed Salad! LOL!

  • @ilcielorosso6074
    @ilcielorosso6074 2 года назад +43

    As a Korean, i really enjoyed this! Grilled meat? Chinese breakfast? LMAO!!

  • @posysdogovych2065
    @posysdogovych2065 2 года назад +84

    Last year when I was still teaching in China, my school's designated helper asked me, "Have you eaten yet?" I told him I hadn't eaten yet and assumed it meant we were getting lunch. So when he said he had eaten, I couldn't understand why he asked me the question. I found out later that this was simply a greeting and not necessarily an invitation.

    • @-danR
      @-danR 2 года назад +2

      As soon as he related that I knew.

    • @brandon3872
      @brandon3872 2 года назад +16

      It's pretty much used like 'how are you'.

    • @simpleandeasyfoodanddrink4871
      @simpleandeasyfoodanddrink4871 11 месяцев назад +17

      I use a similar greeting, Hello, have you voided your bowels yet?

    • @ksrmk
      @ksrmk 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@simpleandeasyfoodanddrink4871 THANK YOU for this!

    • @charginginprogresss
      @charginginprogresss 9 месяцев назад +6

      @@simpleandeasyfoodanddrink4871 Best answer is: yes, a while ago, I was thinking about you

  • @ramimlamnun9452
    @ramimlamnun9452 11 месяцев назад +1

    I'm new here. I love what i watch here today. Wishing you all the best in your work.

  • @earlgreco8636
    @earlgreco8636 Год назад +7

    Great job. Your a community service to the world.

  • @deadgamer21
    @deadgamer21 2 года назад +168

    Knew my irrational hatred of salad was justified

  • @ancajacobsroitfeld4330
    @ancajacobsroitfeld4330 2 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for your video, that's amazingly helpful

  • @mr.voidout4739
    @mr.voidout4739 11 месяцев назад +2

    LMAO! I start up a vid for some China commentary, and I get WTF'd by a random disembodied Chinese voice.
    One of the GOAT RUclips intros.

  • @juahl
    @juahl 2 года назад +75

    My mom almost fell for these scammers. Thankfully she asked for my opinion. I was able to enlighten her of these horrible practices.

  • @davidneufeld26
    @davidneufeld26 2 года назад +293

    It's fun to string along scammers, especially when they lose it when you finally confirm that you've been playing them along the whole time. It's hard to fathom the screaming moral indignation they vent at that point. How utterly hateful and rabidly angry they get, as you laugh at them. The angrier they get, the harder I laugh. It takes too much time and effort to do this more than a few times though. But it can be quite an entertaining ride! Well done for playing one along for several months!

    • @danarzechula3769
      @danarzechula3769 2 года назад +1

      Although I am feeling like maybe he needs a better hobby...

    • @johndor7793
      @johndor7793 2 года назад

      @@danarzechula3769 hows it a hobby?

    • @martinsaunders7925
      @martinsaunders7925 2 года назад +5

      Not knowing it personally there are "clubs" to join in the U.K. where these people are played like video games. Some of the gamers are rumored to have a price on their heads

    • @Darkness-ie2yl
      @Darkness-ie2yl 2 года назад +4

      im concerned that humans prey upon each other this way. so unnecessary in a world that is advancing so fast. why not build communities instead and prosper together?

    • @martinsaunders7925
      @martinsaunders7925 2 года назад +11

      @@Darkness-ie2yl unfortunately, despite the best efforts over the last 2.5k years, this has yet to catch on in any meaningful way. Psychopathic,predators still reign in boardrooms and governing bodies. When they unite the world catches on fire. Those outside these parameters go their own way. The reason Chinese chase scam artists is that they don't want competition.

  • @Douglas-vg9hi
    @Douglas-vg9hi 9 месяцев назад +2

    Love that you scammed them for over two months, that's very awesome. I went through a period of getting one or two of these a month for about 7 months. They were fun to mess with and drag along. Even had one end the communication by letting me know that it was all a scam and I shouldn't talk to them.

  • @nomadtrails
    @nomadtrails 2 года назад +2

    You gotta love the rage he/she experienced there at the end. Priceless.

  • @ohasis8331
    @ohasis8331 2 года назад +59

    A good laugh. Some years ago, my brother in law was doing the same thing to a "Nigerian prince and govenor". He had the guy phoning him overseas, even putting "his wife and kids" on the line and eventually got US$16.00 from him into his bank account. Went on for months till the scammer realised he was being scammed himself. The calls ended with the usual filthy namecalling.

  • @DavidBrown-yh4ny
    @DavidBrown-yh4ny 2 года назад +65

    Glad you did this, stealing their time is the only way to fight back. I'm not a hacker so I just keep them engaged until they give up. Keeping them waiting is rewarding somehow.

  • @cobar5342
    @cobar5342 2 года назад +8

    I love scammers being scammed. Well done

  • @TheBenzKid
    @TheBenzKid 2 года назад +1

    Another interesting fact is that the picture she used is at Full Bloom in Las Vegas. It’s a day club that holds DJ festivals, went there myself!

  • @jayzee6986
    @jayzee6986 2 года назад +139

    Good job man. There needs to be more people putting these scammers to their place.

    • @andy4an
      @andy4an 2 года назад +5

      this stuff is very risky. don't do it unless you are very well informed about how to protect yourself online. do you reserach. don't just respond to the first scammer you think would be fun to mess with.

    • @mikespike2099
      @mikespike2099 2 года назад +3

      The worst victim is the lonely old men who have not grown up with tech and may have lost their wife or been divorced - they are easy targets for these scummy scammers!! Protect the elderly near you!!!

    • @fookingsog
      @fookingsog 2 года назад +3

      Scammer Payback is a good one!!!
      Also Kitboga!!!

    • @purpleglamour9089
      @purpleglamour9089 2 года назад

      No one deserves to be scammed like this or any other way

    • @purpleglamour9089
      @purpleglamour9089 2 года назад

      @blowsss me NO the fuck I don't! And I never been scammed in person. They make it too obvious for me to figure them out. So no😑

  • @gamingwaffle1171
    @gamingwaffle1171 2 года назад +57

    Loved the ending. I would have liked to see the scammer's face when you started texting in Chinese. LOL

  • @ferretpasties
    @ferretpasties Год назад +1

    Well done for wasting lots of thier time Bro, I recently found Your videos and have been watching lots of them.
    I hope to share some with my daughter and make sure She is awake to this crazy world. Big respect!

  • @muhdiversity7409
    @muhdiversity7409 2 года назад +13

    Scammer will claim she's a victim when called out.

  • @falco830
    @falco830 2 года назад +56

    I have a lot of experience with these scammers, what terrifies me is what crazy scams they’ll be capable of 5 years from now…

    • @raiden72
      @raiden72 2 года назад

      The internet will be dead, all text will be robots. We will have a captcha just to get online.

    • @raiden72
      @raiden72 2 года назад +2

      @_____ great point! I see my comment above still, maybe I am shadow banned? I've been talking too much truth in some other threads lately :P

    • @raiden72
      @raiden72 2 года назад

      Bro your comment is invisible too! I replied to the chain but that is so weird and scary. We are all drowning in censorship. Time to Jump ship now!!! Maybe LBRY is the solution for now? Down with censorship!!!!!!

    • @johndor7793
      @johndor7793 2 года назад

      @_____ not necessarily, why not GPT vs GPT, like having GPT play the role of senior citizen, dont ask me how that would be implemented, just an idea

    • @oldscout80
      @oldscout80 2 года назад

      . I think as all of this technology keeps growing the more dangerous the world becomes. As a 76 year old no tech Dumbell I can see it happening. Too much of a good thing never works!

  • @futzalfan
    @futzalfan Год назад +2

    Great fun! Love your taking their time and effort to mess with 'em.

  • @drorjs
    @drorjs Год назад +4

    I'm amazed at her patience for doing this.

  • @bharrison
    @bharrison 2 года назад +64

    Thanks for doing this Winston! This has happened to me MULTIPLE times. I just didn't have the patience to take it quite as far as you did. They sure get mad when you call them a liar and a scammer at the end of it! Very entertaining.

  • @mymai5859
    @mymai5859 2 года назад +122

    Wow good work for 2 months! Scammers are disgusting. Hopefully we become more resilient to them.

    • @nobodynoone2500
      @nobodynoone2500 2 года назад +1

      When they are openly treated as the scum they are, less people will do it, even if just to save face.

    • @mikespike2099
      @mikespike2099 2 года назад

      I am going to try this - it will be fun!! Everyone who is smart about it should have a scam the scammer side project going on!

    • @Darkness-ie2yl
      @Darkness-ie2yl 2 года назад

      the long con

    • @budgetking2591
      @budgetking2591 2 года назад

      scammers will always be a step ahead of us

    • @Moonytoon1979
      @Moonytoon1979 2 года назад

      They learn new ways to scam people if the old way fails! Just like drug-dealers find new routes to scam the Police!

  • @leebrady6326
    @leebrady6326 2 года назад +4

    Good job, keep tossing that salad..! Best one I have seen where a guy took over the scammer's computer by virtual assistant.. Keep turning the tables on these low life trashy people..

  • @user-kc9dr9ly6x
    @user-kc9dr9ly6x 4 месяца назад

    👩🏻 Winston from all of us in the United States, we thank you for informing, advising, warning and looking out for us. God Bless you.🙏

  • @xinjieding6916
    @xinjieding6916 2 года назад +36

    Winston, “Women are made of water” is a Chinese saying. This is a telling sign that the person is a Chinese for sure.

  • @ThomasFoolery8
    @ThomasFoolery8 2 года назад +62

    Dude it’s awesome how you’re continuing to provide great content about China even from the USA. I’ve been getting these scam messages a lot recently. Glad you pulled the thread on it cuz I was curious how it ends. Keep up the good work!

  • @joewilliams3919
    @joewilliams3919 10 месяцев назад +2

    The “lonely elderly old men” I know would never let these bullshitters take em for a ride - I know because I’m getting there like we all are
    Of course there are exceptions
    Great work Winston exposing these thieves!

  • @OwOUwUOnO
    @OwOUwUOnO 4 дня назад

    24:21 This gave me such a good laugh, I had a time I lied to a scammer saying that I was the Mayor of a rich & wealthy city. I spoke to them on text messages for almost a month & then finally gave them the phone number to my local police department. I told them to ask for "The big guy in charge." Which use to be a trigger phrase for police to start tracking scammers. But they always change the trigger phrase every day now.

  • @jemzmoodly9360
    @jemzmoodly9360 2 года назад +46

    Brother you rock man. Im a fellow south african living in china, and ive only been watching your videos recently. Dude what ive been thinking and discovered living here. you have been telling people for years your life experiences in china. as much as i love alot about china we cannot hide away from the fact that foreigners will always be second or temporary here.

    • @50trecore
      @50trecore Год назад

      0:13

    • @kamakaziozzie3038
      @kamakaziozzie3038 Год назад

      You need to get out of there pronto!
      WW3 may be kicking off soon, then it will be too late🙏

  • @jennyprorock
    @jennyprorock 2 года назад +80

    Salad said ROL..Raugh out Loud..good for you! Scam the scammers. They deserve it and much more for ruining so many people's lives. Keep up the good work.

    • @CrimsonStrider
      @CrimsonStrider 2 года назад +9

      Might have been “roll” which is the translation of 滚, which is used as “fuck off”

    • @curiositycloset2359
      @curiositycloset2359 2 года назад

      Spot the scammer

    • @Eralen00
      @Eralen00 2 года назад +10

      wouldn't it be ROR raugh out Roud?

    • @Fizzyguy201Sonicguy6
      @Fizzyguy201Sonicguy6 2 года назад +3

      Funnily enough I'm making salad for dinner.
      EDIT: it is just funny what scammers call themselves.

    • @Three_Random_Words
      @Three_Random_Words 2 года назад +1

      SALAD? As in lettuce cucumbers and radishes. Secret Agent Teddy Salad!? He was the CIAs greatest agent ever. It’s all been documented on Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

  • @sonickchri
    @sonickchri 2 года назад +2

    28:15 "roll" was probably in response to your "滾/滚" (a direct translation of it). Pretty much an "F off to you, too!" but done lazily.
    Thanks for your hard work in exposing and creating more awareness of these scamming acts. I'm sure they will all get what's coming to them.

  • @joenorman8320
    @joenorman8320 Год назад +2

    I don't watch you often. But I always enjoy your videos. I really enjoyed this one because I was scammed once. My fault. Not greedy. Just stupid. It's nice to see someone (you) giving a scammer their just deserts. My eternal best wishes for you and those you love.

  • @morningstar8187
    @morningstar8187 2 года назад +9

    Hi, Salad. My name is Dressing. James Dressing.

  • @mirror1766
    @mirror1766 2 года назад +16

    Technically the QR code at 22:32 exposes the entire code even if the text beside it is cropped off the screen. Love the runaround you gave and the "+" and related runaround is priceless.

  • @350kph
    @350kph Год назад

    Hahah!! what a great name.... Salad. I lost my shit then. It's so fun reeling these scammers in.
    Boetie, this is the most fun vid so far. You remind me a lot of a SA buddy I had when I was a youngster living in Australia. Lots of SA move to Sydney. Sam was like a big brother to me. Sensible, confident, smart, warm and protective in a familial way. He and I were budding drummers. Your SA sensibilities are very similar to those of my upbringing in OZ. Many of your travails in Asia are also relatable as I've also been living in Japan for about 18 years. RUclips bringing like-minded folks together.

  • @gigiravel
    @gigiravel 2 года назад

    I click on your video by accident but now I am hooked. You have earned my subscription 🤗

  • @DefendUSA1776
    @DefendUSA1776 2 года назад +18

    The scams people fall for are so sad.
    The internet is still like walking into the worst neighborhood wearing clothing made of money.

  • @jankoval
    @jankoval Год назад

    Fantastic. I'm impressed by how you're able to spot the red flags, I wish I had that kind of knowledge, perception and the ability to connect dots. And the silver tongue ofc.

  • @sgtfixer
    @sgtfixer 5 месяцев назад

    This was a fantastic video, both informative and entertaining. I'll take some of these tips with me on my next conversation with 'miss random texter". Thanks!

  • @MrBakedDaily
    @MrBakedDaily 2 года назад +13

    Salad? 🤣🤣

  • @JW77
    @JW77 2 года назад +6

    16:02 "women are made of water" is a quote from an 18-century Chinese novel "The Dream of the Red Mansion".

  • @jerrysims6691
    @jerrysims6691 Год назад +2

    Like you - I love winding these scammers up!! Such fun!!

  • @jessicat1728
    @jessicat1728 9 месяцев назад

    I got here from reddit, where HK ppl are asking whether a whatsapp wrong number message intended for a doctor was a scam. I must say, great content!!

  • @AthenaSaints
    @AthenaSaints 2 года назад +33

    I wish Winston spent total of 6 months trolling Salad, instead of just 2 months.

  • @lindensd6273
    @lindensd6273 2 года назад +15

    This video was unexpectedly funny as hell!

  • @jackruvio7943
    @jackruvio7943 10 месяцев назад

    I love this one. I get so many scams on facebook and Whatsapp. Keep up the good work.

  • @Footmnch
    @Footmnch Год назад +1

    Wow that was amazing, and very entertaining, I often fantasise about scamming the scammers but I basically can’t be bothered, love it! Thanks for the great video 😂

  • @hunterellis8986
    @hunterellis8986 2 года назад +7

    "Us Mike's all have similar numbers." 😄

  • @giannishen
    @giannishen 2 года назад +14

    First at all, sorry for my bad English and thank you for shooting the video very much.
    In fact, I have many similar experiences, after I knew they are scamers, I just planned to make fun of them.
    There were many US country singers and famous British singer who wrote to me.
    After I chatted with the first one, I had known they are from a scam group from China.
    After I complained about the first one's English, he said he can use translate software to write. (what kind of logic, so stupid)
    And after that, he started to use perfect Simplified Chinese to chat.
    I didn't know that such a perfect translation software exists at all. His Simplified Chinese was just as of a native speaker's.
    And the second person could not answer any question about country music.
    And the last one is the stupidest, I asked him to write down " Hi, Gianni, I am Luka" on a paper, and shoot a picture with his face.
    He did it, but the picture is fake, although he photoshopped the photos perfectly, the name of the star is Luke Bryan, not Luka.
    How is it possible, that a country singer doesn't know his name. 🤣✌

  • @tonysicily2687
    @tonysicily2687 8 месяцев назад +1

    Yep got the same type of message. Only mine was a Beauty salon worker, who did “crypto on the side” we chatted for a few days, then she wanted money. So she got blocked. It was a fun time for a few days 😂 So I loved finding out what the scam was, ad I never got that far. A great post, thank you

  • @michaelmurvihill8813
    @michaelmurvihill8813 Год назад +2

    Yeah, I started encountering these scammers on Facebook a few years ago, then was surprised when they moved to LinkedIn. Only one never mentioned money, but of course they all lived in LA. Never had such a rude break-up, but delighted to find some one who also enjoyed just wasting their time!

  • @flame-on-3
    @flame-on-3 2 года назад +79

    Love it, you totally spooked him or her. The only thing better would of been if you said you were part of the special Chinese police task force on scammers and he or she has been made. love your work.

  • @silentkayak
    @silentkayak 2 года назад +13

    "All Mikes have almost the same phone number." Very funny. Also, I have to confess that I have difficulty saying no to girls who look like "Salad", but only if I meet them in person.

  • @r.j.lombardi111
    @r.j.lombardi111 2 года назад

    Every time... Every bloody cursed time! It happens so often that I can smell them from 2 kilometres

  • @KL-md9ey
    @KL-md9ey Год назад +1

    loved that you scared them at the end. totally worth the months long charade

  • @youngfresh9780
    @youngfresh9780 2 года назад +25

    That’s awesome I’m so glad there are people trying to stop this crap and show these scammers

  • @3X0SK3L3TON
    @3X0SK3L3TON 2 года назад +7

    Usually I can only reel in a scammer for a week max but you did it for a whole month. You are a legend

  • @michaelreilly569
    @michaelreilly569 2 года назад +1

    Thank-you so much for this video. This was very entertaining, and very good information to help us protect ourselves.

  • @bi5048
    @bi5048 2 года назад +18

    Your dedication is amazing. Must be exhausting doing this for two months! Thanks for this video!

  • @hvanmegen
    @hvanmegen 2 года назад +26

    Oh man, back when you were living in China I thought: "What the hell is this guy thinking? Why would you want to live there?! China is my personal hell.." and now you're on a crusade against everything that is corrupt and evil about China.. I absolutely love it.. Goeie werk ou, ek is trots op jou! :)

    • @darkbozo11
      @darkbozo11 2 года назад +1

      Als je nederlands probeerd gebruik dan abn

    • @ShabbahCore
      @ShabbahCore 2 года назад +2

      @@darkbozo11 Als je niet begrijpt dat dit Afrikaans is en maar aanneemt dat het 'gebroken' Nederlands is sta je zelf mooi voor lul...
      En, probeerd, niet probeert? (+ Nederlands met een hoofdletter en geen punt aan het eind van je zin, maar goed, dat nemen we maar voor lief. Het is al erg genoeg zonder deze dingen mee te tellen.)
      Shit, dit maakt het geheel nog meer hilarisch.

    • @Mainyehc
      @Mainyehc 2 года назад +1

      @@ShabbahCore you guys sound a lot like those arguments between Portuguese and Brazilian people… xD By all means, do carry on! ;)

    • @ShabbahCore
      @ShabbahCore 2 года назад

      @@Mainyehc thank you, I'm glad I can be of service and brighten your day! ^^

  • @DerKleineRockpalast
    @DerKleineRockpalast Год назад +1

    Hey Winston - you are such a bad bad boy - wasting this scammer's time 🙂 . This video is sooo entertaining !!! Thanks ! STAY AWESOME !

  • @tinaroney9383
    @tinaroney9383 Год назад

    Lots of fun on this video. Very informative… just catching up.

  • @gezzapk
    @gezzapk 2 года назад +8

    The phone number area code of the first scammer is +93 which is Burmese, so you were actually right about that lol.

  • @RodrigoPalma700
    @RodrigoPalma700 Год назад +1

    Thank for sharing.

  • @johnneutralobserver5944
    @johnneutralobserver5944 5 месяцев назад +1

    Fab so funny that you kept them on the hook for so long. Poor salad went limp

  • @peteryoung2844
    @peteryoung2844 8 месяцев назад +1

    What a story… very insightful.

  • @crunchyfrog555
    @crunchyfrog555 2 года назад +45

    Come on, Winston, She's called Salad. OF COURSE she's made of water.

    • @jonrobbin170
      @jonrobbin170 2 года назад

      Bah dum tiss

    • @spudpud-T67
      @spudpud-T67 2 года назад

      She's lightly tossed.

    • @crunchyfrog555
      @crunchyfrog555 2 года назад

      @@spudpud-T67 Lettuce hope she is.

    • @spac18
      @spac18 2 года назад

      @@spudpud-T67 has she tossed yours?

  • @StanfromPoland
    @StanfromPoland 2 года назад +67

    Unlike Salad, stay awesome 👍

  • @MalaysianPerspective
    @MalaysianPerspective Год назад

    This happenes a lot in Malaysia too. 😮. Just found out some of those scammers are from China from this video, thanks for the exposure.