I Exposed a $500,000,000 Ponzi Scheme

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  • Опубликовано: 31 май 2023
  • Money Laundering, International Scams, and a man behind the curtains. This is the story of Traders Domain, which started in early February with a strange text about an offshore scam.
    From there things spiraled quickly out of control. Enjoy Part 1.
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    This video is an opinion and in no way should be construed as statements of fact. Scams, bad business opportunities, and fake gurus are subjective terms that mean different things to different people. I think someone who promises $100K/month for an upfront fee of $2K is a scam. Others would call it a Napoleon Hill pitch.
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  • @Coffeezilla
    @Coffeezilla  Год назад +9429

    Thanks to my patrons who made a 4+ month investigation possible. Y'all are the real ones. Consider joining to get your name on the wall of fame and early access to these videos.
    patreon.com/coffeezilla
    note: part 2 is scheduled for next week, and the finale is scheduled for the following week.

    • @bigbird4481
      @bigbird4481 Год назад +15

      Sweet

    • @m4rvinmartian
      @m4rvinmartian Год назад +76

      Is there a contact to send info about an ongoing scam to you?

    • @radfoo72
      @radfoo72 Год назад +9

      Love the intro storyline and graphics!
      Great work!🎉

    • @EddieExplores
      @EddieExplores Год назад +8

      I just started making RUclips videos. Does anyone have advice on how I can improve?

    • @teddy.joke69
      @teddy.joke69 Год назад +3

      ur welcome

  • @atozy
    @atozy Год назад +32326

    who tf takes an advertised 473,000% return seriously

    • @covalite
      @covalite Год назад +338

      Love your vids Atozy

    • @Acheron666
      @Acheron666 Год назад

      Hunter Biden when he’s high on crack?

    • @viderevero1338
      @viderevero1338 Год назад +1378

      Investors baby! The easiest group to trick apparently 😂

    • @Skeens55
      @Skeens55 Год назад +752

      i wouldn't even take a 73k% return seriously.

    • @The_Memer6969
      @The_Memer6969 Год назад +540

      If they did get results at first, they may believe. It is like gambling apps. They will let you win a lot of money at first , then they will prey on your addiction.

  • @Kwiteee
    @Kwiteee Год назад +10048

    you get withdrawals if you go two days without uncovering a felony

    • @ChrisShafferOfficial
      @ChrisShafferOfficial Год назад +7

      Coffeezilla ɪꜱ ɢᴀʀʙᴀɢᴇ! ɪ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ

    • @arlisbloxer05
      @arlisbloxer05 Год назад +337

      Man went nearly 5 months or so without uncovering stuff, I'm surprised he didn't go stir-crazy!

    • @mickvd4
      @mickvd4 Год назад +153

      How are you doing Kwite?

    • @benign4823
      @benign4823 Год назад +141

      ​@@ChrisShafferOfficial you don't make content tho

    • @ozytriestomeme5070
      @ozytriestomeme5070 Год назад +230

      @@benign4823 it's a bot. ignore it

  • @anthonycuna415
    @anthonycuna415 Год назад +2839

    Crazy that people will spend 100K to a stranger and THEN months later investigate the person or company.

    • @dingfeldersmurfalot4560
      @dingfeldersmurfalot4560 Год назад +247

      I remember reading an investment analyst saying people will spend weeks researching which toaster to buy, but run out and buy a stock immediately because they overheard some random talking about it on the subway.

    • @RealShaggy
      @RealShaggy Год назад +54

      ​@@dingfeldersmurfalot4560 I mean researching stocks doesn't necessarily get you anywhere, the only research you need to do is to make sure it's a legitimate stock and not some scam. The rest is just luck, so basically gambling.

    • @Thanatossssx
      @Thanatossssx Год назад +11

      ​@@RealShaggy what about SEC filings lol...

    • @Shirumoon
      @Shirumoon Год назад +26

      ​@@RealShaggy And hopefully everyone was taught VERY early on in life that gambling is bad and kind of a scam in itself.

    • @IanD-ut4dy
      @IanD-ut4dy Год назад +4

      ​@Thawne Is that a serious question?

  • @cosmic_sloth
    @cosmic_sloth Год назад +2715

    These wealthy people knew exactly what they're getting into but thought they could outsmart it. The guys dumping a couple million into this 100% knew it was a scam, but they were hoping to cash in before the rug pull. That's typically how these guys stay wealthy.

    • @oldbatwit5102
      @oldbatwit5102 Год назад +282

      That's the sort of absurd big business conspiracy nonsense I would normally laugh at but.... I agree. I think you are right.

    • @Roflcakes88
      @Roflcakes88 Год назад +204

      Right. Then when they do lose money, they can just cry and say they didn't know it was a scam.

    • @jivyajinn4144
      @jivyajinn4144 Год назад +122

      Yep. Basically everyone in runescape who gets scammed or lured is trying to 'anti-scam'. The real scam is the scammers knowing you'll try to 'anti-scam' and being one step ahead.

    • @rstar3794
      @rstar3794 Год назад +70

      That's cryptocurrency in a nutshell my dude

    • @Offendds
      @Offendds Год назад +2

      💯

  • @DankGank
    @DankGank Год назад +6193

    People need to come to the realization that anyone who holds the secret to making outlandish returns has absolutely no reason to sell it to someone else

    • @Freud_Mayweather
      @Freud_Mayweather Год назад +15

      We can't all be Charles Danville

    • @butter_nut1817
      @butter_nut1817 Год назад +129

      well in theory they could make a lot more money, a lot quicker, with injections of other people's money. But yes, odds are it's illegal if returns are too good to be true

    • @drxym
      @drxym Год назад

      RUclips is filled with scams of this nature - that people can use algorithmic trading platforms, sit back and do nothing while the platform makes them millions. It obviously doesn't occur to the marks that if someone really had a algorithmic trading platform that did this they sure as fuck wouldn't be telling anyone else about it.

    • @djabber
      @djabber Год назад +147

      Especially if you're (supposedly) making 417000% returns in 3 years time. You don't need any financial injections. You'd be printing money.

    • @brady167
      @brady167 Год назад +3

      That’s often true, but if you can make a return on investors money, you essentially get an infinite return on using other peoples money to make more.

  • @Declawedlion
    @Declawedlion Год назад +4856

    Coffeezilla is slowly becoming a gripping episodic tv show with real world consequences

    • @Chase11211
      @Chase11211 Год назад +32

      Beautifully put

    • @Mikepolanconyc
      @Mikepolanconyc Год назад +8

      That’s a fact

    • @Neb_Raska
      @Neb_Raska Год назад +47

      20 years ago this would've been a TV show

    • @OGKillercaptain
      @OGKillercaptain Год назад +22

      ​@@Neb_Raska this is one of the best shows no matter how far apart the episode.

    • @aprilecotton2060
      @aprilecotton2060 Год назад +1

      Maybe if your a edgy 14 year old or 27 with 4 roomates. Not actual grown ups

  • @Floatingdrake08
    @Floatingdrake08 Год назад +2540

    Literal RUclipsrs being better at journalism than some large media titles says a lot about our society

    • @steadyrow
      @steadyrow Год назад +156

      Pretty normal. Talent and hard work beats resources and corporate sloth everytime.

    • @tompatterson1548
      @tompatterson1548 Год назад +136

      More like in the days before the internet, investigative journalists needed a news outlet to get their stuff published. Now, they don’t.

    • @donniev8181
      @donniev8181 Год назад

      Better than ALL large media companies! The msm presstitutes in America are bought and sold on a daily basis!

    • @gullwingsyrp88
      @gullwingsyrp88 Год назад

      Need integrity to care about the truth and mainstream media have no integrity and don't give a damn about the truth.

    • @blakeanderson5011
      @blakeanderson5011 Год назад +36

      I would absolutely consider Coffee a journalist.

  • @Bohlnore
    @Bohlnore Год назад +645

    I swear I can't thank runescape scammers enough when I was younger. Showing insane gp and asking someone to do something to lose their stuff. This is the same loop irl and is very visible when this stuff happens today. So thank you RS gold trimmers and lurers.

    • @R0MA1
      @R0MA1 Год назад +17

      Ahahahah 100% 😂

    • @ctg3541
      @ctg3541 Год назад +13

      Lmfao no cap

    • @vincesteward3447
      @vincesteward3447 Год назад +61

      Bro, you're spot on. 18 years ago I wouldn't have thought Runescape would teach me this lifelong lesson on scammers lol

    • @zKsery
      @zKsery Год назад +31

      When getting your account hacked on maplestory and losing all your stuff was unironically the best thing that ever happened to you

    • @Shoegazebasedgenre0.
      @Shoegazebasedgenre0. Год назад +12

      a browser game teach you more than your entire university major.

  • @prokjohnny7414
    @prokjohnny7414 Год назад +2370

    I cannot imagine sending 500,000$ to someone without doing a LOT of research on what type of person they are.

    • @stinks7065
      @stinks7065 Год назад +197

      Yeah it's bonkers how people just throw this money around. I spend days if not weeks agonising over smaller purchases and whether I absolutely need something and these people are just able to put 500k into someone based on their hyped up words alone. 🫨 Of course, I know that these scammers know just how to press these people's buttons and they abuse their ability to get a read on these folks but it's still such a wildly different reality from a lot of our lives.

    • @flavioa6351
      @flavioa6351 Год назад +180

      They’re greedy people who thought they were going to make money from less fortunate people but instead got duped. Don’t feel bad at all

    • @ariaf6618
      @ariaf6618 Год назад +113

      @@flavioa6351 bro what? how is trading taking money from the less fortunate. Stop trying to portray rich people as bad to make yourself feel better about your lack of accomplishments

    • @ken.7019
      @ken.7019 Год назад +55

      FOMO. They hear from family and friends they trust about how lucrative it is, and they get anxious and get on with it without a second thought

    • @liam3284
      @liam3284 Год назад +26

      Scammers often play on the greed of their victims. Seems this was the case.

  • @OG_Cool_Cat
    @OG_Cool_Cat Год назад +4259

    A youtuber is now the pinnacle of journalistic integrity. Crazy times we are living in. Keep up the excellent work!!!

    • @teugene5850
      @teugene5850 Год назад

      facts. Corporate media is trash (left and right).

    • @gubeym
      @gubeym Год назад

      Sure as shit can’t rely on the government to research this shit.

    • @anujmchitale
      @anujmchitale Год назад +23

      Not crazy, just a change.

    • @michaelmcdoesntexist8350
      @michaelmcdoesntexist8350 Год назад +47

      ​@@anujmchitaleused to be crazy, but now it's cool

    • @anujmchitale
      @anujmchitale Год назад +48

      @@michaelmcdoesntexist8350 Even the normal. Older avenues of journalism have changed in their objectives. Sensationalism isn't just the hook( like it used to be). Rather it's the whole thing. So very rare to see some proper journalism on television.

  • @mooreanonumbers
    @mooreanonumbers Год назад +103

    The "I have a bot that can beat the stock market" scam was already a thing in the 80s - this was basically the pitch behind Van Rossem's Moneytron ponzi

  • @09RHYS
    @09RHYS Год назад +84

    Seriously, the high tier production levels you have nowadays is incredible man, it always feels like I'm witnessing an old school NY Noir Detective TV series come to life! Massive Respect to you brother 🍻🔥

  • @Skubasteph
    @Skubasteph Год назад +945

    I love how every investor does there due diligence after they have already been scammed.

    • @robertdascoli949
      @robertdascoli949 Год назад +153

      Yeah, I know. "After I lost 50% of my value I did a five-minute Google search on the company's name."

    • @shibity
      @shibity Год назад +11

      "After I gave them my life savings, I thought I better figure out who these people are" lol morons.

    • @alexpalumbo5422
      @alexpalumbo5422 Год назад +95

      Love how the one guy was like "Who tf is Ted?!?!" But before it was portrayed as an 'AI Trading savant' and he was like... okay here's $950k.

    • @vodafoneuser1690
      @vodafoneuser1690 Год назад +42

      Finally someone who realizes how pathetic these „victims“ are lmao

    • @Rainkit
      @Rainkit Год назад +37

      I was shocked when the one guy said he did his research *after* he lost his money. I refuse to spend more than $50 on something without reading about it and this guy's just throwing around millions.
      I could understand if they lied to them or they couldn't find any info like how the only info on the Tin Tran guy was that he was caught in a weed bust.

  • @nielsbishere
    @nielsbishere Год назад +3694

    Proud of you, stay safe and uncover these bastards

    • @Ginger-.._
      @Ginger-.._ Год назад +62

      fr dont need another friendlyjordies situation

    • @aliciagreen5411
      @aliciagreen5411 Год назад +72

      Seriously, I hope he's investing a lot in security. He's doing the lords work but some of these people might be capable of something dangerous

    • @nielsbishere
      @nielsbishere Год назад +46

      @@aliciagreen5411 I think a lot of them are all talk, but you just have to encounter one crazy idiot that will now lose it all and be in trouble

    • @Xh0Q
      @Xh0Q Год назад

      How the hell did you upload 20 hours before this video was uploaded!!

    • @mgmgmgmg500
      @mgmgmgmg500 Год назад +10

      @@Xh0Q video was on premier

  • @chrise8275
    @chrise8275 Год назад +62

    I can’t even imagine having a million dollars, let alone losing it.

    • @nopeydopey5319
      @nopeydopey5319 8 месяцев назад

      I would cry myself to sleep every night if I lost 1 million dollars to a Ponzi scheme.

  • @Floatingdrake08
    @Floatingdrake08 Год назад +119

    God I love the intro. Coffee makes this feel like a documentary but also a crime show at the same time

    • @stringlarson1247
      @stringlarson1247 Год назад +6

      With the noir PI pulp fiction stories and films from the 1920s-50s

  • @George2D
    @George2D Год назад +2368

    Coffee went from person with a camera in a room in a house to a whole movie set production. Happy to see it!

    • @greenockscatman
      @greenockscatman Год назад +80

      Amazing stuff. The robot bartender alone must cost a fortune!

    • @George2D
      @George2D Год назад +6

      @@greenockscatman Must have! It's amazing stuff though!

    • @tranjitsingh8360
      @tranjitsingh8360 Год назад +12

      I was thinking the same thing. Even when he dropped the crypto zoo banger, his production quality is drastically going up. This is dope AF

    • @07theamazing
      @07theamazing Год назад +11

      Yep. I used to watch him as a tiny channel, and now he's making waves. It's beautiful to see the progress in life. Everyone chase what you want. It's not easy, but it will be worth it once you get where you want to be

    • @OnionKnight541
      @OnionKnight541 Год назад +3

      the mystery aspect is really good production too. it's like a new "Unsolved Mysteries."

  • @TyroneBruinsmaFilms
    @TyroneBruinsmaFilms Год назад +1417

    Nothing says "legitimate businessman" like threatening people's family to not investigate you

    • @nerd55120
      @nerd55120 Год назад +48

      And to be stupid enough to do it on camera! Hopefully that lands him in prison.

    • @chicocannon
      @chicocannon Год назад +23

      "I will come to the UK and kerb stomp you"
      Yeah Ted you absolutely won't but by all means pop over and try see how it works out

    • @malcolmjelani3588
      @malcolmjelani3588 Год назад +2

      Here's the other thing tho, these ppl that got involved were greedy

    • @jlee860
      @jlee860 Год назад

      ​@@chicocannon he looks like he can be beat up by a 5 year old

    • @fullmetaltheorist
      @fullmetaltheorist Год назад +2

      ​@@mordekaishekelbergiv.4211 Phineas and Kerb.

  • @alfred9805
    @alfred9805 Год назад +95

    The patreon wall is getting bigger and bigger, well deserved success!

  • @blackbinarycode6463
    @blackbinarycode6463 Год назад +7

    Curb Stomp Their Heads?! - That Man Is Deluded 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @drewbocop
    @drewbocop Год назад +1194

    I'm always floored by the ease these people have spending their lives lying, cheating, and stealing. What a way to live.

    • @williamwinstrop3918
      @williamwinstrop3918 Год назад +67

      When you have as many idiots on the planet as we do it shouldn’t be that much of a surprise some one is there too harvest.

    • @BenderBendingRodriguezOFFICIAL
      @BenderBendingRodriguezOFFICIAL Год назад +7

      Even progressives do it.
      It's about profits.

    • @Ozymandias001
      @Ozymandias001 Год назад +45

      It’s a simple fact… you will never be filthy rich legally.

    • @4h844
      @4h844 Год назад +1

      ​@@Ozymandias001 legal here or there ? Legal where ?

    • @ninemimesleft
      @ninemimesleft Год назад +51

      I'm starting to believe our country is basically run by sociopaths. To get that high up in finance/business/politics you almost have to be.

  • @candyjones2671
    @candyjones2671 Год назад +1994

    Real journalism is dangerous and that's why most people don't do it anymore. Stay safe out there Zilla of Coffee

    • @TxRedMan
      @TxRedMan Год назад +5

      The threats have stopped- I was told, by a Woman who seems to be an Aunt or Mother and had nothing to do with the situation at hand.

    • @Nobody0512
      @Nobody0512 Год назад +12

      @horriblepancake HaHaHa most can't even spell nowadays , every day spelling mistakes in front page news 🙄🙄

    • @end-game2030
      @end-game2030 Год назад +5

      Most GenZ don't do as they can not be bothered.

    • @lordsysop
      @lordsysop Год назад

      Yeh look at friendly jordies in Australia. House firebombed going after gambling nsw and the Libs. Look it up. Still nothing compared to Malta or Mexico

    • @lordsysop
      @lordsysop Год назад +1

      ​@@horriblepancakeyeh journalist risking there lives in foreign hostile countries line russia

  • @lurklingX
    @lurklingX Год назад +7

    LOVE the cinematic/story features you're adding. love the world you've built. (i'd watch this tv show lol!) the investigations, amazing as always!!

  • @madison4598
    @madison4598 Год назад +13

    You are so deserving of your patrons. Doing incredible work as usual. Nobody's doing it like you

  • @s70rk
    @s70rk Год назад +3553

    I'm old enough to remember when journalists used to uncover these sorts of scandals.

    • @B0risTheBlade
      @B0risTheBlade Год назад +203

      I think there's more scams then journalists now. And people getting scammed isn't really front page news any more

    • @bipolarminddroppings
      @bipolarminddroppings Год назад +298

      What do you think Coffee is? Just because he does it on youtube, is he not a journalist?

    • @Minimalici0us
      @Minimalici0us Год назад +12

      Before they went missing ? XD

    • @robertbeisert3315
      @robertbeisert3315 Год назад +32

      I mean, they didn't catch Madoff despite a LOT of red flags. And that's just one example.
      They only bust the small-timers.

    • @satisfied656
      @satisfied656 Год назад +1

      If people are really that stupid 🤔no wonder their money is going down the toilet like diarrhea😮‍💨

  • @melyannac9786
    @melyannac9786 Год назад +1783

    Im honestly impressed thats people keep falling into scams like this, coffee is never gonna run out of content

    • @Yami-mugoni613
      @Yami-mugoni613 Год назад +116

      They will always be sucker trying to get rich quick

    • @emiel7479
      @emiel7479 Год назад +154

      "TrUsT mE brO I hAvE a sEcrEt TrAdInG BoT"" - "Say no more"

    • @asant90
      @asant90 Год назад

      Dumb people🤷‍♂️

    • @Hiihtopipa
      @Hiihtopipa Год назад +25

      There is a sucker born every minute

    • @JustTryingToYoutube
      @JustTryingToYoutube Год назад +9

      Watch someone like Kitboga🥲

  • @ben_hom4626
    @ben_hom4626 Год назад +11

    Absolutely amazing work as always. Doing great and necessary work.

  • @Sir_Chimp
    @Sir_Chimp Год назад +2

    I want to say that I hope you don't give up the detective dramas (intro part). The more you have done them, the more I have enjoyed them, this one being my favorite so far. :D

  • @elliottpiker146
    @elliottpiker146 Год назад +1191

    All we keep learning is that if it sounds too good to be true, it is. It always is.

    • @danocrypto
      @danocrypto Год назад +8

      It’s like voyager. High yield. And then bankrupt. Too good to be true.

    • @randomdeliveryguy
      @randomdeliveryguy Год назад +8

      That's why I never had a girlfriend. Don't trust them when they say "yes", it's probably a "no" but they slipped.

    • @Devon.with.an.i
      @Devon.with.an.i Год назад +18

      @@randomdeliveryguy ?

    • @elliottwagner6495
      @elliottwagner6495 Год назад

      Amen

    • @croatoansounds
      @croatoansounds Год назад

      A human universal.

  • @vivisimonvi
    @vivisimonvi Год назад +632

    It's alarming how people can throw around so much money without a second thought.

    • @thunderx2664
      @thunderx2664 Год назад +52

      People be going crazy over the "get rich quick with minimal to no work needed scheme" mindset.

    • @peet315
      @peet315 Год назад +19

      There is a saying"only the lier can defeat the greedy " but I honestly think that's another form of natural selection

    • @hx5525
      @hx5525 Год назад +9

      True, they should throw some my way too

    • @Neb_Raska
      @Neb_Raska Год назад +6

      It's money they usually can afford to lose, crazy

    • @10HW
      @10HW Год назад +10

      them: "yeah... I lost a couple million$"
      me: "WHERES THE 5$ I HAD IN MY POCKET?!?! :("

  • @Nikitikitavvi
    @Nikitikitavvi Год назад +2

    Dude your videos are so high quality it's crazy. Great stuff

  • @megamanatee2351
    @megamanatee2351 Год назад +6

    the production quality of this guy's videos constantly amaze me. Great work!

  • @HadiyaTheGift
    @HadiyaTheGift Год назад +247

    It’s crazy how people started doing research AFTER investing

    • @fart63
      @fart63 Год назад +27

      I can’t imagine having so much money I could just throw it away into anything and not care

    • @grumpydave7329
      @grumpydave7329 Год назад +10

      Greed first...
      Logic later...
      lol

    • @user-ct8my8rv9c
      @user-ct8my8rv9c Год назад +4

      You’d be surprised to learn how many huge investments are done by the “gut”

    • @narotomo
      @narotomo Год назад +1

      After getting scammed. As long as the money keeps coming they do nothing.

    • @lekkiexplorer
      @lekkiexplorer Год назад

      Hi

  • @Siege2Sage
    @Siege2Sage Год назад +1561

    Honest journalism is a rare gem these days and I'm glad channels like yours exist. Please keep doing what you do coffee!

    • @sloanxxr1440
      @sloanxxr1440 Год назад

      I wanna here some journalism on the idiots who keep getting scammed. These arnt 5 year olds, they grown ass men. cry me a river if u lost a million bux.

    • @scubasteve3032
      @scubasteve3032 Год назад +5

      I just wish he would investigate where all of our tax dollars are being spent in Ukraine.

    • @kirtil5177
      @kirtil5177 Год назад +2

      too bad they are targeted to the point that their lives are in actual danger if they dont know 100% of what they are doing

    • @Akkbar21
      @Akkbar21 Год назад +19

      @@scubasteve3032omg. Breitbart reader found

    • @Akkbar21
      @Akkbar21 Год назад +11

      Smart people in society are hard to come by. People believe bs they read online or see on right wing bs websites.

  • @Vaytra
    @Vaytra Год назад +1

    Amazing journalism and video editing!!! Can't wait to hear the end of the story! Keep doing allllll of this stuff!!!!

  • @KittyKatty999
    @KittyKatty999 Год назад +8

    You're like an Internet Detective Hero! Great job on all your work! :D

  • @Andrewbert109
    @Andrewbert109 Год назад +886

    What's sketchy about 470,000% APR? That's only like ~1% per minute. Totally plausible.
    Edit - Ted seems nice.

    • @proteus404
      @proteus404 Год назад +5

      I am posting a reply to your comment.

    • @SloppyJoe413
      @SloppyJoe413 Год назад +57

      Nah, 1% per minute would be 1.01^525600 ~= 10^2269% APR, lol.
      Meanwhile 470,000% APR would correspond to 4700^(1/525600) = 1.000016, or 0.0016% per minute.

    • @Andrewbert109
      @Andrewbert109 Год назад +28

      @@SloppyJoe413 I genuinely have no idea if that's right or not I don't know how any of this works

    • @mhouston2968
      @mhouston2968 Год назад +32

      ​@@SloppyJoe413 both possibilities sound like good investments take my money

    • @ashleyblessing1375
      @ashleyblessing1375 Год назад +3

      Ted seems nice 😆

  • @thedudebro602
    @thedudebro602 Год назад +648

    Coffee is literally the financial batman

    • @Black_pearl_adrift
      @Black_pearl_adrift Год назад

      … doesn’t Batman defeat the criminals or bring them to jail?

    • @geg754
      @geg754 Год назад +1

      ​@@Black_pearl_adrift i think he meant as a great detective

    • @Top10soon
      @Top10soon Год назад +9

      ​@elesiansubs147 you must be really really fun

    • @tannerdimick5802
      @tannerdimick5802 Год назад +1

      ​@Elesian Subs does Jay Mazini ring a bell? He's currently sitting in federal prison

    • @maasicas
      @maasicas Год назад +2

      Not " literally".

  • @user-uo7pt1em1c
    @user-uo7pt1em1c Год назад +17

    Your editing, pacing, story crafting, and graphics are just getting soo good! I have enjoyed watching your growth and development. My hat is off to you sir!

  • @lueerrie3100
    @lueerrie3100 Год назад +2

    the editting is unreal and the detail too of the coffee smoke holyyyyyy keep it up

  • @TheDNBBEATS
    @TheDNBBEATS Год назад +758

    The quality of your videos and journalism is unparalleled. Doing great work.

    • @StephenGillie
      @StephenGillie Год назад +1

      Coffee is living in a way cooler cyberpunk dystopia than the rest of us.

  • @hurleywilson7246
    @hurleywilson7246 Год назад +83

    This man deserves an award.

  • @mingyuhuang8944
    @mingyuhuang8944 Год назад +2

    gotta love the amount of effort you put into these videos coffee!

  • @warlis4767
    @warlis4767 Год назад +104

    "Yeah, I get arrested, and then what? I win cuz they're dead."
    This guy's mind is just...just no words.

    • @candyman9635
      @candyman9635 Год назад +2

      Makes sense to me.
      If they died and he is alive then yes ultimately he won.

    • @redraven7948
      @redraven7948 Год назад +1

      @warlis4767 SAME!!

    • @Brokenhill42
      @Brokenhill42 Год назад +6

      @@candyman9635 Except the criminal will eventually die too...and he can't take his money with him. Then he has to meet his Maker.

    • @Toralian89
      @Toralian89 Год назад +1

      If you have enough money you can get a laughable sentence and a comfortable prison cell.

    • @PlasticDoll.
      @PlasticDoll. Год назад

      ​@@candyman9635 except if he gets exposed and arrested or more, he wouldn't be "alive". there are consequences. it's not the middle ages

  • @sandrost4243
    @sandrost4243 Год назад +603

    Coffee earned my respect when he managed to get into the SBF clubhouse call, that was an absolutely legendary move.

    • @leopoppa7753
      @leopoppa7753 Год назад +33

      @WCZxDRTxSU oh the irony

    • @orderflowarchives
      @orderflowarchives Год назад +18

      And they used his clip to arrest sbf and find him guilty

    • @michaeljohnson89
      @michaeljohnson89 Год назад

      How'd you guys know it's a bot?

    • @user-qr4jf4tv2x
      @user-qr4jf4tv2x Год назад

      Boi he is a legend way before the pauls

    • @sandrost4243
      @sandrost4243 Год назад

      @@user-qr4jf4tv2x yeah, SBF was before the Paul's, pal.

  • @dogmeatstarboy
    @dogmeatstarboy Год назад +4

    Your editing just keeps getting better and better, man!

  • @dlanor15
    @dlanor15 Год назад +430

    Ah yes, the "I trust it because everyone else does" strategy. Never goes wrong.

    • @LeetPatches
      @LeetPatches Год назад +6

      I trust you on that comment...

    • @jennycook08
      @jennycook08 Год назад +21

      That's essentially the entire stock market.

    • @Papacarrot
      @Papacarrot Год назад

      Incredible profile picture

    • @cfcblue8
      @cfcblue8 Год назад +3

      @@Papacarrot Lies are the most exquisite love.

    • @shre6619
      @shre6619 Год назад +1

      @@cfcblue8 what a great refrence to commenter's profile and this situation.

  • @tylerloconte8974
    @tylerloconte8974 Год назад +223

    He really didn't have to go so hard with the production quality. Long live this channel.

  • @mattmerkle1863
    @mattmerkle1863 Год назад +3

    Your videos (especially animations) are next level. I’d say should be on TV but you’d get more views on the platforms. Cheers man

  • @GmodXD
    @GmodXD Год назад +2

    Amazing content man! cant believe some of this stuff is going on, its absolutely insane 😅 keep it up ❤

  • @MicheleeiRettili
    @MicheleeiRettili Год назад +366

    as a video editor myself i gotta say... the quality on these is higher than a lot of movies. Keep up the great work!

    • @LavaCreeperPeople
      @LavaCreeperPeople Год назад +4

      verified commenter, i see

    • @mr.dr.fitzgerald
      @mr.dr.fitzgerald Год назад +4

      ​@LavaCreeperPeople As a commenter, this is better commenting than I've seen under smosh food battle videos. Well done!

    • @LavaCreeperPeople
      @LavaCreeperPeople Год назад

      @@mr.dr.fitzgerald xD

    • @DrRodion
      @DrRodion Год назад

      Wow your a video editor? Then you must know thats bs, unless of course your not or you suck.

  • @Astrohhh
    @Astrohhh Год назад +253

    If I ever do some crazy illegal shit.. my biggest fear isn't getting arrested. It's getting exposed by Coffee.

    • @Benji-jj2bg
      @Benji-jj2bg Год назад +3

      The only reason I'd ever do crazy illegal shit is to be able to get on coffee's channel :D

    • @miloufromsaigon
      @miloufromsaigon Год назад +2

      I'd be afraid of karma even more tbh

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Год назад

      @@Benji-jj2bg The Virgin Astro vs. the Chad Benji

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones Год назад +1

      @@miloufromsaigon Imagine thinking karma is real 🤡

  • @Mater_Lachrymarum
    @Mater_Lachrymarum Год назад +11

    Well, now we all know where Coffee has been… I can’t believe how in depth he’s able to get and I love the series format. Respect!

  • @upcycledjr6528
    @upcycledjr6528 Год назад +1

    Gosh, Coffee’s videos are always a treat

  • @gamingwithblaise3822
    @gamingwithblaise3822 Год назад +968

    "Yeah, I get arrested. And then what? I win, because they're dead."
    Has to be one of the most flaccid threats I have ever heard

    • @dilbydj
      @dilbydj Год назад +49

      I think you misheard... 14:37 He said "I take a flight to the UK right now, show up and curb stomp their heads. I win, because they're dead."

    • @Waluigi164
      @Waluigi164 Год назад +46

      @@dilbydj 0:10 try listening harder

    • @Luke-pd2pe
      @Luke-pd2pe Год назад +30

      @@Waluigi164 try using your brain - its a cut clip

    • @dilbydj
      @dilbydj Год назад +6

      @@cablecow15 your name is literally "Cable Cow" mate 🤡🤡🤡

    • @dilbydj
      @dilbydj Год назад +30

      @@Waluigi164 he has spliced 2 clips together at 0:10. The full clip is at the timestamp I wrote. If he puts something about violence in the intro he risks the video being age restricted, demonetised or both.

  • @WolfrostWasTaken
    @WolfrostWasTaken Год назад +685

    I'm so glad I'm one of your patrons Coffee. The quality is simply INSANE. Keep up the good work!

  • @madpeppermcginiss373
    @madpeppermcginiss373 8 месяцев назад +3

    Coffee You Are the Best!
    You are a Creator, a Story Teller, Actor,
    Writer and Dry Humorist all wrapped up in one!
    Keep up the Great Work!

  • @TermsDecoded
    @TermsDecoded Год назад +2

    I missed your videos coffee!
    Welcome back Brother

  • @iaco-vlad
    @iaco-vlad Год назад +204

    Man, this is amazing. Not only the information offered is top-notch, but the production quality is out of this world!
    I'm really looking forward to the following parts of the series.

  • @io2dor
    @io2dor Год назад +316

    The production quality is insanely good - very happy to support such projects.

    • @22juggn
      @22juggn Год назад

      npc comment

    • @Gannoh
      @Gannoh Год назад

      @@22juggn yeah positive reinforcement is NPC behavior, retard moment

    • @EricBishard
      @EricBishard Год назад +1

      Beep. Boop

    • @ELPocho_JJ
      @ELPocho_JJ Год назад +1

      @@22juggn 10 year old comment

    • @weightedtraininggear
      @weightedtraininggear Год назад +4

      ​@@22juggn your constant replies of "npc comment" give npc

  • @Knofurstnam
    @Knofurstnam 5 месяцев назад +1

    Where have I been?? These videos are absolutely binge worthy!! 😳😳You are so talented… great editing, captivating storyline, definitely NETFLIX worthy!! Keep it up 👍🏽👍🏽

  • @TyRexDaQT
    @TyRexDaQT Год назад +1

    Man, I love the production quality of these videos.

  • @grimdolo918
    @grimdolo918 Год назад +1338

    "The stories were unbelievable. So of course I believed it and gave them my money!" These people are victims of their own greed.

    • @GhostkillerPlaysMC
      @GhostkillerPlaysMC Год назад +63

      if your own brother or father showed you proof of him multiplying his money many times and still being able to withdraw, you would probably get caught in it too

    • @grimdolo918
      @grimdolo918 Год назад +89

      @@GhostkillerPlaysMC 'fraid not. My dad is the one who drilled into me that if something's too good to be true it very likely is. Believe it or not some of just aren't greedy. I have more than enough to get by and don't need to chase more just to have it.
      Way to admit that you're easily duped though.

    • @nerd55120
      @nerd55120 Год назад +114

      ​@@grimdolo918 a little holier than thou, don't you think ? Meanwhile I was taught you don't have to put people down to feel better about yourself

    • @grimdolo918
      @grimdolo918 Год назад +35

      @@nerd55120 Now who's being holier than thou?

    • @saidzaid-alkailani519
      @saidzaid-alkailani519 Год назад

      @@nerd55120 I agree with Grim, if your not willing to do your own research and trust gains in the 60%/2 month range then you’re getting what you deserve. My mother, from Lebanon, got offered an investment from Lebanese banks to invest and receive 10%/month returns using USD. This was too good to be true I told her not to and a year later the government defaulted on their debt and since all the banks were running one large Ponzi scheme. Keep in mind these were federally regulated banks, so in short, if it is too good to be true you better do your research to ensure that it isn’t.

  • @Poggy
    @Poggy Год назад +265

    Coffeezilla, you've done it again! Exposing the dark underbelly of the financial world and shedding light on a $500,000,000 scam. This video is like a masterclass in investigative journalism. Forget Netflix, we need a Coffeezilla series ASAP! 💯🔥

    • @sunnohh
      @sunnohh Год назад +6

      Tbf none of these scammers are actually in finance, just fraud

  • @declanmansfield2647
    @declanmansfield2647 Год назад +1

    Absolutely LOVE the editing

  • @pulsesic
    @pulsesic Год назад +1

    Such amazing production/CGI on the video, and great investigation too!

  • @LuigiMordelAlaume
    @LuigiMordelAlaume Год назад +27

    3:48 immediate deal breaker if someone on Grant Cardone's "team" has an investment opportunity.

    • @captaintight
      @captaintight Год назад +2

      1000%

    • @sandrost4243
      @sandrost4243 Год назад +4

      Precisely, anything connected to Cardone is to be avoided at all costs.

  • @notice9218
    @notice9218 Год назад +120

    Coffee has so much more empathy than me, I have a hard time understanding how these millionaires fall to these scams. If you're going to send a million dollars to some random account, you should ask the question, "What is the product?" It's great how they all do some research after they start losing money, but that research needs to be done before you wire the million over.

    • @bosstechnology23
      @bosstechnology23 Год назад +24

      This is literally why SOME millionaires are millionaires or billionaires. They just throw several million in various directions. When 1 or 2 things hit, they double, maybe even triple their money. SOME do this. A few work certain strategies that end up working out in their favor. Most just gamble with large sums of money just hoping to hook anything that cashes in.

    • @kylezo
      @kylezo Год назад

      Since the vast majority of wealth consolidated under capitalism is unearned, many rich people are actually incredibly stupid, and since they have so much money, they are inclined to claim that they got their money through ethics and abilities, and by contrast, poor people are poor because of a moral failing. They have to think this way, otherwise they must confront the reality that they're idiots with money they don't deserve. That's capitalism, baby.

    • @stevoswag95
      @stevoswag95 6 месяцев назад +2

      funny how they started doing their due diligence after they got a hunch they were getting scammed 🤣

  • @barmetler
    @barmetler Месяц назад

    The editing and visual effects in these videos are so good, I really love the look of this channel

  • @gizza1825
    @gizza1825 Год назад

    I know I’m going to enjoy this series!
    Coffee you the 🐐

  • @heavenwaits
    @heavenwaits Год назад +270

    the kind of content coming out of youtube should give every streaming service nightmares - well done yet again coffee, unbelievable to see you one-up yourself AGAIN !!!

    • @pw6002
      @pw6002 Год назад

      Twitch is getting down.

    • @Zzonkers
      @Zzonkers Год назад +2

      ​@@pw6002 with the sickness?

    • @pw6002
      @pw6002 Год назад

      @@Zzonkers
      It seems that twitch is currently losing ground in front of RUclips.

  • @braticuss
    @braticuss Год назад +460

    Those two guys are proof that you don't have to be smart to make 1mill+. Good work coffee, you're one of the few real journalists out there.

    • @ericsbuds
      @ericsbuds Год назад +3

      lmaoo

    • @ragnr5761
      @ragnr5761 Год назад +9

      yeah but you have to lack compassion of any kind

    • @BigHenFor
      @BigHenFor Год назад

      ​@@ragnr5761 You think? Nobody is immune to folly. No-one.

    • @peakcheck9332
      @peakcheck9332 Год назад +2

      They're extremely smart lmao. Both own massive amounts of real estate and multiple extremely successful businesses

    • @insidescuff
      @insidescuff Год назад +35

      @@peakcheck9332 wonder where they got the money to invest into real estate and launch a successful business. Definitely not from the thousands of gullible/desperate people they’ve scammed…

  • @jeffgilligan2004
    @jeffgilligan2004 Год назад +1

    I love your vids.They get better and better.

  • @welcomefamilyhustletv
    @welcomefamilyhustletv Год назад +1

    Your production is next level!

  • @JointedRail2024
    @JointedRail2024 Год назад +628

    Coffee, please do not let a company buy you out and make you censor your content, please keep your content honest like this; Honest journalism is rare like this.

    • @ellieravenk
      @ellieravenk Год назад +5

      Sometimes autocensoring is a good thing to protect one self

    • @theera5145
      @theera5145 Год назад +3

      What an L take. Coffee has been around forver, if that were to happen, it would have already.

    • @JointedRail2024
      @JointedRail2024 Год назад +35

      @@theera5145 I’ve only recently found out about coffee, I didn’t know he has been around a while, with that knowledge I can take that L with pride.

    • @KingFluffs
      @KingFluffs Год назад +7

      Someone like Raid shadow legends will end up buying him out lmao

    • @Dockhead
      @Dockhead Год назад

      The more cinematic bullshit he produces the more money he’s gonna need to keep afloat

  • @AngusMurray
    @AngusMurray Год назад +833

    There's nothing better than watching Coffee with a coffee and getting wrapped up in his investigations! ☕😳
    Also never take away your story telling, the studio, the bar scenes i love all of the coffeeverse 😂

  • @dennisscipio
    @dennisscipio Год назад +2

    I can't believe how good the production quality these videos are, It almost felt like watching a Movie.

  • @PonchoNOS
    @PonchoNOS Год назад

    the production quality, the graphics the music the animations, have REALLY taken a swing upwards , nic work

  • @imkarmabtw
    @imkarmabtw Год назад +1298

    best way to know someone is bluffing about hurting you or your family is when they publicly threaten to hurt you or your family, it's the easiest bluff to see through and just further proves how scared ted is of coffeezilla lmao

    • @xenn4985
      @xenn4985 Год назад +85

      Eyup, all it does is draw more attention. The point in threatening someone or their family is to shut them up, so doing it publicly and loudly is obviously a bluff (or a hail mary, but that really only applies to street situations)

    • @octaviusquentin3146
      @octaviusquentin3146 Год назад +53

      That's true unless they have mental issues and don't understand the effects of posting it online

    • @thaacapo
      @thaacapo Год назад +53

      This is factual. If you know someone wants to harm you, and they’re quiet about it and publicly act like everything is okay and fine.. then you worry.

    • @Gyrfalcon312
      @Gyrfalcon312 Год назад +6

      I sure hope you're right about this, I.K.

    • @NOTTIBOPPINtwitch
      @NOTTIBOPPINtwitch Год назад

      He said it because of crypto millionaires getting assassinated and it coming out as accident so he’s confident anyone would be

  • @Graylec_Neil
    @Graylec_Neil Год назад +540

    Mike Sims strikes again . . . This guy was at the top of an MLM company I was roped into and lost 2K. Along with the other guy in the yellow T-shirt and a few other shady people. They screwed the field all ways.

  • @49Calibur
    @49Calibur Год назад +1

    Dude Coffee!!!!! It’s been way to long, but god damn it was so worth the wait, been having withdraws ever since the Logan Paul incident. Your show has hella polish and is better then ever! Keep up the incredible work you do mate!!!!! 🥳😎

  • @natecollison8331
    @natecollison8331 Год назад +4

    People that makes threats against others or themselves are typically the ones who do nothing. Its the quiet ones u gotta worry about. Coffee u r awesome

  • @gregjensen370
    @gregjensen370 Год назад +476

    An associate of Grant Cardone is somehow involved with an investment scam? I'm STUNNED.

    • @tlalok08
      @tlalok08 Год назад +37

      Exactly! 3 mins in and we already know where this is going 😂

    • @TechSalesTom
      @TechSalesTom Год назад +24

      Yup, I was wondering who wires $500k with no due diligence to a questionable investment? The answer is the same people who spend $30k to go to a Grant Cardont 10x conference 😮

    • @brentyoungphotography9733
      @brentyoungphotography9733 Год назад +10

      Exactly my thoughts "associated with Grant Cardone, well that sure sounds like a trustworthy fella, here's all my money"
      Ffs honestly what a bunch of idiots

    • @deenman23
      @deenman23 Год назад +3

      @@TechSalesTom they did it because people they trusted showed them proof it was legit,it was perfectly rational to see how they were convinced

    • @VoidDragon82
      @VoidDragon82 Год назад

      ​@@deenman23 perfectly rational? The guy supposedly has $650 MILLION in one account and lives in a regular house, with a drive that can barely fit 3 cars on it. And the "proof" was an app; and app that could be programmed to show anything. And that's rational to you? Not only that but the useful idiots actually thought that ANYTHING could bring in over 400k % returns in 3 years... and that also seems rational to you? 🤦🏾‍♂️
      You've been scammed before and still trying to justify it, aren't you?

  • @fedvvvv
    @fedvvvv Год назад +234

    The quality of these investigations are second to none. Incredible work, Coffee.

  • @davedefea5530
    @davedefea5530 Год назад

    Yer taking this to a whole nother level Coffee. I love it! Miss your stuff buddy. Keep it up, this is some good sh&t.

  • @agustinblanco7811
    @agustinblanco7811 Год назад

    I need to be a patron man, have been watching you not so long ago and really, the quality! you rock

  • @Me.Winter
    @Me.Winter Год назад +151

    The fact that these kinds of scams are common is just mind boggling.

    • @radical9er
      @radical9er Год назад +7

      Greed blinds when fed a good dose of lies.

    •  Год назад +2

      They're common in the USA. Should get you thinking about why.

    • @id10t98
      @id10t98 Год назад

      It is wild how hundreds of millions of dollars gets vaporized by scams, every year it seems, yet somehow the system keeps going.

    • @ronnieDaking
      @ronnieDaking Год назад

      Coffeezilla is a same artist and i have proof

  • @mariasato2884
    @mariasato2884 Год назад +54

    why is this so good?? how did you invent this very specific style of noir drama meets actual reporting on breaking financial crimes and also coffee is related somehow a little

  • @LakWat
    @LakWat Год назад +2

    Honestly, great work!

  • @tdegraaf1990
    @tdegraaf1990 10 месяцев назад

    Good stuff! Love this series and the ending.

  • @stinks7065
    @stinks7065 Год назад +119

    The production quality is off the wall!! Those patreon pennies are certainly being spent well. Super excited about this new series, definitely feels like it has been worth the wait.

  • @CityPlannerPlays
    @CityPlannerPlays Год назад +79

    Absolutely incredibly production quality! Keep pushing the envelop there and with your investigations! Great work!

    • @73caddydaddy93
      @73caddydaddy93 Год назад +3

      I'm almost as excited to see CPP in the comments as I was this new Coffeezilla video in my feed

    • @Steve-jn8ir
      @Steve-jn8ir Год назад +1

      Did not expect to see you here lmao

    • @chdreturns
      @chdreturns Год назад +1

      What?
      You
      here?

  • @cellytyree4771
    @cellytyree4771 Год назад

    So crazy to see you at almost 3 million subs, I been here since about 13k on my other profile that I can’t access any longer . I don’t comment much, but your doing a great job bro .

  • @stoffies
    @stoffies Год назад +1

    What type of Netflix production is this!? Keep it up coffee ☕️

  • @_Moe
    @_Moe Год назад +115

    Wow I love the editing. The pacing is so well done and engaging with the perfect combination of narrative and information. The production value is amazing and I'm happy to know my small contribution to the patreon has helped it improve so much!

  • @maxmouse3
    @maxmouse3 Год назад +342

    I find it funny that rich people receive instructions of wiring money to a shady company promising 470,000% return saying "services" and they still do that lmao
    Great video ❤

    • @devpandya1715
      @devpandya1715 Год назад

      Seriously these people are morons it's fascinating

    • @Akeyma
      @Akeyma Год назад +104

      It's because they know it's a scam, they are just hoping they end up the winning side of it. Then play victim when it doesn't work out.

    • @SylvanNewby
      @SylvanNewby Год назад +10

      Funny thats exactly what bezos did when he was first angel investor in some weird algo company called google

    • @jivyajinn4144
      @jivyajinn4144 Год назад +11

      The good ole' anti-scam approach. A runescape cautionary tale as old as 2001.

    • @oatlord
      @oatlord Год назад +3

      Probably the type of people who watch this and think "damn why didn't I think of that"

  • @nicklesseos
    @nicklesseos Год назад +1

    Your editing is getting very impressive

  • @MalcSkizz
    @MalcSkizz 2 месяца назад

    Your channel is too perfectly put together 🔥

  • @not_glad
    @not_glad Год назад +160

    I love how coffee is still reping the $10 million studio to keep things down to earth and in touch.