How TikTokers created teenage scammers - AirPods resellers
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TikTok has to be the worst social media app ever
And Marketplace being the worst place of buying stuff, if you are not looking for stolen goods or fake products. Facebook/Meta doesnt really care either to clean it up.
Tiktoks been the most significant export from Singapore since kratom at Woodlands ...
It's from china
It’s not TikTok’s fault; these people always existed. It’s just that now they have an easy to use, mainstream platform to show how “smart” they are …
@@superakaikeso they didn't have a platform until TikTok but it's not their fault.
An App made by a Communist Government to spy on the rest of the World.
Gee can you give us some more of your valuable analysis?
It's crazy how much social media can influence people to do the most questionable things
@@MartintheTinmanit’s money but it’s mainly the image that’s shown on tiktok of getting rich and being a independent boss. The money from selling these isn’t even that good only a extra couple hundred euros.
@@thebigblob8851 seeing as a couple of hundred Euros is nothing to you, please send me a couple of hundred
Questionable? no. It's straight up illegal; fraud, possibly even money laundering too.
@@thebigblob8851 You make no sense, "it's mainly the image that’s shown on tiktok of getting rich and being a independent boss". That means money, right?.. and what do you mean the money from selling isn't that good. Costs 6 euros a pair and they sell them for 200 euros, that's like 97% profit margin...
how is social media influencing these scammers? Plus, if you can be influenced enough to do something illegal and unethical, then blame yourself for having weak morals.
Oh, the irony of the last interaction 😂
he was trolling for sure bro
Criminal rings often use teenagers to facilitate their crimes because the penalties for “children” are often less severe than adults and they’re usually more desperate for money. As such it’s easier to convince teens that they aren’t taking much risk in facilitating a scam.
Less severe is an understatement in most of those cases. Usually they go scott-free due to them being under the age of 15 and are already most likely in foster homes or other similar situation where they can't get much more in trouble than they already are as all the punishment methods have already been used before.
And they can take a bigger cut from them.
...and that's how it should be. But there should also be much higher penalties for people who use children like that. And even for the kids there should be a system where first it's a stern talking, and then later actual punishments like having them do public work or something if they are repeat offenders.
heh back in the commie days these "kids" would get the beating of their life from daddy and then do hard time
no shit
I met a kid who was bragging about how he was going to make bank doing exactly this at a new years party, they're proud of "hustling" but have 0 morality about any of it. Great parenting combined with the blessing of social media all coming together
Definitely a gateway into bigger scams and crimes. He'll be cutting catalytic converters before too long.
its not like older people have more morality than the kids nowadays. Bad parenting has always existed and its not a recent phenomenon and its definitely not linked to social media
chill guys i made 2k in a week doing this dont knock it till you try it ok pal
@@OkayRR. lmao 2k is not a lot especially if it is illegal XD
@@realdomediteisengeiming ok brokey
sometimes the scams are so obvious, one of them walked up to me in a tesco parking lot at 7pm, a place where you can find the most trustworthy businessmen
it's sad to see what the tiktok/instagram hustle culture is doing to my peers. Teaching them that scamming is better than a normal job. And what's even worse is that the system we live in encourages it (because you see people with two jobs struggling to get by, and think "why should i even bother?")
@@Bozebo yep, and that. thanks for adding in!
@@Bozebo The people at the top of the system are playing by the rules. If they weren't, there would be consequences. The rules don't apply to them, only to us. With enough money the rules can be whatever you want them to be. That's how the system works. It's entirely legal and how the system was designed. This is not a mistake or an aberration. This is how it's supposed to work.
It's not a bug. It's a feature.
@@user-hm9is5ke9i actually, even religious countries like America have this fucked up system, so your point makes no sense
@@VisibleXela : well .. a good point is why are the chances that high to buy 6$ airpods online and actually receive them...
in theory they should be stopped by customs,
confiscated, and the buyer that wanted to scam them would only be able to complain to the online seller for the illussion of perhaps getting their money back...
if say, half of those airpods never arrived.. those teens would order at least less in a package ..
but no custums check can handle really looking in to those millions of packages strait from china that currently come in via tema and allibaba and such..
@@user-hm9is5ke9i oh dude you obviously haven't heard what catholic priests do to choirboys
Damn. this is investigative journalism
And it's FREE!!!
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Damn the Scammers recognizing Janek’s voice really was unexpected 😳
Not really, is it? 😬 Janek has been making videos about scammers for years up to this point. It was bound to happen he would start to become too famous to do this kind of journalism without getting recognised, especially amongst a younger crowd.
Well, Czechia is small country and Janek is really famous person today.
Honestly, more unexpected is some dont recognize his voice IMHO :))
Use voice changer and dialect.
These fake airpods resellers are everywhere here in Sweden too and it's so annoying.
Are they mostly not native ?
Did I say it's the only thing that annoys me? You annoy me too. Piss off@@user-hm9is5ke9i
@@user-hm9is5ke9i gotta be the worst argument for anything ever
@@matejmotuz108mostly white teenagers if it makes you happy
@@matejmotuz108Can't speak for Sweden but in Germany they certainly aren't natives.
It is so sad that young kids are learning to hurt other people for a living. I know it's not the world they want to live in, but when you expose these topics you're really begging that last bit of empathy in them to not be part of the cruel world they also are hurting from.
Honest Guide is guiding us to be honest in life and make the world around us the kind and empathetic world we want to live in. ❤
Here in Belgium we have the same scam going on, they even scam the shop I work in, buying real airpods, swapping the package and then returning them.
I find this very fascinating. Do you deny refund? Request the real box? Forced to refund?
@@LegendoftheGalacticHero I haven't had it happen to myself, but most of the cases they just found out later. The company added serial numbers on the receipt so they can't just swap out boxes with different serial numbers now.
This is happening in many countries even with designer clothes, bags, glasses etc
You look stunning in a suit, Janek.
Great video. It's important to raise awareness about this.
4:34 This gave me a great business idea. Basically you find these resellers and you call them saying you wanna buy a product but then you show up with a camera and a buff friend and tell them they scammed your girlfriend couple weeks ago and you want the money. The resellers are young so they will be obviously scared and you just take their money and leave. (Do this at your own risk, I don’t condone this behavior)
Scammer gets scammed
And then you toss them in a river right?! I swear I thought I read that yesterday.
See this is actually a good idea, way less competition than actually trying to resell fake airpods too 😂 Bring a couple scary looking friends, set up meetups all day long with these scammers
I’m finna do this 😂
Buy low, sell high _is_ a strategy, but like when you buy in bulk, not for lower quality things! Like your school buying a giant box of freezies and selling each for a dollar.
Been subscribed to your channel since you had like 30k subscribers, I really respect what you're doing, integrity is what the world is built upon
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I hope you will enjoy our city. Welcome!
You guys make the best videos. Well done !
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Tbh Apple selling their Airpods for $200 is the real scam. They are good quality, but for $80 you can buy something that has the same level of quality. The Apple tax is real yall.
Then don’t buy them 😂
@@davidgutierrez2924I think that's exactly the point he is making.
It's good they are selling earphones and vapes instead of crack and weed. There's no actual harm being done to people.
facts
They should go after ppl selling drugs but they won’t cause there scare instead they go after innocent kids selling Airpods’s lol
Fake Airpod Maxes have also gotten super hard to tell apart from the real thing - they even do the correct animation when you connect them to your iPhone. Be careful out there!
Best bet Is using in store or online apple stores ... pay retail cost, or even amazon for a small saving yet still get recourse for any issues
They have been able to do that for at least 5 years. They cracked the code on making them appear as earpods quickly. I bought a fake pair for under $20.
amazon won't even send you headphones, there will be a bottle of shampoo inside the box smh@@MoAli-wm4of
Because some of them aren't fake in the way that you expect. Some of them are quality control rejects. A lot of them are what the Chinese factories refer to as 'third shift'; they produce for Apple for 16 hours, then produce more for themselves using the same components and materials.
@@brake_4_cake 2 for you one for me lol. ya its standard practice
Thank you for your work, guys - invaluable!
I will never buy an apple airpods from anyone other than in person from a major retailer or apple themselves. That way I can return them and verify the apple warranty. Its crazy how good the fakes look, and how bad they sound. They used to connect just like airpods would too, but I know apple did something to stop that, but I am sure now that the scammers got around it.
So you're only happy to be scammed by Apple directly?
@@bremCZat least it sounds better
@@bremCZ So you'd rather get a fake airpod or an used airpod that has already been in someone else's ear?
Let's be honest, scammers are scammers but also the buyers aren't exactly the brightest
@@Qwerty10254 all it takes is a real enough looking UI for even the smartest person to be scammed, now for a scam like this I would agree with you.
Honestly A-Copy, B-Copy etc is perfectly fine, but presenting it to be original needs to be stopped. People nowadays care so much about how they look instead of it’s functionality, there are so many people who are fine with just buying a fake for a cheaper price, as long as it looks 90% like the original one.
Was in New York a couple of weeks ago, and the amount of people I saw on the streets selling airpods and JBL products was insane. I thought there must be something wrong, either stolen from a store/shipment or something fishier so didn't pay them any attention. Glad to know they were indeed fake. Also, this time the one's selling them were adults, not kids, but I imagine the NYPD had much bigger fish to fry, or they aren't aware of the scams going on
Yeah counterfeit goods are just openly sold all over the US and the UK, literally in physical retail stores too. Pretty sure the authorities stopped bothering to do anything about it. Probably most other countries also have the issue but something tells me the average high street shopper is less dumb than in the UK/US so it may not be lucrative.
This didn't used to be a problem. I WONDER what changed...!
@@Sammysapphira It's always been a problem. But the internet and other modern technologies have made it a LOT eaasier to do.
I love your content im so happy you are doing a little bit pf everything now :)
You are a true journalist!
Imagine trying to resell your old ones in a market like this 💀
Imagine selling second hand ear pods, like they literally been inside your ears 💀
CeX buy them. @@K1NDR3D
@@K1NDR3DI like to think they’re thoroughly cleaned
you can get new ear things idk how these silicone things are called @@K1NDR3D
@@3lmi__319 Keywords: Like & Think
Growing up is realizing that Apple selling AirPods for 250 dollars was the scam in the first place
Theyre pretty good tho, worth it way more than standard airpods. I love em, especially the noise cancelling and sound is good too
They're 100% worth their price as every other product they make. Growing up is realizing that nice things cost money.
@@pastorgains999 I'm not saying they are bad quality. I've used OnePlus Buds for around 3 years now and I have dropped the case and each earbud on hard concrete tens of times easily (I used them at work with oil on my hands) and they still work great and no issues with battery life. I got them for around 80 bucks. Nice things aren't always expensive but Apple products are always expensive.
When you are grown up and aren't a hoarder or addicted to shopping and constantly owning the new thing, you can make decent money, save, and then just get the few nice things that you need for full price.
The comfort of a warranty and customer support is also worth something.
I dont think one should buy wireless headphones in the first place if it’s not a must
Keep on, good Job! Love your work 👍🏻
Good job guys! 👌🏻
6:39 during gold rush sell shovels
to be honest apple is also scamming you by charging such high prices for mediocre products
For sure
After Josef Prusa recommended your channel and a guide to Prague, just happened to see this new video pop up whilst sitting in my Zizkov hotel! I recognise some of the places you're meeting people, the airpod scam is rife in the UK as well hundreds of ads everyday on marketplace saying theyre real have invoice etc but advertised far too cheap
high quality video! doing gods work
You’re a hero for what you do!
Uninstalled TikTok after a week. Way much better.
This is definitely the best thing you can do.
On youtube you can still find educational long for content, that's all fine. Or some long form high quality entertainment.
All of that doesn't destroy your attention span (whcih impacts your whole life) and cen even benifit you (the educational stuff).
Super awesome coverage. Keep making these videos. Also *filming :)
The businessman transition 👏🤣
1:55 that's assault with deadly weapon or even attempted murder charge right there
Can't say I'm surprised that the people involved just see this as 'doing business', given that the way major corporations behave isn't all that different, and all the capitalist role models (not just the TikTok 'gurus') encourage exactly this sort of "talk a confident talk, it's about the marketing and not about the product" approach. The line between "doing business" and "scamming people" then just becomes an implementation detail, and one that is easy to get wrong especially if you don't have much experience yet, like is going to be the case for a lot of young people. We should maybe all be a bit more critical of the "commerce at any cost" ideology in society in general, rather than just singling out the people who didn't hide it well enough because of inexperience.
We saw tons of these on store shelves in Cuenca Ecuador. Along with some really bad Dewalt knockoffs and other things. The store was filled with this junk.
good job exposing those scammers.
Asking for receipt is best weapon when buying something like this of a random person. They usually go quiet fast.
I don't know anyone except maybe my mom who would keep the receipt of something though. Like, I don't sell apple products but if I put my old phone or laptop on eBay, it sure as heck won't have a receipt.
Fake receipts everywhere
They literally got a fake receipt in the video...
@@m.2383selling a 4 year old laptop on ebay is also a bit less fishy than selling brand new not even unpacked airpods in large numbers
@@toivo4801 but it is at least one further step you can take to make sure its legit.
Imagine getting scammed by apple, then scammed again by 15 year old teenagers, just because you want to look rich, but aren't.
Lmao the invoice just flew out of my pocket that is hilarious and kinda respectable tbh hahahaha
Very good Video! Thx
And this time Janek didn't gave us a Czech word at the end. But no problem, because this topic isn't just exclusive to Prague (or Czech Republic in general)
Calling them resellers is crazy to begin with. Reselling would be buying real iPods in bulk and then selling them individually for a profit.
If you buy real ones your not going to make profit and if they are your old ones or used your going to lose the money you originally paid
@@yothatsjj4803 so in other words they’re not resellers as it’s not viable to be a reseller of that product
No Czech phrase for us in the end? In any case, another wonderful video!
I really value your videos.
It would have been hilarious to just tell them who you were in the car at the very end of the interaction.
Short-form content platforms can't keep their users liable for what they do by default because of the overwhelming quantity of "content creators". That's why they're so succesful. It should be regulated heavily.
Janek looking amazing in the suit!
Going to break the algorithm with this one 🔥
Personally i can't even run into this scam cause in my opinion apple in itself is a scam nowadays.
Why would you buy something from some random person on the street? Crazy!
people always looking for ways how to save a bit money , which costs them a lot more at the end ...
Looking forward ⏩ for next video!
Honestly the weirdest part about this is that people think in person sales met online isn't an obvious scam.
no czech word at the end? like podvodník?! (german: unterwassermann!)
(i love slunce seno jahody movies)
Is Czech being spoken? I was trying to figure out this, maybe German & some French, too?
@@yeffblancoIt's all Czech in the video.
@@yeffblanco 😂🤣
TikTok is Dreadful
bread full*
I absolutely understand it is not appropriate to sell replicas as original , but you forgot to mention that fact that places such as Facebook marketplace are not official stores , any kind of products are sold there. Which means it is your responsibility to check before you buy
The last scammer interaction 😂😂😂😂😂😂 i fucking cant lmao
The amount of scammers who watch scambaiting or exposing videos is more common, especially for the ones like Scammer Payback or Trilogy Media, though I think it's more about how to avoid their operations being exposed by them. For example sending a cash mule to the victims house is getting harder cause they have seen their sting house operations go viral on YT. Hope these young people stop doing this kind of shady stuff, all the best.
I am guessing they are watching for one of two reasons or both. 1) to get inspired for doing scams they learn about on this channel 2) to learn how other scammers get caught so to not get caught themselves (keep your friends close, and your enemies closer kind of approach)
Thanks so much honest guide. My life in Czech had been a bit easier after watching your videos
hope you have a good time here!
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6:00 the best punchline at the end of the conversation😂
You had to upload this video THE DAY my AirPods Pro Max were stolen off my head by 2 teenagers FML
That was always my fear with wireless headphones. But it seems to work here where I live.
Thinking about it, people can probably also just grab your phone out of your hands if they want or other stuff.
That's why places with low crime rates, low wealth inequality and low poverty rates are so nice.
People respect each other and each others stuff and they have no motive for stealing.
france is now deciding to ban social media for under 13 year olds. i think it's a good first step, but they should elevate it to 16 years...
The problem is that you either have to check age the "good old" (and basically non-functional way) of trusting the user who just checks a checkbox pinky swearing that they're over 13... Or you do it "properly" and now all social media (or some random third party companies) have complete identities of all people on their platform(s), including children and whatnot. Companies that definitely cannot be trusted with that data, companies that have shown time and time again they cannot be trusted with real identities. And it's dystopian AF, too.
How do they define social media? Isn't that a complete total internet ban? Internet Protocal is social media, by design, it's literally the internet itself and is designed to inherently be social media that no large entity can ever stop.
Better to pass laws allowing them to stop foreign information warfare campaigns, then they can just ban tiktok outright and job done, maybe keep youtube and fb on a tight leash incase they rig elections again but the problem there wasn't kids as they can't even vote.
this is just stupid because its the parents fault not a garbage company never should you let a goverment dictate anything you can do kekl
@@sutenjarl1162 you're right. still. how you want to educate every parent for not permitting their kids watching social media?
@@sutenjarl1162I hope you realise that social media is made to be really addictive. With that reasoning, you may understand why raising the age limit is sensible
Great video
Andrew Tate's kids :D
brother please. id much rather have tate raise children than the tik tok algorithm creating criminals
where is the Czech word at the end 🤯🤯
Even on Etsy are some scammers around!
That really sucks
Yes! We were taken in South Africa by scammers AirPods.
We tested the connectivity to the phone immediately out of the sealed box but did not check noise cancellation etc. They were useless in a month.
Sad to see this "trend" growing... Glad I am no apple-user... Also, I cannot wait to travel back to cz! Been there so many times, and it's one of the most peaceful, nicest and fun countries I've been to (I've only been to 30 european countries, so I am no heavy, experienced traveller unlike some others). Every single time I've been to Prague, Brno, Olomouc, Ceske Budejovice and Krumlov, I've always had loads of fun and adventurous times, hence why I cannot wait to return back to cz! Greetings form Norway. :)
Please show the faces of the scammers so people won't get scammed by them in the future. Also I really hope you got the scammers that drove with you on the hood of their car to jail so they don't do this to others
I have seen so many listing in Romania, also. But it's Romania so it is no surprise
finally someone made a video on it
Jumping on the hood of a car is never worth it. Stay safe friend.
There always were scammers and there will be in the future. Unfortunantly people fall for these scams 😢
Yup. When I was younger, I was stupid enough to buy a cheap DC (the skateboarding brand) hoodie from a guy on the street. Only to realize later that it was a surprising fake.
In Turkey they have shops selling fake stuff, designer shoes/trainers it’s so “normal” no one cares!!
dobra prace kluci!
I once found a pair of realy passable wireless earphones for only 1GBP at a store near me. Lasted a relatively long while, too.
Conversely, one time, at a car boot sale, I saw a load of cheap Beatz by Dre and grabbed them all, thinking of reseliing...until the next guy also had a ton of them. And the next guy. So I returned them to the seller, who had no problem owning up to them being fake. I kept the one pair for myself (I believe he gave them to me for free because they weren't boxed and not working right) and yeah, they went pretty fast.
Maybe the real ones are overpriced if someone can produce convincing knock offs for $6.
They aren't very convincing once you have had time with them. The surface level stuff can be hard to tell, just enough for the seller to get your money and GTFO.
@@88porpoise🧢😂😂 atleast be honest
Apple products in general. Not just Airpods...
bro there are also people claiming they are fake and selling to people who can't afford real ones
This was a thing over 10 years ago in schools with stupid shit like Beats By Dre and I'm sure any other trendy electronic prior to that. While TikTok I'm sure spreads this, it didn't create it and it won't die with TikTok. That is in addition to the "resellers" in parking lots, streets and stalls since forever.
yet again, i have no sympathy for people who get scammed for buying fake sh!t on the street, from a kid!!! What exactly people expect to happen??!! Basically asked to be scammed. People get what they deserve!
I have noticed people trying to sell them in the U.K. I went to Leeds city centre and there was a group of youngsters trying to sell them on the streets
I got an idea: How about bringing a precise letter scale to weigh em? usually the fakes have less tech in them or cheaper materials, so what if the fakes are let's say 0.63g lighter than the orginal ones? the original weight for each apple product is displayed very precisely with 2 decimals on their homepage!
Your fault for buying second hand airpods, your fault for letting yourself get scammed, your fault for buying apple.
That aside, scammers belong behind bars.
Yep, don't hate the player, hate the game. This whole hustle/grind culture should be canceled.
victim blaming at its best
@@joesr31 The comment was primarily meant to ridicule Apple customers, not scam victims, but in both cases that's right.
@@MrScart35 I mean who wouldn't want 30$ airpods, it's a steal.
'Suited-up' I am stealing that phrase.
this is why they say 'tell the buyer that they're 1:1s'
Janku, z jakého důvodu je ten poslední scammer vycenzurovaný?
Apple is the real scammers for selling these cheaply made plastic earbuds for such a high price in the first place
i also almost got scammed from a dude from your country, tryied to sell me a graphic card, send him the money and nothing, i ended up finding out his address and his name so i gave it to the police and then the next day he send me my money back. I did get something at the door just a paper with the words graphic card. I guess i scared the guy with the police. Scammers are everywhere
Two days ago some kid in Times Square was trying to hawk fake AirPods Pro’s to me, even though I was clearly wearing real AirPods Pro’s and I wanted to call him out but I had a show to attend. Scammers are getting craftier each day.
3:10 ''I bought them but they don't fit me''
lmao what 💀
The real scam: Apple selling their AirPods for so much more money while they can be made for $6
Do u have photos on your wall with romanian scammers? Damn proud “to be romanian” 😭😂