California man tricked out of $200K in clever scam

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  • Опубликовано: 15 фев 2017
  • A California man says he lost $200,000 of his family’s savings in an alleged scam that’s so bizarre -- it’s hard to imagine that anyone could fall for it. But he did. FOX 11's Phil Shuman reports.
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  • @24sumo
    @24sumo 6 лет назад +1732

    i can 100% get his money back for 400k.

    • @80skid83
      @80skid83 6 лет назад +25

      Lol

    • @markmnorcal
      @markmnorcal 6 лет назад +23

      I'll have the Sheriff do it for $375,000.

    • @RandomRandomnessKCMO
      @RandomRandomnessKCMO 6 лет назад +18

      Fuck it , I'll do it cheap .... 10k

    • @Badrobot1500
      @Badrobot1500 6 лет назад +40

      His luck is about to change for the better when I inform him that he has just won 8 million on the lottery. All that's needed for instant access to this windfall is a processing fee of 40k.

    • @davidborg2342
      @davidborg2342 4 года назад +1

      It just might work

  • @JoeSmith-uo5yn
    @JoeSmith-uo5yn 6 лет назад +3106

    The scam wasn't clever, the victim was stupid.

    • @qutuz9495
      @qutuz9495 6 лет назад +19

      Emma Kpop
      Wow. At least we have you to save the world... The guy leaves a comment and you reply with that?!

    • @flooodo
      @flooodo 6 лет назад +2

      Salaheldin Akl ikr

    • @dawncampbell6064
      @dawncampbell6064 6 лет назад +8

      Joe Smith STUPID IS SO PRECISE

    • @zappawoman5183
      @zappawoman5183 6 лет назад +14

      Joe Smith I only clicked to see what Fox calls "clever". Not surprised.

    • @cblanco69
      @cblanco69 6 лет назад +5

      Joe Smith lmao so true

  • @nicolausphillips3616
    @nicolausphillips3616 3 года назад +586

    "...So that these $100 bills would in turn, turn these back into real $100 bills..."
    Who in the family let this guy have access to $200,000? 🤣

    • @ericnelson9100
      @ericnelson9100 3 года назад +44

      To me this sounds more like a drug deal gone bad! Maybe he's just making this up for an insurance claim?

    • @sharonbyrd8625
      @sharonbyrd8625 2 года назад +4

      Can't teach common sense

    • @zen45164
      @zen45164 Год назад +9

      @@ericnelson9100 Either that or he was raised in a secluded home that is far from the city and was never taught about scams or unethical people.
      He might have been too pure and gullible. It's pretty possible. I don't think this falls under any Insurance policy.

    • @vivienebrockington6342
      @vivienebrockington6342 Год назад +1

      I know the family is regretting it now😂

    • @onpoint5145
      @onpoint5145 Год назад +2

      @@ericnelson9100 washing money smuggling ofcourse it is and I’m surprised he went to the news and police asking for the secret service’s help

  • @blipco5
    @blipco5 2 года назад +40

    His mullet is the giveaway. They saw the mullet and knew it was going to be easy.

    • @42Laj
      @42Laj 2 года назад +2

      😂😂😂😭

  • @THEISAAC1593
    @THEISAAC1593 7 лет назад +2417

    when you're selling a restaurant and you pay the buyers

    • @kempowarrior
      @kempowarrior 7 лет назад +56

      LMAO.............!

    • @pilgrim666butters
      @pilgrim666butters 7 лет назад +143

      yeah thats what im not getting, it cost 200k to buy the chemicals to turn the money back???

    • @jondoe406
      @jondoe406 7 лет назад +127

      Bizket Butt he puts the restaurant up for sale on Craigslist for, lets say, one million dollars.
      scammers respond saying "we will give you TWO million dollars, but there's a catch. we dyed the cash white to sneak it in, all you have to do is give us $200k for the chemicals to turn it back and it's yours!"
      victims greed does the rest....

    • @pilgrim666butters
      @pilgrim666butters 7 лет назад +90

      Thats impossible NO one I mean NO one is that dumb right? This just has too be fake news.

    • @NoNickNoKick
      @NoNickNoKick 5 лет назад +21

      @@pilgrim666butters sadly it's not fake news, dozens of cases like this happens here in Europe. Like Jon Doe said, greed always speaks louder.

  • @dinozilla83
    @dinozilla83 4 года назад +522

    He got duped outta 200K and then snitches on himself on national television. This guys a legend

    • @fbmimpy
      @fbmimpy 3 года назад +6

      Lmao

    • @mcwise1201
      @mcwise1201 3 года назад +4

      😂😂

    • @salvyballacc
      @salvyballacc 3 года назад +11

      It's money laundering plain and simple. He smarter then he lets on to be. He just got greedy is all

    • @kdarban
      @kdarban 2 года назад +6

      It's like buying crack and getting ripped off and calling the cops and saying. He ripped me off while I'm doing it something illegal.

  • @subzero6190
    @subzero6190 3 года назад +113

    He should win an award for the biggest embarrassment of the decade

    • @Amy-ej2px
      @Amy-ej2px Месяц назад

      His spouse is never going to let him live this down.

  • @DanielTheCooliest
    @DanielTheCooliest 3 года назад +136

    "Guy tries to sell a restaurant on craigslist, instead purchases a $200,000 Magic trick."

  • @skyfire9432
    @skyfire9432 7 лет назад +650

    Here is a Ferrarri. It costs $1000000. I know it looks like a wooden box with garbage can lids for wheels but we just need to add a special chemical to turn it back into a real car!

    • @bird718
      @bird718 7 лет назад +14

      seriously, here look at all the money, it looks like cut up printer paper but we washed it with special chemicals to pass threw customs to avoid taxes, we will pay you with this money after you give us 200k to buy dawn liquid soap to turn it back to cash.

    • @jonasventurejr.6582
      @jonasventurejr.6582 7 лет назад +9

      Here take my monies! Gimme those chemicals! I'm gonna flip that car and sell it and be rich!

    • @stsbanga
      @stsbanga 7 лет назад +18

      SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

    • @pureluck8767
      @pureluck8767 7 лет назад +2

      Hahahahahha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @localgrower8163
      @localgrower8163 7 лет назад +1

      thats fucked up 😂 thats a real chemical bro lol

  • @sparky09100
    @sparky09100 3 года назад +930

    these guys found that one person, on this planet that could fall for this is amazing

    • @tinvo368
      @tinvo368 3 года назад +14

      How much was he selling his restaurant for? And he needed to pay 200k for that chemical I for the white cash to turn normal

    • @mastakush4272
      @mastakush4272 3 года назад +11

      Its not the first, ive seen another one with a woman on Dr. Phil.

    • @cat-lw6kq
      @cat-lw6kq 3 года назад +1

      Probably they offered him say $300,000 in exchange for $200,000 in cash.

    • @tinvo368
      @tinvo368 3 года назад

      @@cat-lw6kq they offered him $300,000 and to buy that chemical was for $200,000? You know that doesnt make a lot of sense chemical at $159 would have been reasonable

    • @cat-lw6kq
      @cat-lw6kq 3 года назад +4

      @@tinvo368 That's my guess they conned him into believing it was an expensive process to convert the bills.

  • @MileyonDisney
    @MileyonDisney 10 месяцев назад +56

    Pay for SMUGGLED MONEY??? You got what you deserved, dude!

    • @newelllondon724
      @newelllondon724 2 месяца назад

      That’s exactly what should have triggered alarm bells
      They admitted to committing or attempting to commit money laundering

    • @Josh-py9rq
      @Josh-py9rq Месяц назад

      SMEAGLE WANTS HIS PRECIOUS BACKKK!

    • @Amy-ej2px
      @Amy-ej2px Месяц назад

      Exactly. I didn't catch that it was smuggled illegally, but my thought was, why would they have this amt in cash and not a bank acct. Makes no sense.

  • @hervavengill8734
    @hervavengill8734 3 года назад +130

    This guy has a lot of balls to tell this story

    • @ronbonora7872
      @ronbonora7872 Год назад +14

      yeah and no brains for falling for the sucker play!

    • @wileyjohnson5681
      @wileyjohnson5681 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@ronbonora7872exactly

  • @yugoboss2679
    @yugoboss2679 7 лет назад +796

    Heres my civic , if you give it a wash with shampoo it will turn into a lamborghini , believe me this

    • @jinxterpinxter
      @jinxterpinxter 7 лет назад +11

      YUGO BOSS I have a feeling that dude voted for TRUMP.😉

    • @RhythmBoy
      @RhythmBoy 7 лет назад +4

      How about a demonstration? I will pay for the chemicals up to $5k. I give you the money, and you go buy the chemicals. I'll wait here. I trust you because you dress so nice

    • @tenishotshot
      @tenishotshot 7 лет назад +1

      Actually, I'd say both candidates were horrible. We're stuck with a bombastic, pathological liar, after we voted him over another pathological liar.

    • @rrpostalagain
      @rrpostalagain 7 лет назад

      Joseph Lee Always go with the adult.

    • @CDTucker336
      @CDTucker336 7 лет назад +1

      I would have played these scammers and have them buy me clothes and all kinds of stuff!!!Then turn them to the police at the restaurant!!!

  • @JulioLopez-xz5kx
    @JulioLopez-xz5kx 5 лет назад +598

    A fool and his money are soon parted....

    • @gelbusherpa1947
      @gelbusherpa1947 3 года назад +15

      Like me 😂.lost 18 k on stock market 😥

    • @alexanderandazola6138
      @alexanderandazola6138 3 года назад

      @@gudytwoshoez rip

    • @kennethsouthard6042
      @kennethsouthard6042 3 года назад +3

      I've also heard the female version, a fool and her legs are soon parted.

    • @sbfhawk4343
      @sbfhawk4343 3 года назад +1

      True and this is a fool by any means first off Craiglist No. MOney is not real but can be made real No, Cant you wire me the money directly into my account no? Get the Fuck out of here.

    • @jwat3217
      @jwat3217 3 года назад +1

      @@gelbusherpa1947 wow what stocks?

  • @TONIOFSFV
    @TONIOFSFV 3 года назад +36

    He wouldn't have been scammed if he wasn't a thief himself . He's also mind bogglingly stupid . What kind of family trusted him with money?

    • @romuloromero2268
      @romuloromero2268 3 месяца назад +2

      Exactly. Who would trust people who ‘smuggled ‘ that much cash into the country?

  • @snowkracker
    @snowkracker Год назад +43

    I’m happy that I got scammed out of $40 as a kid at a city bus stop because ever since that day I have been suspicious of strangers and their sob stories about needing money or whatever the scam is. Since that time I’ve been approached numerous times. One time they attempted the white van scam. Another time was the gold jewelry scam, gas scams, gift card scams. I’m proud to say I’ve only fallen for the very first one at age 14 or 15.

    • @fernr9496
      @fernr9496 3 месяца назад +3

      Very true. Got to teach them young.

    • @newelllondon724
      @newelllondon724 2 месяца назад +4

      Happened to me in college. Some guy said he had hubcaps to sell me for $35. Asked for payment up front which I gave him never to see him again
      He even conned me for a ride miles away
      Best $35 bucks I ever wasted

  • @RossCreations
    @RossCreations 7 лет назад +157

    dang this is a courageous man to expose himself. Thank you

    • @isaiahdejesus5123
      @isaiahdejesus5123 Год назад +1

      Hey Ross loves your vids , I’m just laying in bed looking at random vids 😂😂
      My favorite video of you is the poop in the chain 😂😂

    • @CeeTeeUSA
      @CeeTeeUSA 3 месяца назад +1

      You could see he wasn't smart by looking into his eyes. Selling the family business, never thought to use a lawyer. His family is just as dumb for letting him arrange the sale..

  • @mrjack08722
    @mrjack08722 6 лет назад +344

    I need to call this guy. I have a tower in paris i want to sell him.

    • @ian1064
      @ian1064 6 лет назад +1

      Mister lustig I presume?

    • @mrjack08722
      @mrjack08722 6 лет назад +3

      Andres Leon shit. Will a picture work do you think?

    • @Karyabs
      @Karyabs 6 лет назад +5

      Which tower? I sold it already.

    • @billytheog4792
      @billytheog4792 6 лет назад +1

      MrJack08722 lmao

    • @blackworldtraveler3711
      @blackworldtraveler3711 6 лет назад +4

      Me first I have a winged unicorn to sell.

  • @oldman-zr2ru
    @oldman-zr2ru 3 месяца назад +8

    A five year old could spot this scam. This guy has done way too many drugs.

  • @neckarsulme
    @neckarsulme 3 года назад +12

    when I saw the title, I thought maybe it actually was a clever scam, boy was I wrong

  • @choppacal4899
    @choppacal4899 3 года назад +1022

    I feel bad for him but I can't stop laughing. How tf did he fall for that?

    • @johnclements9085
      @johnclements9085 3 года назад +33

      Cuz it's sad and hilarious at the same time

    • @marquisfarmer8059
      @marquisfarmer8059 3 года назад +5

      Lol

    • @triggerfingersguyyead4423
      @triggerfingersguyyead4423 3 года назад +13

      If you felt bad you wouldn't have made the comment

    • @Ruebenbayona
      @Ruebenbayona 3 года назад +19

      @@triggerfingersguyyead4423 how would you know

    • @ashtastical2622
      @ashtastical2622 3 года назад +22

      I'm surprised he lived to be however old he is, you'd think with this logic he'd have won a Darwin Award by now. "The crosswalk says to go but some cars are still coming, maybe the walking symbol turns the cars holographic so they can't hurt me, here I go!".

  • @davidw.4524
    @davidw.4524 4 года назад +394

    He was about to commit a fraud but got scammed. Hilarious

  • @CHANCEFOR27
    @CHANCEFOR27 3 года назад +12

    How you go from selling a restaurant to buying shreds of paper in a duffel bag?

    • @mysteryman2219
      @mysteryman2219 3 года назад +3

      Why would he buy the money? I dont get what he lost?

    • @indya3327
      @indya3327 3 года назад +2

      @@mysteryman2219 I was confused too but I think the scammers told him that they need $200k for the chemicals to turn their $200k into real money. So he gave them $200k of his own money

  • @triquepersonalwork6369
    @triquepersonalwork6369 2 года назад +9

    I would have just let them wine and dine me over the course of several weeks acting interested in the deal and then taken off after that.

  • @josmu1027
    @josmu1027 3 года назад +699

    Before the video: That poor guy
    Halfway through the video: Idiot
    After the video: "I write to you on behalf of our Royal Prince"

    • @wolfpackwarriors
      @wolfpackwarriors 3 года назад +15

      😭😭😭🤡

    • @mastakush4272
      @mastakush4272 3 года назад +1

      Haha!! Good one!

    • @spignetti
      @spignetti 3 года назад +7

      yeah, Im with you....that was just damn dumb!!! he shoulda known better.....what a dumb ass!! lol

    • @lordjael
      @lordjael 3 года назад +7

      😂😂😂😂😂😂 Go get that money, champ.

    • @romansmith7885
      @romansmith7885 3 года назад +2

      EXACTLY!!!!!

  • @kesayo
    @kesayo 3 года назад +454

    That’s hilarious. He’s like, “how dare he cheat me and not be a real money launderer.”

    • @jimmyb1844
      @jimmyb1844 3 года назад +3

      Well said you are hillarious

    • @andrerodriguez7603
      @andrerodriguez7603 3 года назад +4

      Well said Kesayo. He was willing to do money laundering to sell his restaurant.

    • @cantiflascantiflas8460
      @cantiflascantiflas8460 3 года назад

      Damage

    • @god5535
      @god5535 3 года назад +1

      Is that where the term money laundering comes from? Laundry...launder....hmmm

    • @HB-tf5mv
      @HB-tf5mv 3 года назад

      lol funny, not money laundering though

  • @creative_cooper
    @creative_cooper 3 года назад +119

    If this was a movie, I'd quickly turn it off cause I would never believe a human to be so dumb.

  • @carlcofr
    @carlcofr Год назад +5

    Sounds like the victim was doing a shady illegal thing and got scammed, because of greed!

  • @emptyunder7597
    @emptyunder7597 7 лет назад +276

    Craigslist, People from Paris, Money that is dyed white, people asking for money up front so you can get Rich Quick!
    How is this not an instant red flag scenario?

    • @offensiveshit4999
      @offensiveshit4999 7 лет назад +2

      +Ren nope just around that. proper way to say it

    • @iiplaya
      @iiplaya 7 лет назад

      DANK MEMES you're so dank

    • @willemdeleeuw8094
      @willemdeleeuw8094 7 лет назад +2

      Empty Under And they look like genuine Africans, probably from a French speaking country if they said they're from Paris... Who would trust them further than you could throw them? Sheesh.

    • @bigguychronicles
      @bigguychronicles 6 лет назад +3

      Glue123 Pull : awwwwe....BLACKS fucking over WHITES, priceless! Love it!

    • @Zanonthecannon
      @Zanonthecannon 6 лет назад +4

      Business men from Paris sounds a lot more creditable then a prince from
      Nigeria

  • @dan4091
    @dan4091 3 года назад +203

    I don’t feel so bad about losing my wallet with $80 in it after watching this

    • @jeffghant4760
      @jeffghant4760 2 года назад +5

      I don't feel so bad after tipping $80 for a mediocre hand job at the massage parlor.

    • @E_xe2
      @E_xe2 2 года назад +5

      @@jeffghant4760 LOL

    • @tcapfan4190
      @tcapfan4190 8 месяцев назад +2

      Did you ever find it?

  • @Sumkneegrow
    @Sumkneegrow Год назад +4

    This is the type of guy to buy an invisible house

  • @jimmyleebaker
    @jimmyleebaker 7 месяцев назад +4

    He willingly gave them $200,000 to swap money to purchase a restaurant???? 😂 😂

  • @ashleydesiree4974
    @ashleydesiree4974 3 года назад +117

    Poor guy. I wonder if his online girlfriend from Paris was able to make her flight to console him?

  • @nathanjamesbaker
    @nathanjamesbaker 6 лет назад +447

    Apparently this guy is easily impressed.

    • @isaacalvarez534
      @isaacalvarez534 6 лет назад +8

      We'll look at his hair cut.. Obviously he isn't the sharpest tool in the shed.

    • @godbluffvdgg
      @godbluffvdgg 6 лет назад +1

      I would debate that; You felt you needed to impress a stranger with your mental prowess while having long hair?......You may be a hair smarter but it's not much hair................................

    • @e_puga
      @e_puga 6 лет назад +2

      " Oh yea. And im not easily impressed. Wow! A blue car!"
      -Homer Simpson

    • @SuperSpeederCarl
      @SuperSpeederCarl 6 лет назад

      As most long haired dick suckers are

  • @sdcofer52
    @sdcofer52 3 года назад +6

    and he was the brains of the family, taking care of business...

  • @davidk5093
    @davidk5093 3 года назад +39

    I feel sorry for this poor guy . He got scammed by people from a country that 99% of their country income comes from scamming

    • @britlowkey8053
      @britlowkey8053 Год назад

      Don’t 😂😂he’s an idiot ! How do you let someone not from here scam you

    • @wildlifewarrior2670
      @wildlifewarrior2670 Год назад

      The other one percent is India

    • @vg1024
      @vg1024 3 месяца назад

      where in the video did they say where the scammers were from?

  • @AmericanNinja85
    @AmericanNinja85 6 лет назад +233

    I almost fell for this too. It was about 27 yrs ago when I was 5 years old

  • @billynomates7347
    @billynomates7347 6 лет назад +321

    He probably thought Nigeria was in Europe

    • @Moondogg7
      @Moondogg7 4 года назад +1

      billy nomates 😂

    • @rolandmotari
      @rolandmotari 4 года назад +8

      So who said they were Nigerians?

    • @stevenhoward6940
      @stevenhoward6940 4 года назад +7

      Yeah this guy doesn’t seem like the brightest tool in the shed. I don’t know what’s worse, the fact that he literally thought blank notes would magically turn into money or the fact that he thought two black guys were from France.

    • @samuelcalderon3032
      @samuelcalderon3032 4 года назад +2

      Aegon Adie I honestly hope your joking right now, but in case you don’t understand I’ll explain. The comment was a joke about the guy who got scammed, insulting his intelligence. The comment was not intended to be racist.

    • @madambutterfly7513
      @madambutterfly7513 3 года назад

      Yep!!! Lol

  • @OutyMan
    @OutyMan 2 года назад +7

    When I heard what the scam was, I spat out my beer laughing.

  • @BRUNETTECANARY
    @BRUNETTECANARY Год назад +4

    The worst part is that scammers NEVER GET CAUGHT. You can scare them off but I have never heard of a scammer getting caught and being sent to prison for life.

  • @camilojimenez623
    @camilojimenez623 3 года назад +414

    This guy needs a TV show. I can't imagine how often he falls for shit like this.

    • @dianachin4849
      @dianachin4849 3 года назад +8

      He'll have to sell his house in case he owns one.
      I bet his credit is completely ruined

    • @tshililomugovheli2717
      @tshililomugovheli2717 3 года назад

      Was he once duped in other scams?

    • @I41535D
      @I41535D 3 года назад +1

      just imagine how it went down in the finance room

    • @udonnomi6958
      @udonnomi6958 3 года назад +3

      That's a good idea, imma sell it to him.

    • @JohnnytNatural
      @JohnnytNatural 3 года назад

      He probably thinks the earth is flat 😂; I mean those guys scam millions into buying their books and merchandises

  • @dodgeplow
    @dodgeplow 3 года назад +220

    "I wanted to avoid paying taxes by taking payment in cash and lying about the sales price and I got ripped off" - that is the correct title of this video.

    • @taryn.b
      @taryn.b 3 года назад +19

      RIGHT! Who posts an ad to sell a restaurant on Craigslist anyway?! Shady all the way around

    • @ericnelson9100
      @ericnelson9100 3 года назад +4

      Yep, pretty much! I can't help but wonder if this was really a drug deal gone bad, and this was his way of covering!

    • @orangeblood307
      @orangeblood307 3 года назад +7

      Nothing wrong with trying to avoid government THEFT

    • @dodgeplow
      @dodgeplow 3 года назад +2

      @@orangeblood307 but plenty wrong making others pay more so you won't. That's why people pay more.

    • @oxydreamer
      @oxydreamer 3 года назад

      @@dodgeplow i dont get your point. are you saying it shouldnt be legal to sell items on craigslist?

  • @MrDgreezy18
    @MrDgreezy18 3 года назад +16

    Imagine if this guy was a financial advisor

    • @ronbonora7872
      @ronbonora7872 Год назад +1

      he graduated with Jethro on the Beverly Hill Billies!

    • @MisfitsFiendClub138
      @MisfitsFiendClub138 Год назад +1

      Carlton 'Sheets' Jr. 😂

    • @jarvisaddison8560
      @jarvisaddison8560 3 месяца назад

      Man that brought back memories of those infomercials!@@MisfitsFiendClub138

  • @casienwhey
    @casienwhey 3 года назад +6

    I respect him for being willing to go public with getting scammed to help others, but who would fall for something so ridiculous? You want to buy my restaurant? I'd say great, put the money in my bank account and when the bank confirms it's cleared, you get the title.

  • @DrumWild
    @DrumWild 6 лет назад +125

    First bad move: CraigsList
    Second bad move: Believing elaborate plot
    First red flag: Here's your money, but it's going to cost you to get it.

    • @mwendia
      @mwendia 3 года назад +1

      craigslist is not a bad move at all. People buy and sell there all the time. I've bought all my cars on craigslist. You can be scammed in a store, in a parking lot, on ebay, on Amazon and many other platforms.

    • @johnnytakisawa
      @johnnytakisawa 3 года назад +1

      @@mwendia I like craigslist but theres no real recourse if someone gets ripped off. It's no good for high dollar deals. Too risky.

    • @jaketapper8910
      @jaketapper8910 3 года назад +3

      @@johnnytakisawa Agreed. I bought an $80 monitor years ago from Craigslist, which was easy to prove it was legit. I made him prove to me it worked by plugging it in and seeing the display on. I would never buy huge ticket items, or items that I cannot see prior to buying.

    • @shanefsr6609
      @shanefsr6609 3 года назад +2

      his second bad move was to go on youtubes to talk about his first bad move

    • @Qrayon
      @Qrayon 4 месяца назад

      @@shanefsr6609 If it saves one other sucker from getting scammed, then he did a good thing. It's bad only because it causes him an awful lot of embarrassment.

  • @anonymousanonymous9918
    @anonymousanonymous9918 5 лет назад +195

    "If he did any basic research, he would have realized that it was a scam."
    Or if he used some basic common knowledge he would have realized it was a scam.

    • @stevenhoward6940
      @stevenhoward6940 4 года назад +3

      Anonymous Anonymous lmao “basic” research? I guess taking a few seconds to realize that a bunch of blank notes aren’t going to magically turn into cash is so difficult to do now a days.

    • @madambutterfly7513
      @madambutterfly7513 3 года назад +5

      Or just common sense!! His IQ must be below 70 😂😂😂

    • @chessassassin2813
      @chessassassin2813 3 года назад

      This guy was so dumb. Why would anyone have to pay so much money for a process? And when was the last time any seller had to pay for anything, other than a house or car in order to fix it up to sell it?

    • @MisfitsFiendClub138
      @MisfitsFiendClub138 Год назад

      Common sense

  • @akaltaf
    @akaltaf Год назад +2

    Cannot imagine someone could be that naive. Or call it stupid.

  • @dominic_hikes
    @dominic_hikes 7 лет назад +277

    How does this guy have any control over his families business? Is he the smartest one of the bunch?!

    • @prg4647
      @prg4647 7 лет назад +44

      Fresno4runner that's a scary thought 😂

    • @kissmyass9907
      @kissmyass9907 7 лет назад +10

      Fresno4runner HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

    • @Will_Moffett
      @Will_Moffett 6 лет назад +6

      It's called white privilege. Outside of professional sports, you'd never find a minority that stupid with 200k to be scammed off them. A lot of what white people have is from them just taking it through violence, nepotism, and cronyism. Of course there are white people who earn what they have, but also a ton of post turtle whites.

    • @jameshutchinson4643
      @jameshutchinson4643 6 лет назад +13

      Will Moffett be quiet dumbass. Idiots should be seen and not heard, so that's enough from you.

    • @catdestroyer3509
      @catdestroyer3509 6 лет назад +4

      James Hutchinson he's right...

  • @ChillingCharlie
    @ChillingCharlie 7 лет назад +68

    LESSONS LEARNED:
    *Do not try to sell your familys resurant on craigslist.
    *Do not recieve a luggage full of white paper as money.
    *Should probly get a lawyer to make a deal like that.
    *If two black guys from "paris" are buying you dinner.... something is definitly wrong.

    • @voogru
      @voogru 7 лет назад +8

      But lawyers cost money! Like to sell real estate they want like $1000! Too expensive.
      Safer to lose all of my money.

    • @tea4223
      @tea4223 6 лет назад

      Chief... yep,,, I figured that too.

    • @jeffjones8368
      @jeffjones8368 6 лет назад +6

      #1 LESSON: Don't enter into a trust agreement with admitted criminals! These con men told Joe Dirt they had smuggled the bag of cash from overseas.
      FALLACY: "They may cheat some foreign government, but they will be honest with me!"

    • @henrygoodbar9477
      @henrygoodbar9477 3 года назад

      I like you comment Jeff

    • @pearlperlitavenegas2023
      @pearlperlitavenegas2023 3 года назад +3

      Nigerians claiming to be from Paris 😅

  • @rfarevalo
    @rfarevalo 3 месяца назад +3

    I'm sure he was going to pay the taxes to the IRS on the $100 bills he planned to receive after completing the washing process ;-)

  • @lopezart2853
    @lopezart2853 6 месяцев назад +1

    I’m pretty sure they asked him how much he could do and he answered “200,000”

  • @StachMan
    @StachMan 6 лет назад +615

    "The secret service needs to do something" LMFAO no wonder this guy got scammed.....

    • @harley6867
      @harley6867 5 лет назад +17

      StachMan lmaoooooo

    • @hiramabiff7421
      @hiramabiff7421 4 года назад +53

      The secret service investigated counterfeit money dumbass

    • @mikedoja6704
      @mikedoja6704 4 года назад +44

      @@hiramabiff7421 no, the secret service protects the President you fucking moron. The FBI investigates money laundering. I'm going to assume you're the fucking idiot in this video that got scammed.

    • @KK-fq6sm
      @KK-fq6sm 4 года назад +61

      M G the secret service also investigates counterfeiting and various types of fraud. I suggest you do some research before calling someone an idiot.

    • @radsnaget2005
      @radsnaget2005 4 года назад +31

      @@mikedoja6704 protecting the president is actually a very small part of the secret service. The smallest section of the agency actually. Anti counterfeit and anti laundering are their main operations.

  • @v1los
    @v1los 6 лет назад +63

    So basically they asked for 200k 'up front' for some white paper, and he wasn't even a bit suspicious?
    How stupid would you have to be?? Words fail me!

    • @gregoryeverson741
      @gregoryeverson741 6 лет назад +4

      no, this guy looks like a Hilary voter

    • @imaniperry1974
      @imaniperry1974 6 лет назад

      The dude claiming to be scammed was in on counterfeiting money. And is mad he got played.

  • @IsmailaRahama
    @IsmailaRahama 3 месяца назад +1

    I LOVE the fact that the victims were able to leave that message to the assistance team. They were ables to tell that guy, they are no longer victims! you are such an awesome force *VortexTrace* be reckoned and that is why I watch you!! Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!

  • @Lizs.Tallent
    @Lizs.Tallent 2 года назад +5

    I wish this scamming would be on the US news daily for the elderly faithfully watch the news every day. My grandparents don’t watch RUclips. I thank this young man for sharing his story and the news for sharing on RUclips for the younger people. I really hope this gets investigated more seriously. My son told me about it and the stories break my heart!

  • @richdelgado3405
    @richdelgado3405 3 года назад +91

    "Gullible man tricked out of $200k in see-through scam anyone else would have run away from".
    There. Fixed that headline for ya.

  • @xDizastaMusic
    @xDizastaMusic 6 лет назад +301

    What GTA heist mission is dis

  • @nicholaslee2607
    @nicholaslee2607 3 года назад +4

    wow i feel way smarter every day.

  • @willyjoerockhead
    @willyjoerockhead 4 месяца назад +1

    It's good that he came forward. Years ago, my boss at work borrowed $1000 and then quit and took off with my money- I told everyone at work but everyone told me that they also gave him money - but told me not to tell anyone because they were embarrassed. I was like "NO"! People need to know so this doesn't happen again. Now when anyone asks me to borrow money i tell them to "ask Joe (with his last name) - my ex-boss - He's got the $1000 for you".

  • @r0cd0x
    @r0cd0x 3 года назад +387

    "we have the money, but its dyed white and you need to buy chemicals to turn it back into money"
    "....... OK sounds legit, heres the keys!"

    • @CharisBrinkley
      @CharisBrinkley 3 года назад +7

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @rpap5322
      @rpap5322 3 года назад +9

      Bet his family members will not let him do any more dealings with the business..

    • @peterjan3670
      @peterjan3670 3 года назад +3

      😂

    • @likesanddislikesetc
      @likesanddislikesetc 3 года назад +6

      What a dumb ass 😂😂😂

    • @mansamusa128
      @mansamusa128 3 года назад +7

      Lol yea he is a real country bumkin

  • @soupermario22
    @soupermario22 6 лет назад +195

    Those two men just bought themselves a mansion in Nigeria

    • @Canto00
      @Canto00 6 лет назад +9

      Mario Rubio I think they bought a full city.

    • @Menagerie_K
      @Menagerie_K 6 лет назад +2

      Or maybe they bought more cash

    • @crysis4real
      @crysis4real 6 лет назад +2

      Mario Rubio
      Your 100% right bro..

    • @canman5060
      @canman5060 6 лет назад +1

      These two men spent it all and shoot to death in Nigeria for not sparing the high officials any.

    • @xiangyu168yu7
      @xiangyu168yu7 6 лет назад +8

      Mario Rubio lol in Lagos only a 1 bedroom small condo, Nigeria is not that poor nowaday

  • @The.Dude.Abides.
    @The.Dude.Abides. 11 месяцев назад +1

    The scammer saw a grown man with long hair wearing a Harley Davidson hat and said to himself, “today is going to be a good day.”

  • @jaymorgan.
    @jaymorgan. 3 месяца назад +2

    He should be jailed as well for money laundering. I don't need google to know this is a scam. lol

  • @edbrown8254
    @edbrown8254 6 лет назад +85

    What a genius. "There are a couple of black fellas here with lots of invisible money and I'm agonna get me some!" His family must be so proud....

    • @aliyusuf6552
      @aliyusuf6552 4 года назад +12

      I'm black I'm laughing at your comment

    • @ca8824
      @ca8824 4 года назад +13

      Why be racist, especially on a public platform? Their ethnicity dosen't matter. If they had been white it would have still a transparent scam. Obviously you have some issues with bigotry you need to deal with.

    • @moecash8450
      @moecash8450 3 года назад +11

      Idc if you’re white, black or whatever if you come to me with white paper and tell me it’s money I’m laughing at you 😂😂

    • @iamacrownamedcrow
      @iamacrownamedcrow 3 года назад

      @@aliyusuf6552 same lmfao

    • @edwardboscaino438
      @edwardboscaino438 3 года назад +4

      I personally think he’s being funny,. If this type of humor hurts you in anyway maybe don’t read the comments. There was a club in Brooklyn New York called the crazy country club where they were brutal on everyone.back in the eighty we brought a new guy at work there, he was black. One Comedian in the middle of his act Made an announcement that a pocketbook was missing from one of the customers. They turned on the lights and all the bounces were around the black guy stood them up and power them down while everybody laughed and so did he. He told his mother take dealt with real racism most of her life and she brought different groups of her friends and church members almo every week. They were told to sit in the back, security would make Announcements while shining the light on the table to watch your valuables tonight as we have some unsavory characters here. She said her friends could not get enough of it. I miss the good all days

  • @octopusph.d7737
    @octopusph.d7737 6 лет назад +372

    "it looks like monopoly money, but if you put lemon juice on it, it turns into real money"

  • @BeyondPostal
    @BeyondPostal 3 года назад +2

    When the crooks bailed on this guy, they were doing flying chest bumps, hand shakes etc.. "I told you... I told you...."

  • @teddytac253
    @teddytac253 3 года назад +123

    I definitely wouldn't eat at this dudes restaurant. You'd order a pizza from him, he'd come back with a strawberry banana smoothie instead

    • @mrswizzlestickz2646
      @mrswizzlestickz2646 3 года назад +7

      That's why he's trying to sell it lol

    • @gimcrack555
      @gimcrack555 3 года назад +8

      You order a pizza. He serves you a round cardboard box. For $50 you can purchase chemicals to turn this in a real pizza. To me it still taste like cardboard with a chemical after taste.

    • @bossshango8356
      @bossshango8356 2 года назад +1

      @teddytac253 💀💀💀💀💀

    • @jparker19822009
      @jparker19822009 2 года назад +3

      He’s not the sharpest tool in the shed

  • @anthonypeck9082
    @anthonypeck9082 6 лет назад +323

    Makes you wonder how long he tried dyeing the money before he realised they had scammed him , im thinking he tried for a long while .

    • @RogueOutlaw
      @RogueOutlaw 4 года назад +15

      Anthony Peck
      guy: I been scrubbing this f***ing paper with soap and water for days! But it only disintegrates!!!!

    • @joedirt2187
      @joedirt2187 4 года назад +12

      Idiot must have called them to have them explain. Over the phone Lmfao

    • @LaciRae
      @LaciRae 3 года назад +2

      😂

  • @cipherP9
    @cipherP9 3 года назад +3

    Clever scam??? Calling this scam “clever” is the news media way of suckering this guy into doing this interview without hiding his face in shame.

  • @junito1008
    @junito1008 6 лет назад +206

    Me: I'm selling a Roll Royce !!
    Dumb ponytail guy: How much?
    Me: $450K but it looks like a Corolla
    I did that to bring it from England
    To get the Phantom, just wash the car. 😂

    • @radtalon6079
      @radtalon6079 6 лет назад

      But this scenario is different. He gets a Corolla of value for $450k. He got white paper that was perfectly cut.

    • @kelleyh3597
      @kelleyh3597 6 лет назад +1

      Junito Punto Comm 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @derrickforeal
      @derrickforeal 6 лет назад +3

      Junito Punto Comm exasctly this guy was a moron

    • @ihavefelines2699
      @ihavefelines2699 6 лет назад +1

      Junito Punto Comm😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂!!!

    • @william7883
      @william7883 6 лет назад

      I guess common sense isnt taught in California schools only protesting and voting democrat

  • @marssilvergold3967
    @marssilvergold3967 6 лет назад +154

    "You selling your restaurant? Let me pay you with these white dollar bills... just give me 200k for soap to wash the money I'm paying you with."
    That's not a scam, that's a Three Stooges skit.

    • @gregoryeverson741
      @gregoryeverson741 6 лет назад +6

      i feel bad if other family members were affected by him being so stupid

    • @esbensolgaardguitaretc.2372
      @esbensolgaardguitaretc.2372 6 лет назад +7

      He´s the only one in the family that can read and write..

    • @dylanmartino7975
      @dylanmartino7975 3 года назад

      Lmaooooo 💯🍜😂

    • @mugiirakamundi5172
      @mugiirakamundi5172 3 года назад

      😭😭

    • @cat-lw6kq
      @cat-lw6kq 3 года назад

      They probably offered to buy the business for $300,000. The catch was they needed $200,000 up front they would convert the bills and he would end up with $300,000 for the sale of his resturant.

  • @hannibalkemet9824
    @hannibalkemet9824 Год назад +1

    A wise man said, "a fool is born every second."

  • @The3rdman741
    @The3rdman741 7 месяцев назад +2

    American with basic education meet two Africans with PhD from the University of Crime Hustle and Hardship. This should been made into a movie.😅😅😅

  • @nothingleft3473
    @nothingleft3473 6 лет назад +460

    This has to be a joke.. there is seriously zero chance of this being real.

    • @nothingleft3473
      @nothingleft3473 6 лет назад +35

      Carly Exactly. Who is going to go on television to be crowned "Worlds Biggest Dumbass"?

    • @dorbie
      @dorbie 6 лет назад +8

      It's real, it's a common scam. Often the money is black and the chemicals are supposed to wash off the dye. They show you an example and leave you with cases of blank paper. They did this in Nigeria to a guy I read about. Real money traded for a larger sum of faked money. I wonder if someone came up with the scam after misunderstanding the phrase "money laundering".

    • @greenthizzle4
      @greenthizzle4 6 лет назад

      dorbie no they came up with it after seeing a magic trick kit that's supposed to turn "paper" into money.. the kit feeds in a paper slip and rolls it up while at the same time rolls out real money so it looks like it's changed

    • @dorbie
      @dorbie 6 лет назад +1

      I don't think so. This is one of the oldest scams in the book, that's why it has a specific name and the con involved washing not that little roller trick. I am not making this stuff up, I know of another SPECIFIC instance of this scam where the money was black and the black dye had to be washed off. These guys were even lazier passing plain white paper instead of black paper. Just amazing that he fell for it.

    • @greenthizzle4
      @greenthizzle4 6 лет назад

      dorbie I suppose it would not be hard to hide a bill in the bottom of a bucket and then put the paper in and switch it really quick

  • @BeefPapa
    @BeefPapa 7 лет назад +561

    i had to pause it while i finished laughing.

  • @braticuss
    @braticuss 13 дней назад +1

    Clever scam...? This is so basic and easy to avoid. You'd think they were talking about a 5 year old trying to avoid a complicated scheme; because even a 5 year old wouldn't fall for this. The bar is set so low. This guy probably would have bought invisible car if you dressed well enough.

  • @mattr.1887
    @mattr.1887 2 года назад +2

    Even if the "cash" was real, I would be suspicious as hell of anyone with a duffle bag full of bills.

    • @dianachin4849
      @dianachin4849 2 года назад +1

      I used to talk to this fake military guy back in 2016. He told me he has a duffel bag full of money. But he only sent me a pic lmao!!
      I also heard about scams that involve gold bars

  • @alexandercrush
    @alexandercrush 6 лет назад +177

    For that amount best to have the bankers exchange the money.

    • @ananomus6111
      @ananomus6111 6 лет назад +5

      avoiding taxes

    • @alexblack8780
      @alexblack8780 6 лет назад

      when have bankers stole money?

    • @Fete_Fatale
      @Fete_Fatale 6 лет назад

      Since when do you involve a bank in a scam?
      The Mafia won't allow you to pay your monthly protection money via direct debit .... because it's traceable, and your local street-corner drug dealer doesn't accept MasterCard for the same reason.
      The scammers in this case aren't going to deal with banks, and they make their target wary of using a bank by making them complicit in the 'crime' of receiving illegally smuggled money.

    • @johnvanegmond1812
      @johnvanegmond1812 6 лет назад +1

      @Johnson Black Ha ha ha ha ha ha snort cough snort. Joking right?

  • @kwadwoasamoah4290
    @kwadwoasamoah4290 6 лет назад +122

    LOL, I love how he thought the money was "illegally brought into the country" & still went with the scheme but once he knew he was scammed he cries that the government should do something!

    • @Fete_Fatale
      @Fete_Fatale 6 лет назад +5

      Yea, part of his rationale for going along with this scheme appears to be because it's supposedly sticking it to the govt.

    • @brandoloudly9457
      @brandoloudly9457 6 лет назад +2

      you guys act like he was trying to evade taxes. not at all the case. the guy was just stupid.

    • @Fete_Fatale
      @Fete_Fatale 6 лет назад +9

      Crooked, the scammers' rationale was that they were avoiding declaring the "money" they were bringing (supposedly illegally), which suggests that it was about avoiding currency import duties (aka taxes). That the idiot 'knowingly' went along with this shows that he was complicit in their illegal scheme to avoid taxes ... therefore "he was trying to evade taxes".
      It's that simple.

    • @brandoloudly9457
      @brandoloudly9457 6 лет назад +2

      not at all. learn the law before you speak.

    • @Fete_Fatale
      @Fete_Fatale 6 лет назад +2

      lol ... what Diploma Mill issued your law degree?

  • @IJustFiguredThisOut
    @IJustFiguredThisOut 2 года назад +2

    OMG that is literally one of the oldest tricks in the book. Scammers have been doing that scam for decades now.

  • @kint5ugee
    @kint5ugee 3 года назад +1

    i don't get it, so he paid $200,000 for the supposed chemical treatment of the fake money? How much was he selling the restaurant for? $10 million?

  • @lrock48
    @lrock48 6 лет назад +22

    Scam only works if you are greedy, if it seems to be too good to be true, avoid it like the plague.

  • @TimeGallon
    @TimeGallon 6 лет назад +29

    They wined and dined him for weeks and he never once thought to google it?

  • @GRANNYDAISY333
    @GRANNYDAISY333 2 года назад +2

    MY DAD TOLD ME A SUCKER IS BORN EVERY SECOND.. WELL THERE HE IS EVERYONE !

  • @UncleDavesKitchen
    @UncleDavesKitchen 2 месяца назад +1

    This guy should not be trusted with the keys to anything. This was easier than tricking out a dog with fake ball toss.

    • @mth469
      @mth469 2 месяца назад +1

      He may not have been the brightest,
      but my guess is he is a good person by nature.
      He trusts people too easily
      and unfortunately got taken for a ride.

    • @UncleDavesKitchen
      @UncleDavesKitchen 2 месяца назад +1

      @@mth469 and so did his family as he lost their money

    • @mth469
      @mth469 2 месяца назад

      @@UncleDavesKitchen
      sadly so.
      i guess they at least still have their diner from which they can still make some money.
      let us not laugh at someone's misfortune.

  • @jasonbean5052
    @jasonbean5052 7 лет назад +75

    This cannot be for real! There are people out there who are that stupid? And they are allowed to vote and drive cars? WOWWW!!!

    • @bagwan98
      @bagwan98 7 лет назад +9

      Jason Bean, yep! who you think voted for the Trumpster?

    • @mrvapor4791
      @mrvapor4791 7 лет назад

      Jason Bean blinded by greed

    • @yuhget108
      @yuhget108 7 лет назад +6

      Jan Diehn liberals in Cali smh

    • @bojohnson8851
      @bojohnson8851 6 лет назад +1

      Jason Bean trumpers

    • @DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants
      @DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants 6 лет назад

      This is extreme but most average people believe in crazy shit.
      Religion doesnt need proof.
      Laws like age where if 2 17 year olds agree to fuck most Americans are cool with it or dont care but if a 17 year old has sex with someone over 18 and both agree they have a problem with it when they could have a problem with both or neither.
      If a 17 year old said they wanted to fuck a 5 year old most Americans would have a problem with that but not with 2 17 year olds fucking each other when they could view them both as the same thing.
      These examples just promote humans are stupid.

  • @vincentaurelius2390
    @vincentaurelius2390 3 года назад +37

    Sounds like a version of the classic “I have a winning lottery ticket but can’t cash it because I’m not a US citizen. So pay me X amount up front and you can have the ticket”.

    • @DelusionalMoron
      @DelusionalMoron 2 года назад +1

      both, in essence, are advanced fee scams

  • @heroknaderi
    @heroknaderi Месяц назад +1

    Hopefully they catch the suspects. And hopefully the victim gets his money back

  • @steve41557
    @steve41557 Год назад +1

    I admire that he's willing to publicize this. Hopefully it will save others.

  • @MegaShanes1
    @MegaShanes1 6 лет назад +44

    The paper turns back into $100 notes LOL...my god

  • @BrainyGavinLee
    @BrainyGavinLee 5 лет назад +61

    There's a sucker born every minute!

  • @stopdropandgame9506
    @stopdropandgame9506 2 года назад +1

    not even the elderly would fall for this lmao

  • @orionpax13
    @orionpax13 3 месяца назад +1

    The idiocy here is astonishing. Everyday society is so detached from reality.

  • @waltermorris5786
    @waltermorris5786 Год назад +3

    Why didnt he ask..ok, turn ten pieces of paper into 10 one hundred dollar bills before my very eyes and we can seriously start talking, if not piss off

  • @R_Ali
    @R_Ali 3 года назад +46

    Man I can’t believe this guy was so gullible.
    But good on him for coming forward, and letting others know

    • @henrygoodbar9477
      @henrygoodbar9477 3 года назад +2

      Perhaps he’s only attempting to place himself above suspicion by “coming forward”.

  • @jonahansen
    @jonahansen 3 года назад +27

    My mom used to tell me "A fool and their money are soon parted."

  • @mikehunt3559
    @mikehunt3559 Год назад +1

    I received an email from a Nigerian Prince. He said his money could be “ freed “ with funds to help “ free “ it. For this awesome favor I’m extending to him? He will give me double the amount back. Or was it triple? I remember reading the email and just being fascinated that they were trying this at random on thousands of people. I wondered how many fell for it? I thought about the older confused person that didn’t know what they were doing. It made me sad. I really hope that “ Prince “ develops chronic diarrhea and a house lands on him.

  • @BackwoodsFilms
    @BackwoodsFilms 2 года назад

    Never saw a fool more deserving of losing $200K. There's a sucker born every minute, and 32 years and one minute ago, he was one of them.

  • @keviiiboo7460
    @keviiiboo7460 3 года назад +53

    I think we must note that the big reason they tricked him is because he was blinded by the way these people carried themselves and how they treated him.

  • @sbssmith6818
    @sbssmith6818 4 года назад +125

    Imagine when he told his family that story

    • @soarabove337
      @soarabove337 3 года назад +4

      Kudos. Good point. 👏 😎👍

    • @anthonynicolosi9548
      @anthonynicolosi9548 3 года назад +6

      lmfao...like dad he said like the money was gonna come back then disappear dude

    • @spignetti
      @spignetti 3 года назад +5

      dude they're gone..they moved....locked him out, left no forwarding address!! lol

    • @trippy4674
      @trippy4674 3 года назад +4

      Dad smacked him I hope

    • @TheRealBizWiz
      @TheRealBizWiz 3 года назад

      If he even had a family.