My grandparents had a gambling addiction when they were young. They said that the hotel would give them free rooms and food just so they would come back and spend more money. This addiction is hard to get rid of because unlike alcohol and drugs, gambling is strongly encouraged by the media. Even drinking has some stigma around it, but gambling doesn't have that as much as it should
I used to work at a country general store, in a small community area surrounded by corn and hops, and this guy that owned his own business came in almost every day and spent hundreds of dollars on scratchers. It was depressing.
@@TheAlchemist1089 They should be banned from existing. How many lives every year are ruined by gambling and alcohol? How many broken children that will grow up into horrible human beings?
@@TheAlchemist1089 Finland has banned the advertising of alcohol and tobacco products and unfortunately they're still a problem :// Especially alcohol. It seems like younger generations are moving away from them more though, so maybe there's hope.
I got scammed on Runescape as a kid, I never fell for it again, and over time I was exposed to a variety of different scams on that game. That was a great inoculation to these kinds of shady fucks in real life.
I got scammed in runescape too when I was young. My password got stolen, i lost my account, and I've remembered it for my whole life. Honestly it was an important character building experience. Runescape character building that is. My next one was far more optimized for pvp in the wilderness.
@@pyramear5414 imagine getting hacked by an irl friend at 11... might be an exaggeration but seems to answer why I have trust issues lmao, sorry it happened to you bro
Which is hilarious because today I seen a video of a women trying to defend Andrew Tates rape allegations by saying he’s handsome and charismatic so he wouldn’t need to r@pe someone 💀 like what kinda dumbass logic is that?
The nail in the NFT coffin for me was when I went to a residential mental health center after a suicidal breakdown. In between group therapy sessions, other patients and I would chat. I expressed confusion about NFTs and a young man told me it was a great opportunity, chance for losses but overall gains trend upwards, blah blah blah. Group therapy started and he opened up right away about a relapse he suffered with gambling the evening before. It was definitely a “looks at the camera like I’m in The Office” situation. I found it ironic. I won’t laugh at anyone in treatment. We were all on our last threads and were overwhelmed by our difficult lives. But damn if that wasn’t a bit obvious.
My mom as well as my uncle got "hooked" on a simple fruit/slots machine at the local bar... both lost thousands, mom ended up pouring in all family savings, then ditching dad for another gambling addict. Yes, addiction ruins lives. If you know someone struggling or are yourself; please reach out. Anyone who ever "got over it" is with you. PS: When I was 14 they had a baby; I wouldn't miss my half-brother for the world 🫶 life's complicated.
i'm sorry to hear that, gambling is a horrible addiction, luckily i've managed to stop before it got out of hand, but i hope your mother and uncle kicks the habit one day and get the help they need. i feel like it isn't even restricted either, when i was about 13, i could deposit and play like anyone else (online), there needs to be more restriction on gambling, and more support early on to prevent gambling addictions from getting out of control
This is actually something similar that happened to me. My dad had a horrible gambling addiction. Like so horrible he would steal money from his job and leave me (around 2 or 3 at the time) and my brother (probably from 0-1) in the car and gamble for hours on end. After a lot of messy stuff it ended up in a huge fight that I witnessed and we now have a broken family. Dad finally got the help he needed but honestly it was too late. He can only see us (me, my brother and sister) every second weekend and Nanna (his mother) hates and blames him for everything. I tell ya, gambling is fecking horrible..
To his credit that's probably one of the better apologies from a scammer that I've come across. It explains rather than excusing and takes full responsability. He should still face the consequences but credit where credit is due.
I agree. Especially if we compare this to say Logan Paul’s recent apology for Cryptozoo, Logan Paul blames everybody but himself where as this guy only blames himself. Logan Paul doesn’t take any accountability for his own actions that led to the scam because even though he didn’t make any money he is the one that orchestrated the whole situation that allowed this scam to happen in the first place. Where as this guy admits his own actions specifically and his own faults. Obviously not a great dude but I have hope he can redeem himself based on just this apology since it is a pretty good one.
I’ve followed DNP3 for awhile and didn’t notice any of this controversy till now. He was cool back in the day with his live giveaways, but everyone and their mother knew his crypto/ nft shit was gonna end up being a bust. His apology was good but he’s abandoned his main twitter account and went dark to avoid criticism. I hope as of right now he’s being held liable, nobody should be able to lose that much of other people’s money just to disappear.
Its hard to not blame these people for falling for these scams back to back. It's almost impossible to not see a lot of these currencies being exposed everyday. Yet people will still buy in and ignore the consistent red flags
Yeah. I know on some level that no one deserves to lose their money to this shit and there should be a safety net available for mistakes like this but man, sometimes I genuinely think there's a point where you're kinda just on your own because of how horrendously stupid your actions were, and all of these shitcoin investors go way beyond that line for me. I believe in a safety net because I think it would be a net benefit for society, but I have zero sympathy for these people.
@@Yannnus well lets desimplify it. yes he obviously wants money from youtube, but he can also just upload once per week, or even a month considering how popular he is now. but instead he uploads twice a day. and we know why.
As someone experienced in addiction I always say “It’s not an excuse, it’s just a reason” for all the crappy things. It can be a cause but at the same time it isn’t an outright excuse, so people can understand the problem but it still needs resolving.
thank you!! i apply this with other illnesses too. like people with BPD are often very toxic (unintentionally) but their disorder doesn't excuse it. it explains it, but doesn't make it okay.
For me, if your addiction doesn't cause any extreme harmful effects to either yourself or others. Then fine by me. Edit: I forgot that there are other types of addictions with other "substances" or "habits", and different limits of addictions that people also have. I dont dispute that addiction is harmful.
@@lxn-p There's a *massive* difference there, he chose to accept a gambling sponsorship that started everything, alcoholics chose to start drinking, people don't choose to be born with a specifically wired brain
this is shocking to me. As a former marbler i used to hang out in DNP3 streams mostly looking for some fat points but he seemed like such a level headed, honest and intelligent dude. I bet there were many crypto skeptics who invested in his projects since he seemed like a safe bet if that's something you were interested in getting involved in, glad i wasn't one of them. I hope he get's the chance to indemnify all the investors he screwed over before being tossed in jail but there needs to be more oversight with these types of projects, just the fact that one single person would have access to these funds and be able to literally gamble it all away is absolutely insane
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Yes, the guy has a gambling addiction and definitely should seek help, but that doesn't excuse him from doing these horrible things to the people that followed him on social media. What about those that got scammed? Will he ever give back the money he stole? Not likely
@BriSmiles no, but it was his money to use and invest once the investor handed him the money. Just like in this situation. If you hand a homeless person $20 and say, get yourself a nice meal, yet they go and buy alcohol, did they steal your $20? No.
Its shocking how many beggars and scammers are on social media platforms. It's not always about addiction either, there's an increase in "send me money because I can't be arsed to get a job" and that is the entirety of their content.
Those of us who played RuneScape in our youth have already been mentally prepared for avoiding scams in real life. I will never forget when I dropped my first rune set as a 11 year old because someone told me he would make it gold trimmed
a guy promised to give me diamond armor if I gave him a bunch of iron on a multiplayer minecraft server, and after giving him the iron he killed me and then fled, so now I know what to avoid since I got taught a hard lesson at 11
That’s so bad, and I can only hope the guy has at least a shred of guilt with what he did and comes to full terms on what he did and gets help and starts rebuilding.
I'm an alcoholic in recovery and have been sober for almost 4 yrs now. I always said that I'm not responsible for my addiction but I am responsible for my recovery. Making amends to the people I hurt made my recovery stronger. Idk how he will be able to do that for all the people he hurt but it would make everyone feel better. Edit : When I said I'm not responsible for my addiction I mean I didn't choose to become addicted to alcohol. Nobody chooses to become an addict/alcoholic. We may have to chose to pick up the first drink but we didn't have a choice after a while. I never meant to say that addicts shouldn't be held accountable for their actions. If you commit a crime you should do the time. But I've definitely done my time and all I can do is learn from my mistakes and continue to grow.
@@theresurrection33 look whatever you want to say. I'm sure you know nothing about being an addict and just think addicts are all lowlife scum bags. Like if anyone would actually choose to ruin their life and become an addict by choice. I hope you and your loved ones never become an alcoholic/addict but maybe you would have a little more empathy if it did happen. Thanks for your reply. BTW I'm 39 so idk why you said " this generation" 😄
Seen this story time and again. My old job was working with Compulsive Gamblers and this is a story Ive heard 100s of times just replace Crypto with something like business funds. Sadly, people likely wont get their money back, but what you said is correct: its sad he has this problem but it doesn't wipe accountability. Holding compulsive gamblers accountable is part of their recovery, actually. Odds are the group he mentioned is GA (Gamblers Annonynous) and they are...usually pretty good at helping with that. But, sadly, many cases like this also end in relapse. Something bad happens and they want help in the moment, but after a few days or weeks they fall right back into their old habit once the heat settles down...
"I think there's a level of trust between us. Like- we're related by something far stronger than blood... Content. So please don't harass this person." That setup lol😂
Props to the guy for admitting to his choices and admitting that he has a gambling addiction. The first step to fixing a problem is admitting there is one.
@@Th3Watch3r correct. But he at least owned up to his actions instead of trying to pull the whole, "I'm young, so I'm going to make mistakes" or some other dumb excuse.
Unfortunately I know some people that fall for scams over and over again. When we tell them that it is a scam they just keep telling us "Don't worry this one is legit this time" every time and then they get scammed every time as well. Sorry if there is any bad English
Are we certain he didn't lie about gambling and just hide the money in offshore accounts? This isn't the first time I have heard the " I lost all our money gambling" story. He would have to provide receipts for it to make any sort of sense at all. There was even a story about a husband that caught his wife cheating and used gambling as a front to hide his money discrepancies when he had actually hid the money in accounts elsewhere, then told his wife he lost everything gambling so she divorced him, and he kept all his "gambling losses"
Gambling addictions are incredibly common. 464 million people worldwide suffer from gambling addictions. Like Charlie said, he is still at fault for gambling away all their money, and his addiction does not make this okay, but I really do think he isn’t lying about the gambling problems. Just because some lie about gambling addictions doesn’t mean everyone is, but again, that doesn’t make this situation okay.
It’s actually a tax and irs loophole as casino earning and losses are non taxable and require no paper trail so being in some offshore account isn’t that far fetched
i think its a legit addiction for some ppl. pretty much just another form of a gambling addiction. with each new scam they think "maybe THIS will be the one that makes me rich!" and when it doesnt work they just move onto the next scam, and repeat.
Honestly yeah that's probably true. Like, scams target people who are too dumb to avoid them, see all the badly spelled scam emails from Nigerian Princes, and then after the first scam that lost them all their savings, they're also desperate. Dumb and desperate is not a good combo. The people who get scammed a second or third time are the ones that didn't learn their lesson. And uh, they're probably not super likely to ever learn that lesson either.
Can I just say, I love how Charlie edits his videos. There's no BS or different cameras or anything. It feels like a friend talking about this new thing they learned about. Thanks for everything youre doing with these videos!
@@SamoIsKing Exactly. Some time ago I came across a rainbow puke of a channel. They were making a "funny" review of Arkham Asylum and holy shit, there were cuts and clips every 3 BLOODY seconds, I fucking COUNTED. Bass boosted shitty memes and other such clips. Stupid jokes and a constant barrage of cuts, "jokes", clips and other sh*t. That was the most confused and irritated my brain has gotten from a youtube video. It is for the absolute worst of the worst of people who have the attention span of 2 seconds and it definitely rubbed me the wrong way on how annoying all of that was. It is definitely a way to hide how boring and non interesting you are, to have to do that to have the audience attention for a bit longer. Masters of YT like Charlie can have an interesting video that I watch from start to finish WITH a monotone voice and NO cuts.
Gambling addiction is very real and its scary. Financially its worse than any drug you could be addicted to. If he truly gets help and goes through the process at some point he will make amends with the victims the best he can.
Charlie Hooplah Moist. What a legendary name, nay, title. EDIT: also, can I just say, Charlie has fostered one of the most positive communities on RUclips that I've seen. Minus the bots, the comments are almost always a majority positive, and there are genuine discussions taking place. Not only that, but this is one of the ONLY communities that I've seen where, when the creator says "don't harass these people" it actually has impact. Thank you to every single one of you moisties for just being so chill and creating such a positive environment in the comments :)
For a bit of extra context: this project (Gridcraft) that he scammed people's money out of was originally gonna be a Minecraft server with NFTs and Blockchain garbage but he had to shut it down because Minecraft made a policy against NFTs and crypto in game so in order to not lose the hope (and money) of their supporters, which there was a fair bit of, they said they're making a standalone game, and like every other crypto game, all that came from it was just the concept of a game and never an actual playable game
my dad used to install slot machines, and every time someone asked "how do you win these?" or "what's the trick to these?" and he always answered "don't play", this is how I feel about these kind of crypto coins or crypto in general, don't play
I did a dissertation on gambling addiction and it seriously can be one of the most crippling and wide-reaching addictions, I think a lot of people don’t realise just how bad it can get
One thing you can always rely on is sheer human greed. There are people out there that want something for nothing, and crypto bros are more than happy to oblige.
Which he does, and rightfully so, with a statement of action to help him recover. Only a matter of time before there's something made public to tell those affected that there's a plan of action on making right the wrong committed. Some props for owning up to it at least.
Wrong mindset. You should feel sorry for the victims and feel spite for the scammer. Giving a scammer empathy gives them the green light to keep scamming. "Ah, yeah, I'm a tortured soul and I'm getting help ... But I need your money to help me get there."
1 twitlonger is better than anything Logan has put out. Even if it is all his fault he’s not trying to absolve himself of blame. Not even trying to demonize the addiction and blame it on that. Overall good statement especially if he can come up with something to help the victims.
I think gambling addictions are something that arent talked about enough. If you go on certain platforms people who have them and want to come out about having one get clowed on by comments saying "keep going you're going to hit it big" and such. We need to take them more serious because many times they can end in very severe mental and physical harm.
@@hamstey1603 You probably think it takes negative IQ to drink 10 bottles of wine a day, smoke 20 cigarettes a day, commit suicide etc but you don't understand addiction and mental illness
@@hamstey1603 going by the same logic, it also takes a negative IQ to do anything that has the potential for addiction. but, you can't use that logic because there are things like shopping addictions and eating addictions which are things everyone has to do. it's like alcohol or drugs, it dosent seem so bad if you think you're just trying it out once or twice, what could really be the harm? unless you go out of your way to avoid anything that could be addictive even on first try (gambling, alcohol, drugs) you don't really have a place to judge.
@@pixxlated_ If it were me, then Yes, I would turn myself in. For 2 reasons. 1) A confession has been made online and it would catch up to me eventually. 2) To cut a deal and get a reduced sentence. Also I wouldn't be involved in this sort of thing to begin with LOL.
Smeone commented they were scammed on RuneScape as a kid. I was scammed on Diablo 2 as a kid and i felt so bad afterwards, I made sure it never happened again. I'm 35 now and still remember that valuable life lesson.
It's become sad how many bot accounts RUclips allows. Comment sections are just full of them, doesn't matter where you go or what you watch....just bot acct after bot acct commenting. Spend some time policing this RUclips, pretend to care.
I think the fact that virtual casinos usually treat your money as "just numbers" intentionally makes people a bit numb to the fact they are loosing a lot of money, shrugging it off telling you that you might've lost some money but that you can make more if you stay in. Meanwhile some physical casinos handle the chip system or actual cash making people a bit more careful about what they are loosing since it's right there
I legitimately felt bad when I read that post on twitter… I used to go in his streams all the time and even won a game of Marbles. I still have the screencap. I don’t know him personally but I remember him saying he had some coding experience which got a lot of people into it. Really sad to see. He gave away PCs, Series X, PS5s and actual money. It just goes to show that no matter how rich or happy you think someone is… that we all are fighting our own battles. I’m surprised Charlie never saw him on twitch. He was definitely well known on twitter. Always glad to see your take on things, man. You do a lot more than you might realize. I hope you all are doing ok rn. Cheers💫
I have been saying that social media influencers scamming is like the new trend that herd all the sheep including the social media influencers following suit. I guess it's also a trend to only apologize once you get caught. They're pretty much apologizing to their self for not being more "careful"
Yea basically. RUclips has given a platform to every narcissist and sociopath that wants to brag openly about what they do; or to anyone who is willing to exploit themselves publicly.
Yeah and it's clear they've realised that 'cancel culture' actually doesn't exist cause all of them go on to repeat the exact same 'mistake' after enough time has passed for people who don't follow them to stop talking about it.
@Logan Roof why are you copying and pasting that commenting when your channel is literally empty and you look like you are 5 years old in that pfp😭? You got 1 subscriber too bro don’t say that kinda stuff💀
It is sad for him. Unfortunately for people who are prone to addiction, it is a rough road, but if you truly aren't trash, you eventually have to stop hurting people. It's not easy but he can't keep going on being so selfish, when you know it's all going to come crashing down. No one else gets an easy way out.
@@grylltheonion please give me an example. I can't think of any kind of addiction that isn't going to hurt atleast the person addicted. This isn't the case of 'i smoke weed occassionally', that isn't addiction.
This is insane. This is the same to me if Charlie was to be outed as a scammer. Wtf... I used to join CSGO twitter giveaways, and then I ran into DNP3 about 3 or so years ago. He was on top of the giveaway game. He is like a programmer/coder, a really capable fella. Used to call out scammers, ban them... used to have fun streams, he was giving away money, PCs... And all of it was legit... he even coded some sites for giveaways to make it automatic and it all worked and was legit. Really was professional and seemed genuine, not like the Paul vibes where you can see in his eyes that he is a scammer... never in a million years would I have thought... he gave away well over $200,000
@@linkly9272 yeah but from what i remember he was a retired programmer, who had multiple businesses... Then he made those giveaway sites, which you would buy, lets say you want a $50 twitter giveaway it would cost you $75 dollars, so the 25 would go to him for service... He used to follow trends then, with crypto and nfts after. Thats when i stopped following giveaway twitter... Thats why he probably did genuinely got addicted and spent someone elses money, which i dont really see as a scam rather than just stealing... As if it wasnt premaditated... We have a saying here "opportunity makes a thief" so it got the better of him... Im not defending him in the slightest, im just saying it all didnt start with an idea to steal or scam, it just got out of hand.... He is around 40 i think
@@vekinijebitno hey man, I don't know how else to say this other then a streamer youre a fan of scammed. He fucked up. People don't hate him and won't hate you for liking him. But we will all make fun of you if you decide to trust him with any of your money after this. Hope your man has a redemption arc, lifes always better for those who get one.
Runescape scammers did more to teach about scams than any organization awareness campaign ever. I imagine this entire crypto/NFT scam bubble would have been even bigger without them.
0:47 is the reason why he gets so many views and is so successful, most people would’ve taken 10 seconds to plug another video but Charlie just refers to his own video very fast wasting no time. Charlie’s here to deliver content and he’s the only person who truly does just that
I'm sorry but you can't seriously be expecting him to earn that kind of money back... He should be doing jail time but you can't seriously expect him to get that kind of money back in any legitimate way..
@@Kizdo69 yeah I agree with you. His goose is cooked he committed a serious crime and deserves to be in trouble for it and try to make up as much as he can. But I do think he is genuinely sorry it.
@@willwunsche6940 same but I mean with the amount he scammed he would need to work a regular 9-5 job and save for 300 years to pay it back. The money he lost is just gone I hope no one is relying on getting is back
@@Kizdo69 it's difficult to say if he should try to pay them back partially. Obviously he can't backrupt himself for life but some of the people might really be effected by the dumb scam more than others. Should people be paid back a small amount equally regardless of how much they actually need the money back? I have no idea what he should do even if he put himself in that situation Edit: not that I am making excuses for him or saying that he shouldn't be in legal trouble I just think it's a difficult question what action he can actually take
@@willwunsche6940 I mean morally you're right and he should probably pay them back partially at least. However legally he won't have to pay them back because 1. I'm not even sure this will go to court and 2. If it does go to court and he is ordered to pay it back then he can just declare bankruptcy and be debt free again
3:26 I built my whole channel on Twitch in the early days doing giveaways. Game companies would contact me with hundreds of codes for betas and other things. You are right it is completely unsustainable. I had 1k viewers some days when I was giving away game codes. Channel exploded with growth but on days I was not doing giveaways I was barely getting 500 viewers (this was 2014-2017)
I think we're going to see more and more people falling into gambling addictions. The weight of the economy, the feeling of hopelessness as the rich get richer while everyone else struggles to stay above water, and being drop fed gambling from gacha games and blind boxes. I really hope people stay aware and know that it's not just something that happens to Other People
people still falling for crypto scams is equivalent to charlie brown trying to kick that football
I make entertaining videos as well🙏
Yup
Exactly 😂
@@zyonmontangothese bots are getting out of hand
perfect
This is good, at this rate we'll have a scam tier list by the end of the month
Can’t wait
I make entertaining videos as well🙏
@@zyonmontango no you dont
There is so many bots
@@p-__ no fart is better than the son of god
WE NEED A SCAMMER TIER LIST
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I make entertaining videos as well🙏
THE PEOPLE NEED IT!
WE DO YES
all f tier
My grandparents had a gambling addiction when they were young. They said that the hotel would give them free rooms and food just so they would come back and spend more money. This addiction is hard to get rid of because unlike alcohol and drugs, gambling is strongly encouraged by the media. Even drinking has some stigma around it, but gambling doesn't have that as much as it should
Gambling, alcohol and tobacco should be banned from advertising
I used to work at a country general store, in a small community area surrounded by corn and hops, and this guy that owned his own business came in almost every day and spent hundreds of dollars on scratchers. It was depressing.
I couldn't agree more
@@TheAlchemist1089 They should be banned from existing. How many lives every year are ruined by gambling and alcohol? How many broken children that will grow up into horrible human beings?
@@TheAlchemist1089 Finland has banned the advertising of alcohol and tobacco products and unfortunately they're still a problem :// Especially alcohol. It seems like younger generations are moving away from them more though, so maybe there's hope.
I got scammed on Runescape as a kid, I never fell for it again, and over time I was exposed to a variety of different scams on that game. That was a great inoculation to these kinds of shady fucks in real life.
Lol how did u get scammed
runescape is an L anyway, invest in WoW
I got scammed in runescape too when I was young. My password got stolen, i lost my account, and I've remembered it for my whole life. Honestly it was an important character building experience.
Runescape character building that is. My next one was far more optimized for pvp in the wilderness.
@@pyramear5414 imagine getting hacked by an irl friend at 11... might be an exaggeration but seems to answer why I have trust issues lmao, sorry it happened to you bro
I was scammed in pokemon brick bronze roblox back when I was but a mere child.
“Just because someone seems well off, doesn’t mean they won’t suck a fart out of your butt” Truly some wise words to live by
Which is hilarious because today I seen a video of a women trying to defend Andrew Tates rape allegations by saying he’s handsome and charismatic so he wouldn’t need to r@pe someone 💀 like what kinda dumbass logic is that?
@AquaUwU No. Go away. Shush.
Sounds like Pyro
@AquaUwU pass away in a burning house fire and cease to be.
They're more apt to..rich folk be freaks.
The nail in the NFT coffin for me was when I went to a residential mental health center after a suicidal breakdown. In between group therapy sessions, other patients and I would chat. I expressed confusion about NFTs and a young man told me it was a great opportunity, chance for losses but overall gains trend upwards, blah blah blah.
Group therapy started and he opened up right away about a relapse he suffered with gambling the evening before. It was definitely a “looks at the camera like I’m in The Office” situation. I found it ironic.
I won’t laugh at anyone in treatment. We were all on our last threads and were overwhelmed by our difficult lives. But damn if that wasn’t a bit obvious.
Damn bro. Hope your mental health has genuinely improved
With all the scammers being exposed I'm sure we have enough for a scammer tier list.
I second this motion
Thats a video idea lol
Someone would just scam their way to the top...
I second this
@@duckgo2296 imagine if Charlie does this
Charlie trusting us to know the scammer's name is a big step for our relationship literally so proud of this community
Moist community best community
we're a family now🥲
Literally
@@JTvTK The Moist and The Marvelous
I feel like we just moved in together
My mom as well as my uncle got "hooked" on a simple fruit/slots machine at the local bar... both lost thousands, mom ended up pouring in all family savings, then ditching dad for another gambling addict.
Yes, addiction ruins lives. If you know someone struggling or are yourself; please reach out. Anyone who ever "got over it" is with you.
PS: When I was 14 they had a baby; I wouldn't miss my half-brother for the world 🫶 life's complicated.
i'm sorry to hear that, gambling is a horrible addiction, luckily i've managed to stop before it got out of hand, but i hope your mother and uncle kicks the habit one day and get the help they need. i feel like it isn't even restricted either, when i was about 13, i could deposit and play like anyone else (online), there needs to be more restriction on gambling, and more support early on to prevent gambling addictions from getting out of control
This is actually something similar that happened to me.
My dad had a horrible gambling addiction. Like so horrible he would steal money from his job and leave me (around 2 or 3 at the time) and my brother (probably from 0-1) in the car and gamble for hours on end.
After a lot of messy stuff it ended up in a huge fight that I witnessed and we now have a broken family. Dad finally got the help he needed but honestly it was too late. He can only see us (me, my brother and sister) every second weekend and Nanna (his mother) hates and blames him for everything.
I tell ya, gambling is fecking horrible..
i’m sorry to hear all your stories, i hope your loved ones get the help they need.
Jesus f**k... im sorry you guys... so sad...
Damn. I remember when I was a kid spending like 50 bucks on CSGO crates, didn't get anything good, and vowed never to gamble again.
To his credit that's probably one of the better apologies from a scammer that I've come across.
It explains rather than excusing and takes full responsability.
He should still face the consequences but credit where credit is due.
I agree. Especially if we compare this to say Logan Paul’s recent apology for Cryptozoo, Logan Paul blames everybody but himself where as this guy only blames himself. Logan Paul doesn’t take any accountability for his own actions that led to the scam because even though he didn’t make any money he is the one that orchestrated the whole situation that allowed this scam to happen in the first place. Where as this guy admits his own actions specifically and his own faults. Obviously not a great dude but I have hope he can redeem himself based on just this apology since it is a pretty good one.
I’ve followed DNP3 for awhile and didn’t notice any of this controversy till now. He was cool back in the day with his live giveaways, but everyone and their mother knew his crypto/ nft shit was gonna end up being a bust. His apology was good but he’s abandoned his main twitter account and went dark to avoid criticism. I hope as of right now he’s being held liable, nobody should be able to lose that much of other people’s money just to disappear.
Its hard to not blame these people for falling for these scams back to back. It's almost impossible to not see a lot of these currencies being exposed everyday. Yet people will still buy in and ignore the consistent red flags
It's unbelievable... One crypto gains traction and 50 thousand or more follow, with every "project" founder teasing people that THIS is the new one!
Yeah. I know on some level that no one deserves to lose their money to this shit and there should be a safety net available for mistakes like this but man, sometimes I genuinely think there's a point where you're kinda just on your own because of how horrendously stupid your actions were, and all of these shitcoin investors go way beyond that line for me. I believe in a safety net because I think it would be a net benefit for society, but I have zero sympathy for these people.
They are not currencies. Currency holds a value of exchange for goods and services you desire later than now. These are not currencies.
Because not everyone watches people like Charlie and learns that they aren’t real
@@aquauwu8076you literally click on Charlie’s videos, stfu spammer
"Sorry I scammed you, but dont worry im seeking professional addiction help" famous last words before the lawyers start knocking.
He admitted to straight up embezzlement by saying he misappropriated investment funds to recovering on gambling debts.
it'll be the FBI and police who knock first lol
@@kh-ro5su thats implying the IRS dont get to him first.
@@ShadeKirby500 boi tried to big brain "aha I gambled it all away, you can't get it back from me"
Hope this guy gets locked up
All these years and dear Charlie is still surprised by the human capacity for stupidity. That's true optimism.
He just wants money from RUclips, simple as that
No, humans are just genuinely stupid
@@Yannnus You're wild if you actually think that
@@Yannnus well lets desimplify it. yes he obviously wants money from youtube, but he can also just upload once per week, or even a month considering how popular he is now. but instead he uploads twice a day. and we know why.
@Logan Roof nobody asked or cares,+ L + ratio
As someone experienced in addiction I always say “It’s not an excuse, it’s just a reason” for all the crappy things.
It can be a cause but at the same time it isn’t an outright excuse, so people can understand the problem but it still needs resolving.
thank you!! i apply this with other illnesses too. like people with BPD are often very toxic (unintentionally) but their disorder doesn't excuse it. it explains it, but doesn't make it okay.
For me, if your addiction doesn't cause any extreme harmful effects to either yourself or others. Then fine by me.
Edit: I forgot that there are other types of addictions with other "substances" or "habits", and different limits of addictions that people also have. I dont dispute that addiction is harmful.
@@lxn-p There's a *massive* difference there, he chose to accept a gambling sponsorship that started everything, alcoholics chose to start drinking, people don't choose to be born with a specifically wired brain
@@lxn-p as someone who has bpd, I totally agree! We are generally pretty self aware
@@IR-Fanaddiction causes harm to yourself whichever it may be
this is shocking to me. As a former marbler i used to hang out in DNP3 streams mostly looking for some fat points but he seemed like such a level headed, honest and intelligent dude. I bet there were many crypto skeptics who invested in his projects since he seemed like a safe bet if that's something you were interested in getting involved in, glad i wasn't one of them. I hope he get's the chance to indemnify all the investors he screwed over before being tossed in jail but there needs to be more oversight with these types of projects, just the fact that one single person would have access to these funds and be able to literally gamble it all away is absolutely insane
"These crypto casinos have claimed more souls than Shang Tsung" is such a good line
💀
fr
"Your soul is mineee"
2023 is the year of cringe scams being blown up and I'm all for it
MEGAPHONES FOR SALE. EVERYBODY GET YA FREE MEGAPHONES, DOESN’T EVEN COST YA A LIKE.
THIS IS AN ALL CAPS COMMENT BECAUSE THE BOTS’ GEARS ARE WHIRRING WITH EGO. 2023 HAS BARELY EVEN STARTED AND I WANT IT TO END.
EVERY HORRID BOT-9000 IS ANOTHER REPLY FROM ME, THE NOT-A-BOT!
@AquaUwU pass away.
hell yeah bro. its gonna be a great year.
2023 is gonna be the end of crypto, NFTs and the blockchain, and I love it.
Yes, the guy has a gambling addiction and definitely should seek help, but that doesn't excuse him from doing these horrible things to the people that followed him on social media. What about those that got scammed? Will he ever give back the money he stole? Not likely
Does it excuse your soyboy in the video from fabricating lies to spread misinformation while sounding like a heroin addict?
Stole? No. Misapporiately utilizing the funds. Yes.
@@Tracked350Z it wasn't his money to steal, so stole yes. Is there a way of him returning it? By the way it sounds in his post probably not
This guy doesnt need help, he should off himself
@BriSmiles no, but it was his money to use and invest once the investor handed him the money. Just like in this situation. If you hand a homeless person $20 and say, get yourself a nice meal, yet they go and buy alcohol, did they steal your $20? No.
Lmao Charlie saying “I think there’s a level of trust between us, but you know we’re like family” actually made me feel nice 😂
parasocial relationship go brrrrr
Its shocking how many beggars and scammers are on social media platforms. It's not always about addiction either, there's an increase in "send me money because I can't be arsed to get a job" and that is the entirety of their content.
and it works like a charm
DSP?
@@cibinomin6540 that works? Cause this is precisely my situatiob but I doubted it would
The biggest scammers are “influencers”
@@luckyzs6067 if they "scam" those influenced by them enough to live off of branding products and ads to them, good for said influencers
Man, I can't believe we are related by content. I am honored to be in this circle of humanity. Charlie opened my third eye.
He opned my second eye
He opened my first eye
He opened both of my eyes
@@stellariumcaldwell he opened both of my eyes and my third eye
He opened the moisty eye within us all 💧👁️
Those of us who played RuneScape in our youth have already been mentally prepared for avoiding scams in real life.
I will never forget when I dropped my first rune set as a 11 year old because someone told me he would make it gold trimmed
Hell, if you played any multiplayer game in your childhood there was a high possibility of scams
@@zankthegreat4291 Can confirm: got fleeced on Animal Jam as a kid and never got fooled again
got scammed on TF2 and now im pretty much immune to every kind of scam
@@teddy-beargamer6385 same here. once you know, you could no longer be fooled
a guy promised to give me diamond armor if I gave him a bunch of iron on a multiplayer minecraft server, and after giving him the iron he killed me and then fled, so now I know what to avoid since I got taught a hard lesson at 11
That’s so bad, and I can only hope the guy has at least a shred of guilt with what he did and comes to full terms on what he did and gets help and starts rebuilding.
I'm an alcoholic in recovery and have been sober for almost 4 yrs now. I always said that I'm not responsible for my addiction but I am responsible for my recovery. Making amends to the people I hurt made my recovery stronger. Idk how he will be able to do that for all the people he hurt but it would make everyone feel better.
Edit : When I said I'm not responsible for my addiction I mean I didn't choose to become addicted to alcohol. Nobody chooses to become an addict/alcoholic. We may have to chose to pick up the first drink but we didn't have a choice after a while. I never meant to say that addicts shouldn't be held accountable for their actions. If you commit a crime you should do the time. But I've definitely done my time and all I can do is learn from my mistakes and continue to grow.
Keep going
strong
@@theresurrection33 look whatever you want to say. I'm sure you know nothing about being an addict and just think addicts are all lowlife scum bags. Like if anyone would actually choose to ruin their life and become an addict by choice. I hope you and your loved ones never become an alcoholic/addict but maybe you would have a little more empathy if it did happen. Thanks for your reply. BTW I'm 39 so idk why you said " this generation" 😄
@@theresurrection33 Least edgy 14 year old lmao
@@theresurrection33 🤓
@@theresurrection33 Your mother used your head as a damned basketball, evidently.
Love how Charlie refers to us as family, even if it’s to not be a douche. I am so honored
it's cringe tbh
isnt he memeing on the whole parasoxial relationships that youtubers have with their audience
@loganroof829sure u do bud
@SmallPenisSorry
Ohh so you that serious family member. Stay in your room there buddy.
It was a SpongeBob reference "we're like brothers... only closer" lol
Ludwig: I'm not your friend. I will never ever hang out with you.
Charlie: We're like family, only closer
@Bill Clinton Enjoyer or it's a joke
@Bill Clinton Enjoyer 12 years old? .. I'm 26 bro, all of my friends who watch charlie are in their 20s ..
@@CrimsonHeart3 woosh
@@CrimsonHeart3 and as we know your friend group are the only people that watch charlie
Seen this story time and again.
My old job was working with Compulsive Gamblers and this is a story Ive heard 100s of times just replace Crypto with something like business funds.
Sadly, people likely wont get their money back, but what you said is correct: its sad he has this problem but it doesn't wipe accountability. Holding compulsive gamblers accountable is part of their recovery, actually.
Odds are the group he mentioned is GA (Gamblers Annonynous) and they are...usually pretty good at helping with that.
But, sadly, many cases like this also end in relapse. Something bad happens and they want help in the moment, but after a few days or weeks they fall right back into their old habit once the heat settles down...
Charlie a while back: just know there's a wall between us
Charlie today: We're Family but closer
Unstable partner energy 😂
@@p-__ Now that's a bot msg I can get *_behind_*
Crypto scams just remind me of when they said “How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?” In that one Spongebob episode
"I think there's a level of trust between us. Like- we're related by something far stronger than blood... Content. So please don't harass this person." That setup lol😂
My pot dealer scammed me for years. An ounce actually weighs 28.35 grams. He weighed them at 26 max
This individual needs to be held accountable. However, gambling as a concept is evil. I hope this person gets the help they need.
Yeah, in prison
Sorry but I don’t see how gambling is evil, given all the other shit in the world.
@@Justin-pe9cl it’s literally a drug addiction except you don’t even get high💀
@@Justin-pe9cl that's okay, people can have different opinions on things :)
@@kuro5041 true, but that dosent make someone evil. It’s just a dumb way to lose your money.
How many times do we have to teach you this lesson OLD MAN!
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Thankful RuneScape prepared me for these scamming times
Say neigh to gambling!
Yeeeeooo it's 25buttholes!!! I'm a HUGE FAN omggg
For real. I still remember when my gullible kid self lost his adamant pickaxe to a scammer. In hindsight it was the best way to learn tbh
runescape is how i learned to be watchful for scammers lol
Facts
0:19 I love how Charlie casually pretends he doesn't know Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons
2:34 We're not related by content. We're related by common sense. Arguably more stronger of a bond than by blood these days
I’m sick of these scammers trying to act like they’re the victims here. Put them in jail
Sorry doesn't get my money back.
Props to the guy for admitting to his choices and admitting that he has a gambling addiction. The first step to fixing a problem is admitting there is one.
Well he had no choice, he's just trying to save his own skin
Stealing money to feed your addiction is a crime though, regardless
@@Th3Watch3r correct. But he at least owned up to his actions instead of trying to pull the whole, "I'm young, so I'm going to make mistakes" or some other dumb excuse.
@@6-dpegasus425 Right, I just mean it's good that he at least owned up to it and didn't try to cover it up with some really lame excuse.
@@6-dpegasus425 He absolutely could have fuckin ran like 99% of them do.
Unfortunately I know some people that fall for scams over and over again. When we tell them that it is a scam they just keep telling us "Don't worry this one is legit this time" every time and then they get scammed every time as well. Sorry if there is any bad English
Thank you for being a voice of common sense in a sea of redpill finance grifters who prey on the impressionable.
That's why I will only invest in CharlieCoins
Are we certain he didn't lie about gambling and just hide the money in offshore accounts? This isn't the first time I have heard the " I lost all our money gambling" story. He would have to provide receipts for it to make any sort of sense at all. There was even a story about a husband that caught his wife cheating and used gambling as a front to hide his money discrepancies when he had actually hid the money in accounts elsewhere, then told his wife he lost everything gambling so she divorced him, and he kept all his "gambling losses"
Gambling addictions are incredibly common. 464 million people worldwide suffer from gambling addictions. Like Charlie said, he is still at fault for gambling away all their money, and his addiction does not make this okay, but I really do think he isn’t lying about the gambling problems. Just because some lie about gambling addictions doesn’t mean everyone is, but again, that doesn’t make this situation okay.
I mean good for him tbh
@@Hyde472 True. I would go as far as to say that it was a bold and genius move that paid off.
It’s actually a tax and irs loophole as casino earning and losses are non taxable and require no paper trail so being in some offshore account isn’t that far fetched
@@leopatria proof is all we need right? If he did, there would be proof... I don't believe shit anymore without proof, as should anyone. "Ha ha"
Believing the guy has a gambling addiction has got to be a scam in itself.
Its more likely than not though.
his response is something chatGPT would write if given the prompt.
1:07 So that's what the "H" in "Jesus H. Christ" stands for
Underrated comment
I feel like the people that keep falling for these scams are just trying to hope one of them isn't, and they can make it all back in one swoop.
It all goes back to greed, the age old “get rich quick” scheme.
It pretty much is gambling
i think its a legit addiction for some ppl. pretty much just another form of a gambling addiction. with each new scam they think "maybe THIS will be the one that makes me rich!" and when it doesnt work they just move onto the next scam, and repeat.
its a gambling addiction except there is absolutely no chance for a ROI
Honestly yeah that's probably true.
Like, scams target people who are too dumb to avoid them, see all the badly spelled scam emails from Nigerian Princes, and then after the first scam that lost them all their savings, they're also desperate. Dumb and desperate is not a good combo.
The people who get scammed a second or third time are the ones that didn't learn their lesson. And uh, they're probably not super likely to ever learn that lesson either.
Can I just say, I love how Charlie edits his videos. There's no BS or different cameras or anything. It feels like a friend talking about this new thing they learned about. Thanks for everything youre doing with these videos!
Nothing I hate more than constant camera cuts and angle changes, especially in the middle of sentences. Its just a way to hide how boring you are.
"it feels like a friend"
Charlie is an it.
I love Charlie he is amazing and funny and very informative!
@@SamoIsKing Exactly. Some time ago I came across a rainbow puke of a channel. They were making a "funny" review of Arkham Asylum and holy shit, there were cuts and clips every 3 BLOODY seconds, I fucking COUNTED. Bass boosted shitty memes and other such clips. Stupid jokes and a constant barrage of cuts, "jokes", clips and other sh*t.
That was the most confused and irritated my brain has gotten from a youtube video. It is for the absolute worst of the worst of people who have the attention span of 2 seconds and it definitely rubbed me the wrong way on how annoying all of that was. It is definitely a way to hide how boring and non interesting you are, to have to do that to have the audience attention for a bit longer.
Masters of YT like Charlie can have an interesting video that I watch from start to finish WITH a monotone voice and NO cuts.
@@Bibibosh it as in the experience of a Charlie video. But I agree with your second statement point
@@lukehdarowlet9321 Symantecs! Hehehe
Nice of him to say he's sorry. Because you know there will be no legal consequences.
Gambling addiction is very real and its scary. Financially its worse than any drug you could be addicted to. If he truly gets help and goes through the process at some point he will make amends with the victims the best he can.
Charlie Hooplah Moist. What a legendary name, nay, title.
EDIT: also, can I just say, Charlie has fostered one of the most positive communities on RUclips that I've seen. Minus the bots, the comments are almost always a majority positive, and there are genuine discussions taking place. Not only that, but this is one of the ONLY communities that I've seen where, when the creator says "don't harass these people" it actually has impact. Thank you to every single one of you moisties for just being so chill and creating such a positive environment in the comments :)
Ever heard of Jesus Christ? We got that concept from Charlie.
Thank you
@@wiltmarlonelao introduce him to officer greg first he's more important
It's Charles Hooplah Moist
he is a massive inspiration for me and my content, i dont want toxicity, i want lovely accepting family community
Charlie: we're like family, only closer.
*chat's parasocial relationship liked that*
RIP monetization on this video at 3:37
For a bit of extra context: this project (Gridcraft) that he scammed people's money out of was originally gonna be a Minecraft server with NFTs and Blockchain garbage but he had to shut it down because Minecraft made a policy against NFTs and crypto in game so in order to not lose the hope (and money) of their supporters, which there was a fair bit of, they said they're making a standalone game, and like every other crypto game, all that came from it was just the concept of a game and never an actual playable game
Man I love Minecraft
@@fart63 yeah monetizing a kids game is super awesome
"We're related by something far stronger than blood: content."
This is the greatest sentence.
I love how felt no guilt, shame, etc until that last penny of investor was spent. I would feel bad for the investors if they weren't actually blind
my dad used to install slot machines, and every time someone asked "how do you win these?" or "what's the trick to these?" and he always answered "don't play", this is how I feel about these kind of crypto coins or crypto in general, don't play
That's actually heartbreaking
Wishing the best for you and your dad stay strong ♥
I did a dissertation on gambling addiction and it seriously can be one of the most crippling and wide-reaching addictions, I think a lot of people don’t realise just how bad it can get
on BD??
The amount of times I’ve bankrupted myself in RuneScape helped me realize 😂
One thing you can always rely on is sheer human greed. There are people out there that want something for nothing, and crypto bros are more than happy to oblige.
As much as I feel sorry for the guy, he has no one to blame but himself
Which he does, and rightfully so, with a statement of action to help him recover. Only a matter of time before there's something made public to tell those affected that there's a plan of action on making right the wrong committed. Some props for owning up to it at least.
Wrong mindset. You should feel sorry for the victims and feel spite for the scammer. Giving a scammer empathy gives them the green light to keep scamming. "Ah, yeah, I'm a tortured soul and I'm getting help ... But I need your money to help me get there."
1 twitlonger is better than anything Logan has put out. Even if it is all his fault he’s not trying to absolve himself of blame. Not even trying to demonize the addiction and blame it on that. Overall good statement especially if he can come up with something to help the victims.
@@lucamckenn5932 When did he say he needed money for recovery?
@@Justin-pe9cl hypothetically speaking
I think gambling addictions are something that arent talked about enough. If you go on certain platforms people who have them and want to come out about having one get clowed on by comments saying "keep going you're going to hit it big" and such. We need to take them more serious because many times they can end in very severe mental and physical harm.
It takes a negative IQ to believe that gambling is a good idea
@@hamstey1603 You probably think it takes negative IQ to drink 10 bottles of wine a day, smoke 20 cigarettes a day, commit suicide etc but you don't understand addiction and mental illness
%90 of gamblers quit before they win big
@@RatKingTerry Because they use up all their savings trying. Or don't have addictions and know when to stop.
@@hamstey1603 going by the same logic, it also takes a negative IQ to do anything that has the potential for addiction. but, you can't use that logic because there are things like shopping addictions and eating addictions which are things everyone has to do. it's like alcohol or drugs, it dosent seem so bad if you think you're just trying it out once or twice, what could really be the harm? unless you go out of your way to avoid anything that could be addictive even on first try (gambling, alcohol, drugs) you don't really have a place to judge.
If he were truly sorry, he would've turned himself in to law enforcement for fraud.
Maybe he will, but there's no mention of it so far.
Would you turn yourself in, even if you knew you could get away with it?
@@hardfactsdealwithit619 He posted an online confession.
I'm sure he'll get a knock at the door from law enforcement sooner or later.
@@jameskelly3502 didn't even answer the question lol.
@@pixxlated_ If it were me, then Yes, I would turn myself in. For 2 reasons.
1) A confession has been made online and it would catch up to me eventually.
2) To cut a deal and get a reduced sentence.
Also I wouldn't be involved in this sort of thing to begin with LOL.
Thank you Charles “Hoopla” White for your Hard hitting journalism and investigative service.
Smeone commented they were scammed on RuneScape as a kid. I was scammed on Diablo 2 as a kid and i felt so bad afterwards, I made sure it never happened again. I'm 35 now and still remember that valuable life lesson.
Honestly where would we be without Charlie and his wisdom
The MEAT Ridng is REAAAL!
🎶You can't get much higher 🎶
Getting Scammed
Same world, but stupider
earth
He’s Jesus he’s the wisest of them all.
These goofy scams never fail to disappoint us. The victims however-
anyone who invests in crypto when they're not wealthy already is just goofy
@Muscleman8562 man you have really hit rock bottom mr bot lmao
It's become sad how many bot accounts RUclips allows. Comment sections are just full of them, doesn't matter where you go or what you watch....just bot acct after bot acct commenting. Spend some time policing this RUclips, pretend to care.
@Muscleman8562 so you manually go around spamming this everywhere? man you have reallyyyy hit rock bottom xd
@@Turnip397 agreed!!
This guy would be a great fit for Logan paul's crew
As someone who used to work at a gas station that sold lottery, I genuinely feel like it’s a worse addiction than smoking or drinking.
Charlie, Mutahar & Coffeezilla & the three musketeers of crypto scam awareness
Ok
@@postbloom9767 ??? lmao
The Big Three of exposing scams
4:10 Charlie’s father seems like a wise guy 😂
"just because someone seems well off, doesn't mean they won't suck a fart out of your butt"
-charlies dad
Brings a tear to my eye
Matt?
I think the fact that virtual casinos usually treat your money as "just numbers" intentionally makes people a bit numb to the fact they are loosing a lot of money, shrugging it off telling you that you might've lost some money but that you can make more if you stay in.
Meanwhile some physical casinos handle the chip system or actual cash making people a bit more careful about what they are loosing since it's right there
Charlie saying "We're like family, but closer" fills me with so much joy.
Parasocial relationships aren't good
It's getting parasocial in here
Guys he's just a wholesome dude
Charlie is full of spongebob references(altho the original said brothers I think) Don't think too much of it
hell yeah, parasocial relationships are lit
Glad that you're exposing the horrors of crypto scams, Chester.
“Chester” 😭😭😭
Physically cringed at Chester yikes 😬
@@jordanrome5481 okay Chester
2:38 “Please don’t harass this person” immediately shows where people can harass this person after
If he didnt say who it was then it would be hard to explain anything in the video
@@Humanzzz not to mention if we wanted to know one Google search would’ve gotten us there
I believe the cartoon "stepping on rake" gag originated w/ Sideshow Bob, from The Simpson, or at least that's the 1st time I recall seeing it.
At some point you have to question why they put so much time and money into something instead of taking that time and realizing they shouldn't
I genuinely do think some people have an addiction to Crypto and just like gambling no matter how many times they loose they can’t stop doing it.
I call my Weiner “the scam” so you’re actually correct, since I just exposed myself at the Walmart parking lot
Ok
Sus af
I legitimately felt bad when I read that post on twitter… I used to go in his streams all the time and even won a game of Marbles. I still have the screencap. I don’t know him personally but I remember him saying he had some coding experience which got a lot of people into it. Really sad to see. He gave away PCs, Series X, PS5s and actual money. It just goes to show that no matter how rich or happy you think someone is… that we all are fighting our own battles. I’m surprised Charlie never saw him on twitch. He was definitely well known on twitter. Always glad to see your take on things, man. You do a lot more than you might realize. I hope you all are doing ok rn. Cheers💫
So glad I don't fall for scams anymore
Last time I did was in my teens when csgo gambling was big and I lost a lot of money
@Logan Desk I'd rather watch paint dry
Dude I hear you. I also made the same mistake back in my CS GO days. I won a lot but it only takes a couple back to back losses 😭
I have been saying that social media influencers scamming is like the new trend that herd all the sheep including the social media influencers following suit. I guess it's also a trend to only apologize once you get caught. They're pretty much apologizing to their self for not being more "careful"
The self help gurus and fake truthers are the worst. I'm surprised to see a guy with millions of subs who's not an NPC for a change.
Yea basically. RUclips has given a platform to every narcissist and sociopath that wants to brag openly about what they do; or to anyone who is willing to exploit themselves publicly.
@@GrindOnTime yeah I have also said that social media exposes people for who they truly are
Yeah and it's clear they've realised that 'cancel culture' actually doesn't exist cause all of them go on to repeat the exact same 'mistake' after enough time has passed for people who don't follow them to stop talking about it.
How have you not made a scammer tier list yet 😅
@Logan Roof why are you copying and pasting that commenting when your channel is literally empty and you look like you are 5 years old in that pfp😭? You got 1 subscriber too bro don’t say that kinda stuff💀
im bout to
@Logan Roof so sad
"Family, only closer...CONTENT"
It is sad for him. Unfortunately for people who are prone to addiction, it is a rough road, but if you truly aren't trash, you eventually have to stop hurting people. It's not easy but he can't keep going on being so selfish, when you know it's all going to come crashing down. No one else gets an easy way out.
Not all addiction hurts others.
@@grylltheonion please give me an example. I can't think of any kind of addiction that isn't going to hurt atleast the person addicted.
This isn't the case of 'i smoke weed occassionally', that isn't addiction.
Thank you Charlie i found out i lost my sister today to an overdose all love for you and your content for real
praying for u bro take it easy
Hope you're ok, mate. xx
Sorry for your loss, I'm sure she was an amazing person
Aw, man, so very sorry 😢
My condolences... Hope you'll be ok
at this point, charlie should make his own news broadcasting channel
this is his news channel
Honestly, I basically use him as a news channel 😂
It's the people who think they're too smart to be scammed who are the prime targets and victims of scams.
0:07 old people
Charlie really trusts us. Wow. Our parasocial relation ship continues to grow.
This is insane. This is the same to me if Charlie was to be outed as a scammer. Wtf... I used to join CSGO twitter giveaways, and then I ran into DNP3 about 3 or so years ago. He was on top of the giveaway game. He is like a programmer/coder, a really capable fella. Used to call out scammers, ban them... used to have fun streams, he was giving away money, PCs... And all of it was legit... he even coded some sites for giveaways to make it automatic and it all worked and was legit. Really was professional and seemed genuine, not like the Paul vibes where you can see in his eyes that he is a scammer... never in a million years would I have thought... he gave away well over $200,000
well, he's gotta get that $200,000 from somewhere i suppose
@@linkly9272 yeah but from what i remember he was a retired programmer, who had multiple businesses... Then he made those giveaway sites, which you would buy, lets say you want a $50 twitter giveaway it would cost you $75 dollars, so the 25 would go to him for service... He used to follow trends then, with crypto and nfts after. Thats when i stopped following giveaway twitter... Thats why he probably did genuinely got addicted and spent someone elses money, which i dont really see as a scam rather than just stealing... As if it wasnt premaditated... We have a saying here "opportunity makes a thief" so it got the better of him... Im not defending him in the slightest, im just saying it all didnt start with an idea to steal or scam, it just got out of hand.... He is around 40 i think
@@vekinijebitno hey man, I don't know how else to say this other then a streamer youre a fan of scammed. He fucked up. People don't hate him and won't hate you for liking him. But we will all make fun of you if you decide to trust him with any of your money after this. Hope your man has a redemption arc, lifes always better for those who get one.
Runescape scammers did more to teach about scams than any organization awareness campaign ever. I imagine this entire crypto/NFT scam bubble would have been even bigger without them.
You can always count on Charlie to inform us on these important subjects.
0:47 is the reason why he gets so many views and is so successful, most people would’ve taken 10 seconds to plug another video but Charlie just refers to his own video very fast wasting no time.
Charlie’s here to deliver content and he’s the only person who truly does just that
platforms that allow scammers to use their medium to repeatedly scam users should be held liable for failure to provide due diligence
His apology would be good if it had any plan to action on how he was going to get the money back
I'm sorry but you can't seriously be expecting him to earn that kind of money back... He should be doing jail time but you can't seriously expect him to get that kind of money back in any legitimate way..
@@Kizdo69 yeah I agree with you. His goose is cooked he committed a serious crime and deserves to be in trouble for it and try to make up as much as he can. But I do think he is genuinely sorry it.
@@willwunsche6940 same but I mean with the amount he scammed he would need to work a regular 9-5 job and save for 300 years to pay it back. The money he lost is just gone I hope no one is relying on getting is back
@@Kizdo69 it's difficult to say if he should try to pay them back partially. Obviously he can't backrupt himself for life but some of the people might really be effected by the dumb scam more than others. Should people be paid back a small amount equally regardless of how much they actually need the money back? I have no idea what he should do even if he put himself in that situation
Edit: not that I am making excuses for him or saying that he shouldn't be in legal trouble I just think it's a difficult question what action he can actually take
@@willwunsche6940 I mean morally you're right and he should probably pay them back partially at least. However legally he won't have to pay them back because 1. I'm not even sure this will go to court and 2. If it does go to court and he is ordered to pay it back then he can just declare bankruptcy and be debt free again
"Just because someone seems well off doesn't mean they won't suck a fart out of your butt" -Big Papa Moist
3:26 I built my whole channel on Twitch in the early days doing giveaways. Game companies would contact me with hundreds of codes for betas and other things. You are right it is completely unsustainable. I had 1k viewers some days when I was giving away game codes. Channel exploded with growth but on days I was not doing giveaways I was barely getting 500 viewers (this was 2014-2017)
Human brain works like this: "See person -> Is he rich? -> If yes, he is successful, trustworthy and deserves to be worshipped."
I think we're going to see more and more people falling into gambling addictions. The weight of the economy, the feeling of hopelessness as the rich get richer while everyone else struggles to stay above water, and being drop fed gambling from gacha games and blind boxes. I really hope people stay aware and know that it's not just something that happens to Other People
I'm 14 and this is deep
He definitely had a plan to get everyones money back. he was going to use the investors money, and gamble it for double or nothing xD