A Scammer is Impersonating the Governor of Illinois!

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

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  • @PleasantGreen
    @PleasantGreen  4 года назад +496

    Be careful around scammers guys and checkout www.dashlane.com/pleasantgreen to protect your passwords!

    • @dontwhooshme5460
      @dontwhooshme5460 4 года назад +2

      Heheh

    • @Alasirwan
      @Alasirwan 4 года назад +2

      How is your comment a day ago of it was 2 minutes ago?...

    • @mstrmren
      @mstrmren 4 года назад +4

      1 day ago?? WHAT!?

    • @JustAnyone
      @JustAnyone 4 года назад +4

      @@Alasirwan ever heard of "unlisted"?

    • @CENTRALCHAOS21
      @CENTRALCHAOS21 4 года назад +4

      @@Alasirwan Because the video was uploaded before it was public you can do that in youtube if you didnt know that :|

  • @A1phaDrag0n
    @A1phaDrag0n 3 года назад +534

    A politician that openly admits to evading taxes, now that's the kinda of honesty I can get behind

    • @aidaromero8470
      @aidaromero8470 Год назад +11

      LOL 🤣😆 THAT'S RIGHT! ME TOO!

    • @sebastienfoulc8600
      @sebastienfoulc8600 Год назад +2

      😂😂😂

    • @B4TM4N_H8s_U
      @B4TM4N_H8s_U Год назад

      😂😂😂

    • @AG77420
      @AG77420 10 месяцев назад +1

      I hate the invention of the emoji

    • @juniorgod321
      @juniorgod321 5 месяцев назад +1

      That's the most honest thing I've heard coming out of a politician's mouth! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @BenHeckHacks
    @BenHeckHacks 4 года назад +1965

    "how low our taxes are in Illinois?" Red flag right there that it's fake! :)

    • @araigumakiruno
      @araigumakiruno 3 года назад +20

      Ben Heck Hacks no way Ben Heck watches this...and he does

    • @oEx0duSo
      @oEx0duSo 3 года назад +49

      Especially, Crook county hahahha

    • @Vextroboomin
      @Vextroboomin 3 года назад +27

      when i heard this im like, Hol up, wait a minuit

    • @bradycreel2688
      @bradycreel2688 3 года назад +7

      Rod gogoyovic didn’t spell that right went to jail after being governor because of a scandal would he be commenting on a Illinois promo vid. Hmmmmmmm

    • @evanstewart9291
      @evanstewart9291 3 года назад +3

      Yeah I was about to say

  • @RMBII91
    @RMBII91 4 года назад +2579

    "We do overseas banking to avoid taxes" About spit out my coffee on that one.

    • @Mario583a
      @Mario583a 4 года назад +144

      At least they are being honest for the police.

    • @gerrycole3304
      @gerrycole3304 4 года назад +107

      So basically any Illinois governor.

    • @ClassifiedPerson
      @ClassifiedPerson 4 года назад +84

      when government evades taxes💰💰💰

    • @davidt8087
      @davidt8087 4 года назад +45

      Lmao me too I died. Imagine a governor saying in real life that they do overseas banking to avoid taxes they enforce. The governor 😭😭😂😂

    • @evanmedi6144
      @evanmedi6144 4 года назад +7

      @KLEVER ok i don't believe it was meant as a joke

  • @kierrahenke7642
    @kierrahenke7642 3 года назад +736

    As an Illinoisan, this is the least shady thing our state government *could* be involved in…

    • @dicksonkate
      @dicksonkate 2 года назад +7

      Lol!

    • @l.s.s.8-8-16
      @l.s.s.8-8-16 2 года назад +6

      LMAO!

    • @IGN_SHADE
      @IGN_SHADE 2 года назад +2

      💀

    • @tealnoise
      @tealnoise 2 года назад +3

      You mean F.I.B? 🤣

    • @SeaSnikk
      @SeaSnikk 2 года назад +3

      As a former Illinoisian... I was thinking the same thing 🤔

  • @BombayCatArts
    @BombayCatArts 2 года назад +286

    As someone that lives in Illinois, I laughed at "how low our taxes are"

  • @vessela7484
    @vessela7484 3 года назад +658

    The "Governor of Illinois" straight up told him in an email that he's using foreign accounts to evade taxes :D :D :D
    You can't make this stuff up

    • @DarthCiliatus
      @DarthCiliatus 3 года назад +39

      That’s normal for Illinois governors. J.B. Pritzker pulled the toilets out of his buildings to reduce the amount of taxes he had to pay a couple of years ago.

    • @atypicalbnc
      @atypicalbnc 3 года назад +5

      @@DarthCiliatus It was only the toilets in a single mansion.

    • @jukebox_heroperson3994
      @jukebox_heroperson3994 3 года назад +8

      @@atypicalbnc I mean, if I could pay less taxes if I took some toilets out, I'd sure do it.

    • @hughanthony9500
      @hughanthony9500 Год назад +1

      @@DarthCiliatus It's normal for them to admit it?

  • @Ja2808R
    @Ja2808R 4 года назад +856

    Omg I lost it at “the corona virus in America is very high” in his best American voice!

    • @ChillNikov
      @ChillNikov 4 года назад +22

      IKR at first i was like is this guy doing an OZ accent 😂

    • @higlite36
      @higlite36 4 года назад +15

      @@ChillNikov I thought he was trying to do Australian!!! Lol!!!

    • @georgeromero941
      @georgeromero941 4 года назад +5

      Gov: baritone Scanmer: soprano

    • @darknessblades
      @darknessblades 4 года назад

      The scammer did not even used video to "prove" he can do EMERICEN Voice

    • @SweetTea-Stephens
      @SweetTea-Stephens 4 года назад +9

      To bad it was more British than American

  • @lizardfishbird
    @lizardfishbird 3 года назад +1503

    As a former Illinois resident, this feels like something Pritzker would actually send out

    • @lostvlog6857
      @lostvlog6857 3 года назад +138

      When he's not eating cheeseburgers/raising taxes he's scamming youtubers!

    • @davidbrandenburg8029
      @davidbrandenburg8029 3 года назад +22

      of course you do you good little republican!

    • @majorfin3040
      @majorfin3040 3 года назад +38

      @@davidbrandenburg8029 hes not even from Illinois, he's from california

    • @kenny7479
      @kenny7479 3 года назад +63

      @@davidbrandenburg8029 bruh. Even a lot of democrats hate him because he does so much dumb stuff

    • @lejistar
      @lejistar 3 года назад +9

      It sure is hard for people to step out of their politics and just objectively assess a given moment or situation. Don't be ridiculous. Whatever you think of him he is no idiot.

  • @TransistorBased
    @TransistorBased 2 года назад +40

    The most impressive feat to me is how they manage to misspell every single president's name

    • @nasis18
      @nasis18 Год назад +3

      Ah yes, everyone knows of Ronlad Reagan.

  • @efficiencygaming3494
    @efficiencygaming3494 3 года назад +109

    Oh man, I woke up the whole house laughing at this!
    "Yes, this is Governor Jay Rrrrobert Pritzker" 😂

  • @dhonsinger
    @dhonsinger 4 года назад +343

    I had no desire to visit Illinois. But, after your astounding promotional video, how can I resist?

    • @KikiCuber
      @KikiCuber 3 года назад +14

      It’s quite nice. (Sarcasm) I love getting snow in the middle of April

    • @hughjassFrom7YearsAgo
      @hughjassFrom7YearsAgo 3 года назад +6

      @@KikiCuber ah, yes. Snow..SNOW.

    • @oliveryt7168
      @oliveryt7168 3 года назад +2

      @@KikiCuber I LOVE snow!

    • @nickelman1
      @nickelman1 3 года назад +1

      get to Missouri its beautiful but dont go to saint Luis go to the north eastern area or down by the ozarks Missouri country is beautiful.. But dont move in on our turf.

    • @Dumb_Killjoy
      @Dumb_Killjoy 11 месяцев назад

      ​@KikiCuber And high heat in October (combined with rain)

  • @TheCinComedy
    @TheCinComedy 3 года назад +1489

    When he did his American accent I cried laughing 😂

    • @dylan550i
      @dylan550i 3 года назад +166

      It sounded like an Australian doing an impression of an American doing an impression of an indian

    • @radoslavnedev3751
      @radoslavnedev3751 3 года назад +39

      My boy got DA KArona VAIRAS😭😭🤣 I cried bro🤣🤣💀

    • @immortalkeiji4451
      @immortalkeiji4451 3 года назад +5

      @@dylan550i LMAO

    • @SANFRAN
      @SANFRAN 3 года назад +3

      bro i couldn't stop. lmao

    • @blackestknight1.0
      @blackestknight1.0 3 года назад +16

      Omg...I was having a bad day until I watched this video. God bless this dude! LMAO

  • @chrisoxford9420
    @chrisoxford9420 4 года назад +471

    "Oh, can you do your american accent for me right now?" I am dying......

    • @override7486
      @override7486 4 года назад +9

      CRONAV'RUS

    • @alzuu1
      @alzuu1 4 года назад +2

      LOL

    • @DMort22
      @DMort22 4 года назад +1

      Same!!

    • @raz7507
      @raz7507 4 года назад +1

      Sounds like fucking General Aladin when he tries to pronounce coronavirus!

  • @posysdogovych2065
    @posysdogovych2065 3 года назад +70

    I love how from the 4 presidents he named that were "born" in Illinois, Reagan was the only one who actually was.

    • @TransRoofKorean
      @TransRoofKorean 2 года назад +26

      I love how from the 4 presidents he named, he misspelled each and every one. Now that's one wise and patriotic Governor.

    • @memepagecentral1875
      @memepagecentral1875 Год назад +8

      @@TransRoofKoreanAbraham “Lincon”

    • @Riot_Bird
      @Riot_Bird Год назад

      Lol right?

    • @aribantala
      @aribantala Год назад +4

      ​@@TransRoofKoreanRonlad Reagan

    • @joshuawidener8407
      @joshuawidener8407 2 месяца назад +1

      That's why I love how they call themselves the land of Lincoln lol

  • @SolidSonicTH
    @SolidSonicTH 2 года назад +20

    How you kept a straight face when you hit the tax evasion email is pure talent.

  • @JustinsGarage
    @JustinsGarage 4 года назад +94

    I was dying when you read it literally how it was written.

  • @teteeheeted
    @teteeheeted 3 года назад +155

    I respect how they actually put in effort in their scam

  • @pauleckert4321
    @pauleckert4321 4 года назад +241

    Someone needs to send this to the actual Governor.

    • @stealthscorpion4735
      @stealthscorpion4735 4 года назад +3

      @don cherry lol

    • @timriehl1500
      @timriehl1500 3 года назад +11

      @Braxton Newbold He should be mad as hell some scammer was using his name to defraud people. And I hope RUclips took that video down and banned whoever put it up for life.

    • @katsanddoggies9904
      @katsanddoggies9904 3 года назад +3

      @@timriehl1500 Yes, that Illinois governor is a crook.

    • @dioneberts1715
      @dioneberts1715 3 года назад +8

      Oh dear God please don't. We don't want to give pritzner any ideas.

    • @keithv708
      @keithv708 3 года назад

      Yes

  • @Pete_Finch
    @Pete_Finch 2 года назад +10

    I actually really like how involved this all became - it was somehow more fun than the usual scams and we even got a very sincere promotional video for Illinois out of it from PG.

  • @slitheringsnake229
    @slitheringsnake229 2 года назад +8

    As someone who’s lived in Illinois and goes to school in Champaign, the low taxes line pissed me off 🤣

  • @Mo13uckets
    @Mo13uckets 4 года назад +334

    “How low our taxes are” that’s exactly when I knew it was a scam 😂😂😂

    • @KingASE88
      @KingASE88 4 года назад +6

      i was just about to comment that too! so hilarious

    • @cyn-1776
      @cyn-1776 4 года назад +17

      🤣🤣🤣 me too.
      I'm near Champaign.
      We in Hellinois have some of the highest taxes in the nation.
      Pritzker Sucks!!!!

    • @masterpoopie
      @masterpoopie 4 года назад +10

      What about when he said Lincoln was born there 🤣🤣

    • @cyn-1776
      @cyn-1776 4 года назад +1

      @@masterpoopie
      Right? 🤣🤣

    • @joshuamontanez3851
      @joshuamontanez3851 4 года назад +9

      It’s not pritzers fault that the taxes are high. He’s been governor for just a year. Blame Bruce Rauner and Patt Quinn

  • @Navigator87110
    @Navigator87110 3 года назад +130

    You have to appreciate the self-awareness of someone who says "Thank you for the clarification" when you call them a dolt.

  • @greenmountainboy2528
    @greenmountainboy2528 3 года назад +83

    I moved out of Illinois 20 years ago but this video convinced me to move back.

    • @DrGold23
      @DrGold23 2 года назад +5

      No way dude it’s awful here 🤣

  • @Cubbieblu2310
    @Cubbieblu2310 2 года назад +18

    As an Illinois resident I had a laugh at the low taxes part.

  • @thelthrythquezada8397
    @thelthrythquezada8397 2 года назад +5

    Why the hell am I watching these back to back? It's like this channel is a beacon of light shining on the world, and I am a moth attracted to said light and I cant stop flying around the light.... This is a great channel!

  • @dsadad21
    @dsadad21 4 года назад +484

    "Can you do your American accent for me now"?
    *Does horrible British accent*

    • @gurenduben2031
      @gurenduben2031 4 года назад +38

      Sounds more like Australian

    • @Gooner333333333
      @Gooner333333333 4 года назад +25

      it went from American to cockney to Australian. Its pretty impressive to do all 3 in 1 sentence

    • @420GratefulHippie
      @420GratefulHippie 4 года назад +6

      @@gurenduben2031 It was a South African accent which to the North American english speakers ear sounds very similar to an Australian accent.

    • @davidw1518
      @davidw1518 4 года назад +5

      As a Brit, I would say he learned his "American" accent from watching Dick Van Dyke trying (stunningly but hilariously unsuccessfully) to do a cockney accent in "Mary Poppins"!

    • @coldwaterhunter8176
      @coldwaterhunter8176 4 года назад +5

      I would have started busting out some Afrikaans the minute I heard him mumble in that horrible drawl.

  • @philgreen736
    @philgreen736 4 года назад +1110

    Who was waiting for a Grabify link to find the guy’s IP address but never came..
    Edit: thanks for 762 likes! Never got this many before so every one is appreciated!

    • @ojussinghal1968
      @ojussinghal1968 4 года назад +59

      yes bro .. i was like yes tell me that video link was a grabify link

    • @kishoremoses5155
      @kishoremoses5155 4 года назад +17

      Because pleasant green already received overseas bank account details 😂😂

    • @Nan-59
      @Nan-59 4 года назад +4

      Me!

    • @rickmongia
      @rickmongia 4 года назад +6

      That's literally what I said and some dude started arguing with me about stuff for literally no reason 😂

    • @philgreen736
      @philgreen736 4 года назад +2

      Rick Mongia ur right I just read through that whole conversation. Itsjusta Hemi right?

  • @mrtoastykat2825
    @mrtoastykat2825 3 года назад +60

    I was rolling on the floor when the scammer said the Illinois state taxes are low

  • @user-fy7ru4ii1i
    @user-fy7ru4ii1i 2 года назад +7

    it's amazing how you used his spelling and grammatical errors in your script and he didn't notice at all.
    Everything about this was great. Especially the ending call.
    Well done.

  • @raulm.9670
    @raulm.9670 3 года назад +12

    To be honest, this video was worth watching for 10 minutes, funny stuff man👍💯

  • @compactcow
    @compactcow 4 года назад +536

    J. B. Pritzker really got you to promote his state for free, you did get scammed.

    • @luissousa5109
      @luissousa5109 4 года назад +37

      Never heard of the state of Illinois in the United State

    • @compactcow
      @compactcow 4 года назад +4

      @@luissousa5109 Chicago?

    • @luissousa5109
      @luissousa5109 4 года назад +22

      @@compactcow my point is that the guy wrote United State xD

    • @wolfpac1970
      @wolfpac1970 4 года назад +1

      @frankos rooni actually it would be more like ill-eh-noy. Illynoise is how people in the south say it.

    • @pamkammann1176
      @pamkammann1176 3 года назад +7

      @@wolfpac1970 those of us in Illinois , call it Hellinois .

  • @DaveDepilot-KFRG
    @DaveDepilot-KFRG 4 года назад +489

    Funny shit. “To evade taxes”.

    • @aemxo
      @aemxo 4 года назад +44

      Classic Illinois politician

    • @zad_rasera
      @zad_rasera 4 года назад +23

      you dolt

    • @Mario583a
      @Mario583a 4 года назад +11

      I commit massive tax fraud ~~ Grunkle Stan and Yoshi

    • @Nan-59
      @Nan-59 4 года назад +7

      Somehow, we Illinoisans like to vote in Crooks for state AND LOCAL politicians!

    • @sieffy91
      @sieffy91 4 года назад +2

      Don't call it the windy city for nothing 😜

  • @SnackFoodOSRS
    @SnackFoodOSRS 4 года назад +203

    I’m from Illinois, doesn’t surprise me that the scammer would say JB avoids taxes 😂

    • @williamheafner2396
      @williamheafner2396 3 года назад +10

      Pritzker sucks!

    • @BluePlanet1
      @BluePlanet1 3 года назад

      Shit the way Illinois state government is run there’s nothing but corruption

  • @foddyfoddy
    @foddyfoddy 3 года назад +6

    "Innitivate"?
    That should have been a good hint from the very beginning!

  • @Dramaallamaacreates
    @Dramaallamaacreates 2 года назад +2

    I started watching Kitboga, then a few others, and though i love the way they work, it takes so long to get to their victory.
    As entertaining as it is, i grow.rather bored because they aren't very different.
    You on the other hand actually make me smile and giggle so I have subscribed. Thanks much for the entertainment

  • @Anonymous-ej7th
    @Anonymous-ej7th 3 года назад +12

    OMG, to hear his "American" accent was priceless. This totally made my day.
    What i don't understand is if he knew about your RUclips channel and what you do on it then why in the HELL would he try to scam you!?
    That's like me going to the police station and trying to sell them a car stereo!🤣

  • @kiki3265
    @kiki3265 4 года назад +119

    “We do overseas banking to evade taxes.” 🤣

    • @majbummer69
      @majbummer69 4 года назад +30

      Typical Illinois governor. That honestly makes the whole thing legitimate.

    • @petertomspeter8879
      @petertomspeter8879 3 года назад +10

      He must be a democrat🤩🤩🤩

    • @Fume1337
      @Fume1337 3 года назад

      💀💀

  • @sparksycat
    @sparksycat 4 года назад +1592

    Plot twist: it really was the governor of Illinois using a VPN

    • @johnathanstephenson5871
      @johnathanstephenson5871 4 года назад +15

      @Rubee A VPN stands for virtual private network. It hides your ip address. A voice changer changes your voice

    • @superphantom100
      @superphantom100 4 года назад +9

      Johnathan Stephenson thank you captain obvious I didn’t know that.

    • @novastarr196
      @novastarr196 4 года назад +8

      IrepScotland you know it was a scam right? No government official would admit to using offshore banks to avoid taxes lol. At least I don’t think they would.

    • @alexflosho
      @alexflosho 3 года назад +8

      These replies are wack

    • @Cayde-6
      @Cayde-6 3 года назад +2

      @@alexflosho ikr

  • @macombmagi
    @macombmagi 2 года назад +2

    I live in Illinois. Theres absolutely NO DIFFERENCE between a scammer and Big P

  • @tsdobbi
    @tsdobbi 3 года назад +6

    I'm from Illinois and like many states, I love how the tourism images are like not representative of 99% of the state. Like here's Illinois: Chicago > suburbs > corn and soybean fields as far as the eye can see. Any tourism photos will be the magnificent mile in Chicago and like Galena.

  • @matthewpeddicord1528
    @matthewpeddicord1528 4 года назад +30

    I love these scams. “Give us money so we can pay you.”
    Someone tried this with my dad. Asked for a subscription fee to invest in gold. He looked up the company’s website and called THAT number. The British guy said they never charge subscription fees and don’t have an office in South Africa.

  • @lhead7226
    @lhead7226 4 года назад +217

    `"low taxes" it's a scam, I live here. lol

    • @jamesashleyk
      @jamesashleyk 4 года назад +5

      Exactly

    • @ChicagosSinfulSwede
      @ChicagosSinfulSwede 3 года назад +3

      Yeah, "low taxes" my a$$!! Hahahaha

    • @bigtomatoes6735
      @bigtomatoes6735 3 года назад +6

      And Decatur??? Like who would live there

    • @ChicagosSinfulSwede
      @ChicagosSinfulSwede 3 года назад +1

      @@bigtomatoes6735 I lived in Decatur for a few years, not by choice though. I haven't even the faintest idea of what Decatur looks like, if it's a big town or a small town. Unfortunately, I was a "guest" at Decatur Correctional Center...longest 4 years of my life...anyway that is all I know about Decatur. 🤷‍♀️

    • @backyardtortoise.
      @backyardtortoise. 3 года назад

      Whats the average prices of rent?

  • @confusedkemono
    @confusedkemono 4 года назад +133

    2:36 when a governor says "plz"

    • @onahiatusforever4550
      @onahiatusforever4550 3 года назад

      Which govenor says "plz"

    • @mahmoudzaki2665
      @mahmoudzaki2665 3 года назад

      @@onahiatusforever4550 you fr?

    • @MarySmith-lv3mo
      @MarySmith-lv3mo 3 года назад +1

      @@mahmoudzaki2665 I think he was pointing out the absurdity of a "Governor," saying "plz," like,"Come on, a Governor wouldn't write,"plz." The Guy might not be American Originally,and means,"What," instead of,"Which." :)

  • @reactingwithbrendan
    @reactingwithbrendan 2 года назад +8

    The part where the scammer tries to do an American accent is so freaking hilarious! Oh yeah, he got it wrong too!

  • @EziosBladez
    @EziosBladez 3 года назад +5

    This governor is a real professional, I can tell. And his sid-kick Recieivation.

  • @midnightwdk3522
    @midnightwdk3522 3 года назад +94

    As someone from Illinois our gov. Probably does have an offshore account

    • @lejistar
      @lejistar 3 года назад

      Does nobody have the ability anymore to just step outside their private realm and honestly, objectively assess who is likely to commit what, or who has which character strengths and flaws? If you disagree with a person's politics you automatically assume they are corrupt? And no doubt you believe all of us "Libs" are communists and we get paid to march by Soros

    • @KingStr0ng
      @KingStr0ng 3 года назад +3

      @@lejistar Why do you automatically assume that he's only saying that because he disagrees with his politics? You're assuming him to be politically bias when you have no proof of that. He could have come to that conclusion in a variety of other ways such as analyzing his past actions or assessing his general behavior. Its you whose jumping to conclusions and you're being defensive as hell.

    • @michaelrichardson8755
      @michaelrichardson8755 3 года назад +1

      @@lejistar lol you’re funny.

    • @midnightwdk3522
      @midnightwdk3522 3 года назад +1

      @@lejistar I am a leftist, JB Pritsker has been shown in the past to be corrupt and Illinois does have a good track record of electing the worse people ever; remember rod the governor who tried selling Obama's seat in the Senate

    • @midnightwdk3522
      @midnightwdk3522 3 года назад

      @@lejistar also weird you automatically thought I was a crazy right wing conspiracy nut, I voted for Daniel Biss for Illinois governor

  • @liltoe9536
    @liltoe9536 4 года назад +18

    I like how he read the script completely how it was scripted with the typos

  • @AunoDoesStuff
    @AunoDoesStuff 3 года назад +69

    Living in South africa, I instantly recognized what accent this was. This dude was clearer than Sprite lmaooooo

    • @LizaFitness
      @LizaFitness 3 года назад +2

      That was definitely not a South African 🇿🇦😲 I can place the accent🤔

    • @Ndkksooejn
      @Ndkksooejn 3 года назад

      It's a heavy Slavic accent trying to sound South African, and sounding nothing like it lol.

  • @shannondavies2405
    @shannondavies2405 3 года назад +13

    Ok, "receivation" killed me 🤣

  • @sferg9582
    @sferg9582 2 года назад +1

    This nonsense right off the bat was suspect with all the misspellings and improper grammar..... I'm not a linguist, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express a time or two.

  • @stevenmakings8201
    @stevenmakings8201 3 года назад +8

    This is the best one so far even the scammer is laughing at how rubbish he was doing 😂😂😂

  • @DaedalusYoung
    @DaedalusYoung 4 года назад +89

    "The State of Illinois is not responsible for the content of this advertising. The views of this RUclips channel do not necessarily reflect the views of the Governor of the State of Illinois. The website listed above is not an official link to any official Illinois government website, but has been created by a third party individual."
    So what about that site, is it a phishing site?

  • @juancamacho7776
    @juancamacho7776 4 года назад +76

    “United state” has anyone realized that every scammer misspells or doesn’t use proper grammar. I think those are big red flags.

    • @catsnpeacocks
      @catsnpeacocks 4 года назад +4

      Exactly, did you notice the word through spelled though.

    • @africaninfinance
      @africaninfinance 4 года назад +2

      Not actually .... Most scammers are very educated and they are the one making the big bucks

    • @Digger-Nick
      @Digger-Nick 4 года назад +5

      @@africaninfinance If you think scammers are educated, you're severely uneducated.

    • @felixdzerzhinsky9926
      @felixdzerzhinsky9926 4 года назад +1

      crearly he aboges for the independence of Illinois from US

    • @juancamacho7776
      @juancamacho7776 4 года назад +4

      Scammers aren’t that clever. Some people are to gullible.

  • @trives99
    @trives99 2 года назад +1

    You are literally the best scam baiter on here. I’ve never laughed at a RUclips video…. You actually make me laugh. Please keep it up. Don’t ever stop 😂

  • @uplink-on-yt
    @uplink-on-yt 3 года назад +1

    Wow, You found out that the governor will resign before anyone else did. What an honour.

  • @majorchaoz
    @majorchaoz 4 года назад +13

    I called the phone number and said I lived in carbondale. The Scammer started to give me trivia questions over the phone to make sure I lived there. LMAO

  • @Cabose426
    @Cabose426 4 года назад +18

    Hahahahahaha "Our taxes are low" LOLOLOLOL. That's hilarious!!! Illinois has some of the highest taxes in the country. They tax you between 4-6% property value of your home, it's AWFUL! I left Illinois for a reason, terrible taxes and quickly plummeting property values. I wish what the scammer said could have been true, then I would have stayed!

    • @aronbenner5233
      @aronbenner5233 3 года назад

      just so you know
      the inflation on the property of il is like 60% over its real value
      this is a minimum wage state and property values cant be more than 1/3
      what a person will make in 25 years
      250,000 for a house is absured
      but most you idiots will finance a car every 3 years for a 5 year loan
      shows the level of intelligence being taught in economics

    • @geoffroi-le-Hook
      @geoffroi-le-Hook Год назад

      They have the most taxing bodies of any state in the nation.

  • @TtKyp12
    @TtKyp12 3 года назад +355

    “Lincoln was born in Illinois”
    Me: wtf, he was born in kentucky

  • @andersholt4653
    @andersholt4653 2 года назад +1

    I admire your patience and ability to keep a straight face. Keep it up.

  • @Argonisgema
    @Argonisgema 2 года назад +1

    You gotta give props to the dude, he was willing to get on the phone despite sounding nothing like the governer.

  • @user-fy2qc9gr6l
    @user-fy2qc9gr6l 4 года назад +94

    I live in Illinois and this is really funny😂😂

    • @davidt8087
      @davidt8087 4 года назад +1

      It's funny how he says Chicago is a "great place to live". Yea my ass.cold, windy. And always being lit up by mini bombs that shoot out metal projectiles at random people from 4000 lb moving pieces of metal

    • @zaynesmith1
      @zaynesmith1 3 года назад +1

      Illinois sucks, but not as much as Pritzker. I live here too and am gonna leave first chance I get

    • @NaimahLaNae
      @NaimahLaNae 3 года назад

      Yes!! I found this really enjoyable

    • @dioneberts1715
      @dioneberts1715 3 года назад

      Yeah dude this is totally legit former governors Ryan and blagojevic both said so. Did I forget to mention they said it from their prison cells?

    • @user-fy2qc9gr6l
      @user-fy2qc9gr6l 3 года назад

      @@dioneberts1715 ?

  • @man_on_wheelz
    @man_on_wheelz 4 года назад +8

    Right out the gate, being from Illinois myself, trust me, with this coronavirus thing going around, the LAST thing he's thinking about is promoting tourism right now. That man is giving all of his energy in governing to coronavirus efforts.

  • @mchenrynick
    @mchenrynick 3 года назад +8

    "Mentioning how low our taxes are" LMAO! Chicago's greed makes this one of the worst states for high taxes!!!

  • @loveandpower
    @loveandpower Год назад

    The fact the "Governor" reached out directly should have been key. The only way that would happen is if they owe someone a favor.

  • @HELLAFILTHYYY
    @HELLAFILTHYYY 2 года назад

    Wow they really deserve something to take a scam that far! 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @ocwolfy
    @ocwolfy 4 года назад +70

    Bro the funniest part was "United State" and he said exactly that.😂

    • @seaturtledog
      @seaturtledog 4 года назад

      That was classic. I was wondering if he would do a video. I would not want a fake video of myself doing a poor script out there because who knows who will reuse it. Maybe the Illinois state will steal it and really use it on their web site. Did it mention low taxes in the state?

    • @ocwolfy
      @ocwolfy 4 года назад

      @@seaturtledog Imagine 😂

    • @skydiamsteam6005
      @skydiamsteam6005 3 года назад

      Also that wonderful "plz"

  • @namasteakagoodjudy9756
    @namasteakagoodjudy9756 3 года назад +45

    Decatur being said to be one of the best places to live is a HUGE red flag! 😂

    • @lejistar
      @lejistar 3 года назад +1

      I love Illinois and have spent many days in Decatur, but what with the Ag plant aromas downtown, etc. It is not a top destination! On the other hand there are worse places!

    • @namasteakagoodjudy9756
      @namasteakagoodjudy9756 3 года назад +1

      @@lejistar I’m from IL and I agree with you.

    • @thelibertyprojects.4747
      @thelibertyprojects.4747 3 года назад +1

      danville is even worse

    • @princepagani7596
      @princepagani7596 3 года назад

      @@namasteakagoodjudy9756 snowbunny

    • @thomaspaszynski8888
      @thomaspaszynski8888 3 года назад +1

      My huge red flag is when they got Western Union involved.

  • @induceddemand
    @induceddemand 4 года назад +16

    I don't know why "spread the word of Illinois to the many people in the world via online video" was such a funny sentence to me, but I laughed for a solid minute

  • @PeterMasalski93
    @PeterMasalski93 2 года назад

    I love how they are casually emailing each other about state matters like they are chatting on youtube without any secretary or office to do it for them.

  • @zacktankesly4940
    @zacktankesly4940 2 года назад +1

    This has got to be the dumbest scam I've ever seen.

  • @mida8261
    @mida8261 3 года назад +7

    "Mentioning how low our taxes are."
    Meanwhile, Illinois residents are leaving the state in droves because the taxes keep climbing.

  • @CapeSIX
    @CapeSIX 4 года назад +33

    So what your telling me is I need to make my advertisement look so fake you review it for free.

  • @jtrotta
    @jtrotta 4 года назад +61

    Did you contact the Govs office and inform them about this.

    • @jtrotta
      @jtrotta 4 года назад +5

      So let us know did you inform the Governors office and send them the video. This is a crime. If you like I can forward it from NY. I do not the law in illinois but i do think is a crime for responding without notifying the state or the Governors office of this.

    • @420GratefulHippie
      @420GratefulHippie 4 года назад +3

      @@jtrotta So what you're saying is that fucking with a scammer is against the law?

    • @noahbonell4301
      @noahbonell4301 4 года назад +3

      @@420GratefulHippie he is not saying that lol he is saying what the scammer is doing is a crime.

    • @420GratefulHippie
      @420GratefulHippie 4 года назад +1

      @@noahbonell4301 Well no duh?
      All the scammers Pleasant Green profiles are criminals commiting crimes. And reporting this to the Illinois Governor's office is pointless. Illinois and other states and the feds probably already have been informed of this scam and since it originates overseas, there's not much they can do.

    • @StatueRBX
      @StatueRBX 4 года назад +2

      Somethings are heating up here, oof.

  • @JP_Canada
    @JP_Canada Год назад

    All the bad grammar and spelling errors would have put up an immediate red flag for me. Keep up the great work. I love your videos.

  • @LRRYFSHRMN
    @LRRYFSHRMN 4 месяца назад

    OMG the tax evasion thing had me rolling on the floor. WHAT IN THE WORLD?!

  • @NeatNoodle
    @NeatNoodle 4 года назад +7

    That was one of your best! You have convinced me to go visit beautiful Illinois, located in the United State. 😂

  • @Ridz149
    @Ridz149 3 года назад +21

    I would’ve said. “Ok just take away the fees from my pay 😃 👍 “ then they’d be confused😂

  • @909tylor
    @909tylor 4 года назад +6

    Ah yes! As an Illinois resident this seems 10000% true. Yes we are the best state, yes our taxes are super low! (I cannot say that with a straight face)

  • @Godsglory777
    @Godsglory777 Год назад

    LOL! These guys are committed! Thanks for going the distance with them and exposing these clowns.

  • @dylanburgess170
    @dylanburgess170 2 года назад +1

    Governor JB Pritzker, Governor, Governor of Illinois. Solid email signature

  • @sariahrahman968
    @sariahrahman968 3 года назад +16

    Amazingly, a lot of info that the scammer gives about Illinois is actually true.

    • @elizabethlee2136
      @elizabethlee2136 3 года назад

      Most times they say Texas and leave it like that

  • @djlumi1969
    @djlumi1969 3 года назад +39

    Plot Twist: it was actually the governor of Illinois 😳

    • @rg1whiteywins598
      @rg1whiteywins598 3 года назад +2

      Yes. He uses a fake image to avoid being stalked.🤣

  • @itsashyyt3336
    @itsashyyt3336 4 года назад +19

    Nobody been talking 'bout the fact that only Ronald Reagan was born in Illinois out of the 4 Presidents he mentioned were born in Illinois.

  • @WretchedSound
    @WretchedSound 3 года назад

    I lost it when you got to the "American accent" part. Great job, man. I'm loving your channel. I just hopped aboard after your Trilogy collab about the Alexa scam, so I'm catching up.

  • @dylanbennett3851
    @dylanbennett3851 3 года назад

    I always wonder why no one ever says when Scammers ask for money to get money is "just take out your fee, taxes, etc. Out of my winnings/payment" I have been binge watching your vids and go figure I get a publisher clearing house scam call yesterday. Thanks to you I knew it was a scam off the bat and was able to mess with them for hours ultimately causing them to curse me out and hang up! 🤣🤣🤣 and yes I told them my name was Benjamin Dover 😉👍🏻

  • @rickmongia
    @rickmongia 4 года назад +91

    Didn't know the Governor could make that many typos...
    He should use *Grammarly*

    • @Lyndon2020
      @Lyndon2020 4 года назад +2

      Haha.... that's funny

    • @rickmongia
      @rickmongia 4 года назад +3

      @@Lyndon2020 thanks lol

    • @Nan-59
      @Nan-59 4 года назад +1

      Hahahaha! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @HopperNation
      @HopperNation 4 года назад

      GG (I am literally using Grammarly to type this comment)

    • @IgoByP
      @IgoByP 4 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @xfroggo
    @xfroggo 4 года назад +199

    Wait. The link to the video you sent was a grabify link. Why didn’t you talk about that at all?

    • @icommentonstuff1873
      @icommentonstuff1873 4 года назад +49

      Probably didn’t matter because they IP grabbed themselves telling him to send it to South Africa

    • @CENTRALCHAOS21
      @CENTRALCHAOS21 4 года назад +15

      hey dont copy me i commented that first and now you stole my likes
      I'm kidding i really dont care atleast you got more i hope that makes you happy and i hope your having a good day also if anyone else reading this i hope you havinga good day too

    • @icommentonstuff1873
      @icommentonstuff1873 4 года назад +7

      Colby um? Lol I didn’t even see your comment

    • @CENTRALCHAOS21
      @CENTRALCHAOS21 4 года назад +1

      @@icommentonstuff1873 then you dont have to see it

    • @Tomruocco
      @Tomruocco 4 года назад +2

      Colby 🤭

  • @davidh7339
    @davidh7339 3 года назад +16

    You know it's a scam when you're required to pay for a membership in order to get paid for the work that you've done.

    • @justinatwood8728
      @justinatwood8728 Год назад +2

      The funny thing is that’s exactly what Illinois just did with passing amendment 1. It enables a business owner to organize a union that requires employees to be union members and charge union fees.

    • @davidh7339
      @davidh7339 Год назад

      @@justinatwood8728 You would think that business owners would be against something like that. Unless they get to keep all the union dues collected I guess.

    • @justinatwood8728
      @justinatwood8728 Год назад +2

      @@davidh7339 yup, you got it. if they run the union they manage the funds. they can make union membership mandatory to work at the company and charge whatever union fees they want. its completely messed up.

  • @Jim-np1so
    @Jim-np1so 3 дня назад

    I immediately would have known it was a scam because all of the misspelled words. Don't think the governor or his office would misspell that many words!

  • @acky12489
    @acky12489 2 года назад

    As someone who used to live in Champaign and Danville, neither of them are anywhere near "The best places to live"

  • @t-wrecks7481
    @t-wrecks7481 4 года назад +147

    Legend has it that the Governor of Illinois is also impersonating a Governor of Illinois.

    • @compactcow
      @compactcow 4 года назад +1

      J. B. Wouldn't do that to me.

    • @cyn-1776
      @cyn-1776 4 года назад +4

      How true that statement is 🤣🤣🤣

    • @bartman1238
      @bartman1238 4 года назад +2

      He a crook

    • @noonehere4332
      @noonehere4332 3 года назад +3

      Thats every governor of illinois

    • @zaynesmith1
      @zaynesmith1 3 года назад +5

      This is amazing, I live here and so many people have Pritzker signs. They all say he sucks though😂

  • @justinelliott4087
    @justinelliott4087 4 года назад +39

    Seems like a scammer that just wanted to be on your youtube page.

  • @jacob9110
    @jacob9110 3 года назад +8

    He was trying not to crack up when he said he does the American accent when doing press😂

  • @47streetcop96
    @47streetcop96 3 года назад

    I cracked up when you read the script exactly as written w/o correcting errors... also it was Monday in Africa.

  • @pinnipes
    @pinnipes 2 года назад

    absolutely lost my mind at the "government official" saying they evade taxes

  • @Raphaelkungfupanda
    @Raphaelkungfupanda 4 года назад +55

    Watching this before he pulls it down in an hour.

    • @justinleong2589
      @justinleong2589 4 года назад +5

      Yeah, i am waiting someone to roast the scammer youtube channel.

    • @africaninfinance
      @africaninfinance 4 года назад +1

      @@justinleong2589 huh ?

    • @Bobbbybags
      @Bobbbybags 4 года назад

      Explain

    • @Raphaelkungfupanda
      @Raphaelkungfupanda 4 года назад +1

      Robert Burciul He pulled down a video a few weeks ago because the scammer was a kid.

  • @JL-yl8gd
    @JL-yl8gd 4 года назад +5

    That’s why I live on the Iowa side of the Mississippi
    IL leadership sounds crummy
    Don’t even know their own tax status

  • @WwJd2tmthy1
    @WwJd2tmthy1 3 года назад +5

    OMG!!! That was hilarious..... “do your Midwestern accent”
    🤣🤣

  • @jacobblack8014
    @jacobblack8014 Год назад +1

    That's the funniest thing I've watched in a long time.