NYC’s craziest travel scams 🏙️ 😮

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  • @lefanta8549
    @lefanta8549 Рік тому +69843

    "Hey do you want a-"
    "I have places to go."
    Good ending

    • @iscott3187
      @iscott3187 Рік тому +1099

      Average newyorker dialogue
      But the most realistic would just be
      No or you just keep on walking

    • @nolaz010
      @nolaz010 Рік тому +336

      Was walking through Penn when someone grabbed my arm trying to hand me a flyer, and I didn’t even acknowledge his existence. Just kept walking.

    • @swagmoneybuge
      @swagmoneybuge Рік тому +164

      I have to return some videotapes.

    • @saeran6635
      @saeran6635 Рік тому +24

      *evangelion happy piano theme plays*

    • @re2fan123
      @re2fan123 Рік тому +32

      ​@@nolaz010 lmao you should have gave them an armbar and pinned them up to the wall out of defense

  • @bobbydyne
    @bobbydyne Рік тому +28541

    Imagine a 40 year old man in a Minnie Mouse costume trying to intimidate you over $20

    • @Otto45
      @Otto45 Рік тому +173

      Maybe he's got a family to feed..
      Maybe 20$ might be alot for him.

    • @unoriginalname3442
      @unoriginalname3442 Рік тому +43

      @@Otto45 maybe he should get a fucking job rather than intimidating innocent tourists on the street.

    • @jaliyasubzero4592
      @jaliyasubzero4592 Рік тому +2655

      ​@@Otto45so scamming people is the way to get it?

    • @DEV-rw7eu
      @DEV-rw7eu Рік тому +660

      ​@@Otto45 work at mc

    • @dlara_10zachary83
      @dlara_10zachary83 Рік тому +578

      @@Otto45 nah dude scamming some one is not the way to do tho

  • @4rachnic
    @4rachnic Рік тому +2438

    The last guy straight up bought a costume from Walmart then went to hustling 💀

    • @JustT0N3
      @JustT0N3 Рік тому +58

      Did you see the "spiderman" one? 😂🤣😂🤣

    • @4rachnic
      @4rachnic Рік тому +8

      ​@@JustT0N3 🤣🤣🤣

    • @methpotluck3588
      @methpotluck3588 Рік тому +12

      Fr it's crazy out there 💀

    • @lionkingchinesebootlegNES
      @lionkingchinesebootlegNES Рік тому +11

      Yeah but did you see that bumblebee costume?! That had to cost thousands.

    • @Frankster0
      @Frankster0 Рік тому +4

      ​@@JustT0N3he bought a whole baker 😏 👏

  • @sirdeakia
    @sirdeakia Рік тому +1425

    First rule of travel scams:
    Just say no and leave.

    • @mesiroy1234
      @mesiroy1234 Рік тому +5

      fight hands with New York's

    • @butast6520
      @butast6520 Рік тому +7

      second rule don tgive them the money just give the item back

    • @amaddenmind4597
      @amaddenmind4597 Рік тому +21

      Simple I...... live in NYC just walk away 😂 it's very easy why do we have to tell adults this

    • @louzo5175
      @louzo5175 Рік тому +11

      ​@@amaddenmind4597 becouse they are not from new york and other places arent that damn scummy?
      just a hint

    • @Metha_59
      @Metha_59 Рік тому +1

      @@butast6520 just take the item lol

  • @leobustos740
    @leobustos740 Рік тому +5535

    "That'll be 50 dollars for the brace-"
    *Free Bird solo starts playing*

  • @Robstrap
    @Robstrap Рік тому +5163

    I've literally just learnt to completely ignore anyone who speaks to me when I walk down the street

    • @Lewis94444
      @Lewis94444 Рік тому +301

      "Hey get out the way there's a huge truck about to run you over!!"
      You: 👎⛔️🚫🙈🙉
      Splat

    • @DoktrDub
      @DoktrDub Рік тому +77

      @@Lewis94444 .. people offering “free” stuff then, ignore all of those.

    • @JohnWickkkk
      @JohnWickkkk Рік тому +10

      @Its me or whatever who cares

    • @lz8563
      @lz8563 Рік тому +22

      @Its me or whatever no one in the city is gonna pull you back on the curb unless they’re looking to get hit too. & no one is getting hit by the cars here - it’s the bikes that don’t stop for pedestrians

    • @erenjaeger1738
      @erenjaeger1738 Рік тому +7

      No wonder New York City is the way it is.

  • @gotoheat
    @gotoheat Рік тому +659

    As a Brooklyn New Yorker , "fuck off " is an essential part of my life

    • @alexisdior90
      @alexisdior90 10 місяців тому +58

      The funny part is they tend to know who’s a NY’er and who’s a tourist based on how we walk and act. Times Square is a tourist trap and no true NY’er goes there to visit we just pass through. “Fuck off” is definitely essential though for the scammers who can’t tell we are native NY’ers 🤣

    • @OfficialPontiac
      @OfficialPontiac 10 місяців тому +12

      From personal experience, Just ignore them and keep your distance. If they get confrontational, A simple “I live here” or “Fuck off” does the trick

    • @OfficialPontiac
      @OfficialPontiac 10 місяців тому +5

      @@alexisdior90ESPECIALLY when they wear those “I ❤ ny” shirts and always pose in photos

    • @ItsKrissy_
      @ItsKrissy_ 8 місяців тому +2

      Yea fr

    • @account-kc1gz
      @account-kc1gz 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@OfficialPontiaclike actually say"fuck off" words? Isnt that rude words?

  • @bingchilling3914
    @bingchilling3914 Рік тому +1586

    "You're gonna try intimidating me while you're the one dressed in a Spirit Halloween Mickey Mouse suit?"

    • @luxinvictus9018
      @luxinvictus9018 Рік тому +51

      they usually surround you in a gang if you don't pay.

    • @cherrysoda06
      @cherrysoda06 Рік тому +18

      @@luxinvictus9018 that’s messed up :(

    • @clicheguevara5282
      @clicheguevara5282 Рік тому +38

      I’d love to see Elmo try to chase me down while he’s wearing a mask under his mask. 🤣 Dude probably has no oxygen in his brain.

    • @naplzt4k
      @naplzt4k Рік тому +5

      ​@@luxinvictus9018 I would say 'great a free group photo thanks' then snap a selfie with angry cosplay ppl around me 😂

    • @the-ironclad
      @the-ironclad Рік тому +2

      Me as a New Yorker watching this 😂😂😂

  • @dsantiago1000
    @dsantiago1000 Рік тому +9832

    I got handed a bracelet, pretending I couldn’t understand him, said “thank you” and walked away. He followed me a couple steps and kept saying to pay and I kept replying “thank you so much for the gift! No really, thank you!”
    The look of defeat on his face was priceless 😂

    • @After-all-this
      @After-all-this Рік тому +534

      you're a genuis. Karma is OP

    • @MubashirullahD
      @MubashirullahD Рік тому +146

      Thank you for doing that

    • @oddyo7453
      @oddyo7453 Рік тому +351

      Did this accidentally and my natural NY +20 resistance to bullshit stat obliterated the monk. Even did it on a date lol

    • @remyjaime743
      @remyjaime743 Рік тому +130

      My dad always told me that if they try anything just start making hand signals as if you are deaf It works everytime

    • @hamburgerdog25
      @hamburgerdog25 Рік тому +47

      Isn't one of the most important things about Bhuddist culture is to not be attatched to worldly possessions?

  • @NonSpiceyBeans
    @NonSpiceyBeans Рік тому +4360

    “That’ll be $30 for the mixta-“
    “Na” *drops* *mixtape*

    • @s0vnds
      @s0vnds Рік тому +201

      "For this shit?"

    • @advice.
      @advice. Рік тому +59

      Uno reverso drop your mixtape on them!

    • @LukeJukeDuke
      @LukeJukeDuke Рік тому +63

      This can easily be the easiest response to those bozos. Intimidate then first.

    • @BillKapri7
      @BillKapri7 Рік тому +16

      then a fight breaks out

    • @s0vnds
      @s0vnds Рік тому

      @@BillKapri7 I'm sure they know their ass getting kicked ain't worth it for some shitty mixtape

  • @DuhBla
    @DuhBla Рік тому +976

    So my aunt, who is Chinese but speaks FLUENT English told me about her trip with her friends to NYC. She a seasoned traveler so she's accustomed to these tourist traps. She'd usually just blabber in Chinese and smile and laugh while calling for her friends and everyone in the group would do the same. They basically got free pictures of Minnie Mouse, Batman and other costumed characters and saying "thank you" in a HEAVY Chinese accent and just walk away.

    • @onYaFace2023
      @onYaFace2023 Рік тому +23

      cool story

    • @eVCANN
      @eVCANN Рік тому +13

      lmaoooo

    • @bindingcurve
      @bindingcurve Рік тому +10

      Why do they even want the pictures?

    • @eVCANN
      @eVCANN Рік тому +38

      @@bindingcurve bro who wouldn’t want a picture with Batman or Minnie Mouse

    • @DuhBla
      @DuhBla Рік тому +5

      @@bindingcurve Why does anyone want pictures really

  • @gptoocut8435
    @gptoocut8435 Рік тому +2475

    Imagine having to fight off a monk after bro gave you a free bracelet

    • @karledisonferrer6190
      @karledisonferrer6190 Рік тому +112

      Nah bro them fake monks are slow af just walk away u don't even gotta run

    • @volitionspark2686
      @volitionspark2686 Рік тому +13

      What kind of bracelet? Is it wooden or beaded? I'd pay him.

    • @ChaosServantSophie
      @ChaosServantSophie Рік тому +27

      @@volitionspark2686 yes but they say it’s free so and also once someone did that and said 150 and it was like from Walmart

    • @volitionspark2686
      @volitionspark2686 Рік тому +2

      @@ChaosServantSophie Whew! Wow

    • @jeffalcorn3256
      @jeffalcorn3256 Рік тому +1

      Depends on which edition, I guess?

  • @bosewicht2389
    @bosewicht2389 Рік тому +4983

    Imma go there and take all the bracelets, all the mixtapes and take photos of all the costume people without even paying a nickel, wish me luck

    • @starrblx2504
      @starrblx2504 Рік тому +150

      How its going now bro ?

    • @animedude1690
      @animedude1690 Рік тому +620

      @@starrblx2504 lmao, guy's just gone already, they found him

    • @nkosig4995
      @nkosig4995 Рік тому +65

      Free bird time

    • @deadtome44
      @deadtome44 Рік тому +285

      It ain’t that hard, they are mostly just trying to guilt trip you. I got a free mixtape a few weeks ago in Huntington Beach.

    • @bea-hindyou
      @bea-hindyou Рік тому +6

      Rip

  • @rfunder12
    @rfunder12 Рік тому +2881

    If you physically tie something on my wrist and expect me to pay you, you are sadly mistaken

    • @siinxkj
      @siinxkj Рік тому +148

      just sprint off or just stand and stare at them for an extended period of time

    • @ogueyratogeyrat7448
      @ogueyratogeyrat7448 Рік тому +24

      bcareful they have weapon

    • @Lattidude
      @Lattidude Рік тому +280

      ​@@ogueyratogeyrat7448 They're not gonna stab someone over some shit bracelet 😂

    • @typie34
      @typie34 Рік тому +285

      @@Lattidude especially not in the middle of crowded space. they would get mob justice fast, which would be nice since scammers deserve that

    • @mikel4616
      @mikel4616 Рік тому +14

      @Gordon Freeman they gon’ find out a lil too late

  • @AA-il8ee
    @AA-il8ee Рік тому +119

    Facts, don't take anything from anyone in New York. Say no

    • @wennycake3057
      @wennycake3057 10 місяців тому

      Yes

    • @BorisKotkov
      @BorisKotkov 10 місяців тому

      I would take everything. What would they do?

  • @nuetarded
    @nuetarded Рік тому +2386

    It's an essential New York survival skill to ignore whoever or whatever comes at you while walking down the street

    • @elster2048
      @elster2048 Рік тому +47

      And always having your valubales not seen and extremely Hard to reach

    • @Blastoice
      @Blastoice Рік тому +10

      Haha same in Manchester, UK😊

    • @montaeharris3464
      @montaeharris3464 Рік тому +28

      Or not living in new york also helps especially if you have bad anxiety and struggle managing it

    • @hallsrelief2791
      @hallsrelief2791 Рік тому +19

      ​@@montaeharris3464 L anxiety is a skill issue get good ya noob

    • @weeniehutjr9977
      @weeniehutjr9977 Рік тому +7

      @@hallsrelief2791no. and you def don’t live in nyc.

  • @saphricpcgaming5182
    @saphricpcgaming5182 Рік тому +5601

    "they ask you for money"
    the blue eyes white dragon card in my back pocket: 🗿

    • @modolla11
      @modolla11 Рік тому +299

      they ask you for money
      the 44 magnum in my pocket

    • @themanx6019
      @themanx6019 Рік тому +29

      Mirror force

    • @wiseferret4745
      @wiseferret4745 Рік тому +76

      ​@@modolla11
      they ask you for money
      the duct tape and zip ties in my trunk

    • @ForzaMonkey
      @ForzaMonkey Рік тому +16

      @@modolla11 *mississippi queen starts playing*

    • @jessehellakoo
      @jessehellakoo Рік тому +9

      ​@@themanx6019 * draws the head of Exodia completing the game ending combination. *Exodia uses Obliterate*

  • @Whixerx
    @Whixerx Рік тому +4909

    "Hay i am in your photo so give me mon-"
    "Ok i am gonna delete the photo"
    Good ending 😀

    • @adbuco6198
      @adbuco6198 Рік тому +161

      goes into recently deleted

    • @Whixerx
      @Whixerx Рік тому +33

      @@adbuco6198 Aah man hell no..!

    • @nabranestwistypuzzler7019
      @nabranestwistypuzzler7019 Рік тому +13

      Has it auto shared to another device (Idk how to do that bc iCloud deletes it from every device if you delete it from one)

    • @blarfinstarfin
      @blarfinstarfin Рік тому +6

      Be like, gl and walk away.

    • @ngndnd
      @ngndnd Рік тому +11

      main reason i dont like going to times square. They pretty much harass you into taking a picture with them

  • @ThatRandomFerarriFan
    @ThatRandomFerarriFan Рік тому +5475

    I’m just rolling on the floor, imagining getting threatened by a Mickey Mouse 😂😂😂😂

    • @MrMisterDerp
      @MrMisterDerp Рік тому +219

      “HOH HOH You better pay up ya little punk!”

    • @Anhanglich
      @Anhanglich Рік тому +83

      @@MrMisterDerp "HO HO I'm gonna call my lawyer!"

    • @autogeneratedamusement
      @autogeneratedamusement Рік тому +57

      (I was 7 when this happened)When I went to nyc, someone in a Mickey costume grabbed me and my sisters, and so my parents were very confused and surprised, (my little sister was 5) they forcefully took pictures of us and threatened to take us and call the cops when my parents said they wouldn’t pay, so my dad said this is illegal, and said he would call the cops, and forced them to give us back to my parents. I caught them again on this video.. that’s literally them. Thank you for informing others about these stupid people.

    • @SatireTravestyTV
      @SatireTravestyTV Рік тому +13

      “HOT DOG! Don’t make me take out the mickey MouseKaTool on your punk ass”

    • @joshdotjpeg04
      @joshdotjpeg04 Рік тому

      @@MrMisterDerp “Hoh hoh! Don’t make me beat your ass like Minnie!”

  • @Baxt1211
    @Baxt1211 Рік тому +519

    Just give them the death stare. Don't say a single word and don't break eye contact. They'll leave you alone if they think you're psycho.

    • @lewddewdero
      @lewddewdero Рік тому +77

      Are you like a 13 year old teenage girl or something?

    • @Baxt1211
      @Baxt1211 Рік тому

      @@lewddewdero Why are you looking for one? Creep.

    • @GarfieldPhone
      @GarfieldPhone Рік тому +36

      You could also literally just walk away. They don't have to follow you when there are thousands of other potential scam victims.

    • @DuumKraddle
      @DuumKraddle Рік тому +23

      this is the least useful tips I've seen on the internet, you do realize ignoring them or just said no is optional too right??

    • @Baxt1211
      @Baxt1211 Рік тому

      @@DuumKraddle No one gives a shit what you think

  • @e_cabrera_0455
    @e_cabrera_0455 Рік тому +8074

    “Ok, that’ll be $5 for that pic.”
    The 16 lbs of C4 strapped to my chest: ☺️

  • @nolader28
    @nolader28 Рік тому +1476

    Made me think of a challenge where one would walk around getting as much free stuff as possible and ignoring the confrontation part

    • @kxpes
      @kxpes Рік тому +169

      This would be perfect idea, since they give it away, they even cannot do anything since they gived it away, i would only look if there is no band of thieves behind corner to "reposes movable property"

    • @cleanerwhite9470
      @cleanerwhite9470 Рік тому +81

      This one dude gave me a "free pen" once then told me the pen was made by some orphans in Mexico or sth and asked that I donate.
      I literally didn't have a penny on me at the time and told him so.
      He then proceed to yank the pen back from my hand really hard and broke it in the process, put it back into his comically large bag of random pens, mumbled sth about me wasting his time, then immediately moved on to the next target.

    • @lindalawon9151
      @lindalawon9151 Рік тому +1

      To Leonard Ocv
      Where do you get off thinking anything and anywhere is free ever.
      You should know immediately that is a SCAM.

    • @Kirkwoodclay
      @Kirkwoodclay Рік тому

      😂😂😂

    • @EtherealFissure
      @EtherealFissure Рік тому +2

      Lmao id love to see that u got a link or sum

  • @mistertom1518
    @mistertom1518 Рік тому +814

    All three of those could be easily resolved with the words "fuck off".

  • @Roberto577_One
    @Roberto577_One Рік тому +175

    Oh god that last one. Visited NYC in 8th grade, and two friends of mine wanted me to take a picture of them with a guy in a Puss in Boots costume. When we started to walk away the dude started asking for money, mostly in Spanish so I understood little, and took his head off, and me being the naive kid I was tried to say I didn't have money and asked my friends to pay him. Thankfully we all had nothing and he got nothing, but it was super awkward. Makes me kinda angry thinking back on it, ngl.

    • @reginaldgarner4321
      @reginaldgarner4321 Рік тому +6

      Adiós!

    • @RyanMartinez-gy7bx
      @RyanMartinez-gy7bx 11 місяців тому +6

      Weird to ask middle schoolers for money after taking a picture

    • @GamingCentralTV1
      @GamingCentralTV1 9 місяців тому +2

      ​@@RyanMartinez-gy7bxnothing wierd about it, its business

    • @simonrockstream
      @simonrockstream 9 місяців тому +8

      ​@GamingCentralTV1 lmfao bro

    • @htomc42
      @htomc42 Місяць тому

      @@GamingCentralTV1 But any respectable business would have the price, if any understood and negotiated up-front BEFORE any product or service is rendered.

  • @ToxicSnake48
    @ToxicSnake48 Рік тому +7539

    "they ask you for money"
    the hand gun in my back pocket: 🗿

  • @thelostjadedragonet338
    @thelostjadedragonet338 Рік тому +5264

    If you are a New Yorker, the answer to this is don’t go to Times Square, nobody in New York actually goes there
    edit: lol likes

    • @ThePhonax
      @ThePhonax Рік тому +61

      yep. I live in manhattan (16 years now)

    • @rl4258
      @rl4258 Рік тому +125

      Except when you live above the M&Ms building

    • @bluemonday2000
      @bluemonday2000 Рік тому +202

      It's a crowded place with ads all over the damn place, expensive shops, and scammers trying to hassle you. I don't see the appeal in going there.

    • @KingDom.mp3
      @KingDom.mp3 Рік тому +86

      ​@@bluemonday2000it's really pretty, the street food is dope and it's central to 90% of the places you'd want to visit as a tourist.
      Source: Been a tourist in times square several times, enjoyed it every single time.

    • @thelostjadedragonet338
      @thelostjadedragonet338 Рік тому +70

      @@KingDom.mp3 Yeah but it is kind of a tourist trap as well because the entire place is way to expensive for stuff you can get for half the price other places in new york

  • @chunkymilk
    @chunkymilk Рік тому +4211

    pro travel tip: don’t go to New York.

    • @luxinvictus9018
      @luxinvictus9018 Рік тому +194

      or any of the major capital cities. If you do, avoid the "tourist" areas and if you go, do not speak to anyone who tries to stop you in the street.

    • @stonedalldayjedi533
      @stonedalldayjedi533 Рік тому +90

      please don't. we don't need more traffic lol

    • @JustYourAverageGirl2002
      @JustYourAverageGirl2002 Рік тому +16

      This comment needs more likes

    • @TheSwedishHistorian
      @TheSwedishHistorian Рік тому +113

      most overrated place in the world

    • @RadTradX
      @RadTradX Рік тому

      @@stonedalldayjedi533No one wants to be in a communist country like “new york” it is better to visit the USA and safe states such as Texas or Florida

  • @MagyarGaben
    @MagyarGaben Рік тому +51

    Visiting a big city is where having a foreign accent really shines, cuz I can just talk to them in broken English until they give up

  • @Mochi-lf5rz
    @Mochi-lf5rz Рік тому +1067

    I live in a bigger city where people do these kinda scams a lot. Someone handed me a product then instantly got mad and asked for money after basically forcing me to grab it or it would have fell on the ground. So i reached in my pocket and gave him a pack off mentos and yelled thief as he grabbed it. guy got spooked and walked off lol

  • @dreadnegus
    @dreadnegus Рік тому +13025

    Those monks best know Kung Fu... I do, mixed tape guys will get cursed out badly, and Elmo would get his furry as whooped in public.

    • @nepnep1149
      @nepnep1149 Рік тому +1012

      You’re not that guy pal

    • @wowowoaoaoahwiwheueh
      @wowowoaoaoahwiwheueh Рік тому +410

      @@nepnep1149 to be honest he really isn’t

    • @Ztiergamer
      @Ztiergamer Рік тому +2

      Send him back to sesame Street

    • @someguy5268
      @someguy5268 Рік тому +191

      People who know Kung Fu vs a 3rd grader that knows boxing (mister Kung Fu got put to sleep)

    • @_Turtle_420
      @_Turtle_420 Рік тому +1

      ​@@nepnep1149 you really think this mf has the emotional control to not hit a mf? Bru u ppl are funny.

  • @_ChatSoCute_
    @_ChatSoCute_ Рік тому +273

    “Since you have me in your photo, give me some money-“
    “I HAVE A BOYFRIEND.”

    • @drypaint4817
      @drypaint4817 Рік тому +10

      tried this one, they just stopped talking and stared so i took the opportunity to run

    • @raid--er4083
      @raid--er4083 Рік тому +3

      @@drypaint4817 honestly the only valid scenario to lie about having a boyfriend

    • @DesiredNova
      @DesiredNova Рік тому

      just tell the guy to go #### himself 💀

  • @theram46
    @theram46 Рік тому +41

    Until they realize you're from one of the 5 boroughs, and you look into their soul.

  • @molrat
    @molrat Рік тому +1946

    One time my friend got a wristband put on him and we were getting ready for him to start making a scene about not paying, but he genuinely just said "for free" and walked off, we even thought he was gonna come back but no

  • @yunginu
    @yunginu Рік тому +2093

    “Hey do u wanna chec-“
    “Nah I’m straight”
    I’ve lived in nyc 4 19 years,that’s legit all u gotta do

    • @Qwerty0791
      @Qwerty0791 Рік тому

      Literally every city has tourist poachers. Americans just don’t go to Paris so they think it’s an “urban American thing”. Go to New Delhi if you think NYC is full of scammers.

    • @natemajor6560
      @natemajor6560 Рік тому +255

      “Naw I’m gay”
      -Walk away

    • @natemajor6560
      @natemajor6560 Рік тому +42

      “Naw I’m gay”
      -Walk away

    • @christianthomas8069
      @christianthomas8069 Рік тому +47

      @@natemajor6560 nah they’d lure you into a backally with the Ratking or something if you say your gay

    • @sofyacali21m64
      @sofyacali21m64 Рік тому +10

      Headphones and I have places I need to be attitude

  • @cvalerinv
    @cvalerinv Рік тому +495

    I love accepting all this stuff and then pretend I'm deaf and walk away. They just look at me like their soul died a lil bit

    • @not_soro
      @not_soro Рік тому +17

      I'mma run because until it technically harrasment since they put it on you first

    • @1212x_O
      @1212x_O Рік тому +2

      Yeah, I just walk away too. If they attack me I'll just get the swat team from the station lmao

    • @MaggiePies
      @MaggiePies Рік тому

      🤣👊🏾💢

    • @michaeljorgensen1984
      @michaeljorgensen1984 Рік тому +7

      @@1212x_O that’s not how the world works

    • @Nassi415
      @Nassi415 Рік тому

      Thats a good one!

  • @andrewjones9991
    @andrewjones9991 Рік тому +24

    Also be careful with having your face in your phone. Scammers will run into you with something already broken like a pair of glasses then act like you ran into them and broke them and demand you give them cash. If you weren't paying attention, you really won't have much of an argument.

    • @professional.commentator
      @professional.commentator Рік тому +5

      Yea I heard about that one on Reddit. Such a messed up scam.

    • @koalabro6118
      @koalabro6118 Рік тому

      IDK I feel like, once you know that NYC is full of scummy shitbags, you'll know that anything that happens that would normally make you feel guilty was manufactured by one of said shitbags to try and steal your cash.
      Not having an argument aside, I think just saying "damn that sucks" and walking away doesn't leave them with much recourse.

    • @jonm2416
      @jonm2416 3 місяці тому

      Your argument:
      "Fuck off"

  • @purplesamurai7887
    @purplesamurai7887 Рік тому +1995

    As a Buddhist the monk one hurt. I was so happy to see someone that I could relate to like that, and was happy to receive the bracelet, when he charged me and I saw him holding cigarettes I got really sad

    • @hanslim4031
      @hanslim4031 Рік тому +204

      Screw that guy, you don’t owe him anything

    • @matveyfeniya9979
      @matveyfeniya9979 Рік тому +172

      The actual Buddhist monk won't do that and can't do It. There's the rule they have to follow.

    • @kjs0urge
      @kjs0urge Рік тому +1

      same here brother lol

    • @isthatbraised
      @isthatbraised Рік тому +42

      I'm pretty sure most of them are not real monks

    • @Zxlok
      @Zxlok Рік тому +27

      Probably wasn’t a real monk, I’d take my chances and when he “assaulted” me by tying something to my wrist he is going to have a sudden encounter with both of my hands and probably my feet

  • @McNeuvillette
    @McNeuvillette Рік тому +433

    "Is it free?"
    "Yeah!"
    "So it's 50 bucks!"
    "Get the fuckoutta here!"

    • @Hamza-iq6gw
      @Hamza-iq6gw Рік тому

      You live in the most expensive city in the world you can give some change to vultures

    • @sql64
      @sql64 Рік тому

      @@Hamza-iq6gw yea give some money to the scams

    • @ras_krystafari3333
      @ras_krystafari3333 Рік тому

      ​@@sql64 no bruh the change=FuckOutta here yelled at them... you hand em actually change they gonna throw those coins at the back of your head, get real

    • @zea4k
      @zea4k Рік тому +7

      ​@@Hamza-iq6gw that is the most idiotic logic i have ever heard in my entire life

    • @jooot_6850
      @jooot_6850 Рік тому

      @@Hamza-iq6gw they can catch this sucker punch, nerd

  • @Rogue5490
    @Rogue5490 Рік тому +728

    “hey take this”
    “k”
    “now give me 2000 bucks”
    “no”

    • @allen.9
      @allen.9 Рік тому +19

      if only it was that easy lol, i used to think the same. buy they will literally try to fight you over it and it's so petty.

    • @a.c.i7020
      @a.c.i7020 Рік тому +29

      @@allen.9 what’s stopping you from just dropping the item?

    • @SkyNinja759
      @SkyNinja759 Рік тому +33

      ​@@a.c.i7020 I misread your comment as "just dropping THEM".
      To be honest, if they try to fight you and get confrontational I would assume it can be deemed self defence.

    • @allen.9
      @allen.9 Рік тому

      @@UserName-rg7zy what if, imagine, I just didn't take it. I don't want to be on vacation running away from fucking Elmo because I took his shitty mix tape.

    • @allen.9
      @allen.9 Рік тому

      @@a.c.i7020 nothing, but what's stopping me from avoiding them in the first place?

  • @b3astms385
    @b3astms385 Рік тому +25

    Real people from NY is fighting these bums for touching them without permission

  • @stevethach3340
    @stevethach3340 Рік тому +1079

    First time in new york a "monk" came up to us and gave my wife a bracelet
    Growing up buddhist, I have a soft spot for monks so I gave him $1
    He literally looked at us and said more lol
    I told him to go pound sand

    • @Banjobanjobanjoo
      @Banjobanjobanjoo Рік тому +139

      Pound sand.... That's a new one

    • @copyandpaste2052
      @copyandpaste2052 Рік тому +51

      “Pound sand” Very Interesting

    • @7hepenguinMan
      @7hepenguinMan Рік тому +9

      Pound sand what does that even mean?🤔🤨

    • @cyber1ifeconnor
      @cyber1ifeconnor Рік тому +94

      ​@@7hepenguinMan ever punched sand? only hurts yourself

    • @crescenteea
      @crescenteea Рік тому +28

      ​@@7hepenguinMan similar to "get lost" energy

  • @addisondillon3132
    @addisondillon3132 Рік тому +1786

    Minnie Mouse, Mario, and Liuigi tried to guilt trip my mom into giving them a “donation” after pretty much forcing us to take a picture with them
    Edit: we didn’t pay them

    • @pickleddolphinmeatwithhors677
      @pickleddolphinmeatwithhors677 Рік тому +30

      Same thing happened to me with a stormtrooper 😡

    • @shoruda
      @shoruda Рік тому +21

      @@pickleddolphinmeatwithhors677 just say no lol

    • @pickleddolphinmeatwithhors677
      @pickleddolphinmeatwithhors677 Рік тому +1

      @@shoruda I did lol. The mf didn't even verbally ask, just rubbed his fingers together looking at me

    • @aeway_
      @aeway_ Рік тому +42

      happened to me in St. Petersburg, Russia lol. Spongebob and Patrick but the costumes looked like they had been smoking crack for a couple of decades

    • @frankhorrigan1508
      @frankhorrigan1508 Рік тому +4

      Heh they learned well from Disney & nintendo

  • @Exchtian
    @Exchtian Рік тому +18

    In New York City, I was given multiple weird cds that costed over 20 bucks and had QR codes on them that led to scam websites

    • @nans7514
      @nans7514 Рік тому +5

      Yeah don’t trust none of that give it back to them or throw them away it sounds mean but you never know with ppl these days

  • @raianmr2843
    @raianmr2843 Рік тому +401

    i got scammed with 'free' temporary tattoos as a child lmao i was so naive

  • @King-kf1mi
    @King-kf1mi Рік тому +1389

    “Get very confrontational”
    Well I’m an introvert so I won’t be much help but this glock gets very social 😅
    An everybody know the Arp love to scream.

  • @autogeneratedamusement
    @autogeneratedamusement Рік тому +1855

    (I was 7 when this happened)When I went to nyc, someone in a Mickey costume grabbed me and my sisters, and so my parents were very confused and surprised, (my little sister was 5) they forcefully took pictures of us and threatened to take us and call the cops when my parents said they wouldn’t pay, so my dad said this is illegal, and said he would call the cops, and forced them to give us back to my parents. I caught them again on this video.. that’s literally them. Thank you for informing others about these stupid people

    • @Prime.Football.edits7
      @Prime.Football.edits7 Рік тому +139

      So the story is believable cause they also tried to scam me but you’re saying that these costume guys are the exact ones that scammed you, I don’t think so 🤔

    • @yamanalkhen3227
      @yamanalkhen3227 Рік тому +105

      ​@@Prime.Football.edits7 that's not what he is saying, he is saying "it's them" as in it's these kind of people

    • @schmittiTV
      @schmittiTV Рік тому +1

      What kind of patience does your father have my father would have beat their ass punching their teeth out

    • @autogeneratedamusement
      @autogeneratedamusement Рік тому +65

      @@Prime.Football.edits7 yeah cuz i said "people" meaning its a group of people not literally them sorry lol

    • @gustavo.henri2
      @gustavo.henri2 Рік тому +28

      so they kind of kidnapped u and your dad said "I'm gonna call the cops, give me my kids back"? 💀

  • @professional.commentator
    @professional.commentator Рік тому +70

    I'm a native New Yorker and I actually got robbed by the monk guy. This happened when I was teenager but he made me put on a bracelet wishing me luck, but then immediately demanded money from me! So I was trying to write down just $5. But he made me change it to $20 for no reason even though I saw someone else in the list had given him $5. Oh and he was guilt-tripping/gaslighting too like saying it was for a good cause. I was so mad that day. And the worst part is my friend was right next to me the whole time when that was happening but he didn't do anything to stop it. But the monk seemed to be less aggressive towards my friend which meant he could just say no and not get robbed. So unfair. Word of advice, avoid them at all costs and don't let them put anything on you or accept anything.

    • @raptordarwish887
      @raptordarwish887 Рік тому +9

      And get a better friend.

    • @professional.commentator
      @professional.commentator Рік тому +2

      @@raptordarwish887 Unfortunately he's actually one of the better friends I've had. There were some guys I tried to be friends with that were way too toxic for me. I think he was just caught off guard at that moment too and tried to save his own skin before I could start blaming him.

    • @raptordarwish887
      @raptordarwish887 Рік тому +3

      @@professional.commentator try find a better friend who is loyal to you and understands you.

    • @Boomy0
      @Boomy0 Рік тому +8

      @@professional.commentator In no way could that every be your friends fault. If you were about to start blaming it on him then you’re the bad friend.

    • @ActivateMission2ThisTimeline
      @ActivateMission2ThisTimeline Рік тому +1

      F/NYC...

  • @hi_bored_im_dad
    @hi_bored_im_dad Рік тому +481

    Bruh. If you got legs and can speak-you’re gonna be fine. Just say “no” and walk away. 😂

    • @keefemooney3529
      @keefemooney3529 Рік тому +35

      They follow you around. I was in Egypt and every person would ask for a photo and then basically take all your money, and if you said no and walked away then they would just follow you. Happened to me and so.e guy was following us for hours insisting on taking photos for "free", even when he had scammed me out of some money for a photo with him that he said was free.

    • @realityisenough
      @realityisenough Рік тому

      Lol you gave him money what a loser

    • @isaacelgazali5302
      @isaacelgazali5302 Рік тому

      @@keefemooney3529 then beat his ass or something

    • @mikeminogue2695
      @mikeminogue2695 Рік тому +34

      Just walk away.
      Don't acknowledge them.

    • @sourpunk4277
      @sourpunk4277 Рік тому

      @@keefemooney3529 thats why you threaten to beat his ass

  • @theGamerzx3
    @theGamerzx3 Рік тому +280

    "They get very confrontational" if they gave it to you you just make sure to record them saying its free or take it and keep walking ignoring them or just ignore them. These three never fail

    • @ngndnd
      @ngndnd Рік тому +14

      Something like this happened to my friend, but in philly. This lady was making people sign a petition, but after they signed it she kept telling them to pay like $25 in cash

    • @sinanck7228
      @sinanck7228 Рік тому +2

      @@ngndnd that dumb 😂

    • @NeZwAsHerE
      @NeZwAsHerE Рік тому

      Dont do that you can get stabbed by these lowlives

    • @jooot_6850
      @jooot_6850 Рік тому

      @@ngndnd I’d cross out my signature lmfao

  • @Samuel-ku1qb
    @Samuel-ku1qb Рік тому +369

    “Hey you want a bracelet?”
    Sure **gets bracelet**
    “Can I have money for that bracelet?”
    What bracelet? **proceeds to cut up the bracelet and throw it in a bin**

    • @melody1011
      @melody1011 Рік тому +14

      Sorry sir, you'll need to pay for that bracelet you just chopped up and threw in the bin 😟

    • @talibandzant9867
      @talibandzant9867 Рік тому +7

      @@melody1011 no you don’t

    • @Happy_days01
      @Happy_days01 Рік тому +6

      Genuine monk who wanted to be kind and share a necklace with you : ☹️

    • @BolttheSuperPony
      @BolttheSuperPony Рік тому

      @@Happy_days01 In that case they wouldn't have asked for money.

  • @ToxicKittiSP
    @ToxicKittiSP 3 місяці тому +3

    I was just in NYC and saw all of these. I saw those exact people in costume to.

  • @signediaz2469
    @signediaz2469 Рік тому +491

    i live near times square and this is so accurate. it makes me so mad im just trying to get to work and now i have a CD in my hand and some dude asking me for money- and no you can’t say you don’t have cash they will pull up venmo or bring out a crad swiper it’s infuriating. this is why people think we new yorkers are mean we just have a guard on because everyone want your money.

    • @luichinplaystation610
      @luichinplaystation610 Рік тому +1

      flexing and karma

    • @IAmTheGlovenor
      @IAmTheGlovenor Рік тому +31

      Here's another option when they ask for money... Say: "No"

    • @quicksolution5881
      @quicksolution5881 Рік тому +1

      Bruh... Just fucking walk away, if they follow you hit them with something

    • @Chhesterification
      @Chhesterification Рік тому +9

      I almost got shaken down by the assholes in costume. My Midwest nice companion was trying to look for money. I adapted quickly to NY and told them to kick rocks. Lol

    • @dsnp
      @dsnp Рік тому +13

      You can and should say no. These people exploit the good will in people. The only reason they exist is because of the good people that think they can't say no. Never give in to someone who is scummy, really goes for any situation. Educate people close to you and passerbys if possible

  • @angelmorales2381
    @angelmorales2381 Рік тому +123

    "I'm in the picture you gotta pay me"
    *me deletes photo*
    "What photo?"

    • @naplzt4k
      @naplzt4k Рік тому +2

      ok after you pay me for being in the pic too 😂

    • @dread1262
      @dread1262 Рік тому +3

      Jokes on him when the photo is still in the trash

    • @sofyacali21m64
      @sofyacali21m64 Рік тому

      What kind of stupid shit are they making up in nyc ? 😂 tell them to fuck off . Like it’s my camera …. You happened to be in the way … you knew I was taking a photo so sir , for inconveniencing me “that’ll be $30 would you like a receipt?”

    • @Ms.NoNo2
      @Ms.NoNo2 Рік тому

      Then recovers it later from the deleted folder 🤣🤣

  • @Audiorevue
    @Audiorevue Рік тому +510

    what was crazy is when I went last year I was walking off 5th avenue and this guy came up in an Elmo costume and a monk robe ,handing out bracelets and mixtapes. I had to give him some money because you're getting a three for one right there

    • @sanjaynandalall2260
      @sanjaynandalall2260 Рік тому +11

      lmaoooo this was golden

    • @BigPapiMatt
      @BigPapiMatt Рік тому +15

      Was his mistape fire at least?

    • @20IA
      @20IA Рік тому +5

      Shouldve grabbed a picture

    • @em-ku6jv
      @em-ku6jv Рік тому +2

      lmaooo we only gave money to the mixtape guys but to be fair they were hella funny and made us laugh, the people in costumes also tried to make us give money but they were too touchy so we just walked off

    • @SuperSlimshady1
      @SuperSlimshady1 Рік тому +1

      You got scammed you didn't have to take any of their services they were selling or offering or any products they were offering

  • @wennycake3057
    @wennycake3057 10 місяців тому +3

    As a New Yorker. Please stay away from this stuff.

  • @drifters.4711
    @drifters.4711 Рік тому +221

    I fell for the mixtape scam when I was in New York when I was like 12. They’re ruthless, literally bullied my little kid ass into giving him my only $10 from my Velcro wallet

    • @moneybilla
      @moneybilla Рік тому +3

      Wait seriously? Remember passing out CDs back in the day never heard of that in my city that's wild asf🤣😂

    • @christophermoore6110
      @christophermoore6110 Рік тому +13

      I’d drop it on the ground and “accidentally” step on it and tell them I’ll call the cops if they have a problem

    • @williamzhao2456
      @williamzhao2456 Рік тому +12

      My friend almost fell for the mixtape scam. We were travelling to NY and these guys were handing out their mixtapes in these CD cartridges to us and asked for donations. My friend handed them a dollar bill and they were so upset like "that's all ur giving me?!" and rejected it. And that's not the worst part, my friend opened the cover and there was NO CD INSIDE. We just walked away knowing we dodged a bullet.

    • @drifters.4711
      @drifters.4711 Рік тому +24

      @@williamzhao2456 damn ! I had a cd in mine but it was literally him rapping over other songs on low volume like I could still kinda hear the original lyrics in the background. When I sold my car a few years ago I accidentally left it in the CD player and I blessed someone else with it LOL

    • @smittywerbanjagermanjenen3912
      @smittywerbanjagermanjenen3912 Рік тому +14

      @@drifters.4711that’s fuckin hilarious… imagine the person listening to it “Tf is this trash??”

  • @aperson394
    @aperson394 Рік тому +1741

    thank you now I'm never going to new York city

    • @weedman69420
      @weedman69420 Рік тому +188

      Then I guess you’re never going to travel anywhere because these scams are in most places you might visit

    • @MaskedGamer10001
      @MaskedGamer10001 Рік тому +56

      You should have never considered it

    • @Number1sineaterfan
      @Number1sineaterfan Рік тому +3

      I mean compared to a lot of scammy places it's pretty good

    • @Isai314
      @Isai314 Рік тому +28

      No stop. As long as it’s not Times Square or attract attention you’re good

    • @raminfellas
      @raminfellas Рік тому +4

      NOOOO COME PLSSS TO BROOKLYN OR QUEENS ITS BETTER HEREE

  • @cbar30
    @cbar30 Рік тому +629

    When I go to NYC Im doing all these and not paying anyone. Matter of fact Im going to ask them for money for promoting their products

    • @jacksepticeye_fan084
      @jacksepticeye_fan084 Рік тому +111

      Careful bud that could go south reeaaal fast

    • @crimsonitacilunarnebula
      @crimsonitacilunarnebula Рік тому +3

      I received them where's your payment

    • @Qwerty0791
      @Qwerty0791 Рік тому +40

      Yeah, square up to hustlers from Chicago or NY, that’s a smart move. Maybe you can try LA next?

    • @brutallyhonest8854
      @brutallyhonest8854 Рік тому +1

      They run in pack you might get stabbed for thinking you’re a tough guy lmfao people just don’t know the dangers of my beautifully fucked up city and you will never hear about it on the news because tourism brings so much revenue to the State.

    • @jacksepticeye_fan084
      @jacksepticeye_fan084 Рік тому +20

      @@coreyaherne5052 probably it's fuckin NY

  • @YusufShurbaji
    @YusufShurbaji Рік тому +8

    When they bump you and drop a bag and blame you for breaking what's inside.

  • @wirelessriver7
    @wirelessriver7 Рік тому +182

    "Here is a free bracelet and cd"
    "Here u go"
    "That will be ten..."
    *Walks away*

    • @leoqueen300
      @leoqueen300 Рік тому +1

      👁 👁
      👄 Another scam is concert $500 dollars for a concert when you can download the video cause the singer / band is not gonna take a picture with you at the concert 😞😅😅🤣

    • @zinoo2942
      @zinoo2942 Рік тому +1

      They don’t let that slide they follow you and block your path and sometimes call their buddies over and try to intimidate you but if that ever happens just book it screw those fucking scammers.

  • @chaddius3177
    @chaddius3177 Рік тому +390

    Went to NYC in middle school for a field trip, and those guys took so much of my friends’ money. They finesse you so bad, I told them not to do it but the pressure got to them - my friend Joe paid I think $30 for a mixtape and when he decided to try and listen to it for ha ha’s it was just a blank cd lmao

  • @extint3407
    @extint3407 Рік тому +326

    From The UK, ignoring people on streets is in our blood 😂😂 whether it be preachers or some floating yoda😂

    • @SarahNGeti
      @SarahNGeti Рік тому +1

      Haha

    • @mushedrohman8914
      @mushedrohman8914 Рік тому +2

      Not really only one city in the UK does that and it's London. People are quite open every where else.. not unless it's bullshit... We the British can not stand for bullshit people.

    • @extint3407
      @extint3407 Рік тому +2

      @@mushedrohman8914 I live in Brum. And at the bullring there's always these street people doing weird shit.

    • @willstikken5619
      @willstikken5619 Рік тому

      @@mushedrohman8914 "We the British can not stand for bullshit people"
      Sounds like someone who has never actually been to the UK...

    • @mushedrohman8914
      @mushedrohman8914 Рік тому

      @@willstikken5619 "i just glared at them as I reached into a pocket and pulled out a knife" . From reading your comment I realised your a nonsense character, speaking nonsense. What did you expect me to explain myself to someone like you where I live. Give your head a wobble you silly willy. I'm not even going to entertain you and ask why did you assume I wasn't born in the UK ? Coz I'm brown?. My advise to you... Be respectful and don't try to offend anyone and you might actually get somewhere in life.

  • @klaudeyy
    @klaudeyy Рік тому +7

    If u keep walking and don’t even look at them you’ll be fine, especially in NY

  • @ViciousPikachu
    @ViciousPikachu Рік тому +113

    "here's a free bracelet for-"
    Me: "I'm going places"
    "But...Where?"
    Me: "idk but PLACES✨"

    • @Raphael_27
      @Raphael_27 Рік тому +1

      "But where?"
      *pulls the ✨️glock✨️*

  • @muffinman5741
    @muffinman5741 Рік тому +35

    They try to make you feel guilty and like you're distespecting local culture by not paying. Never fall for that shit.
    No matter where you live, if I didn't consent I don't owe you money.

  • @ThatSameer
    @ThatSameer Рік тому +75

    One thing we learnt very quickly in NYC is NEVER make eye contact with the CD guys

    • @jonytodorov8552
      @jonytodorov8552 Рік тому +12

      They gave me one once in Times Square and said I had to pay, so i gave it back to them, laughed at them, said no and walked away. What was he going to do? Call the cops? 🤣

  • @b.o.w.6841
    @b.o.w.6841 Рік тому +9

    Don’t forget the people doing weird shit that just yell at you to hand them money if they see you taking a picture (the people with animals on their heads usually)

    • @InservioLetum
      @InservioLetum Рік тому

      Nah that's Monica, just put huge glasses and a fez on her. Whatever you do, DONT say you love her. It's a whoooole thing.

  • @dapenn2002
    @dapenn2002 Рік тому +83

    It's insane cause all of these happened to me in the span on 10 minutes. All of these are real.

  • @raeannahoskinson2699
    @raeannahoskinson2699 Рік тому +136

    For anyone curious, I’m a New Yorker and I thought y’all should know that these scams are generally only in Times Square. There are a couple others, but especially the costumes and monks are only in that area. There are lots of other wonderful places to visit, no worries. Central Park and Rockefeller are popular, and I recommend checking around the boroughs. Astoria is a beautiful place, as is Roosevelt Island. Also if you’re a first timer, I recommend traveling with a friend or two, for the experience and for general safety.

    • @ginacleveland7995
      @ginacleveland7995 Рік тому

      Exactly!!!! New York is wonderful!

    • @nerdloser9987
      @nerdloser9987 Рік тому +7

      I’m a New Yorker and I hate Times Square so much. You’re paying to look at advertisements. Literally visit anywhere else in nyc PLEASE

    • @pissedoffatyt
      @pissedoffatyt Рік тому +3

      I traveled through NYC by myself recently. Pretty easy to avoid these people if you just walk fast and look like you know what you're doing.

    • @TheCat_3
      @TheCat_3 Рік тому

      I've experienced the monk one at a fair in Colorado so watch out at fairs too

    • @zetazane
      @zetazane Рік тому +1

      last week i went to a convention and some dudes were doing the mixtape one like a block away from the Javits Center

  • @Koyanskayavr
    @Koyanskayavr Рік тому +117

    "that'll be 500 dollars."
    The 9mm in my pocket: 🥰

    • @AliTahan25
      @AliTahan25 Рік тому +2

      America moment

    • @UnprofessionalProfessor
      @UnprofessionalProfessor Рік тому

      ​@@AliTahan25 Yeah, those happen in America...where NYC is. 😑

    • @AliTahan25
      @AliTahan25 Рік тому +2

      @@UnprofessionalProfessor I guess irony doesn’t happen in America 😐

    • @UnprofessionalProfessor
      @UnprofessionalProfessor Рік тому

      @@AliTahan25 You didn't make an ironic comment, you just said something dumb. Take the L and go.

    • @AliTahan25
      @AliTahan25 Рік тому

      @@UnprofessionalProfessor If you don’t understand the humour that is similar to the comment then you’re who just shut up and stop talking because you’re clearly lost

  • @AutisticAl
    @AutisticAl Рік тому +6

    As a British man, I'd LOVE for them to try and pull this crap on me 😂

    • @Dr.Oofers
      @Dr.Oofers Рік тому

      So you’re gonna stab them?

    • @AutisticAl
      @AutisticAl Рік тому

      @@Dr.Oofers Something like that 😅

  • @Doggo_Norse
    @Doggo_Norse Рік тому +99

    Also me:
    *just walks away and ignores them*

    • @kurtpunchesthings2411
      @kurtpunchesthings2411 Рік тому +16

      Yea take it from a guy originally from Queens just ignore these people and they will piss off

    • @ginacleveland7995
      @ginacleveland7995 Рік тому +2

      Exactly!!!

    • @Doggo_Norse
      @Doggo_Norse Рік тому

      @@kurtpunchesthings2411 seems like the most logical thing to do 😂👍

  • @FreakyNationLife
    @FreakyNationLife Рік тому +88

    I live in Massachusetts and have been to NYC multiple times but the easiest way to get these people to back off is drop whatever they give you and instead of feeling guilty get mad when they get mad. If you yell back at them they don’t know what to do

    • @Pt0wN973b0iI
      @Pt0wN973b0iI Рік тому +4

      Good idea or throw it!

    • @kailola827
      @kailola827 Рік тому +1

      my tactic is to start laughing like a crazy person and to jump around them like a monkey

  • @PossumMedic
    @PossumMedic Рік тому +378

    😂 what?! Do people actually pay them? I gave a guy $2 for his fake newspaper once but I would have just given him $2 if he had asked 😂

    • @amazingabby25
      @amazingabby25 Рік тому +18

      No that’s the real thing it’s called the homeless times

    •  Рік тому +6

      These newspapers aren‘t really fake, but handed out by organizations (in my town the organization who hands them out is called FiftyFifty, but there are many of these organizations) to homeless people. They don‘t seem to be as common in your country.

    • @PossumMedic
      @PossumMedic Рік тому

      I know there are real ones but I'm pretty sure the one I got was made to look like the legit versions. I didnt mind though because I didn't want the paper just wanted to help the dude out

    • @biggibbs4678
      @biggibbs4678 Рік тому

      yes they take advantage of people who are pushovers and can't stand up for themselves

  • @raggamuffin2682
    @raggamuffin2682 Рік тому +3

    I love taking pics with them and taking the cds and then telling them to get lost. I legit been doing it since I was 23 and I’m 36 now. One time I punched monk square in the kisser

  • @Greemer
    @Greemer Рік тому +52

    I was once in the mall and some girl tried to give me and my two friends free photos with the kinder egg guy, we did it and got 3 free Polaroid photos, i tried to give her money but she didn't want. She will forever remain in my memories.

  • @ixpale8682
    @ixpale8682 Рік тому +44

    I remember one time I went to NYC with my grandma and wanted a picture with a dude in a Mario outfit, so my grandma took the photo and told him we had to get cash and walked away, we never payed him.

    • @jimmybobjr4197
      @jimmybobjr4197 Рік тому +3

      Yea no shit lol I think the guy knew as soon as you walked away

  • @oldmanbonk4061
    @oldmanbonk4061 Рік тому +61

    yeah, you know someone’s an experienced new yorker when they don’t even glance at the scammers.

  • @ReptilianLaserbeam
    @ReptilianLaserbeam Рік тому +5

    the CDs guys almost got me, I thought it was a flyer. I ended up telling them I was a delivery boy and didn't have any money hahahahaha they didn't get mad

  • @romanbellic9580
    @romanbellic9580 Рік тому +73

    GTA 4 made fun of those people who hassle you with their mix tapes back in 2008! Those type of people haven’t changed a bit, and R* knows it cause they made a callback to it in 2013 with the same guy still doing the same thing he did 5 years ago.

  • @DoktrDub
    @DoktrDub Рік тому +74

    Imagine trying to intimidate people in cosplay, that’s a laugh lol.

    • @M4TTYN
      @M4TTYN Рік тому

      this city is full of characters and key reason we all stay clear of places that are tourist hubs
      - a new yorker

  • @sshhacker
    @sshhacker Рік тому +123

    You technically don't have to pay because the picture is owned by the photographer, not the 40 year old in the elmo costume.

  • @Furluge
    @Furluge 10 місяців тому +1

    So the common thread is people are too spineless to say no? Sounds about right.
    Also the people in costume is pretty funny since, legally, the copyright for the photo goes to the photographer and not the subject, and it's a public space. XD
    You know, that's before you get into the quagmire of them not owning the rights to the costume character. :D

  • @ti2218
    @ti2218 Рік тому +168

    At the end of the day someone could easily just take the free stuff and then leave. "Thanks for the free mixtape, my buddies and I are gonna get drunk and make fun of it all night!" 🤣

    • @talsapps
      @talsapps Рік тому +3

      Exactly...

    • @RedVelvet_EdgeMuffin
      @RedVelvet_EdgeMuffin Рік тому +3

      I mean they gave it to you without saying otherwise. Just act busy while leaving the scene. Bonus points for dragging it on longer than 3 minutes- too busy hunting you for the mixtape when they could be scamming others.

    • @Monar88
      @Monar88 Рік тому +3

      They do thug shit. So you might find yourself surrounded.

    • @ti2218
      @ti2218 Рік тому

      @@Monar88 true. Guess in those moments it's probably best to stay strapped

    • @talsapps
      @talsapps Рік тому +1

      @Michael Mayne in a middle of the streets full with people?

  • @popopopolo
    @popopopolo Рік тому +147

    The last one actually happened to me when I was like 8 or 9 and a group of Mickie mouses literally held one to me and threatened my uncle and dad to give them money after a photo. I honestly was so scared tbh but my dad pulled me away aggressively and they just backed away from us after that.

    • @yohancesamuel2066
      @yohancesamuel2066 Рік тому +20

      I was traveling in New York with my mom and her friend who lives there and there was a green goblin in times Square i wanted picture but before I took it he poured his hand out first for money and my mom was reaching in her bag I thought that wasn't such good idea to pay first and so did her friend so before she did pay my moms friend's slapped her hand grabbed her phone and took the picture first and then gave em a $5 and proceeded to walk as if he was never there he followed us for awhile we just ignored em moms friend mightve seemed rude atm but then she explained everything afterwards

    • @FabricateFrog
      @FabricateFrog Рік тому +5

      sounds like PTSD lmao

    • @sshhacker
      @sshhacker Рік тому +10

      You dont have to pay; the photographer owna the photo, not the person in the mickey mouse costume.

    • @brap242818
      @brap242818 Рік тому +1

      If NY was like tx...open carry

    • @longwaydown6959
      @longwaydown6959 Рік тому

      Yeah that'd be an asswhooping. Hold on to my child in any threatening capacity and I'm going to drown you in your own blood.

  • @The_Remster
    @The_Remster Рік тому +128

    I like to imagine myself grabbing what they give me and walking away while saying thank you

    • @SnekNyx
      @SnekNyx Рік тому +7

      They'll probably chase you lol

    • @allantruong7031
      @allantruong7031 Рік тому +1

      @@SnekNyxand do what? Exactly, nothing.

  • @jimamo2768
    @jimamo2768 Рік тому +2

    Well you see I’m safe from this because I will never visit the hellhole known as New York.

  • @eyb0ss317
    @eyb0ss317 Рік тому +44

    If I’m ever in the mood for a fight I’ll go get a free bracelet 😂

    • @dragoon260
      @dragoon260 Рік тому +2

      eye Boss please take a friend with you to record the fight. I wanna see it real bad

    • @jooot_6850
      @jooot_6850 Рік тому

      @@dragoon260 based

  • @Dino.001
    @Dino.001 Рік тому +29

    *people in costumes just in my photo*
    “Get tf out my photo or I’ll beat your ass”

    • @jooot_6850
      @jooot_6850 Рік тому

      Not like they can fight in those things they’d get dogged on

  • @kolbybauer3712
    @kolbybauer3712 Рік тому +56

    Thank you. It’s crazy how many people try and take advantage of hard worker people or just other people in general. Thanks for being one of the few looking out for us

  • @_Gachalover_
    @_Gachalover_ 4 місяці тому +1

    My dad got mad at the people in the Costumes because the basicly pulled me and my brother to try and take a photo but my dad lives in new and probably has seen this hundreds of time while me and my brother haven't because we don't live there

  • @waynejohnson1786
    @waynejohnson1786 Рік тому +35

    “Here’s my mixtape... that’ll be $20”
    *Proceeds to throw on ground and walk away*

  • @Alex-ih9lc
    @Alex-ih9lc Рік тому +17

    “That’ll be $100.”
    “Im calling the police.”
    *scammer gone*

  • @Gretri17
    @Gretri17 Рік тому +31

    I recently went to Las Vegas recently, and wow... this short is about as accurate over there as it is in NYC. I got scammed from one of those pictures thanks to me living in a small town all my life.

  • @KJ-dq9cr
    @KJ-dq9cr Рік тому +399

    Don't take them damn bicycle taxi riders either , they charge you $10 / minute of ride , unbelievably crazy

    • @PopIkiru
      @PopIkiru Рік тому +18

      They’re pretty predatory too, parking outside of a broadway show that’s about to let out

    • @marianolasco1151
      @marianolasco1151 Рік тому +1

      😂😂😂😂

    • @ella5159
      @ella5159 Рік тому +7

      Fr bro. I spent 200$

    • @Schimml0rd
      @Schimml0rd Рік тому +4

      @@ella5159 lol i wouldnt have paid that :D

    • @noname-zi9xm
      @noname-zi9xm Рік тому +1

      ​@@ella5159 bruhhhh what the hell

  • @BetterThanYouYZ
    @BetterThanYouYZ Рік тому +1

    I'm BEGGING for a scammer to try something goofy, give me a reason

  • @GreySlasher63
    @GreySlasher63 Рік тому +180

    “that’ll be $35😊”
    the shiny pipe bomb in my jacket pocket:🗿

    • @rylancanmakemoorepuns1753
      @rylancanmakemoorepuns1753 Рік тому +2

      Your comment is very similar to the one right below yours that was made nine days earlier. If you copied it at least you made two small changes I guess.

    • @IAmTheGlovenor
      @IAmTheGlovenor Рік тому +2

      @@rylancanmakemoorepuns1753 Apparently a lot of people are copying the comment, just with a different item. Originality is dead

    • @rylancanmakemoorepuns1753
      @rylancanmakemoorepuns1753 Рік тому

      I see that happening a lot now it can be kind of annoying.

  • @Srax499
    @Srax499 Рік тому +82

    LMAOOOO LAST TIME A MUNK GAVE ME HER BRACeLET I JUST KEPT SAYING THANKYOU LIKE I DONT SPEAK ENGLISH THEN I WALKED OFF AHAHAHAHA

    • @JohnnyDO1111ofAltea7D
      @JohnnyDO1111ofAltea7D Рік тому

      Wow ! I've never met a real Munk!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @KraljHD
      @KraljHD Рік тому

      ​@@JohnnyDO1111ofAltea7D They're not real monks lol. They just dress like them.

    • @JohnnyDO1111ofAltea7D
      @JohnnyDO1111ofAltea7D Рік тому

      @@KraljHD bro I was being sarcastic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @KraljHD
      @KraljHD Рік тому

      @@JohnnyDO1111ofAltea7D Yeah...you never know with geniuses on the internet.

    • @JohnnyDO1111ofAltea7D
      @JohnnyDO1111ofAltea7D Рік тому

      @@KraljHD I said it because the guy said munk instead of monk and then I replied to him "I've never met a real Munk (I wrote the M capital to emphasise his mistake).

  • @TwstedTV
    @TwstedTV Рік тому +34

    This is TRUE. I am born and raised in NYC.
    And this video speaks the truth.
    Tourist needs to stay clear of this immediately.
    Also these kinds of people work in large groups. So watch yourself and DON'T pull out large amounts of money around them, they have friends that they will signal from across the street or 25 feet away, to get you mugged.

    • @Mr_Fancypants
      @Mr_Fancypants Рік тому +2

      Yea they invented something against that, the Burgess shotgun

    • @karledisonferrer6190
      @karledisonferrer6190 Рік тому +8

      Its in public they ain't shit bro just walk away after u take the "free gift" if they block u just shove em away ezzz

    • @DesiredNova
      @DesiredNova Рік тому

      that’s why you should go to the local gun store.

  • @icon_2008
    @icon_2008 Рік тому +1

    I fint care about all rgat otger stuff i just wanna know ........WHERE IN THE HELL DID BRO GET THAT BIKE 👀🫡🤔