A lot of VPNs are borderline scams. They claim to "protect" you against things that vpns just do not protect you from. There is also the case for VPN services protecting your data right? Well they can be so cheap because they sell the data. So now you are paying them to give your data away. Not to speak about how google will track you anyway (tracking is way more than your IP).
I had to restart my premium subscription because of the absolute nightmarish ads. Adult material (truly), scams attacking any demographic, deep fakes… but I can’t call someone a s¢amm3r or my comments go down because it’s on my naughty list
I've ended up having to cut off "family" back in Africa. The level of entitlement to my hard earned money just got so out of hand. No one ever calls me to even check in to see how I'm doing. So yeah, I got so over it. It's been 7 years and I love the peace of mind.
@@VictorianCatLady thank you so much for your kind words. As difficult as it was to have made that decision, it was necessary and thankfully now I'm surrounded by people who like me for me not for what I send them. Peace and love to you ❤
I mean considering you were the rare few of your family to go out and get the American dream, it'd make sense they'd expect something. You didn't leave because you were rich at home were you? Just gonna leave your family to dry?
@@Ndasuunye My ex girlfriend was from Brazil and the whole time we dated her family just expected me to send them money and she just thought"you're American you have money and my family is poor in Brazil so it isn't a sacrifice for you" she even expected me to buy her parents new cars lol I completely understand laboheme125 for cutting them off.
You've completely missed the point of this video. There's a difference between getting help from someone and becoming dependent on someone. When you're being manipulated and exploited by "family" to send money home under the false pretence that it's for housing, school tuition and food, yet when you visit you notice that you're viewed as nothing more than cash cow. Do you have any idea how heart breaking that is? You find that no one wants to work since they've become dependent on you sending them money. The cousin you thought you were paying school fees for doesn't even go to school or work but she has a growing designer purse collection instead. No one cares to understand when you tell them that you're struggling financially when your rent has increased by $400. No one offers you emotional support (which costs $0) you're struggling because it's believed life is easy for you. If you believe this behavior is acceptable then you are part of the problem. Lastly, the "American dream" is nothing but a dream.
As an immigrant being scammed by my own family has caused serious mental health issues. And i don't think they understand the degree of pain they are causing. They absolutely do not care how much they are hurting you.
I feel for you bro. I am 1st Gen American and I am married to an immigrate. My wife was sending 90 percent her earning to her family. I told her not to do it. Because I watch my mother do the same. It caused issues in my marriage so I stay quite. Her father dies and finds out her dad died because he dint get his 8 dollar medication. When she was sending 2k a month that's like 40k for them. She disconnected from her family. She is depressed and sad.
2nd gen here with family overseas. You only hear from them when they are having unrealistic unfortunate events, and no matter how much is sent, its never enough.
@@SireneKalypso it's harmful emotionally. It's usually family. When family hurts you, it's hard to walk away sometimes. You still love your family even when they don't love you. It's emotionally hard to disconnect. Physically, pressing "block" is super easy. Emotionally, it's a whole internal battle.
Being an immigrant, sending money back home is so true. Thankfully I have decent immediate family members but I know so many fellow immigrants like myself with horror stories how some of their family members exploit them like an ATM.
I hate it when they say things like “you’re not going to take those things when you die” and then they’re the quickest to ask for money when they need it.
Yes family from overseas believe we are some how wealthy and constantly make demands of money for just about ANYTHING. if you can't or don't send they get mad, say you are selfish, that you don't care about them, or why won't you send them (help) because is easy for you and so on. I had to put a stop to it with my own family and told them they need to figure themselves out because I was no bank and also have bills to pay. 😅😅😅
I’ve just adopted the mentality that if it’s being sold by an “influencer” it’s more than likely a scam or ripoff. I am a MLM kid from the 80’s-90’s… sigh. My poor mom… but Im see the same shit happening now but instead of late night ads on TV it’s a TikTok or UA-cam video… I know of kids (now adults) who’s parents used THEIR INFO to get into a MLM back in the day (this was a VERY common issue back in the day) and had no clue until they were applying for school or cars… yall keep on fighting the good fight…
I had an argument with a group of friends almost 10 years ago now, but they were telling me about this huge opportunity to sell insurance and get paid most of the profits blah blah blah honestly I don't remember. This is before I even knew what an MLM or pyramid scheme was, anyway we get there and I'm like "most of the money these guys are making is from getting people to sign up" They argued and argued, then most of them figured it out a couple weeks in, but it was scary to watch the people there so stuck on it and certain that they're finally done with the rat race
Same here with a mobile welding business, constant never ending scam calls and even when they are legit companies they’re awful to work with like hearth financial
Especially love those ones calling saying “we’ll promote you on google” or “we’ll remove bad google reviews” the icing on the cake is we run an IT company 😂
@NikolaiCherepanov OMG, THEY CALLED ME TOO! He hung up on me when I told him I'm a small business and didn't want to invest in that at the moment, and he hung up on me. I came him back and asked him, "That's how you run your business, idiot?"
never answer a phone call from a number u don't know. if they're legit they'll leave a vm or send a text. problem solved for me this way for the past 15 yrs.
I thought YT would be careful who they let advertise, but no. I clicked on a "sale" site from YT, ordered a product that never came, when I looked the company up, turned out a lot of people had been scammed from this type of site, same story, they took the money, but people never received the product. If it sounds too good to be true it is. And the companies who take the advertising dollars (YT in this case) don't care if it's a scam site or not either.
god bless you bro i have a brand new credit profile never had any lines of credit until a week ago i got approved for first credit card 25k limit and i have been doing a massive crash course on credit and personal finance, stumbled across your page and it is amazing, it is the first thing i watch every morning to remind myself to make onlyy the best choices lmao
There are scammers taking advantage of every single delivery app out there. Either people using stolen identities to make money or just plain old scamming by claiming to recover deactivated accounts, make more money, etc. You might order some food and it says some girl is going to deliver your stuff and it turns out to be some dude. It's sketchy as fuck and who knows what people like that are capable of just to make some money.
That is like the least scammy scam I've ever heard lmao. As long as my food comes and is still intact who actually gives af? It's not really scamming if you still have to do the same amount of work. Much bigger scams to worry about. "What they are capable of" well dude if they are door dashing on stolen delivery driver app accounts it tells me they aren't smart enough to come up with a scam that's actually worth the crime and not capable of much more.
@@brandonbeacham5404exactly, they are just probably people who got banned from the app or are using a gf's/bf's account because their owe money to the bank. Alternatively a few people could be sharing one account or someone could be covering for a friend as a favour. Does the person writing the initial comment even know the definition of a scam is?
psst, dont be a lazy pos and go get your food. maybe you wont be scammed. Jesus Christ these things are so easy to avoid. Only DUMBEST OF THE DUMB GET SCAMMED
Not a week goes by, that my wife and I haven't had a scammer. Last week she had a high profile scammer pose as a bank employee helping fix a problem. Then I had one that claimed to be Paul McCartney on Facebook. Just today, I got a text supposed to be for a USPS package they needed a corrected address. Awhile back, I had scammers lock up my computer and pretend to be Microsoft technicians helping me fix the problem. People call me every day to try and get my Medicare information. It's impossible to trust literally anybody nowadays. You can assume everything, is a scam
Here's a word of advice. 99.9% percent of UA-cam financial anything is a scammer or grifter. Especially those selling a course etc. Hope this helps. Nothing will make you rich quick or easy. Once people realize this, there will cease to be scammers.
@@maximussilverstacker3928 yea I see it everywhere. Especially if the topic is money, the current inflation issues, worldly problems of being poor etc. it’s annoying
And when u report the comments as spam, UA-cam doesn’t do a damned thing about it…but they’ll remove one of my comments because it said “room” with a g on the front of it..and they deleted it because of the word and not the context of the comment…don’t watch pet care videos mentioning that word! So lame
The first guy uses the term, “your own people”. Just because you may have the same melanin content as someone, it does not mean that they are one of “your own people”. Individuals who have the same core values, despite differences in melanin content have a greater kinship than people whose only commonality is their melanin. He does hit on a valuable point, however, in that too many gullible individuals will simply assume that someone has their best interest in mind just because they may share some heritage. Big mistake on which a scammer will capitalize.
As someone who is black lemme give some context. Within the black community, there is a very inherent desire for community with the idea that we will build each other up and support each other as Black people because we will not necessarily get that from the white community. However, what happens quite often is many Black people use this to scam their own communities or take advantage. Which is what is explained in the video. It exploits inherent trust many Black people have with each other and hoping that “one of us” won’t try to pull something. This may not completely make sense if you are white and I can’t really explain it well in a comment. I guess the best way I could explain it is that Black people view a win for individual Black people as a win for the entire culture and community since often our achievements are made to seem less. So we hope that when a black person is attempting to help build the community that it is genuine. It’s incredibly similar to how often MLM tend to target stay at Moms and are promoted by other stay at home moms, you would hope that someone who understands your struggles would not be scamming you.
What you call it were a woman moved abroad and worked 2 jobs to send money hone to her brother to build the family home. He'd send her pictures of "updates" on construction of the 2 story house. 9 years later she comes home to an empty plot in the middle of a slum 😢
I just found your channel recently and I really enjoy your content. Thank you Zac for not taking just any random sponsor but wanting to choose one that really benefits your audience. I trust you and you will always have my support! Keep the content coming! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Had a buddy that dropped a few grand into a crypto stock as he heard about it from a YT stock pusher. Of course the rug was pulled but he saw it as a “sale” and bought more. I’m not friends with him anymore
How do people fall in these scams? They look so trash and fake, I wonder what kind of people believe in these. I've never seen a real rich person disclosure their methods, to get rich, maybe some tips but never the real full method.
the scams are out of control, even little groups on facebook im part of even have them. Im part of a toy selling group for a specific toy and even there people dont get the product and get scammed. Its insane ive never seen scams at this level before.
If working for a transactional and identity dept from a back gave me, other than no will to live, is the absolute paranoia that I don’t even trust myself let alone emails, text or phone calls. If I am not the one calling the bank I don’t even verified my name.
I can attest to the immigrant scam. My parents came here with $100 in their pocket and kids to feed and house. Bc my grandparents stayed back my mom would send money back so that they didn’t have to work so hard. Eventually we brought them to live with us but until just recently the people that “helped” them still call my mother asking for repayment of their favors via cash. Not just any amount, 2-500 dollars and signing her up to pay for portions of things. The only reason things changed was bc I took my mom’s phone and blocked their numbers on WhatsApp and FB without her knowledge. I refuse to let her get taken advantage of by “family” and they won’t see a dime from me.
MLMs need to be outlawed, and I love the content creators who are helping to expose them. They definitely exploit poor communities,and they end friendships and ruin families.
Keep educating the world with what you do! Thank you. Everyone should adopt the Zero-Trust method ( trust no-one; until you have a vetted working relationship )
If you're going to use CoffeeZilla snippets in your video, you might want to also voice some support for his current cause. Logan Paul is suing him and his insurance doesn't cover his attorney, so he is currently crowdsourcing by selling t-shirts and asking for Patreon subscriptions.
I just have to say, i have been a victim of the exact same scam that you mentioned at the end of the video. Mine was an amazon account hack and i got the thousand email sign-ups (which are SIGN UPS… you have to unsubscribe, block, delete, hundreds of different companies). It’s actually insane how rampant the rodents are. What a joke. They tried buying 3 iPads and it was apparently from Russia.
My fake air force 1s in white I'm still mad about. But I guess that when you see Nike shoes for less than 50$. Yeah u can bet your ass, that they are fake. They hurt my feet. Thought they just had to get broken in. Nahhhhh😂🤣I still laugh on that dumb purchase. U live learn. I was a kid. I didn't know. Thought I was getting a deal.
sounds more like a business plan that might succeed in an economy that requires expenses be less than income in order to turn a profit. If you live in a capitalist country, this comment sounds ignoant of how life works. How do you think any retailers make $$? By selling us their goods ar the same price they paid? only when consumers find going out of business sales or similar.
2 years ago my sister scammed the shit out of my mum for $210,000. As of today we don’t consider her family anymore. We don’t talk to her. She has yet to apologize or admit she was wrong.
That happened with my sister and my brother against me. I saw what was going on and now don’t speak to them. They do this texting BS, happy birthday, merry Xmas and happy thanksgiving. That’s our relationship now and it’s still too much.
I’m working my Ass now and never forget that scams it’s not 9-5 hehe it’s anytime I want because my boss is nice but I am getting paid good like not get rich quick it’s hard work
There is so many desperate people since the 08 crisis I have been ripped off with my air conditioner unit repairing my car having cameras at my home going on vacation to Mexico 🇲🇽 Etc etc people are desperate no jobs high inflation = madness
And American has become the cash cow for the world because our gov allows this bs to happen…when a cop says to someone who has had their identity stolen and now being used illegally…that identity theft is a “victimless” crime….wtf? That’s the mentality the authorities have towards this sort of thing…how is it a victimless crime?
@realkyunu those men aren't just rich, they're obscenely rich and shouldn't be used as an example of just "rich." 1 billion dollars is 1,000 millions, that's a lot more than the figure seems. Bill gates for example has 130,000 millions.. The top 5% of people however have a net worth (assets included) of about $3.5m. Pennies in comparison to Gates, Bezos etc but are still wealthy.
@@Rome1017Lights Verifiable where? And if you just look at only inherited it probably doesn’t show the whole picture. There are mechanism for wealth to be transfer during life (in-vivo) and post death, so they are not subject to the inheritance tax. So the original post was right, most wealth is inherited. If you have information that shows otherwise please let me know.
What you mentioned about pay pal scam is why I don't save cards on websites. I had a scam request $800 payment for "carpet cleaning" a few months ago. I bet if I had a saved card then it would have been charged. Instead I flagged the "bill" and the account that put in the request.
You should look a little deeper into Spencer Cornelia. He’s a bit of a scammer himself. Part of his grift is calling out scammers who don’t pay him not to.
Paying 80 times the annual earnings per share for a stock is ridiculously overpriced (this is called the Price/Earnings ratio, or P/E. Lower numbers in P/E are better). If you think the business model is good, wait until the stock is more reasonable (20x earnings would be the tops I would pay, otherwise I think the stock is overpriced).
I could literally never believe anyone like this and I always laugh at people that fall for it if it sounds too good to be true it always is discernment is everything
16:15 the lords title has always been a gag gift... like buying a plot on the moon and getting a certificate for it. Why people thought they could be a lord from that is beyond me 😅
Late to this party but Cam's videos are awesome and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes this type of comment. He does video essay/investigative journalism type videos about especially financial topics (student loans, MlMs/scammers, etc) and they're always great.
Individual stock picks are just wild for the average person. There is a reason why almost every investor / hedge fund can NOT beat the SP500 most years.
I just got a scam call from my power provider Peco. I just toyed with the scumbag. Try to keep him in the phone for as long as possible. Hopefully i saved the next person he was going to scam.
My dirtbag brother always tried to collect call me when in prison. I warned him for years that what he was doing was going to wind up in jail again. He knows all. And just like that someone else that got busted for dealing so they turned him in to get a lighter sentence. 3 times now. Basically, more than half his life behind bars.
Guys like Meet Kevin can wreck people over and over but will only gain more and more followers/influence, rolling snowball effect makes them only get bigger up until a certain point.
Using credit cards is the biggest scam that everyone just overlooks. I pay off my cards every month. If you don't they are charging 25% in finance charges. It is like robbing you every month.
You can actually save a lot of money with cards if you understood the credit card game. You can fly business or first class almost for free, and much, much more, if you got the right credit cards and know how to take advantage of their bonus programs.
also coding bootcamps are scams. making six figures in 6 months is a scam. there are many fitness guru scammers. be skeptical of people selling products. Be careful applying for jobs that sound to good to be true. 12k a month with a high school diploma but a high turnover rate?
I actually want to become a UA-camr so I can make a video about everything youtubers get sponsored by. By accepting every brand deal that throws a few dollars their way, the collective has made it so that it seems that ~75% of anything a youtuber promotes is likely a scam. Manscaped is an alright product but you pay 2x the price of an equivalent trimmer for their brand name.
That's why I stopped hearing ads about the be a lord 2 stroke stuffing was promoting them along time ago. 17:54 I've seen pple with 800 subs with sponsorships I've been ignoring them me I'm doing UA-cam purely for fun.
Bro I don't do sponsors as soon as one comes on. I hit don't recommend channel. I, I have had too much bad experience with youtube sponsorships.Screw them
If it’s really that easy then “Everyone would be doing it” & even if the product you see is totally LEGIT by the time YOU actually see it on youtube, tiktok or whatever then the well is dry the door is closed & these scammers have already made their money from it & just picking up chump change from chumps who by the product.
Yeah better help ads now empasize all their therapsists are licensed. I recognized it only because years ago I wondered about it and the ads did not used to say that
Yeah, I’ve gotten to the point where if a YT (like 98%) do a shill for some sponsored ad…..I ignore it and see it as sponsored trash for the YT to make money. Shitty reality of it, I get it.
I called my scammer back after I caught him red handed he was pretending to be a girl. Good kid from Africa we were laughing about it afterwards how he almost got me. 😂
i can confirm the immigrant thing, plus they get soooo excited when they see something from america being sent, even if its soap from the dollar tree!!!
Soon, half of the worlds population will live of selling contents online. Well, how will the other half of the population make a living, you may ask ? RECEIVING DISCOUNT CODES from the first half, of course.....
Economy is FAILING in 2024... When Will it Get Better? ua-cam.com/video/hoXd8f4wXQM/v-deo.html
Forecast recovery is 2025/6
The biggest scam of all time..... receive $1 per envelope for stuffing envelopes at home.
You can't stop what hasn't even begun.
A lot of VPNs are borderline scams.
They claim to "protect" you against things that vpns just do not protect you from.
There is also the case for VPN services protecting your data right? Well they can be so cheap because they sell the data.
So now you are paying them to give your data away. Not to speak about how google will track you anyway (tracking is way more than your IP).
Incorrect. MLM is a pyramid scheme but not the same as a Ponzi scheme.
Can we talk about how there's so many scammer ads on UA-cam. AI generated ones and they target senior citizens. It's disgusting.
It’s insane! So many scammy ads all over UA-cam now. If you don’t have an Adblock or pay for premium. Almost make me want to stop using the App
And UA-cam/google will do nothing about it because they making lots of money off them
UA-cam allows it too I saw a Chinese scam ad trynna sell me gold UA-cam takes any check
Yeah. And you get banned if you write “fck”
I had to restart my premium subscription because of the absolute nightmarish ads. Adult material (truly), scams attacking any demographic, deep fakes… but I can’t call someone a s¢amm3r or my comments go down because it’s on my naughty list
I've ended up having to cut off "family" back in Africa. The level of entitlement to my hard earned money just got so out of hand. No one ever calls me to even check in to see how I'm doing. So yeah, I got so over it. It's been 7 years and I love the peace of mind.
I'm sorry that happened to you. I hope your life is fairing well and that you've built a good friend groupware is like family to you
@@VictorianCatLady thank you so much for your kind words. As difficult as it was to have made that decision, it was necessary and thankfully now I'm surrounded by people who like me for me not for what I send them. Peace and love to you ❤
I mean considering you were the rare few of your family to go out and get the American dream, it'd make sense they'd expect something. You didn't leave because you were rich at home were you? Just gonna leave your family to dry?
@@Ndasuunye My ex girlfriend was from Brazil and the whole time we dated her family just expected me to send them money and she just thought"you're American you have money and my family is poor in Brazil so it isn't a sacrifice for you" she even expected me to buy her parents new cars lol I completely understand laboheme125 for cutting them off.
You've completely missed the point of this video. There's a difference between getting help from someone and becoming dependent on someone.
When you're being manipulated and exploited by "family" to send money home under the false pretence that it's for housing, school tuition and food, yet when you visit you notice that you're viewed as nothing more than cash cow. Do you have any idea how heart breaking that is?
You find that no one wants to work since they've become dependent on you sending them money.
The cousin you thought you were paying school fees for doesn't even go to school or work but she has a growing designer purse collection instead.
No one cares to understand when you tell them that you're struggling financially when your rent has increased by $400. No one offers you emotional support (which costs $0) you're struggling because it's believed life is easy for you.
If you believe this behavior is acceptable then you are part of the problem. Lastly, the "American dream" is nothing but a dream.
As an immigrant being scammed by my own family has caused serious mental health issues. And i don't think they understand the degree of pain they are causing. They absolutely do not care how much they are hurting you.
I feel for you bro. I am 1st Gen American and I am married to an immigrate. My wife was sending 90 percent her earning to her family. I told her not to do it. Because I watch my mother do the same. It caused issues in my marriage so I stay quite. Her father dies and finds out her dad died because he dint get his 8 dollar medication. When she was sending 2k a month that's like 40k for them. She disconnected from her family. She is depressed and sad.
2nd gen here with family overseas. You only hear from them when they are having unrealistic unfortunate events, and no matter how much is sent, its never enough.
Youre a adult.
Just stop.
Its not hard.
@@frederickvalencia4976i hope you and your partner recover. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone
@@SireneKalypso it's harmful emotionally. It's usually family. When family hurts you, it's hard to walk away sometimes. You still love your family even when they don't love you. It's emotionally hard to disconnect. Physically, pressing "block" is super easy. Emotionally, it's a whole internal battle.
Don't trust random people. Especially on the internet. Especially with your money.
Problem solved.
"But Roman, I gotta get RICH QUICK to keep up with the neighbors!!!"
I can trust you to invest money for me. 😂
@@Solo413 😆😆😆
I had to learn that the hard way that’s so real tho
Hey Roman, congratulations on getting this comment featured in the most recent Zac vid 😎 Yours and LABOHEME125 comments were featured on screen
Being an immigrant, sending money back home is so true. Thankfully I have decent immediate family members but I know so many fellow immigrants like myself with horror stories how some of their family members exploit them like an ATM.
I hate it when they say things like “you’re not going to take those things when you die” and then they’re the quickest to ask for money when they need it.
UA-cam is the worst offender about pushing scam ads. Ironically, you'll get them more if you watch UA-camrs that cover scams.
UA-cam is a great place learn how scam someone 😂😂 , The government is awesome for that
Thank you YT algorithm for pushing Zac into my recommended. Been binging his vids. Bro is going to blow up if he keeps up the consistency
Yep he reminds me of Jack Morgan RLP. Both are amazing UA-camrs and extremely entertaining while delivering useful information.
So far he and pocket JT are the ones I seriously follow on all of those scamming/grifters/gurus subjects.
Yes family from overseas believe we are some how wealthy and constantly make demands of money for just about ANYTHING. if you can't or don't send they get mad, say you are selfish, that you don't care about them, or why won't you send them (help) because is easy for you and so on. I had to put a stop to it with my own family and told them they need to figure themselves out because I was no bank and also have bills to pay. 😅😅😅
One side of the family always helps us but the other treats us like a ATM, not no more ATM dabrukn
I'm happy for you ❤ it's hard enough just to survive on your own here
I’ve just adopted the mentality that if it’s being sold by an “influencer” it’s more than likely a scam or ripoff.
I am a MLM kid from the 80’s-90’s… sigh. My poor mom… but Im see the same shit happening now but instead of late night ads on TV it’s a TikTok or UA-cam video… I know of kids (now adults) who’s parents used THEIR INFO to get into a MLM back in the day (this was a VERY common issue back in the day) and had no clue until they were applying for school or cars…
yall keep on fighting the good fight…
I had an argument with a group of friends almost 10 years ago now, but they were telling me about this huge opportunity to sell insurance and get paid most of the profits blah blah blah honestly I don't remember.
This is before I even knew what an MLM or pyramid scheme was, anyway we get there and I'm like "most of the money these guys are making is from getting people to sign up"
They argued and argued, then most of them figured it out a couple weeks in, but it was scary to watch the people there so stuck on it and certain that they're finally done with the rat race
I own a small mobile mechanic business...and unfortunately I get 20-30 scam calls a day. That's the price of doing business .
Same here with a mobile welding business, constant never ending scam calls and even when they are legit companies they’re awful to work with like hearth financial
Especially love those ones calling saying “we’ll promote you on google” or “we’ll remove bad google reviews” the icing on the cake is we run an IT company 😂
@@NikolaiCherepanov Bahahahah Yeah, how about body removal services? I love to mess with them sometimes
@NikolaiCherepanov OMG, THEY CALLED ME TOO! He hung up on me when I told him I'm a small business and didn't want to invest in that at the moment, and he hung up on me. I came him back and asked him, "That's how you run your business, idiot?"
Excuse me, how many? 🤨
There's a scam that's pretending to be police but once you say this number is being sent to the police department,they hang up.
never answer a phone call from a number u don't know. if they're legit they'll leave a vm or send a text. problem solved for me this way for the past 15 yrs.
I thought YT would be careful who they let advertise, but no. I clicked on a "sale" site from YT, ordered a product that never came, when I looked the company up, turned out a lot of people had been scammed from this type of site, same story, they took the money, but people never received the product. If it sounds too good to be true it is. And the companies who take the advertising dollars (YT in this case) don't care if it's a scam site or not either.
Which is weird as they are so sensitive to what content is allowed monetization due to not being as friendly…
Biggest scam in 2024 was Raygun getting into the Olympics 😂
There that digital marketing scam where they show u how to market and sell a product ; the product being the marketing course you paid for. Lmao
Yup. And most of those people doing that are MLMs huns who had jumped ship once their downline dismantled or the MLM model was removed
I always have major respect for youtubers who don’t accept sponsorships they don’t believe in themselves. +1.
god bless you bro i have a brand new credit profile never had any lines of credit until a week ago i got approved for first credit card 25k limit and i have been doing a massive crash course on credit and personal finance, stumbled across your page and it is amazing, it is the first thing i watch every morning to remind myself to make onlyy the best choices lmao
All scammers prey on insecurities and capitalize off of it
There are scammers taking advantage of every single delivery app out there. Either people using stolen identities to make money or just plain old scamming by claiming to recover deactivated accounts, make more money, etc. You might order some food and it says some girl is going to deliver your stuff and it turns out to be some dude. It's sketchy as fuck and who knows what people like that are capable of just to make some money.
That is like the least scammy scam I've ever heard lmao. As long as my food comes and is still intact who actually gives af? It's not really scamming if you still have to do the same amount of work. Much bigger scams to worry about. "What they are capable of" well dude if they are door dashing on stolen delivery driver app accounts it tells me they aren't smart enough to come up with a scam that's actually worth the crime and not capable of much more.
@@brandonbeacham5404exactly, they are just probably people who got banned from the app or are using a gf's/bf's account because their owe money to the bank. Alternatively a few people could be sharing one account or someone could be covering for a friend as a favour. Does the person writing the initial comment even know the definition of a scam is?
Save your money. This is the easiest thing everyone master
psst, dont be a lazy pos and go get your food. maybe you wont be scammed. Jesus Christ these things are so easy to avoid. Only DUMBEST OF THE DUMB GET SCAMMED
Not a week goes by, that my wife and I haven't had a scammer. Last week she had a high profile scammer pose as a bank employee helping fix a problem. Then I had one that claimed to be Paul McCartney on Facebook. Just today, I got a text supposed to be for a USPS package they needed a corrected address. Awhile back, I had scammers lock up my computer and pretend to be Microsoft technicians helping me fix the problem. People call me every day to try and get my Medicare information. It's impossible to trust literally anybody nowadays. You can assume everything, is a scam
Here's a word of advice. 99.9% percent of UA-cam financial anything is a scammer or grifter. Especially those selling a course etc.
Hope this helps.
Nothing will make you rich quick or easy. Once people realize this, there will cease to be scammers.
exactly same with tiktok
I see a lot of forex trading comments where someone says they make 5 figures a month. Then the convo recommends a financial advisor to help you trade.
That’s in a lot of the comments! That’s out of control 😮
@@maximussilverstacker3928 yea I see it everywhere. Especially if the topic is money, the current inflation issues, worldly problems of being poor etc. it’s annoying
You don't get into forex unless you know what you're doing. Most of them are scammers.
I knew i wasn't going crazy
And when u report the comments as spam, UA-cam doesn’t do a damned thing about it…but they’ll remove one of my comments because it said “room” with a g on the front of it..and they deleted it because of the word and not the context of the comment…don’t watch pet care videos mentioning that word! So lame
The first guy uses the term, “your own people”. Just because you may have the same melanin content as someone, it does not mean that they are one of “your own people”. Individuals who have the same core values, despite differences in melanin content have a greater kinship than people whose only commonality is their melanin. He does hit on a valuable point, however, in that too many gullible individuals will simply assume that someone has their best interest in mind just because they may share some heritage. Big mistake on which a scammer will capitalize.
How did the point fly over your head. MLMs require you to sell to people you know which include family and friends.
@@wildafrosith690I can see where the term "your own people" can imply a certain race or ethnicity. Maybe you've never heard the term.
@@wildafrosith690 My point was accurate. That is exactly what he was talking about.
@@wildafrosith690he definitely meant fellow black people. It’s a common term used amongst AA folks.
As someone who is black lemme give some context. Within the black community, there is a very inherent desire for community with the idea that we will build each other up and support each other as Black people because we will not necessarily get that from the white community. However, what happens quite often is many Black people use this to scam their own communities or take advantage. Which is what is explained in the video. It exploits inherent trust many Black people have with each other and hoping that “one of us” won’t try to pull something.
This may not completely make sense if you are white and I can’t really explain it well in a comment. I guess the best way I could explain it is that Black people view a win for individual Black people as a win for the entire culture and community since often our achievements are made to seem less. So we hope that when a black person is attempting to help build the community that it is genuine. It’s incredibly similar to how often MLM tend to target stay at Moms and are promoted by other stay at home moms, you would hope that someone who understands your struggles would not be scamming you.
The biggest scam: taxes
Facts it's legal robbery
I guess you don't like driving on paved roads
Or going to school
And student loans
@enfreakez how did the United States have roads before 1913?
What you call it were a woman moved abroad and worked 2 jobs to send money hone to her brother to build the family home. He'd send her pictures of "updates" on construction of the 2 story house. 9 years later she comes home to an empty plot in the middle of a slum 😢
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If they talk about a new stock that should go to the moon…they were paid to promote it.
Had a buddy that dropped a few grand into a crypto stock as he heard about it from a YT stock pusher. Of course the rug was pulled but he saw it as a “sale” and bought more. I’m not friends with him anymore
Jim Cramer *cough* Jim Cramer
Getting scammed by your family is the worst. Thankfully it's never happened to me.
How do people fall in these scams? They look so trash and fake, I wonder what kind of people believe in these.
I've never seen a real rich person disclosure their methods, to get rich, maybe some tips but never the real full method.
The sending money back home thing is it's all about using emotional manipulation, that's why the scam is so perfect.
the scams are out of control, even little groups on facebook im part of even have them. Im part of a toy selling group for a specific toy and even there people dont get the product and get scammed. Its insane ive never seen scams at this level before.
It's the recession
As things worsen....the ugly side with the knives comes out looking for victims
If working for a transactional and identity dept from a back gave me, other than no will to live, is the absolute paranoia that I don’t even trust myself let alone emails, text or phone calls. If I am not the one calling the bank I don’t even verified my name.
I can attest to the immigrant scam. My parents came here with $100 in their pocket and kids to feed and house.
Bc my grandparents stayed back my mom would send money back so that they didn’t have to work so hard. Eventually we brought them to live with us but until just recently the people that “helped” them still call my mother asking for repayment of their favors via cash. Not just any amount, 2-500 dollars and signing her up to pay for portions of things.
The only reason things changed was bc I took my mom’s phone and blocked their numbers on WhatsApp and FB without her knowledge. I refuse to let her get taken advantage of by “family” and they won’t see a dime from me.
MLMs need to be outlawed, and I love the content creators who are helping to expose them. They definitely exploit poor communities,and they end friendships and ruin families.
Keep educating the world with what you do! Thank you. Everyone should adopt the Zero-Trust method ( trust no-one; until you have a vetted working relationship )
If you're going to use CoffeeZilla snippets in your video, you might want to also voice some support for his current cause. Logan Paul is suing him and his insurance doesn't cover his attorney, so he is currently crowdsourcing by selling t-shirts and asking for Patreon subscriptions.
CoffeeZilla needing "help" is another scam,dude is rolling in money.
I just have to say, i have been a victim of the exact same scam that you mentioned at the end of the video. Mine was an amazon account hack and i got the thousand email sign-ups (which are SIGN UPS… you have to unsubscribe, block, delete, hundreds of different companies). It’s actually insane how rampant the rodents are. What a joke.
They tried buying 3 iPads and it was apparently from Russia.
affiliate marketing is definitely possible, but as you said, it's super competitive and it's not that simple overall
I remember a time when people’s own self-worth, morals, values and conscious would prevent them from scamming others. When integrity meant something.
Selling sneakers that cost $5 to $15 to make for few hundreds is a scam.
Can't complain when you'll still be lined up for the next drop regardless..
Then stop buying them. cry louder.
Golden Trump's just dropped
My fake air force 1s in white I'm still mad about. But I guess that when you see Nike shoes for less than 50$. Yeah u can bet your ass, that they are fake. They hurt my feet. Thought they just had to get broken in. Nahhhhh😂🤣I still laugh on that dumb purchase. U live learn. I was a kid. I didn't know. Thought I was getting a deal.
sounds more like a business plan that might succeed in an economy that requires expenses be less than income in order to turn a profit. If you live in a capitalist country, this comment sounds ignoant of how life works.
How do you think any retailers make $$? By selling us their goods ar the same price they paid?
only when consumers find going out of business sales or similar.
2 years ago my sister scammed the shit out of my mum for $210,000. As of today we don’t consider her family anymore. We don’t talk to her. She has yet to apologize or admit she was wrong.
That happened with my sister and my brother against me. I saw what was going on and now don’t speak to them. They do this texting BS, happy birthday, merry Xmas and happy thanksgiving.
That’s our relationship now and it’s still too much.
I’m working my Ass now and never forget that scams it’s not 9-5 hehe it’s anytime I want because my boss is nice but I am getting paid good like not get rich quick it’s hard work
Good job. Call out every last one!
5:26 never forget the timeless advice - "everyone's a genius in a bull market"
There is so many desperate people since the 08 crisis I have been ripped off with my air conditioner unit repairing my car having cameras at my home going on vacation to Mexico 🇲🇽
Etc etc people are desperate no jobs high inflation = madness
And American has become the cash cow for the world because our gov allows this bs to happen…when a cop says to someone who has had their identity stolen and now being used illegally…that identity theft is a “victimless” crime….wtf? That’s the mentality the authorities have towards this sort of thing…how is it a victimless crime?
I love when scammers try scam me ! They usually give up within the first minute and get mad 😂😅
Lmao can I try 😂😂😂 ?
@@bapyongukgukguk2352 by all means, I promise if you give me 5,000$ I'll give u 5 rupees 😃🥹🤣😂
A lil tip. Wealthy people will never tell you or show you how to be wealthy. Most inherited wealth from family.
😳 someone knows what they’re talking about.
Just say you're broke, and don't know what you're talking about.
Only 20-35% of wealth in the US is inherited. This is a stat that is easily verifiable. So no, most did not inherit wealth from family
@realkyunu those men aren't just rich, they're obscenely rich and shouldn't be used as an example of just "rich." 1 billion dollars is 1,000 millions, that's a lot more than the figure seems. Bill gates for example has 130,000 millions..
The top 5% of people however have a net worth (assets included) of about $3.5m. Pennies in comparison to Gates, Bezos etc but are still wealthy.
@@Rome1017Lights Verifiable where? And if you just look at only inherited it probably doesn’t show the whole picture.
There are mechanism for wealth to be transfer during life (in-vivo) and post death, so they are not subject to the inheritance tax.
So the original post was right, most wealth is inherited.
If you have information that shows otherwise please let me know.
If they say the word masterclass or generational wealth it’s a scam
To be fair, no one who’s smart enough to have a college fund for their children, would be dumb enough to join a scam like this 😂🤣
PAYPAL SCAM: Word for word same exact scam happened to me. I was “this” close to not noticing.
I almost joined Pampered Chef back in the day. Thank goodness I don’t have any family or friends to recruit lol.
The newest scam is making an online bank and run with the money
omg my hairstylist was harassing me about joining one. i had to switch. once i say "not interested" and you keep talking, no more service
I cannot express how much I love Spencer Cornelia.❤ Thanks to him I did not enter the Hyper Scam a couple of years ago
What you mentioned about pay pal scam is why I don't save cards on websites.
I had a scam request $800 payment for "carpet cleaning" a few months ago. I bet if I had a saved card then it would have been charged. Instead I flagged the "bill" and the account that put in the request.
I had the same PayPal issue. With the spam too.
And they were not in France 🇫🇷 they were on a VPN too.
You should look a little deeper into Spencer Cornelia. He’s a bit of a scammer himself. Part of his grift is calling out scammers who don’t pay him not to.
Paying 80 times the annual earnings per share for a stock is ridiculously overpriced (this is called the Price/Earnings ratio, or P/E. Lower numbers in P/E are better). If you think the business model is good, wait until the stock is more reasonable (20x earnings would be the tops I would pay, otherwise I think the stock is overpriced).
I could literally never believe anyone like this and I always laugh at people that fall for it if it sounds too good to be true it always is discernment is everything
I love your content. Keep up the great work
I always see medical scrubs for free at the food bank. Also you can just buy two sets and wash and alternate.
16:15 the lords title has always been a gag gift... like buying a plot on the moon and getting a certificate for it. Why people thought they could be a lord from that is beyond me 😅
The financial vids I follow is Brian from Clearvalue and Michael Bordenaro.
Bordenaro is legit. He never tries to sell you anything.
I love cam james!!!!!!! Thank you for the shout-out!!!!
So underrated. He's awesome!
Late to this party but Cam's videos are awesome and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes this type of comment.
He does video essay/investigative journalism type videos about especially financial topics (student loans, MlMs/scammers, etc) and they're always great.
Im broke and i got ppl trying to scam me daily. But i never pay attention to yt ads, i use premium but i still have to see the in video ads.
Use ublock and sponsorblock don't pay google anything
In the US that's just extended families in general. They won't like you until you have something for them
Individual stock picks are just wild for the average person. There is a reason why almost every investor / hedge fund can NOT beat the SP500 most years.
Buy a shovel, dig a hole, build a Garden.
That is all you need to know about scammers🃏🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I just got a scam call from my power provider Peco. I just toyed with the scumbag. Try to keep him in the phone for as long as possible. Hopefully i saved the next person he was going to scam.
My dirtbag brother always tried to collect call me when in prison. I warned him for years that what he was doing was going to wind up in jail again. He knows all. And just like that someone else that got busted for dealing so they turned him in to get a lighter sentence. 3 times now. Basically, more than half his life behind bars.
Any get rich quick scheme was designed to get the creator rich, not the participants. You, the participant, are the money maker for the creator.
It’s simple… If it sounds easy, it’s likely not legit….
Without the scamming the scammers will be living the same life as the people falling for the scams
Thank you for the PayPal thing I just went in there and remove everything
Thank you 😊
Wait, wasn't Spencer Cornholio promoting FTX? And now he's bashing other grifters?
Guys like Meet Kevin can wreck people over and over but will only gain more and more followers/influence, rolling snowball effect makes them only get bigger up until a certain point.
Using credit cards is the biggest scam that everyone just overlooks. I pay off my cards every month. If you don't they are charging 25% in finance charges. It is like robbing you every month.
If ur using credit cards then u already got scammed
@@daveb2280no one forces you to fall for a scam either. I probably would call credit cards predatory rather than a scam tbh
@@daveb2280 yes banks are scam, everything is a scam cuz people have no morals and only care about money
@@daveb2280 enjoy giving money to ur pdough bankers
You can actually save a lot of money with cards if you understood the credit card game. You can fly business or first class almost for free, and much, much more, if you got the right credit cards and know how to take advantage of their bonus programs.
If it sounds to good to be true, IT IS!
also coding bootcamps are scams. making six figures in 6 months is a scam. there are many fitness guru scammers.
be skeptical of people selling products. Be careful applying for jobs that sound to good to be true.
12k a month with a high school diploma but a high turnover rate?
Is it their fault for asking or your fault for giving them? They didn't grab the money from your pocket by force.
Knowledge is power.
I actually want to become a UA-camr so I can make a video about everything youtubers get sponsored by. By accepting every brand deal that throws a few dollars their way, the collective has made it so that it seems that ~75% of anything a youtuber promotes is likely a scam.
Manscaped is an alright product but you pay 2x the price of an equivalent trimmer for their brand name.
Please dont use Spencer Cornelia, he scammed his viewers and is a grifter. Please look into him and stop using him
😮
That's why I stopped hearing ads about the be a lord 2 stroke stuffing was promoting them along time ago. 17:54 I've seen pple with 800 subs with sponsorships I've been ignoring them me I'm doing UA-cam purely for fun.
Don’t blame me for giving some random black chick 🐥 my kids college tuition 😂
I’m not dumb 🎉😂
Bro I don't do sponsors as soon as one comes on. I hit don't recommend channel. I, I have had too much bad experience with youtube sponsorships.Screw them
If it’s really that easy then “Everyone would be doing it” & even if the product you see is totally LEGIT by the time YOU actually see it on youtube, tiktok or whatever then the well is dry the door is closed & these scammers have already made their money from it & just picking up chump change from chumps who by the product.
Parents lost everything to being scammed
$6500. Herbalife 'supervisor' took years to pay that off. Lesson learned. Back in 2007.
Yeah better help ads now empasize all their therapsists are licensed. I recognized it only because years ago I wondered about it and the ads did not used to say that
Awesome Channel, just found ya.
Yeah, I’ve gotten to the point where if a YT (like 98%) do a shill for some sponsored ad…..I ignore it and see it as sponsored trash for the YT to make money. Shitty reality of it, I get it.
I called my scammer back after I caught him red handed he was pretending to be a girl. Good kid from Africa we were laughing about it afterwards how he almost got me. 😂
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Thats their glossary
The whole sending money thing is litterly a huge thing!!! They would rsther do that then try to work for thier own
2500 to sell scrubs and it comes with zero inventory😅
i can confirm the immigrant thing, plus they get soooo excited when they see something from america being sent, even if its soap from the dollar tree!!!
I love Cam!
You should talk about the 'gaza' go fund me scammers being promoted by youtubers.
Soon, half of the worlds population will live of selling contents online.
Well, how will the other half of the population make a living, you may ask ?
RECEIVING DISCOUNT CODES from the first half, of course.....
Cam’s the man!