There was a Scammer a few years ago called a Police Officer telling her If u do not make Payment u will go to Jail , The officer said Oh I am going to Jail? The Guy said Yes by Dinner time tonight u will be arrested. So the Officer asks where to send the money and what to do after sending it The guy just wouldnt shut up ( Scammers dont understand the phrase U Have the right to be silent) The Guy tells the Officer I am from the IRS , That was the wrong move because the Scammer not only steals money he pretends to be from The IRS, do u think the Feds will ever find him since the Police Officer reported the guy to the FBI and to the real IRS? Right now hes probably still scamming people
@@kellyberry No, the FBI, CIA or any other agency won't do anything about it. How do I know? Because these scams have been around since 2005 or so. I am talking about these robo calls from India. In Canada, you are not allowed to report them unless you have been a victim of a scam. On the plus side, the Canadian government put ads for a while on TV. They were not too clear but at least it was something. You have to do it yourself. Let your family, coworkers, everyone know. Spread the word.
I’ve gotten those CosTco emails too in my spam folder and have never clicked on them. I’ve hovered my mouse over the sender name and have always seen the garbage email address it came from. Thanks for taking one for the team and telling us about them!
@@thealien_ali3382 Have had Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart , CVS, and several more. But the subject line is always screwy lettering-upper case and lower mixed up...never have opened them.
There's no Costco near me and the price of gas does not even make a free card worth it. Besides, I am boycotting them for other reasons. In fact, say that about the $12 million from Coca Cola, tell them to pay the dental bills of children.
As a Nigerian, this is heartbreaking merely listening to that man voice he should be in his late fourties’ or early fifties, but just imagine the kind of things he is engaging himself into. So sad
Hell, I used to get calls saying I've won millions of dollars but had to pay a large lump sum to release it for me, I always told them: "give it to charity" and hang up 🤣
I give them some pretty music by placing my phone inside my grand piano and the play something really loud. I swear I've heard a scream coming out of the phone once when I did that. 😄
@@ShirleeKnott i had one today, and i kept them on for like an hour. i tried calling up later and it turned out it was a genuine company (the person calling was a scammer). i felt so bad cos i went really hard on the innocent woman. i apologised after and we laughed it off. i realise now that this is such a boring story lol.
@@gordonschnick12 That said, you'll only be out, say $20, and mostly not worse off. In any case, some clothes that I have bought at stores are pretty bad, too.
@@thomasmesiha4543 I agree-they offered a product and sent it-that's not scamming, that's just selling crap, but if that was a crime, most companies would be shut down!!
I was 18 when I 1st encountered an email scammer. I was working for a very old MLM company (that alone should be where this story ends lol). One day, I got an email asking me about ordering over $10k in products. Being the "good little entrepreneur" I was, I asked if they wanted to sign up to sell since that much product would be a lot cheaper. It surprised me when they said no, then said something about how the check would be coming from one country, but they needed the products shipped to a different country. But, I believed there was no way someone would find little ole me to pick for a scam and told them to send me the check. When it arrived, I noticed the shipping label wasn't from the person or country I was looking for and the amount of the check was well over the amount for the order. I emailed back about the things I noticed and was told to send any overage to yet another address. It took me a long time to wrap my brain around it, and my epiphany came when I saw where the check itself was from- a little science center a few counties over. So I googled the center and talked with someone about the situation, they seemed baffled about it. My mom ended up calling the police (since I used her address for the shipment), which turned into a full FBI thing. I ended up keeping the scammer on the hook for quite some time before they realized I knew their scheme and quit emailing me.
I'm in an MLM and have gotten emails from 4 scammers this year. They almost always have the same product order, a "sponsor" will be paying, shipping to a totally different person in a different state, and story (sorry we haven't chatted in days, "I've been at a conference"). I string them along and wait for their check. Then I contact the companies whose checking accounts are involved. They're grateful to learn they need to contact their banks about the fraud and the scammers have spent money FedEx Overnighting me a worthless piece of paper. I DO NOT RECOMMEND dealing with scammers.
@@SmartChick63 if these scammers spent their effort on some actual jobs instead of scamming, the world would be a better place. But then... what jobs are there in Nigeria or Africa in general, for average folks? Mining precious metals in dangerours rat holes for Elon Musk?
@@kvo3542 Maybe, but there goes a term Nigerian Prince, not a European one. People from Africa risk their lives to get to European countries, not otherwise. Western world exports their trash to Africa to use, not the other way round. It is the wealthy West that buys new computers and then send decommissioned outdated machines to the developing world for further use. Even educated brain drain is from Africa out, not into. I have heard a qualified doctor is literally owned by a country, he cannot just quit their job if they don't like it or it pays poorly... at least in some countries in Africa. I have heard it from a native African.
Next time send them a fake transfer confirmation document, and then a couple of hours later, send them another letter informing them that the transfer has been stopped pending some documents, and that they have to make a payment of $125 to unlock the transfer. Let's see how far you can make it go...
I’ve worked in the banking industry for over six years now. Part of my job is recognizing things like fraud, elder abuse, and money laundering. It’s scary to think that people are losing their life savings because they lack the ability to think critically about what’s happening around them.
Sometimes a scam shows up at just the right time for it to appear legitimate, happened with a scam baiter named Jim browning and it may have happened with atomic shrimp too.
I just received a costco scam email. Supposedly they couldn't deliver my package & now receiving a $5000 award & blocked them. Thank you for warning others about scam emails & not falling for them.
Thank you for these videos. They really do help many people. I have saved 2 people from falling for scams because of them. Just knowing that checks can seem to clear but then don't and you are left to pay the bank back is something that most people don't realize. Also that gift cards as payment are always a scam is helpful since so many scammers want people to pay with them. Thanks again!
It’s mostly to lure in people who don’t have good cognitive abilities and won’t pay attention to the horrible grammar, spelling etc. and just sees the large sum of money. That way they filter out anyone who isn’t gullible enough to fall for the scam and that way they have a higher success chance (Of course it’s also because of the lack of education that the scammers have)
@@twes003 I’ve never understood that way of thinking abt it. I feel like people with lower congitive ability would ask less questions when the email looks all official and hard to understand
@@Pauldjreadman It is like a gang, as there are often groups of scammers working together. I think some scammers will go as far as to literally murder other scammers or at least physically harm them badly
I have to admit that shirt isn't all that bad. I'm surprised you actually got it though. I'd figure they would either not send it or would use your information after the fact... Of course I'm sure you used one of those limited temp cards. Granted it's silly I'd probably buy one but if it's in my spam folder I delete it.
My mom got a call one evening from a crying girl saying she was in a car accident and needed help, my mom thought it was me and asked what happened. The girl started calling my mother “grandma” and asked if she could wire her money because she was being threatened by the other people who she was in an accident with… that’s the only reason my mom knew it was a scam and not me. It was funny hearing the story but the fact that people call and give these fake sob stories is terrifying. I know someone has fallen for that before.
My grandma fell for it. Somehow they scammer had my brother and mother's name and was saying things like I can't tell [mom's name], she'll be mad because I was driving her car and now it's totalled.
Hello Ben, just wanted to tell you that I love all your videos. They make me smile! Sometimes they even make me laugh aloud due to the stupidity of the scammers who think that all Americans are pigeons ripe for the picking, lol. These days you cannot trust anyone. Always go directly to the source, like you say. Never use their phone number to call, or click on their ad. Thanks to you and your videos, I am confident that hundred's, if not thousands of people are wising up to these scammers. Thanks!
In fairness there are hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs who get into the t-shirt business. It is a low capital start up just takes the right marketing and endorsement to make it into anything
I followed one of those "Free" gift card emails down the rabbit hole and back out and never got to the end before I gave up. But one of the best was a "military" guy wanting to buy my car in AZ from Iraq or someplace in the middle east. He was going to pay me over value for the car and I just had to pay $1,000 for shipping to CA. I strung him along for a week promising to pay and then when I said that I will save the money and deliver the car myself he got frustrated. I offered to tell him where he went wrong if he paid me the $1,000 but that was the end of the merriment.
Aol mail still exists. I have a few aol emails for internet purposes. Actually- your aol mail still works. The mailbox is emptied after so many years but u can reactivate it.
I'm also using AOL mail to this day. And I rarely get scam mails. So either they have a very good spam filter or my cautiousness on the internet seem to be worth it. :}
Just an interesting detail for the August Law Florida office part of the RBC scam email. I find it hilarious that of ALL places in Florida they choose Key West. As someone who lives in the area, I can confirm the address provided in this email (1100 Grinnell Street) is not any kind of business address and instead is a random house.
The way the scam works: 1) first payment for $6,900 ... 2) the second payment for $10,000 .... 3) the third payment for $12,000 ... and so on. It's the Advanced Fee Fraud Scam. The puppy-scam works in the same way.
@@CringePoop tbh, that data just gets outdated at some point over time, so it's useless paying to delete it, that said if there is super sensitive info out there this might actually be useful for limited it's spread as much as possible.
I wish I found this channel sooner! With COVID-19 many more scammers have been active and unfortunately I got scammed last year. I didn’t realize this was a big issue till I got scammed myself. I admire you for making people aware of current scams.
OMG! Good job, I have just went through something like this and caught them myself! Saddens me that some people actually fall for these games and the people behind it have not heart what so ever. And the people(like celebrity's/ famous figures) they use to play their dirty games and ruining their names in course of it all. I am glad I have found you! Thanks again
Craziest thing in my spam folder - scammer stating that IT has placed illegal pornography on my PC and in my cloud, and has recorded me. Then IT tried to bribe me to take the porn off of my system and cloud, and, if I didn't pay to IT's bitcoin account, it would be shared with my contacts and local policeS. Love what you do @pleasantgreen - keep it up!
I had a romance scammer on the hook and they wanted a google play card to make a child’s play station work, and of course because of you, I sent him a grabify link and he was stupid enough to click it, turned out he was in Nigeria too and not a girl either 😂😂😂 when confronted he said he was in uk 🇬🇧 but when I showed him a screenshot, the ran away and I never heard from him / her again! So thanks.
Omg I wish I knew about that link. Encountered a romance scam myself. Good thing I knew I'm unattractive and knew it sounded too good to be true lol. Just kept sending her/him fake gift card numbers. S/he got so pissed, lmao.
This was a good video! That conversation was to funny and how he couldn’t just say his name. I love watching your videos and always look forward for the next one.
THat one is a whole other can of scam. And in someways harder to stop. "Wasting their time" isn't as easy because they consecutively run romance scams on all social media with stolen phones with multiple profiles all at the same time.
Almost everyday I get a stupid email from McAfee that my anti virus is going to expire and to hurry and pay or else I'll get viruses. I also get these stupid scammers trying to log into my email and asking for a log in code. Smh I wish their countries would do something and put them all in jail
It's their countries that made things so bad that they have to resort to scamming in the first place. The authorities in those countries are even accomplices sometimes. It runs too deep to do anything about it.
I almost got scammed today for a work from home job that was posted on indeed, they wanted me to send money for the equipment, which was the first red flag, then the address on the website they gave me turned out to be an empty office building up for rent/lease. Totalscam that I'm glad I didn't fall for it. Thank you for all of your helpful advice. Much appreciated. Keep up the good work.
I don't trust the sponsors one bit. Sure, you might have the right to demand that your info is being deleted but 1. who says that the people who don't mind selling your personal information care about that, 2. are really going to delete your information and 3. those people most likely aren't even in a country that has that type of law. In the end this and a lot of other "privacy" sponsors feel super fishy anyways.
Who else laughed at the AOL throwback and the "You've got mail" notification? Haha Also, the way you read bad grammar and nonsense so straight faced is hilarious Mr Dover.
His videos are so calm, relaxing and pleasant to watch. I have binge watched a very large number of his content for the past few days. Even cheekily using a few to help me go to bed. Sort of low background music to help me reach sleep cycle stage without the need of meds or a drink!
Just seen you work with the guys from Australia on tv. Keep up the great work and hopefully the show and your videos make people a lot more aware of this horrendous scams
Sorry, even if that website and the people running it are upstanding and legitimate I'm not giving anyone "limited power of attorney" without meeting them in person and without lots of questions. Who is really going to read all that and understand it without questions that should be asked? That's just ridiculous.
As soon as I heard that, I thought "Incogni must be a scam." You should never have to give a service limited power of attorney outside of legal situations that you are involved in, especially one that's entirely online. It also seems difficult to know exactly what Incogni might do with that limited power of attorney they have over you. They might use it only for their service, but who knows?
Their terms of service is also fairly shady. They need a hell of a lot of info about you, including your full name and current address... and also say they cannot do any legal representation as they are not a legal firm. So they admit to that, but still want Power of Attorney? That's shady as all hell.
I got sent a coupon for Incogni from Nord as part of a partnership and I thought it looked interesting but no way in hell am I giving power of attorney anyone who didn't make me, marry me, or come out of me no matter how limited it is. I understand why they ask for it, legally you are the only one who can request your information be taken out unless you designate a power of attorney. But really, I can't imagine the venn diagram of people who care so much about their personal data not being sold to pay for it and the people who would not mind giving power of attorney to a website is very large.
I looked it up and someone on Reddit tried using a mostly empty inbox to sign up and started getting scam emails AFTER they signed up for Incogni. I wouldn't do it anyway because I'm not the type to get scammed and am not worried about having my personal data out there (I'm careful with passwords and that kind of thing).
Yo mate, thanks for your help with scammers bro. Just saw the Sunday special on 7 Network about what you're doing. Wanted to share my thanks to you for what you're doing.
I once got an email with regards to the old Nigerian “ I need you to get this money out of the country, I emailed the guy back because I wanted to see how far it would go. In my reply I informed the gentleman that my name was gullible. The next day I received an email starting with my “ My dearest Gullible “ I was ROFL till I almost couldn’t breath, I had the fool on the hook for months as I told him I was waiting to receive $100,000 inheritance. Each email was signed “ Solomon Moses which I figured was fake all of a sudden the email stopped. So I figured he had found out the meaning of gullible. About a month later 60 minutes Australia was doing a story, on busting Nigeria’s scammer and him being arrested, that’s when I found out why the emails had stopped. Guess what the name of the guy being arrested was. LOL
As a non technical, scam paranoid computer user I view my spam folder as I would a tank of circling sharks. I don't go near it in case I fall in and get eaten. Edit: I just watched the Black Axe video. Absolutely horrific and deeply disturbing.
I remember when I was younger someone pretended to be the son of someone my dad knew when he was in the army and tried to scam him out of money stating that the Person left him money in the will but my dad had to send him money for the transfer, luckily my dad didn’t do it but it proves how low people go with scams.
I've seen too many crazy things in my spam folder to count. Especially those messages claiming I won a fortune and all I have to do is send money to receive it!!
Petition for you to subtly wear this "Superhero Ben" shirt in the future whenever you pretend to be Ben Dover Like in one shot you're wearing standard shirt, cut to email saying Ben Dover, cut back to you already wearing the superhero shirt
Is this Robin.. you're Gary? Scammer: Barrister...AUGUST.. yeah that is me Am I lying to you Lawyer ..August.. Nonono accountant... Gary Gary Gary gary * Realises he messed up so badly he has no choice but to hang up * Lol. Good work Ben. These videos are really great. And these idiots deserve to be exposed .
Craziest thing is they said I won something turned out it wasn't a scam at all, I didn't pay a dime of my own money and still had some winnings in my bank.
Had a scam email that was from someone who wanted to hook up and wanted me to feel their "Love bumps" I work in a hospital so my mates and I were dying over that! I wrote back suggesting she get those checked :)
I have to say that I am extremely lucky to be in Australia. Yes I and other elderly women were scammed by a Nigerian student living in Adelaide. For over a year I thought he was in the Army and needed help! I did not know until SAPOL knocked on my door and informed me! My life fell apart, my husband has Dementia and is in care, but I lost nearly all our savings! He is now in Jail and will be deported upon release, but our money will never come back as it is in Nigeria!
I was doing surveys for an online game because I was desperate to get some extra coins, but it turns out they just wasted my time and used my information to spam me scam emails. Never again will I be so naive and dumb. I'm so glad UA-camrs like you are spreading awareness about these scams.
I fell for Costco survey! I got too choose out of several stuff. And I choose a anti wrinkle cream. All I had to do was $ 4.99 s/h. I got a little pump bottle. An week later a other one same size now with a tag of $99.00. I never read the small print. I went strait to my bank. I got the money back, but a week later a other bottle $99.00, so back to the back. This time they told me to call them. And I did, they had no interest in me anymore. They said the paperwork was closed. And the hanged up right a way. So I was stuck with 2 bottles of antiwinklecream. Lessen Learned 😊
Craziest thing i've ever seen in my spam folder: "MAKE YOUR #%$@ SO BIG IT *SCARES* PEOPLE!" I didn't take advantage of the offer, 'scary' is a bit overkill lol.
Now I know where Luo Binghe got that heavenly pillar from... Hahaha, sorry for possibly making a joke that makes no sense for you, that just made me think right away of Scum Villain. :P
I think I missed my calling. If these guys can make money while not being able to spell or even speak basic English, one can only imagine how stellar I would be at the job! Hell, that guy couldn't even remember if he's supposed to be the lawyer, accountant, Ben or Robin in this whole scam, lol. On a more serious note, who the hell would fall for that?
My fav spam email was from someone who demanded $10K or they would send my online porn history to my employer, family and friends. That one made me chuckle!
I'm genuinely surprised I don't see a lot of people talking about this, and that the top comments on the video are blindly praising the sponsor. I was on board with Incogni until I heard that I'd need to grant them PoA in order to use their service. That's just rather spooky and I'm shocked Green doesn't see anything suspicious about this. It seems a lot of people truly are gullible...
Ben: “Are you Gary or are you Robin?”
Scammer: “Yes”
The scary thing is these scammers Are pretty stupid, yet millions of people fall for it everyday 😑.
😂😂😂
He confirmed that his name was Ben.
There was a Scammer a few years ago called a Police Officer telling her If u do not make Payment u will go to Jail , The officer said Oh I am going to Jail? The Guy said Yes by Dinner time tonight u will be arrested. So the Officer asks where to send the money and what to do after sending it The guy just wouldnt shut up ( Scammers dont understand the phrase U Have the right to be silent) The Guy tells the Officer I am from the IRS , That was the wrong move because the Scammer not only steals money he pretends to be from The IRS, do u think the Feds will ever find him since the Police Officer reported the guy to the FBI and to the real IRS? Right now hes probably still scamming people
@@kellyberry No, the FBI, CIA or any other agency won't do anything about it. How do I know? Because these scams have been around since 2005 or so. I am talking about these robo calls from India.
In Canada, you are not allowed to report them unless you have been a victim of a scam. On the plus side, the Canadian government put ads for a while on TV. They were not too clear but at least it was something.
You have to do it yourself. Let your family, coworkers, everyone know. Spread the word.
We can always trust Ben for keeping us safe, just like the motto:
Keep calm and let Ben handle it
We need a new one specially designed for this channel's staple: Keep calm and Ben Dover
@@app0the lol
Yes Ben our super hero
@@app0the For you, I would do anything.
I can't believe Ben said they were stupid lol I would have gotten every one of them haha
I’ve gotten those CosTco emails too in my spam folder and have never clicked on them. I’ve hovered my mouse over the sender name and have always seen the garbage email address it came from. Thanks for taking one for the team and telling us about them!
Same, and I get the widow and bank of Africa scam emails where they offer millions of dollars and I have to send a fee for the documents
@@thealien_ali3382 Have had Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart , CVS, and several more. But the subject line is always screwy lettering-upper case and lower mixed up...never have opened them.
@@suziestubebrown5397 I’ve gotten the Lowes and a bunch of others too. Thankfully Google is pretty good about sending them to the spam folder!
There's no Costco near me and the price of gas does not even make a free card worth it. Besides, I am boycotting them for other reasons. In fact, say that about the $12 million from Coca Cola, tell them to pay the dental bills of children.
As a Nigerian, this is heartbreaking merely listening to that man voice he should be in his late fourties’ or early fifties, but just imagine the kind of things he is engaging himself into. So sad
As a Nigerian it’s sad that so many of my people have had to resort to scamming that Nigeria is associated with scamming
This is really bad and they'll come back and be forming big men and boys 😞
There’s a stereo type for a reason. Never trust a Nigerian or Indian on a phone.
Hey cmon now, at least we have some good apples, we have some right here
@F. Aduke Femi-Babalola Typical.
Hell, I used to get calls saying I've won millions of dollars but had to pay a large lump sum to release it for me, I always told them: "give it to charity" and hang up 🤣
Just tell them remove the sum from your win
I give them some pretty music by placing my phone inside my grand piano and the play something really loud. I swear I've heard a scream coming out of the phone once when I did that. 😄
you should keep them on call for as long as possible, just cos that may save someones life savings or something
@@P_B_FR that was my favorite way to deal with them haven't had one in years
@@ShirleeKnott i had one today, and i kept them on for like an hour. i tried calling up later and it turned out it was a genuine company (the person calling was a scammer). i felt so bad cos i went really hard on the innocent woman. i apologised after and we laughed it off. i realise now that this is such a boring story lol.
Ben: “Who are you?”
Scammer: “Am I lying to you?”
The shirt one is prolly the most honest one of the spam
I have been getting some Frey family t-shirts spam at my Geoffrey@........ account
The scammer that it's probably cheaply made. Like it'll fall apart in the washer
@@gordonschnick12 That said, you'll only be out, say $20, and mostly not worse off. In any case, some clothes that I have bought at stores are pretty bad, too.
yeah.. although it's known as spam, it might not be really spam
@@thomasmesiha4543 I agree-they offered a product and sent it-that's not scamming, that's just selling crap, but if that was a crime, most companies would be shut down!!
Ben: "Are you Robin or are you Gary?"
Scammer: "Yes, that is what I am telling you"
Plot twist his name was robin gary
All scammers panic when Pleasant Green drops a video 🤣🤣
Him and Kitboga lol
@@FEEAR1000 yes true 👍 🤣
Do you have his instagram
@@FEEAR1000 and scammer payback
And scambaiter, Jim, and pierogi lol
I was 18 when I 1st encountered an email scammer. I was working for a very old MLM company (that alone should be where this story ends lol). One day, I got an email asking me about ordering over $10k in products. Being the "good little entrepreneur" I was, I asked if they wanted to sign up to sell since that much product would be a lot cheaper. It surprised me when they said no, then said something about how the check would be coming from one country, but they needed the products shipped to a different country. But, I believed there was no way someone would find little ole me to pick for a scam and told them to send me the check. When it arrived, I noticed the shipping label wasn't from the person or country I was looking for and the amount of the check was well over the amount for the order. I emailed back about the things I noticed and was told to send any overage to yet another address. It took me a long time to wrap my brain around it, and my epiphany came when I saw where the check itself was from- a little science center a few counties over. So I googled the center and talked with someone about the situation, they seemed baffled about it. My mom ended up calling the police (since I used her address for the shipment), which turned into a full FBI thing. I ended up keeping the scammer on the hook for quite some time before they realized I knew their scheme and quit emailing me.
I'm in an MLM and have gotten emails from 4 scammers this year. They almost always have the same product order, a "sponsor" will be paying, shipping to a totally different person in a different state, and story (sorry we haven't chatted in days, "I've been at a conference"). I string them along and wait for their check. Then I contact the companies whose checking accounts are involved. They're grateful to learn they need to contact their banks about the fraud and the scammers have spent money FedEx Overnighting me a worthless piece of paper.
I DO NOT RECOMMEND dealing with scammers.
@@SmartChick63 if these scammers spent their effort on some actual jobs instead of scamming, the world would be a better place. But then... what jobs are there in Nigeria or Africa in general, for average folks? Mining precious metals in dangerours rat holes for Elon Musk?
"I am in an MLM" "I do not reccomend dealing with scammer" buddy YOU are the scammers
@@D.von.NHmmm....it seems you've been fed stereotypes your whole life.
@@kvo3542 Maybe, but there goes a term Nigerian Prince, not a European one. People from Africa risk their lives to get to European countries, not otherwise. Western world exports their trash to Africa to use, not the other way round. It is the wealthy West that buys new computers and then send decommissioned outdated machines to the developing world for further use. Even educated brain drain is from Africa out, not into. I have heard a qualified doctor is literally owned by a country, he cannot just quit their job if they don't like it or it pays poorly... at least in some countries in Africa. I have heard it from a native African.
That phonecall conversation was hilarious! And Ben wasn't even trying to be funny.
11:22 The scammer said his name is Ben Robin... Lol. Not sure if he was making a joke. But it was funny.
Next time send them a fake transfer confirmation document, and then a couple of hours later, send them another letter informing them that the transfer has been stopped pending some documents, and that they have to make a payment of $125 to unlock the transfer. Let's see how far you can make it go...
That would be awesome 😃
Nice try but they won't even spend 1 dollar for..
@@ambro3747 Yeah, I know, I'm just curious how far you can scambait their own scam.
I’ve worked in the banking industry for over six years now. Part of my job is recognizing things like fraud, elder abuse, and money laundering. It’s scary to think that people are losing their life savings because they lack the ability to think critically about what’s happening around them.
I read this as BAKING and was so confused.
@@Yrp599 uh huh. And?
Sometimes a scam shows up at just the right time for it to appear legitimate, happened with a scam baiter named Jim browning and it may have happened with atomic shrimp too.
More than likely it’s greed.
G'day Ben , love your work. Saw you on Australian T. V. last night saving vulnerable Australian people from scam centres in India. Thanks mate.
Nice! You got a link?
@@PleasantGreen is your name actually Ben Dover
@@hiddenguy67 No his name is Ben *****r
@@Mousymusic ok
@@hiddenguy67 no but his sister's name is Eileen Dover.
I can’t even finish my own jokes without cracking
But these guys can pick up a calls and talk with a straight face
all they see is money at the end. No morals. Easy to do when this is who they are.
Mr. Green, or the scammers
I just received a costco scam email. Supposedly they couldn't deliver my package & now receiving a $5000 award & blocked them.
Thank you for warning others about scam emails & not falling for them.
Thank you for these videos. They really do help many people. I have saved 2 people from falling for scams because of them. Just knowing that checks can seem to clear but then don't and you are left to pay the bank back is something that most people don't realize. Also that gift cards as payment are always a scam is helpful since so many scammers want people to pay with them. Thanks again!
I wonder what runs through the mind of these scammers when sending these emails. It’s funny how badly strung up these emails are 😂
/money/ 🤤🤤🤑🤑
It’s mostly to lure in people who don’t have good cognitive abilities and won’t pay attention to the horrible grammar, spelling etc. and just sees the large sum of money. That way they filter out anyone who isn’t gullible enough to fall for the scam and that way they have a higher success chance
(Of course it’s also because of the lack of education that the scammers have)
@@twes003 I’ve never understood that way of thinking abt it. I feel like people with lower congitive ability would ask less questions when the email looks all official and hard to understand
Food on the table is the main reason I think. Where they are Scamming is a way of life which in my opinion is not far off from a gang.
@@Pauldjreadman It is like a gang, as there are often groups of scammers working together. I think some scammers will go as far as to literally murder other scammers or at least physically harm
them badly
Thank you Ben Dover for sharing this video and exposing these scumbags ❤
Thanks Ben, great explanation and advice 👍
Your reaction at 11:14 was classic! 😂
The telephone conversation (if it can be called that) with Lawyer Ben Gary August is one of the funniest scambait exchanges I've ever heard.
I have to admit that shirt isn't all that bad. I'm surprised you actually got it though. I'd figure they would either not send it or would use your information after the fact... Of course I'm sure you used one of those limited temp cards.
Granted it's silly I'd probably buy one but if it's in my spam folder I delete it.
Yea, the shirt was alright, also I got the same email but with my name
I think the Accountant should get one of those shirts with his name on it since he couldn't remember his name!
@@nickevershedmusic8927 Same
@@UndercoverScambaiter LMAO
I didn't think the t shirt ad was a scam. I bought a similar t shirt but it was about the year 1964, the year I was born.
My mom got a call one evening from a crying girl saying she was in a car accident and needed help, my mom thought it was me and asked what happened. The girl started calling my mother “grandma” and asked if she could wire her money because she was being threatened by the other people who she was in an accident with… that’s the only reason my mom knew it was a scam and not me. It was funny hearing the story but the fact that people call and give these fake sob stories is terrifying. I know someone has fallen for that before.
Pretty disgusting how people can manipulate human emotion.
That being said, always be vigilant
Damn scammers always trying to take advantage of people.
My grandma fell for it. Somehow they scammer had my brother and mother's name and was saying things like I can't tell [mom's name], she'll be mad because I was driving her car and now it's totalled.
Or someone called her by mistake and she really did need money
I spat out my drink when he said "I know your name is Ben Dover" and you laughed abit 😂😭
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hello Ben, just wanted to tell you that I love all your videos. They make me smile! Sometimes they even make me laugh aloud due to the stupidity of the scammers who think that all Americans are pigeons ripe for the picking, lol. These days you cannot trust anyone. Always go directly to the source, like you say. Never use their phone number to call, or click on their ad. Thanks to you and your videos, I am confident that hundred's, if not thousands of people are wising up to these scammers. Thanks!
Low key, the shirt isn’t that bad
The best part is that shirt is real and not a scam.
I know
I couldn't stop looking at the shirt
Your taste is very questionable.
In fairness there are hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs who get into the t-shirt business. It is a low capital start up just takes the right marketing and endorsement to make it into anything
I'm getting addicted to your videos, you're so freaking good....
*I actually lost my brain cells listening to the scammer calls* 😂😂😂😂
I followed one of those "Free" gift card emails down the rabbit hole and back out and never got to the end before I gave up. But one of the best was a "military" guy wanting to buy my car in AZ from Iraq or someplace in the middle east. He was going to pay me over value for the car and I just had to pay $1,000 for shipping to CA. I strung him along for a week promising to pay and then when I said that I will save the money and deliver the car myself he got frustrated. I offered to tell him where he went wrong if he paid me the $1,000 but that was the end of the merriment.
Wow. AOL. God remember using that in preschool and kindergarten. Thanks Pleasant Green. Needed to feel old as I'm going to work.
Aol mail still exists. I have a few aol emails for internet purposes.
Actually- your aol mail still works. The mailbox is emptied after so many years but u can reactivate it.
I'm also using AOL mail to this day. And I rarely get scam mails. So either they have a very good spam filter or my cautiousness on the internet seem to be worth it. :}
Just an interesting detail for the August Law Florida office part of the RBC scam email. I find it hilarious that of ALL places in Florida they choose Key West. As someone who lives in the area, I can confirm the address provided in this email (1100 Grinnell Street) is not any kind of business address and instead is a random house.
Plus if you’re not from the area it’s easy to look up the address on Google maps.
I have never witnessed a scammer having an existential crisis...lawyer, logistics company worker, accountant, Gary, Ben, August...
The conversation with the “accountant” was so cringe. How on earth do these people think they can pull these things off? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
And yet they get away with it. A lot of people fall for it. I know it’s hard to believe.
The way the scam works: 1) first payment for $6,900 ... 2) the second payment for $10,000 .... 3) the third payment for $12,000 ... and so on. It's the Advanced Fee Fraud Scam. The puppy-scam works in the same way.
Sponsors have gotten bland over the years, but Incogni actually seems like a really cool service. I’ll definitely be giving it a try
Literally the first sponsor I think is cool
thought it looked cool but i dont care enough to pay
@@CringePoop tbh, that data just gets outdated at some point over time, so it's useless paying to delete it, that said if there is super sensitive info out there this might actually be useful for limited it's spread as much as possible.
@@LZeugirdor I ain't sure about giving any company PoA personally
You give a company money to try to stop other companies making money with your data. Such a 2022 business model.
I wish I found this channel sooner! With COVID-19 many more scammers have been active and unfortunately I got scammed last year. I didn’t realize this was a big issue till I got scammed myself. I admire you for making people aware of current scams.
OMG! Good job, I have just went through something like this and caught them myself! Saddens me that some people actually fall for these games and the people behind it have not heart what so ever. And the people(like celebrity's/ famous figures) they use to play their dirty games and ruining their names in course of it all. I am glad I have found you! Thanks again
The way the guy said Bend Over was really funny. Great video. Also, Ronnie is always a plus.
Craziest thing in my spam folder - scammer stating that IT has placed illegal pornography on my PC and in my cloud, and has recorded me. Then IT tried to bribe me to take the porn off of my system and cloud, and, if I didn't pay to IT's bitcoin account, it would be shared with my contacts and local policeS. Love what you do @pleasantgreen - keep it up!
I had a romance scammer on the hook and they wanted a google play card to make a child’s play station work, and of course because of you, I sent him a grabify link and he was stupid enough to click it, turned out he was in Nigeria too and not a girl either 😂😂😂 when confronted he said he was in uk 🇬🇧 but when I showed him a screenshot, the ran away and I never heard from him / her again! So thanks.
Nicely done Mark!
That's how they use to do
Just blocked that one 2 days ago lol
Omg I wish I knew about that link. Encountered a romance scam myself. Good thing I knew I'm unattractive and knew it sounded too good to be true lol. Just kept sending her/him fake gift card numbers. S/he got so pissed, lmao.
You sure they didn’t have YOU on the hook? Big tits get most guys…
The channel that deals with "what if scenarios" I would never even dare to try. Love it.
This was a good video! That conversation was to funny and how he couldn’t just say his name. I love watching your videos and always look forward for the next one.
When you have multiple personalities, it's hard to know which one you are today,
11:56 He’s saying “Eh, let me attend to other people, please”. Trying to rush you off the phone because he’s busted!
You should bust dating app scammers, I swear there’s more scammers on dating apps then there are actual people on there
THat one is a whole other can of scam. And in someways harder to stop. "Wasting their time" isn't as easy because they consecutively run romance scams on all social media with stolen phones with multiple profiles all at the same time.
This channel has come so far, it’s like watching your kid grow up :’)
Excellent episode, Ben!
Almost everyday I get a stupid email from McAfee that my anti virus is going to expire and to hurry and pay or else I'll get viruses. I also get these stupid scammers trying to log into my email and asking for a log in code. Smh I wish their countries would do something and put them all in jail
Is it the real mcafee cus thats legit
@@WindmillWindy the real McAfee antivirus uses the same scare tactics, it wouldn't surprise me
@@My_Old_YT_Account Only second to Norton!
It's their countries that made things so bad that they have to resort to scamming in the first place. The authorities in those countries are even accomplices sometimes. It runs too deep to do anything about it.
@@themaskedmaestro4699 pretty sure McAfee is based in the states...
Uganda wants to send me $35m, FBI can't get in touch with me, Melania Trump wants to speak to me... 😂😂😂
CosTco: you’re selected
I hope you select yourself to win spell check
Inland Revenue is a UK name, in Canada it is the CRA/ARC or Canada Revenue Agency.
That is the funniest scammer ever! I can’t stop laughing!
I almost got scammed today for a work from home job that was posted on indeed, they wanted me to send money for the equipment, which was the first red flag, then the address on the website they gave me turned out to be an empty office building up for rent/lease. Totalscam that I'm glad I didn't fall for it. Thank you for all of your helpful advice. Much appreciated. Keep up the good work.
That T-Shirt is drip, don’t insult the almighty Ben 🤣
My favorite are the SPAM messages that start with "This is from a Trusted Sender" ...
Dude, you never cease to amaze (and amuse) me 😆. Thanks for producing some of the BEST content on the internet!
As much as I trust you Ben and your sponsors, but I’m not sure I like giving some site power of attorney. This could end up very bad
Was just about to say that. That's super scary
It really depends. Read the TOS and see what kind of decisions they’ll be making for you.
I don't trust the sponsors one bit. Sure, you might have the right to demand that your info is being deleted but 1. who says that the people who don't mind selling your personal information care about that, 2. are really going to delete your information and 3. those people most likely aren't even in a country that has that type of law. In the end this and a lot of other "privacy" sponsors feel super fishy anyways.
TRUST NO ONE.
Constant vigilance! But seriously I agree. No system is foolproof. The best way to stay clean is to stay off anything you don't personally control.
Who else laughed at the AOL throwback and the "You've got mail" notification? Haha
Also, the way you read bad grammar and nonsense so straight faced is hilarious Mr Dover.
This is such a quality video. I look forward to your videos every week man keep up the exceptional work
His videos are so calm, relaxing and pleasant to watch. I have binge watched a very large number of his content for the past few days. Even cheekily using a few to help me go to bed. Sort of low background music to help me reach sleep cycle stage without the need of meds or a drink!
11:21 My name is Ben-robbin'
Freudian slip
The scammer is definitely with a charm to make victim pay because the way he talks to ben Dover is authoritative.
You read my mind man😂
Why didn't the charm work on bend over ???
Na God dey help them nor b charm
@@youngest_tv In English?
I dont think that's charming. Talking loudly doesnt convey anything useful especially when its meaningless waffle.
"That's is me that's is me!" Cave man: "The book's on the table! Bla bla bla.." ahhahaahah
I just love your videos, and your dry humour has me laughing 😂👏🏼👏🏼
Excellent video as always Ben! I'm always looking forward to the next video!
Just seen you work with the guys from Australia on tv. Keep up the great work and hopefully the show and your videos make people a lot more aware of this horrendous scams
Sorry, even if that website and the people running it are upstanding and legitimate I'm not giving anyone "limited power of attorney" without meeting them in person and without lots of questions. Who is really going to read all that and understand it without questions that should be asked? That's just ridiculous.
As soon as I heard that, I thought "Incogni must be a scam." You should never have to give a service limited power of attorney outside of legal situations that you are involved in, especially one that's entirely online. It also seems difficult to know exactly what Incogni might do with that limited power of attorney they have over you. They might use it only for their service, but who knows?
Their terms of service is also fairly shady. They need a hell of a lot of info about you, including your full name and current address... and also say they cannot do any legal representation as they are not a legal firm. So they admit to that, but still want Power of Attorney? That's shady as all hell.
I got sent a coupon for Incogni from Nord as part of a partnership and I thought it looked interesting but no way in hell am I giving power of attorney anyone who didn't make me, marry me, or come out of me no matter how limited it is. I understand why they ask for it, legally you are the only one who can request your information be taken out unless you designate a power of attorney. But really, I can't imagine the venn diagram of people who care so much about their personal data not being sold to pay for it and the people who would not mind giving power of attorney to a website is very large.
I looked it up and someone on Reddit tried using a mostly empty inbox to sign up and started getting scam emails AFTER they signed up for Incogni. I wouldn't do it anyway because I'm not the type to get scammed and am not worried about having my personal data out there (I'm careful with passwords and that kind of thing).
Yo mate, thanks for your help with scammers bro. Just saw the Sunday special on 7 Network about what you're doing. Wanted to share my thanks to you for what you're doing.
I once got an email with regards to the old Nigerian “ I need you to get this money out of the country, I emailed the guy back because I wanted to see how far it would go. In my reply I informed the gentleman that my name was gullible. The next day I received an email starting with my “ My dearest Gullible “ I was ROFL till I almost couldn’t breath, I had the fool on the hook for months as I told him I was waiting to receive $100,000 inheritance. Each email was signed “ Solomon Moses which I figured was fake all of a sudden the email stopped. So I figured he had found out the meaning of gullible. About a month later 60 minutes Australia was doing a story, on busting Nigeria’s scammer and him being arrested, that’s when I found out why the emails had stopped. Guess what the name of the guy being arrested was. LOL
Thankyou for taking part in the channel 7 news spotlight show which aired on Sunday 12 June. My partner absolutely laughed hard at Ben Dover name.
Who knew that Zeth Rogan was a cyber security threat advisor.
As a non technical, scam paranoid computer user I view my spam folder as I would a tank of circling sharks. I don't go near it in case I fall in and get eaten.
Edit: I just watched the Black Axe video. Absolutely horrific and deeply disturbing.
I remember when I was younger someone pretended to be the son of someone my dad knew when he was in the army and tried to scam him out of money stating that the Person left him money in the will but my dad had to send him money for the transfer, luckily my dad didn’t do it but it proves how low people go with scams.
I've seen too many crazy things in my spam folder to count. Especially those messages claiming I won a fortune and all I have to do is send money to receive it!!
The scammer you were talking too definitely had stage fright (and thank you for teaching me a lot about scams)
“Like what? What’s there to to do in Nigeria right now?” 😂 That’s cold!
Petition for you to subtly wear this "Superhero Ben" shirt in the future whenever you pretend to be Ben Dover
Like in one shot you're wearing standard shirt, cut to email saying Ben Dover, cut back to you already wearing the superhero shirt
this guy does the best scambaiting videos ever, hands down!
The shirt lowkey looks fire 🔥
Is this Robin..
you're Gary?
Scammer:
Barrister...AUGUST.. yeah that is me
Am I lying to you
Lawyer ..August..
Nonono accountant...
Gary Gary Gary gary
* Realises he messed up so badly he has no choice but to hang up *
Lol.
Good work Ben. These videos are really great. And these idiots deserve to be exposed .
Craziest thing is they said I won something turned out it wasn't a scam at all, I didn't pay a dime of my own money and still had some winnings in my bank.
Had a scam email that was from someone who wanted to hook up and wanted me to feel their "Love bumps" I work in a hospital so my mates and I were dying over that! I wrote back suggesting she get those checked :)
LOL!!
I just checked my spam folder, and it's all just reddit posts...
One of your sound panels was falling off the ceiling 🤣😂PS, thanks for the great videos
This is a great ad choice for the channel, this is the kind of stuff your subs actually care about!
😂😂😂 love how surprised Mr Dover appeared by the friendliness and cheerfulness of the Gary/Robin
I have to say that I am extremely lucky to be in Australia. Yes I and other elderly women were scammed by a Nigerian student living in Adelaide. For over a year I thought he was in the Army and needed help! I did not know until SAPOL knocked on my door and informed me! My life fell apart, my husband has Dementia and is in care, but I lost nearly all our savings! He is now in Jail and will be deported upon release, but our money will never come back as it is in Nigeria!
Lol
Should I believe all the scammers who contact me, I could buy up the whole of our galaxy and still have plenty of spare in the bank 😂😂😂
I was doing surveys for an online game because I was desperate to get some extra coins, but it turns out they just wasted my time and used my information to spam me scam emails. Never again will I be so naive and dumb. I'm so glad UA-camrs like you are spreading awareness about these scams.
I fell for Costco survey! I got too choose out of several stuff. And I choose a anti wrinkle cream. All I had to do was $ 4.99 s/h. I got a little pump bottle. An week later a other one same size now with a tag of $99.00. I never read the small print. I went strait to my bank. I got the money back, but a week later a other bottle $99.00, so back to the back. This time they told me to call them. And I did, they had no interest in me anymore. They said the paperwork was closed. And the hanged up right a way. So I was stuck with 2 bottles of antiwinklecream. Lessen Learned 😊
Craziest thing i've ever seen in my spam folder: "MAKE YOUR #%$@ SO BIG IT *SCARES* PEOPLE!"
I didn't take advantage of the offer, 'scary' is a bit overkill lol.
Now I know where Luo Binghe got that heavenly pillar from...
Hahaha, sorry for possibly making a joke that makes no sense for you, that just made me think right away of Scum Villain. :P
The craziest thing I’ve seen in my spam folder is nothing! Crazy I know.
Are you Robin or are you Gary?
Yes.
He did the meme lol
I always love going through my spam folder. Some funny stuff in there. If i added up the amount ive supposedly won in my inbox ive got billions.
The guy on the phone almost had me at" yes, send the money.yes yes, I am lawyer.send money now" man! Smooth
Love your videos.
1:54 "Learn to spell you scammers" made me die of a laughter 🤣🤣🤣
If I were to add up all the money I’ve “won” in these spam emails, I’d probably be somewhere in the trillions. Jeff Bazos who 👀😂
I think I missed my calling. If these guys can make money while not being able to spell or even speak basic English, one can only imagine how stellar I would be at the job! Hell, that guy couldn't even remember if he's supposed to be the lawyer, accountant, Ben or Robin in this whole scam, lol. On a more serious note, who the hell would fall for that?
My fav spam email was from someone who demanded $10K or they would send my online porn history to my employer, family and friends. That one made me chuckle!
I recently had a spam email from "DHL" about an attempted delivery for something I didn't order. The funny part is, the logo on the email said BHL. XD
Them having POA access is a red flag, no? That's scary. Cool site, and I'd love to delete my spam, but.. granting them POA is NOT okay with me.
I'm genuinely surprised I don't see a lot of people talking about this, and that the top comments on the video are blindly praising the sponsor. I was on board with Incogni until I heard that I'd need to grant them PoA in order to use their service. That's just rather spooky and I'm shocked Green doesn't see anything suspicious about this. It seems a lot of people truly are gullible...
"Bend over"🤣🤣😭 That's epic!! Rahahahahahaaa😂
Worst scammer ever. No wonder they were so dang hesitant to put the fool on the phone! 🤪😆