Exposing the Scammer that tried to cheat me out of my Corvette
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- In this video, I'm sharing how I caught the scammer that tried to steal my Corvette. Watch out for these scams and don't let someone else take your car or money!
If you're ever in a situation where someone is trying to take your car or money, don't let them get away with it! I was lucky to catch the scammer that tried to steal my Corvette, and I hope you'll learn from my story and be careful about what kind of scams you fall for!
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Man tried to cheat me several times when buying my car
Watch out for scams on Facebook Marketplace Why I dont accept Paypal or Venmo to sell cars
even Certified Cashiers checks can be forged so be careful and cover your butt
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You’re a great dude we all know this but your honesty is your downfall funny thing to say about a genuine car dealer who I would love to buy a car from and I love your channel love your video’s etc etc etc etc,,
Look at what he did for the sake of $500 dollars he just made a mockery of himself and his fake corvette club
I know you are a very decent fella and if he asked you for $500 you probably gave it to him for him to send it back to you in the future but he is a dork ,,
God bless you and your flying wheels business ,,
How low would he really go to fraud so little doesn’t make sense let him keep it and he can buy a few hamburgers and chips because he could move them like no one on earth,😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He is a low down waste of space and fresh air,,,
Can’t imagine him giving his fake car club any bonuses ya right,,
See you in the next one my friend,,
People are full of shit. I hate people too, bunch of lying dirty betraying AHoles 😂
Scammers are EVERYWHERE, Do Not let Him get AWAY WITH IT😤
I have been ripped off by so many People in my life, I bought a House for my sister because She kept getting evicted, and She Ripped Me off, for multiple Mortgage Payments, and Then I ended up with less than half the proceeds for the property I put All the money down for in my name.
She Ruined My Credit, and She didn’t Care at All.
I paid A Lawyer and It just cost me more money, He did absolutely nothing for me. But cost me over $10,000!
Trust No one.
Now I give too those in need, but TRUST NOBODY.
Do not Let This RIP OFF ARTIST GET AWAY WITH STEALING FROM YOU.
Put His Videos All over the Internet.
This is the first time I’ve seen Your Video, but I completely understand where You’re coming from, You Cannot Be a Good Person, Everyone takes advantage of Your Good Heart.😰
Read my comment
"You can't get no more honest than you is" should have been your first clue.
He had to travel 6 hours to scam because he's already scammed everyone within a 6 hour radius of his hometown
Exactly
Imagine trusting a colored boy
Nice…
Yep. Making the rounds in new perimeters.
@@DopeDiaries44 colored boy tactics.
"I don't travel with my card." What a lying scumbag.
It would be dumb to not travel with it if only for emergencies
That was my first thought. If you're buying a late-model 'Vette in cash, you have a debit card. Though, taking $500 on 2 credit cards should have been the deal-breaker.
Try renting a decent hotel w/o a credit card. Maybe the No Tell Motel.
@@phatfarmer3248 every hotel I’ve been too has asked for one
Exactly. That's when I put mine in the my wallet, whenever I go out of town, in case of any emergency which may arise. 🧓
"People should be exposed" -- yes, exactly, and thanks for doing it not blurring the guy. He needs to fix the injustice he performed.
I agree! Crooks and creeps should be exposed! A friend of mine posted on Facebook, Twitter, ect photos and details of a guy who assaulted him as a child. I asked if he was worried about being sued. He said that was his his goal. There is no statute of limitations in our state for certain crimes against children so he was hoping the guy would return and try to sue. He said the guy already has convictions in Ohio so it wouldn't be hard to prove. I cheered him on, but I also pointed out that guy looked scary AF. I don't know if I would be taunting him. People are crazy.
@@justmeandthethreewhat’s scary guy name?
@@mrwealthysoon If you want to mess with him, always make sure you also ask for additional details to be sure you find the right person. People who harm children get no sympathy from me, but you don't want to bother someone innocent who happens to have the same name.
Just looks like George Floyd to me.
The biggest Dirtiest scummiest SCAMMER of all is JPMORGAN CHASE!💯
The funniest thing about this is if he offered $35,500 and said that’s his absolute maximum he may have got the 500 discount instead of doing all that for $500 and a lifetime of embarrassment 😂
Probably true, though I doubt that he's embarrassed at all. He's a scam artist and petty criminal, a long history of doing this kind of thing. He's lost any sense of shame or ability to be embarrassed many years back.
There's as much of a chance of him being in a Corvette club as there is of him being at a Weight Watchers meeting
There's actually more of a chance of him being in a weight watchers meeting.
Is this the 2023 version of a porn flick?
that's hillarious
😂
Bank draft or cod that’s it nothing else
I can tell by the way that guy talks that he shouldn’t be trusted. The second he played the missing $8K move, you should have given him his money back and made him leave. It was crystal clear at this point that he was a dishonest hustler.
Exac fkn tly
Agreed. Sometimes we ignore the red flags
Right when I heard the 8k thing I sure would have told him to take all his money and leave. Even if he found it and still wanted to work it out I would have said no.
Yep..did that move to see if the seller would say....that is ok just pay what you have...
What you're failing to consider is the flying tire guy still made a profit, just not as large as he originally hoped.
"I don't travel with my credit cards" ... said nobody, EVER 😮
Ya there all locked up in my safe at the house . next to my cash and gold .
Yeah, isn't that the reason to have a credit card? Whether your half a mile or 10000 miles from home?
He’s a bum.
For real. We have no debt but we always use our CC for hotel holds, rental holds, etc.
can’t repo the car?
As soon as he said he was going to get you more business and send people to you. I knew he was full of it.
This guy Flying Wheels is also “FULL OF IT” Sorry to say this ~ Fast talking sales guy who says he has a nice $40K boat on YT that a used boat like that is maybe $8K or $0K? I wouldn't trust gay with ten foot pole? “Used Car Guys” Really he is complaining
@@KingNewJersey all prices are subjective. It’s what someone is willing to pay. But I agree I would never pay that much for a boat. But as soon as that guy was talking that much about bring more business red flag. I do road side just the other day at McDonald’s took my nephew for lunch. I see a guy drives past my truck stops his car pops trunk pops hood. Then when I’m leaving he’s getting a boost. I didn’t stop to help cause I was not called. I could of check his battery and alternator and told him the problems with his car. But was not asked. All the people I’ve helped in the last two years. Has not lead to one call, not one that 20-30 people saying they will recommend me that I worked for free for. Even Christmas Day I changed a guys tire for him. He was already there over 30 minutes in minus 30. I had him in his way in five minutes. I see my neighbor trying to unlock their car two hours. Had it done in a minute all he had to do was ask. But no he messed up the weather stripping on his friends car. Even when the own was asking him to ask me. No charge.
Yep. He was a fast talking scammer.
Why would u deal with a black
@@KingNewJerseyflying wheels is a str8 scammah
The bank's policy of refusing your signed receipt as proof for the keyed in transaction was total BS!
welcoome to banking.....they are the biggest crooks in the world.
Yeah I’d escalate that. They only do that because they know that most people won’t go through the hassle of fighting them for $500. It’s a joke
Would video of the transaction work? Hopefully he had video rolling that day.
If merchants would follow the law this wouldn’t happen. Merchants are not allowed to let customers swipe or key in card numbers. That’s the reason they came out with chip readers.
@@mcdaniel26 IN this case, the customer didn't do any of that, Craig did. Not sure why you're even bringing this up.
That $500 theft he did is worth a million dollars of embarrassment, his great grandkids will learn what type of Man he was.
Its the family business, they dont care
So true. He is recorded for as long as humans become extinct.
@@jhonsonmojica9061as bad as that sounds, this is 100% true...
Doubt he is embarrased in fact probably sharing it with his friends.
I don't think it's going to have the devastating effect on his standing in the community that one would hope.
You're never too old to learn something. Today I leaned that unless you swipe the buyers card you're not protected as a seller.. thanks for posting this video
be careful handing a credit card to a teenager. This guy bought 5 plane tickets with it. I read to cover your code, have them hand you the keyboard and type it in yourself. This was at Legoland in LA.
@@kevinhiggler2896 what do you mean cover your code?
Yes, the card has to work as intended, chip first and if the chip is damaged after 3 attempts it let's you swipe. Card must be physical unless they are using a phone payment option. You can't pay credit with credit and the actual numbers of the card is what the POS uses to determine whether it's a credit or debit card. Sometimes because of limits set by banks, a debit can be ran as credit to bypass it or the client will have to call the bank. Some electronic banks have limitations like Chime, you can't have automatic payments coming from those accounts, like for a lease, but will allow a service like Netflix.
@@kevinhiggler2896 I wouldn't even give a smart phone with a monthly contract to a teenager, or any "high risk" person who is dependent upon me for their Needs, which I am happy to provide. The Apple Store and Google Play Store require a form of credit on file to be able to download even free apps. They want a simple flip phone, buy minutes pay as you go, fine. Out of your monthly allowance which I tell them that they have to learn how to budget. As long as they are living under my roof, with free room is board, it's my money that I worked Very hard for and they can wait and buy all of their Wants and Wishes when they are paying their own way. My mother was a strict parent when it came to financing our Needs vs Wants. And we had more than enough income; a nice home, neighborhood, good schools, country club membership. Of course she did let us get a Want a few times a year, but she was a stone wall not giving in to our daily whims pestering her. There were a few times when she refused to give in that I absolutely hated her because EVERYONE ELSE'S PARENTS let Them get one, or Do That!!! But now, many decades later, I am at age 71, an aging Boomer, I thank her greatly while I quietly weep inside seeing today's parents not strong enough, getting in more and more debt because they won't say NO, as my mother did a hundred times more than she ever said Yes. 🧓
Your office lady is a gem. Make sure to treat her well it is super important to have good employees.
Truth
Yeah, she's awesome. And super cute.
@@phunkdoctaspock Yes she is a keeper.
@4:25 "I'm saying it from my heart" - while wearing a shirt that says "Heartless" lmao...!!
When he pulled the first crap, being 8k short and then finding them, you break it off. The end.
The moment you pick up on the melanin enrichment you break it off.
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Yes, it was getting sketchy as he clearly didn't have all the money. But I'm sure used-car dealers deal with people like Melvin quite a lot---as he says--so he was gave him the benefit of the doubt.
@richardernsberger5692 "He was gave him"😂😂😂
No it’s not just $500, it’s the money and the principle behind having integrity. Man I feel for you, I’ve been scammed and I know the emotional rollercoaster you through.
and imagine the other hundreds of people Melvin has done this to and I'm sure he stolen tens of thousands from other victims!
Pretty sure it was 1000, but i didn't finish the video. Too long winded
Yea he seems to be saying the same thing over and over before moving to the next
Anytime someone wants to pay for something with 10 different methods it's a scam. Dude should have known
Getting scammed can really affect your self confidence and sense of self worth. It's not just a financial loss. The emotional damage is real.
It may be rare to find an honest customer but it is extremely rare to go to a dealership and find an honest salesman.
This Flying Wheels guy is one hard headed character.. how does he not know ALL USED CAR SALES PEOPLE ARE LIARS AND SCAMMERS LOL THIS DUDE BUMPED HIS HEAD
Hes definitely not an honest person.
@@Kunfucious577 I haven't watched any other of his videos. I'm sure this guy is as honest as they get and Melvin seen this guy's weaknesses personally and the way he conducts business (wholesaling a Vette, 100 payment methods, manual entry of a credit card lol.....) Manual entry of credit cards is was the most STUPIDIST. A scammer can use a credit card generator to generate several more card numbers by only changing the last 4 digits starting with the last digit and keeping the zip code.
People are seeing right through this guy and taking an advantage of it. To SAY ALL buyers are dishonest shows where this guy's I.Q. level is, why not just say everyone is a liar? That means he'd have to include himself if that were true. Dudes hanging the bait that is attracting these dishonest buyers and scammes LMAO 🤣. Dafuq!?
If I compared you to lawyers and politicians. You'd be a pretty honest dude, like with a ton of integrity. Use car salesman are still slimy. I'd sell this car to my mom
500 dollars wow. How many people have you shifted outta thousands
It is a good move to put up his name and picture on UA-cam so we can make sure that he doesn't scam anyone else. Keep his picture and name up as long as possible.
I’m surprised he actually kept answering the phone, you’d think most people would just block your number the moment they rolled out of there.
Stupid is as stupid does!
He uses untracked calls
Think he was too surprised how dumb OP is.
"ain't no way I got away with that that easily, gotta mess with that man." - marvin (probably)
Arrogance mixed with stupidity
@@LohkeyMelvin 😂😂😂
Took one look at Melvin and knew I’d never do any business with him.
When someone is too friendly and talkative, that’s a red flag.
And black. Let's be honest. 😂
WOW not cool ,ur out of order
Dont do business with blacks... you'll regret it@@mikepowell4189
Not always, I just try to be cool with people in hopes they treat me right
No doubt the fast talkers are bullshit artists. Like they have the ability to con you out of anything if they don't let you get a word in.
STAY CLEAR.
I doubt Melvin can even fit in a Corvette without part of him falling asleep 😴 😂
I work for a bank, and I can tell you that fraud is everywhere. Also if you are paying 35 bucks on a credit card transaction you need a new merchant processor
Yes well it seems you work for the scammers. As you brag about people doing charge backs after they went and bought a product. So you are the scammer. Just like the (I work for a bank person) that kept sending and sending and sending bs to the dealer. The “I work for a bank” people just like you are the ones that make it possible for the scammers to scam in this way. So pat yourself on the back you scammer….excuse me bank worker. I mean that’s not something I would be proud about, helping scammers scam people and then you taking partnership with a scammer to help him/her scam honest small companies. When he literally has everything and you still find a way to make sure the scammer scams the honest small companies. So yea fraud is everywhere and your the main reason that fraud is allowed. As there are millions of charge backs a week and 99% of them are scammers getting the banks help to scam
It’s a good thing you counted the cash. I’m surprised the cash wasn’t counterfeit.
100% drug money
🤣😂😁
Not to mention a black man..? I dont understand..after all the lecturing.
I’m surprised he wasn’t on fentanyl too like someone who passed a counterfeit bill.
If this guy said he couldn’t breeve, I would completely believe it.
I realize you just wanted to make a sale but when he showed up and said he wanted it in his sister's name after his "brother" called and said it was for him, you should have told him to kick rocks. Then the discrepancy of 8k dollars was a massive scammer indicator. He's definitely pulled this grift before.
piece of cake for a vette lmao
He was trying to get a discount anyway possible
Craig 10 years in the car business made me go from the life of the party, having a heart big enough for the world and taking people at their word to someone who thoroughly enjoys being by myself away from everyone, believing everyone is lying as soon as they open their mouth and not giving a damn if someone loses their house or not. When you really see how people are it changes you.
Probably time to leave the car businesses and do something better for yourself mentally, there's a huge variety of open jobs and free training available. I hope you moved on.
Post his phone number in the comments and then we can all give him a call and ask him if he’s gonna pay ya👍🏻😁
that is doxxing, which is illegal in many states
He gave all his info in the video, just do the exact same thing his secretary did and Google him... I think that's why he nonchalantly gave us all them clues...
I think he accidentally leaked it at 14:59
@@damiennnn026 nice catch. let's give this guy a few rings!
the sisters is at 25:35 🤣
He went through a lot of BS just to rip off any amount of money. He’s probably the type of guy who pockets the change out of the tray at the gas station counter.
Probably steals waiters tips off tables too
facts
of course hes the race we all expected him to be, the good old gangbangers
@@MarkHad-gt2ylyou’re an idiot
@@MarkHad-gt2yl I've met tons of white scammers... most are in India. 😂
$500 is worth more than $500 because getting it back is the right thing to do - on principal. I like your tenacity and sense of fairness.
1500 on a 36000 car isn't shit. i wouldn't even let this bs drama effect my life if this was me. don't deal with black people lol, and sure as shit not putting 36000 $500 at a time on different cards
@@schlomoshekelstein908don't deal with black people. Wtf kind of shit comment is that?
@@schlomoshekelstein908A good part of what you say is true, however, I would want all my Cash. Imagine if he lose 1k 2k on each sale. It's not gut für Business.
@@schlomoshekelstein908he lost more because he sold it wholesale. He got screwed a number of different ways.
Thank goodness random channels like yours show up on UA-cam , learned a valuable tip from you today about card input. Thank you.
Plot twist: His sister is the person that you talked to from JP Morgan😂 sounds like they lined you up homie. Brother, sister, daughter, Corvette club, pastor....were all in on it.
That did seem ridiculous how poorly they handled that
When you s*** on people the way you folks are doing your Karmas will s*** on you
@@PatrickFaulkner-pm8ciJP Morgan in evil. They are the same ones that funded Epstein and got the DA in the Virgin Islands fired for investigating it.
Got to love those ex-felons Pastors.... God showed me the way from Prison.
An elderly businessman told me ‘You’ve got to assume the other guy is out to do you, and work backwards from there’. Feel your pain, Craig. Best wishes
That's bad advise, it leads to poor customer service. That's the purpose of secure protocol...
@@MyBuddyMobileyeah right, it's naive to assume you can trust anyone when money is involved. Always cover your 🍑
@@fisherman9435Yes, it foolish to walk throughout life thinking you can trust everyone in business. It will make your heart harden towards human beings.
If someone has a good product at a good price.
And someone has the money and wants that product.
That’s a deal where you can easily trust the person.
It’s when you’re trying to rip someone off all of the time, that you start to think karma will go against you
@@georgiafreedomfinancial3726 covering your 🍑 = protocol... it's non-discriminative ...
Thanks for showing this to everyone! I hope Karma comes through and deals with this guy.
Glad you shared this video, my dad was a car salesman all his life, of course years ago never heard of a scam like this.
Thanks
It is worth it! You are doing a favor to the community by exposing the scammers and scams.
Not to mention, FlyingWheels is going to make several thousand dollars in income from this video alone with time and it helps grow his channel
are you stupid?? This is a used car dealer ... wow!!!!
@@braetonwilson4296
You plan on copy/pasting this irrelevant drivel all over this post?
How is it irrelevant? FlyingWheels is acting like he's such an innocent victim in this, why isn't he disclosing that he's actually happy Melvin did this because it gives him very juicy content for a video? Or how even with the $35,500 he received from Melvin, he still made a good profit?
@braetonwilson4296 it's irrelevant what Craig made...he still was scammed by shady "HEY KOOL-AID MAN". Soon as he started to talk s#!t was falling out of his mouth. 😂
I own a car wash. I literally do not believe anything customers say. We get damage claims several times a day. All bogus, all on camera. Absolutely disgusting.
Car washes are a scam to begin with😂😂😂 everyone has a water hose. One of the biggest scams around. Nothing works right but the water. No soap. Foam doesn’t work. And the clowns that own it are never around 😂😂😂
@@dezbigguns1072 so you detail your car with nothing but water no cleaners no nothing? sure ok...
On the flip side, my dad went through a car wash a couple weeks ago. Mirror cover gets blasted off. After going back and forth and the cameras showing it was blasted off, we’re told they don’t cover “vehicles older than 5 years” on a 2012 BMW with 58k miles.
@@dezbigguns1072 People in apartments (and other rentals) do not have a water hose. I rarely use a car wash, because I'm pretty cheap. However, car washes are a great service for those who need them. It's also a bit ironic how much experience you seem have with the car wash you apparently frequent enough to track the workers, while also calling them a scam. Why would you keep going?
I worked at a car wash for 5 years and I can say with confidence that they do sometimes damage vehicles. If you don't clean the brushes out often, rocks and dirt collect in them and scratch the hell out of the paint. With that being said I have experienced plenty of Karens that are impossible to please or that try to find any damage they can blame on you.
I believe in karma. He may not get it on this one, but this video will be around forever. Some day it will catch up to him. Thank you for being so honest in your videos. I’m pissed off on your behalf
The karma is HE CANT FIT IN THE VETTE….
@@GEORGIACONSTITUIONMEDIA can't fit in the vette, ha, comment of the year, nice one
Its best if you get to see karma collect.
Looks like it already did , just look at him
So this is karma for the car salesman, right?
I'm sorry this happened to you....thank you for sharing so people are aware of these scammers.
I think the worse kind of scammers are the types like Melvin who play the “nice guy “ act. Especially the type of scammers who target small family owned businesses! You and family work hard to get where you’re at now. Humanity can be very inhumane unfortunately. God bless you and your family. Great content 👍
@P9rkour90-You’re right that this scammer goes after small businesses.Because if he tried a big dealership,they would probably take him in the financial office right away to check his financial background.But I’m sure the scammer wouldn’t even make it that far.The dealer would know he’s a BS artist!
There all fuckin scammers
True, along with the ones that doorstep elderly people and pressure them into work they don't want for crazy money, like £3k to jet wash a driveway etc. Absolute scumbags.
Yes where ever there are blacks you can never relax
This used car guy sure does like the sound of his own voice. I feel like I got scammed watching 10% of it.
Thanks for the very informative vid.
Here’s a concept; first file a police report. Then because Melvin shorted you $500, the sale contract is void. You could tell him that unless he sends the money you will repossess the Vette. If no money is sent, take back the car.
Yeah, good point. That 500 will show up real quick then, lol
It will cost the dealership more than 500$ to repo. Repos are not free to use. In this case the dealership is better off sucking up the loss. But he should file the police report and after send it in to the bank so the bank gets notified of the customer bad behavior and its on file and there is paper trail.
His business is not worth the time and money over $500, because he has to take his personal time and pay the cost to hire and repossess, then resell it. Especially since he might cause more drama. If he thinks it’s worth it then he definitely should. But not worth it for most when you have to step away from the business to handle it and can make more money anyway.
Yes repo is not free, however the idea is to get fat boy to send the money before a repo is done. However if a repo is done flying wheels can subtract that cost from the money already paid and refund the remainder and resell the Vette.
He can't repo anymore. He no longer has title to the car, Melvin does. He should though file a police report. Take that report, send it to the credit card company and the insurance company Melvin had to show before he took possession of the car. Insurance company will drop him fast! You might even be able to send a lien into carfax, I'm not sure.
It's gotten so bad here that in-home service people now wear the same cameras cops do so they can prove what they did and said.
rob ferretti (superspeedersrob), a car rental owner here on YT, had a video in the past where he had to use his in office cameras as well as some phone call recording software (legal in NJ, one part consent law), to get out of some scam. Not sure if you'd be able to get around it in New Hampshire with a "this phonecall is being recorded" message since it's a 2 party consent state or by having cameras inside the office, but it could have been helpful for the whole "CYA cover your A" thing.
It’s not that it’s gotten so bad its cameras are much smaller and cheaper now.
My wife used to be a nurse at a nursing home and so many nurses got accused of the most insane crap all the time. It was crazy. They would accuse nurses of stuff who weren't even working that day or even the whole weekend
@@adammonahan687 That's sad.That's why cameras protect the righteous.
No one wears a cam in my house, unless its well hidden. I even inspect their eyeglesses.
LOL A used car guy telling me about how he has trust issues is something I never thought I would ever actually see. but 3 min in I have to watch this
Man you really worked hard for that sale. I have learned in my creative services business that the most power I hold as a vendor is the ability to say no and walk away from a deal.
I was a used car dealer in GA. and I know exactly what you go thru. We didn't have UA-cam back then . What a great tool to have. Anyway I am now in the tree service business and even tho it's one of the most dangerous jobs out there it is a lot less stressful. Thank you for sharing your experiences. Best if luck.
Never trust a guy that has nothing but compliments for you. Run away if you feel exhausted because all you can think about is how fast he talks.
Thank God you have gotten smarter over the years with having to get through people’s scams. Glad this guy only got you for a little bit, as opposed to the $8,000. I don’t blame you for being short and not putting up with and giving into the fantastic stories people tell. I hope you were able to sue his butt and hoping you found him. I know I am watching this video several years later.
I appreciate your straightforward, no-nonsense attitude. Wish more people were no BS.
I’m glad you decided to upload and expose this man. Pisses me off when people do shady shit like this.
$500 IS $500. What a world. People scamming people. This guy knows all tricks. Some day karma will come Melvin.
Just subscribed to your channel, great video. It’s very interesting to see the other side of the car sales scamming. Typically it’s the car dealers who are known for getting away with all manner of scams… and sadly, they frequently do. That being said, as a single father who works 4 jobs, there is nothing that pisses me off quite like being ripped off does. So I feel your pain, and applaud you for calling this scumbag out and presenting clear and damning proof. I think probably had I seen the dude using 3 different lifelines and about a dozen payment methods, I probably would have called the whole thing off (unless it was too late at that point?). But you acted with integrity and class, and showed way more restraint than I ever could! I sincerely hope your UA-cam revenue from this video and the subs it may bring will far exceed the $500… you deserve it.
Banks are a joke. It’s one thing to protect your customers from fraud but it’s a totally different thing to enable your customers to commit fraud themselves. You’d think the bank would want to disassociate themselves from people like that. Oh, and I doubt his daughters have ever even met him. 😂
Yeah blame the bank for Craig's stupid behavior ignoring the ultimate pull the plug on the deal moment when Melvin was tryin pay in 8 different methods!
@@EducatedOpinionsOnly even it's true, the bank is perpetrating fraud.
@user-ut1wf5eh7f Two things can be true at the same time. Did this dude blow past the red flags? Yes. Was the bank's response to the situation bs? Yes.
Based on this video, anyone using a JP Chase credit card could charge back any online purchase. The guy in the video has multiple layers of documentation verifying the details of the transaction and the buyer that online transactions don't.
Common sense should have solved this situation. And the Chase policy is so absurd it makes me wonder about whether banks are/can scam the system themselves. First issue the charge back and tell then when the seller appeals w paperwork tell them "tough break. Bank policy." Then turn around and tell the card holder the charge back was reviewed on appeal and has been denied. And the bank pockets the $.
As someone who has been scammed out of a little money on Facebook Marketplace, I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you for letting me live vicariously through you.
Did you put a deposit down on a couch?🤣
I got scammed on Facebook too... Never again will I buy off Facebook...
@@treecareEdmhow so? On a car? I’m curious because I’m about to buy a car from Facebook marketplace
@@fourdubs4 On a beautiful night vision scope, they sent me a pair of cheap crappy pair of sunglasses instead, I tried to cancel and reverse the payment but they knew how to work around that by biding my time by responding just before my banks eligible cut off time... I'm too busy to waste time on $78.00 US so I took the hit... Never again... Don't do it! Tons of scammers on FB and they don't do crap to stop them...
@fourdubs4 that's a bad idea unless you have a warranty or truly know and trust the person. People don't take care of their vehicles and they won't tell you the hidden problems until it is too late.
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“I don’t have no car, I’m just here to get some cupcakes” 😂
My brother sold a car to someone who paid with a Chase cashiers check. I happened to be there and I told him to call Chase to verify that it was good. Chase bank locally verified that it was good. O. K. So he’s doing the paperwork and Chase called back to say the $35,000.00 check was actually $350.00 check . The buyer altered the check! When we confronted him, he grabbed check and ran out the door.
Lessened learned… only do wire transfers and beware of weekend buyers unless they have cash.
I'll take things that never happened for $500. You can't alter a cashiers check from $350 to $35k because it has both the numeric part and the written out words part
I’m a Realtor and title companies will only take wires for closing funds for that very reason bank checks can be altered.
Hell yeah, it’s worth fighting for. POS’s like that need to be exposed.
🐒🐒🐒🐒🐒 all the same
Seriously start recording these idiots
Easier to scam than work and pay for it. The gifted class doing what it does best.
I have a philosophy," BUSINESS DEALS DON'T BOUNCE" once we agree to terms if the other party tries to change it, I terminate the deal and walk away.
You have my full condolences in having to deal with low life's like Melvin and his ilk. I had a German and Japanese car repair shop for 35 years, and my second job was having to chase down money due me from some clients.
I now understand why people that own small businesses are such dkheads. They gotta deal with so much crap lol
All too often, I feel sorry for any business these days!@@Blazerghost
Don't ever let them get away. I loved how you showed the scammer often in your video.
Desperate people will do anything!
@@julesdrame4647desperate you must not know how to read a situation very well
@@tricktop9064 you clearly have no clue !
@@julesdrame4647 lol how many of you brain dead people are out there you think a business owner is desperate over 500 dollars what are you on dude
Dude that was his own fault. As soon as that Melvin didn’t pay in full the first time he should have been told NO DEAL. YOU OBVIOUSLY DONT HAVE THE MONEY.
That will be the day I jump through all those hoops for some fool.
Exactly. A fool and his money shall soon part ways.
As a used car dealership manager, this was extremely interesting and a learning lesson to me.
Thanks for sharing!
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For anyone who's ever been taken to some degree by a person acting overly nice and friendly, including myself unfortunately, thank you for putting this out and making people aware. Always need to be on guard when people are acting out of character when it comes to money.
Hey I do odd jobs for people, and it seems like mostly people that have the money are the same ones that try and rip you off. I would rather take payments from people that don’t have the money than deal with BS.
Just look at him! Of course he wasn’t going to pay! And you’re surprised?
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I’ll give it to you Craig. You never shy away from showing your repeated business mistakes. The second he didn’t have all the cash you should have told him to walk.
I would imagine that being in used cars means you make a lot of compromises just to get sales. I doubt even 50% of his transactions are “clean”
I used to work at a used car dealership and let me tell you, if the people I worked for were even half as honest as you are, I probably would’ve stayed and worked for them a little longer. I was getting played by them people for about 6 months. Not only that but the cars we were selling had multiple problems that they were not trying to tell their customers about. I felt like a scammer. I was only happy to sell cars that I went through throughly, myself. I hated being forced to try and sell a car that I knew had issues because it made me look like the liar who was trying to take advantage of the customer. I had to get out of there. FAST!
Congrats on being not a scumbag
That’s exactly why I stopped selling cars
I used to work at a hole in the wall used car dealership in WV. I had bought 2 cars from them that were POS. This is before I found that out but I offered to help doing repairs/inspections part time. Older husband and wife were true scammers. A family's van broke down coming from TX and I fixed it remote. Boss got mad because I didn't tow it back and all this other bs. That was my last day. And all the van need was trans fluid. They got stuck in the mud. Cooling line came undone.
@@XJag9684 my very first customer was asking about a BMW X6. The wheel bearing on the driver side was damn near dead, and it had 120k+ miles on it. The customer asked me if they should put an extended warranty on it because of the high mileage. I told the customer that you should put an extended warranty on any used German car regardless of the miles. Boss comes to me and tells me, “don’t tell her it has high miles, tell her that those are good miles.” That was my first week working there. I knew from there that I wasn’t gone like working for dude. That place was a circus, and the people were clowns.
@@XJag9684 Are you talking about Martinsburg, West Virginia
My father was a new/used car dealer & used to say it was the ‘over the top’ nice guys who are going to ‘bring you lots of business’ & try to butter him up that always made him the most cautious. This guy fits the profile perfectly.
The second he opened his mouth I knew he was off. Those fast talkers always scamming
I feel your pain, I am a mechanic and it sickens me that people who want/need my skills and service lie to me. Definitely has affected my attitude in life
Sad thing is it goes both ways. I took my truck in to a new shop to have an annual inspection done. They told me that I needed to replace both front rotors and pad sets… and didn’t catch the fact that both front wheel bearings were completely shot. They followed this up by claiming the radiator was a goner… when in reality it was just a leaking heater core connector. I didn’t bother to tell them that I was a 12 year professional mechanic. Those rotors and pads were well within safe limits, with no abnormal wear patterns. The bearings were loose enough that the damn things rattled when you shook them. (It was a project truck, was waiting on the parts to deliver during the whole COVID shut down). It’s shit like that, (and all the electronic bullshit in modern vehicles), that drove me to leave the industry.
@@GetTheFOwelp I’m just starting but I agree being a mechanic back then was much better less of a pain
@@OOOO-ou6ek Best of luck to you, friend. Don’t mess around with not wearing protective equipment, it’s not worth the risk. Please trust me on that. Take all opportunities you can to expand your knowledge. And most importantly, learn to recognize when you’re burning out. It’s very easy to ignore until you find a breaking point, and then everything hits the wall at once. I hope the field treats you better than it did me, and god speed following your next wiring fault!
@@GetTheFOwhat is your field now?
My late husband was a tech and I couldn't believe some of the BS people tried to pull on him.
I'm in the pest control industry and dealing with people is a nightmare these days and only getting worse! I feel your struggle
What state are you in? I'm a home inspector in Washington
Good post. PPl are pieces of shhh nowadays B
Touche I've dealt with some nightmare pest control companies. Hell the first one promised me a free service promo barely sprayed the outside of the house and didn't even bother with coming in and taking care of the main issues we called them for which was the sugar ants in the bathroom. So yeah works both ways.
This is the #1 BEST Kenan Thompson prank I have ever seen! Lolz!
Sad video Craig!!!! But the best part of the vidio is your office girl helping you out and looking out for your business as it was her own .
She’s a gem 💎
Ya, kudos to her. Awesome employee to have!
From what I can tell he looks out for his stuff & that usually encourages people to do the same !!!
I would file a dispute as a merchant, the bank is using the swipe type to justify a chargeback which isn’t a sole reason to justify a chargeback. Also it’s based on a single employee reviewing the case you can speak to their Team Leader or escalate the call.
Yup, dispute it. Been in similar situations where I work, and usually customers don't win their charge backs because they are high amounts and we have proofs that they have received the goods. Specially when they have come back to buy more, which is the case here, he technically came back to your establishment and made another charge after the swipe.
He is a scam artist and has probably done this before to others. I find it odd the bank protecting customers but not merchants running an honest business?
What is a charge back?
@@iamgabriel5823l think it's if you buy something on your card and it's say 'not as advertised' or it doesn't arrive and the seller disputes what your saying and refuses to refund you, you can then call your bank and they can issue a chargeback and get your money back directly from the sellers bank account! 👍
@@iamgabriel5823 basically a negative charge, i.e, the bank issuing a refund to the customer. They can legally do this because most credit card companies have an agreement in their contract that if a customer is unsatisfied with their purchase for whatever reason, they can cancel and refund 100% of the purchase within a certain time frame, could be 30-60 days or something like that. That's why merchants take a risk when they signup with a credit card processing company for business, especially if you own a mom-pop business.
If he told the story instead of wasting 5 minutes TALKING about he was gonna tell me the story, I might have heard the story.
5 real minutes of whineing about how we're horrible people and he's a great guy.
Bah!
You're your own worst enemy m'man
I’m a business owner too and have been burned so many times. I hope you recover your loss. Terrible that people do this.
yup some people just don't have any scruples .... they don't feel responsible or guilty or bad ... really i don't know how they can live with themselves ... know you stole from someone's pocket ... shameful
@gd3369 Some psychopath don't ends up killing people, they do stuff like this.
@@MarvinHartmann452 you’re absolutely right …it’s disgusting
After monetization, I'm sure this video will bring in over $500 on top of you exposing a scammer to millions. Thank you for doing this. In the end, Good ALWAYS wins.
Saddest thing is that Melvin is the hero of this story in his mind. He has already explained to his family that this used car dealership was the bad guy, etc. People can convince themselves of nearly anything.
Take him to claims court!!!!
It's not worth the time write it off and move on......
MELVIN JOHNSON FEARS NO COURT! MELVIN JOHNSON, THE CORVETTE THEIF FEARS NO MAN OR COURT!
He looks like he can fit his net worth in his pocket, it would be pointless
@@josha.bdoge2it is just to stick it to the scammer. Make him drive the hundreds if miles at 5 a gallon and time.
Funny people think court the answer
You're a smart man, I know you're angry with yourself because like many of us business owners have done (including me). The ENTIRE story fell apart when he arrived at your dealership, but you saw a possible sale and it overtook your experience, your BS sensor, and your common sense. I wish you the best in the future 🙏 God bless you both!
You have to earn $1000 to clear 500. I would definitely be pissed and do what you did. Good job!
That would be pretty good margin, I don't think most people make that much.
@@TurboV8boi I meant after taxes.
In the long run Melvin will pay him back ten fold with this video. I'm sure all the time and effort wasted chasing that $500 was a lot too, but it created this content to monetize.
Sorry for your plight, a hard lesson. However, you’re savvy enough to be one step ahead. Please let it go and forgive that scammer so you can be free of all that rancor and you can heal. He will have something far worse happen to him to teach him a lesson.
Thank you for exposing these scum
Pretty ironic considering used car dealers are the definition of scum
NO I wouldn't let it slide! You most likely won't ever see your $500 but every time you take action it causes him anxiety and doesn't let him forget. It's a fine legal line to walk but the more damage you do to his reputation in front of his family and friends the less the sting of losing the money will be. I'm sorry you have to go through this, I too was in the car business for years and know exactly what you're dealing with. Good Luck and keep posting...
He'll make more money off the views from this video than the guy owes him. Yeah Melvin is a crappy person but used car dealers are greasy.
He'll make plenty of money of this video
Well at least he gave u a story for YT to get the money back haha, He'll probably be back asking for royalties. My friend runs a service company and gets Charge Backs often, it's so frustrating and they go through the same nonsense. Crazy
Yea man watch out for this. I've seen where people get called out for scams and the videos blow up and the scammers have no shame anyway and come back to the UA-camr and be like "I'm entitled to some of that UA-cam money" cause you featured them. Especially in this case where you got his face and name. They got no shame so it could happen.
@@idiotunicornno it couldn’t, just because you’re in a UA-cam video doesn’t mean you get money. You think UA-cam is some sort of unionized group? Ignorant lmfao
He can’t, that’s not how it works. You watch too much cable tv lmfaoooooo the guy was in his property recording, it’s nobody fault this guy came to do a solar eclipse in his red shirt.
@@idiotunicornwhere at? Since it happened on UA-cam show us the link of the video ???? Lmfaooo all yall do is Shyte talk and spread BS . Waiting for the links of the proof you’ve seen that this has happened before…
Who has this happened to? I’ll wait in bred lmfaoo
Great video! I'm glad you exposed him. This content is worth way more than the $500 he scammed you for. Keep up the great work!
I made the decision years ago to NOT join with two friends in the purchase and running of a used car dealership. It's because of just this story that I went another way. Now, when I sell a car I state clearly that I will either accept cash or will meet them at the bank with their cashier's check to validate that check and deposit into my account. When stories are told, I quickly cut it off and say, "none of that matters to me". I have a car. You want the car. I want cash. Bring cash or cashiers/bank check and we'll do business. I am a nice guy but I'm not here to make friends. This is a business transaction.
As a rule, you get the customers you deserve. If they're difficult at the beginning of the process, they're even more difficult at the end. Just like you, I tell them straight up front how I do business. If they don't like it, they can go elsewhere and dick about with someone else. lol.
Yes, never join any partnership. And my local bank has a notice that they will not tolerate people meeting on bank premises for selling purposes.
Your approach makes sense. It protects you from scammers.
Now share how an honest purchaser can protect themselves from scams by the seller.
No cash - No Car. Simple
Guy rolls up with Heartless written across his chest and starts spitting nonsense about saying shit from his heart and your surprised he's scamming?
I hope your video helps a lot of people!
As for Melvin, his day is coming and he has only himself to blame! 😂
I'm a big believer in Karma myself. Recently had an employer f me out of an injury. I can't really do much, except that I know it's a world of physics and everything comes around.
Craig, one of you best videos ever! Sorry this happened to you. Glad you pursued it and I hope you can still "catch" Melvin and hold him accountable. At the very least he gets a "star" on your Wall of Shame!
thanks for exposing the guy so many videos that complain about scammers and then they protect the scammers it blows my mind.
Any car seller deserves to get scammed.
My grandfather said there are certain people who you can never trust.
I wonder who he meant.
@@danielhartin7680 Biden and the Dems ...
U.S.
Never relax
I’m so sorry man it’s people like that that make it bad for good people.
I never understood all these years why the finance manager at my dealer was so paranoid with my cars' ACH cash purchases. Thanks for exposing scammers and showing your stressful side of being a used dealership.
That dude was a total jacka**. That’s theft by deception. I understand you Craig. Everyone blames the good guy gone bad. But they don’t ask why you went bad.
Exactly. In my line of business it’s the same thing. People say many of my coworkers are pricks, but never consider why they’re that way.
Part of being the good guy means we have to ignore red flags!????? The second he started tryin pay in 8 different ways is complete scam shit and it's obvious and this guy just kept on entertaining this sale he shoulda pulled the plug In.
It’s never okay to go bad because forgiveness is what good ppl should learn otherwise we will Stu on the past we shouldn’t let other nasty ppl make you miserable
@@user-followyeshua bad meaning limitations is amongst everything and everyone, so just because you change the way you operate doesn’t make you bad. It was a figure of speech.
@@EducatedOpinionsOnlyhe’s just a shady. I wonder if those credit cards even had Melvin’s name on them.. this guy is just as shady. No way you’re paying me 10 type of ways
Actually a $500 loss might be a good thing because now you know the rules with the credit card he could’ve had you run it for three or 4000 and charged it back next time you know the rules you won’t let that happen so this might have been a good $500 lesson… sometimes the money you lose, will make you more down the road in savings
Good point. Had he run it for a bigger amount you would of lost that.
I would.file charges with the police and take him to small claims court.
People like that don’t have $4k credit lines 😂
UK here. I don't know if the same thing applies in the US, but over here you can add a clause to a contract stating that the vendor retains ownership of an item until full payment has been received. In that case you'd be able to bring a civil case in court and repo the car.
500.00 for a education like that, was truly worth it. The fact that u informed people about Melvin, is priceless. You will be blessed far beyond that 500.00. And Melvin will live a life of a crook, and eventually suffer. God Bless you and the family that work so hard to do the right thing. Smile Bro☮️
This is one of the oldest tricks in the book. When I was a bartender back in the late 70s early 80s people would come in and do the same stuff with hundred-dollar bills or $20 bills and they would have you so turned around and upside down and after a while of listening to them talk to you about how much money they had given you already and how much change you were supposed to give them back you didn't know if you were coming or going. I remember actually shutting down the bar once, locking it down, and bringing in the general manager. We counted out both register drawers twice and after concluding that he was the scammer of the day, that SOB was declaring that we had taken his money all the way out the door as we kicked them out into the parking lot. They have great giant brass cojones.
Usually multiple forms of payments means they either don’t have the money or they really don’t have the money! I would’ve called the deal off. As for Melvin, he talks too much BS. That’s a big red flag. Overall thanks for sharing. Great vid. Let’s get these scammers exposed!!!
Agreed..talkers, they think they can outsmart and control the situation and you...with their charimatic hype. They were always the cool polished charismatic talkers in school like George Bush but were C and D below average students....they leveraged their voice and aggressive stay and be on top of the conversation. Don't you think? right? am I right? Vocally Flowcharting you into their trap. Manipulation at its finest.
During my years as landlord, I ran across many just like this man, Melvin. All talked about church, God and what a great, fair landlord I was. Later I found out that there was actually a local church that was teaching classes on how to scam landlords, car dealers and others out of money. They viewed all of us as crooks and it was fair game to stick it to us any way they could. They knew landlord/tenant claims would only be in civil court, NOT CRIMNAL court. So, all they had to lose was me winning a civil judgement that would be almost impossible to collect anyway. I could never understand about the criminal vs civil laws. You buy gas for your car, drove off without paying, it's criminal and you can go to jail for $20 dollars, go into a grocery store, eat $10 of food, don't pay, it's criminal and off to jail you go, scam a landlord out of a month, two, three months of rent, $$$ thousands of dollars in lost rent and or damage to my property and guess what?, it's civil, NO CRIMNAL CHARGES AT ALL can be filed. I'm retired now for the most part, but dealing with people like this changed me, and not for the good either. It broke my heart and has left me with no faith in my fellow man. I've lost thousands of dollars by trying to help people who I believed was in need, only to see later, it was a con from day one. You just cannot trust or believe anyone in this world of ours.
Sorry Rocco but you aren’t alone. My father is old and retired and rents a 3 unit building in manhattan. Constant scammers he’s always getting ripped off.
That's because gasoline and food are all products being sold outright for money. Something of value, something that took labor to produce, was exchanged for currency. Rent-seeking behavior, on the other hand, is not valuable and no actual product has changed ownership *nor* has any service been rendered that required labor to produce. You are hoarding something of limited supply and renting it back out to the people who actually need it to stay alive. You are not "providing housing" any more than a scalper provides tickets. The mere existence of your class is what prevents people from being able to buy houses outright. Just be lucky we didn't ship all landlords to a prison colony and see how long your "valuable contributions" could sustain your society. 😂
@@dregeniusspoken like a true communist. A landlord provided a service. The renter pays to occupy a property that the homeowner worked for. It would like not paying an uber driver because she owns the car. Its people like you that cause the rest of us property owners to weed out the scammers
@@JohnS-il1dr the uber driver is performing labor you dolt 😂. I'm not a communist and I don't think anyone should be living in someone else's house for free. Thats why the feudal lord of the land should simply just not be permitted to own a property they don't live in.
That is wild. I'm a landlord, and have had this happen. These criminals don't realize I'm paying a mortgage and utilties on that building. What happened to ethics?