I Survived a White Van Scam
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- Опубліковано 14 лют 2021
- White Van Scams are designed to trick you into buying cheap junk that con artists claim is very valuable. The more people who know about them, the more they can be prevented.
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Like it either way
360p is better than HD
Poopie
Random guy: want a surround system
Huggbees: PERHAPS
No worries youtube as per usual bungled it.
He felt for the "white knight scam". It's a scam where two people in a white van try to sell you something, but last second a third stranger "saves" you, only to get a bronze statue in return.
I laughed really hard at this.
I laughed really hard at this.
I laughed really hard at this.
I laughed really hard at this.
I laughed really hard at this.
This is different then how i got scammed, they just put me in the van then i got sold for 200 bucks
Ae
For some reason I thought that's what he'd be talking about lmao
Id feel bad for anyone who would pay 200 bucks for you. Danm
@@GarlicGoat guess they paid for his organs.
thats a steal
If this type of scam existed in Hungary it would go like this:
-scammer offers person a stereo system
-person accepts, takes it to car
-scammer asks for payment
-person gets in car, locks door, and leaves without paying
basically anywhere in eastern europe
Based.
That's funny, as a Hungarian when he was saying that he started walking back to his car I thought "Didn't he say he had the speakers in his car? He could just take off with the speakers now, it's not like the scammers could just report him to the police since they're scammers and that would put them at risk of being caught".
I was honestly expecting Andrew to do that lmao
Yep eastern Europe in a nutshell. It's a risky business in some areas though, might fall for the shank scam in the end - it's when they're acting like they can't do anything about it just to stab you, pack you into your own car and burn it in the nearest forest.
So I actually bought one of these sound systems. They wanted $200 for a "$1500" system. I bought it (not knowing any better) and it sat in my apartment for a few months. Ended up giving it to a dude I owed money to to call us even. Best $1200 I ever saved.
Lol!
oof.
I mean if it saved u money giving it away then yeah man
how was the quality
Scamception
I thought Andrew got kidnapped. Damn it. We’ll get you one day.
Not if I get him first
@@DylanJGehl we’ll see about that
no no, guys. we have to join forces for this
He’s too powerful!
@UCWkrdIHmavZGkrYp3Fa_khg that’s what I was saying!
I love how me and Andrew's biggest red flag was when the dude said "this guy is kinda cool".
Relatable.
If I had a nickel for every time I have been in a parking lot, heard "This guy is kinda cool", an before thinking responded "No I'm not"....
you are supposed to ask and when the guy says "how much" you say ill show you and pull in a spot. while pulling in you say "told you he was cool" to your partner just loud enough for the guy to hear
I never knew there was an adult version of “hey kids you want some candy?”
"Hey adult, u want some speaker?"
It’s called “Hey mister you want some rock cds?”
@@Aeaaoooaaa "You want my mixtape? Is fire."
This is neither a rinsing nor a filling machine this is a scamming machine.
And a filling machine, it fills the trunk of your car with cheap Audio equipment.
True.. also I've spent way way to much time watching hugs content.
wh. what the hell. i literally just watched that video before this one am i hallucinating
@@electronicdevourer578 Also a rinsing machine, it rinses the cash right out of your wallet.
Thought my man was kidnapped by the ol free candy trick
nice pfp. sans sans boy is my lord and savior
Same
same
same
same
I had a guy approach me with a pickup and trailer full of power equipment at the gas station once. He saw I was driving a work truck and might want a deal. I told him yes, but follow me to my shop and the boss will pay cash and probably buy it all. Idiot followed me back to my shop where two sheriff deputies that I radioed ahead to were waiting. It was all stolen, and the guy went to jail. Moral of the story... Don't try to sell stolen stuff to the sheriff's radio tech.
Ba-ZING-ga!
👍👏👏👏👏🤘😎 Awesome!
That happened to my dad he didn't buy it though.
Nice
That happened to my dad and he did buy it and it was junk. Hey if I buy stolen stuff at least it better be of top quality, lol.
I actually love how he just slapped white van stock footage in the back
I found one of these speaker systems in the trash at my apartment complex in college... it was terrible. I didn't pay for it and I felt ripped off
Now imagine paying 500 dollars for it
How shit was the sound, BigBertha!?
wow I can't believe you actually found it. I threw that out years ago. Don't unscrew it, you've been warned.
"So I get to make ad revenue off of this, and he gets zero of my dollars."
God Bless America
nah, he said fuck at the end
@@juanbrits3002 as long as you don't say it in the first five minutes I think you're good
@@Parrapette I heard him say it at 4:48
@@Parrapette it’s the first 30 seconds, he’s all good
I can't believe Huggbees the smartest man in the world was tricked by these people
don't worry it was before he became the smartest man in the world
Actually he let it happen so we’d have something to laugh at
Bro you're keeping track? What are you a nerd?
They are an avengers level threat
Tricked by a filling machine smh
When said your name was Andrew I thought to myself "oh what a coincidence, my name is Andrew" and then you said "no way, what a coincidence, my name's Andrew"... Totally tripped me out.
“Wait a second there’s no candy back here” - Andrew
Just a bunch of dried up yogurt
@@xitcix8360 ew. And ew
@@ashb2483 I know, yogurt is such a weird thing to just hide in a van
@@xitcix8360 is it white and sticky?
@@JinstoNim No, its dry and crunchy. Its been on the wall for what, days now? That's not how you store yogurt.
Same thing almost happened to me a few years back. I was in the middle of moving and had my little corolla loaded to the brim with nearly everything I owned, and took a break in a shopping center to grab some food and eat in my car. The guys drive up next to me and I look up at them with a burrito in my hands. They give the usual spiel and try to get me to buy em. I decided to have some fun.
I'm still sitting in my car with my burrito and start drawing out a sob story.
"I wish I could, man. I'd buy it, man. But I'm broke and having a shitty day. I'm living out of my car, I'm scraping by, I'm barely able to eat, my girlfriend left me, and on top of all that, my lunch order was fuckin' wrong!"
"Oh, well shit. Tell you what, homie, I'll cut you a deal"
"unless you're gonna give me lunch, I'm not interested."
"Damn, dude. Well uh... You got any friends?"
"Actually yeah, now that I think about it I've got a buddy not too far who's looking for a good sound system to go with his TV. Great guy, he should be off work right now actually. Want me to call him up?"
"Oh, sweet, if he's right nearby yeah!"
(I fake the call, make it sound like he'll be there in 5-10 minutes)
"Alright, cool, he's on his way. He just got finished with his shift so he'll be here soon. He's just gotta stop by the station to drop some stuff off first."
"Oh, station? Like the train station? That's not too far"
"Hm? Oh, no, the police station, he's a cop. But that's not much further than the train station."
"Oh, uh... he's a cop?"
"Yeah, he's a pretty cool guy too, been buddies since we were kids"
"And he's on his way?"
"Yeah, should be like 10 minutes"
"Oh, okay, uh, cool. Hey, gimme a second, I gotta get my phone from the car."
And he just gets in the van and drives off lmao
That's so good, I will try that someday.
That's genius holy cr- I'm using that one if someone ever pulls that scan on me
Almost sounded like he was actually buy him lunch
It's true, I was the van
LOL THATS A GOOD ONE 🤣
I'm never entirely sure when you're not being sarcastic
I can assure the publix comment was not at all sarcastic
I can see your super power is telepathy 🤯
Hey, i think you're pfp's really cool, i like it alot.
@@SUP3R2069 Thank you so much, my sister actually made it. Didn't know Brucey had a sister, did ya?
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And thus, andrew got assassinated for revealing the secrets of the white van scam.
I had a professor used to say, "I only ever made one mistake in my whole life. That was, one day, I thought I had made a mistake, but it turned out I did not" -Droop Screw DeWitt
I got scammed by a woman at school who said that I had ambitions.
“Hey, want a filling machine?”
*Actually sells you a draining machine*
Hold the fuck on, is this a rinsing machine? God damn it
@@leomadero562 no that’s obviously a washing machine. A god damn rinsing machine are you insane
Most valuable advice my dad has told me. "If it's too good to be true, then it's not true".
If its too good to be true its true that's how I got my kids
Wow, they actually sell you a speaker? In the UK they normally open a box to show you, then sell you a sealed box with something like a brick in it to give it a plausible weight. #RipOffBritian.
god bless china for making technically-functional electronics cheaper than bricks
You spelt Britain wrong...
Americans are too lazy to do all that
We got guns here. If somebody left a brick in my box instead of a speaker system that wasn't actually half bad when they scammed me, I'd have waited in that parking lot the next two weeks and taken that money out of their asses.
Fortunately my introvert instinct when someone offer me something unexpectedly or tries to sell me something is to decline the offer and get away from them. I take detours in shops to avoid having to talk to salespeople, so if some random dude in a parking lot tried to sell me something I'd might literally run away.
it's funny how online shopping solves both of these problems
Second this: people injecting themselves into my life scare tf out of me.
You can be friendly, you can be rude, idc: You approach me, I run go byebye.
_Byebye_
Mood
*introversion is my superpower*
@@KairuHakubi what, pop-ups & FB scam/deals?
Harrowing tale, but for real, never use the ATM with someone like that in your company. Asking to get mugged.
Can't get robbed if you have no money
@@MaxiemumKarnage 🤯🤯🤯
99% of my interactions with strangers outside of "customer service" is just someone trying to scam you or beg for money lmao
I thought Andrew was gonna talk about how he nearly got molested instead it was a thing about a scam that I never heard of
I love how the background stock footage was adapted to the subject
You have to be careful out there man the white van scam got me now my farts don't have sound. 😭😭
People like to poke fun at people who get scammed, but the truth is a lot of those guys can talk really well. Don't underestimate their salesman skills, and don't overestimate your negotiation skills and make sure everything always passes the smell test. If it smells like BS, then it probably is. I'm glad that guy was out there and you didn't get swindled!
If you really like messing with scammers, give Kitboga a call.
Jim browning
Is this like a Florida thing? I've never heard of this before
Well if it was a midwest thing they'd have frozen to death.
@@mustangjude I can confirm that this happens in the midwest. Yelled over to me at a stoplight instead of pulling out in front of me, but other than that it was the exact same scam. Fortunately it happened to me when I was broke as well as stupid because I was able to honestly say "I don't have $500 to my name" and was out of there.
I had the same thing happen to me twice in Canada
This scam is 25 years old.
Know someone who got scammed this way in Washington state
The background clips alone made this video worth it.
I remember a time when a guy selling you electronics out of the back of a truck meant it was STOLEN. None of this technically legal cheap chinese knockoffs shit. Where has the world gone? What happened to good oldfashioned fencing of "hot" goods?
also who has this kind of cash on hand? you sure as hell never take a third party with you to an ATM.. oh holy shit, he actually went to one.
You can tell it's a scam from the butter talk at the beginning, "hey this guy looks cool, let's ask him" if it weren't a scam they wouldn't say that
Always remember "never talk to the man in the big white van"
this scam has been going on forever. Used to get these in the 80's too.
They made fun of the "white van scam" (as in literally a white van used to sell knock-off speakers) in an old episode of Mr. Show circa 1995.
“Sony guts”
A year ago this happened to me, and so I got a shit load of their time wasted, and at the same time, I told them, I'd get a few friends to buy some as well, but nope, I was a straight up asshole and texted my girlfriend and told her to call the cops, and 20 minutes later, three squad cars showed up and arrested them.
Very nice.
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and then everyone clapped
@@josephdonaghy5649 and had a huge party and a hardy laugh
@@InterwebsArchive and then keanu came in and said" you're breathtaking" and all the wholesome 100 doggos woofed and big chgunuss saidherrwhatsupdoc
Huggbees is a Florida Man, that makes a surprisingly large amount of sense.
Me and my family nearly got puppy scammed over last fall, and we were nearly about to spend upwards of one thousand dollars, and we are grateful we saw the red flags when we did, but the very next day we found our now puppy and so I guess I could say it was worth it, and now we know not to trust anything 6 pages into the internet :)
"Based on a true story..."
"In Hugbees!!? *IMPOSSIBLE!!!* "
I had this scam attempted on me in the parking lot of my bank. I was like, "what am I supposed to do with those? Who buys speakers?"
"i sometimes make mistakes on purposes in my stream-videos"
Can't tell if mistake was made, or subtle genius
alternate reality where the guy in the white polo finds out about huggbee's video and prevents getting scammed
Alright, well that’s your first problem right there, you’re in Florida.
My thoughts exactly! 😂
As a Floridian, I can agree and attest.
But Publix do be pretty good...
@@emberZemian I’m eating a chicken tender right now
I mean for content it's a first pick
Moral of the story: Just say, "No, thank you."
I got scammed one time by some guy and his wife. They told me their daughter was amazing and wonderful and would make a good wife.
18 years later I’m still debating that………
I love how he has a whole collage in the background of vans
had this happen to me, told him I needed to run to the bank 3 mins away. went to the bank, grabbed the cash. by the time I rolled on back Cops were already on the scene. I just kept on driving
I like how the background is just large, white vehicles
I love that you can take a story of embarrassment in your personal life like this and turn it into grade A UA-cam content. I think you could literally upload anything and I'd sit and watch :)
I'll get you next time, Huggbees
This was a pretty satisfying story. Happy ending. I needed this today. Thank you Andrew for informing me. And thank the man that helped you.
I'm so glad that you're okay. That sounds terrifying.
How ?
Yeah because nothing is more terrifying than getting sold something for more than it's actually worth.
@@dinoklein688 more like worried about the scammers going violent when they've been had
@@SquashBox gotta admit that shit's going on in my head too
And it's not even "if they're involved in shady deals, they could be down for ANYTHING! stabbing, kidnapping, all the drugs.." it's more like "holy shit these people are able to walk up to strangers and talk to them, what the FUCK is wrong with them? They're capable of anything! I have trouble talking to _actual store clerks_ to make _legitimate purchases_ because I'm worried I'm making their job harder, and these fucks can talk to people on the street? Do they have a dangerous communicable brain fungus that compels them to interact with people to spread the spores?" and that's when I realize it's probably me that has the problem?
@@SquashBox not likely. These kinds of people are trying to keep as low of a profile as possible and move in and out quickly to find the next chump. They are already pulling these scams in well populated areas during the day, in parking lots surrounded by cameras. They are not gonna draw anymore attention to themselves then they need too.
I’m just imagining the guy that saved you going on UA-cam to search up white van scam just to show warn someone else and find this video ! Lmaooo
I've been waiting for these guys who regularly do this in the summer around my area, saw them 3 times. Next time I see them I'm going to take one and walk off and see what happens
Update😰
bro did you get murdered?
@@ryujijackson8584 I haven't seen them in ages :(
Someone HAS to animate this!
Should've bought that hero a real sound system as a thank you for saving people all day.
"Hey kid, yes you! Do you want to buy a toy for 100 bucks?"
This was a great story with a better arc, character development and message than a lot of movies I watched recently on Netflix.
Polo shirt guy: Pulls a Jim Browning and prevents scam
Everyone liked that
I see a speeding white van in the thumbnail and my brain immediately thinks you been kidnapped lmfao
Call me when theres a white van selling a discount rinsing machine.
Make sure they don't sell you a filling machine
i woulda left the speakers in my trunk and took off lol.
You say you were almost scammed but this was an elaborate way for you to find a good person in a sea of bad ones.
I appreciate all these longer, better videos, even if they consistently get less views than how it’s actually made
This is like a fucking Yakuza 0 substory
It honestly is
Many yakuza substories had scams mate.
The biggest problem with these scams is a lot of times the products are either nonfunctioning or break easily. For speakers in particular, they often fill them with concrete to make them feel heavy and expensive, and either put cheap speakers inside, or just bolt on a facade. I work at a thrift store, and I see a lot of these, unfortunately.
Ah, greetings fellow Florida Man. Quickly, hide the Publix sandwiches before the outsiders find out!
I appreciate that once he realized it was a scam he kept talking to inflict crippling psychic damage on the scammer.
I would’ve still given him like $100 just to test out the speakers. Sue me i’m curious
Lol i went through something similar.
I used to be a truck driver. And i had a guy claiming to be a truck driver come up to me and ask me if i was able to buy a bottle of cologne. He said it was a very high quality bottle and it was considered damaged goods because the box was broken. He said he wanted to sell it because he needed to feed his daughter or give him something for her birthday.... dont quite remember. I just handed him like idk 12$ in change. And tried to trll him to get his dsughter something nice. I figured it might be a scam. But who cares its 12 dollars. Well he gave me 2 of the bottles and left saying thank you.... i never used the cologne.
I had someone on the Vegas strip hand me their free rap demo and demanded a donation. I told him no and he asked for it back and I said I thought it was free. So he handed me a Nas cd.
His name being Andrew is the only thing he said that I believe
if you dont believe in something
don't complain dude
When I was 18 in the 70s and working in a gas station, this was a thing. Nothing new. Was speakers back then too. Never fell for it.
Must be an American thing... the only time I've seen those dodgy deals was when a guy offered to sell me the wheels of his bike after I complained about how bad my bike is... I said "No thanks" because well... how was I to carry the wheels?
You roll on them lol
All the bikes I see here locked up with one of the wheels stolen, there must be SOME way to make off with them.
@@KairuHakubi new wheels can be ~$40 each, assuming you somehow sell your stolen goods for normal-market price.
Well this specific thing is for sure. But scams happen everywhere just less so in smaller communities cities mostly
@@albertozalon8477 which 1 do y ou live in?
I love Andrews stories. They are my version of ASMR.
Huggbees I was unaware of your affiliation with youtube Jesus. I hope to see you in some warehouse videos!
How didn't you know that? They've been in music videos together and have hosted a podcast for 4 years.
How are moby huges made?
Soon on huggbee's channel.
@@sandenson I generally don’t watch a lot of podcasts, nothing against em. I just find them a bit hard to consume
@@KocoBean Fair enough. I personally really like to listen to then while taking a shower or doing housework.
That's how scams get yeah they just keep talking so you don't have a second to think anything over and they try to make it as fast as possible
They tried this stuff with me, but i told them i was driving my miata so there was no way it will fit. Then they pressured me and i told them i only buy Sony or Yamaha Audio equipment only. They are still trying to scam people in 2021
Not reading all that but I like ur pfp
I enjoy how down-to-earth these videos are.
We were also scammed back like 5 years ago by one of these scammers. They would stick old mattresses in new casings and sell as new, they even had a full website setup, company name on the van.. super complex scam and rather scummy.
I’m loving the new direction Andrew is taking now, really great shit coming out of this channel nowadays
Really loving this format of videos
Thanks for making ‘em
Having worked in the car audio business i've seen my fair share of dumpster-fire equipment and even worse installation workmanship. Thank you for the story!
Hey man ABSOLUTELY LOVE your normal content. But this shit is gold too please consider continuing making content like this more often!
“Sometimes I make mistakes but on purpose for the stream” of course yeah
These guys should learn from runescape scammers, the third guy should be part of the scam and tell you how to anti scam them
I honestly had no idea, I’ve never seen your channel before but I’m really thankful I stumbled upon your video. Thank you
It's crazy to think that this isn't just some little local or regional scam, being ran by a group of friends/relatives. Instead, it's a complex system crossing borders and even continents. The "brand names" are made specifically for this market, and there's even been mention by former scammers of a complex distribution network (like you'd expect for legit products).
In the early 2000's ('05, or so) they even managed to get a multi-page advertisement in Stereophile magazine (the mag is managed by a print conglomerate that was unaware (the contributors had no role in selling advertising)).
I think it's slowed down a bit over the last 5-10 years (at least in my region, and maybe due to the internet making it easier to avoid).
A number of years ago I had a young coworker say to me; "I guess when you drive a car like mine, people must think you've got money". He started the story, then I finished it for him. If he hadn't been so cocky, I probably wouldn't have said anything, but I broke the news to him......and I enjoyed doing it.
How It’s Actually Made - Knockoff Electronics
Thats the principle of scambaiting. Maybe you can try messing with phone scammers.
This is the first video I've seen from this channel. Loved it. Subbed.
Haha he said “I make mistakes on purposes” haha
This scam has been around a long time. I ran into it in Idaho about 2000-2001.
Didn't buy his junk, but did waste half an hour of his time.
Absolutely beautiful story. A tear of respect for the hero that saved your 200 bucks.
my Dad got scam this way with speakers about 10 years ago, he paid something like 400$ for 200$ speakers
love how the background is just random vans