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How does internet scammers became Nigeria's first international export? Even a day born kid knows Nigeria is known for Oil Export. You've got real followers from every part of the world, I'll urge you not to make yourself a part of that western falsehood agenda. That path is very slippery 👂🏿
Jake: I'm not advising you to make money in an illegal way Also Jake: "How to create a ponzi scheme" "A simple guide to kidnapping" "How to make money off of war" "How to make your own money printer go brrr"
If he just avoided flexing online, he could’ve gotten away with it. But no. The lure of feeding his narcissism and ego was greater than avoiding the getting caught.
"You would never think he grew up poor because he was flashy to the MAX" This is exactly how formerly poor people can behave to over-compensate for what they didn't have. Wealth isn't about the outward signs of cash on hand, it's about the power it affords you
This is the realest sh*t I've read in this comment section. The influence wealth brings along with it is perhaps the best part of the wealth to begin with.
Also the freedom and liberties money gets you. You may not think you need money for that, but when your survival is based on your factory laying you off or not, you’d think otherwise.
as a Nigerian software engineer... this guy was both hated and loved by Nigerians.. for obvious reason its sad that they steal from people... but even more surprising and stupid is when they flex stolen money....
I have a friend - a journalist - who covered this story end to end. I live in the same city. If there’s anything I’ve learnt, push back from Western security agencies always pay off. Scam money is always very easy to show off. Most of them aren’t that bright. When you work every penny for your money, show off remains secondary. Well done, Jake. Love from 🇳🇬
If I was on his level, I'd try to be as hidden as possible, just wearing some basic clothes and driving a basic car while money goes up and up and then just disappear one day, never to be seen again
I can't be the only one who's tired of all these comments being about how hard he works and his dedication. Yes, all of that is true, and it IS appreciated, but please stop spamming it under every video... I remember a time where the comment section was all about the topic of the video, and not a place to post your love letters to the dude making the content, jeez.
those comments are from bots. seen those exact comments on a lot of channels, even some huge channels like mr beast. the message is super positive with a very general compliment that even normal people would click like on and not report as spam.
@@william_SMMA 10 years more is 10 years more with a Lifestyle that just 0.5% have. Image to wake up and not going to work. just Image being free and do what ever you want because money is not a problem mate.
When I first saw this guy on instagram a few years ago I thought “there’s no way this guy earned this money” and it’s good to see my prejudices confirmed.
Oh yes they do. Come to CT and youll see 14 yr olds posting on insta photos of them sitting in RR's with bands and designer. hell, I see 40 yr olds doing it, and they grew up rich
@@TheLazyass111 no they don't homie! They do flash their wealth but not crazy like that! People who actually made a lot of money do flash from time to time but nothing crazy! I know a few very rich people they never did what this guy did
@@topgear_75 Connecticut. But frankly depending on where in CT, there's a difference. I know plenty people in Greenwich who are more lowkey rich, whereas someone from Darien would be a lot more flashy. Depends on how they're raised I guess.
Please keep doing more vids about Nigerian stories like this Jake. Trust me, this is literally just scrapping the surface of legendary scam stories from my homeland.
Me, I will not use left hand to point at my father's house. Especially from outside. The scam in India, Pakistan and Brazil is .massive compared to what's obtained in Nigeria. In these countries, you have a whole building, with over 200 staffs, running shift patterns, and everything they do is scam. Everyone like to say Nigeria and scam, but in terms of quantity and quality, Nigeria is not top....is it the country with low internet penetration and power issue that wants to top? Let me further burst your bubble, when Kenyans, Ghanaians and the like are caught for fraud or anything abroad, the are always quick to claim they are Nigerians, until they are asked for passport....this has being going on for a while now. Once again, I won't use left hand to point to my father's house, especially from outside! Peace!
Toby I am curious, what would $100 USD buy you in Nigeria? I use to imagine as a kid that America could transform poor countries because our money was so valuable all over the world. They say you can live like a king for $500 per month in Thailand, Bali, Indonesia, Mexico, and many more places.
These kind of guys never are. The extremely smart nerds get rich selling these kinds of exploits to a guy like hushpupi. And never actually even use the exploit themselves.
This is always the problem with stealing money. Once it is stolen you cannot blow it all right away. Never draw attention to yourself. Keep your head down, your mouth shut, and always move forward.
I remember being told about hushpuppi and remarking that the investors I know don't flash that much and if the money he "flashes" is legit(legitimately earned and after tax)then he must the making a killing in the real estate and investment market and if he was I'd have heard of him from those circles. Sad thing is,many youths in Nigeria had him as a role model,a lot of us guessed his wealth wasn't legit but the people didn't care one bit. Tragic really, the need for validation from strangers people have.
The FBI doesn't get paid extra for doing that... The wait is for compiling enough evidence to make a solid case or to wait for an idiot to take down other idiots by being involved.
Nice video Jake, I'm a Nigerian and Hushpuppi is so popular here that people still support him heavily. I remember before he got caught, whenever skeptics asked about his source of income and how he is able to spend money like this, his fans would attack you for 'hating' on him. I guess we were right 🤷🏿♂️
Hey Jake, thanks for your documentary. I'm from Nigeria, and our cops have been working to build a solid case on Hush for years now, without success. Thanks for explaining how the FBI got him.
@@drchey1397 Well, that's true of the regular police force, but our Cybercrime unit (The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) had been close. It's unfortunate that he had men within the Police trying to cover his tracks.
@Ogbonna Well, that's true of the regular police force, but our Cybercrime unit (The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) had been close. It's unfortunate that he had men within the Police trying to cover his tracks.
@Mode ogbonna Well, that's true of the regular police force, but our Cybercrime unit (The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) had been close. It's unfortunate that he had men within the Police trying to cover his tracks.
This happened to my dads company. They ran away with $100K!!!!!!! I still cant believe it. The guy actually posed AS my dad and the idiot sent the $100K without calling to confirm the legitimacy of the invoice... My dads company bit the bullet even though it was their mistake for sending $100K w/o validating it
I would've been MAD, if was in your dad's place. What the hell. He probably worked HARD for these money just to be stolen from him with the help of an idiot!
That's the thing, the brightest ones scams the dullest ones. Most people get scammed because, either they aren't satisfy with what they have, or they're too dumb to make proper research (just like the person that sent your dad's 100k to a scammer)
This did happen to the closing firm we used to sell a house. 150k gone because we did that transaction by email (we were overseas). We had to fight to get our money back (insurance). They simply took control of the outlook email account of that firm and played really good. They will send email from the official address of the business and will make a similar email when send email from the “client” side. They are really good and worldwide!
Yeah we indians are also hate those indian scam call centres they're ruining lives . Pls if you get scammed from those types of call centres do report it bcz indian police and Us FBI will love to raid them and they had multiple times. If you don't report it there will be no case and police won't have evidence for search warrants
Nah bruh, as sad it is, hushpuppi is the least of Nigeria’s problem. 🇳🇬 government and their corruption is our biggest problem not hushpuppi and cohorts.
I’m not nigerian but man watching how the people of the country suffer at the hands of so much corruption of the government I can only hope that one day the country thrives and flourishes. The bbc documentaries are so eye opening
yall have way too much talent for nigeria to be where it is today. look at the way yall are when you go to america or europe. scientist engineer doctor surgeon lawyer they're all nigerian lmao but i don't really see them going back to nigeria like that smh i wish there was less corruption and bribes and more programs to actually get their people to invest back into the country.
@@sxna0214 Those shitty BBC documentaries are only done to perpetuate the narrative that Africa is just a dark continent. Nobody, especially western media, ever says anything nice about us.
I am Nigeria...glad u are doing a story on hushpupi....like this guy was so big that he was calling out big-name celebrities for wearing fake jewellery....
Interesting Video Jake! This happened to me however I noticed the slight word change in the email and notified the company would have been scammed almost 5K for a travel trip. It’s scary how many people were scammed
If his French visa really did get denied, I kinda feel sorry for him. He just wanted to escape. We often take for granted how easy it is for us to just up and leave our country with our passports. This isn't the case with 3rd world countries. They're trapped. Unable to go anywhere. Like a country sized prison.
Exactly, even a basic vacation can get denied. And the embassy will say Vacation isn't enough reason for you to travel just for a week. So crazy! I'll tell those rich folks. Instead of trying to spend your money out side, use it to develop your neighborhood. Make your country also a vacation spot so no one will embarrass you thinking you are using vacation as means to run away. It's really a mess when you only just wanted to take some time out
I'm in Vietnam, it's super hard for people from the lower middle class to obtain a visa from 1st world countries because they think we would immigrate illegally.
@@doverun If only more rich people thought like you. This is very true. And not just a tourist visa, even student visas are sometimes denied because the interviewer thinks the student may not return to their trash country. It's that messed up. Some of my family is back in india, and they tell me lots of these things, some of which actually happened to them. To think they have to go through an interview (which is more like an interrogation) like a freaking criminal or something just to leave the country is insane. But rich folk will never do what you said. Because they themselves aren't interviewed or even if they are, it's often just a light set of questions of where they're going and they're allowed to. It's mostly the poor ones they (the country itself and the one they're trying to go to) don't allow to leave. This is a whole thing it seems, to keep poor people poor in their own countries, so that they can be utilized as cheap labor over there and make our countries richer. It won't happen if they allow poor people to actually have a chance and make their lives a bit more respectable and livable. I don't wanna sound ungrateful here, since I enjoy those very privileges, but something is very wrong when it's this bad. It didn't used to be just a decade or two ago.
Hushpuppi keeps embarrassing us (Nigerians) and confirming the erroneous stereotype that most Nigerians are scammers. People like him are why it's so hard to get a visa or even work in the gig economy as a Nigerian (even PayPal doesn't do business in Nigeria). Can't describe how happy I was when the bastard was finally arrested.
Theres a reason why the stereotypes exist.You are a nation built on corruption and scams. You have 80Mil people and oil. For every 10 barrels you make, One gets sold. You will never change
I remember when i first saw this guy on ig. I saw all the fancy shit and just said, "yeah hes gonna get caught for whatever hes doing, or hes gonna go broke doing it".
Damn jake, a vid a day? Your vids are honestly the highlight of my day, really appreciate this. Also, look into more of these Nigerian stories, as someone of Nigerian heritage, I’m telling you, there’s waaay more
@@danjoredd there's no point in flexing your money even if you worked for it cause one way or the other you will Attract problem to your self. And if you have a billion dollars or close to half a billion dollars your still very rich it all depends on what you do with it.
Hey Jake, great video! As a Nigerian you explained Hushpuppi in a way that I myself didn't know. But for a heads up, it's pronounced "Lay-gus" not "laa-gos" thanks.
Jake Tran featured Nigeria (aka Naija)! Wow! Even though everything about it was the vices of a fellow Nigerian, I can't help but feel a strange elated feeling especially when you call Abbas. 😂 I hope the next one of us makes us the "good guys". Thank you for your enriching contents!
I predicted all of this over 2 years ago, I was wondering what this guy did for a living and didnt believe his bs, then found shady shit on forums and shell companies lol, a year later he was arrested
@@MrDwightsimon Good point, I think neither should be absolutely free, but the nation should be subject to its people(individuals) more than the other way around.
The difference between nowadays scammer and those of the past is that today's scammers snitch on themsleves while back in the day it came from other people
@@Premislao89 yes he would have if he stayed in Nigeria and lived a quiet life….Nigeria is a criminal’s dream because you can disappear in a country that has 150 million people and doesn’t have a way of tracking every citizen unlike the US. You can buy one the police
definatly would have been better if he kept a low profile. probably should have started some legit businesses in Nigeria or another 3rd world country, he could have easily laundred the money that way
@@sam-kx3ty no bro literally do not flex at all that's how they nabbed Frank Lucas when he got front row seats to a boxing match wearing a mink coat He instantly drew the attention of law enforcement who were there investigating others but because of his persona and even having the athletes participating in that same match shake his hand all you better believe he grabbed their attention which ultimately allowed law enforcement to nab him
Hushpuppi is the main reason why everyone in Nigeria is wearing designer wares there was a time everyone in Nigeria were wearing only Gucci fake or real 😂😂😂😂 dude was an inspiration for all young scammers in Nigeria 😩💔
Jake Tran makes such good content that after instinctively skipping into the ad I skip back to the beginning of the ad so as to not f up his engagement stats.
Not really... he wasn't the hackers that were smart enough to do the work he was just the fall guy the hackers used to launder the money for a percentage
Turning on notifications for this channel really makes me realize how much work he puts into this!! Thanks for the content Jake, ur hella awesome my dude🔥
I remember him being the big craze in dubai cuz he just showed up out of nowhere and was buying out the most expensive stuff. He was walking around the Dubai Mall with one of those hotel luggage trolleys and would fill it up with luxury items (pushed around by a porter of course). Everyone just found it entertaining but was questioning where his money was coming from. I remember him posting on his Snapchat a document showing his “real estate” business but we all knew it was fishy. Salutes to the FBI and Dubai Police for catching these bastards. Edit: yes he had quick cash but by no means is he considered “wealthy” in Dubai. I know it sounds crazy but he was more of a source of entertainment for the people in Dubai than inspiring, like watching a circus act.
@@raifikarj6698 that depends on what you consider is rich. The country does try its best to take care of its citizens and residents. You can say that the citizens will be ensured to not starve, have a shelter, have education, have accessible healthcare, government aide etc. But again there are plenty of other countries that provides the same thing. However, most of those countries provide benefits to their citizens through tax and usually very high taxes (income tax). The UAE does not have that as of 2022 other than a 5% VAT and a future 9% corporate tax coming in 2023. It can be safe to say that without asking for income tax and providing very high standards for citizen benefits, the UAE is certainly among the best in this field with their benefits so good that it almost looks like the citizens are by default rich. What about the foreigners? Foreigners benefit by not having to pay any taxes at all for now. The UAE also just announced a salary insurance from the government for everyone, not just citizens. You pay $25 every year and you will be paid 60% of your base salary for a certain amount of months for you to find another job if you had been fired. Again, this is without asking for anything from the people other than a small VAT tax and a small corporate tax thats coming soon. The UAE is a very progressive country, the media does tend to criticize it (like everything else) but if you do try to settle down in Dubai you will experience it yourself. Loving community, safety (you can walk outside alone at 3AM without worry), many opportunities etc. I understand how Dubai can be seen as this snobbish place where everything is so flashy and gold, but this is mainly generated by the vast amount of social media influencers there (the luxury car rental business is booming in Dubai to say the least). There really is more to it.
@@ishouldbestudying251 The UAE is not a progressive country. It’s a playground for slave owners and rich oil tycoons who compensate by painting everything gold.
@@mikloridden8276 sounds like you’ve never been to the UAE. The entire oil industry is owned by the government, there’s no such thing as an “oil tycoon” in the UAE. In return the people there get to have benefits without paying tax. Manual labor is managed by private companies but the country has set laws for them. There’s an entire court of justice for labor in case there’s a problem. The most recent example would be the construction of the Expo 2020. Unfortunately there were I believe 7 work related deaths and they have been acknowledged and compensated for, but salaries, living conditions and everything else was delivered rightfully on time alongside a monument and memorial built for the workers. Domestic workers such as housemaids used to have issues, so the government just took over and have strict regulations over the job field. Times are changing my friend, but hey I guess some people just don’t like seeing the UAE succeed.
And just to think that he would have been living a great life in any corner of the world had he wrapped it up after a handful of lucrative heists, lived a quiet simple life, and resisted the urge to flex on Instagram.
Hi Jake.. I'm Nigerian and I live in Lagos. Great story by the way. P.S. You forgot to add the alleged story of how Hushpuppy kept out off our local security survey and all his 'celebrity' friends. 🤣
"He was so poor that his dad drove taxis and his mom sold bread" damn way to shit on the man's parents for trying to make an honest living in one of the poorest countries in the world☠️
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Make a video on Ministry of State Security, Chinese Intelligence Agency.
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How does internet scammers became Nigeria's first international export? Even a day born kid knows Nigeria is known for Oil Export.
You've got real followers from every part of the world, I'll urge you not to make yourself a part of that western falsehood agenda. That path is very slippery 👂🏿
Jake, lagos is pronounced as (laygos) pls
Love from 🇳🇬
this man lost it all cuz he couldn’t suppress his need to flex on his haters 😂😂😂 this story is poetic
Dude said: "Keep shaming those waiting for me to be shamed" 😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀
Apparently his still making money from prison with his scammer connects
Typical too
@@tommmyhilz2524 oh for real???
He resl loud for a guy calling himself Hushpuppi
As a scammer, thank you Jake, I'm taking notes on what to avoid doing, keep up the great content.
ayoo forreal?
@@tavvviaiavia r/wooooooosh
lol
@@neutral1707 bruh, pulling that shin in 2022?
🚨👮♂️🚨👮♂️🚨
Jake: I'm not advising you to make money in an illegal way
Also Jake:
"How to create a ponzi scheme"
"A simple guide to kidnapping"
"How to make money off of war"
"How to make your own money printer go brrr"
ua-cam.com/video/YThNnGgZqcc/v-deo.html Finally its here
Hypothetically, of course.
Jake is the number 1 scammer in the world 😂🎉
@@dongshengdi773 not
Also Jake : Stay dangerous
As my dad once said. A truly rich man is a man who’s money no one knows about.
Right on👍🏼
so he's rich and he didn't pass on money to you?
If he just avoided flexing online, he could’ve gotten away with it. But no. The lure of feeding his narcissism and ego was greater than avoiding the getting caught.
facts. should have kept a low profile. at least after his friends got into trouble
He should've just gone to a psychiatrist.
@@begreater226 can’t expect people like this to be very smart
@@TemmieContingenC nah you have to have at least some intelligence to do this, but he obv let his ego come before not getting caught
Idiot
"You would never think he grew up poor because he was flashy to the MAX"
This is exactly how formerly poor people can behave to over-compensate for what they didn't have. Wealth isn't about the outward signs of cash on hand, it's about the power it affords you
This is the realest sh*t I've read in this comment section. The influence wealth brings along with it is perhaps the best part of the wealth to begin with.
Also the freedom and liberties money gets you.
You may not think you need money for that, but when your survival is based on your factory laying you off or not, you’d think otherwise.
Exactly, there's a reason why billionaires dont actually buy things like gold chains and flashy cars, they can control their urge to "show off"
@@Racko. Exactly they buy attornys and accountants and advisors and build large in-house counsels to maintain wealth
Damn, true words
@Jake - Your next Video should be The Nigerian Church - The Most Profitable Business In Africa
I would watch that.
Yes
It's in Nigeria too, I thought it was only here in Ghana
You can add South Africa to that list.
@@festuscobblah6033 Nigeria is where the main business is when it comes to profitable "churches"
as a Nigerian software engineer... this guy was both hated and loved by Nigerians.. for obvious reason
its sad that they steal from people... but even more surprising and stupid is when they flex stolen money....
Spot on, Ekanem!
He steals from wealthy elites who steal from the poor and don’t miss the money when hush puppi scams them
@@flemutter7211 ego
Good
"Nigeria was in the middle of its first major international export - Internet Scammers" 😂😂😂
Relax Jake! We have oil! 😂😂😂
I wonder ooo!
Ah swear🤣🤣🤣
And diamonds
Lmao
We also had slaves too 🤣
This is the best story I've seen on Hush's arrest, well explained and detailed. Keep it up Jake, one love from NG🇳🇬
I have a friend - a journalist - who covered this story end to end. I live in the same city.
If there’s anything I’ve learnt, push back from Western security agencies always pay off.
Scam money is always very easy to show off. Most of them aren’t that bright. When you work every penny for your money, show off remains secondary. Well done, Jake. Love from 🇳🇬
Hahahaha,I just knew Jake would soon make a video on this dude.
Hush Puppy although a scammer is exceptionally Intelligent, it's really a shame when you think about it. Wasted intellect.
Ehat country is that?
@@user-ov2fc5sd1e
The great nation of Wakanda...lol
It's Nigeria
@@user-ps7rr1no6n Lmao doubtful. Dumbass connected everything to his social media account....only thing missing was his bank account/
I remember this dude lol, I was growing IG pages as side-hustle at that point and he went around luxury niche pages asking for promotions.
Was that a lucrative side hustle?
wp dude I'm still growing now pages
@@13kkngs It was much easier back then and you were able to make more money, nowadays I prefer advertising
@@nadavezra6128 Keep it up my dude
Were you in the telegram groups?
Let's get a video on the scam of insurance companies🙏
Yeayea Will ya show us all that? Plzplz do it fams!!
Yeaaah!!
Would love to see it
@@nineoneone6651 hehehhe me too sooo Much fams!!!
yes pls
If I was on his level, I'd try to be as hidden as possible, just wearing some basic clothes and driving a basic car while money goes up and up and then just disappear one day, never to be seen again
Heck I would even consider working as a cashier while secretly commanding my fleet. And yes you're correct he shouldve done that.
But you are a grown man, not a stupid child.
Thats what they all say LOL then they f it up.
exactly
@@cuauhtemocmorisco3493 Well the ones who you never heard of are the one's who never got caught. So no, that's not what they all say...
That line “ a true Nigerian prince”
Too fucking much bro 😂😂😂
Should've used his stolen money to actually acquire real estate to solidify his brand
Greed got him caught ... He had enough money to go legit.
@@wayando yeah fr
Pride cometh before the zoll
Pride cometh before the zoll
Was thinking the same, he could have laundered the money easily and could have had very powerful people in his pocket. Guess he wanted to live fast
I can't be the only one who's tired of all these comments being about how hard he works and his dedication. Yes, all of that is true, and it IS appreciated, but please stop spamming it under every video... I remember a time where the comment section was all about the topic of the video, and not a place to post your love letters to the dude making the content, jeez.
I know that’s super annoying
@@LOJ777 they’re bots
That's on A LOT of videos now. For all creators. I wonder why that is?
two words: Farming Likes
those comments are from bots. seen those exact comments on a lot of channels, even some huge channels like mr beast. the message is super positive with a very general compliment that even normal people would click like on and not report as spam.
Could've gotten away with it if only he didn't flex online
Influencers gotta influence
Facts
For a while
He could have lasted 10 more years but he would still be caught nonetheless
@@william_SMMA 10 years more is 10 years more with a Lifestyle that just 0.5% have. Image to wake up and not going to work. just Image being free and do what ever you want because money is not a problem mate.
After they accumulated such a big amount of money they should've gone dark, greed is what got them in the end
When I first saw this guy on instagram a few years ago I thought “there’s no way this guy earned this money” and it’s good to see my prejudices confirmed.
He might not be teaching us to work hard, but he taught us to work smart with his mistakes
"You would never imagine he grew up poor, because he was flashy to the max."
Yeah, people who are born into money generally aren't that flashy.
Oh yes they do. Come to CT and youll see 14 yr olds posting on insta photos of them sitting in RR's with bands and designer. hell, I see 40 yr olds doing it, and they grew up rich
That's such a lie they're more likely to be flashy if they've never had to work for money
@@TheLazyass111 no they don't homie! They do flash their wealth but not crazy like that! People who actually made a lot of money do flash from time to time but nothing crazy! I know a few very rich people they never did what this guy did
@@TheLazyass111 CT??
@@topgear_75 Connecticut. But frankly depending on where in CT, there's a difference. I know plenty people in Greenwich who are more lowkey rich, whereas someone from Darien would be a lot more flashy. Depends on how they're raised I guess.
Please keep doing more vids about Nigerian stories like this Jake. Trust me, this is literally just scrapping the surface of legendary scam stories from my homeland.
Or he should talk about insecurity in Nigeria
*legendary*? Nigirea is home to disgusting scammers
Me, I will not use left hand to point at my father's house. Especially from outside.
The scam in India, Pakistan and Brazil is .massive compared to what's obtained in Nigeria. In these countries, you have a whole building, with over 200 staffs, running shift patterns, and everything they do is scam.
Everyone like to say Nigeria and scam, but in terms of quantity and quality, Nigeria is not top....is it the country with low internet penetration and power issue that wants to top?
Let me further burst your bubble, when Kenyans, Ghanaians and the like are caught for fraud or anything abroad, the are always quick to claim they are Nigerians, until they are asked for passport....this has being going on for a while now.
Once again, I won't use left hand to point to my father's house, especially from outside!
Peace!
Why is it that us Nigerians are always shitting on the country without ever trying to do something to improve it? Have some self esteem please
Toby I am curious, what would $100 USD buy you in Nigeria?
I use to imagine as a kid that America could transform poor countries because our money was so valuable all over the world. They say you can live like a king for $500 per month in Thailand, Bali, Indonesia, Mexico, and many more places.
"The Loudest One in the Room is the Weakest One in the Room." - Denzel Washington
I was thinking of the movie American gangster the whole time I was watching this video great quote
@@rejvaik00 My Man! (the way Denzel Washington says it lol)
Tired of quotes
There’s no way that this guy was the leader. He’s just not smart Enough. The real kingpin is out there, somewhere. Great piece Jake.😂👏🏾
good point
Great point.
These kind of guys never are. The extremely smart nerds get rich selling these kinds of exploits to a guy like hushpupi. And never actually even use the exploit themselves.
This is always the problem with stealing money. Once it is stolen you cannot blow it all right away. Never draw attention to yourself. Keep your head down, your mouth shut, and always move forward.
I remember being told about hushpuppi and remarking that the investors I know don't flash that much and if the money he "flashes" is legit(legitimately earned and after tax)then he must the making a killing in the real estate and investment market and if he was I'd have heard of him from those circles. Sad thing is,many youths in Nigeria had him as a role model,a lot of us guessed his wealth wasn't legit but the people didn't care one bit. Tragic really, the need for validation from strangers people have.
@@HGoyas
Pardon?
@@HGoyas speak English
Seriously Jake, the stuff you make I could never imagine them even in my wildest dreams, much love man, your investigation, dedication is next level.
He just steals content and makes a couple differences to pass up as legit
Everyone *report* the *SCAM BOT* in the first comment, please & thank you.
@@ccluci8848 steals from who, I’d love to check those people out
@@ccluci8848 Do you have any evidence to back up your theft claim?
@@supreme_zeeyus lol
Scammers: They'll never notice
FBI: We notice, just waiting for that arrest to make us enough money
I totally agree. They focus more on people who have taken alot.
The FBI doesn't get paid extra for doing that...
The wait is for compiling enough evidence to make a solid case or to wait for an idiot to take down other idiots by being involved.
Feds are just as corrupt
Facts lol
Truely the American Way
Nice video Jake, I'm a Nigerian and Hushpuppi is so popular here that people still support him heavily. I remember before he got caught, whenever skeptics asked about his source of income and how he is able to spend money like this, his fans would attack you for 'hating' on him. I guess we were right 🤷🏿♂️
Sucks
Finally a story that I have been waiting for. Well documented.
Kudos Jake
This deserves a Netflix documentary like the Tinder Swindler, such colourful characters & story.
Hey Jake, thanks for your documentary.
I'm from Nigeria, and our cops have been working to build a solid case on Hush for years now, without success.
Thanks for explaining how the FBI got him.
They haven't , he had the police in his pockets
@@drchey1397 Well, that's true of the regular police force, but our Cybercrime unit (The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) had been close.
It's unfortunate that he had men within the Police trying to cover his tracks.
@Ogbonna Well, that's true of the regular police force, but our Cybercrime unit (The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) had been close.
It's unfortunate that he had men within the Police trying to cover his tracks.
It's not as if he bought the entire police force.
@Mode ogbonna Well, that's true of the regular police force, but our Cybercrime unit (The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) had been close.
It's unfortunate that he had men within the Police trying to cover his tracks.
If you dig deep into Nigeria government, politics,coups and scams, you will make a whole playlist 😅
I'm proudly Nigerian btw🙂
on God bro lmaoooo. that one na homework sef
And how Britain underdeveloped Nigeria
@@streetprophet007 that's something I'd like to see Jake do
I concur
I'm proudly Nigerian bro.. 😂😂😂😂What choice do we have??? That country is a big flex.
This happened to my dads company. They ran away with $100K!!!!!!! I still cant believe it. The guy actually posed AS my dad and the idiot sent the $100K without calling to confirm the legitimacy of the invoice... My dads company bit the bullet even though it was their mistake for sending $100K w/o validating it
I would've been MAD, if was in your dad's place. What the hell. He probably worked HARD for these money just to be stolen from him with the help of an idiot!
That's the thing, the brightest ones scams the dullest ones.
Most people get scammed because, either they aren't satisfy with what they have, or they're too dumb to make proper research (just like the person that sent your dad's 100k to a scammer)
This did happen to the closing firm we used to sell a house. 150k gone because we did that transaction by email (we were overseas). We had to fight to get our money back (insurance). They simply took control of the outlook email account of that firm and played really good. They will send email from the official address of the business and will make a similar email when send email from the “client” side. They are really good and worldwide!
As a Nigerian this is sad to see but I am happy the criminals are being put to jail so we the true Nigerians with the Great Nigerian spirit Can shine
You get em brotha 🤙
So true!
Yeah we indians are also hate those indian scam call centres they're ruining lives . Pls if you get scammed from those types of call centres do report it bcz indian police and Us FBI will love to raid them and they had multiple times. If you don't report it there will be no case and police won't have evidence for search warrants
Nah bruh, as sad it is, hushpuppi is the least of Nigeria’s problem.
🇳🇬 government and their corruption is our biggest problem not hushpuppi and cohorts.
Who be this guy
“Showing off is a fool’s idea of glory”
That is correct!
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😭 Nigeria made it to Jakes radar, go deeper, there’s more where that came from
I’m not nigerian but man watching how the people of the country suffer at the hands of so much corruption of the government I can only hope that one day the country thrives and flourishes. The bbc documentaries are so eye opening
yall have way too much talent for nigeria to be where it is today. look at the way yall are when you go to america or europe. scientist engineer doctor surgeon lawyer they're all nigerian lmao but i don't really see them going back to nigeria like that smh i wish there was less corruption and bribes and more programs to actually get their people to invest back into the country.
@@sxna0214 Those shitty BBC documentaries are only done to perpetuate the narrative that Africa is just a dark continent. Nobody, especially western media, ever says anything nice about us.
I am Nigeria...glad u are doing a story on hushpupi....like this guy was so big that he was calling out big-name celebrities for wearing fake jewellery....
Interesting Video Jake! This happened to me however I noticed the slight word change in the email and notified the company would have been scammed almost 5K for a travel trip. It’s scary how many people were scammed
If his French visa really did get denied, I kinda feel sorry for him. He just wanted to escape. We often take for granted how easy it is for us to just up and leave our country with our passports. This isn't the case with 3rd world countries. They're trapped. Unable to go anywhere. Like a country sized prison.
Exactly, even a basic vacation can get denied. And the embassy will say Vacation isn't enough reason for you to travel just for a week.
So crazy!
I'll tell those rich folks. Instead of trying to spend your money out side, use it to develop your neighborhood. Make your country also a vacation spot so no one will embarrass you thinking you are using vacation as means to run away.
It's really a mess when you only just wanted to take some time out
I'm in Vietnam, it's super hard for people from the lower middle class to obtain a visa from 1st world countries because they think we would immigrate illegally.
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@@doverun If only more rich people thought like you.
This is very true. And not just a tourist visa, even student visas are sometimes denied because the interviewer thinks the student may not return to their trash country. It's that messed up.
Some of my family is back in india, and they tell me lots of these things, some of which actually happened to them.
To think they have to go through an interview (which is more like an interrogation) like a freaking criminal or something just to leave the country is insane.
But rich folk will never do what you said. Because they themselves aren't interviewed or even if they are, it's often just a light set of questions of where they're going and they're allowed to.
It's mostly the poor ones they (the country itself and the one they're trying to go to) don't allow to leave. This is a whole thing it seems, to keep poor people poor in their own countries, so that they can be utilized as cheap labor over there and make our countries richer. It won't happen if they allow poor people to actually have a chance and make their lives a bit more respectable and livable.
I don't wanna sound ungrateful here, since I enjoy those very privileges, but something is very wrong when it's this bad. It didn't used to be just a decade or two ago.
Bullshit.
If he came to Canada they would have let him in.
It all depends on where they go and why.
Don't feel sorry for rich scam artists
The speed at which these are coming out puts me i awe
"Better to live one day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep"
-Napoleon Bonaparte
He talked that slick shit right up until he fucked with HAITI.
@@finished6267das because he's got HAITERS
@@scottanno8861 lol
Damn
As a Nigerian that has a first hand knowledge of this story, I really appreciate the work you put in researching this, and also ha you told the story.
Hushpuppi keeps embarrassing us (Nigerians) and confirming the erroneous stereotype that most Nigerians are scammers.
People like him are why it's so hard to get a visa or even work in the gig economy as a Nigerian (even PayPal doesn't do business in Nigeria).
Can't describe how happy I was when the bastard was finally arrested.
Sucks when just a few people compared to the rest are enough to keep a stereotype alive
Really? OMg i can't imagine that paypal doesn't do bussiness in Nigeria. Thats kinda discriminating tbh
@@bchow6504 if it did I would be rich by now 😂😂😂😂
@@Ohamskillua facts bro.😂😂👀
Theres a reason why the stereotypes exist.You are a nation built on corruption and scams.
You have 80Mil people and oil. For every 10 barrels you make, One gets sold.
You will never change
I remember when i first saw this guy on ig. I saw all the fancy shit and just said, "yeah hes gonna get caught for whatever hes doing, or hes gonna go broke doing it".
Why hate though?
@@beautifulcaramelman i was right
Go broke how, dude has an unending pocket
@@Deep-dive-hustle the amount of money he was spending was crazy and not normal 😅
Damn jake, a vid a day? Your vids are honestly the highlight of my day, really appreciate this. Also, look into more of these Nigerian stories, as someone of Nigerian heritage, I’m telling you, there’s waaay more
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Honestly, people don't really understand that Nigeria is like a PLANET on its own! you can literally find every thing here😂
@@vevj1275 I always tell my friends, if you have money back home in naij, life is a GTA online lobby 😂😂😂😂
Sure thing 🤣
Pride comes before fall as they say. The yearning to be validated was his Downfall
Wow great content and an eye opener on knowing how to use the internet properly while avoiding scams.
Moral of the story: There's a reason why people like Warren Buffet pretend to be "stingy" :)
@@danjoredd Musk is still cool. Zuckerberg is a mf
@@danjoredd there's no point in flexing your money even if you worked for it cause one way or the other you will
Attract problem to your self.
And if you have a billion dollars or close to half a billion dollars your still very rich it all depends on what you do with it.
Hey Jake, great video!
As a Nigerian you explained Hushpuppi in a way that I myself didn't know.
But for a heads up, it's pronounced "Lay-gus" not "laa-gos" thanks.
It's usually pronounced the Portuguese way. Cause they named it Lagos.
@@Mr.Prince_Tunmise you from Nigeria?
@@Mr.Prince_Tunmise buts it's not in Portugal is it
@@Mr.Prince_Tunmise why are you telling a country how to pronounce their name?
Jake Tran featured Nigeria (aka Naija)! Wow!
Even though everything about it was the vices of a fellow Nigerian, I can't help but feel a strange elated feeling especially when you call Abbas. 😂
I hope the next one of us makes us the "good guys".
Thank you for your enriching contents!
The real flex isn't the money or the expensive cars...
Its dodging the FBI and CIA.
The sharping of the dinner knife with the fork makes me lol everytime 😂😂😂
If only this documentary was longer, I loved every second of it
Glad to see Jake posting Frequently,love your videos man👍🏿
Moral of the story: Keep it low after coming into substantial capital. Swear to God these scammers become dumber and dumber each time
These? 😂😂😂Just say hush puppy... There are lots of scammers that won't show shit on social media. Lol
🤣 the irony of his nickname "Hushpapi"
Scamming a children's hospital is just fucked up
Did anyone else see that his vid on shell having power in Nigeria got privated just now as soon as it went up?
**👆👆✍🏻✍🏻✍🏻*,’*
It never pays to be loud and draw attention. Especially if what you do for a living is illegal.
I predicted all of this over 2 years ago, I was wondering what this guy did for a living and didnt believe his bs, then found shady shit on forums and shell companies lol, a year later he was arrested
I like the way West Africans knew wassup whiles people ate up his stories 😂😂💔
I'm learning a lot here man, I can't thank you enough for your videos~
JAKE IS THE SHEIN OF CONTENT CREATION
Jake produces the quality content that UA-cam needs more of. Thank you!
"An individual should not have too much freedom. A nation should have absolute freedom." - Sun Yat-sen 🇹🇼
No I believe the opposite to be true
@@MrDwightsimon Good point, I think neither should be absolutely free, but the nation should be subject to its people(individuals) more than the other way around.
The difference between nowadays scammer and those of the past is that today's scammers snitch on themsleves while back in the day it came from other people
Crazy to think he would’ve lived a long free life if he stayed of social media. Says a lot
Not necessarily.
@@Premislao89 yes he would have if he stayed in Nigeria and lived a quiet life….Nigeria is a criminal’s dream because you can disappear in a country that has 150 million people and doesn’t have a way of tracking every citizen unlike the US. You can buy one the police
definatly would have been better if he kept a low profile. probably should have started some legit businesses in Nigeria or another 3rd world country, he could have easily laundred the money that way
@@begreater226 for sure
@@Premislao89 not saying 100% but it would’ve helped and the comment below me goes in hand
Keep it going bro
We’re inspired by you 👏
Hushpuppi also got some of his money by working on a money laundering operation with North Korean military hackers
My boy Jake just gave the sauce at the end 😂
Sick production on this.
Awesome video 😅 Morale of the story: DON'T FLEX!
nah bro flex but dont do it on social media!!!!!!!.
@@sam-kx3ty flexing online and offline will both get you nabbed. 🤫 move in silence always
@@sam-kx3ty no bro literally do not flex at all that's how they nabbed Frank Lucas when he got front row seats to a boxing match wearing a mink coat
He instantly drew the attention of law enforcement who were there investigating others but because of his persona and even having the athletes participating in that same match shake his hand all you better believe he grabbed their attention which ultimately allowed law enforcement to nab him
@@rejvaik00 haha so true !!!.
Hushpuppi is the main reason why everyone in Nigeria is wearing designer wares there was a time everyone in Nigeria were wearing only Gucci fake or real 😂😂😂😂 dude was an inspiration for all young scammers in Nigeria 😩💔
Funny enough he's not even close to one of the richest nigerian scammers on Instagram
Who are the top 5?
I hope they all meet horrible demises.
@Pharaoh of course money takks
That's why we had a saying in my country "dont take the easy way to make money because they're just like a wind you'll lose everything."
Jake Tran makes such good content that after instinctively skipping into the ad I skip back to the beginning of the ad so as to not f up his engagement stats.
To be fair he did work his way from rags to riches but he used cheat codes 😂😂
Not really... he wasn't the hackers that were smart enough to do the work he was just the fall guy the hackers used to launder the money for a percentage
Turning on notifications for this channel really makes me realize how much work he puts into this!!
Thanks for the content Jake, ur hella awesome my dude🔥
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If he didn't make money he wouldn't be doing this. Don't get it too twisted.
@@rsmetz88 well yeah nor would anyone really lol
@@RuruTrash Gotta keep that hustle goin! Donate today.
@@rsmetz88 HA! If I wasn’t homeless maybe xD
This makes me admire Carlo Gambino even more. Imagine being the most powerful Mafia boss of all time but refuse to buy flashy suits, cars and houses
You mean having wisdom, and maturity? Craaaaaazy!
he should do a video on that tooo
I was wondering when you’d cover Mr. “Hushpuppy” 🤣🤣
When you are a criminal you should teach your crew “hush-hush” 🤣🤣🤣
I remember him being the big craze in dubai cuz he just showed up out of nowhere and was buying out the most expensive stuff.
He was walking around the Dubai Mall with one of those hotel luggage trolleys and would fill it up with luxury items (pushed around by a porter of course).
Everyone just found it entertaining but was questioning where his money was coming from. I remember him posting on his Snapchat a document showing his “real estate” business but we all knew it was fishy.
Salutes to the FBI and Dubai Police for catching these bastards.
Edit: yes he had quick cash but by no means is he considered “wealthy” in Dubai. I know it sounds crazy but he was more of a source of entertainment for the people in Dubai than inspiring, like watching a circus act.
Yeah especially from w video i watch every Dubai recognized Citizen was by default rich because their Sovereign wealth fund
@@raifikarj6698 that depends on what you consider is rich.
The country does try its best to take care of its citizens and residents. You can say that the citizens will be ensured to not starve, have a shelter, have education, have accessible healthcare, government aide etc.
But again there are plenty of other countries that provides the same thing.
However, most of those countries provide benefits to their citizens through tax and usually very high taxes (income tax).
The UAE does not have that as of 2022 other than a 5% VAT and a future 9% corporate tax coming in 2023.
It can be safe to say that without asking for income tax and providing very high standards for citizen benefits, the UAE is certainly among the best in this field with their benefits so good that it almost looks like the citizens are by default rich.
What about the foreigners? Foreigners benefit by not having to pay any taxes at all for now. The UAE also just announced a salary insurance from the government for everyone, not just citizens.
You pay $25 every year and you will be paid 60% of your base salary for a certain amount of months for you to find another job if you had been fired. Again, this is without asking for anything from the people other than a small VAT tax and a small corporate tax thats coming soon.
The UAE is a very progressive country, the media does tend to criticize it (like everything else) but if you do try to settle down in Dubai you will experience it yourself. Loving community, safety (you can walk outside alone at 3AM without worry), many opportunities etc.
I understand how Dubai can be seen as this snobbish place where everything is so flashy and gold, but this is mainly generated by the vast amount of social media influencers there (the luxury car rental business is booming in Dubai to say the least). There really is more to it.
@@ishouldbestudying251 The UAE is not a progressive country. It’s a playground for slave owners and rich oil tycoons who compensate by painting everything gold.
@@mikloridden8276 sounds like you’ve never been to the UAE.
The entire oil industry is owned by the government, there’s no such thing as an “oil tycoon” in the UAE.
In return the people there get to have benefits without paying tax.
Manual labor is managed by private companies but the country has set laws for them. There’s an entire court of justice for labor in case there’s a problem.
The most recent example would be the construction of the Expo 2020. Unfortunately there were I believe 7 work related deaths and they have been acknowledged and compensated for, but salaries, living conditions and everything else was delivered rightfully on time alongside a monument and memorial built for the workers.
Domestic workers such as housemaids used to have issues, so the government just took over and have strict regulations over the job field.
Times are changing my friend, but hey I guess some people just don’t like seeing the UAE succeed.
@@ishouldbestudying251 What you said may sound good on paper. But the woman there say otherwise, according to Saudi law woman are property there.
I was wondering when this was gonna be done by you Jake. Modern day Nigerian biggest confidence man *read conman. Nice feature.
And just to think that he would have been living a great life in any corner of the world had he wrapped it up after a handful of lucrative heists, lived a quiet simple life, and resisted the urge to flex on Instagram.
I feel like having this in my watch history will land me on some kind of list.
6:38 "Enemies" 🤣🤣
Gotta respect the hustle even if it was bad
Shell vid went down?
**👆👆✍🏻✍🏻✍🏻*,’*
The fact that they stole from a children's Hospital though...
No way! Omg that's horrible!
So glad Jake back with the narration
Mummy wasn’t joking when she said “close your mouth while eating”
One day a movie will be made out of this guy
Thanks for the instructions.
Speaking of scammers, are you still scamming people into signing up to scamming sites?
Basically a story of a guy who sold his soul to the devil, gained so much from it but yet so empty inside
Hi Jake.. I'm Nigerian and I live in Lagos. Great story by the way. P.S. You forgot to add the alleged story of how Hushpuppy kept out off our local security survey and all his 'celebrity' friends. 🤣
Notice how hushpuppi doesn't panic or flinch when he gets nabbed, I need his weed dealer.
"He was so poor that his dad drove taxis and his mom sold bread" damn way to shit on the man's parents for trying to make an honest living in one of the poorest countries in the world☠️
Bad grammar, it should be he came from a poor background... so he didnt want to drive taxis etc