5 WORST SCAMS WE EVER FILMED (Honest Guide)
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
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0:00 Intro
0:30 Street Money Scammers
1:45 Prague (crooked) Taxi Drivers
2:48 Scam Exchange Offices
4:15 Commercial Break
5:32 Hassle by the ATM
7:02 Scammers Filming Their Victims.
8:20 Netflix series?
8:44 Czech Word at the End
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This guy should be made Ambassador for Prague Tourism 😊😎
I don't think so...
Prague has got a quite bad history with that position.
The las guy, who claimed to be one, ended up in parliment as a far right activist, leading neo nazies... (eventhough he is half japaneese...)
@@vojtechnosek9560 wtf you talking about. Trochu mimo
It is a pity there are scammers but they will never stop me from visiting Czechoslovakia :-) Brzy na shledanou!
@@dgibelli to visit Czechoslovakia you need to travel 30 years into the past :D
thumbs up this till the comment explodes at it becomes reality
You guys are so brave for showing this. Thanks for raising awareness
U also beautiful
@@akshayoturkar3768 tf
Bruh what are those replies
for real! brave AF, the guy in the taxi was not fucking around imho
I agree!!! but also hope that he shows the white collar scammers in prague like "Investing companies" that are in some really important buildings and they actually steal thousands of euros from peoples in different fake platforms and inviting them into their offices.
Oh god. I hope the lady laughing at that father with the sick daughter gets what's coming to her.
plus the guy was a Georgian you could hear him swearing at that bitch and it makes me so upset to see people of my own origin be scammed.
Bro the last one broke my heart :(
I really hope these scammers get what they deserve
that russsian lady and the guy with the daughter broke my heart :(
tha this fake
@@curly_d7717 why would it be fake
@@curly_d7717 U must be the guy who works there
@@curly_d7717 Soo a person busting scams for 3 years is a fake.... fucking check your facts before commenting
I swear to god if that happened to me im breaking the fucking glass and beating the shit out of here and taking my money
These scams should be advertised on the streets when you go to prague.
Some of them are.
Well, the exchange office thing isn't technically a scam. It's just a very unfavorable offer. When you go to a shop, no matter if it's for a food, jacket, gold ring, watch, toilet cleaner, dildo, book...anything, you always check the price before you pay. Why not doing the same when buying a foreign currency? What's wrong with saying: "I have €100, how many Czech Korunas would I get from you?" They couldn't lie because like I said, it's not really a scam but just a terrible deal. They'd tell you exactly how much you'd get for your €100 and then it'd be entirely up to you to either walk away or accept the terrible offer. It's exactly as if there was a restaurant that charged €30 for a pint of beer and you went in, drunk a few and then cried over the bill. Someone who is charging crazy money for something isn't a scammer but a person you want to avoid and never do business with.
@@boutek whats the difference between that and a scam tho
@@boutek I am getting your point but: It's scam in Czech Republic because there is law in place protecting exchange office customers. They are breaking this law. Problem with exchange is there is no obvious price. People in general are bad in some mathematical operations. Someone is better, someone is worse but general pattern is "adding" and "subtracting" is easy(ier) but "division" and "multiplication" is pain for the most people. That is exactly problem with exchange rate. Then next aspect is social. The most people refuse admit they are bad in these operations and nod to anybody who type number into calculator and show it to them. I have simple experiment. Pick few products in shop in different packaging (avoid simple sizes like 0.5kg, 1kg but pick some 600g, 725g, 950g etc.) and then stop random people and ask them what is best price/value. This is your reference how these scams works.
@@boutek The scam there was that they did post an exchange rate - but it was not in fact the actual exchange rate, it was just meant to mislead the customers. The actual exchange rate was more out of sight. That is also why this chain of exchange offices kept getting fines and why it eventually lost its license.
the ANGER i had when that scammer just laughed at the poor guy with a dying daughter is making me go FERAL
I lived in Prague for a big chunk of my life. I appreciate what you are doing. I can't believe some people fall for these scams. I must say that the Czech police is fantastic but they need a little help from the public in situations like these. I was once scammed by a taxi driver when my family was visiting. I was sitting in the front and filmed him bumping up the price in the meter the whole ride (a very common practice in Prague, unfortunately). I also took a picture of his information and license. When he left I called his company and explained everything. He had to return 10 mins later, give me the money back and apologise. I hope he learnt his lesson.
Well done.
respect
I hope that you called the police and he was prosecuted.
You can't believe that tourists fall for scams while traveling in areas they're unfamiliar with...?
is it really so unbelievable? one woman said she couldn't read the sign. many of the victims are tourists and immigrants. this combined with the city's lack of information outreach on how their systems work are being exploited by scammers. also czech police are frequently displayed on this channel refusing to act, he even described the gangs as "untouchable by police" in another video. even if they were the best police in the world, police are still police, unreliable if not straight up dangerous.
Holy crap that was dark!! 'we destroyed the whole family' that's straight evil !!!
Yeah God is watching he sees what they are doing... Their torture will be severe in the afterlife :D
@@goldeneagle3678 why not make them suffer in this life too? put them away in bars to think a long time.
I didn’t understand that scam, can someone explain ?
@@stogie0608 In fact it's simple since they are physical stores many people are not suspicious they think it's a legitimate business but you give them money and they don't give it back or they give you money back but they confuse you and only give you back half of what you gave but since it's in another currency you don't necessarily realize it at the time
@@stogie0608 I think I should also add the fact that tourists in general do not speak the local language so it's easier to confuse them by telling them a little nonsense
It is the simple trust that makes this scam work
No scammers could exist without support from local authorities.
Something has rotted in the Prague municipality.
Two out of those 3 offices were operating in city buildings. So yes, you are right.
Exactly, great point.
Well not quitte. Last year I saw an Dutch documentary (he exposes the same type of scams all over the world) about all those pickpockets and such in Barcelona and Madrid. Even to the point that he had an street interview with a cop who said they know exactly who they are but are kinda helpless. Because of the Spanish law they get out on the streets within a day or two. These guys find legal international loopholes (like with the Belarusian money not exceeding more than 200,- euro you saw in the video)
they can "cover themselves with paperwok" which can take forever to unravell by the authorites
@@Mark-vn7et The Barcelona police were a complete joke. We had passports stolen and we didn't want anything more than a signed form from the cops so that we could get replacements from our embassy... It took 2 days out of our vacation waiting for the lazy pieces of shit to actually do their job. Literally, going from police station to police station until someone would sign a damn form.
If someone spits in my face, I be throwing punches until I'm satisfied.
Unless you're outnumbered by ratio 1 : 3
Thats europe self defense isn’t like in america im sure u could punch him but not too many times
Sadly the crook could charge them for that. When getting in a fight there are two ways to win. Defeat your opponent like you do, or get the surrounding on your side like the cops and court. As much as it sucks if you can pull off second option you can make them have to pay you a hefty fine.
"I'm afraid of you"
Proceeds to start running after them
"I'm afraid to hurt you"
Were you serious about the Netflix series? That would be awesome.
Yes
Yes🔥🔥🔥
Omg when please
@Egg Shaped Israeli Operative no true
@Egg Shaped Israeli Operative meh, it's your opinion i guess. I think they'r still making good movies especially documents like Don't fuck with the cats or The Highwayman
Jeez, these people are twisted. Dying daughter? they dont care. this is bad. We need to do something or prague is gonna be a wwe fight zone
She probably didn't understand him, but nevertheless, I wonder what kind of person is even able to do this kind of "job" and what do they convince themselves of to remain sane...
i am against the death penalty.
for the most part.
@@krishacz lmao
@@krishacz yeah same. Its a waste of bullet.
I, for one, wants the forced unpayed work(slave) punishment.
Fortunately, the Czech Republic seems to have decent gun access. It may be the American in me, but that girl wouldn't have survived the night if she pulled that shit here.
I was in ZAGREB recently and the deaf petition/donation happened to me. I caught it straight away because of your videos.. Cheers, guys!
It would be awesome to see an international expansion of the channel in many major cities around the world in the future! Imagine an honest guide on places like Rome, NY, Berlin, Paris etc..
Petition for early Netflix series of honest guide
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Yee
Lol I got the 420th likes
@the4kman LMAO
U know it’s not a petition he’s just using that excuse for likes
The last girl is just evil they are all bad but the last one is filming and laughing
I would want to wait for them to leave the whole day. That shit enrages me.
Huge thank you to the guys running this channel for the work they do. Scams are a serious problem and, in general, the cops and government really don’t do anything to stop them.
Batmans of Prague! huge respect to you guys - I have never really wanted to go to Prague because of the insane tourism, but you have made we want to go soon as possible!
We need ''Honest Guide'' in every big European cities ❤️
If Europe is having this type of scams everywhere this means society is on its way to break down, democracy ain't working at all. Just look at US and now EU, makes Asian cities look like a heaven.
Can we just appreciate how giant balls these guys have?
Get them private security lol
They have no balls, only stupidity.
@@joeschmeaux he referred to Janek and Honza, the Honest guys for exposing the scammers 😂
They have courage. Even scum have balls.
Well, not that giant, in my country people are more aggressive, so you need bigger balls sometimes to withstand the threat.
Very brave of you and very good of you to protect others. You are indirectly helping the country overall, because if scammers have their way they will create negative experiences for tourists which will eventually diminish visitors.
The last videos are truly heartbreaking.. Thank you for everything you're doing
“My Job is to make you famous.”
- Honest Guide.
😂
7:50 please find that guy I wanna help him I don’t care about the scam please help him
Do you mean 7:21?
Yed
I'm being honest here, these guys put a lot of effort into their videos and they do it like professionals. They should get a lot more views I know they put lots of effort in. I'm surprised not a couple million people watch you guys. You guys are awesome do what you do best!
Look at him & his amazing team really carefully, These is how real-life Heroes look like! thank you so much!
I wanna go to Prague and just visit the scammers so i can laugh at them
I have hearing aids so If a scammer approached me and tries to scam me I’ll pretend I a talking into an ear piece but reality I just turn on and off my hearing aids
I live in Prague your wish is my command
I hope someone visits them to bury them
I got caught out by one of these fake money street scammers 3 years ago, not in Prague but in Budapest. We went back every day to look for the dude with no success... He gave us out of date Belarusian rubles still triggers me to this day 😂
Mate, you are a straight up legend! The more you expose these vile humans the less evil prevails. People like you restore my faith in humanity! I wish you good health and fortune sir! All the best, your city and country is lucky to have you!
thank you for the work you and your team does.. extremely important information your putting out to the public, THANK YOU
"My daughter is Ill and My Child is Dying"
Scammer: Laughs
Earth can end like rn wouldnt be bad
We're in the middle of the process
He should be tested for psychopathy/sociopathy.
@@sandro5535 It's a normal reaction from a normal human being, at least more than 90% of people I've interacted my whole life are like that.
6:47 I love the energy of you putting your hand out to get this guys spit back on his shirt
Hahah noticed thanks to your comment
Wow, you present your tourist content like the perfect son in law in morning tv, but when it comes to scammers you show balls of steel! Absolute legends!
If there were more brave people like you the world would be a much better place. Thank you for taking the risks to help others.
My family and I go to europe all the time i showed them this and we haved saved soooo much. Thank You!
Wow. "You think of the two of us, I will be the one who quits?" And you held up. Bravo!
All the best to you guys! You are doing such a great job! I wish there are more heroes like you!
Thank you guys with all my heart.
I always mention your videos to my folks etc, but because they're not really youtube type people it goes unnoticed. I'm happy to hear there's a Netflix concept in progress, I'll definitely get them to watch along with myself
Good luck guys
This guy is amazing , I was actually planning to move to Prague and settle down there , thanks to his videos I canceled everything , his videos opened my eyes to so many aspects that the media wouldn’t normally do , thanks man, keep up the good work .
Tbf, most cities have their own scams. This guy just happens to document the ones in Prague. Most of the time you just have to keep your wits about you, and you will be fine.
A bit of an overreaction, no?
Dude, prague is one of the safest cities in the world.
There are some nonviolent scamt commited by mostly foreign nationals in highly tourist areas. But don't let it affect your plans
Thank you for doing this! The guy crying about his daughter broke my heart. People like this need to go see there maker. Be kind to one another❣ & Always do the right thing
why not offer them a chance for repentance
Thanks for exposing these idiots. We almost fell victim to scammers while in Paris back in 1999. Thankfully someone was kind enough to warn us.
Okay 7:27 😢
Thats just evil. He's literally crying!
I can’t believe the way she laughed on him while he is crying about his daughter !!
💔💔💔💔💔
Idk how old this video is but maybe we can do something about it guys ??
Honest guys do u know they man ?
We can donate to him
I hope his daughter is okay but please lets do something
Not trying to excuse her but she probably didn't understood because the guy was speaking i don't know, maybe romanian, bulgarian or something, without the subtitles it sounded like gibberish to me, and im born i czechia, the same think with the old lady probably from russia, as i said im not trying to excuse her but what she saw was not a man in despair because of his daughter but just man who was screeming and doing whatever he was doing
Even if they understood it they wouldnt care, and there is no proof that the girl is actually diing. It could aswell be a last resort lie to get the money back.. people tend to say stuff like that quite often.
If its true its devastating.. but if not, the Person is in dire need of the money to say it. Either way he is suffering
@@samotnaf007 i mean you don’t need a subtitles to know that you fucked his life .. i know you don’t want to excuse her but you made ur point
@@samotnaf007 sounds like Romanian
@@samotnaf007 but I don't speak Romanian or Bulgarian so I don't know
Hats off! And keep going please. Kindness, respect and honesty will always pay off! 🙏🏼
Dobro. Thank high heavens for things going your way. Great job you do, and thank you for it. Sure hope no weirdoes will come after you. Seriously. Stay safe, people like you are needed more than anything. Fighting criminals is a hard hard way to go.
You should have bodyguards, these scammers are dangerous
Or Self defense item
too expensive ,or maybe they have other ways of earning money
I can't wait to get back to Prague. Was planning on going this year. It would have been my third time. Beautiful city.
You ain't going to Prague ever again my friend.
@@gettingstuckin9205 it's starting to look like that isn't it! 😁
Thank you for documenting this and keeping the public informed. But please stay safe.
Good work bro!
keep uncover this scamers
7:21 that's not cool at all.. does the scammer not have a heart? his daughter is dying and she just scammed the guy and she is laughing at him and does not care? I'm disgusted with scammers
How do we know he is not overreacting ?
@@BoboMsubscribe even if he was, this is just disgusting
the guy is probably overreacting, why would a person with a sick child go on vacation to a foreign country? Treatment would be an option but in that case the person would probably be rich.
@@mrdictator7030 thx
@@mrdictator7030 From what I learned, the story may be more complicated. He was most likely not on vacation...
Your work is pricesless man. I admire your braveness
... bravery.
Prague should give you or you a medal, an award. You are very valuable for all of us. Bravo. Keep it up.
This is sick, thanks for what you’re doing 👍🏻
Thank you so much for your job fot that city. Anyway We're a couple from Spain that we traveled two years ago to your city anfd we were tryed to be scamed by one the exchange office that it appears on your video(the one that is located in the old town ). Its a really pleasure to know that nowadays is closed, if it really is. They try to scam as telling us that the change that we firm for was not the one that it appears on the screen of the window. So we decided to stay inside that shit of local and telling everyone that came inside to evoid to change money inside because they are burglars. Thank you again for your job.Keep doing it.
great job
I'd definitely watch your netflix series if you make one.
Great work guys , Respect for all you do .
You are amazing!! I started following you because we will moving to Prague next Fall! Good information!! Thanks.
I respect the your work even you got spitted by the scammer idiot. Your patience is unbelievable. Kudos to you bro.
Man, that exchange offices is quite something. I hope in the future no one ever exchange their money in that kind of places ever again.
Thank you for your info, wonderful job!
Huge respect guys, keep up the good work and be safe.
It is amazing when you hear the name of your small balkan country being associated with crime and violence.
To be honest it's like the police doesn't care. You do a far better job than they do. It's disgusting behaviour.
In some cases they couldn't give a crap, in others like the exchange office scams it is legal and in the very small print. Thats why those scumbags filming and laughing were so brazen, they know there is nothing the police can do.
Keep up the good work bro..You are a blessing to our generation and its people like you that helps bring order to a nation..Backing you all the way
Really hope nothing bad would happen to you and thank you for all your great videos
I want to see a Czech Sherlock with Janek as Holmes
I had the ATM scammer try that on me In Praha the only time I got scammed was a taxi ride 900 crownes for a trip up the road . Lesson learnt
Being scammed is very beneficial in one's life,it teaches him a valuable lesson,and saves money in the long run.
Jste skvely,Janku, diky za Vasi praci a dekuju za odkaz na VPN:)
I’m so happy that they now get sponsors because they are so brave and they work hard
6:47 I like, how the footage is cut in the moment when Janek is going to wipe the spit in the guys shirt. That really got me 😁.
Jinak super práce pánové, před vámi smekám. Neměl bych na to dělat vaši práci, lidi jsou někdy fakt strašný svině.
Wow, the amount of work you did to uncover the depths of these scams is astounding.
What the hell were the police doing?
What was the police doing ? Counting their share :)
Spending the money they were paid off with of course
Love what you're doing guys
Thanks for the good work!!!
Prague: Exists
Belarus: *Here comes the money*
The last one was sad, the scammer literally recorded themselves saying “We destroyed the whole family”
Mate you were in my recommended some how glad I clicked on your channel very fun earned a sub 4 life!
You are doing a fantastic job, much appreciated thanks
You should get really sticky stickers and stick them in all the scam offices, so people will notice what they are!!
Hey, Ive been living in Prague for almost 5 years now. I went to pick up a friend at Florenc station and right next to the entrance of the metro, there are two of these exchange places. So, I went to one of them with my friend that needed some Czech crowns. When we arrived, I saw two boards with a bunch of numbers and I did not know what the exchange rate was (I think they put up these boards on purpose to get you confused) I asked him "what is the rate that is applying today to buy crowns?" to which the guy replied, "What kind of fu%$ question is that?" I was so upset and I didnt know what I had done wrong and I was upset this is the first impression my friend who I picked up was having in her visit to Prague... So, I remembered a few nice Czech words and told him "Do Pic#, ty #$raku" hahaha and we both left.
Dude mad respect to you. Some situations got very heated.
I've seen 20+ of your videos. I have never visited your country and while I appreciate what you do to uncover these scams and expose them it is more than enough for me to remove Prague from my family's vacation itinerary indefinitely.
This was the video that did it for me.
i mean the situation is not great , but i wonder how Prague would compare to other cities in Europe .
And me as a Czech personaly would never recommend Prague to a person preparing to visit Czech Republic.
Countryside has so much to offer when it comes to culture at specific dates of year , and i think the approach of people will be different in a kind way becose they are not used at tourists
you have many smaller cities without crowds and scams also filled with achritectual treasures , or nature treasures like Adršpach and Czech Switzerland and thing is Czech Republic is small country and everything is in driving distance of few hours
and well connected with public transport too .
but it all depends what you want , what holiday you want.
please don't judge whole country by all those bad people shown in his videos , you can see it only becose good people are working on it
@@doposud Fair point! Adrspach looks like a cool place to visit with those interesting rock formations and taking a paddle boat on the lake would be nice. Any good places for backpacking or primitive camping in the area you could recommend?
@@ITpanda Šumava could be great i think , but as a national park there are some rules to it
@@ITpanda sorry thats not in the area my mistake
Just a question: how did you get the videos of the scammed which filmed it themselves? I am not saying it was you but it is just interesting where the videos came from
I believe these people are so arrogant, they post it somewhere on social networks like instagram.
@@Darwinek Makes sense. That is very sad.
pretty scammer girl laughing at the frustrated guy in 07:15... she could learn a lesson of empathy
You are awesome. Just keep exposing them such that lesser people are tricked. What action was taken against them ? Police got involved?
You're doing incredible work.
No way it can run without protection from someone in charge
Sadly the true top dogs like the Rothschilds are untouchable for now. You have to climb the ladder but humanity is way way too far off. If we had good people at top these crooks would be dealt with long ago.
THIS is what journalism is. This is what journalists should strive to become. Expunge corruption and expose these crimes, for all to see. If you see this comment, HONEST GUIDE, please become a university professor and teach adolescents the ways of TRUE journalism.
Janek and Honza you are the best! Honest Guide Thanks 😘😊
Well done mate - great job
Holy shit, a netflix series? Make sure to get it to Sweden 👌
Hell yes we need that!
Like, as in, make it viewable in Sweden on Netflix? If so, and if it's not available in Sweden, just use a VPN and watch it.
Prague is such a pretty city (therfore it becomes a big tourist attraction), which is why it ends up with so many scammers 🥺🇨🇿
Thank you for doing this 🙏🙏🙏keep your the good work 👏 👏 👏
i love this thank u for doing this
like 20 sec after posting :D
May Allah bless the family who suffered - and deal with the one who committed the act. 🙏
Prague is such a beautiful city, when this pandemic is over, I jump in my car cross the border and visit this city again. Your honest guides will accompany me.
I love the feel good videos when these scammers "mysteriously" end up dead!