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@samrachamin
March 28, 2025 at 2:20 pm
Dang 300k $, that’s insane, better invest in stable stuff like art!
@gastriasis
March 28, 2025 at 2:24 pm
I’m not a victim — I’m a potential victim and thanks to brave victims that tell their stories I’ve remained a potential victim.
We are all vulnerable and there is a scammer for all of us — the only difference between potential victims and actual victims is that the former have not yet met the scammers that can exploit their vulnerabilities.
Awareness reduces the pool of scammers who can successfully exploit potential victims like me.
@cyndiebirkner704
March 28, 2025 at 2:27 pm
We need critical thinking classes in schools, kids need some helpful life advice like “if it sounds good too be true, it probably isn’t”… People in positions of influence (or importance ) promoting NFTs and Crypto just makes it worse for folks who don’t know understand them. Like the current administration setting up an “official crypto stockpile” just more BS and grifting, but under the guise of government approval that’s implying legitimacy.
@12thDecember
March 28, 2025 at 2:53 pm
Good luck getting critical thinking skills included in classroom curriculums. In our current political climate, that equates to being “woke.”
@oldcowbb
March 28, 2025 at 3:52 pm
@@12thDecember exactly, where are they going to get their wage slave if everyone is critical
@12thDecember
March 28, 2025 at 5:22 pm
@@oldcowbb 🎯
@mundo524
March 28, 2025 at 2:27 pm
I am a private investigator that specializes in these types of scam, specifically cryptocurrency pig butchering scam.
This type of scam is so devastating, especially because the scam happens over several months allowing the scammers the time to launder the stolen funds before the victim even realizes that they were a victim of a scam.
@CarrieV9
March 28, 2025 at 2:55 pm
Sorry but this is nuts.
@x...CrankyOldMan...x
March 28, 2025 at 5:51 pm
you are correct, my dad lost 200k last year and wont accept any responsibility. needless to say its been a tough year.
@ppppp524
March 28, 2025 at 2:55 pm
It’s weird that we don’t teach kids specifically how to look out for and avoid scams in school
@iruns1246
March 28, 2025 at 6:24 pm
The scams you might learn at school age and ones you’ll face at the age that you actually have money will be very different
@ppppp524
March 28, 2025 at 6:37 pm
@iruns1246 Basic common sense is timeless, and that has historically been the most effective anti-scam tool. Teaching how to avoid scams builds the skills needed to avoid unforeseeable scams in the future too
@studybuddy3960
March 28, 2025 at 3:17 pm
Wow so phenomenally dumb. She emptied her entire life savings for a CRYPTO BRO. 😂😂😂 EVEN PEOPLE WHO FALL PONZI SCHEMES TEST OUT THE WATERS TO SEE SOME RETURNS WITH SOMETHING SMALL
@booster247
March 28, 2025 at 3:31 pm
I don’t think these victims are “stupid” per se, but maybe a bit gullible and / or misinformed about what these scammers do. Many a time I’ve chatted whit someone online and the second crypto or anything money-related comes up, I know to jump ship.
@markchezcat
March 28, 2025 at 3:46 pm
Because Americans are frigging STUPID.
@ShawnLH88
March 28, 2025 at 3:53 pm
JUST GIVE ME YOUR MONEY!!! I’ll literally use it to pay all my debts and show I’m not a scam…ugh I’m jealous
@Joris-l5r
March 28, 2025 at 3:54 pm
Thank you so much for bringing awareness to this extremely important topic.
@mazelme
March 28, 2025 at 3:58 pm
“I’m gonna go get the papers, get the papers.”
@LanceBeckman
March 28, 2025 at 4:19 pm
Can’t fix dumb
@LanceBeckman
March 28, 2025 at 4:31 pm
Onion Tart
@theovanhurtere
March 28, 2025 at 4:31 pm
You call it scam, I call it justice. 😂
@x...CrankyOldMan...x
March 28, 2025 at 6:00 pm
and I call you a moron…
@vinzent1992
March 28, 2025 at 5:02 pm
Americans are some of the stupidest people on earth
@weezypeezy1725
March 28, 2025 at 5:09 pm
It’s a symptom of a suffering society, especially with young men
@emb3863
March 28, 2025 at 5:31 pm
I’ve never been scammed, but I’m an illustrator and have been targeted so many times, like not even kidding like 9 out of 10 times someone messages me on ig seeking to commission me it’s a scammer, and they try to get you into crypto and will tell you to move to Whatsapp and will make up excuses for why they can’t pay you using some not-crypto method… it’s so annoying. I thankfully haven’t fallen for it, but I can see how any small artist, struggling to make ends meet and probably desperate would fall for these ppl telling you they’ll pay you well if you just trust them… Things are rough out here man
@paulcooper1046
March 28, 2025 at 5:35 pm
This is elementary school scamming. AI will be able to do it at an unprecedented level in the future. Guard your grill…💶
@jamesbell9627
March 28, 2025 at 5:51 pm
Thank you for making this video, it’s extremely important, I’m sharing it as many places as I can.
@stephcorn5567
March 28, 2025 at 6:20 pm
No wonder Americans are first victims, so gullible.
@legalizefreedom451
March 28, 2025 at 6:40 pm
Thought this was gonna be about the government.
@empmachine
March 28, 2025 at 6:40 pm
I guess I just really don’t trust anyone.. honestly, I’m flabbergasted that she fell for it..
like she was divorced, almost 50, jobless, and more.. and then she thought the rich guy was real?? really???
(still totally sux that she lost so much money..)
@lawrencefrost9063
March 28, 2025 at 8:22 pm
WHY? Honestly….WHY? Why would you take 300,000 dollars out of your savings?? FOR ANY REASON?
@opengrapefruit1534
March 28, 2025 at 9:15 pm
Americans are rich and gullible, which makes them perfect victims.
@gastriasis
March 28, 2025 at 9:18 pm
Everyone is vulnerable, including both of us.
@Rocinante808
March 28, 2025 at 11:51 pm
I applied for a job opening on an Inc. website, double checked all links to see if it was legit business and they all checked out. I ended up getting a fake check sent and if I dropped it off at the bank I’d have been out $9 grand. Thx!
@gregbell2117
March 29, 2025 at 12:14 am
Can you please explain more about how that would have worked? I don’t understand. They sent you a fake check?
@avastar2286
March 29, 2025 at 2:08 am
How can people be so naive and ignorant? Moreover: CARELESS? It’s 2025 PSAs are everywhere!!!!! People: tis best to be alone than to get with LOSER(s)🧐 Even if you meet with someone in person, you have to be cautious let alone online!!!!!!🥸 “video chats”😂 Crypto😂🤮
@studgerbil9081
March 29, 2025 at 2:42 am
The current US government head wants to convert US currency to Bitcoin. A third of the voters think this is a good idea. But it’s not a scam, right? Right?
@HorataioONeill
March 29, 2025 at 4:42 am
With this market, I’m glad I kept my money safe with Moonacy Protocol. Daily earnings are great—perfect to invest in the upcoming alt season!
@verveblack
March 29, 2025 at 5:17 am
it absolutely has to do with intelligence too. even if my mom died today and i was in shock i still wouldn’t give a stranger money or even a friend. ask yourself why someone would be trying to get to know you by talking about crypto if they just want to date.
what’s with Americans and randomly putting lots of money in crypto. if you put money in crypto expect to lose it all!
if you’re in a vulnerable position see a therapist first
only give money to reputable sources like actual banks or brokers who are regulated.
nobody can make you money unless you do it yourself. the only people who can make a decent chunk of money are extremely rich people who are able to invest in the best hedge funds in the world.
@pb.j.1753
March 29, 2025 at 6:03 am
Yes you are soooo much more intelligent than other people. Congrats. Throw a party
@verveblack
March 29, 2025 at 10:59 am
@@pb.j.1753why, thank you
@pb.j.1753
March 29, 2025 at 5:56 am
Americans were also scammed into voting Trump. Twice.
@tracilynette2984
March 29, 2025 at 7:33 am
It’s so interesting that these scams are textbook, like they follow a very specific pattern and still people are tricked. Idk a stranger never tried to make me money
@HorataioONeill
March 29, 2025 at 7:59 am
I’m making $380 a day with Moonacy Protocol, and now it’s hilarious watching traders
@stoonookw
March 29, 2025 at 8:51 am
This story has to be scamming my time
@illuzion30
March 29, 2025 at 9:47 am
Hinge is awful. I couldn’t find a single person worth talking to on there.
@LiveWireBT
March 29, 2025 at 9:55 am
7:00 NO, IN THESE DAYS THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A WEBSITE THAT LOOKS “LEGIT”! Everyone can whip up a template and a few forms. Everything is a scam, this is the new default. Like it or not, it is as it is.
Realize that even big companies like Facebook/Meta are scams, they had nothing to offer but they played a game to fool the users until they were to big to be acquired by other companies.
@KiloOscarZulu
March 29, 2025 at 11:08 am
The title of the thumbnail is ‘financial scams’ – but aren’t all scams financial in nature? What are some scams that are not financial?
@tessajones9393
March 29, 2025 at 8:30 pm
Catfishing. There are plenty of stories of how some people are in relationships for years with someone who is not who they say they are.
@pollyseip
March 29, 2025 at 12:14 pm
While it’s good to educate innocent people / potential victims about this awful criminal behavior.
It’s also alarming because this kind of info is educating the scammers at the same time. Meaning they’ll find ways to double down on their nefarious activities making it harder.
I truly hope this woman is getting therapy right now. So she can distinguish what red flags look like. And also learn about more her own pitfalls, and boundaries.
Watch out and stay safe, people!!
@tessajones9393
March 29, 2025 at 8:22 pm
No, they’ll still do it. The many catfish shows that have been around for decades tell us people are still falling victim to this.
@jaydoggy9043
March 29, 2025 at 12:52 pm
Seemingly-harmless texts are on the rise. Just the other day I got one saying “I’m outside the cafe you coming?” – easy thing for one to think is a harmless wrong-number text. But think of it: that’s never the first text you ever send someone.
@Roguek-m3e
March 29, 2025 at 1:11 pm
Why are they hiding his face, people should know who he is.
@ununuh
March 29, 2025 at 7:11 pm
It’s most likely NOT him.
They usually grab photos of someone good looking off the web and use them.
@Roguek-m3e
March 29, 2025 at 7:16 pm
@ununuh oh right, right … well, hopefully, the person in that photo recognizes that his identity has been stolen.
@tessajones9393
March 29, 2025 at 8:34 pm
The show on YouTube, Catfish explains how they do it. The photos and even voices used in calls are fake. People should always be reverse imaging photos received.
@brandonn161
March 29, 2025 at 3:07 pm
Ran into this type of scam on Bumbble. The girl even video call with me to prove to me that she’s a real person when she senses that I was on to something. I believe that this is a ring and the girl that I spoke to and tried really really hard to get me to invest into BTC with her is just one of the girl in the ring of scammer that is possibly run by someone higher up. It was my first time running into this kind of thing. Thankfully, i am not completely oblivious to scams and crypto, and that kind of things.
@jilliannebrown
March 29, 2025 at 3:23 pm
There are some great Youtube sites that deep dive catfishing
@ngkahn7496
March 29, 2025 at 4:10 pm
When someone starts bragging about material things that is a clear signal.
He’s skillfully played her by tapping into her greed.
Smh
@ngkahn7496
March 29, 2025 at 4:13 pm
A recipe for disaster… She was so broken inside coming out of a 20 year relationship; she was unemployed and living off of her 401(k); she had no business considering an online relationship of any kind, especially financial.
@ngkahn7496
March 29, 2025 at 4:38 pm
Note to self never give away anything you’re going to miss.
@ngkahn7496
March 29, 2025 at 5:28 pm
AI, loneliness, online dating and cryptocurrency is a bad combination 😳
@leo-um3pj
March 29, 2025 at 5:56 pm
I’ve been scammed in a video game when i was a kid. really taught me a lesson and i dont trust anyone ever online anymore
@TooNarti
March 30, 2025 at 9:17 am
Runescape?
@8XSaintX8
March 29, 2025 at 7:34 pm
With these many gullable people in the US, you wonder why we ended up with another scammer as president… twice
@dennisd9554
March 29, 2025 at 8:16 pm
This is all Pig Butchering 101. Her case was textbook and cliche. Rule #1 to adopt online is don’t believe anyone until you’ve met them in person (and even then still be wary). Rule #2: don’t talk finances with anyone, don’t tell them how much you have, don’t give ANY sum of money. Period. Rule #3: anyone that wants to move chatting off the dating site is likely a scammer because the sites have tools to screen and catch potential scams. Rule #4: learn to say “No” sometimes. #5: Talk to someone you trust before making any big decisions in life.
@yeskaitlyn8029
March 30, 2025 at 10:08 am
absolutely. The move to whatsapp told me everything
@tessajones9393
March 29, 2025 at 8:36 pm
If the catfishing shows have taught us anything, what to look out for when they call you queen or king. 😂
@astronautninja6369
March 29, 2025 at 10:02 pm
Only a Democrat would fall for any of this 😂
@Jack-Waugh
March 29, 2025 at 11:21 pm
So sad.
@mariocorleone106
March 29, 2025 at 11:30 pm
Usaid is a joke and would do nothing to help here. United States Agency of International Development has absolutely nothing to do with Aid
@a_vh679
March 30, 2025 at 12:11 am
“it has nothing to do with intelligence” okay…
@Dayvit78
March 30, 2025 at 12:39 am
Meet in real life!
@mrzozelowh
March 30, 2025 at 12:42 am
To everyone commenting that they would never do something like this/it has to do with intelligence/etc. Emotions are innately human, and people get put into vulnerable states. Just because you’ve never experienced that doesn’t mean others won’t. Raising awareness for the subject helps people not to fall for these scams and psychological attacks. Don’t shame victims.
@b-rare
March 30, 2025 at 12:43 am
These woman deserve it. How stupid can you be to think a guy like that would even be into you lol. Some rich dude with cars and jets and she’s like “he seemed like a nice guy” yeah okay. He just scammed you before you could scam him. I don’t feel bad for her or any of them
@beccasalt8960
March 30, 2025 at 5:48 am
You know it happens to men as well, right? In fact a quick search suggests men are more likely to fall for a romance scam than women, although women tend to lose more money overall. I mean you clearly hate women so I won’t ask you to fake empathy there and really we’d prefer you to stay well away with an attitude like that, but maybe you could muster some support for all the lonely men who get scammed by other men catfishing as ‘women’?
@TekkiTEZ
March 30, 2025 at 1:02 am
A reminder, there are a lot of stupid people in America and its only gonna get worse.
@annehersey9895
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 am
I don’t give money to my family or best friend, I’m certainly not going to give money to a stranger! Unfortunately Evelyn WANTED this to be true because she was at such a low point in her life and unfortunately so many people who fall for scams are at a low point. I’m 75 but my picture on Facebook was when I was 30 so I get some man with a slick picture try to friend me about once a month and I figure they’re scammers so I just report them. I have thought of responding and playing them along but they aren’t worth my time.
@ku8721
March 30, 2025 at 3:26 am
Sadly took me more than a minute to notice… you’re NOT Simon Whistler
@IgweVII
March 30, 2025 at 3:36 am
It’s because Americans are as smart as a pile of wet rocks. They keep the fraud industry alive and well.
@tahabozyil9080
March 30, 2025 at 7:20 am
this is a perfect example of the tunnel vision. She was in a vulnerable position ending a long term relationship. those things turn your world upside down and you find yourself trying to find a branch to hold on to. If she was in a state where she felt more stable emotionally chances are she wouldnt have gotten frauded.
@zerodegreescelsius
March 30, 2025 at 7:33 am
People judge, scrutinize and interview irl dates and potential matches only to fall bait, hook and sinker for crappy online profiles?
Ouch.
@pyhriel
March 30, 2025 at 1:00 pm
That is so awful.
This also reveals what is one of the best domain where Gen AI will thrive… Scamming people.
@MRLONG758
March 30, 2025 at 3:27 pm
7:00 why would you trust someone you never met or even seen with your money?
@AshleyMcMahon
March 30, 2025 at 4:08 pm
My mom is falling for this in real time and it’s why I’m fast tracking my ISC2 CC certification. Unfortunately I live with her and I’m trying to make sure that her unfortunate decision is not going to negatively affect my living situation. The scammer is appealing to the fact that she *doesn’t* want to be in a monogamous relationship and that she doesn’t want to meet him. The second she told me that he asked her for money, I told her to block him cold turkey. She didn’t and is still talking to him.
@dankmemes240
March 30, 2025 at 4:23 pm
I shock
@YerUnclePhil
March 30, 2025 at 4:39 pm
One report found that the legit looking finance systems used by scammers, and attack software used by hackers are often created by massive organizations in Russia, China, UAE etc.
@kurlis
March 30, 2025 at 6:56 pm
i got scammed too about 3 years ago, the scammer pass themselves as a famous actress, luckily i didn’t lose any money in fact i made $750 off them, they transferred the 750 to in return they wanted me to transfer the 750 back to a paypal account and add some money of my own, they were mad about it but i told them i wasn’t gonna do it and told them to F off. so that’s my scam story
@Maus50
March 30, 2025 at 7:45 pm
Yay- you won
@kurlis
March 30, 2025 at 7:57 pm
@@Maus50 every once in a while i’ll get people try to reach out and i say to them “you still mad about the $750” then i don’t hear anything back
@isbestlizard
March 30, 2025 at 8:22 pm
Americans are so dumb ahahha
@TheNorwoodCat
March 30, 2025 at 9:46 pm
What is a dating app? Never been on one and never will. I prefer the random chance of meeting someone who clicks in real life and if they do not that is ok as well. Conversing with someone you have never met to me is foolish. This is for the people who do. I am lonely and haven’t dated in a while, but that is ok. I will never do a dating app. jmho
@AndreRosario-zm8pf
March 30, 2025 at 10:46 pm
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌏 Beware of all dating app scams. Dating apps destroy families. Facts
@TheExpert-dx6xi
March 31, 2025 at 1:04 am
Could you please do more interviews with Michio Kaku while we still have him!! Preferably on a variety of topics to include anything he might like to bring up himself.. Even better make a series of it
@abdulmohammed7124
March 31, 2025 at 1:07 am
Why are Americans still falling for romance scams 😂💔
@BrianBBBB
March 31, 2025 at 1:37 am
Can’t be romance scammed if you’ve given up on trying to find someone
*taps head*
@cobaltpterodactyl
March 31, 2025 at 3:36 am
Remember if you think you’re too smart to fall for a scam, that makes you especially vulnerable.
@urbanstrencan
March 31, 2025 at 5:28 am
How scamming spread in the past few years is just crazy, governments and tech needs to do something about it
@james-faulkner
March 31, 2025 at 10:34 am
Why the camera on top of his head? Keep the camera pointing at his face, he is talking to us! It is unwatchable because of it.
@record.retake.repeat7922
March 31, 2025 at 10:35 am
Not really to judge but as soon as someone talks about money, be it investment and or perhaps borrowing money, it’s a red flag already. If someone provides a website, you can check the legitimacy of it by research.
@us3rnam3number
March 31, 2025 at 10:41 am
AI just gonna make this 10000x worse
@ryanziller220
March 31, 2025 at 1:15 pm
5:45 That is incorrect. Sociopaths as scammers, tricksters, fraudsters etc are capable of using adversarial intelligences, primarily those of the sympathetic nervous system, to oppose other modes of intelligences such social, emotional, as well as general forms. It might be more accurate to say that negligence is more relevant regarding the undermining of context and grasping of pretexts by those involved in a scam.
@PandaIsBeast
March 31, 2025 at 2:15 pm
You cannot try to claim intelligence has nothing to do with this… you must be conflating education with common sense. You have to be naive and greedy (aka not very intelligent) to fall for something so blatant
@INFJ-ThaneTr
March 31, 2025 at 2:35 pm
Lol imagine getting suckered into one of these blatantly obvious scams
@justayoutuber1906
April 1, 2025 at 9:52 pm
LOL? that is really cruel
@nullvector0
March 31, 2025 at 6:37 pm
I didn’t know the scale of scamming, but I think, the US also needs to make their laws enforcement better. For example, when, I signed up for electricity, I got scam call right after few hours in a new sim card. The same thing happened with joining internet. I could confirm this because when I switched my apartment, and moved the services, it happened again. Could this be coincidence? Maybe. But I doubt it’s about the data being sold to third parties. This “Do Not Sell” thing should happen States-wide and not just on California.
@edawgrules
March 31, 2025 at 7:15 pm
At this point, if you lose money in crypto, you deserve it.
@Stiasteny
April 1, 2025 at 12:43 am
These scams will only scale harder now AI can generate super realistic photos of handsome people + AI can be programmed to talk to you as a nice, loving and caring ‘person’. So the scammers have to take even less time to get money.
@anovosedlik
April 1, 2025 at 4:18 am
If a guy wants you, he’s going to be asking you about coming to his crib, not crypto. It’s called common sense, and it costs zero cents.
@corimyers4985
April 1, 2025 at 10:38 am
Sorry I disagree with intelligence or tech savvy not helping, I had gotten divorced and I had a few folk try to scam me. The second they started trying to get in my pockets, I’m out. Especially if I have never laid eyes on them. Nope.
@frgmented-dreams6140
April 1, 2025 at 10:49 am
Absolutely no one in 2025 (not even 1 dang person): “hey I’ve contacted the wrong person, perhaps even a dangerous person…well it’s chance…how are ya?!”
@MarksmanSpecialist
April 1, 2025 at 11:09 am
shame they have vaccine for every known pathogen, but no vaccine for something simple as a scam
@CRM_114
April 2, 2025 at 1:39 pm
there is no vaccine for stupid
@joycereeves2766
April 1, 2025 at 11:51 am
The stigma of romance scam is unbelievable. Intelligent, professional people gets victimized everyday. You will never know how these things happen until it happens to you. These criminals are really good in what they do and the development of AI just made them even stronger! I just got victimized recently and lost as much maybe more than Evelyn did. After researching online about similar stories, I’m sick to find out that there is not a better way to protect Americans or any other person. I kept all my records but I don’t know how or who to give it to. These scammers involved businesses that are legitimate or looked legitimate located in the USA but they are a network of criminals located around the world. I want to help locate these ba$tards but how? Share information if you have any.
@alicemichaelis9468
April 1, 2025 at 11:52 am
To lose $300000 is crazy. If u have that much money to play with, youll be ok financially.
@justayoutuber1906
April 1, 2025 at 9:38 pm
She didn’t have that much money to “play with”. She said it was all her savings + all her 401k
@lukedonovan6562
April 1, 2025 at 12:06 pm
Yr dumb
@s100flo3
April 1, 2025 at 1:05 pm
I mean, how do you even give money/crypto to someone who you don’t know, never met? It’s mind boggling.
@justayoutuber1906
April 1, 2025 at 9:54 pm
She wasn’t giving to him – she was “investing” it with another company (that was fake)
@CRM_114
April 2, 2025 at 1:38 pm
@@justayoutuber1906 she is still a fool
@ET76001
April 1, 2025 at 4:48 pm
Honestly … if something looks too good to be true…
😮
@sophiejournal
April 1, 2025 at 8:29 pm
This happens to me three months ago. It was exactly the same, letter by letter, the same script used. I ended up losing all my savings, it was devastating and till today I feel ashamed … how I let this to happen to me. I am now rebuilding myself. I still use the dating apps but this time not to look for romance but to spot these accounts. I reported a few since then. I know it doesn´t do much unfortunately, but it gives me a sense of a twisted version of justice by reporting these accounts.
@cosmicdust8185
April 1, 2025 at 9:18 pm
Here’a a basic rule of thumb: If you meet someone online and they start giving you unsolicited investment suggestions and nudging you to wire your money, ASSUME immediately that they are trying to scam you. Doesn’t matter how long you’ve been talking to them or how good you feel about them.
@justayoutuber1906
April 1, 2025 at 9:29 pm
Tom Brady lost $30 Million on Crypto.
@justayoutuber1906
April 1, 2025 at 9:32 pm
We teach kids to avoid dangers like getting in vans with strange men….but we aren’t educating kids about these online dangers that are 10,000X more common.
@justayoutuber1906
April 1, 2025 at 9:43 pm
Just consider the mention of “Crypto” as someone saying “I have Syphilis + HIV + Gonorrhea + Herpes”
@Mrmallet777
April 2, 2025 at 7:43 am
Thicko
@seaneyo
April 2, 2025 at 8:19 am
Relationship scams have always been one of the most lucrative since people are engaging in emotional decision making by the nature of relationships, attempting bypassing our typical fiscal red flags.
@paulbailey6567
April 2, 2025 at 9:48 am
Dear Evelyn, you are really stupid
@milmex317th
April 2, 2025 at 12:22 pm
Wow $300,000 and she’s stressed out financially.
@DemonEyes23
April 2, 2025 at 12:58 pm
crypto is a scurge. its shame the current president is a con artist who will try to make money off it instead of regulating it.
@roar
April 3, 2025 at 12:56 am
Old boy said USAID was preventing trafficking, LMAO, where and how? leftist garbage disguised as a noble video.
@sixsixsix.
April 3, 2025 at 3:34 am
Requesting money as proof of identity 🤦
@amicaaranearum
April 3, 2025 at 3:50 am
“I met someone on Hinge, and he asked if I knew anything about cryptocurrency,” is never the beginning of a good story.
@SkiDaBird
April 3, 2025 at 10:51 am
Thanks for doing this Wired!
@gtleshow
April 3, 2025 at 1:51 pm
It’s not about being gullible…these scammers aren’t just smooth talkers, they’re running full-on social engineering ops.
@RailaMeckler
April 3, 2025 at 8:07 pm
We are tired of seeing prices go up every year while quality goes down. Add to that the sweatshop controversy and it’s easy to go to other more affordable brands. As you said, kisluxs really popular
@PookiesFriendRayRay
April 4, 2025 at 1:01 am
Often times the scammer is posing as someone much more physically attractive than the victim could normally get. This happens due to selfishness and fake dreams.
@yes24__
April 5, 2025 at 9:43 am
girl i’m sorry but never give money to anyone!!!!!!!!
@MounGritsch
April 5, 2025 at 2:15 pm
I bought a LV bag kisluxs years ago. I took it to the LV store in my town last week to have it repaired. The store clerk inspected my bag and immediately told me that the bag was of good quality. She pulled a current bag out of inventory and compared the tags and I found zero differences
@geinikan1kan
April 5, 2025 at 5:59 pm
Maybe after Trump hollows out the American administrative state we could turn our nation into one big scam center. That would solve unemployment.
@lamusica1592
April 6, 2025 at 9:42 am
And sometimes it’s not even a stranger but an “old friend”
@smilinghappyblonde
April 11, 2025 at 9:02 am
…Or a family member 😑
@lamusica1592
April 11, 2025 at 2:07 pm
@smilinghappyblonde that must be so tough😭
@drextrey
April 6, 2025 at 11:39 pm
Its actually easy to know if its scams or not.
If they asked about anything related to money, its a scam, whether its a loan, crypto, investment, etc.
@everythingendswell1172
April 7, 2025 at 2:26 am
When they sell you the idea that an item (in this case, crypto) is more valuable than your money, you forget you’re talking about your actual real-life money completely. Please don’t think you’re safe, that makes you more vulnerable. There’s a scammer out there for each of us, they just have to press your correct buttons.
@TheChrisDecember
April 7, 2025 at 6:58 am
Who are these morons who trust strangers with their money for “crypto investments” Serves them right.
@tomdonald2495
April 7, 2025 at 1:32 pm
Not saying what happened was right but she said she lost 300k and then said at the time she was financially stressed. Someone who is financially stressed doesn’t even have 300k to steal.
@6thdayblue59
April 7, 2025 at 7:13 pm
Bored at 31 seconds.
The message you are sending out is that you are more important than the story.
A dangerous approach to being on-line.
I hope the rest of the 26 minutes was not your self importance
@libertyblueskyes2564
April 9, 2025 at 5:11 pm
It’s called a pig slaughter romance always tied to crypto currency
@crashzib
April 13, 2025 at 12:22 am
This person was very brave to share what happened to them so others know the warning signs.
It’s clips and investigational journalism like this I figured out years later how my Grandma was scammed.
Long story short about 20 years ago I knew of the ‘Email Scams’ asking for money and romance ones but not much else at that point. Someone called her claiming I was in Mexico and urgently needed money for something and they pressured her with urgency she sent it. Years later she was quite surprised to find out not only was I in WI (same state) living my everyday life but I had never travelled to Mexico once in my life. I even had to show her my passport was expired and I never had gotten was of those special ‘Passport Cards’ to travel between the Canadian and Mexican Borders.
@meanieblue
April 15, 2025 at 9:59 pm
I lost 3K by this similar romance scam. felt so dumb after I realised but I’m still trying to be grateful cuz it could be worse.
@amisanthropicman
April 16, 2025 at 9:07 pm
This is such good reporting! I love especially how the red flags are pointed out in context and then summarized at the end. It helps people really see how anybody could fall prey to these tactics in the real world.
@haltarys
April 17, 2025 at 7:20 am
Props to Evelyn for sharing her story. Takes guts!
@notallergictochocolate
April 19, 2025 at 6:38 pm
also a good rule of thumb is just to videocall them before sending any money. I have sent my online friends money in the past but I always do it within a 24h of videocalling/calling them to make sure they aren’t hacked/trying to scam me. Also I only even consider sending money for ppl I’ve known over a year and I think I know well.
@vitatover2449
April 20, 2025 at 6:08 am
With dating scams, need to also make sure you’re not a victim of yourself – as in rationalising a warning flag because you love the good attention you’re getting and fear losing that. ITS NOT GENUINE when it feels like behavioural conditioning, so shut it down! But I can see emotionally vulnerable people being hooked on the feeling of being desired, seduced, charmed, made to feel special etc, even in SPITE of better judgment AT THE TIME (so not completely ignorant but more delusional), and so they appease the scammer agreeing to situations that don’t sit well, and then post rationalise their behaviour to feel bette, and ultimately slide into a bad outcome
@SerinesLife
April 20, 2025 at 6:25 am
Why every time you hear scam victim talk the first thing they say is “I thought I’m above that” or “I thought I’m smarter than average”
@SerinesLife
April 20, 2025 at 6:34 am
I call bs, not-having money does not motivate you to save and be cautious but to risk and give it to someone you never even saw? Yeah the rich cutie with two homes was just waiting for you to give him money and attention🥲
@AnaZia-nn3ug
April 20, 2025 at 8:49 pm
How these organized Criminals scammers get away with this. It’s a kind of Suspicious that the governments can not track them. It’s billions of dollars lost in these scams.