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Ben, I want to thank you. Thanks to your videos, I was able to save my little sister from The Research Position Scam a few days ago. As soon as she mentioned that they were using the word KINDLY, I literally started screaming SCAMMER, SCAMMER, SCAMMER and guess what? Her university sent out a warning about said Scammer 3 days later! Thank you SO much! You helped me and my siblings save one of our own! Keep doing what you're doing. We need folks like you now more than ever. Mad Love from The Motor City, MR07. ❤️🚗🌃

It is shameful how little effort Facebook puts into preventing this.

12:28 Reusing that voice recording was genius! 🤣 Now he's going to be even more confused

The fact that people steal pictures of someone's child in a hospital setting is just downright vile! Love the work you do Ben!!

Dude i love how Ben busted in and took a mixer.

“You dey mad” 🤣 That was perfect. 😂

Wow, you went the extra mile with the KitchenAid clip, very nice. 😆

11:38 had me in stitches. Really enjoyed Ben/Mike "stealing" the KitchenAid. One of my favorite scambait videos for sure.

Atomic Shrimp taught me that "alaye" is something to throw out in order to fish out scammers. They use it as kind of a code word to determine if the person they're communicating with is a scammer as well.

The sad part is that FB does not care. I have flagged several obvious scams only to receive the reply that they were reviewed and were not in violation of their TOS.

Sending a video of you "stealing" the Kitchen-Aid was brilliant. Bravo.

The trolling of the scammer here is on another level. Brilliant. But on a serious note thank you for raising awareness of these scams.

This is why I’m too skeptical to buy ANYTHING from Facebook, especially since I’ve sadly been scammed myself

Scammers deserve nothing. One grain of sand is far more valuable than even every scammer combined on earth.

The government needs to crack down on these scammers. This is going on for way too long. The government better start going after people for this scamming. It's so wrong. I hate scammers

My parents friend in DE fell for a “love” scam earlier this year, he’s in his 70’s, was lonely, and somehow lost his entire life’s savings. He’s in the process of selling everything he has, and is getting food from a local food bank….it’s really sad, and I can’t understand how he gave away everything away to someone he never met. Thank you Ben, I have been watching this channel for a long time, and I send people here to get educated. ❤✌️

The production value and acting is better than any recent Netflix series 👏👏🤣🤣 I loved it

It's really important to read these ads for syntax and grammar as well. I knew this was not a US based ad when the seller used the phrase "aged care". Someone from the US or Canada would use a completely different phrase. It's not just "kindly", that you have to look out for.

Omg that was too funny! Well played 😂😂😂 There's currently another common scam going about on FB marketplace involving PS5's. The body of the text is something along the lines of "giving away my sons PS5. He sadly passed away and I cannot bare looking at it. Want to give it away to bring someone else joy" Then when you ask where they're from, they're miles from the local area of which it was advertised. They "know" someone who can ship it at a fee etc etc (you know the rest)

Ben, you might notsee this, but your videos have taught me a lot about fraud and scamming prevention. I have been able to help my mom avoid a couple different scams that I learned about from you. So thanks.

On the other hand- it is impossible to post anything for sell without tons of scammers in the inbox asking for send item without paying

I reported like 20 of these exact scam to FB and they did nothing as usual. Glad at least to see you did a video about those. Maybe that will get some attention from people using FB.

Those Nigerian insults are gold 🤣🤣🤣

They will never stop. These guys that send voice notes full of hate love what they're doing. I've received these and they are proud of scamming.

This is trolling scammers on a next level.

It's astounding what profiles can and will be hacked. My dad got hacked and I assumed he had clicked a link he shouldn't have but the profile of my cousin also got hacked a year after she had passed away. The entire family received messages from her urgently encouraging us to follow certain links. As I'm sure you can imagine it was very painful to receive these messages

A friend's fb page had that same message posted on it, more than once. Both of her parents are deceased & I knew this was off. I messaged her privately to warn her. I also commented about this being a scam multiple times under the post. Many ppl were trying to be helpful to her & asking about items. Thanks for your detective work!

The Facebook scam I tend to get the most where I am, is where they set up fake accounts of real people, and send out Friend requests to all the real person's friends, hoping to draw them into some get-rich-quick scheme. For this reason, nowadays when I get a Friend request from someone I'm already Friends with, I check up with the real person to see if the request was genuine. If - as is most often the case - it wasn't genuine, I proceed to tell the perpetrator exactly what I think of them, no holds barred. The annoying part is, Facebook had the cheek to reprimand me for telling thieving bar stewards the truth about themselves. I don't get it: I'M being reprimanded for doing exactly what Facebook SHOULD be doing!?!?

Anytime you come across a scammer. Make sure you lead them on for as long as possible to waist there time so they make zero money and stay poor.

Pretending you stole the woman's kitchen aid was so good

This was for sure one of the funniest scammer videos I have seen. Keep up the good work.

It’s so funny that after I watched this video I got a RU-vid ad for “Send money to bank accounts in Nigeria in a few clicks” 😂

Cash on pickup otherwise no sale, easy as that. If they don't agree, find someone else.

Whenever someone says "on your name" it's a scam. We just don't talk like that in the US, in general. I've seen other scams where they say the IRS has a fraud or something "on your name," or there's a warrant "on your name."

That ending was phenomenal

This has to be one of, if not the best one yet. I especially Like to see the love scammers get it stuck to them, because one of my best friends has been and is still on the hook. So sad. Thx for all you do!

I love messing with scammer with the help of my students. Sometimes we call the scammers during down time in class and they listen to the calls on speakers. I let the scammer think they are about to get a payout when, on cue, the kids yell "Gotch you!" and we hang up on them. My kids love you videos. We watch them during lunch some times.

9:19 that sound gets me every time 😂

I despise scammers keep up the great work ❤

Wow! Your dedication is amazing! I’ve bought things off FBMP, and come across plenty of scammers. They always want money in advance! I always say I’m paying cash and don’t have any of their cash apps. The legit sellers are willing to work with you. I had one lady even leave an antique vase on her porch behind a pallet, trusting I’d leave the payment. I did, and it was all good. Thanks for teaching us new insults in Nigerian! Very useful in dealing with scammers!😊And thanks for all the work you do in educating us on these scams.

I hate scams

Thanks for being the down to earth guy that u are. My parents and grandma watch your video's. I tried to warn them of different scams by showing youtube video's. but i guess they are from a generation that dont use youtube and for sure dont watch any youtube video's. Than i showed your video's. They say its like having a pastor warning u of the latest scams. Very calm and normal and easy to understand for a 80 year old grandma. They have watched all your video's now and even tell me when u post a new one. Its like the usual tv garden chanels they watch. They text each other to watch your video together and make notes of it with pen and paper😂. Love u dude. Keep the word safe 👍

This is pure gold trolling! Thanks so much for helping catch these scammers and keeping us entertained in the process!

BIG BIG BIG RED FLAG, when the seller says " You can put a deposit and I'll hold the item till you get here ", real people would never ask for a deposit

Abby wasn't happy about that crazed guy break into her house🤣🤣🤣

I've been in the IT and security industry a long time.. and appreciate what you're doing and the style in which you're doing it. I've also watched a plethora of other scam-baiter creators and your style takes the cake! Thanks for sharing!

Oh my goodness this was the best scambait ever!

I’ll add to this video; we were looking at an item that was priced realistically, but would have been about an hour’s drive. The seller provided an address, but then wanted a deposit because of so many inquiries. When they provided the link (Venmo) it wasn’t their name, and when asked, said it was their sister. We looked further into the accounts (many Venmo purchases are public) and the seller’s Facebook account was brand new, and the Venmo account had limited transactions. The address provided seemed to be an actual address We passed on the item and reported the Marketplace listing; similar adds with the same photos and information started showing up everywhere. Our guess is there are a lot of people who send a deposit: and had the accounts been set up a little better, we might have been fooled, too. That all said, cash is king in Facebook marketplace if you are going to buy in person-and a deposit should never be necessary.

The old man has a PS5? Yeah, right. That should have been instant red flag

Omg this exact scam happened to my mom a few weeks ago. It was EXACTLY identical to this one. She tried to get a blender from a guy (same scam) and when she asked to pick it up he said “ohh I can’t I’m going to Walmart right now” and tried to get her to pay advance. I warned her it was probably a scammer and luckily she didn’t fall for it

I had a FB friend that has lost his account twice to scammers now. The latest one was this about his sister (which he doesn't have) going into a nursing home. I hate scammers.

I'm a very mistrustful person and would never consider sending a deposit for anything. I would promise on my word to show up at an appointed time to physically be there to buy the item and if they still insisted on a deposit because my word wasn't good enough, then that would be the end of it, no deal.

Facebook is just one big tumpster.. A scammer magnet !

I’m Nigerian and I’m happy with your works! Thanks PG

That's messed up, I'm literally cleaning out my dad's old house as I watch this. Must be a good excuse for a scam because it's so common.

3:44 That’s pretty cool they trained a couple of baboons to record an audio message!

It's really gotten bad on Facebook when it comes to these scams. They are doing job offer scams also all over Ireland where I am.

Thanks for sharing this, I have to tell people who buys things off Facebook. Scammers are evil

Whenever I see someone on fb or marketplace asking if I have PayPal or zelle or any of them, I say I only sell to locals & cash payments face to face.

From an Admin on a FB group: If you are ever concerned about someone being a scammer; get them to send you a video saying your name and showing what you are buying.

AS a nigerian, that you dey mad cracked me up

This was awesome!! I laughed so hard when “Mike Rafone” went to “Abbey’s” house to get the Kitchen Aid. 😂

That was too funny. I love how you educate us on scams and entertain us with how you mess with the scammers.

10:00 Reminds me of the song, “there’s a bump on a log in the hole in the bottom of the sea and the green grass grows all around.”

My smallish community knows this is a scam and spread it all around to let people know.

Love your work, keep it up! I see these sort of scams ALL the time and am constantly dealing with friends and family members who fall for them, one friend was scammed out of $500. I told him it was a scam as soon as he showed me the listing. Now I'm always getting asked, "Is this a scam?" and my reply is always YES!. I always report them, but Facebook very rarely does anything about them and instead tells me there's nothing wrong and the account or listing was not removed....

It is astounding how gullible some people can be.

You became Steven Spielberg to troll the scammers 😂😂😂. You’re a f*cking LEGEND!!!!! Hilarious!

The skit video with your sister at the end was hilarious 😂

I love the scenarios you set up when you bait these scumbags. Makes watching your videos so much fun. Keep up the good fight and keep entertaining us as well as exposing the different scams.

I LOVE YOUR SCAM BAITING VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!

i wonder what must've gone through his head seeing a video of a man break into someone's house and steal a kitchen aid

That staged video and pretending to be Abbey was the funniest crap ever! S tier scambaiting

😂😂😂😂😂 you produced a damn telenovela here, I was really invested 😅👌

speaking of scammers every time i post something on the fb marketplace i immediately get msg by bots trying to scam me 🤣🤣

I reported one of these posts to Facebook and they were deemed to not break community standards. So I reported a handful more and I am going to keep reporting them until they do something about this rubbish, but as it does not effect them I doubt they will even care.

Simple answer is I never buy anything from Facebook. So I’m safe

The idea of the buyer coming to her house to get the Kitchen Aid is freakin' hilarious.

My mom bought a sewing machine from Facebook during the height of Covid 19. She used PayPal thinking she would be safe on a $200+ transaction. The seller sent her a sock instead, and because the package was shown as “delivered,” even though it was a single sock, PayPal refused to reimburse her. So, the seller , that was from china, got away with $200+ USD.

Always leveling up! Love it! Good work and thanks for sharing!

Glad that caught my attention I never buy anything from Facebook so I'm good.

This video needs millions of views. You had me on the edge of my seat and then just burst out laughing when you stole the kitchen aid 😂😂😂😂

Not the kitchen aid kidnapping 😂😂😂

This was a great video. Well played. I've seen so many of those posts on local FB pages here in Australia. I know they are scams but so many fall for them.

These people selling stuff... it's from hacked profiles. I've seen a bunch of friends get their profiles hacked and the profiles turn into these "For Sale" type posts. It's sad because my friends have lost their accounts because of these scumbags.

Dude you are my favorite RU-vidr. I have been constantly binging your videos and I’m so glad you uploaded again! The work you do is amazing. Keep it up!

Can't tell from area codes where cell phone calls originate in the US.. My golfing buddy's cell phone has an Ohio area code but lives in AZ. Landline calls however, are tied to actual area locations. But when I receive a phone call, I don't know if it's cell or landline. But I do know it's a scammer by the long delay between my "Hello", a delay, then a short "beep" then another delay until the other party answers with a very heavy accent. That's an indication that their autodialer is making the call.

These scammers are relentless

Scammers think they're so much better than you once you uncover their scam is hilarious

That lovely lady didn’t deserve you getting her mixer. Shame on you Ben, I mean Mike.

My officially acting debut.

This is great. I have been going after scammers in Kenya pretending to sell 75inch TV's in Oz. Same, deal, they always ask for $100 for a 'holding' money to mark it as sold.... After that I unleash on them and try and make them sound as bad possible.... these pricks deserve nothing, so I harass them as much as I can.

I am way beyond cautious... I don't.

This happened to me, but with a car for sale. I was about to go look at it, and when I asked for address, thdy wanted deposit before seeing it, because they felt “unsafe” and someone tried to rob “steal the car!😂” the day before. So they wanted to make sure I’m serious. I told them I can’t leave a deposit because I don’t even know if I want the car until I see it. Even told them I will meet them at Public place or police station. They kept insisting on deposit, saying they would refund instantly if I didn’t like, plus interest/inconvenience fee, lmao!!🤣

11:40 that video was hilarious 😂😂

I like the one who called you "Mugu" because that word is literally an insult to scam victims in particular. Nigerian is such a rich language. Edit: "uhm ackshually nigerian isn't a-" yes i know, i'm not an idiot. i just don't care enough to accurately describe the specific language a scammer is using. unless you have a better blanket term for every language in Nigeria, please shut up.

Ben did a good job convincing a scammer that “Abby” got robbed because of him

What is the reverse phone number site do you use? Does it matter witch free service you use? I am asking because the few sites that I have tried over the years just seem to suck. I looked up my number a minute ago and it got the carrier wrong the location lol

DUDE, that is next level. You staged a break-in, haha. That's awesome! But damn, you are absolutely right, you'd think these people could put some effort into learning a real skill and starting a real business for real money.