SCAMMED in Beijing on purpose! 

They tried this with me in Shanghai, but I’m Italian and so I ended up scamming them

He already got scammed just look at his shirt

wasting a scammer's time is basically a good deed. if you are wasting their time and energy, they're not scamming anyone else

If girls approaching to me then there's something wrong.

I don't think that BJ stands for Beijing.

with those clothes even a tourist will try to scam you 😂

Imaginei the secret police who's been watching Winston for 12 years. "He's now in tourist clothes... trying to scam scammers... do I save our fellow scammer citizens or watch what develops... need orders... "

"A famous place called silk street" He was trolling them at every opportunity, epic.

This is like me watching my dad try to be cool...

i am a native from Beijing, and i was so happy that you did all this. and I like your videos, do more. Thank you again.

My man ... i would like to thank you very much for this video you saved me ....i did some research about china before landing there for the first time and watched this video ... when i was in shanghai walking near the the bund area two Chinese girls approached me and they invited me to a tea shop ... when we go to the shop before we entered i suddenly recalled your video ...then i declined going in and told them lets have a drink else instead the girls were so upset ... again thank you and stay awesome :D

What i learned from this video: 1. scamming unwarned tourists is kinda easy 2. Winston has the 🔥DRIP🔥 3. Winston is good at scambaiting 4. staying awesome is the key

The outfit was painful. Painful but necessary

Thank you so much! I was in Beijing today at the forbidden city and i was approached by two women who tried this exact same thing they did in this video, because i was made aware by this video it saved me today!! Thanks again!

As a Chinese, I hate those who deceive foreign tourists in your viedo. I hope that every foreigner can have a good experience in China. Thanks for your video, which can help them stay away from some dangerous situations in China. When you travel in China, please try to go to public places or some famous chain stores where local consumers go.

You wasted a perfect opportunity to say something to them in Chinese at the end and see their reaction 😂

Chinese tourists constantly get scammed as well, it's not only for you foreigners. As a Chinese mainlander I do appreciate what you do, we owe you a big thank you.

I can only dream of being as eggscessful as you Winston.

6:42 This is the moment that completely gives away the scam. "I like your t-shirt"

The level of crimes you committed that day in fashion is nearly unforgivable. This is why he wears a suit everyone.

I love this war you've waged against dirty scammers and beggars!

she was literally seeing dollar signs floating when you told her you worked in a bank

Bro you got some Irony steel heavy balls bro, Wrecking ball- balls. The way you went and played a role of a foreigner. It's amazing. You don't win a fight by fighting your opponent, you win a fight by out-playing your oponents game.

I ❤️ Beijing but written as BJ. Man, that is one conversation starter lol

so smooth when telling the dude that he's about to get scammed.

Scammer: What do you do ? Me: I AM UNEMPLOYED AND DEEPLY IN DEBT. Scammer: Runs away horrified.

Came for the scams, stayed for the acting talent.

I’m watching this now and JUST realised I was almost scammed by these exact same people at the exact same “tea house”. Me being a naive 20 year old thought they were being friendly. Once we got to the tea house my parents and brother urged me not to go inside, and I just asked them for a tea to buy for $4NZD in a takeaway cup, and we left. Was shocked seeing your footage and realising this!

Scammer: Whats your name? "Winston Churchill"

Give you a incredible kiss for helping my country improving~ we don’t like the scammers, no matter who they scammed. Let’s make China better ~!

It’s because of your videos I was able to avoid getting scammed in China and had a wonderful trip. Keep up the good work.

You are a real hero. What you're doing for this planet is beyond words. You are brave, highly intelligent and connected to your heart.

When I was in Beijing last year I identified the "art student" scam right at Tiananmen square thanks to your video. My dad had no idea. I had to explain to him later why I was being rude to her by saying we were not interested in seeing her paintings. She started the conversation in english saying she is an art student from Xi'An. Thanks again Winston! Stay awesome!

you should prob speak Chinese with them after they talk behind your back

Who is scamming who?? Great job Homie!! Another eggcessful video. Thanks for keeping it real. I can't count how many times I have had scamming attempts on me in China and I agree with you. If you get scammed, you can only blame yourself.

That guy you warned looked quite stressed out, it looks like he knew he was in trouble, but didn't know where he was and how to get out of this situation. I bet he really loved you after that! Hahaha

Everything you talked about China is 100 percent accurate!!!!!Thanks a lot for your sharing.I'm Chinese,and I like all of your videos,no exception, cos you always tell the truth instead of keeping saying the positive side of China(most of the RU-vidrs only comment China in a good way ). It's so funny to see that you flatter the scammer's English. You are so smart.

I have watched a few of your videos before, but after watching this video and seeing the effort you go to in informing us about China, good and bad, I decided to support your Patreon. You are a real upstanding guy, and someone to look up to.

Can i get an i love BlowJob shirt like yours?

it's not just foreigners, i got chinese friends that got scammed when they went back to china.

Thanks for warning that guy. I would have greatly appreciated that.

It would be funny as hell if the scammer say btw I love your channel, stay awesome.

Dude it’s so hard to believe that this kind of horrible things do actually exist. As a Chinese born people I was educated by my parents to always watch out for scammers when going out traveling. I got scammed in Beijing on a taxi (looks like a real taxi but was a fake one)as scammers there can tell that I’m not from the local area from my accent.... And this incident made Beijing my least favourite city on earth. I just realised that there are scammers who only approach foreign tourists, in such a nasty way.....

Cracking up at the "I❤️ BJ" shirt 🤣

Outfit was basically C-Milk when he first arrived in China.

you, sir, are brilliant, and an everyday hero. loudmouth locals should have some respect towards you for not only showing everyone an honest picture of china, but even defending the country against all sorts of rubbish, regardless whether it comes from the outside or inside. i bow to you. as a sign of respect, i bought both seasons of your 'conquering' series, and if you ever visit budapest, know that you have a friend here. : )

Not all heroes wear caps .Men your true hero

When I was in the Shanghai bund area, I was approached by a few of these scammers. I used them to practice my Chinese, I was a bit nervous to speak, but after walking around for a bit I got about 1-2 hours of basic conversation practice all up. They would approach me, I would agree to whatever they said and started walking with them (just along the bund), then start talking Chinese, and have a bit of back and forth. Most of the time after 5-10 minutes I think they realised I was too aware to be scammed and left. But another would approach me in a few minutes. It really helped me gain a bit more confidence in my language skills.

I must say I recently discovered this channel on Sunday and have been binge watching it, I love it! It is one of the very few channels these days that gives an insight to an interesting country with entertainment but with the educational aspect of it. Keep up the good work Winston! :D

"so everyday you touch the money" that's so highkey lmfao

This video should go viral so everyone knows.

I've learned so much from this guy. I've been offered a job in China, Hangzhou. I watch him religiously

If the police don't care probably because they have background (bribe polices to stay away). I found the shop owners name/email/phone and etc Information on Baidu. That tea shop has been there since 1993! As a local Beijing girl I have no idea this is happening. Thank you for making this vedio!🌺

Learning English for Scamming? That's some next level dedication

I watch your videos all the time but rarely comment. This was a great video! I loved the funny outfit & music. Have a great day my friend. Ed

"You're about to be scammed by those two chicks" "Oh I know" Somehow I highly doubt that

All the time I worried that Chinese words would slip out of Winston's mouth and give him away.

This was like a mini documentary. More please

I "borrowed" a screen capture for a photo to upload to Google maps

Great video, these scams are not only in China but everywhere. I went to New Delhi this year and as a European I couldn't walk anywhere without loads of scammers approaching me. They also work in packs! But the people were also very friendly and welcoming too.

I love the background rap music, it really isn’t Winston’s style at all; it’s so funny 😂

*"I only speak a little bit of english"* Two minutes later *"I studied English for 4 years"*

I have to say Winston what you did in this video is beyond amazing. Keep it up mate. I thought you get hustled here in Tehran but what you shown is another level.

Lol this tea house scam happened to us. We were a group of fellas roaming around tianenmen and this two ladies approached us saying hi and introduced them as English teachers in a school. They were looking nice, not so young, modestly dressed and with no make ups. Since we have some women in our team they became pretty close with them, and invited us for coffee. ( I guess it's this same tea house in this video.) These ladies were sharing the things they know about our country, praising the women in our team for their achievements in their professional and personal life, n chatting interesting stuffs. They asked us what we need and ordered for coffee for all. We were all talking taking pictures together and enjoying the coffee. And when the bill came, they told us the amount looking at it and were waiting for us to pay the bill. And one women from our team started to create a scene telling them to pay the bill cos its them invited us. They were being silent and acted stupid and dumb. Somehow we just managed to collect the money and settle the bill. Each of us had to pay around 40 rmb something.

OMG, I have a great story on scammers in Beijing. My first year in Beijing, two scammers on Wangfujing, pretending to be from Mongolia (could be actually, looked like non-han ) speaking in English and wanting to have coffee... There was a Starbucks right across the street so I said sure, lets go there. They insisted to go to some other place (scam tea shop) and I naively followed. We sat down, they ordered some crappy jasmine tea and suddenly one of them received a call saying they need to be somewhere else (after literally 5min of tea drinking). They asked for a bill, maybe 1500-2000rmb, I dont remember, but a huge amount for 5min and cheap tea I didn't get to finish. I told them (which was true) I only have 200rmb cash on me that I was planning to spend on books (poor student life). I ended up giving it to them and they pretended to pay the rest. We left the cafe and I was pissed I got scammed this way.... A few minutes later, I see the same two girls trying to scam another foreigners in the same spot! I furiously went over and told them "I though you were in a rush to go somewhere" and then I told the foreigners "be careful, these girls are scammers and they've just stole my money". I continue to follow the girls and told them they will either give me my 200rmb back or I will follow them for the rest of the day and they won't make any more money. I also started yelling loud in Chinese that they were thieves and stole my money. Remember, we are on Wangfujing and there's a lot of Policemen, but not very helpful unfortunately... Girls were trying to escape through one of the malls, get to the back exit and get a cab, but right before they manage to leave, I grabbed one of the girls purse trying to stop her. Both girls were trying to get me off that purse, so I used a moment of distraction and quickly grabbed a phone one of them was holding in her hand the whole time. Once I got her phone, I told them they can go now. I dont care about my 200rmb, I can have her phone instead. Girl almost broke into tears! She was telling me I can't do things like that. LOL. Seriously... They immediately contacted the scammers at the cafe and one of the guys brought 200rmb back to me. Looking back, Im lucky Im alive and the scammers didn't stab me or something... I didn't want to go back to the cafe to get my money back, I insisted it will be brought to me to the mall (seemed more safe). Anyway, ended up well and I never got scammed again.

"You're about to get scammed" "I know" Plot Twist: "It's his fetish" lol

The world would be a better place if this gets 5 million views

This is crucial education for rookie travellers like me, thanks a lot man

I'm pretty sure if you wore that I❤BJ shirt in San Francisco you'd be getting approached by a lot worse than scammers! 😂

Lmao i cant take you seriously with that outfit hahaha

I arrived in Hong Kong late in the evening, a cab took my friend and myself to the Mariners Club in Kowloon. I went to a bar named The Four Sisters and had a beer or two. I met a couple of really drunk English guys who told me they were English Teachers, this was in the mid 1980's and I had never heard of "English Teachers" who were just ordinary English speaking people with no teaching training or experience before. They said they taught "Conversational English" so they only had to be able to talk English in order to qualify for their job. One of the two whose name was Adrian, gave me a business card for a nearby Hotel and he told me he was being hired to manage the bar there in the next couple of weeks and he said I should go there and have a beer and check it out. It was late already but after Adrian and his pal left and I finished my beer, I decided to go check out that Hotel, which Adrian said was still open and had given me some simple directions to. It was only a left turn down from the Four Sisters, straight along and through one set of lights and then the Hotel bar was downstairs on the left hand side of the street. The four sisters had been on my left after I turned down to my right when I left the Mariners Club, so everything was on my left that night after that first right turn. Left from the Four Sisters, left when I "left" the four sisters, across a main street, still on the left and then down stairs of what looked like a modern high rise office building, it could have been a Hotel. The bar was large and empty and the actual bar itself was a long narrow rectangle shape also to my left as I entered, Adrian was sitting with a Chinese girl at the very far end away from the entrance as I walked in, his friend was no longer with him and the girl who wasn't with him twenty minutes earlier when I met him, was very drunk. I walked along and pulled up a bar stool next to Adrian and I ordered a beer. I was very surprised to see the bar because it didn't look anything like what you might expect someone with no experience to be offered the job of managing just because they spoke English. I would have imagined anyone managing a place like that to be well educated in Hotel Management with English as a second language, at least. I had just poured my beer into a glass when the girl stumbled and almost fell down, her boob popped out of her low cut top and Adrian grabbed her arm and told me he'd have to talk to me later because he was taking her out of the bar. That left me alone in that huge pub/bar so I just drank my one beer and paid for it then I stood up to leave and the barman started saying stuff in Chinese to me, I had no idea what he was saying and I told him that in English, my only language as I continued to walk along the bar to head for the door. As I walked, only half way along the length of the bar, that barman began shouting something and other guys began heading over towards me and putting themselves in front of me while shouting and looking angry about something. I stopped for a second and asked somebody to speak English but nobody did. I said that somebody must speak English in this place and then I said, I know one of you speak English but I don't speak Chinese so I'm just going to tell you, I don't know what your problem is, I had One Beer which I paid for and now I'm leaving and you have no business with me, so let me get out of here and don't block my way and let me go. They just didn't stop and began to crowd right in front of me and very close, that's when I yelled back at them and told them where to go, in English, with my Scottish accent, maybe that's why they didn't understand me? This ended up with me dropping the boldest and closest of them who was right in my face yelling at the time. I called out that I didn't want to hurt anyone and wasn't looking for trouble but I told them to get out of my way and let me leave. Before I could get to the end of the bar and turn right towards the door and the stairs leading up to the street, I had to drop another one of them and that gave me the space to make it up and through the door to the bottom of the stairs, there was one guy who ran up and turned around in front of me on the stairs and the rest were behind me shouting still but they weren't following me and I just told the guy in front of me that it was a bad spot for him to be in if I was going to have to get him out of my way because he wasn't in for a good landing if that happened on the stairs. That guy decided just to step out of my way and I made it to the top of the stairs but just as I was walking out the front doors I had come in, a Police Van, just the same as they used to have in the U.K. came to a screeching halt right in front of me and the cops who were in it ran past me into the Hotel. I just booted it off to my right, all the way back to the Mariner's Club and that was how my first night in Kowloon began and ended. I never knew what had really happened, was Adrian working some scam with the Hotel Bar? Did Adrian have a bar tab and tell them I was paying for it when he left almost as soon as I got there? If it was a scam, why did they call the Police? If it was a scam, were the Police in on it? This story goes on, because we were stuck in Hong Kong when my friend was pickpocketed and lost his Passport, Plane ticket and all his American express cheques and his credit cards. We were stuck there for a month when we were supposedly just spending a day or two there before flying on to Bangkok. Because of that, we had a few meetings with the local Police and Customs people in their offices and strangely, to me anyway, when we did make it to Thailand later, I was buying some food from a street vender who had a crowd around him and when I looked through the crowd, I saw the face of the white Policeman who had interviewed my friend and I a couple of times in Kowloon. When he seen me staring right back at him, he just vanished and I never seen him again. We were just two U.K. expats, living in Canada who were both sailors and had decided to go on a vacation and see some places neither of us had ever seen before, so we decided while in a travel Agency in Toronto, to check out Thailand and Hong Kong on the way, we had no prior knowledge about Thailand and hoped to see temples and elephants and just step back in time in Asia, it sounded like it would be an amazing trip and it was, but had I known what the reality was, I would have been better prepared and probably given the bars in Kowloon a miss altogether, as well as Bangkok and Pattaya Beach and just headed straight for the little village on Koh Samui where we ended up for two months, in the first place. We were used to rough areas, being from Glasgow and Liverpool and sailors to boot, but that's what we didn't want to experience on our Vacation, we wanted peace and rest and relaxation.

"I can't say anything in Chinese I don't even know one word" sarcasm level over 9000 :D

Hi, i'm from Shanghai. I really like your videos because they show what mainland China actually is no matter they are good or bad about China. I 'm sick of many Chinese people (especially Wu Mao and Xiao Fenhong) boasting that China surpasses westen countries in many aspects. 加油, Winston! Stay awesome lol ~

I can back it up everything Winston says,been in Beijing in 2012 and 2016 and both times in same location he showed in this footage Chinese women approached me and my buddies like every 20 minutes with same story he’s showing here.Just pathetic.

Thanks for the spanish subs and the clarification at the end of the video since I didn't get why or for what you were going to be scammed for. Keep up the good work !

Dude when the guy walked in and told the women "he is recording you" as you are leaving that place you should have spoken out in your best Chinese language. Let them know you speak good Chinese. That would have been hilarious.

eggcessful...

my english is poor, but I gained some confidence after watching how the chick speaks english.

Years ago a young girl approached me, my Taiwanese boyfriend and my father to practice her English and show us around. We vere very afraid of a scam.... We spent one of the best days in Xian. Just a nice college girl. Thus, there are scams and there are great people

A South African is performing a public service that local Chinese authorities refuse to. Thats messed up! Serpentza is certainly staying awesome himself! ;)

Dude, your sense of humor is hilarious. Keep up the great work.

Cool video! Found it weird that the guy acted like he knew he was about to get scammed, but still going with it.

Hey Winston! This happened to me back in 2016 in a tea shop and in May this year they still try to scam me in Dongguan in Guangdong province but I leaned that experienced that happened to me before and try to escaped from them. It was hilarious this second time cuz I knew what they’re gonna do.😂😂

I went to China a couple of years ago and I was approached by a young couple. They started talking to me and then they suggested we go have a beer because they wanted to continue practicing their English. I got a bad feeling and said no because I had to get up early the next day. They were very insistent. The more they insisted the less I felt like going with them. Afterwards I wondered what their intentions were. Now that I saw this I understand what they wanted. Anyway, I am glad I didn’t go with them. Thank you for posting this video to warn people.

Damn, you are doing pro investigative journalism. The only thing I hope doesn't happen is you ending up beaten up in a dark alley. Really great video.

1 thing you showed that you didn't even notice: If you walk openly with a camera and record everything, they run away from you!

This is one of Winston's best works! I like the take home message at 20min. It is so true.

These scammers are really polished in their scamming and extremely heartless in their execution of this scam. Thank you for exposing these criminals! :)

14:29 You were a good chap here. Thank you for that. That dude seemed like a nice fella. Would suck for him to get scammed.

I'm a simple man, I see Winston's entertaining and informative video I press like button :) Stay awesome!

Great work man, you are doing a great service to tourists.

Step 1. Dress like Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit

Holy shit! The conversation makes me want to bang my head against a wall! "Hi! Where are you from" "Can you use chopsticks?" "The chopsticks are so difficult to use!" Props to Winston for really sounding like a standard foreigner in China especially when talking to Chinese people. It's just as painful as it is in real life ^^

Thank you, Winston! you really love China! As a Chinese, let me say, you are one of us. you are Chinese too!

So nice of you to warn a fellow tourist. Good bless you.

I absolutely love your respect for China, I love that you are exposing this for tourists who want to go and get an authentic experience for themselves. May I please make a suggestion? On your next video, in the very end, can you please speak to them in Mandarin and film their reaction? I would absolutely love to see that. I believe this would make them think twice about scamming people. Anyway, GREAT video, and I loved seeing this. I am gonna sub to you. -Cheers.

I seldom comment, but I must say you've done the travelling public a great service. In my travels overseas and in America, I've been been the target of many scam attempts. My only defense is that I'm highly distrustful of friendly strangers that ask too many questions. Thank you making the effort to give credible, and solid advice. Your journalistic prowess is impeccable.

Lesson of the day...if you dont want to be scammed, carry a camera

"Winston from London" Churchill???

Thanks, Winston. I was in Shanghai, at Nanjing Dong Road, waiting for my wife to come out of a store (she didn't want me to go in because she'd never get a good price if an American was in tow). Anyway, as I sat on a bench there, a pretty young Chinese lady started up a conversation with me. Somewhere along the conversation she asked if I had time for tea. I said, sorry, I'm just waiting for my wife to finish at that store over there. I have never seen anyone vanish so quickly in my life. I didn't know until my wife informed me upon her return, how risky those people are. You go, Winston! You have a voice, and I'm glad you use it!