Accused scammer used people's phones to send himself money, police say

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3 ай бұрын

Police have arrested a man who, they said, conned people into letting them use their phones to send himself money. Now a victim is speaking out about her encounter with the serial scammer.

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@jazzyj6640 3 ай бұрын

Ummm I’d never hand my phone to a stranger.

@jimmyraidjames 3 ай бұрын

Yup she fell in that trap quickly

@phallondavenport470 3 ай бұрын

Same here

@SFBenjaminK 3 ай бұрын

BUT damn his HOT asf, is hard to say NO

@AlejandroSovsa 3 ай бұрын

Yes very true but what an arse

@jazzyj6640 3 ай бұрын

@@SFBenjaminK it’s not. 😂

@SammyC-ro5jq 3 ай бұрын

Back in the early 2000s, it was common for someone to beg someone else to use their phone to make a quick emergency call but nowadays with smartphones, there's too much personal stuff on there. You can't let anyone use your phone.

@tohopes 3 ай бұрын

you could set up a guest account for that purpose though

@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 3 ай бұрын

The iPhone didn't even come out until 2007. Before then, the best smartphones could do is record video and send it as an email. Or view webpages as web clippings. Nobody was banking on their phone and things like Venmo didn't even exist. Today, honestly, your "phone" shouldn't even be called that anymore. It's basically a computer, which also allows you to make calls. There's not a single device I can think of that has more access to my life than my phone. From driving my car to paying for stuff to knowing every workout I did for the last 5 years, my phone is everything. Yeah, unless it's my wife or trusted family member, sorry, you can't have my phone.

@TravelOften 3 ай бұрын

@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 "It's basically a computer" it's basically a wallet, bank, ATM... ftfy :)

@StevenWesleyGraham 3 ай бұрын

Not even back then I would rather give them a quarter for a pay phone

@Bluto-pd2gw 3 ай бұрын

I've lived among those conniving grimey😡POS morons from scam county😤!

@ChickyRx 3 ай бұрын

STOP LETTING HIM GO !!! ONE NIGHT IN JAIL IS NOT A DETERENT

@Chicago48 3 ай бұрын

I don't understand. How are they getting the pass code to the venmo & cash app?

@Kidsollekz 3 ай бұрын

He paid his debt to society in the form of a time out

@BeccaHetrick 3 ай бұрын

(deterrent) And instead of asking why the cops keep letting him go, I would be asking why the fuck people are handing their phones to a complete stranger...

@BeccaHetrick 3 ай бұрын

@@Chicago48obviously they don't have any passcode or security features enabled. That's how he gets into their accounts. I thought that was pretty obvious...

@BeccaHetrick 3 ай бұрын

@@Kidsollekzno. He didn't...

@brandyjohn 3 ай бұрын

Any financial app on your phone should be password protected, which included CC's. You can not get past any app on my device without my fingerprint or a password.

@dee27206 3 ай бұрын

Mine is my face. This is why I was confused. Hers was just opened?

@jamesedwards3923 3 ай бұрын

Biometrics are a bad idea.

@Thaddeus-ml8if 2 ай бұрын

@@dee27206 Because Karens don’t know how to use a smartphone.

@czogg99 2 ай бұрын

Pass protect your apps. Mine even has 2 step verification. .

@Dollar4It 2 ай бұрын

Mine needs my fingerprint to authorize payments

@DODGERS-br8tf 3 ай бұрын

She don’t want to give her name but her face on blast lol 😂🤦‍♂️

@melquesedekcastro7480 3 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing. I thought this was really "ingenious"

@vulcan2882 3 ай бұрын

she's not very bright ... she'll get scammed again.

@Trev_bronco 3 ай бұрын

Her face you cant look up.. her name you can google. People are weird shes protecting herself.

@vulcan2882 3 ай бұрын

@@Trev_bronco ... you can in fact look up her face, if you know how to do it.

@Trev_bronco 3 ай бұрын

@@vulcan2882 and thats how creepy the world is..

@mczombie 2 ай бұрын

The fear of someone running off with my phone is enough reason to never hand over my phone. Scammers rely on good people thinking they're doing the right thing.

@HikeColorado 3 ай бұрын

No, he said he was a Magician not a Musician. Watch me make your money disappear 🤣🤭

@user-js6ex7jh7e 3 ай бұрын

That's funny 🤣

@Zen-cx5tc 3 ай бұрын

😂😂

@Thaddeus-ml8if 2 ай бұрын

She thought he was going to give her a magical night.

@reelerthanm0st695 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 that’s my argument if I’m his lawyer

@GeminiCloudTech 2 ай бұрын

"And with the push of a button, stealacus yourmoneycus" ✨️ 💸 🤣

@nativestacker4185 3 ай бұрын

They are called phones , BUT THEY ARE NOT JUST PHONES . Don't ever let anyone touch your phone .

@SMcCaskill 3 ай бұрын

I don't allow anyone that I don't personally know to use my phone ever. I did that once for a woman to make a quick call. I ended up having to snatch my phone out of her hand so i could leave the premises. Never again!!!

@dougfredricks2017 3 ай бұрын

L😂L ie. Loss Of Loot

@supinthiam5741 3 ай бұрын

😂

@dylanhill1640 3 ай бұрын

Stranger danger has gone to the wayside.

@glenclarkchidley3637 3 ай бұрын

People are idiots!!! Here take my little gadget that has absolutely all my personal information… I trust you!🤦🏻‍♂️

@nkotbsouth 3 ай бұрын

🤣

@MISSLOVELY_REE 3 ай бұрын

I'm weak right 😂😂

@teenahweenah2608 2 ай бұрын

Why do people need to carry a cell phone 24/7? I never had a cell phone in my youth, and I survived. I was in my 40's when celll phone use became popular.

@gasmith7486 2 ай бұрын

Yes they are!!! There are no victims only volunteers.

@chillvibes3031 2 ай бұрын

Lmaooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@kenneycooper6199 2 ай бұрын

Are people really this slow? No stranger uses my phone.

@schlazer-merv 3 ай бұрын

I don't let people I don't know use my cell phone. Here's a quarter, call someone who cares.

@lissaslighthouse8475 3 ай бұрын

STOPPPP, BUT FACTS😂😂😂😂😂

@elvinn9434 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@preciousowusu7743 3 ай бұрын

Lol.

@BlackGirlUnsolved 2 ай бұрын

Do payphones still exist? tbh they need to bring it back. The only things i’ve seen at bus stops are emergency help buttons.

@teenahweenah2608 2 ай бұрын

I don't own or use a cell phone.

@johnfish1194 3 ай бұрын

this is what happens when you trust strangers. Say goodbye to your money. Lesson learned. i would never hand my phone to anyone i didn't know.

@ian5780 3 ай бұрын

New euphemism

@Livingfre 2 ай бұрын

Exactly

@KathyJensen-vh2yk 2 ай бұрын

Not just stranger's, fake friends as well.

@Ontiming2023 2 ай бұрын

Empathy is what make people help strangers I use to be like that until I realized that everybody is not good people you can’t have empathy for everyone an the stranger shit I never do idc who you is I tell them no an they do it a lot in Florida they stay asking to see your phone in Florida

@hondaopportunity8107 3 ай бұрын

People are to blame. People are very trusting, and your phone is your new wallet, trust no one..

@ProudrepublicanUSA 3 ай бұрын

Rule number one when it comes to cell phone.You never ever hand your phone over to a unknown person if This unknown person needs to make a call. Don't hand it over. Do it this way because this is how I've been doing it for the last over 35 years. When somebody needs to make a phone call. My hand is still on my phone. I opened up the download pad and I will dial the number in and throw it on speaker. And then I'm a detailed person. Do not touch my phone, just talk. It is that simple but won. A person said oh no. I meant I need you. I need your phone. I'll make the phone call. Do this, it works with me every time. Walk the hell away from the person and if you know the person it's following you, then you speak out loud and clear and say Hey, why are you following me? You want to get everybody around you to look

@nkotbsouth 3 ай бұрын

💯

@RemainNameless614 3 ай бұрын

You wrote all of that and people are still going to do the exact opposite.

@kingmaafa120 3 ай бұрын

No name but on camera 😂

@joski9030 3 ай бұрын

Dumb af probably expected free entry at gigs that weren’t even happening

@myronwand738 2 ай бұрын

Right. That’s the same reason why she got scammed. Obviously she’s not that bright

@davidjones8043 2 ай бұрын

Well so what's her name then, Sherlock?

@Bluebaja 3 ай бұрын

Don’t let the sun & the palm trees fool y’all don’t trust no one with your phone no one!.

@ian5780 3 ай бұрын

Sun

@nola3058 2 ай бұрын

Especially in Miami (on South Beach 🏝)

@tinaharris9403 2 ай бұрын

Never let anyone use your phone !

@Mrscherelle50 3 ай бұрын

I would never hand a stranger my phone.

@DRventura333 3 ай бұрын

1) Don't allow anyone to USE your phone; not even your best friend. 2) Don't store too much money on those money apps. 3) Always lock your phone with passcode or faceID. 4) Watch your surroundings when logging on to your phone, especially while in public. Why was he not in jail as this was not the first time!

@MichaelHalsell 3 ай бұрын

Humans can so easily tricked relating to matters of wealth, fame, popularity. Obsessed with success and status. Drugs and alcohol also impair cognitive action.

@betsyjohnson9777 3 ай бұрын

Exactly 💯.

@gasmith7486 2 ай бұрын

Excellent comment!! And I’m thankful that I don’t fall into that trap!

@TheDarkDresser 2 ай бұрын

Don't forget physical appearance. Many foolishly and naively attribute attractiveness with trustworthiness.

@eMDiKhamPha 3 ай бұрын

Glad I don't have those money app or save any pass related

@theotheleo6830 3 ай бұрын

Don't give anyone your phone and don't use banking apps.

@jamesedwards3923 3 ай бұрын

A lot of people have bad security settings on their phone. My password and email associated with my financials. Are not email accounts tied to the ecosystem of my phone. My password manager is not tied to my device. I turn off notifications. And the basic concept of: Stop staying logged into the damned banking applications. Especially CashApp. You need to login to access the damn thing. I do not use SMS with my CashApp. The email addresses are not tied to the device. So you would have to have the usernames, passwords, TOTP, and or FIDO Keys. To get into them. My Screen Blocking app. Which is called a App Locker application. A gross misnomer. So depending on the application. You would not have access to the screen. FYI, I do not know the password the application and the email associated with. Is not tied to my device ecosystem. So again using CashApp as an example. You would have to bypass my 'App Locker'. Then get the login PIN. And since I do not leave any real money on it. Nor do I keep an account tied to it. For most smash and grab thieves. For most muggers. They'd probably get freaked out at all my security and physically destroy the phone. Also, I do not know damn near all my passwords. So you could blow my brains out. You would still have to hack everything. Not to mention. I do not use biometrics for my device. My devices require passwords.

@dee27206 3 ай бұрын

You can use banking apps but have it protected by passcode. I use my face. Not sure what’s up with the lady in the video

@asuraXTC 3 ай бұрын

@@dee27206she was charmed by him xD

@bellydancer3146 2 ай бұрын

Ive had so many people ask to use my phone for this and that...i always say " you give me your.... And ill do it". Never EVER give up your phone.

@justynabm4959 2 ай бұрын

Never hand your phone to a stranger, even if they ask if they can take a picture of you.

@emmad1711 2 ай бұрын

Their easiest target is probably very friendly and tipsy tourists. Stay sober and vigilant people.

@tino6846 3 ай бұрын

I don’t even touch my own phone

@teenahweenah2608 2 ай бұрын

I don't even own or use a cell phone. I don't feel the need to be instantly accessible to other people.

@elisamartinez3881 2 ай бұрын

Lol I get scared when my screen is on that I accidentally bought something or called someone so seriously I don't touch it unless I need ot

@polycarp9897 2 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@dogheadward2043 3 ай бұрын

Dont let nobody use your phone

@heyletitgo 3 ай бұрын

He only getting probation.

@BpImperial 2 ай бұрын

this is why i dont speak to people

@DandyDuh 2 ай бұрын

😂😭🤣

@HummaKavula-DontVoteForStupid 3 ай бұрын

Last week, I met a guy, and he asked if he could hold my phone to put his contact information in there. He must’ve saw that how little I had on my Cash App because he sent me five bucks because he felt bad.

@mrhombregordo9556 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@gasmith7486 2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@quanhair5023 2 ай бұрын

Why would you give your phone to a complete stranger?

@Heiswithher 2 ай бұрын

Same thing can happen if you hand over your phone for strangers to take pictures for you.

@arlinearzuca1479 3 ай бұрын

Scammers are smarter, than programers, who made those apps. I never trust my phone to anyone for even a second, plus keep strong password on any withdraw….

@camerondawnpeterson5100 3 ай бұрын

That's what happens when you're gullible, the only time I've ever allowed other people to use my phone is if they need to make a call and I put the phone on speaker and I hold the phone I never would give someone my phone

@joski9030 3 ай бұрын

Only let my mates use mine never a stranger unless I can see a clear emergency

@theotheleo6830 3 ай бұрын

You shouldn't even do that. That person can snatch your unlocked phone and run away.

@donnadriggers5718 3 ай бұрын

Beaming with pride, Hey Ma look what I can do..

@DandyDuh 2 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@shaylagoogle3097 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the update. Never knew this can happen.

@mrscrappz1063 3 ай бұрын

These women were duped because of how attracted they were to him. Now they're sad that they lost over a thousand dollars. Oh well

@esshaych3168 Ай бұрын

This is the real reason right here

@OfficialDJTasawennateken 3 ай бұрын

Why would you hand over your phone to some unknown person If you do that and you get scammed you deserve it that's what you get for doing stupid things be smarter next time

@ricksherman34 3 ай бұрын

Who gives their phone to a stranger? With how much our phones are now so integrated with our finances, I'd be like nope. Piiss off snd move along.

@steelurgirl 3 ай бұрын

Where is her common sense?😂😂😂 You don’t let nobody hold your phone for shit😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Beoptimistic58 2 ай бұрын

SHE WAS BLOWING AND SWALLOWING AND SHE DIDN'T PAY UP! YOU KNOW SHE WANTED THAT BROTHA AND GAVE IT TO HIM 😂😂😂😂

@landonbrown9943 3 ай бұрын

Never give you phone to anyone. Even homeless people got phones

@loveyb9090 2 ай бұрын

I never did this out of fear they would run off with my phone smh. Crazy its common now.

@princessmw 2 ай бұрын

She handed her phone because he was a good-looking guy.

@freetheworld12 2 ай бұрын

in whos eyes , the guy is a con artist

@augustdelacreme 2 ай бұрын

He was not cute

@DandyDuh 2 ай бұрын

Yuuuuup 😂😭😭😭

@yeahisaidit2times 2 ай бұрын

100%

@billylewis433 2 ай бұрын

Guaranteed she wouldn't have let a homeless person use it

@Mr.BC777 3 ай бұрын

BS she wanted a date, and now she was scammed she wanted her story out there to warn others of this POS! I bet if it was a homeless guy or a guy she didn't like she wouldn't of gave them the time of day!

@Amenimun 3 ай бұрын

Calm down... I don't know who she was, but she can't hurt you anymore...

@asuraXTC 3 ай бұрын

@@Amenimunwell he’s right no sane person would give their phone to a stranger unless they got rizzed up

@Beoptimistic58 2 ай бұрын

YEA SHE WANTED THAT STALLION AND GANKED HER 😂😂😂😂 AFTERWARD SHE GULP IT UP 😂😂😂😂

@ronhat-nx6yq 3 ай бұрын

He should be placed in prison for as long as possible so that people would be free of him for a while. He will be released and continue with the same crime or even something worse.

@butterflyangel75 3 ай бұрын

I stopped letting people use my phone long time ago.

@ironbowtie 3 ай бұрын

Successfully apprehended and successfully released. Justice is swerved.

@wondereagle 3 ай бұрын

One look at him and it’s ‘no’.

@Beoptimistic58 2 ай бұрын

NOT FOR HER! IT WAS YAS BABY AND SHE DIDN'T PAY UP! THOSE PALE GALS LOVE THOSE STALLIONS 😂😂😂😂

@gasmith7486 2 ай бұрын

@@Beoptimistic58Not this one. NEVER.

@patmcbride9853 3 ай бұрын

Someone asks me to let them borrow my phone, I use it to take a picture of them.

@COMMANDERHAWK22 3 ай бұрын

Wont they just delete the photo.ifvthey catch you ?

@patmcbride9853 3 ай бұрын

@@COMMANDERHAWK22 They won't have the phone in thier hands. The photo will be accompanied by a "No, you can't use my phone."

@The_Black_Sheep95 3 ай бұрын

Giving your phone to a complete stranger? you deserve to be scammed plus who dont use thumb print verification on those types of apps? smh

@GLEAM0721 2 ай бұрын

Why are you giving your phone to a stranger

@kittysysagal1209 2 ай бұрын

I'll never hand my open phone to anyone (even to a relative or friend), especially to strangers. DUH!!!

@DubbPP 3 ай бұрын

That's like some random coming up to you and asking to use your toothbrush... Would you say yes?

@Sandhillduck 3 ай бұрын

I guess Mama didn't tell her not to talk to strangers

@TurboSquare2000 3 ай бұрын

She probably grew up in a small white town where you can trust everyone.

@phallondavenport470 3 ай бұрын

I guess her parents told her to trust people, because they are good people in this world. Which is true, but people need to understand they are evil people in this world as well.

@SFBenjaminK 3 ай бұрын

well with that f*n looks he got draw any body in as woman or man ..he looks soo handsome & dreamy 🥰😘 i guess BOB & Bill gonna enjoy him in cell gonna give him some scam bar every day

@Beoptimistic58 2 ай бұрын

NOT THAT STALLION THAT GAL SAW THAT BIG FINE STALLION AND ASK TO RIDE 😂😂😂😂 AND HAD TO PAY FOR THAT RIDE AND SWALLOW 😂😂😂

@GigiTheChosen2 2 ай бұрын

If a scammer can zap your information and funds from afar they hit a gold mine when you literally hand them your personal phone.

@choosey87 3 ай бұрын

Even if I allowed someone to use my phone, they'd have to put in my 4 digit code, before they could make any transaction on the app. Why don't folks have this on their accounts already???

@boricuanights 2 ай бұрын

I'm from Tampa and this happens a lot in Ybor City. Our phones have WAY too much info on them and someone can just scam you within minutes. Keep your phones and yourself safe people!

@desmondsawyer1471 2 ай бұрын

Note to self: never hand your phone down to anyone!

@AaronSmith-my2dh 3 ай бұрын

How could you hand your phone over to a stranger and let them just scroll through your phone without actively watching what they are doing though……

@betsyjohnson9777 3 ай бұрын

Sunshine alcohol 🌼🍷

@AaronSmith-my2dh 3 ай бұрын

I been drunk plenty of times and if anything I was even more concerned about what they doing on my phone 😂

@betsyjohnson9777 3 ай бұрын

@@AaronSmith-my2dh Ditto.🤣✌️

@freedomofspeech361 2 ай бұрын

I sure wish people would start using the common sense they were born with again instead of being dumb as a rock🙄😒

@knowthetruth1492 3 ай бұрын

00:35 that was a huge bong hit !!! 😭

@Rowan-mo4ko 2 ай бұрын

Unless you need me to call 911 don't ask for my phone.

@princesswahab 2 ай бұрын

I'm not letting nobody use my phone. He really think he wouldn't get caught.

@Stacy..H 2 ай бұрын

Y’all just hand your phones off to strangers?

@anthonyvoss9150 3 ай бұрын

What if I don't have Vemo?

@ronl2463 2 ай бұрын

A fool and their money are soon parted!

@Matthew2077 2 ай бұрын

usual suspects would never let these guys "borrow" anything I own

@martist911wasits-not-real4 3 ай бұрын

These women don't recognize patterns or reject the reality of them out of fear for being called something.

@MT-si3bu 3 ай бұрын

nah man. He's good looking lol. That's all the women were thinking about

@cmcjsap 3 ай бұрын

@@MT-si3buyep. No diddy

@monicakiddo2897 3 ай бұрын

@@MT-si3bu im a girl and the first thing that came to mind was his race anot his looks lol

@cashgogetter6737 3 ай бұрын

I’m black I can hire another race💪 so this couldn’t apply to me🤑

@Beoptimistic58 2 ай бұрын

SHE RECOGNIZE THAT FINE TAN STALLION HE GANKED HER BECAUSE SHE BLEW THAT SAX! 😂😂 AND WANTED MORE HE SAID NO 😂😂😂 SHE BOUGHT THAT STALLION

@earlgreco8636 3 ай бұрын

3 times since December and he's still out doing it? come on law enforcement. Thanks for enabling him.

@PocahontasInvestmentProperty 2 ай бұрын

He should become a politician

@Vida0737 3 ай бұрын

First I’ve never given my phone to any stranger . Ever Second I don’t follow complete strangers on any social media account , singer or not . Third I don’t even have a social media account . Ladies and gently, trust no one!

@HyperCupcake88 2 ай бұрын

I was eating breakfast and someone tried to steal it. "Cereal scammer."

@relentless305 3 ай бұрын

Wanna flurt with roaches? This what happens 😂😂😂

@gasmith7486 2 ай бұрын

It’s spelled flirt but yes you’re right.

@Marie-ie9zl 2 ай бұрын

This made me think twice about letting someone use my phone

@7motion985 2 ай бұрын

How on earth you will give your phone to a estranger ???

@sunilsingh-fd6mt 2 ай бұрын

What the hell is wrong with these Woman ,trusting their Personal information with someone not even your Husband.I don't understand what Kind of Woman would do this , Floolish

@sewblue187 2 ай бұрын

Didn’t want to give her name but showing her face is crazy😂😂😂

@11ThreeDoctor 2 ай бұрын

NOBODY TOUCHES MY PHONE, EVER.

@JayeRainCashen 3 ай бұрын

This happened to me at a Best Buy in Aventura, FL but the thief was a chubby African-American woman who told me she needed to text her mother, who was at work. She then went into my cash app and sent money to herself. Police report was filed. Southeast Floridians, have locks on ALL your cash sending apps or don't let anyone use your phone for anything at all!

@dee27206 3 ай бұрын

Why wasn’t your cash app protected with your face or finger or regular password?? Lord

@gasmith7486 2 ай бұрын

There are no victims only volunteers. Not having the app locked and handing over your phone to someone else is where you did it to yourself!

@JayeRainCashen 2 ай бұрын

@@gasmith7486 @gasmith7486 I disagree. That's the problem with society...some of you love to act like you have the answers to everything and you are just so untouchable and filled with pride...nothing bad can ever happen to you, right? You are just " so smart" but you kid yourself and you don't realize that some people make a profession out of scamming and nothing is of limits with them. Get over yourself.

@ELEVOPR 2 ай бұрын

never hand over your phone to any one you don't know or trust for any reason whatsoever. Jesus, don't you people know what times we are living in.

@zachchamblee4094 3 ай бұрын

We got a diddler 😂

@SIRSWAUN. 2 ай бұрын

Never let anyone use your phone.

@Youknowwatitis224 2 ай бұрын

Never hand over your phone to anyone and I do mean anyone…

@joeldriver-sp2rg 3 ай бұрын

What kind of prison time will he do though? I'll bet it's maybe a few months and he'll be back out doing it again.

@user-pr9te3nx3l 2 ай бұрын

my favorite line is my phone is dead

@nola3058 2 ай бұрын

Hey, I like that! ☎️ 👍🏻

@Uzodesign 2 ай бұрын

How come her "woman's intuition" didn't kick in to alert/prevent her from becoming a victim this guy whom she probably considered hot (therefore safe) by women's logic.