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I hate it when I drop hot oil from frier while making breakfast and I cannot service my customers

If an email contains the word “Kindly” is it always a scam do you think?😂😂

You should have just given all the money to the Guy who actually showed up and did the Job.

Never trust anyone that says “ kindly “ 😀

I'm surprised they actually sent someone to do the job. I was expecting them to try and get an early payment and ghost.

These scams on FB are out of control. Thanks for showing how the scammers use other unsuspecting individuals. The actual detail guy probably receives a fraction of what the actual 55% equates to. Scamming everyone involved. Sad.

I work for a professional auto detailing shop and you wouldn't believe how many people contact us every day asking if we need "10-15 new customers per month guaranteed" so i can only assume that shops agree with those people and then they find brokers that make these scam posts on facebook.

This is really weird .. it's like you said before .. why don't they just do a legitimate job? There's absolutely no need to do any of this lying.

Same word for word post in a couple of my groups. We got them banned but they always find a way. It's either these type posts or DUCT cleaning.

Unbelievably complicated scam going on here. It's alarming to see how deep these overseas operations can get into our local communities. Let's be more cautious and verify the identities of those we do business with.

Your tenacity in getting to the bottom of these scams is amazing. I live in a small town so we only have one dedicated car detailer but if he can't help you right away he will send a buddy over to get things started. Neighbors & friends helping each other; just like it should be.

It’s crazy how many scammers are on Facebook groups. I posted something for my Real estate Business and I literally got swarmed by scammers.

Any time they mention that "I am in the hospital" or a hospital in anyway as the reason why they can't provide you the service, it is always a scam!

As an admin for our local facebook group, I see about 5 to 15 new member requests per day. More usually at the beginning of the month. We have them answer three simple questions. Which the scammers cant even answer. Some times they get in. We are not perfect. But if any post says anything about car detailing or duct cleaning they are banned. It is a private group. That is what you should really join is a private group. With admins who care!

These detail scammers are ruining business for actual detailers in the community. Now whenever someone sees a detailing ad in a community group even if it’s a legit business people will think it’s a scam.

My neighborhood Facebook group has been filled with these lately and every time I try and point out it is a scam i get hate so i just stopped. So frustrating because I live in an elderly community and am just trying to protect my neighbors.

“I know pronouns are tricky in 2024” 😂😂😂

You have to love it when your cleaner asks if they can get in a crash with your permission

Man these are the same scumbags that run duct cleaning scams. It’s ridiculous what these criminals are doing to innocent people out there. Thanks for all the awareness you spread Sir

There is a tow scam that is very similar to this. Go online, schedule a tow and they farm it out to a local company and pay them half of what they charged you.

This is such a bummer. Scams like this make me hesitant to help anyone out, which is such a shame.

I actually responded to one of these ads on fb. I asked how much and she was slow to respond to questions. When she finally did, I said I lost interest. Thanks for the video.

I saw this in my New Hampshire Facebook group and almost reached out. Thank you for your video.

i have been calling these people out for months now on facebook...THANK YOU for shedding light on this

Facebook is unbelievably overrun with scammers. I changed my profile picture to one of my dog just because any time I posted a comment somewhere, I'd get bombarded by scam messages wanting me to send them a friend request. Kitboga has been delving into the FB scammer world recently too. Also saw a different YTer showing all the numerous copies of his name out there. It's nuts!

Hey Ben , I speak spanish and I have seen this ads contracting people on Facebook groups. So what they do is because they know a lot of people are coming to the US looking for work the scammers are posting on facebook groups known to hispanics and they contract them.

It's like you're trying hard to get scammed and they just can't do it.

The Wilhelm scream describing the guy burnt by oil had me LOLing. I love a well placed yet unexpected sound effect. +1!

You're the man when it comes to exposing these scams.

I've been waiting for a video from you on this exact topic for weeks!! I got so happy when I opened up KZfaq this morning. Thanks Pleasant Green!

the narration kept me hooked through the whole video! well done man. subscribed

"So... he's from Izrael." "Oh.. okay, that's far from the Texas." *A LITTLE BIT*

Good to know. These are probably similar to the lead services that contact me on a regular basis asking if we need help with our detailing business. They're also probably using our brand to achieve this since we've gotten some strange phone calls from people who we've never talked to before but insist they've booked an appointment with us. It's unfortunate these scammers are out there. Thanks for the video!

You have inspired me to continue my pursuit against scammers ben! Great work and video! 🎉

I love watching the Catfished channel and was so surprised when you included them in this video. They are awesome! You are awesome too BTW.

“Kindly” 😂

Wow they have more excuses than someone going to jail 🥴thankyou so much Ben for uploading this video and making everyone aware of it you’re the best 😘

You'd be hard-pressed to find a better drama series than this channel on any streaming service.:) Love it!

Finally! I’ve been waiting on this! I was going to suggest this to you but didn’t get around to it. I have a detail shop and these absolutely get on my nerves!

At least with this scam, you actually walk away with a clean car, not 20k taken out of your bank account. Not much different than a sketchy version of Angie’s list.

two of my favorite channels collabing!! love you guys pleasant green and social catfish

omg these keep on popping up in the groups im in, thanks for covering this!

I run my neighborhood FB page. The duct cleaning scmas are almost every week. The accounts all look the same. Some generic family picture. Reminds me of the photos inside of picture frames when you buy one.

I appreciate the fact that you do this so we don't have to...

These are all over Craigslist too. I scheduled a handyman to come out and do a drywall repair and they sent out two random guys that obviously had no clue how to fix drywall. I don't know how you can filter these out anymore. It's hard to tell who's a legit business and who's an appointment farmer overseas.

The scary part is that these types of scams aren’t isolated to the car detailing industry. There are scam companies for just about every professional service now. I’ve literally had people walk into my locksmith shop with the intent of using violence against me because someone else scammed them posing as me. There’s plumbing scammers, electrician scammers, even landscaping scammers just to name a few, it’s absolutely absurd.

What's really going on here is that Facebook knows that it's the preferred medium for scammers of all types, and it will do anything it can to facilitate that.

Scammers like leave us alone. we trying to have a healthy living with other people money

Hell ya we need a social catfish collab video! Great work again Ben 🎉

Great vid as always. And yes, being in Australia I can confirm this is every 3rd or 4th post in most neighbourhood Facebook groups.

Hope the person who did the job got paid poor man stuck in the middle trying to earn money

If you have a neighborhood FB group make sure it's set to private. Also have entry questions only residents can ask like: "What's your car's make and color?"

I temember when you had 40k subs and knew you would blow up. I feel that you're one of the best scammer channels out there. Thank you for what you do.

Had a bad day today. I started watching this and realized I was smiling! Thank you!.

I definitely agree. Instead of pretending to be someone else or a "business" it would have been nice if they were honest and make a recruitment company that sends people to do jobs. Which would be way more trustworthy than needing to lie.

So did you pay the guy that came out to clean the full amount?

As an auto detailer I could say this was a very good break down of some of the scams taking taking place

Wish we could give out extra bonus likes for the use of the Wilhelm Scream

Always happy to see your posts. Keep up the good work and the positivity!

Thank you for this! I had no idea it was a scam, just removed one from my local group, turns out we had a couple of them with matching words!

you are truly amazing at trying to get to the bottom of these scams thanks so very much hope you just gave him so much not that scammer ..

Nice use 0f a Wilhelm scream !!

You’re finally back! I’ve been able to trick the car detail scammers and duct cleaning scammers to go across the street from my work and I love watching them waste their time as they blow up my burner # lol

I really like how niche you get in your research of cyber scams!

I saw an ad like this and was about to fall for this, but thank goodness someone posted a scam warning. They also referred me to this very helpful video.

Wait doesn't sites like that to search for people...?

So did you just hand the money to the guy who came and cleaned the car in the end?

Thank you for exposing these scams!

Unfortunately this happens. I've had pretty well the same thing happen but with house cleaners. The call centre is in india and they pretend to be local. They have a person in Australia (where I am) for the ABN (Australian business number) . They promise the world but always seem to fail. They've got plenty of fake reviews (1 gets posted every 10 or so bad reviews). They get you to agree to a contract (very wordy one at that) and then hire someone else who does a half assed job (do about 1 hours cleaning and charge you for 5 hours cleaning for 3 - 4 hours of work). The clean ended up costing me about 150% of the price the real estate recommended cleaner would have charged (paying the bad cleaners, cleaning some up myself afterwards and then hiring the real estate recommended ones to finish the job)

I love all yours video

What is crazy is that these people do not need to lie if they are actually providing a service and not stealing. There are referral companies, and that is all they would have to call themselves. Just be honest and tell people that you can help them find people that will do the job you want done.

Omg that’s so cool you collabed with social catfish! I love their videos!

What else is new if these people aren’t trying to scam people, smh, great video Ben

Read today in the daily mail news paper about a guy selling his car on fb market place somebody really keen rang up asking for details address etc and made an appointment to view it. He did not show up but the car was stolen the next day. Apparently its become common practice in the UK most are mid price cars mostly broken for spare parts and sold on ebay etc

People need to be more careful on the internet. Thanks friend for all you do.

I had the same thing in the UK. Needed someone to install a tv. Kept making and canceling appointments. After a few days I figured it out. There are listings for flowers too. They take the booking, take your money, then look for a local florist who will do the job for the tiny amount they are offering, either you get terrible flowers or none at all.

Wow….I left Facebook several years ago…..due to family issues…..but your video is so interesting….plus I love social catfish! I watch the scammer Wednesday videos! Love em! ❤

Her wife had amazing crazy eyes. Him is lucky.

I think it may be as simple as people who have no idea how to run an honest business learning their marketing and management skills from scammers. Like a grocery store run by an ex armed robber who thinks it's normal to demand payment for your produce at gunpoint.

Wow, I thought this was a FL thing in my area, this scam has been HORRABLE to my small detailing business, almost NO leads from FB. Most FB groups are now just getting that these posts are scams. hopefully this changes soon! Thank you for showing this off because this has been ROUGH in central FL area.

That's so crazy! I keep seeing this same scam here in Australia as well!

That’s a new one lol. These scammers never quit😂

Her wife lol 😂

Great video. I don't know that I would call it a scam per-se. My main reasoning is because you are actually getting something of value at the end of it. Maybe it's not worth the price you pay but you are getting something out of it. However, the practice is shady AF. The scammers here are essentially acting as brokers. They find small businesses and say "hey, for $XX I can give you a bunch of leads" and then they infiltrate social media and use deceitful methods. It is an interesting "business" and it is super dishonest.

I would actually consider $190 for an exterior and interior detailing a pretty good deal. A lot of them are $300+.

Here’s a trick I learned: copy and paste the text from the FB post and you’ll find the exact text in many other posts…by different people. That’s how I learned that someone selling furniture in a group I follow is a scammer. (Besides the fact that all the furniture he/she posted were stolen pictures.)

Hello this is the Best KZfaq channel

I had a neighbor who had a company like that. He offered to detail my truck and I said sure and I paid him. He returned my truck and then proceeded to hit on me. The guy was married with kids, I was disgusted. Never spoke to him again because of that move he made, slim ball

Been waiting for your latest upload. Watching from South Africa, Johannesburg 🇿🇦

Over the past couple of years, I've found this sort of issue with appliance repair and locksmiths. I've had to really do my digging to find a reputable person. Sometimes I just go to a local hardware store and ask them if they know/ used someone.

They use that same opening line for the duct cleaning posts too. Another one are the t shirt posts they put in appreciation groups. My Hunter Thompson groups are full of scam “Buy The Ticket Take The Ride” t shirt ads.

Appreciate your work!

Great to see social catfish in the video. Two amazing youtubers collabing 😊

Love all of your videos!

In Baltimore, they have this scam where they make an entire clone website for popular restaurants (to go or delivery part). But they jack the price up by 15-20%. When you order from them, they just forward the order to the real website keeping the inflated difference. You pick up your food or your food is delivered, you are none the wiser you just paid for an unnecessary "service".

I’ve seen this and the Air Duct scam you posted awhile ago many times in my town FB group. I report and also have shared your earlier video.

So interesting. I’ve owned a detailing company for 11 years here in Utah. I’ve just started to see these types of fb posts. I thought they were strange

I regularly get bombarded with fake Friend requests, supposedly from people I am already friends with. Trouble is, I check up with the real people to see if the request was genuine or not (and most of the time, it isn't.) I then proceed to tell the bar stewards responsible exactly what I thought of them. And Facebook had the cheek to reprimand me for my content - just because I'm doing what they SHOULD be doing.

Loved the over use of Wilhelm screams.