A few things from this video that I wanted to address for clarification: 1. This was 8 months of chess, not checkers. We just didn't recover the money and take the money back to the people who lost it. There was a lot of research and work over this period. We even sent letters to Evan and others before we went to visit but we never heard anything. We can't show all of this but, the video has to be longer to show the effort that went into this. Rarely does anyone get the opportunity to intercept and return money to people who have lost it. I'm super proud of what myself and the team accomplished here. 2. We broke up a scammers web. We contacted every person that was scammed and stopped them from being scammed. That's why it was crucial that we got a hold of these people. If I was being scammed out of $300k and I wasn't aware of it, I'd be grateful that someone would show up to my house to help save me from a scam (and give me a check for $3,500 or $10k). 3. Baiting the scammer over 8 months allowed us to get information about them like their IP addresses, voice, contact information that leads to people that they were getting money from in order to get an arrest. Again, this is chess. 4. Knocking on people's doors was a necessity. No one responded to phone calls or letters (except Douglas). We had to stop the scam. Art can't help that he's a tall guy and English is his second language. It's weird that people are making that an issue and ignoring that fact that we're helping people...We also always show up with a brochure and cards to show them who we are. Additionaly, you can always see that we show a lot of compassion when we sit down with these people. 5. We're going to do more and more of these. In order to have the biggest impact that we can have, we have to take cases all of the way. The only way to do this is to take the approach that we did to uncover the scam. I care more about having an impact than being a 'KZfaqr' and that will always be the case. We hope to make content that is entertaining, but helping out one person at a time realizing that they're being scammed doesn't make as significant of an impact that I truly believe we have the ability to do. That’s why these videos are very important. Thank you all for watching and supporting us - David

If two guys dressed in black show up and my door, being kinda vague, asking where they can find someone, I'm not saying a damn thing. They really need to change their approach. Start by introducing yourself, give them your names, tell them who you are, have business cards with contact information to give out, tell them that you think the person you're looking for has been the victim of a scam and you're there to help them etc. Don't say things like "we need to find him because he might be in trouble" - that just sounds like trouble!

There is immense pain in losing a large amount of money but to garner courage to speak about it says a lot about the person’s great character.

Last guy didnt seem grateful at all to receive some of his money back. Think he was more disappointed that his love interest turned out to be a male nigerian scammer

I’m sorry, but If a big Russian guy comes looking for somebody I know, I ain’t saying a gd thing.

sorry but if you two guys started knocking on my door; no way would i answer it😳

These guys should consider adding a retired detective. Their approach is too aggressive.

Eugene WAYYYYY to comfortable answering the door and sitting with just a robe on in his living room. 😳😆

That neighbor was just staying out of somebody’s business. That’s all, it’s very bold to claim that he’s covering for people and that he is somehow part of it.

Showing up to anyone's house at night, unexpectedly, Is Something You Guys Need To Stop Doing; helping " victims" out, is not worth putting yourself (or others) at risk. No offense intended, but this is very stupid behavior. If you can't go when the sun is up, just don't go. And this alleged "victim" who lost his wife after 40 years, and then a month later is on Match, because he "needs a woman" Wow. Some of these victims are much worse people, than the supposed scammers.

Thats a lot of white furniture for a man who doesnt like pants. I respect that.

Did anyone else experience muted audio several times when he was narrating?

Sorry, but 9pm knocking at someone's door is a big nope for me .

Massive respect to Douglas, imagine having the money in ur hand to regain what was stolen but still having the balls and decency to give it back to its rightful owner.

"She's actually a life coach," so she is a scammer!

You chose the absolute completely worst victim to return money back to. Oh and left the other guy with nothing.

Intriguing story, but it's really your worst video. Terribly edited, jumping around, hard to follow, especially since audio is missing. You should delete and repost.

I really appreciate the work that you do, but I have to agree with some comments that the beginning is quite confusing. Maybe some graphics to explain who is related to who and where the money was taken from would have been helpful. And I don't like the approach of going around the neighborhood, and asking people about evan, telling him he is "in trouble". The neighbors look very uncomfortable and two men, dressed in black, knocking at my door like that would be immensly intimidating. If I was the older lady in the video I would be terrified about the possibility of you being burglars trying to check out the property. I really don't mean that in a rude way, you just need to remember how you come across to someone who doesn't know your show. Anyway, keep spreading awareness and helping people! :)

I guess inflation is not affecting these people. They're giving away hundreds of thousands of dollars to scammers.💀

The neighbour did NOT change his story, he said that he had not seen Evan and he continued to say that after they said what they want him for, which wasn't his business at all. And he is totally correct in choosing not to get involved. You guys need better methods for getting to the bottom of scams.

Guys... I am pretty consistent in saying that the coop with TM isn't the best thing. They have their good moments, you have your good moments together, but the tactics and the approach is just so different. Yours is reserved and calm and scientific. They do hype and scare tactics and questionable morals type content. Don't let them rub off on you too badly.

A month after his wife died, he had to find a woman. Wow.

This comment section is so fun to read through. All these different opinions on their approach and super genuine feedback. I hope Catfished listens to some off it and addresses it in the next video. Great work guys!

Sends money to people he hasn't met AND answers doors without pants.... signs of a person who makes good choices!

I never answer my door unless it’s someone I know or expecting. My Ring announces that you are being recorded and Leave any package on the porch.

People who can't spend 5 minutes alone really need to seek counseling, NOT dates. The pants less guy was ridiculous. His wife of 40 odd years dies and he's already trying to find her replacement after a month?!

The guy from Trilogy Media looks like a hitman & with his demeanor & approach to situations he would IMMEDIATELY get me off-side even if I did have some useful info. He acts like a bouncer with no authority & wants to throw his weight around. He may be nice after knowing him, but first impression in these situations are crucial & I think he may actually put the investigation 2 steps back where it could be with his aggressiveness in the street pursuits/info gathering.

You should've sent the women ...I'm not opening the door for Ivan the Large

You guys need to be more careful. I Like Trilogy but they get carried away sometimes in eagerness to do good. It gets dicey sometimes.

Looks like a lot of people seriously dislike the trilogy Collab. Something to think about.

You should have just cut out the part where Eugene answered the door. No need to embarrass him like that.

Nooooo!!!! What happened two weeks later? Please tell me Douglas was shown more gratitude than the couple of handshakes he received??

This episode failed to deliver a clear picture of whatever they were trying to convey.

I watch a lot of your videos, but these Trilogy Media guys come across as shady and unprofessional. No way would i answer the door to them if they rocked up unannounced. This is why people have video doorbells! Come on guys, get it together and be more professional.

I watched Trilogy Media and other scam baiting channels before I found Social Catfishing and I do enjoy the chaotic energy of the scam baiting crew. But yeah, I wouldn't tell anyone much if they came to my door! Too many scammers out there!!!

These guys are as subtle as a sledgehammer. I would hide from them, too.

Now this is just one single persons opinion, but I like the episodes that involved one catfished person and a couple of catfish staff. Just gets convoluted when you have so much going on.

This is a confusing mess. How about an intro so we know what's going on? Knocking on doors is NOT interesting -- where's the human interest? And Art swearing every few minutes is SO off-putting 😡

Social Catfish and Trilogy are doing incredible work. I so wish that all these vulnerable ladies and gents can become social media wise to ensure they are not engaging with these scrupulous scammers.

Do trilogy media actually do any good? I’ve seen a handful of videos and all they did was threaten people with police and fbi but never actually show any real consequences. Seems mainly for entertainment whereas you guys actually help people. Plus they just blow up at people , swearing and ranting , talking over each other but as far as I’ve seen, they don’t really achieve much. Correct me if I’m wrong, I only recently found their channel and yes it’s entertaining but I like when real people are actually helped 🤷🏼‍♀️

So, am I totally confused, but does Douglas not get a dime of his money back for helping you all? He looks like he needs his money back way more than the other men do. Just sayin'!

I remember the Russian guy telling Jody to hire a gigolo instead 😂

Tell that guy that your audience feels uncomfortable with his curse words

I couldnt do more than 10 minutes of this mess. Knocking on doors, listening to a tall man spew profanity as if equates with I.Q...and I am out. Looks like Catfish has lost its way.

I'm not a huge fan of the trilogy videos however I'm also not the one doing the footwork to help people get their money back so my like or dislike doesn't matter. And let's be careful about labeling people as being part of the scam. Not every neighbor wants to get involved in these kind of situations concerning large amounts of money stolen.

The people don’t seem very grateful. They’re all so bloody weird.

I hope that some people help out Douglas. He did the right thing and ended up with nothing and he is about to lose his car.

I have to agree with most of the comments. I love you guys but the Trilogy videos are getting boring and more stretched out with each new post. This video in particular is boring, messy, and even annoying. The only video I enjoyed with those two dudes was the Jodi case... Plus, I know you guys collab with good intentions but this doesn't seem safe for you at all, stop knocking on peoples doors during the night! This approach is too aggressive and it leads to nowhere, it is very uncomfortable to watch.

rom start to finish. I didn't notice from other uploads how down to earth and likeable you are. I wouldn't change a thing in terms of how you went about it all- if you did it to their dictation then they still would have a different. . I was smiling throughout your efforts- and the rest of the team who made this happen! I look forward to more of these. Thank you. Love. from England.

Tuning out - tired of the F bombs

The massive effort put in to ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE does not go unnoticed ❤

Nobody pads out videos like these guys: 90% of a Trilogy Media video consists of our "heroes" sitting in cars; knocking fruitlessly on doors; asking each other what they should do next; talking directly to camera about how frustrated they are. The 'meat and potatoes' usually lasts no more than a minute or two 😴😴😴😴😴

agreeing with the comments saying that, from an outside perspective, trilogy media do not come across particularly well. to me, art just comes across as being like my old boss, who is russian and who very much has that sort of sense of humour and way of talking even when he's perfectly happy. but art is also far more jarring than my boss, who is a relatively short opera singer who did nothing more worrying than always have what appeared to be hundreds of tabs open when he shared his screen in a meeting.

as someone whose had a relative been scammed, i love these videos

I will never understand how some people can be happily married for 40+ years and as soon as their partner passes away they automatically hop on the dating train like their partner never existed. It’s mind blowing. I don’t think I would ever be able to move on without my partner if I was happily married for half a century. Even ten years is a long time. It would take me at least half that time to be okay with talking to someone new. Let alone being in a full fledged relationship. Sending money to someone I don’t know would NEVER EVER EVERRRRRR happen. Even if they were dying. It’s not my concern and definitely not my job to take care of them and pay for their lifestyles. This is probably why they usually target older people. D

You should call this "cosplaying the mafia in a random neighbourhood"

I think this video format is better left to trilogy media. I like your personal touch with your clients and trying to speak with scammer in an approx 20 minutes. Its great when people can get some or all their money back from scammer.

I am very confused. This seems to start in the middle with no explanation what is going on. This is really hard to watch.

Out of context but I never noticed that crew member had one blue and one green eye before. That’s so cool

In this day and age with innocent victims being shot just for knocking on the wrong door, I would never go banging on doors with no armed security, armor, or strategy on where to stand looking for people breaking the law. This is very dangerous behavior. Yall braver than I. But you guys shud change the approach most definitely

The Russian accent does not help with questioning the neighbors lol it was funny to watch tho.

I love how Art's GoPro looks like a gun strap/shoulder holster 😂😂 just adds to the giant Russian gangster look 😂

I love how the scammers try to blackmail ppl by calling them scammers lol

I am so happy with the edit, no loud music and no sound difference. Trilogie media is kinda unwatchable because of the crazy volume difference on their chanel. AGAIN thank u for your work and no loud music YAY!!!!

So the victim steals the scammers money and then feels bad about it 😂

I love you guys, but one of you definitely swears a bit too much LOL

Can we start a gofundme for Douglas to help him get some money back? So how did they know that it was Eugene’s money they gave back and it wasn’t from another mule?

What amazing effort, you guys! Esp considering how much work must happen off camera, for every bit of video. Thx for helping ppl.

I don't like all the use of the f word.

It’s a whole different story when the scammer’s photos and the scammed actually look like the could be an actual couple. Usually the scammed is being ridiculously delusional.

Thanks for going the extra mile for these victims; it's nice to hear you're truly helping people.

As usual, Ashton comes in at the end and tries to take all the credit and praise for everyone elses hard work when he had the least to do with anything... One of the reasons I stopped watching them.

David- I just realized that you have different colored eyes!! Random comment, but so cool!

Why are parts of the video muted?

This reminds me of the video that led me to unfollow Trilogy Media. I don't like the way they approach people. I know you guys worked hard on this and I generally like your content....this video is just not my preference, but might be for others

Art has terrible people skils

Breanne. 😂😂 that was so funny when he answered the door bottom half naked 😅. I wouldn't have noticed either, I look at the eye's, assuming they have clothes on 😂😂😅😅.

the constant swearing is really annoying, it makes the video really hard to watch, also this is the first time i find this content confusing from you guys, you re usually very organized..

11 minutes in and I give up. I have no idea what’s going on and that big guy keeps swearing. He’s too much, very aggressive. SC please stick to your gentle, kind, thoughtful and helpful approach. Maybe it was fun to make this and be on the road but I can’t finish watching this. Please please stop with the Trilogy collabs!!!

Not really feeling these over the top type videos

God bless you guys! This was so awesome to see so many victims awaken to the scam!

I fully appreciate ALL the people involved in this collab - its took over 8mths of your lives and I understand this is just a tiny part of all your hard work. There was so much going on behind the scenes - you are all so hard working and ignore the haters - many appreciate your collabs. Love and respect from the U.K.🧡

Was great to see this web come together and know that this scammer has been caught out by you all Thanks Art n Ashton for the colab. I love the work both teas do

I got scammed once before and it ruined my banking it caused me so much hassle and I just had a baby and her father was dying of cancer at the time and all my money was taken it really broke my heart but I got through it I just don’t trust anymore which is a shame.

You can kinda tell he didn’t want to give that money back. I feel bad for him 😕

Amazing job, amazing team up!!! Love seeing you all together

That was great and the live stream went so fast!! I guess as they say, time flies when you're having fun! Time to rewatch it again :) Thank u guys for helping retrieve these ppls money. Y'all put so much effort into this, I can't imagine the costs involved for travelling, producing the vids etc and it shows that yall ain't doing it for likes and "clout" IMO. Much love!

Thank you for this video, it’s amazing and thank you for all hard works guys , god bless your souls 🙏

He answered the door nekkid???? I wouldnt sit on the furniture lol

Mixed feelings about some of the things going on in these videos.. I just cant help but feel sorry for the guy who gave the money back and got no money in return. You're like dragging him to some guy's house to give money back... While I do think these videos raise awareness for the issue of romance scams, I think they leave a lot to be desired.

Something about all this just feels wrong.

The scammers do huge amounts of harm to the victims, emotionally and financially. They deserve everything they get. Your all incredibly brave to do what you do. Stay safe and keep up the great work.

"You need to let me put something else on" that should have been what he started with. MY EYES 🤮

In my opinion, going into peoples houses (and filming their spaces from outside and inside) without prior notice is inappropriate. It would be better to ask them to meet up in some public space

I have a bad crush on the Trilogy guy.

This whole episode could’ve been five minutes. When they went to Evans business they should have left a message saying we know you took $36,000 either call us or will call the police.

This is bad

If I’d been scammed THEN someone gave me some money back … I’d be SOOOOO GRATEFUL! These People receive their money back with such a nonchalant demeanour… it seems so ungrateful. Smh

I figured out how to make a romance scammer cry. Tell them that you had been wealthy but gave everything to a homeless person. I was talking to a scammer who of course was in love with me from day one. Well, he asked me for money within days of meeting. I told this guy that I had no money because after my husband passed away that I was tired of wealth so I met a homeless man outside McDonald's who was an Iraq war veteran and I just signed my ranch and other property over to him and I cleaned my bank accounts out except for what I needed to live on until I could find work and I just live on what I earn working at Walmart. He was completely flabbergasted and kept asking me why? Why? I could have given it to him. He was literally crying. He stopped talking to me after that. It was all a big fat lie. I am not nor have I ever been wealthy but it was fun causing a scammer to cry like a little girl with a skinned knee. I've caused a few of them to cry and every time one of them contacts me I will continue to upset them. I love what y'all do. I just subscribed and will binge watch all your videos. Thanks ☺️

I saw the first video that “kicked off” this investigation. You all did an excellent job! I wish there was a way to help Douglas out. Stealing from the elderly is so low!