They do the same thing with knight-ships in the UK

Practically had scam written on the front of it

I just thought, “The hell wants land in Scotland “?

Nah, it was obvious... and pretty funny. The "lords" loved to gloat about their piece of paper. I actually have noble blood dating back over 700 years to Scotland and England. All honorary ties ended up getting cut after the War of The Roses... we were on the wrong side. That said, who in their right mind wants to be a lord? It's just bragging rights that you were born into a pampered inbred favoring system.

People who don’t mind perpetual winter, that’s who’d want land in Scotland.

precisely what I was going to say!

It was priceless!!! I was laughing my ass off and thanking Nick for vocalizing my thoughts.

I don't agree at all. A lot of sponsors obviously did believe what the scammers were claiming and so did the purchasers. Yeah, people are gullible. So what?

@@truthbetold444 always read the fine print

@@truthbetold444 If you're stupid enough to fall for ANY scam without researching if it was legit you deserve to be swindled unless you're the elderly you don't deserve it unless you're a senior citizen

Exactly! I described that as the catbox version of ET

I know right... unlike the intelligent Lunar rancher people like me who bought a whole acre of land on the Moon. I am so smat.

I was wondering if anyone here would be old enough to remember that...except they weren't even promising you would own the star. They'd just write down in a document that it was named after you (or your sweetheart) and then file it with _the United States Copyright Office!_ Totally legitimate...they could copyright what they pleased, pretty much.

My problem is that we know people are dumb enough to fall for this cause they fall for those Indian gift card scams all the time. Pushing this on people feels akin to pushing people towards a scam artist who knows they're taking advantage of people. Everyone is in one the scam except the people being scammed. That's why laws exist to protect dumb people from intelligent fraudsters who would scam them out of money. This is no different from stealing from old people who don't understand you don't need to go out and buy gift cards for Microsoft.

the CHARITY is real, they are cited by Trees for the future as planting over 2,000,000 trees

Right? Therez no way anyone actually believed this right??

@@MrHawksrule95 Apparently so. All the people that are upset are just outing themselves as being on the wrong side of the bell curve. I use Jeremy's code to get it as a last minute gag gift for my parents for Christmas. I literally told my wife I was doing it because they sponsor my favorite KZfaq channels and it was a funny joke. With their Christmas sale last year, a discount code, and I printed out the certificates myself, I paid way less than $200. It was like 50 or 60 bucks or something, for two "titles". I've spent more time, money, and effort than that making D&D handouts for my players.

@@MrHawksrule95 There are other companies that offer something similar, but they offer way better merch for the $$

See example: shadow raid legends.

So you mean I don't actually own a star in the Weedlmao galaxy?

Sounds like Steve Lehto. :)

@@zapazap you dont know the reference kid

@@daquemasquieren Other than it being a Sargeant, no. A film comedy I presume?

We've been smeckledorfed!

I liked the show of OP's quote and the guy who quoted it was my favorite character. Shame the company had a civil war over a voice actor

I mean, shit, at least send the guy a pint.

I was given an acre on the moon

That's amazing lol

That is brilliant marketing!

corn? isnt beer made of malt or something?

End of... What? I feel like I was scammed by that comment.

Even their "merch" is a scam. Substandard clothing companies and to have a stupid logo or design/quote from a youtuber. Wow you're so cool having a shirt from FPSRussia, Some dumb ass gamer, some dumb ass guy who reads memes on the internet, a goofball who opens boxes. These are clothing options that we all should strive to buy. 😆

Many KZfaqrs have scam merch, shitty products drop shipped as cheaply as possible.

I have yet to see someone play Raid Shadow legends.

If people could tell what is an scam and what is not a scam the current financial system wouldn't exists at all.

@@txorimorea3869 Neither would you

It’s not a scam. It’s a GAG GIFT.

I think the more stupid the scam the more effective it is. It filters out a lot of people who aren't stupid enough to buy this crap. haha

@@JesusFriedChrist Scam. When you present something as Real KNOWING it's not you're doing what's known as Defrauding people. Fraud is illegal. Hence calling this a scam. They should have SAID it's a gag gift in their ads, otherwise that's called false advertising and that's Fraud.

They are damage controlling

@crispybatman480 Well the small issue is the charity point was fake, the CEO has pictures of them and their own employees with the charities planting trees internationally

@crispybatman480 They planted the trees with every purchase with 1 tree planted, this is documented fact that goes back months, poor little Scotty was just such a shitty investigator he forgot how to Google fucking Instagram and twitter accounts fucking lmao

To my point of the comment I made, not in this thread but my own personal comment in chat. Too many people put trust into KZfaq Celebrities. Yourubers are here for 1 thing. Money. They don't give a fuck if someone is stupid to get scammed. Long as the scammer is not using their picture. I am sure they would all be fine with the whatsapp and telegram scammers as long as they get a taste of the profits.

@crispybatman480 The lord shit is the main part of the scam and the most important thing. People didn't fall for this scam because they wanted trees planted. If people wanted to plant trees they'd just donate to a charity that does that. Everyone who bought this shit was interested in the cringelord title. All the marketing was based on lying saying you'll own land in Scotland and that this somehow makes you a lord. I saw dozens of these ads and I don't remember any mention of planting trees. All of these ads start by the youtuber pulling out the piece of paper doing the soy face going on about how they're officially a lord now and you can become a lord too.

I woud legit buy a tiny castle in a field if they would give me a title.

😂😂😂 🪦

"What is this, a manor for ANTS!?" - Derek Zoolander before stepping on it.

As a scot, I just find it hilarious - although I'm sorry for people that thought they had something.

Thing is, they might not have actually known. They're just that stupid.

Title is an obvious novelty, but the CHARITY is real, they are cited by Trees for the future as planting over 2,000,000 trees

@@peekatyou7315 Thing is that charity says individuals can donate a tree for just 25 cents. ET say they donate 1 tree for each order. If you want to help trees, go direct! Worth noting too that they used to have more tree charities on their site, but one called them out and not it’s just trees for the future (legit) but says the corporate per tree rate is much MUCH lower than 25 cents…so ET probably donated 25k to get the logo.

@@marquisbois990 that's fair, but getting people to donate direct is a lot harder than getting them to do it for a souveneir in return

Yeah Ryan the Editor needs to get fired again. . . . . . . . And then get rehired with a bonus.

Two years? You filthy optimist.

You're an idiot lol

the CHARITY is real, they are cited by Trees for the future as planting over 2,000,000 trees

As PT Barnum said, "There's a sucker born every minute"

You notice some people didn't grow up with infomercials rolling all day when you were home sick from school because if you did you'd recognise every one of those time-limit sales tactics they use. "Call now and get a soild gold knobgobbler for free worth $599.95"

I graduated 88 and totally remember that......

It is different from that. The land being bought in within nature reserves and it helps to protect the land from being built on. If 1000 people own a single field, it is a lot hard for that land to be bought by a construction company.

I just finished posting a comment saying the same thing just seconds before I saw your's. It's a gag gift for sure. Besides, even if it was "real" the US Constitution prohibits titles of nobility, making any "real" title as useful as a Established Titles title.

@@wordforever117 what's different? Buying land through Established Titles is different than naming a star? How so? They're both a gimmick, a gag gift. A 1000 Established Titles "land owners" would own 1000 sq ft. In reality, if I'm not mistaken, Established Titles would still own the land. Your "title" is more of an agreement that you can tend to it and call it yours but legally it's ET's. Like it is in England. You may hold a deed but at the end of the day, it belongs to King Charles.

I just thought "Haha, neat party trick" and didn't ever spend another thought on it lol

There are many fools with money. However, it is worth noting that Established Titles also outright calls their titles "official" in advertising.

It was so obvious to me, but I don't know if others got it.

They literally said it 59 times in the video

I mean, it seemed like a scam to me, but many KZfaqrs marketed and shilled for it, claiming it was entirely legitimate, so I could see naive people falling for it. My rule of thumb is that if a KZfaqr is hocking something, it probably belongs in the trash AT BEST. That said, any KZfaqrs that shilled for it should still be ashamed for taking that check to lie to their viewers. The people that bought into it may be guilty of being gullible, but the people that promoted it are guilty of being negligent, if not worse.

It was actually one of Nick's more idiotic rants. Why does he refer to it as a scam when their own website makes it clear exactly what you are paying for? There is no false pretense involved. Everyone who spends more than a minute on the site knows they are selling novelty titles for a charity.

@@KdogPrime I laughed so hard watching this clip and that's all that matters to me.

Always assume the average person is dumb

That's the problem, though; they _are_ that dumb, and they vote.

"When I was little I was really into wolves; not like...sexually..." Yea, but... nobody asked? Seems like a weird clarification to offer up...

Yeah, supposedly it was for reforestation of Scotland.

@@gleefulme9617 It's not, they plant trees 'all over the world' apparently, and have an agreement with reserves to NOT alter the purchased land in any way. Meaning, from ET's own information, they do not plant trees in Scotland.

@@miker.9132 An advertisement I heard said the trees were for Scotland. I laughed. Scotland was deforested thousands of years ago.

Interestingly, my family’s surname was outlawed and suppressed in Scotland.

@@Victoria-ff5kk are you a wallace!?

@KrellKrypto nope, for us it's more about helping them iron out the family tree, when we immigrated they lost track of alot of us. Which is even an issue with American records as I can't find any of the ancestor who actually immigrated the records start at his son.

@KrellKrypto Ego / prestige ... there are people in Austria with SIX doctor titles ... which is quite pointless, because spending decades in university to get titles means you didnt actually achieve something. "Being special" is a necessity ... and looking at how many blue-haired and non-assigned-at-birtth gendered people there are nowadays it is quite clear that this is very common. Back in the days it was punks or rock'n'roll people who were "different" ... there have always been people who want to SEEM more without actually doing the work to BE more.

@@ralcogaming7674have you checked out WikiTree? That’s where all the genealogy experts hang out.

If you think its a scam then don't buy it. Let them keep funding our favorite creators.

The biggest grift is to let them give money to your favorite creators, ane never buy their product. Nothing advertised on youtube is worth a shit anyways.

@@david_4246 Stupid

It’s not a scam. It’s a GAG GIFT.

This ain’t the first time, anyone remember the BetterHelp fiasco from a couple years back?

You will go far in life my friend 😎🥂

Same

No you didn't. I remember your first thought and it was "O I can be a legit Scotish Lord?!? Sign me up baby! This'll show that bitch ex of mine! Bwahahaha!"

Sure you did

It sounded like a waste of money for absolutely nothing.

ET added the text about the gag gift after the biggest expose video came out.

Tracey Emin - a british "artist" who once created a tent with all the names of the men she had slept with as an art piece - married a rock. In the times of "identifying as whatever means you ARE whatever" ... you dont even need a certificate from anyone, just print one yourself (and then put the paper in a washer or something else to "age" it).

@@itogi No they didn't. I was on their site years ago and it's always been extremely clear about it being a novelty gift. Stop making sh1t up and/or believeing the other idiots online.

@Forlarren, if it pleased your parents it was a good investment !! 🤗 😇

Funny but 60 still seems a bit steep for a gag.

It's literally always been a gag gift. It's been obvious from the start tbh

@@MatthewsPersonal just because it's been obvious doesn't mean it wasn't still an outright lie

@@MatthewsPersonal They never said it was a gag, they told everyone it was legit. Ran by the same company responsible for multiple other scams.

There's a Wikipedia article explaining how Scottish lordship works. Are you the person that needs a warning label to not take a bath with your toaster?

@@bobbygetsbanned6049 I never saw anything saying it was legit legit. Looking at the documents, it's clear in the instructions they gave to influencers.

Can't wait for the expose on Sea Monkeys and the Neverending story.

They needed the next “current thing” so they could channel their outrage into feeling useful again.

@@connorjones1485 it worked for them too.

It's actually more like those Indian scammers who con old people into buying gift cards and giving them the codes. They are frauding people out of money just the same. Just because some people are smart enough to realize it's a scam, doesn't mean there aren't a bunch of people dumb and/or old enough to fall for it. Crazy how many callous people there are out there who don't understand or care that the average person is an idiot capable of falling for one scam or another and that's why we have laws to protect them from more intelligent people with no morals or scruples who would gleefully take advantage of the feeble minded. People who would happily do that are kinda sleazy scumbags and will likely rationalize their awful behavior in one way or another, but it doesn't change that they are awful people who take advantage of their fellow humans for personal gain even though they don't need to. It's a choice they make cause they can and want to.

@@TaddiestMason no it is not. These people aren't being tricked into thinking they've been contacted by Microsoft and they have a virus, then pretending someone accidently transferred 10k into their bank using remote access, then claiming the only way they can give the money back is through gift cards. They bought an overpriced novelty gift. It's as much as a scam as doing a non-STEM degree lmao.

Okay that penny arcade stuff sounds like an absolute win for all parties involved

@@Oznerock Yep, I looked it up again and it's pretty easy to find on youtube. It's of Gabe (Mike Krahulik) and it's on their pennyarcadeTV channel, though I was wrong about the 2hours. it's only 50minutes long. Though Im sure that's more than long enough for anyone's duck-chasing name-calling attention span.

Yep... Height of woke climate policies in those countries... "We'll chop trees down for you, FOR CLOUT!!!" Ummm, PRESS "X" TO DOUBT...

See Lord Miles.

and it is official

@@DIEGhostfish He actually paid for his title as well.

Yeah but the title doesnt mean anything still ,but i guess being called a lord is cool i guese ?

Wait it's actually viable for things like your license? That's better than expected.

@@yaelz6043 To be clear its a gag gift. It has no legal purpose or binding what so ever. However you at any point can legally add Lord or Lady to your name in legal documents ect. Its just something you can decide to do and its perfectly fine. So you don't have to buy it to be a lord or lady.

@@Lowlightt that's odd coming from a country that is obsessed with its royalty.

That's because, as Adam points out, twelve years ago it was a loophole in the law. Then the law was changed in 2012 and now it's just a novelty, not anything legally binding.

They can't hear you from where they are? Where is this break room, *Scotland?*

Was it’s name Geode?

@@ComradeCommissarYuri Geo-rge 😂

Care to guess it was a moss outbreak? I hope the rock got better either way.

@@futur3ndings651 Yep. Had to roll him 15min a day til it cleared up.

What have you provided other than this stupid sperg out

@@nobodiesaltbutmine6674 Are you upset that nobody has to call you "Lord" now? It's ok that you got tricked by Jeremy. We wont make fun.

underrated comment

Indeed. If anyone actually took this seriously then they only have themselves to blame when their illusions were shattered.

Good luck on the last part there. XD I don't see that happening anytime soon given how things have been going in the US and rest of the world for that matter.

People actually thought they were legit?

They own property in Scotland that appears to already be protected woodlands. Their tree planting appears to be through a legitimate company, but is also deceptive as it's not helping woodlands in Scotland. You'd be far better off just donating to a team trees sort of thing.

Come on ... anyone who thinks this is "not out of the realm of possibility" has no clue about NOBILITY ... and how titles work.

@@Muck006 The title in question refers to land ownership, not nobility. Obviously the whole point of the scam is to blur that line and make other people assume you're some sort of noble, but even the ads make it quite clear that calling yourself a lord because you bought a foot of land is a bit of legalistic pedantry. They're not selling membership to the aristocracy.

@@AliRadicali yeah we all know buying a peerage in the UK costs a lot more lmao

The same way a different stamped paper can make you a doctor, I presume.

I can give you the title Lord for real as well. 4 easy payments of $29.95 and you will be a Lord. I am legit, pro.ise

@@slipperysteve8 $29.95? A clear ripoff. For just £12.50 plus I can send a certificate proving you are a lord (or lady...or hell, the King himself!)

It’s not a scam. It’s a gag gift. Always was.

That's the exact same gag gift lmfao.

Gave me a chuckle! 😂

Yeah for 200$. It was a scam

@Primetime 99 No, that just means their customers are brain-dead and paid for a gag gift that was a hundred times more expensive than the competition. This a "scam" of the same caliber as Apple phones or Fiji water.

Yeah, stated so after drama begun. Check video about it or use way back machine

They can change there ID's. You right now can go change your ID to include Lord or Lady. You don't need to buy anything you can go have it change to include Lord or Lady.

@@Lowlightt But the gag is that you can present your certificate to anyone who asks you to prove it.

literally the first thing I thought of when I saw the ads

So why didn’t you just print it out yourself if it’s just “a spot of fun?” Why did you pay 60 bucks for it? You got deceived.

I've got a bridge to sell you. Brooklyn Bridge, great price. All my friends love me, great deal. You send me 100K via paypal and I'll mail you the deed. Deal?

literally no one is suing anyone over this matter. Imagine the small amount of people who gives a damn. Do you know the settlement would only award like what 2 -10 bucks to all the participants for potential YEARS of litigation for an obvious scam for anyone with a frontal lobe. Snake oil salesman rarely get sued and it is even harder to actually bring one against them.

If he thinks everyonenin the audience knows it too that's different.

It's not legally a "scam" though.

@@DIEGhostfish except that if you go and look at the replies to his video. People are pissed that Jeremy put out the ads as serious ad reads while knowing it was a scam. So no, his audience didn't know. It doesn't matter if Jeremy thought his audience knew. If that were a defence, that Theranos chick would t be in jail rn.

@@GangsterFrankensteinComputer definition: A scam is a deceptive scheme or trick used to cheat someone out of something, especially money. At no point does Established Titles say they're a parody. They're expecting gullible people to believe their product. It's a scam.

@@SnoutBaron it's not a parody. The website has been open and honest about what it is and does for years. The only deceptive part is that you can officially call yourself a laird or lady regardless lmao.

yes, the KZfaqr plagurised the hit piece from a blog, then name dropped a load of big KZfaqrs to gain traction. They couldn't even "find evidence" about the trees, even though all that would have taken was a two second Google search for the charity lol.