"I don't speak English" is the universal phrase for "Oh crap. I'm busted."

Even as a guitar player, I can see he's just blindly moving his fingers, lol.

Give them monopoly money. It’s just as real

What really pisses me off with these jerks, is how they use the kids as pawns.

I've seen a couple of scammers doing this. Honestly it's pathetic

Can't speak English but he writes it well

The way he was just moving his fingers randomly 🤣🤣🤣🤣

He identifies as a musician 🎤⚰️

How confidently they play is hilarious!!! Even closing the eyes and feeling the music~ the audacity!! Do they forget there are hundreds/thousands of ppl who can play/read music? 😂

Rumor has it this dude was on Maury Povich and the results came back...Gypsie youuuuu are not the violinist!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for putting these fools on check....👊

*He understood every letter and word you said and pretended to be DUMB “Gypsy”*

Sick of these scammers lock them up.

Gypsies

Taking the whole, “My car ran out of gas” lie to another level.

Best thing is just ignore them! … and , most of all do not,DO NOT give them money !!

As a violinist, he has the most impressive vibrato. He does it with zero arm/wrist movement. Not even Paganini could master that technique.

They always pretend not to speak English when someone calls them out on their bs.

whats crazy are the people that actually give these scammers money. up north there was a guy pretending he was disabled and would wear a knee brace and people would watch him take it off when he was done working. Needless to say the town ran his ass off

Thank you for your service my man. Takes nuts to call these thieves out now a days. Need to see more of this. Gives the real ones a bad rep

The sign is in English, and the performer spoke 0% English 🤔 pretty obvious 😂

They've been doing this crap here in Charlotte North Carolina and it's a guy that stands in the parking lot where there is an Ulta and a shoe carnival and a PetSmart and a Marshalls and he stands in the corner and he is a foreign descent and he's playing that violin and people are thinking that it's real and I had refused to give them a dime. Just like they've got the ones on the side of the road asking for money for a funeral and every other day is a different kid they're asking for money for a funeral and if you want to scan the QR code they move away from you and they ask you for cash and the other day her bucket was full of cash and $20 bills $100 bills and so on people need to wake the hell up and stopped supporting these people

They are doing this every were even here in Philadelphia, I'm assuming they think there's no talented violinists in America 😂

Ohhhh wow we’re doing this with a fake translator now? I wonder where this was. I agree it take a lot of courage. I would’ve given him my violin and asked him to play. I HATE fakes and phony’s. Good for you and I applaud your effort. You shut him down pretty quickly.

Wow. He didn't need your 40$, must have just met his goal. How unlucky

This should really be against the law. They are clearly cheating people. You get in more trouble for loitering than you do scamming people....

The kid's face said it all.

I’ve only played Violin for one year, but I see so many mistakes this has, it actually makes me feel better about my playing 😭

Man it's crazy the amount of scams that go on!!! It makes it hard for regular people to help especially when they have been scammed by a fake homeless person

if he played that good with that tone...........FOR REAL he would not be on the side of the road.......

Serial Killer? no Carjacker? nope Mass Shooter? nah Drug Dealers? heck no Shoplifters? um no Rapist? just no IT WAS AN EVIL VIOLINIST!!!!! 😂

Thanks for doing this I hate this ppl doing this shit

Lol the scammer stopped strumming when the guy walked up. He has to be thebworst violen scammed I've seen. Most will keep the bit going and blame, "no speak english". Then hit their foot petal to switch the music off and claim he's crazy

I always enjoy how every one of these violinists play the exact same songs

Mask up n grab the violen when they’re playing it 😂 n watch the sound still come out .

As a violinist I can say that his bowing is short to short for how long the notes and the fingering so😂 and is now isn’t tight enough 😂 he’s holding the bow wrong to his pinky is under the end instead of above and bent over the end he’s not even using the whole bow

I will never believe another violinist in the NYC subway again

Isn't that their kid? That's sad, teaching him to lie and chest honest people out of their hard earned money.

🎶 he's such a great violinist 🎶😂

Sorry my friend I only know the John legend 😂😂

This is comedy gold. The obvious fake playing, the pretending to not speak english, the random old lady offering up some grapes 😂 😂

Not speaking English is how they “get away” with it. 🤦‍♂️ wake up

make em play the most basic song and see if he can do it 😝

Such an asset to our country!

I can actually understand what he's saying the child knew perfectly what you were saying in English

Look people, it’s still much easier than working hard for a living. Or studying to get a degree. Or doing anything that requires honest effort.

Wow...I'm a violin player at an intermediate level and this guy is not even a beginner... so many red flags...

It's amazing how many scammers can keep getting more and more different ways to scam people out of there hard earned money, these scum bags need to get a real job.

1:05 when he says "sucala" i think he cursed you out 😂

Now the people just standing on the corner with a sign 🪧 are like: Dam!!!! Now I gotta 🕺 dance or do something entertaining 🤦🏽‍♂️

"No speak English" is the trump card they always save in their back pocket.

Its like stolen valor but stolen violin 😂😂😂

Leave that dude alone, he's just trying to feed his family. Is it any different when we pay $50 to see some pop star only to find out they're lip syncing to a pre-recorded song.

Deport them

LMAO!!!! In Every one of these fake videos, the person playing the instrument clams up and acts ignorant to what you are asking him to do. Or they pack up and leave. I also bet 100 dollars he understands English very well. His signs are in English, so he understands something in English. Very sad that non musician people that pass by this Turd thinks he is playing that one song. Glad you confronted this CON person for what he is trying to do to get easy money. Thanks for the video. Take care.

Other people have exposed these musical frauds. They always claim no English.

I have seen quite a few electric violinists playing with a backing track in shopping center parking lots lately. At first, I was naive and thought they were real musicians. Then, I got a closer look and noticed the playing wasn't in sync with the melody and no vibrato motion on the finger board. Then that's when I got suspicious they were faking it. Does anyone know what country or culture they are from? I'm guessing East European Romany???

🤣🤣🤣🤣 he stopped the second you got close but the music kept going 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Fake movie money for fake scammers seems fair

We get scammed all our lives everyday by our government, car mechanics, dentists, lawyers, etc. Why condemn this guy for sinning different than you? Just don't give him money. Or better yet give him monopoly money.

No money, no job, no assets, no savings. How the hell do they end up in our countries? Nothing but a burden. I have those things but I doubt Barbados would take me.

They pretend not to speak English so that will impede people from communicating with them and it will also allow them not to answer. That gives them the reason to not answer

Good catch! You can tell by the fake model 😂

They stop after getting confronted every time. I wanna see them try to play something. Lol. 💯💯

It seems like all these scammers work for one entity, channeling funds to a higher authority, possibly a gang. I'd imagine the arrangement involves a pitch of "free entry to America in exchange for performing a task for the sponsors." Upon arrival in the U.S., the group informs them of their role, which entails staging counterfeit performances, with a substantial portion of the earnings directed back to the "sponsor." There's a striking consistency among these scammers: they typically share the same Roma ethnicity, utilize electric violins, speakers, perform identical-themed music, display similar signs, and even their sign-writing appears uniform. The uniformity extends to their equipment, implying a bulk procurement and the creation of a standardized "package" for newcomers to the United States. There's no way these are independently-operating scammers.

Dam i think these same scammers are in spokane wa outside a safeway

Love you for doing this!

Con artists pretending not to know how to speak English in order to avoid playing the violin without the amplifier.

Thank you brother for confronting that fraud

I like how he stops playing then the backing track also stops .. 😂 0:35

Hello Is it you asking the question? Would be lovely speak to you!

That fake violin playing started in Seattle. Give them fake bills or Chinese money😂😂😂

How many years did he train?

I just can't believe they actually spend the money on the violin and the speakers. That stuff's not cheap. This must be a pretty profitable scam.

You should have told him to turn the music on and just stand at attention, doing nothing else. It would have achieved the exact same effect. How unfortunate that there are innocent children dragged into the scam, one wonders what they would grow up to do 😂

I'm disgusted with these people.

I guess fortune telling and crystal balls are too old school for these folks.

I would’ve just started playing the violin singing things in my native language and say it’s a hit where I’m from 😂😂😂😂😂😂 now give me my 40 dollars

lol u forgot to do the duck walk

ask them to play happy birthday, or Mary had a Little Lamb… they can’t🤬

The Red Violin!!!😂😂😂

Maybe he's not embarrassed, and thinks "someone" will chip in , anyway. Some do ! A dollar can go a long way when you're broke ...

Northern ATL is same. What language are they speaking?

When they actually learn how to play they will change the game

Where was this?

Saw this same guy in front of Kroger in North Little Rock Arkansas today.

It takes enormous courage to confront such deadly and dangerous organized crime. Thank you for your bravery, for shutting down that music, and for chasing that family away.

$20 says the violin isn't even tuned.

I really don’t understand their culture on why they do this

The look on her face when she realized they were caught....

Bad bad people

Lol I’ve seen this everywhere and I knew in my gut it was a scam glad I trusted my instinct

Looked like he half gave you the bird when you first came up. 👍🏻

I look at it like this. They must have needed it worse than I. I’m always financially abundant.

At least he’s not saying his daughter, niece, brother, etc. is dead and needs to pay funeral costs. At least he’s not stealing directly from your pockets. People like that need to be checked. This is little fish.

They can't speak English but they can write it on the sign lol

They FOOLED you!!😂😂

They should get fake money for their fakespertise

You have to dance around chaotically like Karolina Protsenko so nobody can tell for sure....

The no speakie English ploy when caught

This is embarrassing to any musician