They all show up all of a sudden all at once at various locations. All of a sudden America is blessed with the violinist prodigies.

The years and years of music training, private lessons, and endless practice I did to become a classically trained musician (trumpet) and these MFers fake it?!?! This pisses me right off. It’s a slap in the face of every actually trained musician.

Thank-you for the work you do Jayson. Our mutual friends with the white mini van seem to have disappeared with all the pressure on them. They used to come to my town and stay the whole week camped out at out local Home Depot. They tried to get money from me at the intersection between both plazas and it was during a middle of the day without anyone around. So I had a nice chat with our bearded friend. I directed him to the homeless out reach in my town run through a local church. Where they could get a one time loan, employment assistance, temporary mailing address, a place to sleep, and housing assistance. I then told him to say hello to you and tell you I like your You Tube videos. When they finally got to the Iron Mountain, Michigan Wall Mart. I ended our conversation with the fact that you would be filming them and posting on You Tube, as well as Meta "formally Facebook". The same person replied to me in a comment I left in another or your You Tube videos of them that you posted. The girl that he and his buddy was with always had a pillow under her top to make it look like she was pregnant. it worked along with their sign pregnant car our of gas please help.

These dudes was in Rowan county in NC in my small town at the grocery store back in the fall. Same dudes with the blue violin. I watched them for a few minutes and I could tell that they weren't playing and the speaker/amp had the music in it. They just seemed like they was trying too hard kind of an over the top act to sale and conceal their decitfullness. Body language just looked wrong. I wanted to walk up behind them and unplug the violin cord and see if it kept playing but my wife told me not to. If I see them again I'm doing it to see if I'm right. Like you said, I'd give a person money that was actually playing an instrument and was from my area not traveling around the country lying about their situation scamming people by putting on this act to get money. I watched a panhandler in Charlotte, NC, around 15 years ago; go from the street corner begging to walking down the block to a parking lot and getting into a very nice Cadillac Escalade that looked fairly new like only a few years old. Nicer vehicle than mine. I said right then I'd never give someone money that's sitting holding up a sign begging for money. For a long time I'd holler out the window at them to "get a job loser" until my 3 year old son yelled out the window to a guy riding his bicycle minding his own business "get a job you loser." I quit hollering out at them but never give them money. A few years ago I asked one of these guys, I knew was from the area because I seen him walking the streets for some time; that was at Walmart in the largest town in my county holding up a sign that said "hungry, anything helps" so I asked him that if he was truly hungry I'd take him to get him something to eat and his response was he needed money to get food for later, so I offered to take him in Walmart to buy him what he needed and he didn't want me to do that he just wanted money to "go himself later." I think he was wanting money for alcohol or more likely drugs so he didn't get any cash from me. I don't give them money either because if they truly needed help that bad there's a homeless shelter/soup kitchen in town, organizations like Salvation Army that will help you with bills and clothing, and plenty of services provided by the government to keep someone from starving and being homeless. Everywhere I go I see signs for help wanted. Hell the McDonald's is paying $11 dollars an hour start off pay now up to $13 depending on experience. There's a mobile home factory in my small town that you can make over $1,000 a week with incentives and its production work. They go in a 7:00 am and might be done by 1:00 pm if they get their quota for that day finished. No reason anyone needs to be a panhandler/begger/bum in this country unless they choose to live like that. That's my opinion anyway. I work too hard, pay too much taxes that some goes for these programs that are in place to help this situation already, and have enough of my own problems to add giving my money away to someone who dosen't want to work to make their own way in life. I could go on and on but I'll end it here.

There are 2 violin panhandlers here at my local Walmart (near Pittsburgh, PA).🙄🙄 Can definitely tell they're not really playing. It's ridiculous.🙄

Thanks Jason, thanks for the thumbs up on scammers, we have our share here in Smithfield, NC because we are right next to I-95 to our east and I-40 to our South about 18 miles away. But thanks again Jason, keep up the good work.

Thanks for the heads up. Must be good money in panhandling, all tax free.

My daughter was in orchestra in jr high and high school and she played the violin she said it’s easy to pick out the people fake playing

We have a violinist that comes around where I live too.. are usually yell out the car window “get a job”

Hi Jason! Take a real violin to them and ask them to play a tune on it. If they refuse, BUSTED!

Bourbonnais IL Target today. Even I could see this scammer couldn’t play a lick

Interesting on your last train video you mentioned about these panhandler’s and the violin angle. I was shocked to see how many individuals are involved. Definitely appear to be middle eastern descent. Wasn’t aware of this new scam till I did the internet search. Keep up the great work.

These guys were down in Oshkosh, WI as well. They were driving a minivan with Texas plates. They were playing a recording and pretended to play the violin. There was a different panhandler in town last year that CPS checked out. She was making $6,000 a month tax free.

I know it's summer when I see all of the Illinois plates in Minocqua lol.

I be like, "I'll give you $100 cash if you play the song without the amp"

Literally ran off a couple doing this at my job an hour ago. Texas plates. Sign said they had 5 kids. Told them they had to move on because they can't solicit, panhandle or loiter on the property. I offered them a job application and all they could say was "No... No... No...".

A couple years ago I was at a Wal Mart and heard beautiful violin music. Soon I even recognized it as one of my favorite you tube artists. I went to listen and was amazed at how they got every note and musical expression right, exactly as I had heard it so often on KZfaq. It wasn't long before I could tell without a doubt they were not playing the violin exactly the same as all the notes that were coming from the speakers. I just walked away wondering how some people can possibly stoop so low and how do they get away with it. Well one thing I know for sure, they may get away with it for awhile but their will be a day when we all will have our life exposed and will be judged for what we have done, both good and bad. I believe in that truth and that's why I don't get too upset any more. I do appreciate what you do though. If more of us did that, I believe there would be less of this going on. Love your train videos by the way. Keep up the good work.

Keep exposing these freeloaders Jason ✌

Just saw a couple of these violin scammers here in northeast Alabama. Of course it was at my local Walmart which has had a growing problem with panhandling over the past few years. Walmart doesn’t do anything with them because they technically are off their property, and the city doesn’t do anything about them either. My husband and I know we are not obligated to give these people money and we don’t. These people are obviously not in a bad way if they can travel all over the country. If you want to help people give money to a reputable charity or a local homeless ministry. These folks begging at the Walmart are not the ones that need help.

There are a lot of really talented street performers out there. Mimes and musicians. But these crooks give them all a bad name.

Don't we all live somewhere where there are panhandle. A news channel in NYC did a segment on one in particular. She was dressed really shabby. Also had the canes with arm cuffs. And severely bent over. Welm they followed her, she shed the crappy clothes. Took off both canes, and, she stood upright with no problem. Then after that climbed into an very new BMW. When she confronted by the news crew she was in major denial. Busted on camera. It was great. As far as them playing music. You can still record them without sound yo avoid copyright laws. Audio when they aren't playing.

We do have a lot of what we call street musicians, artist, and a wide verity of entertainers here in New Orleans, mainly in the French Quarter. . Some of the entertainers are magicians, jugglers, mimes, acrobats, etc, etc. They do have permits and perform for tips. They are usually pretty good at what they do.

Should ask the people that give them money, WHY they throw their money away.

I dont like aggressive beggars, or anyone coming up to me asking for money. Once, in Dunfermline, Scotland, a bunch of schoolkids were copying panhandlers that they saw on the High Street at 5pm on a Saturday. One of them shouted across the road to me if I had any money. I ignored him and he shouted ''F - - - you'' IMO, it should be made illegal to approach anyone for money.

These scammers really piss me off because I really AM a musician and I really DO play live sometimes. I do Street busking without a backing track or even through amplification. I also have a sign clearly spelling out that I am NOT a Vietnam veteran, I am NOT homeless and I don't have a bunch of starving children at home. I'm just an old man who likes sitting around playing music for folks, (mostly bottle neck slide on a guitar and singing). I never ask for tips but I'm certainly grateful when someone drops a little cash in my guitar case. I see busking as a time honored tradition, something pure to be done without deception of any kind. Keep exposing these fakers. They make us all look bad in the same way one power-tripping thug cop makes people suspicious of all the good cops.

people spend a good number of years learning the violin .

more panhandler videos please? 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The reason why people panhandle is IT'S TAX FREE MONEY!!

I bet their using a blue tooth..wonder if you could hook up to it with your phone and change the music lol

"Play Orange Blossom Special or I'm callin' the cops"!

Keep after the trains , and, the panhandlers.

Jason its sad what they are doing it looks like Bluetooth speaker his iPhone was in his pocket with music thank you for sharing have a wonderful blessed day

These pan handlers have more money than you and I.

Suggest , guess who's coming to sauna 🎶heikki luunta,,Grandma got run over by a beer truck, or 30 yoopers in a pontoon boat

Not gonna lie. They got me a few times. I thought they were legit buskers, and the music was beautiful. I'm no violinist, I didn't notice they weren't playing the right cords. I even got emotional at such a beautiful piece of music filling the air at King Soopers one day, sat in my car and cried. I didn't have any money to tip though, just told them how amazing and talented they were. 🙄 After seeing them all around town, a different man and woman, different van, kids sitting all around a stroller, wife holding the sign. Same exact sign and same exact songs as all the other ones....I started noticing their scam, lol. Now I can recognize them a mile away. The reason it's so frustrating and upsetting to so many is that this takes away from all the genuine hard work it takes REAL violinists to become this good. It's a crafted art, not a side show. And, these scam people are not financially suffering at all. This is one of their many scams, and guaranteed they all have a home base, a house, food to eat, their children are not going to bed hungry. Believe that. I see many, many homeless people and old vets on corners with their companion dog, barely able to walk and frail, just hoping for a meal and food for a dog. People obviously in a struggle and needing help, houseless and alone. If you feel inclined to help someone, buy someone a full meal, help them feed their pet. Donate to a pet shelter. Donate scarves and gloves and hats on cold winter nights. Give someone a coat if they need it, we all have plenty of them in our closets. Pay a random utility bill. Pay it forward. Give them more than $1.....sacrifice a $50, so they can actually get something they need. There are a LOT of people in need who are not scamming and need the help the most. You just have to look around.

These same people were in south Florida a few mounts ago. I told the guy to keep his kids out of it..

Unplug the chord while they’rebplaying

not sure if thats illegal never heard of it before this, but should be against the law

We saw a family two weeks ago (that you showed last year),in Lima, Ohio doing their thing of begging.

Hey Jason,exposing those traveling criminals drew me to your channel,being a rail fan has kept me here.Rock on!!!

That's not making a buck. That's begging for a buck!

Well, they have the freedom to do what they want to make money. Just don’t give them money and ignore them. And they are working! You also have to freedom to film them!

I got scammed by these people on rochester last year. Pisses me off. I just seen how many there are all over the nation

Jason, these people or someone doing the exact same scam was in Caldwell County NC last year - they were at Walmart

Hey Jason, keep up the good work. It's your town , full speed.. ps the police should be called for parents using there kids. For bait.

I think some of these "musicians" have made their way down to Milwaukee!!

I’ve been making a living as a professional accordionist for 38 years, sometimes busking in the street in between gigs, and these scum are giving real musicians a bad name. There are others pretending to play accordion as well. Usually Romanians.

The “Travelers” are busy during Christmas in Texas. KZfaq doesn’t like us to mention their group name but we know. In our town, a guy showed up at a local grocery store with a violin, a woman and a small child and set up a PA system. He started “playing” Alleluia but only after he’d plugged his iPhone into the PA. It was so very obvious that he wasn’t playing the instrument but I’ll be darned if people still stopped to listen and give him money.

I like this video. Times are tuff an scamming money is wrong

Carry a big sign that says FAKE and stand behind them. No word.ls.spoken to them. Watch the attitude. See that they do understand english.

Doesn’t appear that they’re starving to death, lol !

These fake violin scammers are all over New England too.

I lived in New York City for 20 years (I still have to go there now and then-- and it's ironic but I play violin. For real.) But anyway I was approached over the years by many panhandlers. I usually was polite and said no. And they moved on. In a big city all you need is the courage to hear "no" 90 percent of the time. That other 10 percent people give you money. And it adds up. Tax free. So yes they are "professionals." And yes they are probably also getting assistance like Social Security or other things. My new job is selling advertising. And ironically I get "no" 90 percent of the time too. I'm not justifying what they do but I will say if they had the courage to "go straight" they'd make a pretty decent honest buck. Getting someone to part with any money when they don't want to is tough (and most small businesses don't get that money spent advertising always works out better for them). The best thing to do when these people approach you is say no. Don't explain it. Just say no and don't give them anything.

That same guy was at the Midland Walmart a couple Weeks ago...

I've noticed that, dude. You're unrecognizable with your hair tied back..

I saw a different variation today in Ann Arbor. They were using an accordion instead of a violin. The speaker went out while they were “playing” and absolutely no noise was coming from the accordion.

These people with kids why don’t you get on phone and call child protection services it’s is child abuse in the heat .Jason step up and make that call

I'm glad you're doing what you're doing,these scammers are getting out of hand, and I like your videos.

In Myrtle Beach, these people use accordions.

100% correct sir expose these scumbags

Same thing here in northern Illinois. Saw them 2 weeks ago in a Kohls parking lot. Traveling gypsies. Scammers.

Am Hispanic and I fucking hate scammers . I live in California people scam by saying there family members passed away and need help. Idk who to help any more so I don’t help . Am not a believer in god but am a believer in beening kind to others and be nice when needed . Be human

We, have panhandlers down here in Downtown Detroit, playing music by Comerica Park and Ford Field. And, also in the Central Business Section in Downtown Detroit.

I blame people that continues giving them money!

I fell for this. I would of never guessed this was a scam

I have seen this before in my hometown of Painesville Ohio. At our local Giant Eagle grocery store, this young woman had the violin. They were traveling in a camper van with I think Missouri plates.

One observation I made was their van, specifically the license plate. They are temp plates which means they just bought that van. The van is a used older model and has a few scuffs so its not the fanciest thing. Now my question is did they buy that for appearances and for the summer to panhandle in or is that all they could actuality afford.

We had someone did the same thing here in Milford Ma playing the violin and had music playing

they ares all over here in wisconsin

They were up here in Massachusetts for a while... guess they’ve been all over the country..

They choose not to work because they make tons and tons more money than an actual legit job.

YUS!!! The PANIMATOR is back baby. Make it rain pan tears. Destroy them! Wooooooooo

Jason, you did it again. Great job! I was thinking.... maybe your nickname should be "The Mountain Fox" from Iron Mountain MI.

Everyone remember to hit the👍👍For Jason

Here, the pan handlers use their kids. A guy and his lady and kids showed up one day in a fairly newer motorhome and they didn't look poor at all. I drove by and yelled "fing loser grifters!"

It's been a while since you've done a panhandler where was it at the Walmart store in town

Here's something funny to do, get some of the fake movie money and give them jokers a pile of that.

At 5:40 there’s a lady taking a picture of those 2 and gets into her suv, the same looking dark gold colored suv parked by them taking the sign down

Scammer virtuosos!

i am down in livonia/farmington in metro detrot. at the meyer by 8 and haggerty and at 12 oaks mall an d a fewother places in that area, we have all seen something simlar. not violin, but a "family" with children that say they are homeless, they all have nicer shoes than most people. they ahave been offered jobs. so many sings everywehre . and they make me sick. they are using their kids too. same idea, but diffrent aspect.

Its all a Scam. Angle doesnt matter. As long as people keep giving money it will never go away..

I don't get it! Why would anyone drive all the way to U.P. to panhandle? I understand your frustration. My town gets seasonal transients every summer. Total pain in the ass! You guys think you have a public problem 🤔.

You have to leave too bigfoot, your scaring away the customers

I have a sixth sense about giving money to panhandlers or Street bums and I rarely rarely give money out

Very interesting. Violin playing scammers. Sigh. What next? ☹️

The sad thing about all these fake violin players is that they have a boss who is forcing them to do this and take all their money. They're literally slaves. In the big tourist cities in Europe they are everywhere. It is a tragedy.

I knew you'd be on it!

I confronted a similar pair yesterday at one of our local supermarket's entrance/exits in Brunswick, Maine. I asked the male violinist, about in his 50s, to play me a piece without the accompaniment [wherein the "violin" parts are found]. He pretended not to understand English and fumbled with the violin's cord at the amp end. Same violin as seen here, btw. Then, a 50ish overweight, swarthy woman appeared. She didn't take kindly to me exposing their scam. She spoke to me in Romanian or whatever Gypsy tongue they use, flipped me the bird and gave me a mock "moon". I circled around on my bicycle and came up behind them with my phone camera trained on them. The woman came at me and made a hissing sound as she made a mock swipe at me, slashing the air. I told them that's what the cops need to see. I also observed her scoping out the insides of parked cars there. These folks Always work in groups. They were gone when I returned an hour or so later. A couple or so years ago, I fell for their scam, right at the same spot. It was a different guy who "played" beautifully. He seemed to have the right fingerings on the strings [as if I knew, I play piano and harmonicas, jazz/blues], and he had the standard bowing, or so I thought, and a nice smile. He also had a big sign with words on it like "honest", and "god" and "thank you". He had a couple of young teen girls with him, swarthy with dark, unsmiling eyes, the dead eyes look, suspicious, so common with this clan. Still, I tipped the guy five dollars, I think, and left. So, after yesterday's event, I went home to quickly learn a few choice phrases in Romanian. As mentioned earlier, they were gone. I so wanted to say to the woman, "Isti un porc!!!". Next time, if there is another scam "violinist" here, I'm going to open with Portugues. Knowing that won't be understood by them, I will then speak in English with a fake Brasilian accent. And I will smilingly ask them to play me a tune, unaccompanied. Or, maybe I'll take a harmonica and play some simple tune like Three Blind Mice and ask them to repeat it, knowing full well they can't. And then I will make sure they know what scum they are. They put the "tune" in opportunists. This is where a bunch of vile stink bomb vials could come in handy. Or, if someone wanted to place a bill in their coffer, first tape the bill to a magician's reel. It is a spring-loaded prop with a monofilament string. As one walks away, smiling, the donor releases the brake on the quarter-sized, handheld prop. ZIP!!! The bill magically returns to the donor's hand in an instant. It's a very inexpensive prop, perfect for conning back these cons.

I saw this at Walmart in Santa Clara. it was the same day I saw a fat gypsie pan handler around the corner. Be careful folks. Thanks for your work.

we got people that panhandle here to

Keep up the work. I’m a fiddler and this crap is very disturbing

Keep up the good work Jason. Some people will do anything to get out of real work!

i gave people like this 5 bucks today and found out after. at least they only got 5 bucks from me. if i see them again I will expose them.

What a pair of Picassos.

I’ve seen a lot of this around my area. Is that illegal? Hope so.

Wish i could go with you on these excursions... You seem like a fun dude, funny too... Just be careful Jason when approaching these people..i just started watching your vids and i like what you do.. your definitely a cool down to earth citizen... Happy New Year.

thank you for these videos!!!!

We get people like this in the La Crosse area shame on them

I saw and filmed one of these guys just to get the footage. It was obvious he wasn't playing but people crowded around.

I don't mind panhandling, just don't be fake about it. If these "violinists" were that good, they would be playing in a symphony orchestra earning really good money