Every employee of stores that sell gift cards should watch your videos.

Walmart and target should include your videos as orientation

If I had a store, I would have these videos playing near the Gift Cards for Scammers section.

The thing is, most of the staff is always trained to make sure the person is not getting scammed. But the scammers always convince the victim to avoid being detected.

Should be mandatory store employee training. I don't mind Pierogi and similar types getting a small royalty for that too.

Wow! That poor woman. These scammers are so evil it's so sick. I'm so happy those employees stopped her from buying them And so glad her son was able to come to store for his mother. Thanks for sharing this story!!.

@@AudreyW1997 Anyone online who wants something from you is a shark and should be treated as such. Its not just old ladies in shopping centers; kids online getting told they they have to give their passwords, all kinds of bs. But atleast kids learn, with elderly I do feel bad because they genuinely trust and obey; they think "How could someone do something this terrible? It must be true." I always check my dads phone and make sure hes not clicking on any bs or downloading bs. I grew up downloading torrents (free movies) online so I do know my around red flags fairly well lol

wow! what a great story

The scammers are atheists. Evil and barbaric.

That's horrible.

How many cods you get? 😂

I cried when he said that 😂😭

😂😂😂

Or "Don't talk to me. Be quite, be quite."

Love the "blocking card"

1000% true

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 facts 👌🏼

Man when you call unemployment or social security and more it all goes to India so that doesn't help either our own government is sitting us up to getting scammed

True😂

I haven’t called one non Indian scammer 😭😭😭

Lol smh right!

That's not the true reason, it was exposed on another video. There are so many scammers that they compete with each other and it's very easy to happen because if a phone number or other contact is leaked to them as an easy target: it's usually leaked to many call centers.

Eliminating the competition bruh

Lol

this lady's money is my money and none of y'all dirty scammers and hackers are gonna get it.

😂 I have to try that now.

One time I answered saying Sheriffs dept and the guy screamed motherf$&@&$@! Hahaha

He should call them benchode

🤣🤣🤣 Am going to try that too, let me see how that Goes 🤣

LOL, that's hilarious! 🤣🤣

Ikr

How did you use those emojis ??

Then he's not evil?

Using powers for good is literally the antithesis of being evil

@@jimbo_1312 He is the Robin Hood of the scammed. Great guy and great show.

@@timewarpdrive77slow

@@meteorsbeams You're a newbie channel with a roblox avatar. your opinions are invalid

They scam me $5,000 I was devastated

I was scammed out of $300 =(

I’m sorry guys :( hope you’re all ok now!

Yes you got it, I am elderly, felt raped and embarrassed.

my mother's partner is elderly and has early stage dementia. He was nearly scammed out of 25 grand but his son arrived just as he was transferring the money. These fuckers need to get their arses kicked.

I wish this was true. I'm a Target employee, and yes, we are trained to watch out for these scams, but it's a very tight line we have to walk when asking about scams. Because most people won't believe they're being scammed, and it can take a lot of coaxing on our part about why the guests/victims are buying these cards. They're coached on what to say, like we heard in the video when the scammer said to say it's a wedding present. But (for me at least) there's no better feeling than when we do manage to stop the scams. I've stopped several over the years. I remember one where this poor woman started crying and gave me a hug because I stopped her from buying the cards. She walked into the store, on the phone and I overheard her say "okay I'm at Target now what" and I heard her say gift cards and my mind was like... you are not walking away from me come here. I told her to hang up the phone and asked her what was going on. I remember asking her if she knew this person and she said no. Her phone starts going off and I ask her if I can answer it. I say "hi I'm a target team member and I'm just asking the reason for these gift cards." He responded with "I'm her son" I look at the woman, still on the phone, and I'm like "Ma'am, is this your son?" When she responds no I was like "Have a great day sir" and hung up the phone. One of the best feelings ever. The woman was so thankful. She left that store more informed about these scams.

@@brittanysmith7281 Even if you only stop some of them, you're making a big difference. People you help rescue will also tell their friends and family about what happened, and that will help prevent future scams as well.

@@brittanysmith7281 Hero !

Jokes on you we don't have target in the UK

@@brittanysmith7281 Your a hero mam

😂😂😂

Oh no!!! 😢That’s why these scammers need to be stopped!! I’m so sorry that happened.

That’s amazing

It's crazy how people fall for stuff like that. Atleast there are people out there like your husband.

@@Balletified elderly people usually, who aren’t good with technology

With technology advancing old people don't understand how to use most of the tech so they are scared when they hear when their card or anything goes wrong

My Aunt, who isn’t even 70, fell for a scammer who became her “phone boyfriend” she gave him thousands, she is broke now.

They don't care about the cards. It's the CODS they won't let you buy.

@@Eriennexton LMAOO

Is that more or less shady than telling her to say it’s for a wedding at her house???

DeEhz COHdS

@Certified Queen they aren't in the US so it takes a lot before they will be able to get them. But they do get raided.

yup and sadly if ur already falling for an Indian accent telling u to get gift cards you'll probably listen to them not to talk to anyone too, sure it happens everyday where the employee knows they're getting scammed bc they won't talk to them or say why lol, the stores need a policy that they cant sell them without a reason

@@lukeadams8518 Almost all major stores ask why you’re buying gift cards & then describe the suspicion that comes along with that. They even have signs posted in just about every store I’ve been in for the last 5 years, which extends to three different states on the west coast.

@@lukeadams8518 He told her to say it's for a wedding, so even if the store did that it would have gone similarly. But a policy like that would cause very little harm, but could safe people from losing a lot of money.

What I don't understand is how someone would not be immediately suspicious about being told to lie and conceal what they are doing.

@@sidda7085 The West Coast is not representative of the USA. There are only 3 states on the West Coast and you goobers swear In-N-Out is the best ever because evidently you can't make a decent burger out there.

Legend 💗

true chad

I know this is older but you are awesome. Keep any of your personal information private. Never share it to anyone!

legend.

This is hilarious 😂

Ooh, I gotta try that when someone tries to scam me or a friend or family

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

😂😂😂

LOL

Hahahahahahaha!!! Thank you!!

😭 so sad and frustrating

"she was hagged"

My mum was about to do the same the other day, luckily my sister popped round and caught her before she made the transfer..she used to be an inspector in the police..My ex girlfriends grandad fell for it too, also an inspector in the police. It's really sad how much the mind can diminish with age. I wonder what of scams we will be dealing with in 30 years

That happened to my mother in law and she was mortified. She thought she was helping her grandson get out of foreign jail. Which is weird because she’s incredibly bright. Fortunately, she got over being embarrassed and was interviewed on local news about how to avoid this

@@victoriabarclay3556 my grandmother also got scammed out of $12000 by someone claiming to be her son. They said they were in jail in Canada. They knew all about our family and said he didn't want to call his wife and tell her because he'd be "too ashamed." My grandmother said it sounded just like my dad! Scary.

@Ian Montgomery, I recently had fun, too! An Amazon scammer called my work cell phone. I said that the account was a corporate account and that I needed to pull someone from corporate into the call. She sure hung up fast! I'll have to remember your idea.

Boring

😂

Yes love it. I waste too much time on these videos but I love it when the scammers get scammed.

that's excellent

The scams are so stupid that I don't know how people fall for them.

@@Truth_Seeker1 there are people who still dont understand todays technology. Just because you know something doesnt mean the world should also.

Seriously people even see these signs and really think that if they don't do what they say they are going to be hurt! It's ridiculous and stupid. I really struggle to see how people can be so stupid either

@@daBEAGLE1017 It's not that. Most of the time people are easily led.

chicken tender sub, check sweet tea, check scammer card, check

@@Matt561 glad to hear companies are catching onto this.

Exactly the scumbag scammers now send victims to different stores since they know stores r limiting how many gift cards they can get.

@@Matt5610 *scammer card was deined*

So much for grandma being able to buy stocking stuffers for her 15 grandchildren. All because of some Punjabi punks. 😆

Felicidades 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

I hope she remembers what you said!

I bet they called her the next day. As if they cared about your speech

you could say that "no one will call you for computer problems, they try to scam." easier to grasp than "don't talk to these type of people"

👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏⭐️👑💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

Yes!! Sadly, these tricks and manipulation work.😭😭

Oh they are worse than that. They convince them their grandchildren are in the hospital or in jail and they have to send this money or this or that will happen. They get very aggressive about not talking to other family about this. "He doesnt want his mom to know" Etc. They try to scare them, they scold and berate them to make them feel stupid for questioning anything thats going on. They are awful.

That's what I was thinking. I was getting anxious just listening to him. It's so awful that they would do this to anyone, nm elderly ppl.

I can’t take that scammer guy seriously. He sound like the foreign version GRU from dispicable me

@@TrottingAlongWithK Only on those who are senseless enough to believe it.

They gatekeeping the scam🤣🤣🤣🤣

Megan streiff be quite don't talk to me lol 😂

@@707change3 be quite 😂

@@Lethalweapon123 Quiet*

@@doogustrog I was actually making fun of the scammer lol he said be quite 😂

I mean, their entire story is that Amazon, the world's 2nd largest retailer, needs to send you to a competing retailer to close an Amazon account. Oh, and they can connect to that other retailer's systems....but if the other retailer knows you're trying to do this, they won't help you. They aren't very bright.

@@joshua.harazin thing is, that it works. Modern technology and the internet is magic for some people (not only elders) and I cannot even blame them for that. Those people may have given up to understand the "HOW" and just accept that it works somehow.

I am American, but I have been working with Indians here in the U.S. for over 25 years. Everyone I ever knew has been honest and hardworking!

@@Truongkl unfortunate to say, I am from India, to be precise to the same state as mentioned but never worked in a call centre. It makes me angry that people like such are disgracefully running such scam businesses.

@@nirvaansingh9952 It's not unfortunate that you're from India. It's unfortunate that scammers in India are making your entire country look bad. I have colleagues in India who I have never met in person, but we chat all the time and share our day-to-day lives with each other. One even calls me Ammah. (I am old enough to be mother to most of them.) That has been a blessing. These friends are honest and hard-working. They earn their living the right way. They support their parents and help their siblings get an education. Years ago I knew one guy who shared a small apartment with several other people, and he only spent enough money to eat, pay rent, and survive. He sent the majority of his earnings to his parents, so that they could live comfortably and not have to work anymore themselves. I could tell you other stories. My personal experience with Indians has been wonderful.

@@Truongkl honest hard working scam lol

Scammers live in America too. Look up mega churches.

To catch a scammer

I second that What??

Pierogi is the embodiment of all our crime-fighting fantasies made real. Bless him and his team for the work they do.

i mean i would prefer arnold swarzenager or sylvester stallone style. knock a few of these call centers out like that. i bet the rest fold pretty quick.

@SteveFarEast These people are real you know?

on Catfished, they send the Scammers and FUGIFTCARD to grab their IP address.

They made $5 in 30 minutes ..not bad ..they won!

Or an announcement in stores

In uk stores have a maximum limit on how much can be put through at one time. And tills can't be over rided. And staff told not to allow people to put more through as if they are doing to separate payments to by pass the maximum limit. Or if they have any concerns about who's buying to refuse the card.

Maybe people at those stores have been watching scambaiting videos. Nicely done!

theres quite a few stores that do in my area

They are making money too, why fix it, their shareholders want to see numbers!

😂😂🤣😂🤦‍♂️

😂

An comedic session was there 🤣🤣🤣

He's been hagged.

Those haggers are snot.

Truly the genius mind of our generation.

Sounded like ‘’Be confident, be smut’’

I love when Perogi plays like he is dense and the scammer gets frustrated - LOL

They are… and they are required to ask when sh*t seems suspicious. My oldest kid works at customer service at a major supermarket store, and even when sh*t is painfully obvious that it is a scam, a lot of elderly victims will continue to attempt to wire money or similar actions even when told that they are being scammed!

the trouble is that scammers will ask the victims to get only a few gift cards at a time so as to no arouse suspicion.

Tayler Stait* Most banks do NOTHING. I've had to do all the work our bank wouldn't and they still paid the scammers who had gotten into our bank account and advisedme I needed to do something. We're disabled so I had advised the bank I would gladly let our attorney know. Banks are insured by our tax dallors for insurance to protect their board members that same insurance is to protect us. They weren't happy with that but they still let scammers steal from our account this is a on going problem with Bank of America.

@@noneofyourbusiness9369 I know, it's crazy.

It's partly because of how they speak to victims. They make you feel an inch tall and incredibly stupid. They berate you for not knowing tech and if you don't pull them up the first time, they just keep going - keep speaking to you as though you're an incompetent simpleton who can't do anything right and just pee'd all over the floor while still fully clothed. It really makes me wonder how they treat their own parents and grandparents if they treat other elderly like this. I've personally had one screaming and swearing at me for asking if he was a scammer... ok, so I repeatedly asked until he hung up, but something didn't sit right from the start of the call. I was calling my state government's health line.

@@bellarose-au it's cos old people are dumb af don't use tech if u have no knowledge

I'm pretty old 68 and they have tried to scam me but i just mess with them too.

@@anthonyfoutch3152 that’s cool

Elders are sometimes far too trusting, God bless their hearts.

Wow, that's cool. Most of the time it would be a son helping his mother, it shows people are beginning to not be as susceptible to these scams.

if the accent is indian, donot trust them simple as that

Is your son all not there mentally? Usually people that young never fall for something this absurd.

Uno reverse card

How does a 36 year old fall for one of these scams?

Oh that’s exactly what they do. In another video, the scammer pretended that there was a sniper perched outside her building and would shoot her if she didn’t get the gift cards. Sickening behavior.

That’s exactly how they talk and behave , disgusting

Literally just got hung up on by one who screamed at me because I told them to change their hold music. Lol

I'm not surprised. They are slimey scum waste of space of Earth. They're disgusting monsters with zero empathy or conscience, they must be to be able to scam like this time after time. I'd be surprised if they didn't boss around and threaten their victims.

I couldn't agree more. I saw a tiny part of this video and I could already hear the rude tone of the scammer. Super duper disrespectful.

That is actually not a dumb idea! Lol! I love it! Hope it happens someday! :D

The sad thing is if the store isn't going to make any large profit from it they don't care to do it. It's always about their pockets 🙄

It would be good PR however it's too complicated to convey in just an ad. People wouldn't get it. Also target makes money off of the cards so they'd tell people to not give them money. They won't do it.

This is a good idea

The woke mob would label it racist and try to cancel any store that tried.

His editing and animations have gotten so phenomenal it feels like you're actually there with him

@@Amir-qz4bn agreed we need more

I loved the "Gift Cards for Scammers" display in Target.

I've seen customers go to Wal-Mart and get mad because they don't sell competitor's ( Amazon) cards.

lol🤣

It's less about people being dumb enough to do this and more about the Indian scammers being dumb enough to think it will work.

Agree, Amazon NEVER calls you at all.

@@enriqueiii9209 and if they do its exremelty rare and if they call its either that you work there or work at Fedex or Ups or Us mail to do something

Wtf pierogi means dumpling in polish

@@jokubas3391 Yes. I love them.

@@yes2day100 yea, but polish dumplings taste pretty bad. Where I'm from, they're much better

@@jokubas3391 Really? I visit a little restaurant in LA that is run by a Polish family. Their dumplings are very good. But maybe I'm not an expert on how a Polish dumpling should taste. :)

@@yes2day100 what restaurant?

Only problem is its also a common name, I doubt they will hang up when money involved.

She always uses same name

Or emails

Thank you for trying. God, I hope he didn't get scammed in the end.

nice idea

Your too kind.

@@cowboy7238 yes, too kind for following company policy.

I dont see how blocking a hacker with gift cards is supposed to work. I mean the scam is absolutely ridiculous and making no sense.

@@vanessaruiz4705 Nor does your comment. I don't see how it pertains to anything else posted here.

@@ephgm Yeah and I dont see why you think you got power to offend someone. So lame.

Gotta love the 7-seat, 2-door Tesla.

If they allowed that to happen they deserve it

What are you saying? No body deserves anything like that

how do you even let that happen

@@NeverComplyEver For a scammer to take so much money from someone means they aren’t low-quality but more or less professional. What makes you think an 86 year old could’ve seen through that?

200,000 what?!

I´m sorry about your grandma. I hope she´s okay.

@@lindahansen45 she's doing good but since then I've been tuning in to scammer payback for hints, tips and advice on how to detect these telescammers

@@riverphoeniz9502 well done. I´ve made my elderly parents watching some of these videos. Just so they know they have to be careful

well duh

an* eyelid.

@@coltonsmith3270 cringe. you knew what he meant. no one thinks you’re smart because you corrected someone’s typo.

Right?! It’s disgusting

@@deagle2yadome696 The idiom is "bat an eye." The only thing cringeworthy is you whiteknighting for a functional illiterate and misusing the word "cringe."

Lol, that would be great!

When a scammer call you can just rickroll them

Once I called a scammer ‘nakka’ in Telugu it means fox, I said it meant amazing

That's probably like $50 in their country

@@sativarosegold3604 It’s like $1lol

Scam blockers

Really sorry to hear that. Do you think Is there a way so she could be warned from this kind of scam ? It's absolutely heart breaking knowing that old people gets scammed with this kind of monsters.

@@bm2ilabs - What really needs to happen is this needs to hit the news...you know...the stuff that older people religiously watch. THEN they might actually see it and believe it. It's really the only way I can think of. Make it public and use tv to educate the masses. Often.

Oh how sad!

@@TheMurlocKeeper america thrives on gullibility and propaganda. They would never stop old people from blindly doing what they are told.

@@TheMurlocKeeper Lol yeah put it on cable

I'm old. I almost fell for one of these but I had just started watching this channel and played them for half an hour! I'm teaching everyone I know.

@@arlanstrong1424 Awesome! This is a fun channel to share too.

Not only the old sadly but also the younger generations too, but yea. The scammers are getting better and better in every language sadly.

Scamming old people for their last dime is nothing new. Dragnet once adapted the investigation a scam where two swindlers masqueraded as bank examiners in need of marked bills to catch an embezzler, targeting elderly pensioners with bad eyesight to avoid recognition. In finally nabbing them, the cops represented by Friday and Gannon actually helped the potential mark--a lifelong fan of detective fiction--cross off something on her bucket list; she had "always wanted to be in on a pinch."

shirlaine williams - It really depends on the elder. Just like with the young, you get a lot of different personalities. I have a beloved aunt in her 80s, was a formerly in upper management for a major bank. When folks like this call her, she is quick to shut them down.