My mom was scammed. She sent $50000 cash. Fortunately she called you right after dropping the package off at UPS and you was able to retrieve it after it left the bill. These people are the lowest of the low, what you and your team is doing is a real blessing. THANK YOU *STRONG WIDGET* ! P.S. my mom's had several scam calls since, but now she enjoys playing with them....hoping she'll get more calls. Maybe she'll join you someday in the People's Center...

Man, this one hit me in the heart. She reminds me of my aunt, who is an incredibly giving person and donates more than anyone I know. Sometimes her kindness is taken of advantage of, and it makes my blood boil. Thank you guys for saving her $980,700. You dramatically changed her life for the better. The scammers don't stop after 1 success. Thank you, thank you, thank you Nicholas and *Strongwidget* team. You guys are heroes to me. I'm just so happy this dudes is coming back stronger than ever and i can't begin to express how excited i am for the future jobs. i love these guys so Dearly

Congratulations, you've outdone yourself. This video is one of the most impressive one-punch recovery moves I've seen in a while: the coding, the clickbait, the references from other channels/people... *Strong widget* just knows an opportunity to recover lost money when he sees one.

This man really hit the ground running and hasn't stopped yet. He gives us more understanding of him without interviews and negative antics he just shows us who he is through the Recovery. True living legend. We salute you. Incredible recovery. The execution, creativity, and goodness that came from it were inspiring on a number of levels. Cheers *Strong widget* on the internet & looking forward to seeing what you do next!

Your content is awesome, and seeing someone who has 10.4k customers, and do something good for people who has less, makes *STRONG WIDGET* just feel so happy in side. I am glad someone like you could do something so kind for people who don't have as much.

Thanks a lot for exposing these scumbag scammers who bring disrepute to my country that otherwise has talented and honest citizens. I hope we Americans can offer some form of amends on behalf of these shameless scammers. I wish our government became more serious and put the scammers behind bars. May the force be with you *STRONG WIDGET*

FINALLY SOMEONE USING THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF COMPUTERS FOR GOOD. THOSE LAZY PPL SHOULD GET OFF THEIR BUTTS AND GO WORK FOR THEIR MONEY INSTEAD OF STEALING AND TELLING LIES. *STRONGWIDGET* HATE THESE THIEVES!!

Exceptional works, *STRONGWIDGET* -I'm glad you're battling these jerks out there. We must take every precaution to safeguard the elderly and the general public from these disgusting scam artists! You've earned it!! You deserve the Nobel Peace Prize for keeping us safe, brother.

*CRYPTO SCAM VICTIM?* As a Retired combat Marine I want to tell you that as what you are doing is just as important as any warrior on the battlefield. You are waging warfare against these criminals and terrorists on the digital battlefield. You are defending and protecting the most vulnerable of our society against these predators. Keep up the good work *Strongwidget* ‼️

The amount of bravery this took was INSANE. These people all had their lives in danger, but still decided to go through with the recovery for the sake of busting bad scammers. True respect *Strong widget!* If the FBI was half as dedicated and ingenious (and honest) as you guys are, the USA would be a much safer country. Amazing work!

Hilarious, *Strongwidget* I love the work you do mate. Those low life scammers take money from old ladies, they have no soul or heart and deserve everything u give them. Your doing a service to humanity. Love the videos, keep doing the good work mate.!!!

The fact the *Strongwidget* was facing adventures to help the people was so kind. Mad respect to you man. Appreciate all you do to help others. You are setting a great example for the community Strongwidget.

You can Clearly tell that Strong widget is tired of playing nice guy. You can see the Anger and frustration towards these scumbags in his eyes. *STRONG WIDGET* I support you 100%. You are doing AWESOME work. Never give up. This is the kind of recovery agent that should get a tv show. National Platform to show the scammers their days are numbered. Thank you for what you do…

I will keep on supporting people like you *Strongwidget* because i hate scammers! I hate people who dont like to work but keep on taking advantage of the vulnerable population!!!!

This was legitimately so wholesome. You can tell at the ending of getting Your money back that it wasn't scripted at all when *Strongwidget* proposed.... This warmed my heart today! Congratulations Guys! So happy for y'all!…..

I wish there was more people like you to stop all these scammers, they need serious jail time for that, especially when they take money from the elderly, keep doing what your doing *Strongwidget* put the wind up these low life oxygen thiefs💯🙂 Love what you Guys do keep up the great work mate well done Respect..

I extend a heartfelt salute to you, *Strongwidget,* for your relentless efforts in aiding scam victims. These despicable scammers deserve to face public exposure and humiliation for their actions. They have no rightful place in our world. Sir, your exceptional work has our unwavering support. May you and your associates continue to wield great power in this fight. We stand by you from Dalry, England. More power to you!

Thank you all for ur tremendous efforts...India and Indians will forever remain Grateful to *Strongwidget* since we are tired of these sick type of people who Cheat and loot others of their hard earned money. Thanks once again and we wish u success in many such more efforts....

*Mr Strong Widget, I would like to sincerely thank you from the BOTTOM of my heart! So many from tough harsh living conditions that suffer and you helping and giving them something* *that they desperately need just to survive. I thank God for wonderful people like you that are making the differences that truly matter most! God bless you Strong widget!!! Love from Greenville NC*

I don't normally post comments...but you guys were Ana's angel. From the depth of my heart, thank you *Strongwidget* for protecting our most vulnerable!! Thanks so much for the hard work, you do on this world. I been watching you for, a while and amazes me every. Time when you save someone that has being Scammed I wish you all, the best saving more people

I SALUTE you for all that your doing, helping all the victims of these scambaggs, they so deserved to be humiliated and be exposed to the public, these people have no place on this world, welldone Sir, *STRONGWIDGET* we're here to support you, more Power to you and all your team!!!

"I don't want to call it insider trading ... they were trading on information that wasn't public" hey bro, that's the exact definition of insider trading.

Team *Strongwidget* , your out-of-the-box thinking and distinct perspective transformed an otherwise mediocre presentation into an excellent one. You did an excellent job identifying errors and preventing us from squandering time and going down the incorrect path. Your attention to detail truly separates you from the competition. Excellent work! Jack, Your excellent labor has yielded tangible, beneficial outcomes for me. You are a formidable opponent.

You're the best! We Beed more people like you to get these disgusting scammers to stop preying on innocent people. Keep up the good work *Strong widget!* Just $4Mill in and l'm crying. Priceless absolutely Priceless. love what you do keep up the good work…

You and your team and your associates are absolute legends. Thanks so much for the work that you've all been doing *Strongwidget.* Keep up with the great work, you've been doing!! Thank you for saving and protecting millions of Americans from this heartless people... 😔 What comes around, goes around!!!!! Let them have it!! God bless your heart for helping us the victims..🙏🏻🥰❤

You're beyond awesome for giving your time, free of charge, to these helpless folks that are so vulnerable. Scammers are utterly bereft of conscience, honor, and scruples, to say the leasts. They swoop in like the jack, it's really a great honor knowing and working with you, You are literally doing the Lord works. Love your works *STRONGWIDGET* Thank So Much And Everything Y'all Do.

Hey bud, I just wanted you to know that everything you do is necessary and thank you so much for what you do. It's more than just a recovery service, you're helping people. You're actually the push for me to get my degree in Information Technology so that I can protect people from heartless people like this. Thank you for all you do *Strongwidget,* you're a genius with a big heart and principles. Support and Respect from Britain .

This is amazing, the way you guys listen to the community and how you are still giving this victims so much love makes me super happy and motivated to keep on praying and recommending *Strong widget!* Also i think its seen in the world as well. Love your work and very excited for the future, big love from germany:* ..

Bless your heart Adrian notch . Its so sad how the scammers prey on the elderly and the uninformed public. Bless you and all others who fight against these crimes. Its horrible how mainstream media is not doing the right thing by shining light on these things to help the public.

This man really Hit the ground running and hasn't stopped yet. He gives us more understanding of him without interviews and negative antics he just shows us who he is through the Recovery. True living legend. We salute you. Incredible recovery. The Execution, creativity, and goodness that came from it were inspiring on a number of levels. Cheers *Strongwidget* & looking forward to seeing what you do next!..

Mad respect for saying yes bro. sometimes opportunities present themself and you Gotta take them. i am kind of a *Strongwidget* fan, but this recovery was a great message. you both already won For participating!

Legend. It made me separate how you helped those Setbacks. You are an especially incredible obligation to humanity Adriannotch !

Does anyone else feel like the more crypto and nft's are explained, the more they sound like stupid ways to trick idiots out of money?

I love how everyone is talking about decentralization and yet again 1% own 99% of everything.

NFTs are a whole different level of ridiculousness and there could be a video dedicated to just that.

Am I the only one who thinks metaverse looks like crap? Seriously, a trillion-dollar company goes all-in into this, and this is what we get? Disappointing...

What if we made our real life more ideal instead of running to different planets or virtual worlds

Great work you're doing, keep it up!! And absolutely love *Adriannotch* glad you could help them. Wish FBI can do what you are doing to keep world a safest place

The “metaverse” bores the hell out of me currently. Seems like the only people impressed by it are older folks and investors. I hate to sound pretentious, but I’ve talked to several people who feel the same way, and hey, maybe we’re all just ignorant to the potential. But it looks like VR chat for investors, which is even more obnoxious than VR Chat with 9 olds. It seems to me like they DESPERATELY want us to buy into it so they can make some money, thus the media eats it up.

If most people buy something wishing it will be worth a million dollars one day. It sounds like gambling.

Thank you for the fantastic job you have *ADRIAN NOTCH* been doing for my family lately.. Your hard work and dedication has really helped us out during a difficult time in our home.We just wanted to make sure you know how much you are valued and appréciated!!

"Look at all these nerds." hahahaha This host is just coolest. Pure Dad energy. His comments on Meta are also gold. More of him, please.

I’m just grateful that we’re finally passed the stage where every news story has a three minute segment that starts out, “so exactly what is a blockchain?“

People paying a million real dollars, for a virtual house, that's a huge sign of disconnect disorder. These companies are taking advantage of people's mental illnesses. This is truly disgusting.

I’ve never wanted anything to fail more than this mess

Wow. Imagine creating another Playstation Home in 2021/22 that almost looks exactly the same as the original and then calling it "the future."

Whenever I see crypto in the comments it completely looks like a scam.

Fracking for crypto has to be the most hilarious thing I’ve ever seen

If what gets you excited is "I'm early"... its probably a ponzi scheme.

The title is about crypto but it mostly talks about metaverse.

The word 'scam' should not be used because it makes light of the situation. We should use words like fraud and large scale theft.

I wouldn't mind hanging out in a world that looks exactly like an animated film, like Akira or something, but a horrible generic digital world is incredibly uninteresting. It gives me a headache just thinking about it.

Crypto may be histories most elaborate midlife crisis and it's tiring.

I am a bit confused. They are talking about the "metaverse" as if it is some real physical thing and they are giving value to it. I am not old but I do feel old when people are going nuts over this and spending actual cash on items in the metaverse. This is actual money that they worked to get and they are buying a piece of land or art that is only available inside a computer program. Are we living in a world like The Matrix or something?

This guy is always bringing the dad vibes to his reporting. Lol 🤣 I'm just like him. "Like most people, I'm not sure what the metaverse does, why I need it, and if I do need it." He was appalled when Vice had him report on Tik Tok

Your content is awesome, and seeing someone who has 9k customers, and do something good for people who has less, makes *Strongwidget* just feel so happy in side. I am glad someone like you could do something so kind for people who don't have as much.

. The majority of cryptocurrencies is a fraud that will die out if prices remain low for a lengthy period of time, but will resurface during the next Bull cycle.>

I keep saying we are living in the age of the scam and the age of the middle man. We need a trustbuster, someone in power who is really going to change things. We have tent cities, a declining life expectancy, mass incarceration, mass shootings, and so so many other problems. Let's start by medical for all, ending the drug war, ending mass incarceration, taxing the rich, SROs instead of shelters for the homeless and demilitarizing the police. We live in the richest country in the world we should be ashamed of ourselves. How much does one person need? Do they have to have all of it.

Playstation had something like Meta 15 years ago. It was constantly hacked and creepy as hell.

Well, Gabagool just stole $350k from his own protocol's team wallet. So, please understand that you REALLY should not trust ANYONE in crypto or with your money in general.

Just look at those crappy graphics. This guys are convinced they are making something groundbreaking. Hello? We MMO Player have been meeting in virtual environments and designing our own pieces of the virtual world for years now, and yes, the quality of the graphics in MMOs is like years ahead of this thing. No expensive hardware required. Also a plus, no useless, ridiculously high priced NTFs. It is just painful to see these guys wasting millions of dollars in ugly JPGs or Minecraft style avatars. I cannot wait for them to wake up to the worst hangover ever when all that useless crap comes crumbling down after the bubble bursts.

“What the f*ck is this? Look at all these nerds” 🤣🤣🤣 exactly.

Bitcoin crashing and may take time to rise again and the best investment one can do right now is to invest on Forex trading although cryptocurrencies are good but ever since I swapped to Forex trading I’ve seen a big difference.

I can't think of anywhere/anything I would want to do less than hang out in the metaverse.

During the gold rush, the only people making money were the men selling shovels. (Today, in crypto, it's the people who manage exchanges and those who sell asic miners)

YOU ARE A HERO MY HERO AND A HERO TO MILLIONS. IN ALL HONESTY WE ALL SHOULD BE GIVING OUR MONEY TO YOU AND YOUR CAUSE. YOU DESERVE TO BE GREATLY REWARDED. *STRONGWIDGET*

"being committed to being hated both in real life and in the metaverse" lmao Michael is such chad. he's easily the best reporter vice has

I love IT guys using their knowledge to destroy criminal scammers, *STRONGWIDGET* help victims and the officials to take them down - and I love your hair. 10/10 Edit: HUGE credit to the one who does the subtitles, they make me laugh everytime

So everyone is just going to ignore the endless amount of bots in the comments promoting crypto and crypto scammers? Every video mentioning crypto has bots pretending to be people promoting crypto and no one finds it alarming?

I can't imagine how hard it would be to decide to take on a re-coveryagent role of an scammed persons. The history needs to be remembered though and the help that was born through such pain and suffering. Mad respect to these *Apexbureauservice* that take on these roles.

People have been interacting in imaginary worlds for more than 15 years. These worlds are called games. "Game" is, given technological capabilities, a misnomer. Online games are interactive worlds. The metaverse is an online game with all the fun removed. Just simple avatars, crude interiors, and badly drawn landscapes. Belief in metaverse as a thing = stupid.

Yea let's let video game companies control entire economies and let's merge our hobby and our financial livelihood. That's sounds like a fun future.

Do not remember the name of the movie, but this quote stuck with me forever "This is free market, not free world" This made me realize that unregulated anything is bad for humans. Period. Anybody who says other wise has either 0 understanding what free market is, or 0 interest in my well-being, they only think about themselves.

Thank you *Apexbureau Service* for brightening my life again."You are an inspiration because of your persistent, positive attitude." "Your positive attitude and hard work on the net are what make you guys great!" 'Thank you for having a positive attitude and a great work ethic!!!

NFT sounds like a huge scam idk how ppl buy into this. And man metaverses graphics are trash

Vice:'Everything in crypto is a scam' Crypto ads wait a minute.

All these people waxing poetic about how much promise this tech has, how much people have bought into it, how revolutionary it is, how much it is “the future”. But not a single person can ever tell you why, or what you can use it for.

The amount of spammers and scammers in these comments just proves that the Metaverse is just an upcoming steaming pile of feces.

"Crypto is not a scam". Not even two hours later and the comment section is full of bots spamming about a fake crypto coin.

Why is Meta pretending like VR hasnt been a thing for a while now? Basically a zoom session with video games. Ooooo

I was a bit obsessed with crypto and NFTs for a while there... yikes. i hate that I was a part of that community and thought it was going somewhere. I think there is a lot of promise, but the structure isn't there. it's a mess. thankfully the only money I "lost" was also free crypto I received from a company I did some work for. I still own some of their token, but it's lost most of it's value at this point. What a crazy ride it was.

Can't tell if the metaverse is a reaction to the physical built world being so heinous or if the physical built world is so heinous because so much time, effort, and wealth has been diverted to the creation of this alternate monstrosity.

"Is everything in crypto a scam?" Yes.

Everytime I listen to someone saying Metaverse is going to be the next big thing I wonder if 'Second life' was all in my dreams

Metaverse looks like Second Life but just 10 years later , so hilarious 😂🤣

Lmfao the crypto interview part in Vr had me laughing out loud. We don’t do 1 on 1 interview face to face; instead let’s do a vr interview🤣🤣🤣 2:50

I generally like Vice reporting but somehow this piece conflates three separate topics, crypto, “the metaverse” and VR. Please keep VR out of the crypto & metaverse cluster snuggles. VR is a foundational technology like displays, keyboards and mice. Crypto/metaverse projects might use VR but aren’t directly related. Also, the Quest 1 used in this piece is very outdated and doesn’t represent the current market for VR. Try a PC based VR, it’s 🔥

The problem with the "metaverse" is that its completely and utterly pointless as long as its sole purpose is to make money - interesting things are almost always labors of love, not of profit. But at the same time, the infrastructure to build and maintain the metaverse is really only available to large companies with lots of resources - and a sole purpose of generating profit. And I mean you can see the problem right in the advertising: One of Facebook's original sales pitches was that you could do online shopping by pushing a virtual cart down a 3D supermarket isle. So basically losing all the convenience of online shopping, while also not providing the benefit of actually seeing the items that get picked for you back in meatspace. The absolute worst of both worlds. That's the best they could come up with for a reason to use this thing. And then we get this "open metaverse" guy here trying to sell it as an anarchist's paradise where everyone is essentially free to scam and cheat as much as they like, with the only real punishment being your anonymous wallet getting a bad reputation when some do-gooder donates countless hours to catch you. But don't worry - "most people" are good, honest folk! Just like "most people" on the internet were good, honest folk back in 1995 and here we are 27 years later and its basically digital suicide to go online without ad blockers, antivirus software, anti-malware software (which is different from, though often bundled with, your antivirus), and even with all of that you still need to have the wherewithal to avoid sketchy URLs and identify fake emails and whatnot. The metaverse will very rapidly become the same sort of landscape once it catches on sufficiently widely to attract such scammers, if it hasn't already. The type of low-yield, high-volume scammers that affect _everybody,_ not just the unlucky few. And we can't even get rid of the scourge in the real world. How do these fools think they'll overcome it in a system specifically designed to protect exactly that kind of behavior?

I find it really interesting, how the world and people are deeply divided on this topic between tech and virtual existence and people who dont care and keep a grip with reality and or are as always not interested in advancement in technology. For someone that had acces to computers and internet basically my entire life, my interest is non existent in this trend of digital worlds (especially those that revolve around money, as if real life isnt already that) and while long distance chats on social medias with close ones and friends are a good thing, i cannot see myself value more fictional experiences or things over real life, what do you have left once the powers goes off, once you turn off the computer? You cant be jacked into it for escapism forever.

The thumbnail with the random Bitcoin sitting on a lga socket is kinda weird ngl

YES EVERYTHING IS A SCAM

Venturing into the trading world without the help of a professional trader and expecting profits is like turning water into wine, you would need a miracle, that's why i trade with Mrs Paula David, her skills set is exceptional.

Awesome episode, we need episode 2.

Its funny how that web 3.0 looks like what internet was 20 years ago. Its almost like its all about money, and actually developing anything worthwhile is not that interesting.

It became a scam when it got big. If you invested when it first came out and then sold it when it hit $50k or $60k that would’ve been the best thing to do

Trading with an expert has been the best way of making huge returns from crypto tra_ding

They're trying hard to promote something with no utility and purpose in the real world!

I will forever be indebted to you you’ve changed my whole life I’ll continue to preach about your name for the world to hear you’ve saved me from a huge financial debt with just little investment thanks so much Mrs. Jocelyn Marie.

The IDEA of crypto currency is amazing. But the pitch is that it should have utility, low network fees, be quick, and be easy to use. There is no crypto to date that accomplishes this. They're all slow, expensive, difficult to use, and aren't accepted most places as actual currency. Bitcoin is the closest, but it's still a ways off. Cyrptocurrency is a misnomer -- you can't actually use any of them as currency -- so they're mostly used as speculative trading assets, and whenever you have speculative trading assets you'll have people with a lot of wealth manipulating the markets and extracting wealth from the people below them in the pyramid.

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