80-year-old hilariously scams scammer | rewboss in brief

[@A-Grat-A]

Lifting a scammer straight to police sounds like a joke. Incredible.

[@PiscatorLager]

Reminds me of that ancient Disney comic strip where the protagonist (Donald?) solves the issue of a burning trailer by towing it to the inner yard of the fire brigade.

[@Better_Clean_Than_Green]

I remember an older video about a German elderly couple who managed to get a scammer, who claimed to be their nephew, get caught by the police. The husband had the scammer on the phone the whole time since the scammer wanted him to stay on the phone the entire time (maybe he was paranoid). He played with kitchen utensils in the background to make the scammer think he was "roasting potatoes". However, this was just a cover for his wife to sneak out of the room, so the scammer wouldn't hear that there was someone else in the room with his hoped-for-victim. She called the police and informed them, the police came over, hid in the closet, and when the husband was able to lure the scammer into their home, the scammer was caught red-handed by the police. "Scammer" Counter: 7

[@RandoStaRR]

Actually the counter is at 8, because of the word "Scammer" in the counter name. Oh no, its at 9 now... what do we do!?

[@PiscatorLager]

Dang, looks like I am so used to "brand cooperations" in KZbin videos that around 2:10 I totally expected you to say: "but you can keep yourself safe with some common-sense precautions... and of course with today's partner Polar-VPN". As always, great work (and beautiful story)! These short videos under three minutes are actually perfect as a morale-boost in the middle of a boring task.

[@TopMikiFilms]

The only thing that bothers me about this story is that the young man might have been a mule for the real scammers, not actually knowing what he is picking up. That's a common tactic scammers use!

[@rewboss]

That's very likely true; but then hopefully he's now learned his lesson and won't make that mistake again.

[@RolandHutchinson]

Nonetheless, once down at the police station he could "aid the police with their enquiries," as the British say.

[@mintysharky3537]

That reversal of roles is hillarious af

[@KaiHenningsen]

It is often claimed that nobody is easier to scam than someone who is trying to scam you. I don't know if this is true, but the videos here on KZbin about just such things some people seem to do as a hobby certainly seem to support the idea.

[@eisikater1584]

I only once gave a bank staff member my online PIN. You DEFINITELY should never do that under ordinary circumstances, but this was an exception. First, I live in a rural area, and as it is, I knew that guy. Second, he worked in IT and was the one who could restore my access to the system after something had crashed and I wanted to avoid the 35 km (one way) drive just to enter my PIN and see what would be happening. Turned out he completely acted to the rules: First restored my access, then removed the old PIN and told me I had to wait a day or two until a letter with the new one would arrive because as he now knew my PIN, he said, he had to instruct the computer to issue a new one.

[@genegreen9613]

Not just amusing but also a cautionary tale. Great!! Kudos to the 80-year old gentleman.

[@indestructiblemadness8531]

I always watch for three things when talking with strangers: 1. Are they appealing to an emotion? 2. Are they making time pressure? 3. Are they isolating me from my family or friends? Because thats how you make bad decisions.

[@steemlenn8797]

Sounds like Trump is a scammer then. Not that we didn't knew that before.

[@jacekwesoowski1484]

I hope I'm going to have this kind of quick wits, guts and bravado when (and if) I'm eighty. Many years ago, I was once rescued by an old lady, when some petty thug tried to rob me in plain daylight, and a random passer by simply approached us, claiming to be my aunt and very angry that I hadn't recognized her. This confused the assailant enough for us both to be able to leave.

[@derwolf7810]

"No capes!" Edna Mode.

[@MATT-2043]

Solid informational video.

[@haukesattler446]

Dear Andrew, you pronounce German city names so clearly, you should do voicework for navigation systems.

[@Fani.Christie]

The victim-scammer luring the scammer into the car is a pure struck of genius in this case. You see, the poor scammer boy at that moment was feeling the luckiest person on Earth. However, believing he had just robbed the man, carrying fortune and the fruits of his work in that briefcase, was bringing him anxiety while waiting for the bus, he needed his mind to rest already, the hard job was done, and now... just the stupid bus had to arrive. And then a kind stranger offers him a lift? Well sure, why not let this make it to the list of a streak of lucky events in that day? 😉 And the fact the old man foresaw the success of his lift offer is thus real genius part of it all.

[@MrGreatplum]

That’s great work by the older chap!

[@ChrisWar666]

I dunno about Germany, but down here in Brazil the scamming scum someone's use delivery drivers (e.g. Uber/99 and/or couriers) to collect the victim's cards, so the poor driver might not even have any connection to the scammers 😕

[@Danny30011980]

Dann scammers are a real pain in the a*se. I have cursed quite a few phone scammers to date. Do you know the KZbin channel "scammer payback:? They are a group of people I the US fighting all kinds of scams. V satisfying to watch

[@Adlerjunges83]

There was once a show (BBC) showing how tricksters do their job to not fall for it. One of the three team members' names was Jess. I enjoyed watching it and learnt a great deal of life.

[@samuelmellars7855]

The Real Hustle! They claimed they were _actually_ pulling those scams on random strangers, then once they had filmed, letting them know and reimbursing them of any loss. I remember watching some of those. The "bar bet" segments were great

[@Adlerjunges83]

@@samuelmellars7855 yes, the bar bets were hilarious. Thx, I couldn't find the name. I watched it as long as I was able to watch the BBC programmes without having to be a Brit. At least, after 2012 I never found a way to watch them again.

[@JaccovanSchaik]

Wait a minute, so the victim had to drive the perpetrator *to* the police? They weren't waiting around the corner to pick him up as soon as he left? What was that about ineffective law enforcement?

[@dru1432]

Why didn't the police go to the 80-year-old man's house to wait for the scammer?

[@galdavonalgerri2101]

I assume the usual reasons: - not enough staff - training course is currently underway - high level of sickness - it is just a shift change - the next available patrol car is 20 minutes away - we have to set up a speed trap - all officers are in the motorway car park measuring the total length of the parked trucks - we don't have time for that - why don't you just send the man away? - there was no financial damage and no one was harmed

[@soundscape26]

Then Andrew wouldn't have this great story to tell so it was for the better. 😄

[@rewboss]

The scammer probably got there before the police did. I'm not 100% sure, because slightly different versions of the story have been published, but I gather the police were on their way to, or had already arrived at, the man's house when he returned with the scammer in the car.

[@petergplus6667]

@@galdavonalgerri2101 don't forget "pregnant" because equality and stuff

[@tarickw]

okay nice, they arrested a mule. but that is still quite the failure as tailing the mule and seeing what they did might be more meaningful.

[@pinkmuffin9842]

Good god, I can't imagine going into a car with a stranger. How can a scammer be so trusting? He lies for a living. It's almost as if he thought "What are the odds of us both being untrustworthy people?"

[@Delibro]

Not a big deal to sit into a car of an 80 year old when you are a young man.

[@tortenschachtel9498]

As someone else mentioned, the guy that picked up the card may not even have known what was going on and was just paid 20 bucks by the actual scammer.

[@jonathanthegreat2008]

How about “RewBrief”?

[@rewboss]

Sounds like branded underpants.

[@jonathanthegreat2008]

@@rewboss huh, I’ve never thought about it! Also, shalom from Israel! 🇮🇱

[@gwaptiva]

And because banks don't have branches any more, these sorts of scams are going to happen more and more often; it's not like anyone can suggest that instead of doing what scammer says, they will go by the branch office tomorrow and sort it all out in person, with people you know and trust.

What are you talking about? My German bank in Baden-Württemberg has plenty of branches around the state.

[@jendorei]

What you can do instead is to call the bank’s hotline yourself to confirm if it was actually them calling you or a scammer.

[@KaiHenningsen]

@@jendorei And don't get that number from the scammer!

[@barvdw]

My urban community of +50K inhabitants (a municipality in Brussels) used to have at least 7 or 8 different bank branches of at least 5 different banks (that's just 10 odd years ago), nowadays, there are 3 left, 2 of which are post offices. And that last bank branch has an unknown future. It's like that all over Belgium, in the Netherlands, they have passed that stage already and most bank businesses are handled online or through the phone. You don't even have to go in to open a new account or a loan application. Germany will follow sooner or later...

[@MegaCooliam]

hahah this is great

[@kyoumahououin2369]

2:11 "But you can keep yourself safe with..." - ****-VPN! Huh, no? That wasn't an ad integration?!

[@jendorei]

A VPN can only protect you in a limited amount of cases and this is not one of them.

[@rewboss]

I did once experiment with a sponsorship deal with a VPN service. I picked one that wouldn't insist I talk about "security" and "privacy" and instead allowed me concentrate on being able to access geoblocked content as a traveller. It was okay, but still I concluded that this kind of sponsorship wasn't for me. I earned pennies from it, and it wasn't enough to justify annoying viewers or sacrificing some of my artistic freedom.

[@kyoumahououin2369]

You have my respect. The way some VPN service providers are marketed is extremely misleading. As a computer scientist I can confidently say that most people don't need a VPN for their personal day-to-day browsing (even banking), we have TLS for that.

[@soundscape26]

The video would always be too short for an ad read... it would take almost 50% of its length and people would be annoyed. I agree with you on the VPN thing, its importance is greatly exaggerated for marketing purposes.

[@rewboss]

@@soundscape26 I sometimes get offers of sponsorships asking for a 60-to-90-second integration. That's up to a minute and a half of me talking about some product I don't need, don't want, and have only ever tried once.

[@Taladar2003]

That is not quite true, there is some staff that has a legitimate reason to ask you your PIN or your password, their legitimate reason is to test if you need further training to stop doing that or if you already know not to do that.

[@_jpg]

No professional institution would do that. Maybe ask for an identification card or other personal information you gave (i.e. what is your dogs name), but never the actual PIN.