What Happens When You Order A $29 Mini Laptop From A Facebook Ad?

[@AtomicShrimp]

*FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:* *Why did they send anything at all?* - why not just take the money and run? There are a number of reasons, but most of them probably relate to _buying time._ If they present a tracking ID to PayPal or their credit card payment processor, and later, if they argue it was an honest picking error, it creates an air of credibility and is likely to extend the period in which they can continue running the scam, before complaints mount up and their site gets shut down. *What is the actual laptop shown in the (stolen) footage and photos?* - could be"One Mix 2 Yoga" priced around the £600 to 700 mark at the time of this video.

[@colorbar.s]

damn, one hour ago?

[@TryPuttingItInRice]

Dad?

[@frogsaregreatwizards9097]

20 hrs ago

[@rumblingend8443]

Packing error

[@incredibil45]

Also, buying time so that you would no longer be eligible to ask for a refund after a certain time. For example ny bank has a 60 days period that you can ask for a refund. However, the full period is 13 months if proof can be provided such as emails with the seller, etc. +Paypal has its own refund policy so even if I were to be scammed I would always get my money back. Dunno why scammers still "exists" considering the above I mentioned

[@skorpius2029]

"Pls keep calm" Very reassuring thing to receive from a business.

[@evanhood4920]

Yes, not please but "pls".

[@christopherbarker9313]

I was just about to comment the same thing. They’re supposed to be a professional company but they type like a child.

[@kalsyphr5039]

Pls wait patiently

[@gwishart]

Thy knw tht vwls rn't ncssry.

[@SoyAntonioGaming]

@@christopherbarker9313 manners pls they are profesionale, dont b rude

[@TeaRektum]

" Pls keep calm". Now that is professional customer support speech.

[@liz-gj1vz]

plz

[@sulpherbratigh7936]

plis

[@iwantedtobethatanomaly2270]

PLEEZ

[@rickross80]

pleeeessss

[@rhaib]

I like your channel name lol

[@Larry]

Why isn't Facebook held accountable for scamming adverts?

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

Exactly. These scam ads pop up in my FB feed ALL THE TIME. I report them every single time and yet, they keep popping up. Once you've seen one, you've seen them all. The ads literally have all the same components: ridiculously low price, limited time offer, bad English, tons of emoticons, video stolen from the original manufacturer, and tons of comments from all over the world.

[@spacecat3198]

Algorithms and they probably make money of the ads. I think scammers are taking advantage of the algorithms and it’s worse than any of us think.

[@greenhowie]

@@spacecat3198 It probably all started with basic money laundering until people with no internet savvy started trying to buy obvious fake products...

[@MrWhitegold13]

Hi Larry

[@cypherial]

"We run advertisements, Senator." -Lizard Zucc

[@TheOnlyCarupa]

There should be a class action lawsuit against Facebook for not only allowing but encouraging these scamming ads on their site.

[@curlyrooster118]

I deleted my FB account because of this BS. tired of seeing nothing but facebullshit ads.

[@BonnerCoomin]

if you still use facebook you are part of the problem

[@TheOnlyCarupa]

@@BonnerCoomin Agreed, which is why I haven't used facebook in nearly 2 years. The point still stands however.

[@Lickmacake]

@@TheOnlyCarupa Its been 6 years I left FB

[@joexiden5798]

They would just say: "noooo we did nuffin" and be declared as a victim and then they would make you a debt slave for FB. If they can lie straight to the us Congress without consequences, they can do pretty much as they want with you.

[@octavovisitare3439]

Meanwhile, the person who ordered a cheap pair of lady's sunglasses and a single facemask is filing a paypal dispute using a nice top of the line mini-laptop.

[@johnhanley9946]

Lol

[@ElectricFlash]

Lol

[@ireadysucks3026]

669 likes nice

[@devinm.2398]

Derp Barkus you said s word 😡😡😡😡

[@YegaSRT]

Brilliant

[@Nostalgianerd]

The more Facebook keeps these practices up, the less inviting it will become to actual advertisers, and in the end, they will destroy their own platform.

[@strawberrytea.]

sounds great!

[@Rinrin_98]

As it should

[@TMS5100]

good riddance to facebook.

[@Saplingbat]

It's already starting sensible people are already starting to leave the platform. I've started occasionally seeing facebook ads. Those were never a thing before because they just assumed everyone had it. But I'm sure they have the numbers. They see people leaving. They tried to strong arm people that used the oculus platform, and now they're getting sued by the FTC and german government. I quit using the site about a year ago now (and all social media except for youtube and tumblr) and it was the best decision of my life.

[@TMS5100]

@@Saplingbat youtube seems hellbent on following a similar path of self destruction. eventually they will eradicate and ban so much content that the only videos left will be for intellectual infants. everyone will have left for other less censorious platforms.

[@IkeFoxbrush]

Aww, that was a bit disappointing at the end, I was hoping for a really crappy mini laptop, like a pocket calculator that runs BASIC or something. Still fun to watch!

[@abyssstrider2547]

I expected some custom rom shite with a 8 year old smartphone motherboard inside

[@michw3755]

It would've been mini mini laptop to fit in that Jiffy

[@InvestLarge]

Or the old Blackberry phone circa 2006

[@Hublium]

I was expecting one of those Windows CE based netbooks they used to sell. For those who don't know: Windows CE is an operating system by Microsoft but not related to Windows and its user interface looks like a flash parody of Windows XP. Here's a video link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHSreXR8rtVsf5I

[@dogge929]

Damn you got me rolling

[@damdon6946]

To be honest, I'm surprised they actually took the time and effort to send you anything in the first place lol

[@JamiesDay]

What happens when you contact hot local singles in your area? asking for a friend....

[@collinmclaren6608]

Google "There Are No Hot Singles In Your Area"

[@pacman10182]

@@collinmclaren6608 good ol' Harold

[@riftvallance2087]

Try plenty of fish. Where I met my wife

[@zad_rasera]

i genuinely thought they were real back when I was like 13 lol

[@OutlawRL]

Well this is what apps like Tinder and Happn do

[@mtzkid261]

When the scammers emailed him back they literally threw a “pls” in there 🤣

[@Ak-gb4ms]

Kids this days

[@OKKirby]

they aren’t kids they are 40 year old men with no jobs

[@RageQuitRQ]

It looks edited in

[@JynxedKoma]

You know it's a Indian when someone from a "legit" business/company says "pls" or "pls sir" via email or over the phone.

[@Stettafire]

@Rakyiv So "pls" is not something anyome would include in a professional email, duh

[@rasdan1192]

Question is: Why doesn't Facebook ban these ads? Oh wait, Money.

[@mattyABC1]

@treelon musk no.

[@airosmithredila4725]

@treelon musk what are the employee getting paid for?

[@humanoid144]

zuckerbucks

[@user-wk2gi5cp9y]

Zucc

[@WildRandomVideos-wo3xe]

It's so the zucc can get more bread

[@garrettpapp1195]

Remember kids if it has emojis it’s a scam

[@Mr_Boifriend]

✨ 😳 ✨

[@jplarrivey6225]

👌👈

[@insanitylol]

Get the new XboxTop 360 hinge 🙌 Jk

[@Romek-zg4nr]

OK redditor

[@josephleebob3828]

@@jplarrivey6225 🐂💩

[@paolo2763]

"Pls don't worry" I have never been more worried by reading that

[@NickFilipovic]

dun worry Arbitor, its all gon be k

[@lizh1988]

Danger Will Robinson!!!!!!!

[@DailyClipsz1]

pls pls don't be mad at us owo your laptwop will bwe at your hwouse in 2 dawys

[@TuTAH_1]

well, I recieve "don't worry from every Chinese seller (including honest ones) on Aliexpress if I asking about delivery... Or even if I didn't write them anything

[@illusoghiaccio]

"Pls don't worry". Just by that you can guess it is a scam already.

[@alexandru.g8746]

oi skrub, venice

[@abba1322]

"Pls calm down" yep, definitely not a scam going on 😂

[@wreckingslowcars]

Emperor Crimson *king crimson

[@boratsagdiyev1586]

just like amazon support

[@meanfenn]

You have 999likes i made it 1k

[@johntumahab323]

A good rule of thumb: Whenever you order anything that's supposed to be really expensive for a really cheap price, you will get what you pay for.

[@encycl07pedia-]

Those sunglasses and face mask were not worth $29 + shipping.

[@IDontLikeHandIes]

What if the price is more expensive than it's original price, but u still get scammed

[@Stettafire]

Not really, just be smart with your money and don't spend it on crap

[@mrbyamile6973]

Many scammers or sellers of knock off items have realized people are onto them so they started charging just under what the legitimate product would cost and tricking people into thinking its legitimate because its not priced to good to be true.

[@diabl2master]

Unless it's second hand

[@uFCapacitor]

"The laptop sure looks alot like sunglasses and a face mask." "PLEASE REMAIN CALM"

[@marcohaase1]

*PLS

[@redyau_]

_Be rest assured_

[@LOCALIZACIONREMOTA]

Its a weird transformer

[@alexthealex7492]

@@redyau_ I am so glad I found a reference to that in this comment section.

[@user-semenar]

"Sorry, COVID-19 pandemic"

[@daringcuteseal]

“Pls wait” “Pls be patient” “Pls don’t worry”

[@Ak-gb4ms]

*Kalm*

[@GTAandApplechannel]

@@Ak-gb4ms *Panik*

[@clementpoon120]

My English teacher REALLY likes saying pls.

[@lexasm2000]

"Pls be rest assured"

[@internetuser8922]

gooby pls

[@InsidiousOne]

I just love how Facebook is totally ok with hosting scammer ads and even obvious phishing ads, but when I try to create my ads they ask me to confirm my ID, and then they just tell me "u suspicious, no ads for u", and their support just ignores me.

[@MsZsc]

they dont make enough money from you

[@3DMegadoodoo]

I tried to sell a Vic 20 on Facebook Marketplace, and Facebook blocked it and referred me to a section in their terms of use that prohibits the sale of illegal streaming devices, whatever that means. I mean you CAN technically stream things on a Vic 20, but it wasn't exactly at the forefront of piracy in 2021.

[@haloborn6785]

Bro I totally get your pain. I spend countless hours trying to contact Facebook support to allow me to set up an instagram shop but they told me to fuck off and there's nothing they can do. Honestly one of the shittiest companies in the world.

[@daisu9818]

Lmao

[@a64738]

That is because you did not pay the bribe...

[@peachyspalace]

This should be retilted “How to get a free pair of cheap sunglasses”

[@abhijeetjadhav2961]

Free? $29.99?

[@abhijeetjadhav2961]

@@Cloudipy 😂yeah 👍🏼

[@BiggestNightmareJim]

And a coughed on face mask

[@bepeplia5086]

@@BiggestNightmareJim nice

[@perkynaanaa6237]

@@BiggestNightmareJim that's the real untapped market here.

[@8ballout]

All of these fake company names. Just like CoinSquirt!!!!

[@samuelthecamel]

But CoinSquirt isn't fake!

[@smjaiteh]

Note to self: Buy the URL and LLC name for MoneyPurple.

[@richardeadon6396]

Idk why but "Sterdio" made me lol

[@AcessDBpro]

"The Soul Called Mr John Warosa, LLC"

[@Wyattporter]

Richard Eadon “Shopuss” got me

[@robynannan7015]

Yup! I have a friend that falls for these obvious scams all the time. He ordered a 16 ft x 32 ft above ground swimming pool for $80., including shipping. After emailing back and forth for over a month wondering where his pool was, he received a dollar store pair of sunglasses. He did the same with an exterior door, $50. shipping included. Again after a month or so of going aback and forth with the shipper, he received a 3 x 5 inch page of stickers. He paid $100. for a "Living Doll" about 3 months ago that "had to be made and assembled exactly to his specifications". We really put pressure on the shipper, he received a bogus tracking number and every time he emailed the reply stated his order was in a different city/town in China until after about 7 or 8 of these it was said to be in Wuhan (during the height of the covid-19 pandemic). If you are looking for something for nothing you will end up getting nothing for something.

[@SPAZTICCYTOPLASM]

How fucking stupid do you have to be to get stung 3 times? Whatever happened to fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me?

[@pauljerome01]

@@SPAZTICCYTOPLASM Eh I guess that S*x doll was tempting but I guessed he never learned

[@SPAZTICCYTOPLASM]

@@pauljerome01 OK but there are legit good dolls for 100 bucks if you know where to look granted they're pretty small.

[@c0mpu73rguy]

Nicely said at the end.

[@doubtful_seer]

There are about three or so extremely different types of dolls I’ve heard referred to as living dolls. I’m curious which type it was in this case.

[@joe3924]

I was looking for a switch and found one on a scam site called "store name here"

[@seanb.6793]

Sounds legit 😊 I bet "Store Name Here" will outsell "Gap Inc." (actual large clothing store chain) this year.

[@deadrat2003]

It's legit Bottom text

[@Allexz]

@Evil Koala I'm glad he did, i've never heard of the store.

[@joycemerlynjm]

@Evil Koala yeah i havent heard of gap too.

[@proxy90909]

@Evil Koala Of course he had to explain its not like its a recognizable brand like "Store name here"

[@Nikomaru14]

My dad fell for a similar scam, clicking on an ad on Facebook. They want you to ship the junk they send back to China but it costs more to ship it back than for what you paid in the first place. The only way to get your money back usually is to dispute it on your credit card.

[@bmerigan]

Just send a $3 letter with tracking.

[@kurdtcoben]

Orders 1 item, gets 2 items, still complains... SHAKING MY HEAD

[@Nameless10949]

3 if you count the plastic bag

[@Arr_original]

@@Nameless10949 5 f you count the paper on the glasses

[@Arr_original]

@@Nameless10949 so it should be more bc not only one back

[@Rurush7]

hahaha this reminds me once I was little I did a trade with my younger brother when we got some pocket money, I told him I can give you MORE money, what I did is I traded more pennies for big bucks.. we still laugh about it

[@ThePepe969]

Did you shake your head vigorously because it's in caps?

[@davidbray5982]

Damn I was hoping for a shite 5th hand dell laptop from 2001 with a crap aftermarket battery. This was my expectation, and I was somehow STILL disappointed.

[@bananagod5530]

I expect those Laptop toys You can find in toy store or gas station.

[@PKMartin]

I'm clearly too credible for the 2020s, I was expecting one of those we crappy Android devices you can win as the "grand prize" on arcade games in motorway services. Why bother shipping anything that even slightly resembles the item ordered when you can just scam people, pay Facebook their 30% and bail?

[@CommanderMouse72]

I was expecting one of those windows CE ones you can get off AliExpress

[@epicgamerz5097]

@@PKMartin I won a iPhone and sold it to buy a Samsung. Probably a bad idea but it's nice though

[@brentfisher902]

@@PKMartin Kind of like a dictatorship, the rich people don't feel like working, because all their hard work is going to lazy people who don't want to work, and the lazy people will never find the need to work as the money is just handed to them....

[@JoeBeanBob]

2:50 "pls feel free to contact us" very formal i must say

[@skya6863]

Pls keep calm Pls wait patiently Pls feel free to contact us

[@Rosi1_]

very professional business practices there

[@gamingjace2919]

The really messed up part is that these scams are targeting old people that don’t know any better

[@eng3d]

Old people usually don't buy online at all, also old people don't use facebook or care about it.

[@OhItsMaxwell]

@@eng3d I have a feeling you’re not on Facebook a lot, Facebook is usually the only social media that I see older people have lol.

[@encycl07pedia-]

@@eng3d Old people do use Facebook. Dead people don't.

[@Stettafire]

@@eng3d Nah, FB is old person central abd they buy online all the time!

[@geehammer1511]

@@eng3d Yep old people do use Facebook because they've always been on there, the youth use Twitter and Instagram (probably some other ones too but I'm too old to know about them)

[@returnofbeaux]

I was hoping you would get a cheap little LCD toy like one of those laptops from the Turkish newspapers.

[@grharrison1]

I know, I was really hoping to see a little Fisher-Price laptop toy, hastily spray-painted black

[@comradekenobi6908]

Turkish?

[@Ultiminati]

I don't know if there is a global name for Turkish newspaper coupon stuff but yeah, I once bought a toy laptop with 29 coupons. Coupons are obtained by buying the newspaper. It was kind of exciting waiting for it to arrive and stuff back then. but I don't see coupon thingy anymore nowadays.

[@Ultiminati]

@@raspberrynani No it was more like this: encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTXvSq03uCTP4-htbP0npI3K-57Twjui-lOTlwih46_LSO0VkuB&usqp=CAU

[@brentfisher902]

@@Ultiminati If Ertugrul Ghazi had one of these we'd all be speaking Dervish....

[@goatsonboats]

After watching this, I realized that I almost fell for a Facebook ad scam. There was an ad for really cool looking high top shoes, with rainbow dragons on them. Everything I ever wanted. I didn't end up buying them, because I didn't have any extra money. I saved a link to the page where the shoes are for later. Looking at the page now, this ad was an obvious scam. 😭

[@coobk]

if you still have the design in head there are people making such stuff

[@blender6426]

you should look for that design specifically, 100% chance the ad copied it from someone's store.

[@orange_jam]

If you have a picture of it, you can put in in aliexpress to search for it, so if it was a drop shipping website, it most likely comes from there anyway.

[@goatsonboats]

Thanks guys! I'll be searching for them far and wide. With shoes this unique, it shouldn't be too hard. ❤️

[@Zuiker1]

Mr. Mr why fuck you? You little shit

[@jillpilld1124]

Wow thanks for this video. It helped me realize that I was scammed in this same way. I ordered an item that was around $35, received a cheap pair of sunglasses. Except I opened a PayPal dispute and because the seller responded with tracking info, paypal told me to return the sunglasses to china at my expense. I refused to do so and they settled in the scammer's favor. So thank you for allowing me to realize it was a scam and not a real oversight on the seller's part

[@bmerigan]

Send them a $3 letter with tracking. Payback's a b!tch.

[@Laudrengen]

The fact that people actually click ads is completely incredible to me.

[@adog3129]

The only time I ever clicked an ad was for an indie hentai game that looked outstanding. It was outstanding. I have good judgement.

[@stickydog2122]

@@adog3129 what was it

[@pcppbadminton]

Not me man, even for businesses that I know are legit. If something piques my interest I'd rather copy/paste the name, website or short description into a browser instead.

[@stickydog2122]

@@adog3129 noice

[@encycl07pedia-]

I always have ad-blockers on. Internet ads used to be small banners at the tops of pages. I miss them.

[@PatchyE]

"When will my order ship?" "Please keep calm."🤣

[@goodchristian9413]

pls* its even more hilarious

[@easportsaxb8057]

More like "Pls stay calm" 🤣😅😂

[@IronVigilance]

"Sir, I'm gonna need you to calm tf down"

[@jesseling144]

"I understand your frustration"

[@TempoChannel5]

.....

[@jaydenli2125]

At this point any cultured scammer will know to not reply to "Mange Tout"

[@peter.j.07]

"cultured scammer" Are you familiar with the robot expression, 'Does not compute'? ;)

[@nostur4984]

Or any scammer that's French eat all

[@GregTingus]

@@peter.j.07 oxymoron if I ever heard one

[@utoobah]

Smarter scammer I guess

[@alex95sang52]

Or to reply to them and send them a real product. Cheap advertising!

[@ErokLobotomist]

The exact same thing happens on Amazon. I found a store a while back that was clearly a scam, items that were $1 that had no business being that price. Took a chance, nothing ever shipped, obviously. Amazon refunded, but absolutely refused to answer how a store that was so clearly a scam with 1000+ items managed to make it into their marketplace. Buyer beware EVERYWHERE.

[@Trelior]

I had a situation where I "bought" something from a scam site, was given a tracking number for a UPS package going to one of the metalworking factories in my city, and ended up with nothing. Disputed it through Paypal, and like with your Samsung transaction, Paypal sided with the scammer with basically the same attitude. Being the sleuth that I am when I'm not being a sloth, I compiled evidence of the fraud and forwarded it to my bank. A week later, I had my money back via bank charge back.

[@saucyjack9416]

This was interesting, useful, and something!

[@zero_meercat8624]

*atomic shrimp intensifies*

[@Tomazack]

We so love our somethings

[@JLMetaMix]

There should be a actual Cyber law, very poorly when a large company is promoting a fake advert, they should be held accountable.

[@FreeThePorgs]

"pls keep calm"????? What company says that???? Example: thank you for calling target i apologize for your order not showing up yet, please stay calm and don't panic! Customer: wait wut?????

[@ArchangelExile]

Even if I knew that I was buying from scammers and intentionally made a transaction with them as an experiment, I'd still be pissed that they had the nerve to send me sunglasses and a cheap facemask in place of a mini laptop. I'd probably be happier receiving nothing.

[@brunoglopes]

Facebook should really be held accountable by the ads they show on their platform. It’s pathetic that they censor so much stuff their users post, yet seem to allow anyone to announce anything with them without any sort of vetting process.

[@geehammer1511]

The scammers pay well so Facebook likes to help them advertise whatever product they want. Probably also helps Facebook collect more data on users about their buying habits so they can push more scam ads on them.

[@RichardWestmoreland]

Oh. After falling for one of these I started getting DHL scam letters sent to my house saying I owed them money.

[@shandabraxton8507]

Fell for one of these too

[@Vihloah]

their emails sound like they picked up a business terminology book and skimmed through the pages picking random words

[@DigDowner]

Interspersed with the very professional sounding word "pls"

[@llamathenerd1672]

LOGISTICS

[@brentfisher902]

Reminds me of the TV show "Thanks" where one of the puritans had a child and the other family asked what they named it and they said "We just opened the Bible to a random page and put our finger down and picked the word that came up!" "And what did you name your child?" "Oxen."

[@love2000amglam]

I keep getting cute clothing ads on social media and, oh, are they tempting! The prices are a dead giveaway though. Wouldn’t even cover the cost of the fabric. I wish I was better at locating the real product they are copying.

[@katanah3195]

I have never understood why anyone buys clothing online. I never buy brand new clothing from fast fashion retailers and when I do purchase clothing instead of just mending what I already own, I buy it second hand and in person. Why would anyone buy clothing brand new without seeing or trying on the clothing?! Buying clothing online just makes no bloody SENSE to me!

[@milquetoasted]

@@katanah3195 because it's easier. For example, I have Executive function disorder/ADHD, so I haveproblems with starting, organizing, planning, or completing tasks. I also have short term memory problems. There's no way I could get around to mending my own clothes. Secondhand, the clothes I want are usually just as expensive and never in the size I want. I usually want something specific. So I go online, and I'm a pretty standard size, I know what suits me it's easier. Click - never have to think about it again until it comes. I usually keep clothes for years, I'm not rich and I try to make things last.

[@camerons.8322]

Before you even showed the packaging that arrived, I literally said "sunglasses?" 🤣

[@DarthMagister]

Paypal disputes are such a joke that 90% of times they side with the scammers.

[@bioLarzen]

Is this claim based on actual statistics?

[@psixi7230]

@@bioLarzen The scammers show them that they mailed "something" and then Paypal close the dispute.

[@itskindofemily]

I feel like that with a lot of disputes, not only on PayPal, but even reporting things on Instagram or FB when they're harmful or downright against guidelines. Every time I try to report, open a dispute, anything, it just goes in the favour of the other person. Because THEY are making the content, getting views, the platform you use doesn't care about customer service and user experience, they just care about profits

[@bioLarzen]

@@psixi7230 I"m not disputing that Paypal isn't the model of a customer-first minded attitude - just the 90%. that seems way too high.

[@DarthMagister]

@@bioLarzen and of course that's not based on actual stats, it's my claim from my personal bias due to my personal bad experiences, and the experiences of others i know. I've dealt with paypal disputes a few times from buying stuff on ebay. Only once did they actually side with me, when the seller gave a fake tracking code.

[@kinoepigrafe]

Damn, I was really excited at the prospect of seeing some incredibly low quality early 2000s refurbished laptop with Windows 10 installed that would struggle to meet the bare minimum performance benchmarks, what a disappointment :(

[@dx1450]

Or running Windows 98!

[@Stettafire]

@@dx1450 Nah, it would be running Vista

[@michaelwiener477]

A VIC-20 with missing keys !!!

[@JoTheVeteran]

I can't tell how many people I know that just won't bother with a dispute, or even the emails you sent. That's what the scammers bet on. And it works.

[@vaultgirl42091]

I enjoy these types of videos you make. I am glad you get the info out there. No matter how obvious of a scam it may seem to you or I, there are people out there falling for this sadly... but luckily there are videos like this to raise awareness. Thanks! 🖤

[@fabiotomas]

"1 cool laptop thingy please B)" *SUNGLAS*

[@HashMagician]

LEL

[@stinkymetalhead200]

SUNGLAS

[@vibra7]

MASC

[@llamathenerd1672]

*SUNGLAS*

[@intekhabahmad8762]

Its a COMPUTER sunglass like Tony Stark used to wear..

[@Argumemnon]

I see Paypal's dispute process is still as messed up as it was 15 years ago.

[@Alex-ss7kf]

Yes and no. Had to do it two times and once a scammer tried it against me. I won all without any problems. Just one or two mails/their contact form.

[@IkeFoxbrush]

I'd say it's a mixed bag, in my experience Paypal customer service has always been helpful. They have some weird rules though, for example if you buy multiple items and one is missing from the delivery, you have to send everything back to get a refund. Usually it's best to avoid all those bargain deals from China or whatever, it's all crap anyways and you will most likely never get your money back if you ask for a refund.

[@iaincowell9747]

@@IkeFoxbrush "it's all crap anyways". Completely untrue. You have to know what you are buying & do some research into what you are buying.

[@alystdesign]

it's horrible

[@Stettafire]

@@iaincowell9747 No, its 100% true. 99% of stuff bought online is utter crap.

[@SamJohnsonAZ]

I deal with a lot of PayPal disputes (I own a used clothing resell business where I buy from a lot of untrustworthy sellers) if someone sells you a fake product or a bait n switch like they did here you can always win the case without having to ship back by calling them and telling them it’s a scammer. It’s because a scammer will respond and “accept a return” as long as you ship back. So unless you call and explain that’s what you’ll be forced to do

[@Blubatt]

Your voice is so calming

[@moritzbecker131]

Pls keep calm.

[@Naixatloz]

I think a good way to describe that naming convention is "baby's first attempt at SEO".

[@wisteria6656]

😂

[@user-mp3eq6ir5b]

I ordered several power tools last year that normally sell for $200 to $500 For the Identical Price of $19.95 thru EBay "just to see what would happen". EBay Customer Service is incredibly fast & courteous! I had to wait while packages were delivered to Anchorage Alaska, Miami Florida, Las Vegas & Minnesota, even tho my Account Address is in SoCal. EBay Refunded EVERYTHING & the store(s) were removed. I followed up for a couple weeks, targeting stores selling at the Target Price until they dropped off the map.

[@UberAlphaSirus]

I had that on amazon last month. a £80 router going for £15, I thought this has to be a scam and it was. Amazon gave me a refund.

[@bartiz12]

Not all heroes wear capes. Thank you for your service!

[@pacman10182]

my dad ordered a table saw off a facebook ad, about a month later, his "table saw" showed up, in a small tan envelope it was a glass bead bracelet he got his money back, still has his "table saw"

[@screamtoasigh9984]

You are lucky, I don't use eBay anymore after they DIDN'T remove a scam seller who sold fake merch and I had to go to my credit card company to get the refund.

[@ecospider5]

I don’t know of a single site that removes scam sellers. It is really sad. Amazon and Newegg definitely don’t.

[@MrToasty9000]

watching these videos is a great way to remind myself how very susceptible i am to advertisements. even fully knowing it's a scam, and watching you break down all of the very obvious signs of how extremely sketchy these things are, there's still part of my brain going "but wait.... what if it's real" thank you for reminding me to be skeptical, and also satisfying my curiosity so i dont go out and buy these things myself just to see what happens

[@PabloHernandez-tf4do]

Atomic shrimp: when will it ship ? Scammers: PLS stay calm 👉🏽👈🏽

[@arizonagreenbee]

I thought you were shipping him with scammers and realised I need to go outside for once

[@PabloHernandez-tf4do]

@@arizonagreenbee a breath of fresh air would do you good my friend

[@arizonagreenbee]

@@PabloHernandez-tf4do it probably would but I much prefer my dark cave of a room

[@PabloHernandez-tf4do]

@@arizonagreenbee just make sure you eat some vegetables in that abyss for me

[@arizonagreenbee]

@@PabloHernandez-tf4do will do! :)

[@SupaSillyMexi]

Wow I didnt see the Samsung scam yet buy I'm surprised PayPal sided with the scammer, I always call them directly to either make sure they pay me back for the shipping or have a shipping label sent to me, I've only had to pay shipping once because didn't bother them for the shipping feeling grateful I got the refund at all for DVDS that turned out to be Faulty Bootlegs, but since then I've decided not to back down and I'm on them immediately. PayPal is great but you have to be persistent about the return shipping.

[@prairiepanda]

I think PayPal is just trying to make sellers feel more secure on their platform as well. A lot of sellers are reluctant to use PayPal because it is too easy for customers to scam them by claiming they didn't receive the item or the item wasn't as advertised. If the product is returned to the seller, then the customer can't scam them for free stuff. I do wish PayPal would make the seller pay return shipping in most cases, though.

[@lana-fc2pd]

Paypal did this to me too. They sided with the seller and told me to work out the problem with them lol. I even called

[@user255]

I have never failed to get my money back with PayPal. And I have asked many times.

[@cymond]

In my case, the scammer did not even respond to PayPal, yet PayPal *still* sided with the scammer against me.

[@Alexander_l322]

They just send you some crap to make it look like they sent you the actual product. Thus making the process harder to get a refund but lucky not on this occasion.

[@nielstittse5981]

I have almost fell for one of these scams before. I saw an ad on Facebook for light up dice (rgb lighting, controlled with an app, wireless charging case), which seemed pretty cool and were €35 for a set of 6 dice including a case. After ordering I found out that the actual product (the product seen in the video) was actually still a kickstarter so not even available for retail. I immediately sent an email to their customer service to ask for a refund as the product was not shipped yet. They asked me why I wanted to return it. I told them I realised the product was fake and I would not receice the product as advertised. I told them if they would give me exactly the light up dice including a charging case as shown in the video, I would not want a refund, but if that wasn't the case I would want the refund. The reply was "Our dice don't need charging, you can put them in the sun and then they shine in the light, which is very convenient" So yes, I totally went for that refund (which, amazingly, I got within a day)

[@havenisse2009]

Facebook WOULD care if anything on the ad even remotely displayed or hinted at nudity, such as a drawing of a semi-clad lady showing what could be interpreted as a breast. That is the only thing that will make them wake up and take action. Scammers, people beating others up, ... all OK with FB.

[@evanwrynn59]

Facebook legit has groups and pages basically indecent photos of minors, and they dont say its against terms and service.

[@omikronweapon]

Meh. I've reported empty profiles with 2 boobs under a face as a photo and a bio "want hot steaming s3x?", and facebook replies "we didnt find anything against our policies". Only rarely do they actually take action against people.

[@Alexrider02]

I've gotten Wish ads on Facebook of a woman on her knees looking at a massive dick with a surprised look on her face as part of what I can only assume was some sort of male enhancement ad, since it was in Chinese. I reported it to Facebook and received the same reply that OmikronWeapon did, "We didn't find anything against our policies in this ad" with no further way to continue the complaint. So no, they don't care about nudity, they just care about money.

[@G1NZOU]

I once reported a comment which was a link to bestiality porn (you could tell from the thumbnail image which had a dog f***ing a woman, and the keywords in the URL), Facebook came back with "this did not go against our community standards". They only removed it after I appealed that decision with "ARE YOU F***ING BLIND?" and someone obviously took another look at what they'd obviously clicked as acceptable before and realised it wasn't. I think Facebook moderation is too lazy or Facebook hire too few staff and give them unrealistic targets for how many report cases to settle for these things to happen.

[@itskindofemily]

Nah fb (and insta) couldnt give a rats ass about the content. So many of my reports go in the favour of the poster lol never me

[@stal2496]

"Pls dont worry" in a business mail

[@user-wk2gi5cp9y]

Plz

[@lizh1988]

Less copying and pasting for busy employees, please takes longer than pls. I'm sure that's it. 👌🤣✌️

[@jekster]

The one dislike is the scammer that found your channel.

[@pumpkingkingoftoons6185]

The other 3 are John Warosa, Barosa, and Mr. Karim lol

[@bioLarzen]

Wrong bro, it wasn't me ;)

[@paintspot1509]

This is so true. I would never order anything from a FB or KZbin add. They are just all scams now. They should really do something about it.

[@chrismaltmanmusic]

you should collab with jim browning.....you two would bring world peace and the end of scams full stop. haha

[@chillidog1239]

AtomicShrimp did mention Jim in a video, but it would be so cool if they did a collab!!!

[@Gandalf_the_Black_]

They would be amazing together as a team. Jim Browning's name is enough to strike fear into the heart of the most seasoned scammer.

[@chrismaltmanmusic]

Agreed they would make such a good team . Jim could find out where they are and atomic could poison them with nettle soup and then troll them on youtibe afterwards

[@Irishgal333]

I'd love to see this colab too!

[@nmmeswey3584]

For a while I though they were the same guy tbh

[@-matt]

you already know it’s some 18 year old who has “facebook marketplace affiliate marketing 🔥 📚” in his bio

[@Ben-jq3ov]

Lmao 🙌

[@BritishTeaFGC]

Entrepreneur. RISE & GRIND 🔥🔥🔥

[@身赤-w3w]

This.

[@patmarek1222]

yeah and add CEO to that

[@Baddie_xP]

You just stopped my dad from this stress. Thank you.

[@solophiesoterica]

Facebook should be liable for every scam they allow to advertise on their platform.

[@Inflake]

The website doesn’t even look legit

[@CaptainPupu]

Not all scams are dumb as people might think. I'm a pretty tech savvy guy, but let me tell you all a story: Couple years back i was very excited for black friday, cuz i saved up some cash to replace my old tv to a nice 4k smart tv... I already had my eye on one model which had an amazing price ( i think it was only like 300$ instead of 500) Now, on black friday EVERYBODY shops. So items can be out of stock in a matter of seconds. Well, i woke up very early that day before the deals went live and started to update the target store site. Then, it went live, and by the time i punched in my details it was out of stock. Bummer. So i started looking for alternatives. Where can i get a good deal on a similar tv? Bestbuy, pc richards, walmart etc all sold out! Sad and defeated i started looking on google... And i've found a very clean, nicely made looking website that had a very similar tv for about the same price ( i dont remember correctly, it was about 250$) Of course i did not know the site and i had suspicions, so i looked at it more closely. It had a working phone number, it had contact page, it had an address at california... Given the urgency of everything is getting sold out i did not investigate further and just ordered the tv to secure it. Well, i've waited for order to ship or any news, but nothing happened..Then i checked the address on google maps and the address was fake. It pointed to a city square with no buildigns apart from some restaurants. Bummer again... My only hope was that i placed the order through Paypal. I've called them, explained the situation and they refunded it. Thank god for Paypal. I couldn't believe it guys. A scammer made a very nice and professional looking website for just a single day. And it wasn't a wix.com or the like website, no, it was built custom, not with template. So just the length that he'd go amazed me. So thats how i got scammed once with a tv. But, a wise man learns from his failures, so i took it as a lesson and ever since then i am very very cautions and i always look up the website, company and always order through paypal. Just wanted to share this with you guys to show that even for a person who works with computers, its not that hard to get scammed. Be careful out there.

[@MrAndersonLP]

Forgive me if I don't trust the judgement of someone named Captain Poop, sporting a meme avatar.

[@Appoxo]

He probably made a website template for his own use case. Maybe he does it on every big deal day like Christmas, black friday etc.

[@andythomas4998]

I have _never_ shopped on a black Friday. Ever.

[@CaptainPupu]

@@MrAndersonLP I don't see how that affects any credibility? I am a person, and my internet persona does not reflect my true self. Just like John Cena is not John Cena in real life, or just like how Arnold is not an action hero in real life. I don't see how you can't figure this out, you must be a simpleton mate. My avatar and KZbin persona is of my KZbin channel , as I make funny videos. It has nothing to do with the comment nor the credibility. Please understand better the internet: what you see is not a representation of the person..

[@CaptainPupu]

@Bud Borne agreed. But if you have read what I said, there was no time for such thing.

[@silenzioso_08]

OK, this is all over everyone's recommend all of a sudden isn't it

[@antonipolski9569]

Ya

[@mariselag.7197]

Yes

[@silenzioso_08]

@Ana Xotwod yep it's just strange since the video is 6months old xD

[@MadIIMike]

A legit business on Facebook Ads would be more surprising than finding out you have a step sister and she just so happens to be stuck in your washing machine.

[@brentfisher902]

Just like that stimulus payment all the near-plebians are ranting and raving about...I haven't seen one red cent. WWE is more real than this pink-unicorn stimulus payment.

[@iansmith6844]

Wait, I've seen this one before *Soap intensifies

[@Khorganor]

I remember some Magic(card game) deck box beeing advertised on facebook. Thought it looked great, didn't order though, because I thought it was an obvious scam...same model with the same name popped up a year later in my favorite card supplier's shop. Seems to not have been a scam. Just shows that if you're a legitimate company advertising on facebook, chances are nobody will trust your advertisement, because facebook is polluted with scammers.

[@bqgin]

I'm too scared to even *click* on an ad, let alone buy anything from that website...

[@gaim_goddess3090]

This happened with my dad. My mom found an ad for an assorted matching set of tools on Facebook for 70$ when the actual set would have been $300+ (something like I forgot). It was nearly two months before we got a shipment, and it was just a shitty pair of off rand sunglasses.

[@gallade1052]

Wtf is with these people just sending sunglasses? It's so weird

[@human_bing]

@@gallade1052 probably as an insult to the buyer?

[@Banzybanz]

@@gallade1052 Because they are completely worthless and they can simply claim they sent the wrong shipment. The scam is designed such that it costs more to ship it back and claim a reund and the scammer doesn't expect it to be returned.

[@brentfisher902]

@@Banzybanz The Patriots mentality of getting a Nobel Peace Prize..."If you don't cheat, you don't win."

[@scruit4871]

a few years ago i fell victim to a place called budgetappliances and lost $400 on a deep chest freezer i never recieved... sad thing the bank wasnt able to reverse the payment for some reason :( your doing a great service bringing information about these sorts of things to people

[@fartywartymcfarthead]

For some reason lol. For 400 id hope you know the reason

[@IvanVazquezS]

"what is this? a laptop for ants?"

[@quantuminfinity4260]

You know it has to be 100% legit costumer service when the keep using "pls" and they sprinkle commas even more weirdly then I do.

[@sylvainprigent6234]

As you say at the end of a video this is actually both interesting because I also wonder what would happen if I did such a thing but I would not risk actually loosing my actual money trying, so it's interesting to see in video And it is also helpful because if you save like.. a few people at least amongst the thousands of viewers from being scammed, then it was worth helping them. And it is very distracting to see actually so thanks for publishing

[@martbernie9113]

Absolute legend! We've all been there questioning if it's real, worth it and excitement, thanks for debunking!

[@jjb0894]

Facebook doesn’t vet their ads. They should be partially responsible when people get ripped off.

[@bbHoodski]

They actually do. Every ad must be reviewed before it's posted. It's nearly impossible to run these kind of ads anymore. Some may slip through the cracks but it's rare.

[@Stettafire]

@@bbHoodski Rare? Have you been on FB lately?

[@MelonLordMagzy]

@@bbHoodski tell us you dont go on facebook without telling us you dont go on facebook

[@pumpkingkingoftoons6185]

I like how these scam websites sometimes make it look like the original price of the items are reasonable (not shown in this video, $40 is still way too low for this product) but then they make it seem like a HUGE discount. This is probably done to make the scam seem more plausible and slightly more realistic.

[@davide_notaro]

a year and a half ago (probably a little more, i can't remember) i was like watching hours of your videos daily while i was doing work stuff or gaming but you were getting like a couple of thousands of views maximum per video now you have like 500k subscribers lmao wow what happened? I'm so happy for you

[@jackhazardous4008]

Kitboga did a crossover with CallmeKevin and a bunch of gamers came to the genre as a whole. That's my story at least

[@JDgiggles]

Thank you for showing us. And sorry you went through that junk

[@MrFoxALot]

Thanks for spreading scam awareness, literally flooded in facebook right now because of the pandemic.

[@inkat2679]

Kijiji shows me an ad of a scam website for Siberian kitten called Smart Siberian Kittens. That got reported and now there’s another one, called Best Siberian Kittens. And the exact same kittens shown on the old website. Bruh

[@LaigledeMeaux]

Sometimes KZbin's algorithm strikes gold. Glad I found your page.

[@gabrielreinfalke2277]

Very nice video! Thanks for the effort and good work.

[@kazmaahr]

Anyone else watching these videos because of the soothing calm inducing accent?

[@ScriptedEntertainment]

You should’ve emailed them and said that you got the laptop! 😂

[@LianMPerez]

3:04 they legit said “Pls don’t worry”.... **Pls**

[@jerseyjoyride1316]

I clicked on your video simply for the honest title. Thank you for being legitimate! Also, a great flowing video, look forward to watching more.

[@salmeleons]

atomic shrimp: names like these are scams *shows a ton of names* bestbuy: 👁👄👁

[@charlielan9287]

"I went ahead and ordered it just to see what would happen so you dont have to." This man out there doing God's work.

[@brentfisher902]

"We cut the human head off with a legal-length pocket knife so you don't have to..."

[@acb9896]

What exactly is God s work? Wouldn't he be doing that since he's God? He must be too busy letting babies die of malnutrition and hearing but ignoring prayers for a wife's breast cancer to go away, I guess.

[@Riot_Bird]

This reminds me of the time I ordered a vary nice black ribbon choker and they sent me a dog collar for small dogs that had a leaf charm on it

[@Barberbee]

Honestly I’ve only found your channel in the last couple of days and it’s brilliant. So informative and funny amusing content too, hats off to you

[@flipsidecbp]

I bought something similar, from a Facebook shop exactly as you described, for the hell of it. Not because I actually expected to get the great deal they were advertising, but I was hoping to at least get SOMETHING electronic. I got a pocket mirror.

[@RuslanLagashkin]

Oh, the device to reflect electromagnetic waves of visible spectrum, almost lossless and with angle exactly opposite to the incident one. Nice deal.

[@brando12343]

Only thing I've bought off social media was an iPhone case off Instagram, actually showed up super fast, was as described and they even gave me a free extra case, was super impressed since I thought for sure it would be a scam

[@seritools]

Pretty sure the stolen video footage is from the Chuwi MiniBook 8, a legit mini-notebook.

[@tin2001]

Nope. Keyboard layout is different. It's actually a Peakago 7 inch laptop. The scam website listing was also a copy and paste of the product website. Which was all gushy and wordy because it was actually an Indiegogo project. The text wasn't just designed to sell the product, but sell the investment.

[@1D10CRACY]

First and only time I was scammed on Facebook was for an ad to an underwater submarine with a camera onboard. I paid extra for a bigger battery, and I paid extra for a better camera, they were all options on the order page. When I got the item, it wasn't the camera submarine. I disputed it with Paypal, and it was the same thing as your first example, they needed me to ship it back and pay for shipping at my expense. It wasn't worth it, so I spent weeks going through those adds and telling people it was a scam.