Destroying a Scammer's Operation!

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I ran into a scammer claiming to sell psilocybin mushrooms. I made sure to put an end to his antics by DESTROYING his operation!
Check out the tool I use to grab people's IP address: www.grabify.link
Check out this video from Jim Browning if you want to learn how scammers exchange gift cards for crypto: • The scammer who betray...

[@Proman476]

Imagine any legitimate business actually wanting payment in the form of gift cards.

[@conspiracytheory8297]

Terrible 😂😂

[@tennisphotography]

Maybe in my video business, Ill tell me clients that I want payment in Gift Cards from no on... hehhehehe ;) ;) ;)

[@carlopaulino5980]

Why not buy them yourself with the money you earned?

[@Bongod]

Some video game code sellers do

[@Duderino420]

I’ve actually gotten a lot of things with paying with gift cards

[@thiagomonteiro3303]

My boss lost $1000 in a scam, and since I watch all of yours videos, I used the same techniques to track down the scammer and gather enough data to turn it over to the police. 2 months later the guy was arrested and I got a raise! Greatings from Brasil!

[@jtc1947]

OUTSTANDING! Hope that Your BOSS got the money back??

[@Jenna2k]

Thx for doing that.

[@NinjaX2009]

Man how did you do that!?

[@emiew2491]

😂😅😊

[@ChildofGodforevr]

@@NinjaX2009he’s just making up a story…lol u so gullible

[@stitch3469]

As a reminder, no legitimate businesses ask only for gift cards as payments.

[@slowazzd2165]

Not even drug dealers ask for or would even accept giftcards. Speaking as someone who sold green and shrooms all through highschool i would've slapped someone if they tried to pay me with giftcards let alone ever ask for them

[@Lexor888]

So where would I find those LeGiTiMaTe MuShRoOm BuSiNeSsEs that accept credit card payments?

[@hqchannel]

@@slowazzd2165 weird flex but okay

[@startrooper2345]

@@slowazzd2165 L drug dealer.

[@theonetoaster]

There's a site for selling game keys that at some point accepted subway gift cards. Real cool forgot the sites name bought driver San Francisco on it after watching a KZbin video. A Nick Robinson vid maybe?

[@jaybird46]

Ben's grabify trick helped me scare off a harassing creep once. Despite Ben's tricks being seen by scammers too, they definitely help in many other situations. Many thanks to you, Pleasant green!

[@jamiepenney3720]

I’m a private investigator and I use Grabify all the time.

[@chadgamer6942]

@@jamiepenney3720 useful on less internet savy people

[@powercatjeffy]

I use it with telegram scammers all the time.

[@zipel]

those links dont look legit at all :/

[@powercatjeffy]

@@zipel there's one that looks like a dating app. They click on that one pretty readily.

[@exposedmonkey5708]

Honestly, Scammers put up ridiculous prices on things that have a lower value than presented. Scammers should really try to be realistic but they won't.

[@ImahSillyGirl]

scammers gonna scam .

[@hunterstokes9306]

Lol well you must live in a very specific area if your prices for shrooms are cheaper than that. Prices listed almost exactly real prices here.perhaps you were just referring to another video

[@hunterstokes9306]

@@Ay2xy very standard prices, not a bad deal infact if it's a good product 🤯👽☻️🥳😛🍄

[@you_tube_31]

I heard somewhere that they intentionally use bad spelling, grammar, bad pricing etc.. to rule out smart or cautious people, the people who stay after all that are more easier for them to trick.

[@JenniMeer]

Hoax Hotel did 3 videos of a scammer saying that the Hoax Hotel host won $12 billion and Coke was the sponsor. 🤣🤣🤣

[@neonshadow5005]

If you want to mess with these guys, remember. Never give them anything to use against you.

[@peps1943]

Wut

[@eijek7]

@@peps1943 like if you give them your personal info they can use it against you and threaten if you don’t do this I will dox or whatever

[@almilhouse9059]

Whaaaaaa

[@jtc1947]

You have to be VERY GOOD about the scammers! Watch Scammer Payback, SCAMBAITER,JIM BROWNING etc! There a lot of GREAT PEOPLE on the NET fighting scammers and TRYING to save victims!

[@AG77420]

@@eijek7holy shit, you don’t say

[@andrewrobotbuilder]

I absolutely love these vids as I pick up new tricks and skills when dealing with scammers, one of whom tried impersonating a family member. Great job and keep 'em up!

[@z.s.n.]

Hey its your dad. Send me money asap please.

[@andrewrobotbuilder]

@@z.s.n. Sure thing dad, just give me your bank account details and the last 3 digits on the back of your card

[@ericthompson749]

Loved the new tactic to get the scammer’s IP address. It’s good to hear how Pleasant Green’s changing his tactics for the better.

[@jumonjii]

I have never understood why scammers are so rude while attempting to convince people that they aren't scammers.

[@Hukkai]

it has been so fun to follow how at first the videos were more about screwing with the scammers for fun and now the scammers are being taken down like a row of dominos. Truly satisfying work 😌

[@seangutierrez1337]

Nice job exposing and busting this scam!

[@adventure_with_p8358]

You literally saved me from a scammer the other day :) Targeting ireland now. I kept him/her going for ages as i knew it was a scame - as they pretended to pay me via stripe sent a screen shot but i waited and checked and nothing and they claimed they paid me... i then used a grabify link and guess what haha :D

[@VrayCat]

Lol

[@fadedpigeon67]

Ppp Pppppppp

[@NeatNoodle]

Sounds like you had a good time!

[@noobydoesgames]

he was from africa or india

[@Flexyourmemes]

Lagos, Africa?

[@SuperCaitball]

I love how sneaky that grabify link trick was. Looking forward to more sneaky methods of socially engineering scammers in the future.

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

Man. I can't wait for that day when I go to my pharmacy to pick up my prescriptions, and they want me to pay using gift cards. And seriously. James and Andre were the WORST customer service representatives EVER!!! Imagine going to purchase something from a company and you get, "Interesting....", "You pay money. I send you package. You only get phone number if not receive package!", "Don't pay with bank no more! We accept gift cards and nothing else!", "Are we going to do this or nah!". Seriously. "Psilocybin Mushroom" really needs to take a serious look at their customer service issues. They're seriously lacking in this department. Maybe you should offer to give them a customer service lecture or run a customer service educational program for their employees, for a small fee?

[@TheAroSparro]

A small fee of... say... $1000?

[@lisac3417]

Thank you for making us aware of these scams. You’re the best 🥰

[@Heather420]

Thank you for making videos like this, awareness is so important. My father was unfortunately a victim, they said he had a warrant out for his arrest an needed to pay with PayPal cards to get it taken care of. They kept scaring him until he paid. Thankfully the scammers didn't redeem the cards right away, I was able to redeem them first to save his money. It's honestly scary how it easy it is to fall these scams. He's smart an pretty computer scavy for his age but at the time he didn't know scams like these took place

[@pf4773]

One of the best scam baiting video I've seen--I particularly liked how you expose these fake product websites. One suggestion is to copy the name of the product to see if it's sold on a reputable large retail website, such as Amazon, Walmart, Costco, etc.

[@JBKiser]

That "remember who you are" Lion King cutaway gag is phenomenal. Very well done.

[@vincentgaolese8062]

Man you are the best. Keep pushing and expose these guys.

[@wandarask8444]

Big Thankyou for your shows. In Australia, it's bad these stinky, creeps, have hurt many families. We love your shows. Thanks again Cheers

[@wgp3190]

This was a good one. I'm so impressed by your skills you have. I feel as if you should make a master class on this.

[@brody2642]

Nice try. Scammers would easily learn from it.

[@wgp3190]

@@brody2642 haha dead 💀

[@jackbrigoli7452]

Grabify recently prevented me from falling for a scam. Thank you so much for these videos, Ben.

[@KingShortsYT]

Hey Pleasent Greens, just came across your channel! Watched a few videos today, yours videos are both funny and very informative. Thank you!

[@kimmyfresh3269]

Thank goodness for you and that you’re on the innocent people side . Just having one person like you makes me smile everyday. Thank You for being you ….

[@gonestone]

Congrats on getting over 1k views in 5 minutes! It just goes to show that people are really interested in your content! Keep up the great work! 👍💕

[@luiscarillo6954]

Yeah

[@hithereyou9991]

it shows online (scam) presence is booming through corona virus.

[@dottisred]

lmao

[@gamenightwithjamiibo]

As someone who worked in fraud prevention in the past. I truly appreciate your videos.

[@Prayukth]

Keep up the great work, Mr Dover :). I just love it when a scammers website and mule arrangements are shut down...you are saving people and possibly lives even... more power to you...keep shutting down these crooks

[@Oceana-Crystal]

This is so infuriating to see someone using something that can actually help someone who’s suffering to scam people.

[@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim]

i always expect the quiet laugh sound effect when you type in 'Ben Dover'

[@connorpayne2671]

I wasted a Nigerian scammer's time last night. I caught him with a grabify link and he didn't have a VPN until later 😅

[@FEEAR1000]

Keep up the good work sir!

[@ImahSillyGirl]

Came here ti say exactly this, so, SECONDED!

[@kelvinkorto828]

I totally got hit with the “Remember who you are”🤣🤣🤣I’m on the floor lmaoooo🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CuApaBaiatu]

Congrats to that bank. I provided a lot of evidence to a lot of banks regarding scams. No reply or some non related to the case responses. These people don't really care.

[@starstar1235]

The fact that you can do what the police seems to NOT want to do is mind boggling.

[@undeadgrizzlyb3ar66]

Pleasant Green, You Are A GOD! I do enjoy seeing scammers being taken down. Plus I enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work!

[@BarelySaneGenius]

The mufasa clip was GOLDEN

[@BosoxPatsfan603]

I love what you do, we need more people like you! 👍🏾❤️

[@notoriousfly9260]

How many times am I going to say this, BECOME that person!

[@BosoxPatsfan603]

@@notoriousfly9260 I would love to but I don't have the tools my friend or the money or the resources.

[@metasploitstudios2257]

I live in this same nieghborhood in Akwa. It's a disgrace that while of of us work to afford to live here there are others who just seat around practicing scamming. Great job Ben 👌

[@aceface6362]

Thank you for doing this!! Mushrooms help millions of people and hopefully we are going in the right direction to where people will be able to use Mushrooms to get the help they need and these kinds of people already doing this are scummy as crap!! I appreciate your help!! Been following for a long time and was so pleasantly surprised to see a video out on a Saturday night!! Lol 🙃😉

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Only if these pharmaceutical companies don’t monopolize it like they do with everything else 😂

[@khanisbrown6424]

I'm from Cameroon and I'm ashamed to say these are my people doing this. Keep up the work PG

[@JBKiser]

If the Winter Soldier is a fan of them then they must be legit.

[@bramblerose42]

These videos are just perfect -- snack-sized awareness of scamming that can easily be shared. I know how I'm spending my day off! 😆

[@galy0]

Thanks for the new video and for fighting the scammers.

[@shark-y]

Scammers saying you won a bag of Doritos then saying pay a 100 dollar fee to ship it 😂😭

[@luminate75]

The scammer should really get a job lol. I mean that's pathetic, you really have to scam for a living 💀

[@bluestarvideos1055]

Some of them are disabled and can't get normal jobs and have to resort to scamming

[@nathanhough8156]

someone should make a Chat-Bot to keep these guys distracted

[@roadmonitoroz]

Mushrooms are kind of expensive here as well. $13 / Kg so about $5 / pound. And that's from the local supermarket. They sell them by the punnet :D

[@Abell_lledA]

One doesn’t experience self transcendence, the illusion of self only dissipates-🎈

[@johnnyunfiltered1832]

Support your local mushroom growers by scamming a scammer today! Jokes aside what was that pricing, assuming this is supposed to be top grade, exported, medical mushrooms - that's either quite cheap or if it's dirt grade then it's very overpriced

[@wolfetteplays8894]

It’s probably mid

[@Pharoset]

The second you said that scammers are trying to impersonate people, I knew you were getting ready to hawk your product.

[@russmbps8443]

My dad got scammed with a similar scam. Good thing he was able to do a charge back on his credit card. He lost almost $700

[@smith040296]

Never trust something with ALL good reviews

[@kengoold7157]

well done, love your work mate. awesome channel. looking forward to more .

[@mrdt9823]

keep up the good work man, i like it.

[@mimicsmic9453]

Watching and enjoying, you are super detective. Lots of love from🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬

[@HomelessPank]

Ben, you could have grabbed his IP from the first email. There's services that will embed a tracker in a photo in your signature, i don't remember what it's called

[@bigsweaterman8142]

That totally sucks. That harms not only the psilocybin mushroom community but the mushroom community in general. I hate scammers.

[@contactcyber_meritoninstag4082]

The above username 👆👆He helped me recover my scammed money successfully

[@truthrules8827]

Thank you for all your efforts in stopping these scumbags thieves

[@SomeBoiJuice]

"James L Jones" forgetting his name with the "Remember who you are" from The Lion King was perfect 🤣

[@jackcarreno907]

I don't have the patience you do when dealing with these POS. I can only last about a minute before I start cussing them out in their language. Also if you could look into the WORST kind of scammers I've been running into lately. They must be here in the US somewhere because I've been getting "power company" calls with American accents and they are deninitely Americans. Basically they say they are the power company and I need to pay right away or they'll shut my power off in 15 minutes.

[@emiew2491]

We need more ppl like you Sir, to stop all these scammers.

[@lIlIllIlIllIlllIllIIIIIIIIIlII]

People ship this stuff legit, illegal or not. But good job on exposing a scammer.

[@crystalbeth420]

Yeah it’s great stuff

[@AlexanderSmoljanovic]

Awesome! Your videos are consistently entertaining making me pause my work to watch. Other channels mostly get listened to as background filler.

[@trojandoge]

Love the vids ben hope u are and ur family are staying safe

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

We had a guy on reddit asking if some website was a scam, that offered all sorts of drugs, including animal Tranquilizers and the website only accepted bitcoin. Took us a while to tell him it was a scam.

[@scottmike2926]

Hello 👋Mrs Charlotte is legit and her method works like magic I keep on earning every single week with her new strategy

[@ankushverma9392]

Here is her chat info 👇👇

[@ankushverma9392]

This is her connection details 👆👆

[@Springsteen002]

Sometimes I wonder if she's used magic power trade

[@Springsteen002]

I'm not here to converse for her but to testify just for what I'm sure of, she's trust worthy and best option ever seen

[@beckylean6641]

@benson robbin Taylor No exact amount but a profit range from $1200 to $5000 depending on the coin fluctuation in market

[@TheBenghaziRabbit]

Man i wish i could have your guys help fighting off scammers hitting our online community and taking peoples ETH

[@REKONZE41]

I'll never get tired of th8s channel

[@ezo7490]

"he didn't have mush to say but he sure liked the mushrooms" absolutely gold

[@fatgirltracey]

Woah Ben your reach In shutting down scams is really amazing.

[@gunztommiegunz]

I’ve made sure I told my parents to never think they owe anyone that calls you or emails you etc., no bank or business wants gift cards for payment. Not to answer phone calls of people you don’t know. They’re elder but very very smart and don’t answer their phones but she almost gave someone like this her cc and didn’t. Thank god it’s so frustrating. I’m happy she was smart.

[@babyloveu67]

Yes these dangerous scammers all over, GOOD U EXPOSE THEM

[@TheTribalGamerTTG]

Hey PG, today I had a scammer act as a sugar momma and try to scam, so I played along till I got them to click on a grabify link and they did, found their Ip and Location and alerted the local authorities, safe to say they were pissed! THANK YOU for teaching me so many methodes

[@tylerdestroyer91]

Love your Ben Dover gimmick. Please never change it

[@realorrude7456]

I love when this guy uploads not only do he save people from getting scam by African scammers but he also show you how you can track them yourself 👌🏿I’m definitely getting grabify please keep up the Excellent work!!

[@HeavenlyiceDream]

i saw u on national geographic the other day! was a show on scamming!

[@Rebelwolf4]

I thank you for teaching these scammers a lesson! I can't stand a scammer. Ur Awesome dude! Keep up the good work!

[@Mistahhuntah]

Can i just say James Earl Jones's voice has amazingly gotten deeper with his age. The Dude still has his deep vibrato at 90 in The Lion King remake.

[@jspaceman1971]

Coincidentally the real Golden Teacher was in the news recently. They are planning on selling mushrooms out of a store in downtown Ottawa.

[@icedteaaddict4842]

Yoooo, that shared google drive folder trick was perfect.

[@vajs6312]

Amazing how this passive aggressive approach actually works on some peoplr. These scammers really don’t take long to become annoyed, you’d think they’d want to keep their cool in order to make the sale more easily.

[@perrithefastypi7428]

Honestly, this is one of the worst ones. Once the victims realise it's a scam, they won't report it because they were buying something that's illegal

[@neoxima706]

I’m impressed you don’t go back and gloat. Provided he hasn’t blocked you. I’d be spitballing this guy.

[@Jac0b22]

I always look forward to your uploads. Another quality video per usual

[@patrickmcdonald2223]

I used to watch you for the content but realized that your teaching us what’s out there …TY

[@rickmediatz7842]

I was waiting for a new video❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you Pleasant 💚

[@trukeesey8715]

Thanking you for lincque to Jim's. And videograph.

[@ajhark12]

Banger episode as always Ben Dover

[@Vikanuck]

Dang man those are some shite prices!! A half ounce only costs 60 bucks here in Ontario and BC lol 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

[@christiangonzales7429]

If you are a business owner, beware of scammers posing as possible clients stating things like "do you offer (insert service name here)?" and "do you accept credit cards?" They always ask these questions that have obvious answers and always respond saying they are in the hospital and want to pay more than you actually charge.

[@popeyethesailorman7850]

bad spelling and grammar in emails is usually the first sign of a scam

[@JulieKernit1]

Andrew Micallef I do too. The bit that gave the fact that it was a scam away was the price of the mushrooms! Who ON EARTH in their right mind would pay £233.65 ($300.00) for 2 oz of mushrooms when you can get 250 grams of them for £0.99 ($1.27) at the supermarket?!?!?!!!!!!

[@zen_mindset1]

I just love when the scammer loses in the end.

[@VintageandVoltage]

Thanks to your videos, I trolled a scammer for 2 days, got him to click a grabify link, screwed with him for a bit to make him realize how stupid he was, and reported him. Thanks for the awesome videos!

[@janetpattison8474]

Love love love your channel! Scammers, thieves, liars and hackers will continue to have success unless people are educated on Exactly what to watch out for. Keep up the great work!

[@quisdebray4299]

😂😂😂😂 my Cameroon (Buea) boys never disappoint. First time seeing a Cameroonian on your channel

[@amkidwayne]

the part where Joker said "it's gone"😂😂😂👌👌

[@pantherplatform]

The lion king. Man, that tape got played way too many times when my sister and I were kids growing up 90s style.

[@tomatexelon]

I enjoy watching Scaming videos, but can you make a video on how to report these people? Maybe who to call and what exact info I need to shut them down. I’m sure the police are not involved unless it’s a local crime.

[@kartierglory]

Pleasant green never shows his shoes cuz they're DEFINITELY black forces 😂 gotta love him