How con artists win over trust: ‘You get to create a reality for other people to live in’

With trust in institutions eroding - and the internet providing new opportunities to scam - grifters are showing up everywhere, Chuck Todd says on Meet the Press Reports.
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#Con #Grifter #Scam

[@jdanielcramer]

In America, rich people don’t thrive by selling goods or services anymore 😝 they make money by pretending to do that and living off their grifted capitalization schemes…😌

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

Absolutely 💯

[@Concepcion30]

Rich people are just like us, they can get scammed too. My problem with that comment is the rich people will have a buffer to fall back on, when the normal people don't. So, we're talking game over for a normal person, and the worst the rich person suffers is some egg on their face.

[@iceescape]

Also your victims are normal people, not much will happen to you. If your victims are rich people, you will pay a very heavy price.

[@seymourbutts4654]

People don't want to make things better for society they just want to make things better for themselves.

[@punapeter]

Started in the 80's with the ME generation and got worse.

[@ryanreedgibson]

Not everyone! Not everyone. I used to believe the same thing. What it took was me to change. And no, I don't mean find god. Helping people makes you feel better.

[@louisleo7449]

Yes.. but this girl is somewhere in between.

[@guardianofthegalaxy2051]

⁠@@ryanreedgibson yeah… at the end YOU feel better about it.

[@rigelb9025]

@@guardianofthegalaxy2051 But that doesn't mean it's selfish. And it's OK to feel good if you've done no wrong.

[@0-Elias-0]

Black Person: Steals $10 Worth of Retail Goods Media ≈ " _How awful. We must condemn every black person that's ever lived because of this one thief_ ." Non-Black Person: Steals $10,000,000,000 Media ≈ " _How adorable! How clever! We must paint this thief in a positive light to increase our own stature_ ." 14th Amendment = Equal Protections Under the Law Perhaps if you condemned crimes equally/proportionately there would be less crime in the first place. No?

[@Msladyrae92]

You forgot something.. they always get a redemption story equipped with a dateline interview, a documentary, and a feature box office film!

[@ogarrt]

People of color get the same glorification with this niche of crime.... Hushpuppi is a name that comes to mind. Ppl do do that thing ur saying but not how u think ... Its more like Black person steals then ppl come in judging the entire race while blocking out the reality that their own race does bad stuff like columbine. Those Ppl have a psychotic denial of reality and those ppl don't glorify grifters either. They'll hate on any crime committed by another race but keep silent on their own

[@ogarrt]

The difference between those scenarios is the shoplifter just stole with brute force while the grifter had it willingly handed to them; society is intrigued by the mental sophistication. Ur making this into some whiny ''woe is me'' race war thing

[@0-Elias-0]

​@@ogarrt Wow, your comment absconded *equity* from an institute of fairness: " _the shoplifter just stole with brute force_" - @ogarrt, 3/19/24 Why did you infer that the retail thief needed to resort to " _brute force_ "? Also - in your conjecture - how much of a factor was race (note how that '$10 retail thief' was a black person)? Secondly, why did you attach " _mental sophistication_ " to the $10,000,000,000 thief? Also - in your conjecture - how much of a factor was race (note how the '$10B thief' was non-black)? While you're thinking, please remember that _We the People_ are *indebted* to the process of forming a "more perfect union" (see the US Constitution; see the Declaration of Independence). Upon *depositing* your answers you'll help us all *balance the books* . So, please don't *withdraw* from this discussion. I await your answers. Thank You.

[@rao8559]

@@0-Elias-0 If there were more black con artists of this stature, then there would be appropriately more celebration of them. Just as the media celebrates gangsta rappers, mafia and assorted thugs.

[@narcissistwhisperer]

Never simply give of trust. Trust must be EARNED. Assume all humans are garbage. Until proven otherwise.

[@Mr_Originality]

You are so naive

[@narcissistwhisperer]

@@Mr_Originality Am I? Can you prove that?

[@martinze11]

Even Trump is a confidence trickster. In my opinion. It' a paranoid time.

[@mjparham6430]

Yep Both Got Busted!!!😮

[@VinnyWilk]

Whiteness is the key to credibility. The familiarity allows people to trust one of their own.

[@bw2678]

Because white people are the only people inclined to trust people who look like them slightly more.

[@jamesrichie3188]

Some Jews, Poles, Hungarians, Romanians, Italians, Greeks, Scots, Irish, Serbians, and Bosnians would like to have a word with you.

[@alphabravo8703]

yup

[@fifinoir]

The end there what she’s pretty much saying is… Stealing from the poor, you’ll get away with it. Crime is only there to punish if the victim is rich. What’s insane about that is rich people can afford to lose that money and it’s often greed that led them to lose that money. Whereas poor people need every cent they have just to survive.

[@punapeter]

is that right?

[@emmawang1999]

America is never a democracy, but a plutocracy.

[@punapeter]

@@emmawang1999 wrong. Try MICorpratocracy.

[@Concepcion30]

Exactly, the rich people can survive being conned, for the poor people it's game over.

[@alyssao.9577]

​@@emmawang1999 thank you! I was not aware of the term "plutocracy" so I looked it up and learned a new word today

[@tomcassidy2525]

Con Artist -- Mexico will pay for the wall ........ Day 1

[@billyboy1093]

Healthcare in two weeks..........Day 2

[@john_doe_smith]

He was convieniently left out.

[@sheila7000]

All he had to do was convince Mexico to become a United States Indian Nation under a special clause that they are the only Indian Nation that does NOT get payment from the US; and then have Mexico build the wall that's already at Mexico's southern border, better. It's that simple. And, it's not like the US didn't steal land from Mexico. Making it a US Indian Nation makes sense, & would solve a lot of the problem we currently have with illegal immigrants (as in a whole bunch of them would no longer be illegal & would no longer be immigrants). It'd also be easier for the US to work w/ Mexico regarding crime & vice versa. For Mexico to agree to this, a whole lot more leeway would probably be needed to be given to it than the current US Indian Nations. That could lead to our current US Indian Nations getting the same freedoms & better living conditions for them. Maybe it'd even get to the point that they would choose to refuse money from the US to be able to do what we'd already be letting Mexico do. And, yes, it'd be better for Mexico to be its own US Indian Nation rather than a US Territory. It'd also help the US to expand its US Indian Nations so it is more competitive with China due to the increase in US population.

[@bgregg55]

Trump wrote the book on how to be a professional grifter.

[@deepspace812]

No. Trump had someone else write the book on how to be a professional grifter and he took credit for it.

[@bhagmeister]

You mean someone else wrote the book for him.

[@alphabravo8703]

A con artist could probably dupe me. He is not one. I didn't know anything about him before the 2015 golden escalator announcement. Once I heard him go into his sales spiel, I knew what he was all about. His WP hand signal sure enamored him to a large portion of America too.

[@WheelerRickRambles]

Trump doesn’t write (or read)… but, I get your comment.

[@eyeseer1]

Trump pays others to write his books. Trump simply sells what people think they want and sells himself to what people expect.

[@glenjo0]

Lesson learned - don't scam billionaires or elites, billionaires and elites SCAM YOU!

[@dentatusdentatus1592]

Yes. Don't ever scam us. 😎😎😎

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

​@@dentatusdentatus1592 I wouldn't want your $5 😂

[@alphabravo8703]

Madoff learned that the hard way.

[@sheila7000]

@@dentatusdentatus1592 Please will you send me some of your money so that it is my money? It's not a scam. I just want it because I asked for it with a "please," and because I am not scamming you.

[@LunaShimmyDiva]

Sam Bankman-Fried’s body language strongly suggests dishonesty. He had very hard time looking face-to-face w interviewer in clips shown here…

[@pakpala1]

They can’t blame these big crooks on Nigerian Princes huh???

[@LydiaSings]

Makes me glad I’m a cynic. I treat everyone like they’re a con artist until they prove otherwise.

[@alphabravo8703]

yup

[@bhagmeister]

And most sheeple live for others to create reality for them.

[@chupamishuevos303]

elon musk is one

[@alexshank1414]

They’re just the ones who were caught. There are many more out there.

[@ddyert]

Yikes. She should just give a phony apology.

[@rossbabcock3790]

Sounds like politicians.

[@EduardoOliveira-e8c]

This cast so wonderful.

[@naciremaclub2845]

....prison issued khakis < with elastic waistband>😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kennethellingsen5902]

I know a guy who even scammed his way into the White House...

[@al28854]

he was a good actor, and an even better president to convinced his soviet counterpart to spent their way into an economic implosion to counter the said actor's initiative to produce a fictional military space program involving satellites named after a scifi movie.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

Just one?

[@gmac8586]

Lying, stealing and corruption by rich and poor alike? It's a sign of the times for the US.

[@slimtimm1]

Upspeak AND vocal fry!!! Classic combination

[@AllergicToLies]

Yeaaaaah

[@oobrocks]

The answer is even easier: con artists tell u what u want to hear

[@Mr_Originality]

It’s a little deeper than that.

[@oobrocks]

Tell us

[@MarioMaccaferriRules]

The vocal fry must be stopped ! 😱

[@eyeseer1]

With great wealth comes a great crime. Selling a lie is easy, defending your own credibility is hard.

[@cdong]

Holmes disgusts me more than Sorokin. The latter is just a con but the former is a c..un..t.

[@d_c_C]

This is why I don’t trust anyone lol

[@punapeter]

anymore?? lol

[@mjparham6430]

Me Either and I Never Will and I'm Perfectly Ok With The Consequences ❤️

[@punapeter]

@@mjparham6430 trust needs to be earned, I never trusted anyone, that's why I've never been taken/grifted. Once I leaned parents lie, teachers, the priest lies, by the time I was 8-9 I didn't trust anyone until they proved to me they DESERVE it.

[@mjparham6430]

@@punapeter Smart TruthSeeker ,I Feel The Same Way! That's Exactly How I Feel About Respect!!!!!❤️❤️

[@punapeter]

@@mjparham6430 ditto

[@paulbedington2923]

Too funny to get an ad in the middle of this piece hyping what Elon Musk is doing!!!

[@dubhdraiocht8427]

In a nation governed by rule of law its ok to lie in political speech and a sales pitch, bc when it all boils down money matters most to its system of revenue

[@The_Quaalude]

America is the home of scam opportunities 😂

[@billyboy1093]

It's called Scamatalism

[@deepspace812]

No mention of Trump?

[@js6728]

Your home. Your car. Your wages. Price of living. All a con artist scheme.

[@daniel2467]

Maria would be a lot more compelling guest if she would drop the vocal fry.

[@billyboy1093]

Or cough up that bullfrog in her throat

[@al28854]

@@billyboy1093 oh the juicy stories her cell mates will have when they get outta the slammer.

[@sutsokunthealifetv]

Always watching 📺😍❤️

[@punapeter]

TV brainwashed

[@gamersnevercryever]

you can never con a non greedy person

[@MrMarvel1984]

Sounds like a headline for religion 'you get to create a reality..."

[@BeceThu-qv1oj]

Frank Abnagale Jr.? No such person exists.

[@darrencervi9901]

The Art of the CON.

[@louisleo7449]

Her story is not over .. wait for the surprise.

[@braindeadobserver1340]

If it is their idea then it is a bad idea for you

[@Msladyrae92]

María Con-nicova…. 😂

[@midnightodellewest1999]

there is an overabundance of vocal fry in this video.

[@user-jp1qt8ut3s]

Why do Americans often speak as a frog? 😂

[@gjlite4947]

And when we add generative AI to the mix? Power of 1000x. When will people get it?

[@sidneyonukwube3096]

Does it take a rocket scientist?

[@nenaandjag2381]

I’m getting credits to watch this video. I’m getting credits to watch this video. I’m getting credits to watch this video.

[@drumtwo4seven]

*CHUMP20TOLIFE* 🇺🇲🇺🇲 THE KING OF CON 🤡

[@joemomma1608]

NBC news really know there stuff when it comes to this subject.....lol

[@robertmalone3997]

Does she still got all that money. So when she gets out she can spend it

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

No, the government will take everything she has 😂

[@robertmalone3997]

@@SUGAR_XYLER Where did you hear that

[@user-jp1qt8ut3s]

Musk is a good one. He's not stopped

[@Mac-ix4qp]

Talk is cheap. Always look for empirical evidence. Always.

[@markdelay97]

HaHaHa! Comments section: Rich people crying over being scammed out of their pennies from heaven.😅 Funny

[@melo39987]

You forgot to include Meghan markle and Trump.

[@Gen-yh1jz]

Poor banks 😂😂😂 Team Anna

[@naiyang888]

Next on the list, Elon Musk.

[@chriswelch4118]

"kanye. elon. trump."

[@Chad_Max]

So that's how women trick you to marry them....

[@NHLblkgurl]

That’s what I keep asking myself every time I see Biden, get lost on stage, have a blank stare on stage, shaking hands with imaginary people on stage, and face planting on stage.

[@tomcassidy2525]

" Biden's Old - He Fell " ........ same old song dance ..... your the last of the trumpflakes that can't figure out your being lied to

[@tomcassidy2525]

@@BKT42........ staring at a eclipse ..... stable genius

[@NHLblkgurl]

@Vinn Cubus Why should I respond to you, when you troll my comments with lies, that I counter... and then you just disappear, and back here with more ohyeahwhataboutisms?

[@tomcassidy2525]

@@NHLblkgurl you just did respond to @Vinn Cubs ....,... ? you been a mess since tucker went away

[@xevious2501]

Biden wont win, he's just too old. The scary part, theirs no one in the running that ide want to see in office. And horrifically despite everything Trump had done, still has a 50% chance of winning. The nation has already collapsed. The Avalanche that began with Clinton and Bush, held up momentarily by Obama, was further released by Trump opening the doors for disaster and Biden has done too little too late for what is occurring not on the surface but beneath everyone's feet. When the dollar falls so will our economy and our nation. and its already in the process. why are people trying to move here from other nations? because if the dollar falls, how much further will their own currency fall. exactly. when the US goes down it takes down majority of the worlds economy. all this, because a few people were allowed to deregulate wallstreet the banks and greed. They saw a way of making big money quick and fast, corrupting the system at the expense of an inevitable fall out, of which they viewed themselves to be so financially secure it wouldnt make a difference to them. but everyone else.... yeah.. bad times ahead.

[@jaliscogrill8519]

I honestly dont blame Elizabeth Theranos. I blame the media and feminist culture that cosigned her and told us all she’s the next Steve Jobs

[@kimberthug]

You don’t blame a person for deliberately deceiving people?

[@jaliscogrill8519]

@@kimberthug Liars and fraudsters are dime a dozen. Elizabeth would never have done any damage if the libs and the media didn’t help her

[@betchface752]

This is exactly how religion works…

[@dentatusdentatus1592]

False religions at least.

[@punapeter]

@@dentatusdentatus1592 Which THEY ALL ARE Dingus

[@zhangzy123]

Reading your comments on this channel, I come to the conclusion that you are an extreme fanatic of your sick ideas