How to NOT GET SCAMMED! Good Influences Episode 75

Be careful! Scams phone calls, AI spoofing, short change, fake checks - watch this episode to keep yourself safe!
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[@nadiananez]

you guys should do an episode of unsolved mysteries!!! that would be super interesting

[@happiepop]

YES PLEASE

[@kelseymills7171]

Triple like. Please do this!!

[@Franklin2OO7]

No cus then Matt’s going to bring up the one that happened in Texas lol

[@nadiananez]

@@Franklin2OO7 HAHAHA

[@sandraguzman226]

yess

[@joscalynhocking]

the talk about how our parents or grandparents are so gullible makes me laugh because when we were little they would constantly tell us not to believe everything in the internet and now that’s all they do 😂😂😂😂😂

[@erin24788]

I’m dying at Matt saying “everything’s fine everything’s fine” meanwhile he’s immediately scrambling to open his phone

[@megirving]

The way nobody questioned Mike on putting the water bottle in the washing machine 😂 I think he meant to say dishwasher but still

[@MegaZigzag4]

We get what you’re saying about Marshall’s, TJ maxx, Ross etc, but please keep in mind that a lot of us don’t have another option within our budget

[@dancingfreakalicious]

I take pride about buying there! I love all those stores. They save my money for other stuff.

[@CallMeNatalia96]

Wasn’t Mike literally talking about liking it??

[@theyJC]

10:42 thank you mike, it’s literally the point of reusable water bottles lmao. I dont mind being“seen” with the same clothes, shoes, etc for years. I take good care of my stuff to reduce overconsumption & spending.

[@anjalipatnana3549]

Mike went full dad moment on Matt lmao!!!!!

[@MaggieWithTheDogs]

“She brought it back” about Gigi Hadid is everything

[@peanutbutter2192]

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@dancingfreakalicious]

That’s why I NEVER answer the phone. If they are people that actually wanna talk to me, they’ll leave a voicemail, and if it sounds sketch I don’t even bother.

[@owley485]

Yay just in time for my lunch break!

[@Beecee07]

Same 🤣

[@AyoAnna145x]

You guys better get that Owala check soon! Bc i have been HEAVILY influenced. I started off with 1 just to try now i have it in 3 different colors because of u guys 😅

[@brooklynsonger]

Crying at the Matt talking about Marshall’s because I feel that but more about Ross

[@peanutbutter2192]

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[@peanutbutter2192]

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[@---rx6em]

With the short change thing for cashiers….I used to tell people “hold on let me get your change then I can split a bill for you” 😂

[@lashonnad2298]

Trying to get a bengal kitten few years ago and found there are alot of scammers out. One person everything was going smooth, even sent me address. In which I looked it up to find a dump. When I said I’d pay in person, the person then turned and literally cussed me out. My jaw dropped. I ended up with brother and sister cats and no bengal. And I love my babies

[@nadiananez]

i was just rewatched weeds too, it’s such an underrated show

[@ashleyduckworthyt3224]

Scam topic- My sister (26) and I (30) have a code word. If she says “balloon” (not the real word) then I know whatever is happening is sketchy and to follow our safety protocols. 😅 We are so paranoid that we also have a secret knock AND handshake in case of body snatchers lmfao

[@jasonhunter2819]

I'm guessing you both listen to a lot of true crime podcasts? Smart though!

[@ashleyduckworthyt3224]

@@jasonhunter2819 we are just girls who grew up as latchkey kids who knew we had to make sure we were safe since we were constantly alone 😅

[@gunaitarde9312]

Matt looks FINE with that wedding band on !

[@TheMagzter1]

"I gotta help these guys make their business better" HAHA Mike

[@brittanysalvatori7150]

This episode just managed to make me even more paranoid lol

[@mariamalshamsi7221]

Yayyyyy I love Mike, the geno*ide-supporting king 👑👑👑👑

[@ChromeOfTheFuture]

I was curious about that, what has he said?

[@aliciacastiglioni2514]

The kidnapping situation happened to a guy I know, the call came from his daughters phone with the nickname he had for her name as caller i.d. It was the first time she'd ever gone on a weekend trip away from home with her bf, and it was her voice but crying! He said everything seemed so legit, they knew info about her and him and used it to convince him it was real. We also live in an area near the Canadian border where human trafficking does happen! He sent the money and the bank ended up saying these people use ~20+ bank accounts after the wire to transfer-hop the money so it is hard to trace. They even use everyday people's bank accts that they've hacked to use as decoy to transfer to, then from!

[@delylahgaucin6586]

Carly’s fit was GIVING 🥰😍😍😍

[@JesusLopez-ru2rm]

Amazon warehouse worker here. The people who deliver at 4 am are the same day drivers. When you choose same day as your delivery option amazon has to get it to you as soon as possible. So they don't deliver in the amazon trucks because theirs only a small percentage of our deliveries that are same day. For example in my area a normal day is around 40k packages but same day will only have around 2-3k packages. So instead the drivers deliver in their own cars. All the drivers are background checked and apparently they even pay much better to do same day. But same day deliveries only happen early in the a.m. because once it's around 9 a.m. we have all the other packages ready for the regular amazon trucks to deliver and the rest of the day we're doing regular deliveries.

[@dancingfreakalicious]

“Was she mormon and scamming?” Hahah oh Matt!

[@Sarah-yj9zl]

Matt is SO funny 🤣

[@isarewa]

whenever matt said on the pod a while ago “let us know if you have seen any other podcast on this set” 😬 i immediately thought pillow talk… might wanna bring some clorox wipes next time

[@Bobbyshampoothedriver]

Carly looks so good in this like always

[@user-jp7bb3mr3h]

Matt saying that Marshall's scares the shit out of him and he feels people live there is the funniest shit I may have heard - Ever

[@krodpaz15]

I’ve had one of my water bottles since freshman year of high school & now I’m college grad😅🤪 and yes, I do clean it frequently but it’s not the only one I have

[@shantellepadilla71]

I have had one of my reusable bottles since junior high, I’m 27 now. I take pride in it.

[@biggiesulls]

That’s insane. I can’t imagine the condition it’s in

[@Jordanakern]

the scary thing about fentanyl is that you can't really test for it because it is never evenly distributed. it can be heavily in one part of the pill and nothing in the other part so unless you break down and test the entire pill, you'll never know for sure.

[@zariaxoxo]

i almost got scammed by one of those fake check things. luckily i have a good bank and they flagged the checks as invalid and from there i knew it was a scam🙃

[@Karinaaaguilar]

Stop interrupting Carly !!!!! ◠̈

[@TravFletch]

Also something to let the people know if you’ve been scammed lock all your credit!! Get ahold of all the bureaus put your credit on lock that will save you!

[@angeladominguez1946]

Did matt not mention the white van speaker scam?

[@jeankinkade96]

people do that all the time at sephora it's so frustrating for me to be like "here......."

[@jasonhunter2819]

TJ Maxx is where ALL of the cookware shoppers say to go to find DEEP discount Le Creuset stuff randomly

[@ZacSnyder]

Me when I’m 18 and think that I have so much in common with them

[@toastandamandas]

Every time y’all gatekeepe Los Angeles I have to laugh because none of you are even from there lol…

[@ashleyduckworthyt3224]

MIKE- my parents are the one who made my sister and I think Festivus was a real holiday. WELL GUESS WHAT my dad is making a new Festivus pole 😂😂😂 I’ll have to remember to DM pics ha A Festivus for the rest of us!

[@Nayelixtorres]

Not this coming out when I recently got scammed 2 TIMES IN ONE WEEK

[@emily847]

Lol Matt thinking the FDA is going to find every drug dealer selling drugs laced w fentanyl😂 dead people don’t talk😬 my friend died from it and no one was held accountable😕

[@luckylovee13]

I work Amazon flex and my schedule is 3:45-7:45 and I do it out of my car!

[@valeriaclark1878]

Mike can u let Carly talk omgg

[@jbnks1995]

carly if you have a call box type thing at your condo, you’re receiving phone calls because it’s set up for that 😭 i’m a cps worker and i often use the call boxes and most are set up now to call the person’s phone. i don’t think you’re being scammed lmao

[@passivelyobsessive5460]

me awkwardly looking at the water bottle I have had since 2016 and bring me literally everywhere 😳

[@chipskipdip]

Talking about how their families would be wiring 10K for them if need be… so relatable lmao

[@chipskipdip]

Drop the lasagna soup recipe pllllease!!!

[@Ryan_Messenger]

Is this live? ♥

[@taylormoritz7054]

I got a dm from Morgan wallens mom asking for money because he was kidnapped last month😢😂

[@Bilal_Aslam_]

Was Carly possessed in the thumbnail? Her eyes rolled to the back of her head

[@BrandiLM93]

Dang why did it bother me that Matt ruined the oceans 8 shopping scene 😂😂 I’m like wait NOOO that’s not how it happened

[@franka91]

What happened?

[@BrandiLM93]

@@franka91 its seriously not that off I’m just being dramatic lol Sandra bullock starts grabbing stuff off the counters and walks up to the cashier and tells her she wants to return the items but the lady says no so Sandra bullock gets upset and ask her for a bag so she puts everything in the bag and leaves. Lol it was just the shopping bag part

[@TravFletch]

A lot of people on tiktok are scammers, tarot especially!👏🏻

[@darlingdueck3676]

You guys will never guess that during this video a fake ad of Elon Musk played talking about investing and his buddies from facebook and Instagram hahahaha

[@777FOBfan777]

What is this color on the thumbnail 😮 it's soooo gorgeous on dark mode🎉

[@efleonin]

52:28 let people buy drugs, have fun. That from a channel called good influences. 😂

[@hihii3902]

I almost got quick changed before (that’s what it was called when I learned about it).

[@hihii3902]

He paid for something small with a $100 bill and as I was getting his change, he asked for the 100 back and gave me a smaller bill that still required change (at this point mt register is telling me how much change to give for the 100, not the new bill) and I’m trying to do the math in my head and he’s pressuring me to hand it over and “trying to help” but in a way that just 100% confuses me and makes me question how much money I was even given to begin with then I realized and did the math myself with a calculator and gave him the correct change. Same guy tried it on me twice lol

[@kassichavez99]

me watching this a week after i got scammed 😔

[@ryandavis-rechnitzer1050]

Strip per powder

[@maddyjohnsen6693]

44:00

[@jennalabadini6800]

Unfiltered is my favorite podcast

[@maddieprinceton]

I am the only one that still uses hydraflask?

[@franka91]

You’re supposed to wash a water bottle at least every two days. Otherwise you’re just drinking fungi.

[@emmagracecuteface]

my grandpa fell for the same scam carly!!! sent $7,000 ):

[@hihii3902]

Erin your teeth were so cute

[@laurenashley90]

The Amazon delivery thing, the only option they gave me was the overnight, 5-8am. That night my son got sick & my husband went to the couch. They ended up coming at like 4am, scared the shit out him & the dogs. She was in an unmarked camry & no vest or anything. We got the pic of delivery & my husband was standing in the door asking her what she was doing, never doing that again 😂😂😂 Proud of her for working so hard!!!

[@hopeq3795]

Nh girlies rise up

[@nellsluna9242]

😊

[@sierraesau1387]

Are they sponsored by owala

[@kaylenemunem3697]

YAYYY

[@jenni4tito]

Slayyyy

[@Ashley-bj3sl]

LET CARLY SPEAK

[@summertime8388]

[@nellsluna9242]

Was i first comment this time? Lol

[@queeninthestars]

saying theyre scared of tj maxx and marshalls deadass made me click off

[@VeronicaxRose]

mike literally said how his shoes were from marshalls though? and like the perfumes and items actually packaged properly they’re fine with. they wouldn’t trust items such as makeup, and random branded items that you’d put on your skin

[@allysondenton.5673]

obviously not you are literally still commenting 😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joiebele]

The amount of interrupting that happens in these episodes is getting annoying - let each other talk please

[@Dsbeat7000]

MATTT THE RING HOW CUTE IT FITS HIMM

[@RosarioMataH]

where in Mexico are you able to buy xanax and aderall in the pharmacy? I'm from Mexico City, a psychiatric paciente and you have to physically bring the physically written prescription from you psychiatrist, hope the pharmacy has your medication in stock, present the prescription plus your government ID, be stared at suspiciously by the attendant, wait for them to go back and check if the Dr's number is correct, then, you can buy it... if you are lucky it's in stock... we've had years of shortage, I've spent weeks trying to find my prescription

[@tammylee7377]

Excellent episode and I'll be sure to not get scammed 💯🤣🤣🩷

[@blossomxspicex]

Just finding this & my gawd am I over the moon about this whole thing! 😭🤌💯

[@rm-nb9pk]

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