Massive YouTube Scam Exposed

[@Sveerlax]

Early bird gets the slop

[@JoeSwanson-b5s]

Early bird already saw oompaville’s video

[@gabe_0x]

The Pyro disease is spreading

[@wiIdtumor]

He's kinda late 😂

[@colemix1852]

Slop me up

[@guywhoplaysbass]

Early hawk gets the tuah

[@PhillipClearman]

Honey gave Tom his haircut

[@robshole]

20% off on the left and 30% off on the right

[@CaptainKronk]

Use code HONEY10 to get 10% off toms OF content

[@retsz]

Honey only worked one time in like 4 years for me. It got me a $35 discount on a computer desk i bought. Since then, it hasn’t saved me one dime on so much a pizza.

[@EdwardoLover]

This. I don't get the hype, it never worked for me. All the deals offered by the pizza place were always better

[@t_ohercy]

It was designed to not really work. It gives you low to no discounts because that’s what companies pay for. It’s so you are less likely to look for actual discounts

[@RAYMONGOUS]

This is nearly an entire hour of Tom trying to figure out what Honey is

[@CaptainKronk]

50% figuring out what honey is 50% random brainrot tangents

[@honorabletrap6420]

Markeplier's like "where's the money Lebowsky?!" "where's the goddamn money?!"

[@Acidburn1155]

I've had honey installed since I was like 15 (23 now) and I honestly don't think I've ever saved even a single cent with honey

[@josh44026]

Yeah it's free it was unlikely

[@Acidburn1155]

@@josh44026 Yeah, just kind of funny how useless it is, I didn't know it was actively malicious though or I would have uninstalled years ago

[@Acholight]

I've had it installed for a few years now and no lie I saved probably ~$150 from it just applying the codes scanned. Maybe you don't shop online enough, or the codes aren't available in your country, but it works.

[@phuck8627]

i've saved a lot using honey so idk why people keep saying this

[@lukewarmcheesemaster2181]

I feel like 150 over the course of several years isn’t much saved

[@bloodhawk403]

The fact that markiplier knew Honey was shady years ago is amazing.

[@thisismyname603]

No

[@Modedell]

Was about to agree until I saw "thisismyname603"s input on the situation

[@starstruck8862]

​@@ModedellSame not gonna lie

[@Lowbobcat]

This applies in all of life: if it’s a bandwagon you’d be hard pressed not to benefit from staying far away.

[@buer_reub]

Crazy intuition

[@Cozycompanioncorner]

The funniest thing about this to me is that the youtuber I most associate Honey with is iiluminaughtii

[@eimearpokemaster5820]

For me it's shane dawson cause he named his dog after it for a sponsorship? lmao

[@chrism4008]

That's incredibly fitting for her 😂

[@FemTom_l]

Tom posting his regular slop

[@CaptainKronk]

Sloptastic

[@ezrosin2]

For once it's youtubers getting scammed. instead of them selling a load of junk and scamming their subs. How satisfying

[@OrangeAveng3r]

Did anybody ACTUALLY save money with Honey? All it ever did was fuck up my pizza orders.

[@wpkjm6806]

i used it for like three years consistently and it never once “discovered” a useable coupon

[@Wolf_K97]

Same 😂 it never worked for me when ordering pizza

[@wiIdtumor]

Who orders pizza on a pc

[@Wolf_K97]

@ it’s also an app too on a phone … and they have a website that you can access on a phone…

[@OrangeAveng3r]

@wiIdtumor I'm too lazy to log into papa johns on my phone

[@Scooby-Dooby-Dont]

Ah yes, all 4 of the KZbinrs that exist, moist critical, Mr beast, emma chamberlain and pewdiepie

[@kamezq]

Dont know what hyperbole is? ☝️🤓

[@Imfaaoo]

@@kamezqit’s clearly a bowl of hyper stuff

[@RobbyButterfield-o2j]

not just the fact it is stealing but its still installed in browsers all over and still taking money from anything that is bought online until it is removed

[@robshole]

Tom don't do it. I spent 8 yrs on the Lego train and it ruined me. Gf left, lost the house, my car (a bmw) got stolen same week too. It was so bad that it turned me gay.

[@frimports]

From Lego to Legay?

[@ostint912]

What would happen if you were gay first? Does Lego make you get a bmw, a house, and a new girlfriend?

[@CaptainKronk]

This real problem has now been made into drama slop

[@mr.e5331]

2:57 is where Tom fixes his audio feck up. So no panicking boys

[@Nuck-Fo0bZz]

Should be top comment

[@mr.e5331]

@Nuck-Fo0bZz lol thanks

[@simonprice6804]

My first reason was how it wasn't accepted into UK app stores for years after it came out. European legislation is mega tight so always saw that as a huge red flag. Never used it but ALWAYS had a "it's too good to be true" vibe to it. Otherwise company's would just show you their promotions/coupons on their checkouts.

[@TheGravySeal69]

Legit question: are creators supposed to do background checks on potential sponsors or what? This moral grandstanding over creators who took a sponsorship with a company that later turned out to be what is dumb as hell. What am I missing? Someone prove I'm stupid.

[@cherryr9285]

I'm sure a lot of them do their best tbh, they do usually have teams that look into this as best they can but they're often not super tech literate. however, one company who was tech literate did know and they did say something about it but it didn't recieve much traction. I agree with u and I think this is less of an issue of the influencers being at fault, because this was an investigation that took years to come to light

[@gp33music41]

I think a lot of responsibility does fall on a KZbinr to vet sponsors, but it's not like there's a school for content creators or anyone telling to do this.

[@froggy5748]

I think they should definitely check to make sure stuff isn’t an obvious scam, at the least. Do a bit more than just read the email and be like “okay!” because i understand they need money but you can’t just promote scams to your audience lol

[@zyclaw503]

I think you're right, and its going to be hard to prove you wrong. If an influencer is promoting a scam they're not in on, then they're a victim of the scam as well. There should be some level of vetting, but every now and then something that looks legit is going to slip through. That's not the creators fault, they were lied to. But once it slips through for one content creator, that adds a sense of validity for other content creators to also trust the product. It reminds me of the Established Titles (I think that's what it's called, too lazy to look it up) scam where people would buy a square foot of land in Scotland to become a "lord." Tons of creators took sponsorships from them because it looked like a gimmick novelty item and not a scam. But it was actually a scam and is pretty much hated by the entirety of Scotland and doesn't even make someone legally a Lord, by Scottish law. Honey was stealing from these content creators, so they're definitely victims of the scam just like anyone else. If your grandparents fall for a scam on the phone you're going to help them, hope they learn from it, and move on. But you're also going to treat them like a victim and not someone culpable or compliant in the scam itself.

[@synus1337]

yes

[@lukewithann7256]

Markiplier had such a good instinct. I immediately distrust any company that is seemingly promoted by EVERY content creator out there

[@bmoakakamina8314]

"Mark plied to much" -Poultry Thomas

[@Crizzly122]

Are you telling me Tom "Cheating Is Normal And Not Something To Be Ashamed Of" Dark uploaded RIGHT when my lunch break ENDS???

[@dustysears]

OMG IVE SEEN EVERY TOM VIDEO AND STREAM HE DID NOT SAY THIS. Your a LIER Tim is a very GOOD guy stop LYING about what HE SAID..!

[@splotchycrib997]

@@dustysearsvery good head…

[@Crizzly122]

​@@dustysearserm *liar

[@gp33music41]

Bro no one cares about your obsession with commenting on Tom dark videos about the smallest things.

[@Crizzly122]

​@gp33music41 you cared enough to reply........

[@BeaneCat]

I always just figured Honey was gonna harvest and sell my information.

[@wrathofthesquirrel]

Put the Honey in the bag bro

[@gungun5845]

This is what popeyes workers hear every day

[@spectre9340]

Im so glad this came out. I always distrust any service that promises to "give away free money" cos they have to take that money from _somewhere_ if they want to survive as a business Edit: lmao i just got to the part where Markiplier had the exact same thoughts

[@ItsJoLapo]

I legitimately can't understand how there weren't more people with the same take as Markiplier... It was the first thing I thought when I heard about Honey too, there's no way a company like that can exist and be profitable unless SOMEONE is getting ripped off. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to piece it together. Never expected it to be quite this bad but kinda obvious at surface level that they'd either be hemorrhaging money or grifting for gains, and when they didn't shutter their doors after a year or two, it was even more clear that it was the latter.

[@TransRoofKorean]

I would've thought it was a bad deal; I never would've thought it was anywhere near _this_ bad.

[@Itsindy_]

3 jackets for $600 COULDN’T BE ME! 😂 no thank you even if I mooched off someone else that’s crazy talk.

[@uhdiva]

you know what else.. is massive..?

[@uhdiva]

guys the low taper fade meme is STILL massive. on everybodys soul including mine we are ALL bringing the low taper fade meme into 2025

[@CruelestChris]

Ur mom

[@LimeFLYT]

My weiner

[@stephss]

Coupons are designed to encourage folks to buy that item, or to visit their store. What Honey was doing, was giving discounts that the store would prefer the customer use. There is no "loss" for the establishment...the item already has a mark up; and unless it's "liquidated" the item rarely gets sold at the Cost Of Goods price. Then there is also "shrinkage insurance" and such. This is why a lot of products end up in landfills, unopened and unused. The only one losing out is the customer, in this instance.

[@chrism4008]

And the affiliates

[@stephss]

@chrism4008 sure

[@chrism4008]

@@stephss did you watch the video? Are you regarded?

[@stephss]

@chrism4008 easy block...thanks!

[@CrimsonSlacks]

who wouldve known a company trying to "help" the people actually used them for their own benefit... crazy!

[@BobGeanis]

I didnt trust this company either. "We'll find you discounts" my ass.

[@Dr3Mc3Ninja]

Honey was scamming the KZbinrs... That is hilarious. Absolute genius.

[@cjpack]

it also was scamming consumers, by actually keeping the best coupons from you not give u the best ones

[@mattundead1118]

It boggles my mind that people cannot seem to understand that it is not only the KZbinrs being scammed here but every customer. Maybe rewatch the video again.

[@Wolf_K97]

Why is it so funny for youtubers to be scammed?

[@Wolf_K97]

@@mattundead1118 they said consumers were getting scammed too in like the 5 minutes of the video. Maybe his attention span is shorter than 5 minutes 😂

[@synus1337]

funny that markiplier distrusts honey when he looks like whitney the pooh

[@chrism4008]

Whitney the pooh 😂😂😂

[@kurtcocaine4712]

Honey is literally the company that sponsored mr beasts first giveaway video where he gave 10k to a homeless guy, they are responsible for modern youtube and started that domino effect

[@masterstealth11]

It’s all honey? Always has been

[@chrism4008]

That's a bit of a stretch

[@IamFree03]

No it was Quid Games.

[@aristobrat4987]

bro i called honey so long ago. "if it seems too good to be true IT IS " if you dont live you life by that rule you kinda deserve failure. kinda like , have low expectations so youre never disappointed in how fucking stupid everyone is

[@willmiddleton7932]

I never used honey because I didn’t know how Honey worked. I assumed what I thought was the worst which was that they basically force a ton of pop up ads onto your PC to get money from sponsors to make up for their nonsensical business model. It’s crazy that it’s just a blatant scam lmfao.

[@Bulldog1982]

Mr Beast connected to something off...what a surprise.

[@MF-R]

21:35 Mark might be special, but he is also a genius. I remember seeing this and him affirming my paranoid suspicions. It just never smelt right.

[@jacobgsutton]

honestly hats off to the evil tech guy who got his billions by thinking up this plot over a decade ago

[@Bruhfinder]

9:04 it’s oversimplified, he is history documentary KZbinr

[@carolin2544]

Good lord, the 35$ commission vs the 89 cents lmao. I wonder how many influencers shot themselves in the foot with this. And then told their friends that Honey is the only company that makes them money because their affiliate link commissions suddenly dried up so they better accept that sponsorship when it comes in.

[@XCHADHIGGINSX]

So i guess Tom learned nothing from DarkViper, eh? Come on Tom, you are better than this. You basically uploaded this dude's Honey video in full. Why the hell would i have any reason to watch the original after watching this video? And I'm not insulting your commentary because i enjoy it very much.

[@darkfoxvii1635]

If there's anything i have learned, if a company is willing to spend BILLIONS telling youtubers to shill their crap endlessly like nord, raid, ridge, honey, better help... its probably because the product is a scam that hurts viewers. KZbinrs don't care though because $$$reasons$$$ Like does a crappy game like raid really deserve all that crappy pushing? Just youtubers need to have higher standards. Which they never will.

[@thisismyname603]

Or or orrrr it's a sponsorship... yea scams get advertised but also things that aren't get advertised. That's how the internet works. Welcome little buddy

[@Abysll]

Is Nord a scam? I never used it so idk

[@Banex01gosha]

How is ridge a scam? It's just a wallet, no? Am I unaware of something?(googoogaga hehehe)

[@ItsJoLapo]

Man, respectfully... If you got approached by one of these companies and they offered you $25,000 to make a few 30 second cutaways about their product, you'd almost definitely do it too. Nobody knew it was a scam, can't blame KZbinrs. They got grifted just as much as the viewers they were peddling to. If something looks legit surface level (which all of these examples definitely did) what more can you legitimately do? If Coca-Cola knocked on your door tomorrow and gave you $100,000 to advertise a new drink you know very little about, given their prior reputation, are you really gonna say no? Could very well be a scam. Brainlet take lil bro. Also none of these companies have spent billions, drop a couple zeroes.

[@Lone_Logan]

​@Abysll it's worth $100 so the government can't control what I goon to

[@meduiosino5600]

The background music particularly slaps today.

[@sleepyproduction7166]

Better help is counseling at best, not one time did it feel like therapy where you work through your issues. Just them being silent and say you should just talk

[@tiffany.Elizabeth.]

Honey never works in Canada. I figured it only worked in the U.S.

[@ivantumanov1015]

It's not his room, it's a studio/office. Also his camera is pointed at the wall, your camera is pointed away from the wall, at your bed.

[@ryanrzjr]

My theory was always that they were store plants so that people didn't get coupon codes, but they thought that honey ran all the codes. Definitely went much deeper ;-;

[@sumyho]

Wait what do you mean?

[@dranek]

The KZbinrs don’t have to apologize. The users of honey weren’t really harmed that much. It’s the KZbinrs who had affiliate commissions stolen that really lost out.

[@Oramj]

honestly thank god theres finally a youtube sponsor thats scamming content creators more than it is scamming the fans lmao

[@pidx]

Thomas, do you wish to proceed with your well-established living conditions knowing the information of what else could be considered "Massive”?

[@tommarshall3826]

The first time I ever heard of honey I remember thinking “that sounds too good to be true” and never used it

[@justynababinska9534]

this probably has been happening for a while but i noticed within the last year that whenever i clicked honey it would have NO DISCOUNTS and i would click and just be like 'oh of course there's nothing, honey really went downhill' but now knowing that they're ACTIVELY PREVENTING DISCOUNTS on TOP of STEALING from creators, honey's fuckin' GONE

[@The_Devotee]

Why should KZbinrs who are the victims apologize? They got played just as everyone else did.

[@donniejefferson9554]

Tom, if it makes you feel better, I recently spent $350 on the Dungeons and Dragons lego set. I stopped myself from doing it for months but finally broke. Spent like 10-13 hours on it. First set I had bought in years. 100% worth it. Get that x men one and build it on stream in the facecam square while you react to a video. Make the slop even sloppier. Make some money off that lego purchase.

[@caioleonardo7313]

tom the type of guy who is just chill. chill guy meme

[@RHBR01]

I think I installed Honey for like... One day, and then uninstalled it because something didn't smell right. I am inherently skeptical of anything I see multiple KZbinrs advertising. I find that most of them tend to be either money-sinks (Scentbird- why would I need a monthly subscription service for perfume, do you think I'm bathing in it?) or outright scams (Established Titles, because of course it's *that* easy to become a Scottish "laird", I buy that), and often for the same reasons Markiplier states: It just doesn't smell right, something seems off, services like Honey have to be making money in order to advertise so HOW are they making it?

[@sovietsnake4726]

the creator affiliate link money boost once honey gets nuked is gonna be crazy

[@tiagolisboa1715]

41 seconds 0 views i'm gay

[@TransRoofKorean]

Whoa, that guy's video got removed for some reason. Hope someone goes to prison over this.

[@Krillfromsky]

21:06 it was mentioned like twice, there is never actually a discount that works.

[@Fahqth]

Christmas is over man, let it go

[@scionixx9568]

Did it not come out that honey was a scam a couple years ago? Did people just forget about that

[@peacetheory5544]

Now I can’t get the song by Ac/dc “What you do for money, Honey” out of my head

[@K.Esmerelda-zy7cf]

Going in the back is always a win.

[@RobbyButterfield-o2j]

what a sticky situation 😭

[@Awksi]

“Glug, Glug, Glug” *me gluging the glop*

[@rocketracer2362]

Who didn’t think Honey was a scam? Am I alone in knowing since they came out it had to be BS

[@vapid2689]

I just drove by a honey building in LA yesterday.. guessing it's gonna be empty soon lol

[@DinnyBueno]

I'm Markplier but about ANY brand that advertisers too much on youtube

[@robshole]

If my mom told me a business owned by Elon musk was scamming Mr beast I'd shake her hand and remind her that her husband is gay

[@1ove1ess]

For once, these "influencers" are the ones being shafted by their own greed and less so the consumer. Good riddance honestly. Have a hard time feeling bad for them after years and years of them peddling garbage to their audience.

[@rafa-oz2cc]

honey gave turkey tom the ligma

[@gavinhood3650]

Tom the type of guy to take a honey sponsorship

[@Werbingg]

MORE SLOP MORE SLOP MORE SLOP

[@SkunkApe407]

Call me out of touch, but this drama is really the first I'm actually hearing anything about Honey. 😅 I used to get bombarded with UpSide ads, but never this one. Kinda glad I missed it.

[@AmaruRenee]

You're doing a fantastic job! I have a quick question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?

[@stiflingmystrife]

Tom is the type of guy to watch Markiplier

[@Isaac-loI]

Tim how do you feel about your and destinies video getting leaked

[@Wolf_K97]

Honey never worked for me, every code was either expired or invalid

[@slipstreams1019]

Are we not gonna talk about that karma ad

[@cryotherapy7557]

Didn't know mark was a prophet

[@Sarpedon612]

Been waiting to see you cover this

[@atlenvy5278]

Tom got the juiciest of turkeys

[@MMMeh1010]

YAY!!!😍😍😍 DADDY TOM POSTED!!!😘😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@sentonbeeblo170]

Thank you for this dubiously fair use sloooooooop king!

[@RobbyButterfield-o2j]

can we discuss the similarities between the furur and Jimmy's hair style and the update to face hair

[@mek42434]

My guess is you agree to there terms by downloading which is why it's not illegal

[@dreya154]

If i remember correctly Acheeto has a good video on the BetterHelp controversy

[@soupbro2786]

I dont mind Creators getting a Bag. If their was a way for creators to get a bag and ask their communities to not click the link. Cause hell i aint using it, but if it means my fave creator getting a check sure, just nobody ahould click on it.

[@NoLuckNykolai]

Honey said let’s go scam lazy people while they are shopping online. P.S. Mark has the 6th sense

[@Chaosxinc]

Markaplier had the same thought I had when I kept hearing about Honey, how are they making their money? Don't trust it, no thanks. To be fair I don't trust most advertised browser extensions in general and don't want a million of them. However, it could have been one of those things where it's more about expanding market share at a loss, but that would mean at some point Honey would start charging for its service, which it never did. Your the product type of thing.

[@casualmime2792]

This is completely legal. It's not that deep

[@susanno1248]

I used it only for ordering pizza online and i personally saved a lot of money

[@grexez2336]

Markiplier had a vision of honey and 23&me both

[@bigcloud-e8b]

So are we gonna talk about pie now? theyve been blasting their ads and it seems honey is behind it too!

[@ReallyLongURL]

PIE IS A LIE. do not fall for the same thing. just getting the word out there.

[@pearlinastan]

lego autism coming out here but ebay is one of the worst places to buy sealed lego sets 😭 bricklink is a lot better bc the pricing is a lot more competitive plus since its made for collectors u can even order just the sticker sheet or a specific printed part if you already have the rest of the pieces lying around the site is really dated ngl but it works pretty well

[@weenis4122]

tool mentioned???

[@_Cramon]

I’ve only used honey like 2 times, but actually got good deals both times. Mainly my gaming chair which I got like $50 off of not more I’m pretty sure. Crazy.

[@_Cramon]

I have a feeling it was good in the beginning then was ass. I’ve used it and successfully got codes to work and saved a good amount of money. Had to have been a change at some point.

[@loafheresy5729]

dont tell him that youtube is also free...