Pathetic Scams

[@BetaNurse68]

Phrases and words like “essentially free”, “limited time”, and “consultant” are always like red flag words when dealing with any sort of online or at home work

[@speedroidterrortop5391]

Wish I knew that before I bought the limited time only pumpkin spice Poptarts. (It tastes almost identical to maple brown sugar, for anyone that cares.)

[@kacchan8272]

Limited time are the most annoying part of their scams.

[@yashburman7640]

Add “financially independent “ to the list

[@excitedcat9517]

Hate people like this, Worse is when KZbin ALLOWS IT!

[@maximeselinou6866]

Consultant is a real job but you need to be consultant in something for it to mean anything, its like saying I am a doctor or an engineer, it doesn't say in what field you work

[@johnseppethe2nd2]

The most frightening thing about scams is not how bad they can be, but how easily people can fall for them. Atomic Shrimp has some great videos on this subject imo

[@stofficial9315]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmK1eYaNj9-Ljrs

[@محمد678]

Scams are bad but when it’s so obviously fake and people fall for it I can’t help but think they kinda deserve it

[@aceeduventures]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZemeHeDmsqVg7M.... .. ..

[@TheDevPodcast]

IM BETTER THAN CRITICAL

[@skyboy4341]

@Louielolbruh ratio

[@astonsin5570]

Scammers: you don't need any money to start your journey to success Also scammers: you need to pay me $2000 to start your journey to success

[@ashleyjohansson230]

The 2000 dollar course: *Copy pasted from wiki how*

[@mclarenf1gtrlmedition715]

$2700

[@alyssamay9237]

Right, *WE* don't need the money, *THEY* do

[@nickcunningham6344]

But remember that this is still a good deal, because the everyday-price is $6000

[@dmichael7144]

There’s even a video on Kevin David’s channel where he basically throws salt in the wounds of people who fell for his scams; reading comments on social media such as “I m******ate to the thought of your death!”

[@poofinator4952]

Once again, Charlie underestimates just how gullible the average person is.

[@stofficial9315]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmK1eYaNj9-Ljrs=1

[@aceeduventures]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZemeHeDmsqVg7M...

[@stofficial9315]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmK1eYaNj9-Ljrs=1

[@garfield5667]

you'd have to be pretty gullible to click on the replies to this comment as well

[@evadnyx]

@@garfield5667 i was hopeful...but was disappointed yet again

[@chopin5269]

The main thing I hate about these types of scams is that it targets financially unstable people who are desperate to just break even so they go even deeper into debt and dig an even deeper hole

[@justsomeplantcells-]

That’s KZbin for ya lad.

[@antibull4869]

Thats… every scam. It preys on the idiots or other vulnerables of society. But these primarily prey on idiots

[@Zuion_Art]

@@DadsCigaretteRun thanks, but I got "report" for u not "👍"

[@DadsCigaretteRun]

@@Zuion_Art that’s assuming KZbin takes reporting seriously

[@Zuion_Art]

@@DadsCigaretteRun it just a smol report about how great ur channel but still, no like Edit: no content at all, just random video from playlists

[@Patterrz]

You think everyone just knows that these are scams, but the facts there are so many shows how successful they are at ripping people off, really sad

[@PeridotAmethyst]

Tbh, it shouldn’t be hard to scam the same type of people who think that The Lion King is a rip off of Kimba the Lion without doing any research whatsoever

[@shohj6600]

Mad world

[@snoot6629]

People know what scams look like , they target desperate people , similar to cults Given the right circumstances no one is immune to scams

[@patrickbaklava7297]

They are only successful at ripping off complete morons.

[@anmax]

I actually live of something that I learned in a course like that

[@terbides]

“Free training”, aka vaguely talking about nothing for an hour and then pitching a $300 course that’s “actually” worth $3000 dollars

[@stofficial9315]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmK1eYaNj9-Ljrs

[@TheDevPodcast]

IM BETTER THAN CRITICAL

[@axolotl_fan8732]

Oddly specific

[@GusMortis]

Wtf is going on in these comments?

[@jay-gt8re]

@@GusMortis good question

[@Jono.]

I tuned into one of these "FREE" seminars once. It was a phone conference type deal where everyone would call in and listen to the spiel the presenter was putting on. Not even 15mins into it and there's people with unmuted mics yelling at their spouses/girlfriends, dogs barking, scratching noises on mics, banging, vacuuming, people watching porn and an uproar of others trying to get others to mute. They shut the call down maybe 2 minutes later citing "technical difficulties". Funniest shit

[@rogersmith2036]

True I was that one guy watching Gina valentina

[@willvrtist]

Bruh I wish the ones I'd fallen for were like that, shit sounds hilarious 🤣

[@blagoevski336]

Lmao

[@murderedx8018]

@@rogersmith2036 king

[@Ishl]

@@willvrtist So you’ve fallen victim to many scans I see

[@pagansbasin6657]

I can’t believe Jesus still needs to warn people about these false prophets

[@stofficial9315]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmK1eYaNj9-Ljrs

[@fireelighting8610]

@Louielolbruh dude stop

[@Nezka26]

@Louielolbruh you got the whole comment section laughing 😐😐😐

[@pagansbasin6657]

@@Nezka26 what a funny guy, he should repeat the joke again 😐😐😐😐

[@TheDevPodcast]

IM BETTER THAN CRITICAL

[@whatisupbruh2738]

I think what Charlie fails to realize is that these people who get scammed are legitimately desperate for a change/cash or most likely uneducated in internet culture to the point where they can’t discern scams from actual products

[@DadsCigaretteRun]

Desperation is a poor excuse for blinding yourself to false advertisement. Speaking from someone who feel for shit like this out of desperation

[@civilizedhuman7875]

@@DadsCigaretteRun most of them , just want to pay their rent, see how many house that are on sale , rents are getting higher , people are getting desperate,just because someone is blind , doesn’t mean you can steal from them .(america)

[@Pataganja]

Charlie is an arrogant ass nowadays.. not surprised

[@nottoofast]

@@Pataganja How so?

[@Pataganja]

@@nottoofast He talks and acts like he knows everything especially when he has no idea what he’s talking about and can never be wrong. He really let all the comments calling him Jesus get to his head cause he acts arrogant af lately.

[@harrywhitmore8227]

"I never trust anyone who's more excited about success than about doing the thing they want to be successful at." -Randall Munroe, xkcd

[@redripster]

Gangsta quote

[@maverickpope9452]

Huh I like that take very much so

[@taiwan-is-a-country-cena8749]

W o w

[@austins.2495]

Yea ok, but how many of us are actually living by this? It sounds good though

[@crypticutopia7228]

Jacksepticeye's Dad was a really great man, and I'm sorry for his loss❤

[@JL-tn1kv]

In sales, we create a script based around a few key points. Those of which being 1. Scarcity 2. Reciprocity 3. Making you think that you actually need the product Scarcity is the more overt one, but reciprocity tends to be a lot more covert. Keep an ear out for fake gurus saying things like “but just for today I’LL be dropping the price from 399 to 199 for YOU.” I do something for you so you must do something for me. I drop the price so you must do me the favor of purchasing it. The third rule can be seen with the “Have you ever____” line of rhetorical questions “Have you ever felt like your balls hurt?” “DO YOU WISH YOUR BALLS WERE THE SIZE OF BASKETBALLS?” “Do you ever feel like girls laugh at you for not having Goliath gonads?” Shit like that. Then comes statements that may or may not be true like “studies show that 99.9 percent of (real) girls like guys with Goliath gonads.” When it comes to products like that, people with insecurities surrounding that are the easiest people to sell to. To conclude, sales is psychology. Every salesman has a script, keep an ear out for repeating key words. And all we want is your credit card. Some salesman are less ethical than others. These fake gurus don’t care about ethics. Only that green in their bank accounts.

[@cariyaputta]

Thanks for sharing the trade dude.

[@dubiousseed3272]

I noticed overtime that the feeling of lack is why people shop. Advertisements help plant that lack into people's head.

[@infernusblack9924]

Dear god the world scares me. People trying to harness your mind everyday

[@Pundae]

And when you can't sell a need, you sell a lifestyle. Of course you may not _need_ a laptop for your everyday life or you may already have one, but you do need THIS laptop if you want to be cool and have friends. Only cool people buy my laptops

[@knox1392]

alright, thanks fellow scamsman

[@liamb5378]

I don't think Charlie realizes how desperate the people who fall for these scams likely are. They most likely work a dead end job and just want a change in their life.

[@totalwartimelapses6359]

Yeah and that's depressing to think about

[@gb7586]

True

[@eppssilon]

and usually people from others countries and/or low classes, they see all these people around them succeed and start thinking "how?" and these programs seem like the answer they're looking for, not knowing that people who "succeed" financially are just people who luckied out on parents or life in general, or people who actually worked their asses off trying to learn business/management, and all the struggles they had to go through first

[@totalwartimelapses6359]

@@eppssilon That's very true in my experience, I'm from the middle east myself and these scams work best with people here, they have very few clues about how the world works outside their hamlet (them speaking broken English doesn't help) and aren't exposed to western internet culture where stuff like this is always memed They end up victims

[@CathDamienn1776]

It almost happened to me as just another unemployed 18 year old that was feeling like a leech on my family so I thought one of these shits was a way out... I couldn't be more wrong

[@potato_dbd]

Dhar Mann changed more lives than these courses.

[@hpcuthulu6249]

underrated

[@user-rk9kx2zu4z]

@Blame Shxrk ftc flight team stand up

[@voqz6667]

Fr

[@keengj]

Untrue. These courses changed many lives for the worse.

[@raisins7976]

You see......

[@ChooknRS]

As someone with a Mother who is so deeply convinced that online courses are legit makes me so sad. I ALWAYS try to tell her that they're scams, she never listens, it sucks too because she isn't exactly the wealthiest person, yet shell dump hella money on these dumbass online courses. She is instantly won over by the charm of the presenter. It makes me angry.

[@kertaspaper94]

Does she ever asked you to fork out your money to support her with that stuff ? If she does that, and she is as stubborn as you said she is then I'm afraid you have no choice but to cut contact.

[@MrEditor6000]

Fools and their money are easily parted.

[@Chris-ci8vs]

It depends on the course, I mean you can do legit online degrees from proper uni's, and even short courses on everything from IP to coding. However, the guru-esque style courses are all BS.

[@daltonevans3412]

My step dad fell for one. Not only did he spend his last 3000 dollars on the course, he actually took my mothers credit card without telling her and spent another 4 thousand thinking by the time she found out he would have earned back double and he'd be able to give her back the money. Spoiler alert, he didn't.

[@aliyahflores6131]

@@daltonevans3412 same my dad fell for it. my brother paid him back all the money he lost

[@carlomaster1o596]

I like how that guy said "This video changed THOUSANDS OF LIVES" but he didn't mention whether it's for the better or for the worse

[@aceeduventures]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZemeHeDmsqVg7M... ...... ... ..

[@youtyiyyutuu3424]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmK1eYaNj9-Ljrs=2

[@sos6970]

Me making you reading me comment changed your life. I just wasted your time. :)

[@BlehhhXP]

This comment is cursed by bots

[@mistakenotou7681]

Technically a few milli joules that you use to press skip will change you.

[@bluewind7988]

Have you noticed how all these fake gurus speak in the exact same way? "And I (brief pause) will show you (brief pause) how YOU (brief pause while pointing at the camera) can become a millionaire in these 5 (brief pause while holding 5 fingers up) easy steps."

[@astonsin5570]

And all of them, i mean ALL of them have a sob story of their own. I used to (have bad grades/ high school drop out), live in ( the streets/ trailer/ run down apartment). I have (one figure in their bank account/ eating cup noodles everyday to survive). Then I met (father figure/ mentor) that taught him this small tip/ trick.

[@JohnBrown-ig5nc]

@@astonsin5570 that's a how about of dating "experts" sell their products also

[@jamalmusa9736]

@Brett A better bet and odds of becoming rich than these fake gurus 😏💪

[@OrionTheHoonter]

now's your chance to be a [BIG SHOT!]

[@citizensnips2348]

They've all been on the 'Scam your way to Success' course.

[@orionizaqt]

Reminds of multi level marketing pyramid schemes. I've had a couple friends get tricked into those, and were convinced that they'd make it big doing them, but they both just ended up losing money. I tried to ask them about it when they were getting into it, and ask exactly what they were doing and why they were convinced they were gonna be rich from it, but neither of them could really explain and both gave me the same "you just have to go a meeting and see for yourself". Kinda crazy people get into that sort of thing, but I guess someone was good at convincing them

[@TheyCallMeMrSchnappo]

I was going to comment the same thing. It's preying on desperate and gullible people in a financial pinch. It's pretty gross. What's worse is there are boatloads of resources people can find to show that these type of "get rich quick" seminars/MLMs are economically impossible. Plus if it actually worked, wouldn't everybody be doing it?

[@orionizaqt]

@@TheyCallMeMrSchnappo Exactly. They do actually get around the "why wouldn't everyone be doing it" thing by telling the people they recruit that it's not for everyone. They try to make you feel special, as if only some people can manage it, but that's just one the psychological tools they employ to recruit people. It's pretty gross

[@darrellfriesen5328]

World Financial Group some how has managed to stay in business scamming people for decades. They’re a MLM/ pyramid scheme company that sell shitty life insurance.

[@JeweledLove]

Charlie: "Everyone knows online courses are a scam" Scammers: *ceases to exist*

[@aceeduventures]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZemeHeDmsqVg7M.. .. ..

[@evo683]

I thought you had a Vriska PfP for a sec

[@f-ckmyr0fil788]

And whenever she had picked one🥧🍰🎂🍪🍩🍨🍤

[@spicycherrymilk9058]

SCAMMER RATES HAVE DROPPED TO 0%

[@sorrychangedmyusername3594]

Online courses are useful. But fuck me Just torrent it.

[@hikerclarence7092]

The thing is, you’re right when you question “who would fall for this”. A large portion of the population would think this is stupid. But the internet is just like robocalls: they have huge volume and they only need the small part of the population that will believe anything they hear.

[@151reese]

please don't make your geodude use explosion

[@studybuddy.]

I know people are saying mostly uneducated people fall for this, as in uneducated is the same as being stupid. I find this to be ugly. You don’t realize how lucky you are to BE educated. You can be smart and uneducated. You can be stupid and educated. Getting an education is a opportunity not everyone gets and not a reflection on one’s intelligence or nature. That being said, being stupid isn’t a sin. Being uneducated isn’t a sin. Because you mess up doesn’t mean it’s alright for people to laugh at you and say you deserve the pain and humiliation and suffering. It’s sad that some people think are on the evil scammers side more than the innocent victims. They think good for the scammer for being so smart to scam you and the person who was scammed was an idiot so they deserve to lose what little they have. It makes me cry. Sorry for rant. Just wanted to share my thoughts.

[@hikerclarence7092]

@@studybuddy. i said nothing about education nor intelligence. I was talking about gullibility.

[@potatoes5829]

@@studybuddy. I agree, but this thread is not the place

[@SuperWiiBros08]

Cr1tikal doesn't get it, he lacks K N O W L E D G E

[@Skelterbane69]

knAAAwledge

[@Stikwithlove]

Maybe he should follow a free course to get more knowledge.

[@terra_the_nightingale135]

Oh my god the Lamborghini guy

[@JohnBrown-ig5nc]

It's because Critical isn't in his garage

[@sebastianriz4703]

"Juat here with my lamburgeenee here"

[@carlcarlington7317]

God, man. Atleast old cults offered you magical powers and shit. Imagine joining a cult with the promise of "becoming a consultant"

[@djoakeydoakey1076]

I'm just in it for the Koolade, hmm looks good.

[@spicycherrymilk9058]

It’s like tracking through the forest getting around these bots jfc

[@buzthebee6811]

Ikr, report all of them.

[@carlcarlington7317]

@@spicycherrymilk9058 honestly waiting for someone to leave a comment about my cars extended warranty.

[@galaxyanimal]

@@carlcarlington7317 Hello, my name is John. Your file recently came across my desk & I'm giving you 1 last courtesy call before your car's extended warranty expires.

[@RoqueTheWar]

In response to "how do people fall for this" is mostly people that are already so desperate, that even if there is a chance of actually working, they will take it. Desperation can make an educated person to fall for stuff like this. This is an issue because usually this is brush out as "if you fall for this, you deserve to be scammed", but the people falling for this are already people that hit or are about to hit rock bottom.

[@bee4123]

exactly!! i became unemployed and on the verge of debt after becoming disabled. i was so desperate for money and terrified of what my future would hold, i almost fell for one of these. ive always been considered a bookworm, a smart gal, but it was exactly what you said. the desperation of almost hitting rock bottom and the fear of my financial security was making me so incredibly desperate. i remember thinking, "even if it's a scam, im already about to go under financially so why not?". i thankfully found some videos debunking stuff like this. reminding me of my own critical thinking skills and truly seeing that every type of "offer" like this is most definitely a scam. anyways, im in a much better place now with the help of family. i just wanted to say u were spot on!

[@prabalbhardwaj1829]

agreed

[@arcadeousviveltov1193]

That and people who are greedy. Desperate or Greedy, for the former I feel sympathy

[@Gabagoolf]

That makes it so much more scummy imo

[@kidscast5842]

bee sounds rough, glad to hear you pulled through, that’s the thing, someone who is in a happy life is worth nothing to these people, that’s what I keep saying

[@misha.s.]

my parents used to fall for these all the time, and even at like 14 i knew something was off, but they wouldn't listen to me because of how young i was. now, at 19, I'm paying for rent for my mom in low income housing after being homeless for a year. these really mess up peoples lives and take their money with zero regard

[@WesTheHunter]

If you've got $2500 a month to spend. I think you're doing fine and don't need this guy's training.

[@youtyiyyutuu3424]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmK1eYaNj9-Ljrs=2

[@Vitorruy1]

In Brazil that will put you at the top 1% of earners.

[@trolltracker]

Not how having money works but okay

[@AlexDeLarge1]

@@trolltracker How is that not how money works lol

[@emmiyu]

@@AlexDeLarge1 replying bc i rlly wanna know his answer to that

[@red_seamus8119]

"how can people fall for this?" Charlie we know you fell for free armor trimming scams you're not sin free

[@youtyiyyutuu3424]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmK1eYaNj9-Ljrs=2

[@sensationalmedia9505]

to be fair we all did

[@Cc-bh3ye]

@@sensationalmedia9505 i didnt :)

[@JacStone98]

That was young, vulnerable, nubile, innocent Charlie.

[@AMNESIAA_]

How did this one comment get filled with bots

[@angelomc6632]

I like how most of us know these are obvious scams but that’s the whole point: we are not the targets for these scammers. These scammers are targeting people who are desperate, not familiar with the internet, or are impulsive and reckless.

[@Mario-us7ds]

Charlie's Runesacpe experience seems to have made him completely immune to scams

[@justsomeplantcells-]

Playing RuneScape grants you a skill of anti scam

[@maltardraco9555]

Tell me about it. That's the last time I'll pay 10k for a mithril hatchet.

[@MrYago-xd7um]

..Thus making Runescape a legit better education course than several accredited institutes. o_0 As an oldish person who's always hated that game and thought it was a long con scam, that's a wee-bit mind blowing.

[@KingdomOfApple]

@@MrYago-xd7um I think any sort of online game, like RS, WoW, Diablo, etc. where you can potentially lose a bit of gear, all the way up to your whole account, can make you way more sceptical of anything you find on the internet. If we could just somehow harness the ability to teach that, maybe less people would get scammed...

[@DadsCigaretteRun]

All kids first scan is on RuneScape 😭a traffic lesson from a 12 year old

[@vesh]

I remember seeing a MrBeast scam that was being promoted on his own videos, aswell as yours, it was really bad... can't believe youtube allowed it tbh

[@bigbirdnofly1590]

Bruh

[@Jelqerbator]

evil

[@sage798]

I still see the Mr beasts ones.

[@fireelighting8610]

@Louielolbruh stop

[@stofficial9315]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmK1eYaNj9-Ljrs

[@kickboxing3728]

6:21 It’s a double negative: ‘you’ll never have to… don’t need to be an expert’ which is the same as saying you must be an expert

[@GlassesnMouthplates]

"This course has literally changed thousands of lives." Oh yes, the same amount of those thousands of people who are now living in mansions and driving their lambos a month after they joined MLM.

[@Whoxoxo659]

change thousands of lives into hell and worse am I right

[@docbenway1082]

It's amazing how KZbin will take down normal channels for no reason, but doesn't seem interested in doing anything about these disgusting Jackspedicey* troll bots that you see replying to almost every comment here. Some of their channels have been up for months and all their videos are titled "Jack....'s Dad is [whatever horrible thing]" so it's not like they keep getting banned and making new accounts either

[@nilleftw]

Same on Facebook/IG. You can get spammed by bots daily who send you phishing links. You report but that's apparently not against TOS. Then the other day my mom tried to sell a god damn statue of a bare chested woman (think Greek statue) and her post got taken down IMMEDIATELY for nudity.

[@Master_vp101]

I agree, it is so goddamn annoying

[@wolfiemuse]

I go to their actual channels and report the user from that interface. Seems like a few of them have dropped off from enough people reporting it. You can even select all their videos as inappropriate too. Cause they all are

[@proger1960]

*SykNet would be jealous lol*

[@eggshells2320]

I'm amazed that they haven't commented on this yet

[@tommykarrick9130]

“How do people fall for this shit?” Desperation is a hell of a drug

[@devv197]

The thing is, when you’re really desperate you’re less likely to think rationally. People who live in the lower class are likely to fall for these because no one wants to be stuck at a 9-5, so if some guy says he can get you out of it and make you rich, you might go for it.

[@yeet3385]

This.

[@chundychang]

Kinda on the fence on this, I feel like this would have been more the case in earlier years where the details/mechanisms of these kinds of schemes weren't as well known. But there's now a whole subgenre on KZbin/Twitch of exposing scams led by big names like KitBoga. Obviously don't blame someone for being a victim of a scam, but just like with other crimes like robbery, you have a responsibility at least to yourself to protect and prevent yourself from falling into these situations.

[@devv197]

@@chundychang I’ll help push you over lol. Look at Forex. Obviously a scam/ pyramid scheme but a bunch of my employees at Dominos would get into it and try to get other workers to join because they were so desperate for some real money. No one wants to work at a Dominos for years to sustain themselves. Forex seemed like a way out.

[@chundychang]

@@devv197 Fair point and my original comment was making the unsaid assumption that the government is never going to step in and it's a survival of the fittest in a shitty world, which is unfortunately our present reality. I don't even know if any regulations would make the situation better- at best, they do nothing and at worst, they aggravate the situation.

[@chundychang]

Actually thinking on it more, I can totally see how people would take a chance on a scam, knowing full well it's a scam but they're that desperate. One of my fiance's first jobs was with an MLM but despite that, he did actually make money his first few days there because he's an effective salesman. He quit soon after when it was clear that there was no sustainable path to keep making money. Another example is an episode of Schitt's Creek where Moira and David attempt to do an MLM cynically.

[@evilkingstanley]

I think Ty Lopez had a really clever way to make people buy. He said he had limited spots in his class, and he wasn't making you buy your spot but instead proving your commitment by giving him $200

[@bdogers2862]

What about Charlie's DIVINE PACKS scam

[@MrYago-xd7um]

Ty Lopez was the guru for these fake gurus and it shows.

[@Luke-kc9li]

I used to work in sales and that shit is a psychological trick to make it seem like what he’s selling is limited and therefore high in value. Also trying to make the customer feel a sense of urgency. You know damn well he would gladly sell more than 30 people spots if they were giving him money

[@TSteffi]

I have a theory: his whole business plan is getting people to pay him like 2k for the get rich quick course, and when there are 10 people in the course he goes like: "see? I made 20k from you guys by selling you nothing but promises, and you can do it to!" That's it, that is the whole business idea.

[@BirdmanDeuce26]

A variant of the Ponzi scheme

[@BradPwnsU]

Wrong lol

[@TSteffi]

@@BradPwnsU wow, such insight. Your coherent, logical arguments are irrefutable. This comment single handedly double the amount of knowledge on this whole platform.

[@BradPwnsU]

@@TSteffi yeah I expected you to reply with "why's that?" Like a normal person so I could explain later lol. Didn't feel like typing it then. Instead you decided to give that autistic response lmao

[@robbylebotha]

That is literally what they end up telling the people who go the whole way with their course.

[@eriksimonyan8575]

So fucking sad that people like this exist, who scam/step on others to build themselves up , makes it so much harder for the legit businesses who truly do change families lives for the better.

[@williamTbutler]

I was once dumb bored and gullible a few years ago. I went to one of these sites, and now my laptop has malware. Any way to fix this?

[@bn77t]

@@williamTbutler download an antivirus and if that don't help then factory reset the pc

[@michealpants]

@@williamTbutler so you've had malware for a few years and you're only now deciding to deal with it???

[@leenbeenmeanbean2708]

@@williamTbutler Like the guy above said, why'd it take you so long to make a decision?

[@leonaimene7283]

Scammers be like: "if you breathe you can be a millionaire, no education or intelligence or talents needed"

[@dor748]

All you need to do is get lucky and be born into a rich family

[@odeswarms]

@@dor748 that's step one, step two is spending it all on courses😎

[@leonaimene7283]

@@dor748 exactly 😂

[@dogcatbirdfish]

as a business student these were the most mind boggling 12 minutes of my life

[@bimbamberto3058]

"Pretty much everyone knows online courses are a scam" Students worldwide: yeah we know

[@eduardochavacano]

LOL, this is a very funny point.

[@quincyhinrichs5861]

“Consulting accelerator” sounds like a video game upgrade

[@stofficial9315]

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[@youtyiyyutuu3424]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmK1eYaNj9-Ljrs=2

[@DreadfulRedemption]

Like a gta business “staff” upgrade

[@ferretyluv]

When people get desperate, their brains turn off. This is also how people also get into cults. These scammers target these kinds of people. They just went through something traumatic, they’re at rock bottom, they’re going through a divorce, they’re grieving the loss of a breadwinner, they’re in foreclosure. These people are being sold a golden ticket.

[@elitegibus5862]

"Wait i thought everyone knows that online classes are a scam" -Jesus 3 : 16

[@stofficial9315]

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[@stofficial9315]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmK1eYaNj9-Ljrs=1

[@defaultlogos2976]

Bro, your thread got all the scammers here. Also, Jesus expects too much out of humanity. Basic common sense isn't all that common

[@elitegibus5862]

@@defaultlogos2976 everytime that a comment has 2 or more likes they all just rush the comment section and just obliterate the section with some links and jackseptieye's dad is burning in hell and shit

[@dorkknight7225]

Ah yes, another big chungus jesus joke very funni XDDDDDD1! 1!!1!1!1!1!1!1!1

[@darkySp]

The other part are those investment guys that talk about investment in assets and interest like it's some last year breakthrough in finances. I remember one short where they had a guy in a podcast basically go: "So, say you give me 100,000 dollars. In about 3 months, i can invest those 100,000 dollars in X place and you'll have triple the money you started with". When the guy hosting the podcast asked him how you actually go to 100,000 dollars in the first place, Mr. Investment Genius goes: "That's where the magic is!" Like yeah, no shit. When you're rich, you can invest a lot, you can gain a lot. Lot of help that does: "If you want to be rich, first you need 100,000 dollars to spare"

[@bankkunarak]

aww come on, everyone have 100k dollars sitting in their closet i'm sure about that.

[@trolltracker]

This isn't English, dumb troll

[@antibull4869]

Meh. Everyone can get to having $100,000. There is virtually no excuse for being unable to (while also having the wherewithal to “triple it”) get that much money over the course of ~10 years.

[@zac-1]

just get your rich daddy to give you a small million dollar loan its that simple

[@sa1t938]

@@antibull4869 maybe if you arent living pillar to post lol

[@peytonprice4915]

“ I can make you a millionaire” *lives in an apartment that looks like he’s about to be evicted*

[@sayedistrending]

Patiently waiting for the Coffeezilla and Moist Critical Collaboration on Fake Gurus 😆💻

[@commander_frog]

“Online corses are a scam” Well a lot of colleges are forced to do online courses now, so your absolute correct

[@stofficial9315]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmK1eYaNj9-Ljrs

[@TheDevPodcast]

IM BETTER THAN CRITICAL

[@BSegars1]

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[@bblv4718]

@@BSegars1 I mean, yeah ok

[@nemikuz]

@@BSegars1 stfu

[@wishbone-p4550]

"online courses are a scam anyways" coming from a college student during the pandemic, yeah

[@almica1228]

I think the primary audience for these scams are older people. My boomer dad fully believes everything he finds online like this, thank god he doesn’t know how to buy the courses at least

[@fiery_scream]

omg this is my boomer mom and completing surveys for coupons/gift cards. she ends up getting a ton of phishing links and scam calls (by giving out her email and phone number). yet she continues to do them lmaoo.

[@odeswarms]

dude my dad who is a boomer as well, just started learning how to use youtube and I had to be very clear with him abt these lol

[@bobharmon8834]

It's cute you kids think your clever.

[@meend6456]

Bob Harmon it's cute how an old man like you still doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're"

[@madelinebitts2766]

@@meend6456 He doesn't know how to use a keyboard, he's old af.

[@RyanWillis227]

If its free, then why would they be paying for advertising? There's plenty of free financial, forex, stocks and shares, index funds, property investing and business advice on KZbin and the Internet.

[@ParzivalKings]

reading that list was like that scene of frank and charlie in always sunny in philly charlie: yeah.. but what do we create? frank: what do you mean? we create wealth

[@alexthejew420]

8:16 he really almost let it slip, "i kinda taught myself to get cl-" (clout)

[@jaydenlevi9096]

Wow I didn’t even notice that

[@DanzelGlovington]

Cloutstumers

[@r.a.2145]

Question: "How are you supposed to fire your boss?"

[@sam3524]

You use gasoline

[@elias_xp95]

You (or a female colleague) accuse him of workplace sexual harassment and tell HR to believe all women.

[@sam3524]

@@elias_xp95 shutup

[@elias_xp95]

@@sam3524 Why because I’m a woman? Sexist much…

[@sam3524]

@@elias_xp95 eat a penut butter jelly sandwich

[@buppygg4084]

hes like that dude from rick and morty that tries to develop an app constantly, then says “im just an intern”

[@dgyt27]

"you could be earning profit in a matter of a few hours, if not a few days" my guy, i think you got hours and days mixed up

[@DadsCigaretteRun]

Glad I’m not the only one that caught that 😂

[@simp3204]

I did a double take on that and was like this man got his sale speech backwards

[@JV-df9em]

I once ran a marathon in a matter of hours, if not a few days

[@josephbrennan370]

Lol

[@nateblazek3671]

You hit the nail on the head. I actually create online courses for a living. They need to be centered around a specific skill or behavior that you want the trainee to learn - What these gurus are doing here is essentially the modern version of selling people pet rocks.

[@CodenameHaswelly]

ur no different lmao

[@nateblazek3671]

@@CodenameHaswelly I get paid to create technical skill courses with tangible outcomes for internal employees, there is no charging money to end users. These assclowns aren't even in the same ballpark as me.

[@pratikchakraborty6354]

@@CodenameHaswelly what a kid

[@trout7982]

Tbf pet rocks were a pretty funny joke product. No one really thought otherwise.

[@baron2062]

A better analogy would have been snake oils salesmen and people who sell energy rocks which block bad juju

[@dantee323]

I almost fell for one of these before. I was desperate for money and motivated to learn. Luckily I was too broke to pay for it lmao

[@VoidyBoi]

"Everyone knows that it's a scam" You underestimate how stupid people can be, Charlie

[@Zuion_Art]

Hehe my brain malfunction *RESET* Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@gamergrill4933]

@@Zuion_Art eeeeee error shutting down ☠

[@thewild2334]

Or vulnerable

[@eduardochavacano]

they are not stupid as much as they are sexually repressed. The con artist is just selling sex to these repressed clients.

[@rjproduction486]

Well some people believe the Earth is flat, so believing in those online course is possible.

[@AaronNew78]

“pathetic scams” *youtube premium and discord nitro would like a word with you*

[@stofficial9315]

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[@youtyiyyutuu3424]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmK1eYaNj9-Ljrs=2

[@Huehhee7777]

How it feels to get hunted by bots?

[@lior_theboom]

@@Huehhee7777 for the last hour im reporting them

[@valti223]

adblock + youtube vanced 😎

[@R.Daneel]

These SECRET WEALTH! things been going on since ads in comics day. For your $4.99 in the 70's you'd get a postcard saying "Advertise in a comic and send out cards like this."

[@mythos951]

When u are dealing with the internet, u are dealing with a lot of people. U don’t need to bank on 99% of the people falling for it, but u can bank on that 1% caught in a desperate or gullible moment, which is more than what u need.

[@jaimygebbeken8534]

So you're telling me the sexy singles in my area are fake?

[@dravenbarth4828]

I forget how crazy Charlies subs have gotten. Everytime I think of him, in my head, he has like 200k subs. Crazy how far he has come, really awesome!

[@RougeCurry]

Out of curiosity, I went to one those guy’s TikTok lives and it was just him pretending to write something on an iPad and making fun of homeless people.

[@swilson5320]

That's both hilarious, horrible and somehow unsurprising.

[@Joeyisagonnawin]

The one universal thing that man desires is peace of mind. He would do anything to achieve such a thing.

[@justgarfield9721]

chicken sandwich

[@paracosmx7684]

@@justgarfield9721 chimken sammich

[@spider-slav760]

My mom once got called by some scammer that tried getting like £900 off of her. The thing was tho, she was in the middle of a different situation with her job getting sorted, something with taxes and all, so she genuinely got so scared that she was about to go through with it. I've spent like 2 hours trying to get her to hang up and convince her that it was a scam call, which in the end surprise, surprise, it was. Pretty sure that if I wasn't there that day she would've sent them that money.

[@Graphics_Card]

I see Charlie teaching us a new lesson about scams, and honestly, I’ve never seen anything like it!

[@stofficial9315]

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[@TheDevPodcast]

IM BETTER THAN CRITICAL

[@CharlesMontgomeryBurns.]

@@TheDevPodcast I don’t see how that’s possible

[@TheDevPodcast]

@@CharlesMontgomeryBurns. it is, proof on my channell

[@HowToChangeName]

@@TheDevPodcast i dont trust people with annoying orange pfp, pass

[@hamsterfish2132]

In courses for actual skills, like Photoshop or editing, they give a trial period in case it isn't for you. In this the gurus say, "BUY MY COURSE NOW OR YOU'RE NOT READY TO MAKE MILLIONS!"

[@Poppyfacetomate]

“You can make a stable living if you’re willing to just put in the work” oh, you mean like a job?

[@Tophatt]

The people who fall for these are the most desperate of people, to the point they will convince them self's it will work and will just ignore the obvious signs of it being fake.

[@marsship921]

@@aloco2260 soon you Will be too

[@spacebaselykyber]

We are starting to realize that not everyone knows it’s a scam.

[@jlorku]

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”

[@willvrtist]

I've fallen a fool to this many times off many ads that appear on KZbin and tell you " oh ignore all the other people who say you can get rich with their lambos and million dollar mansions coz they aren't real, ours are" but once I get to their page it's just prerecorded crap that never gives you an answer even after 40 minutes and tells you that you don't need to do anything to get passive income. Absolute crap.

[@Nerodotnet]

Exact same thing happened to me lol

[@MrChemStuff]

my roommate has spent 1000s on these and ones from facebook. he's too hard headed to accept he's being scammed over and over again.

[@thepie193]

I've learned more listening to "Money game part 2" than I ever would through these "classes".

[@yeeyourlasthaw2803]

When everyone is rich, no one will be.

[@solorasolis1392]

Thanks for covering this stuff, it seems after Jim Browning got scammed a lot of big KZbinrs who don't normally cover this kind of stuff are covering it now and I think that helps to reach a larger audience and spread awareness.

[@DanzelGlovington]

Jim deleting his account has to help people understand the seriousness of scams. It isn't just the naive who fall for em. I'm sick of seeing Charlie shocked by stuff like this. Why would they make more of the courses if ppl weren't paying right? Also sick of commenters posting like, "Human stupidity is astounding blah blah"

[@Luke-kc9li]

These people are just telling people what they want to hear and making them have hope and believe this stuff is real, but in reality it is completely unrealistic

[@eduardochavacano]

You probably heard of ESL teachers. They are by the thousands and they do that kind of stuff. Except that some of them are actually Experts and they dont come from any of the 50 states of the US.

[@garou9914]

"A fool who persists in his folly will become wise" - William Blake

[@someguy2347]

The only free course that I would take is the one that doesn't give me life knowledge and actually teaches me basic shit. Like learning python

[@IWantToStayAtYourHouse]

yea i paid $20 to learn a course on python. Im thinking of spending more money to learn the guitar too. Invest in your knowledge people

[@joelmartin82]

Except there are exceptional python courses which are free.

[@IWantToStayAtYourHouse]

@@joelmartin82 sure there are, but sometimes its good to spend some money than to be a cheapskate. TechnicLly you can watch all shows on netflix for free, but i woild rather just pay the subscription fee than to be a cheapskate and pirate all the shows

[@joelmartin82]

@@IWantToStayAtYourHouse No, I mean like completely adequate and work approved trainings. Nothing sketchy. Python prides itself in being an open and public resource for many.

[@felipedomingues6791]

@@joelmartin82 you're right, not only there's a lot of free content, most modern programming languages have very detailed and precise documentation that let's you learn on your own

[@warlis4767]

The funny thing here is that this video covers Charlie about scams, while in the comments, there are scams and spams. Pathetic indeed.

[@jonathanallen2390]

"A fool and his money are easily separated," so they say, but the saddest part about these is that they aren't just targeting fools - they're preying on the poor and those with little prospect for doing better. Why is this legal?

[@jleahh]

I’m making a video similar to this hoping to spread awareness to people. It’s disgusting

[@ianstange4839]

The business idea they sell is dropshipping. Basically you create a website, add products from a catalog from another website, be it wholesale or even Amazon, then post them in your website with a markup price, and then get exposure through ads on Facebook, Google, KZbin channels, etc.

[@GamingStepByStep]

Bruh, think about it this way... these people only have to convince 1000 people that their "knowledge" is worth 1k, heck even 500 bucks, to make between 1 million, or 500k. It's sickening.

[@AyratHungryStudent]

"I smart, you stupid, call now"

[@Jam-rj6dt]

I was in really deep wit these guys when I was 13, I'm glad I never spent any money on their courses

[@totalwartimelapses6359]

God being that age is the worst when it comes to the internet

[@lowercasegoon]

Same bruh

[@thedanielmarsh]

*Pathetic Scams*= Me trying to skip school by saying I'm sick

[@hankhenk3589]

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[@sprtsfanatic1]

I know that the famous line by Benjamin Franklin is, “The Only Two Certainties In Life Are Death And Taxes.” However, the actual phrase should go, “The only two certainties in life are death and snake oil salesmen.”

[@des_oranges_mauves]

God bless the person who suggested the James Jani video, ur a legend for making the parallel universes of Charlie and James collide

[@RudryDJ]

Everything James Jani releases is amazingly well produced and incredibly well researched. Good to see Charlie on this. A Jani / Coffeezilla binge would be worth a shout!

[@challeFN]

It's not a matter of buying these courses to get rich, simply seeing what these "gurus" are doing and realizing you can just do the same thing is value in itself

[@Depresso_Espresso99]

The title feels like Charlie's insulting the scammers, and I agree.

[@Ramen10420]

They are the tools to success. Their charisma alone will pay your bills.

[@peetslyrics374]

6:17 "You don't need to even be alive" was hilarious 🤣 😂 😆

[@calmgoodfire4662]

Ahh yes guru Steps 1. rent a much of expensive stuff 2.go to the bank get 1 hundred dollar bill the rest ones 3.tell people” this can be you if you can join his “free” course 4.get rich off of idiots

[@stofficial9315]

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[@offlinemedia1784]

I’d like to see Charlie dub one of these like he used to dub as-seen-on-tv adds.

[@blavietes]

When I was a child, those kinds of "do this class, become millionaire" thing might have worked on me. Too bad they don't take Elmer's glue bookmarks as currency

[@MinimiMax]

When I wad a young adult I remember actually considering paying for one of those "Learn to make every woman fall in love with you" type of courses. If I actually did buy it, I would have been so pissed off after realizing I could have used the money on a hooker and get laid instantly instead.

[@SPE3DYEMO]

Has anyone seen the "free $1000" dollar Mr Beast ad? "Sponsored by Beastly" it's really convincing and actually sounds like something Mr Beast might do. I almost fell for it and I watch jim browning and like 4 other scam baiters.

[@rackyphyr]

Yeah I was wondering if that was real. Almost clicked on it since I trusted KZbin lol

[@aiyannaa40]

I've seen this ad as well. I almost thought it was genuine but I looked it up because I had suspicions and it was proven to be a scam. If you think about it there's no way it could be real- it sounds way too good to be true.

[@NobleSlicks]

1): youtube is not your friend 2): never trust KZbin 3): if KZbin approaches you show no mercy 4): if KZbin says it wants to be your friend it’s lying

[@awesomestunts]

I literally made a community post about that exact ad lmao.

[@heibk-2019]

@@rackyphyr "since i trusted youtube" lmao are you 5?

[@GoredonTheDestroyer]

Get-Rich-Quick Gurus are the 21st Century equivalent of the Fire-and-Brimstone, "Send me a $500 tithe, I'll send you $1 back" Televangelist.

[@Kepesk]

All it takes is the right scam at the right time and any of us could be victims. Stay vigilant.