Family warns of couple using fake jewelry to steal money | FOX 13 Seattle

[@DirtyPlumbus]

At what point do you admit people are just stupid?

[@jq2147]

You can't fix stoopid.

[@ankalagon45]

i lost my 60$ to these goons. in Coral Gables, Miami

[@Aubreeandjaneth]

The money she saved for three years, for her kids education. She pulled out the bank quick as hell for some jewelry.

[@tcs9998]

Did she want to help or did she want to double her money? Is that compassion or greed?

[@Megamanthemachine]

I feel that this is something you just need to be careful of it’s not greed. But spending all meant for your kids education on this is not worth anything the reason that these are often just not even a bother is that. They’re obviously scamming you the signs were there the aggressive shoving of jewelry how the gold looks like it was quality painted and reflects to where you can notice surfaces is a big red flag. But none the less it’s something you learn from for me they got her with the false promise of a rich family this can also take the form of a family, who’s on the road begging if you do actually bother. They will use this same tatic and they’re just running form city to city state to state and removing traces like having a throw away phone if they make the bank they just dip it they prey on your kindness and then run.

[@MichaelDorsei]

Greed

[@markunavail8510]

Anyone who fall's for this scam is looking to come out way ahead !! GREED !!!!

[@Madoobe87]

Pure greed

[@g-bhustlin9192]

And an Asian person giving up all there money to help yeah right she had the nerve to say it was all her money lmao forgetting to mention her husband had his own bank account.

[@billbrasky8860]

Never trust a sleazy person who approaches you at a gas station or on the street with a stranded traveler story It’s always a scam

[@michelleliberty3419]

There’s a sucker born every minute - PT Barnum

[@rickrry]

Never trust street sellers period.

[@Scratchingforcash]

It wasn’t a scam, it was greed that made them lose their money. Don’t forget that. If you aren’t a jeweler why on earth wouldn’t you get them looked at first?

[@rightwaypaving7988]

deadbeat bums

[@wendy.m7593]

I’m sorry but how STUPID do you have to do to give money to someone? You can’t blame anyone but YOURSELF .

[@kewlkidswag2064]

That’s what I’m saying

[@Dah42]

She's a woman with a good heart... probably this is the first time someone has taken advantage of her... Maybe this is the first time she deals with a dishonest person.

[@qt_nicotine]

Being a kind and selfless person/civilian can unfortunately come at a cost. If it wasn’t for people exploiting these compassionate folks/families then being blamed for being a good person is not stupid. What cost/selflessness have you given to your communities?

[@jordanporter2580]

It wasn't stupid, she was only doing the right thing by stopping the scammers. Trust me, I was in that position, now I learned how not to trust people like them. I can't stand people who are being taken advantage of and lied to 😡😡🤬

[@drea12187]

Exactly

[@nicke.3011]

The same 'Arabian' looking scammers approached me twice here in Spokane showing the same gold jewelry. They were on the news here, and I called them out as scammers. They drove away quite quickly.

[@btate91]

Same with me in federal way on two diff occasions, and I called them out they drove away fast

[@timothysmith6330]

Tacoma too

[@Dah42]

that scammer didn't look "arabinan" at all, does he even have a middle eastern accent?

[@Frillar]

they are Roma gypsies.

[@BRM202]

Gypsies

[@bettaaesthetics7791]

This happened to my husband, it was a couple pulled over on the side of the road asking for money for gas. My husband offered to get them gas several times yet they refused it. They offered him jewelry in which he declined over and over again. They demanded money vs what they said they needed.

[@media696]

Same here ..one guy was on the side of the road just getting on 18.. He said I got a 24 carrot gold ring.. Lol.. If that wasn't a dead giveaway The other time in front of my house in Tacoma... I offered them 5 bucks

[@jackschmack5185]

SPEAKING OF GAS MONEY ... 3 PEOPLE ASKED ME FOR $5 TO BUY GAS . ( 3 SEPARATE TIMES ) ALL 3 WERE MEXICAN . COINCIDENCE ? I THINK NOT . I SAID NO TO ALL 3 . OLE !

[@Buzz420]

@@jackschmack5185 shoulda called immigration immediately 🤣😂

[@phoenixskeptic7698]

@@Buzz420 Why? Biden won't deport anyone.

[@Blackheart_Rises]

@@jackschmack5185 😂

[@Bendigo1]

Sad story but hopefully a lesson for others. It is great to try to help someone, but if you are not in a financial position so help without putting yourself at risk, don't give money. And if someone offers you something for trade or collateral for money, tell them no. If the stuff they are offering is actually worth something, they can pawn it or sell it for money.

[@JamesR23]

Sounds to me like the people being interviewed were trying to make money too. Also why would you give all that money if it’s all you have?

[@wendy.m7593]

EXACTLY

[@lucyvang2327]

agree 💯

[@drquinnmedicinewoman7786]

Those lying phillipino's have money, you wouldn't be able to take 1k out of atm if you dont have a bank roll sorry !

[@dcarr2506]

Thank you. It felt like they believed they could triple their money.

[@Dah42]

@@dcarr2506 Maybe you're right however if a person in such situation is thinking about making money, I'd think that such person is knowledgeable about jewelry and can tell that it's authentic.

[@hugomartinez5775]

What’s crazy is that the buyer “lender” seems to have bad intentions too when they feel they got a good deal

[@y.kdatruth6435]

I was thinking that as well. They were trying to get over and got robbed. The scam works on the greedy and desperatel.

[@tundrellaCat68]

Should have gone to Pawnshop before bank. Then they would have bolted away.

[@aureliorubio7392]

Oh yea then the scammers would have no profit behind the chains...

[@mdkgod43]

So you give a stranger your life savings and you want people to feel sorry for you 😅

[@danielibarra2879]

They have been doing this for a while just like the ones that are asking for money all around the Seattle area

[@DavidBray-v4q]

It wasn't greed in my case it came from my heart I wanted to help they had two little kids with them the law want try to find them they think it's funny too. It don't have to be greed

[@nanhilton4149]

It sounded more like the lady "victim" was more looking for gains. Most people wouldn't go through all that trouble of traveling to different atms just to help total strangers out. Gullible and opportunist.

[@ogueyratogeyrat7448]

She a woman

[@amtrakfan5511]

3 years to save $2k???

[@CaucasiansSuck]

Right lmao you caught that too

[@jyg4883]

Some people barely make enough to survive, especially in expensive cities. With high rents, food, utilities you can barely save.

[@oscargarxia9286]

Exactly ​@@jyg4883

[@orlandoperez-v4w]

Well most Americans live pay check to pay check unfortunately

[@derekatwood6236]

😂🤣😂🤣 they weren't trying to help they thought they scored and were tryingto take advantage. That's what you get when you buy jewelry in a parking lot.

[@evieparada]

Ikr! 😂

[@alexm566]

If someone needs money, ask to keep their ID and see if they'll still be interested.

[@Buzz420]

Fake id's are still a thing

[@alexm566]

@@Buzz420 yeah but much less likely and a good fake one isn't cheap enough for them to just hand it. In the worst case you'll atleast have their picture and proof they usef fake id which is illegal.

[@Buzz420]

@@alexm566 by the time the cops figure out who they are, they'd be long gone. Keeping someone's ID isn't going to do much.

[@alexm566]

@@Buzz420 you're underestimating the power of sharing their pics on local social media.

[@Buzz420]

@@alexm566 I have probably been in trouble when I was younger more than a lot of people. They don't care & it's not hard to disappear quickly. If they leave state, it's even harder to catch them because of jurisdiction & the intensity of the crime, which was what? A grand? Nobody is going on a bounty hunt for a $1k crime. Hell, probably not even a $5k crime. It's low-med priority.

[@joeybiden7755]

Shit after all that, you might as well put all of them chains and rings on at once, and wear them every day. I’ll be walking around my neighborhood looking like an Egyptian god. 😂

[@thebadgerette69]

With a green neck!

[@mightymite57]

Tell them to go to the pawn shop !!!

[@ErnieG.4]

They are doing the gold scam here in Tucson now too. A guy offered me a handful of gold ( a gold chain and ring) in exchange for gas money.I told him I only work 3 days a week and cant help.

[@jesselara1441]

If there are pawn shops and they are trying to sell you jewelry, it's a scam

[@jq2147]

What fools would fall for this??

greedy philippinoes

[@phengvue21]

Then again why are people still soo dumb to fall for this scam.

[@yoadrian5897]

I pulled into Jack's BBQ in SoDo and a similar family pulled up next to me in Cadillac Escalade trying to sell me gold chains. The dead giveaway was when the son, in the back seat, would fake cry when I looked over at him. I told them no thanks and went inside Jack's.

[@samed7757]

Wow! I'd feel bad but how do you even fall for that?

[@Blackheart_Rises]

Exactly, especially if that's all the money in your account. C'mon G 😂😂😂

[@taysofty1580]

we lost our money i started laughing

[@bwithgod6374]

No good deed goes unpunished today.

[@linqihui5582]

Same thing happened to me in bellevue factoria mall parking lot, also said they are from Saudi. The same hold my jewelry for exchange for $500, i knew right the way the jewelry was not real, cus i grew up seeing a lot of fake jewelry. But they had a child at the back seat and they said the kid is hungry. I end up giving them a $20 tell them to get the child some food. I instantly regretted, when they drove away they gave me that look like i was the ass hole lol

[@txt4r]

they are NOT Arabian but are spanish -- look at the photos

[@gerrysicat]

😂😂😂😂 when you are approached by these people they’re about to separate you from your hard earned money. Be smart out there.

[@urserj2012]

This usually happens to the greedy people. She wanted to double/triple her money and to have as much gold as possible, at the end she got scammed of all her money from the account probably

[@thesam9833]

She's on the news grifting hoping to receive hand outs because they thought they were hitting a lick. She asks "I'm not working, how will I make money? Get a job.

[@tuduong9218]

It happened to me a few months ago when I did not know about this scam, but luckily I did not fall for it. I was at a ramp merging onto a freeway when I saw a car with flashing emergency lights on. I stopped by to see if they needed help. The man approached my car and immediately offered me gold chains for cash because "he lost his wallet" and has no money to buy gas to get home. Honestly I was about to give him $200 but then decided not to because I have no use for gold chains.

[@newslavecity8311]

no use for gold chains? lol u are really not that smart.

[@cindydott452]

I'm sorry, but if you fall for this, you aren't smart enough to have money.

[@johnjones5354]

Just how stupid can people be?

[@gbpackers41730]

I hate to say it, but some of you people out there have it coming, that's what you get for being too nice. I've had people come up to me, claiming to be down on their luck with their kids. Begging me to give them money and I always told them to get lost. Aint nobody gonna play me for a sucker!

[@JuanRamirez-pc7xt]

Can't really feel too bad for that.. like.... just ..... Nevermind... And btw.. i literally had this happen to me in Tracy the other day.. they're all over the country now.. i was getting gas when a big ol Chevy nice truck pulled up, with a dude wearing a bunch of "gold" chains and rings.. (i had literally just finished watching videos of this the day before).. so as soon as he started saying he needed help i told him straight up, "nope, I'm broke".. then, them being the shameless crooks they are, he started trying to say his sob story and pointed at one of his rings, telling me he'll trade. At the point i got mad and told him, "u think I'm an idiot?, I'm not the one to be trying this sht on foo, if u have all these things your wearing and big ass truck you're driving, then u could put it to use and get a job, tf is wrong with u ppl thinking u could scam ppl, who already have nothing to begin with?".. he just looked at me with wide eyes, and drove off in a hurry, probly thinking i was gonna call the cops.. but na, if he woulda tried something else, i was just gonna snatch his chains and sock his ass.. I'm already going thru TOO MUCH BS, I've worked so much to have everything taken from me, and now losing everything due to this economy, i was literally trying to figure out how i was gonna turn my power back on at my apartment, so u could understand why i got so mad.. if he wouldn't have been so persistent i probly would've let it go, but that's really how they ALL are.. then they have the nerve to get mad if u tell them nicely that u can't help them.. like you're "supposed" to give them something, and how dare u tell them no.. they have no fkn shame.

[@bosgg-ys6oz]

everyone is greedy thats the problem buy low sell high. if somebody give you something that worth 10-20k for 1-2k thats not a good deal thats a scam.

[@Secondliferacquet]

Gullible. Never trust total strangers.

[@lance-pc1qz]

She's tryna cry bc she thought she was being greedy

[@CB03061]

If it's too good to be true it's not true😂😂😂

[@dorthymcbride3384]

There are many grifters out there. Family with kids and a big sign trying to win over your money

[@markunavail8510]

I was at a Loves truck stop and this lady who had to be in her 70's was trying to sell gold jewelry I went over and asked her if she was a little too old to do this scam ? she told me she was scammed out of $250 and she was just trying to pass it on to someone else !!! CRAZY

[@theawesomeguy217]

Aside from the usual the red flags are obvious and don’t hand strangers money, don’t be greedy. I’m sure part of the reason people fall for the scam it greed as in the scammer promise to pay you more back. They basically use both compassion and greed against you which is why some people who aren’t aware of these type of scam fall for it. Also I do think scams like this should be taught in school but it’s not which is why some people particulary young naive people can fall for scams like these.

[@Sahelahmar486]

Gypsy style,this trick known all over Europe.

[@Christian-ge7vj]

Lmao if they where desperate for money wouldn’t you think they would go to the pawn shop instead of you walking out of Walmart 😂😂🤣

[@joeybiden7755]

They say they don’t have ID to pawn it at a pawnshop. If they come up on me, I’m taking their shit and leaving with it. I’ll tell them to go back to Baghdad 😂

[@tonyyaden]

Serves these victims right for being so damn greedy. You know their intentions are not to help strangers but to help themselves and got fooled by fools gold. Don't buy things you don't know anything about especially if you have intention of making money off it.

[@dalenaparks1489]

They got me toooooooo😔 It’s even stamped

[@thebadgerette69]

I got land in Florida, comes with water and alligators. Pet boas too!

[@leighwainright3802]

"I'm not working,where can I get the money" a job

[@Dave-if5qj]

How gullible can you be

[@kirknelson407]

These kind of scammers are everywhere now. Do not give money to people with tables in front of the grocery store. They are ALL scams.

[@kiearrathompson4064]

I save that money for 3 years we lost our money 😢 1:48

[@watchfuleye4082]

Scams work on the victims greed.

[@hendryLW]

she did not take the photo of license plate?

[@autotech9974]

I don’t feel bad for stupid people. It would be more safe to give a homeless person a dollar then to buy $100 gold plated chain.

[@snoopylayla9652]

Is not being dumb. Some people are very nice people, and they have no ideas that kind of tactics scammer. The outcome is that those are nice people who will gonna lose their humanity because of that event

[@Jubiin]

Happened to me too some turkish family starving hungry stole 3k

[@Frillar]

they are Roma gypsies. not Turkish.

[@Charmcity199]

This has been a scam for years. It’s been all over Facebook for as long as I can remember. They used to wait in Fred Meyer parking lots looking for a mark

[@xphilosophyx]

I've met with this guy driving around looking for the victim at the Fred Meyer parking lot in Bremerton He is a middle east guy company with a female and a kid in the back seat, asking me if I want to buy his gold watch. Be careful people don't buy any gold or jewelry unless at their store.

[@mike12585]

Similar scam was pitched to me in Prague. Guy said he was from Germany and lost his wallet just needed a couple hundred euros to get back home and would send me the best liquor when he gets back home. 💤 😴

[@osopotato1698]

I told some to piss off at gas station once in Georgia on my way up north. Hahahaha

[@linktoyourpast4397]

I know it was a bad thing but she thought she was going to make money I promise you that you don’t just give random people $2000 unless you think there’s something in it for you and like I said she took it straight to the pawnshop. Sorry it’s just the truth.

[@bluejedi723]

Not news. This happened in Grays Harbor County last year. State trooper finally caught up to em and arrested them on fraud charges or something.

[@bigjerry8083]

🤣🤣🤣 GOT UM 🤣🤣🤣

[@jeremyslawson-qb1eg]

I had this happen to me a couple of times, where people came up to me & ask me to buy some jewelry & I told them no I'm not interested.

[@michaeldamico9592]

Silly of you….!!! Everyone is a scam artist…!!!

[@Wacky-Jacky]

Instead of taking them to a ATM, take them to a pawnshop and see what happens.

[@danielmcgillis270]

Money that was going to be used for their kid's education. Well, they got an education alright. From the school of hard knocks.

[@qt_nicotine]

Does anyone know the names of individuals that got scammed? Because I would really like to reach out to them and offer what I can

[@jamieabbucher]

If you give people money like that you deserve what you get how stupid can somebody be I mean come on wake up

[@joshuadavid2534]

Seen this scam in person. They always have their “family” with children with them and they almost throw their jewelry at you. I gave the guy $20, didn’t accept his jewelry, and told him that’s all the cash I had and he actually asked me to go into the gas station we were at and get more money from the atm. At that point I knew it was a scam. He was middle eastern as well. I saw him there again a couple weeks later and warned the people talking to him. They were kind enough to give him some money anyhow.

[@Liondancelovee]

Dont be greedy, never got scam You think they stupid enough to sell you real gold for less than 1/2 of the prices they buy.

[@evieparada]

Exactly!

[@davidvilayseuk4819]

Embarrassing come on u really gave them your $ when this has been going on for so long sad what happened but u know it was too good to be true

[@Fuchsbau101]

Never trust anyone offering more later for less today.

[@thetruth-gf1sk]

Wear them ms tee! 🤣I pity this fool!

[@ramsam4522]

I read articles about same situation from another country’s news page and they said that these people use hypnosis to trick others to give in, so that’s probably what happened here. No one is that gullible to get tricked by a stranger. I hope this nice lady gets her money back.

[@sneksteppy]

Hypnosis 😅😅 Ironically, you're super gullible if you think you can be hypnotized into doing something like this. This isn't a movie, bruh.

[@ramsam4522]

@@sneksteppy do you know how hypnosis works though? It’s a real thing, it was even used in earlier psychiatric medicine.

[@sergiofernandes6798]

East european gypsies... Americans, now you will change your mind about so called "european racism against gypsies"...

[@jax1492]

kids got an education on scammers

[@IamBraads]

We don't have money. I don't now... I can't talk. I can't think... Bruh, send her home!

[@jean-claudeseagal7822]

I didn't know about this scam until it happened to me in Texas last week. I was out walking getting some exercise and this guy in a car pulls up to me. He hands me a gold ring that had 24k stamped on the inside and says can you help me out with some gas money? My dumbass thought it was real but I was thinking I'd feel real bad about taking this guy's ring, I thought it could be a family heirloom or something. I hand it back to him and said no sorry man I can't, I would feel really bad about only giving you $100 bucks for a solid gold ring thats probably a family heirloom, then I ask him why don't you go to a pawn shop and sell it there, they'd give you a lot more money than what I'd give you? He says he has no ID, then I asked him how are you out driving a car with no ID? He's says sorry my English is bad like he didn't understand the question. I'm thinking hes out here driving around with no license. He takes off his figaro chain and hands it to me and asks if I can help him out with some money. It had 14k stamped on it and I was now wondering if it was real. He said it was real and swore to Allah it was. Now I'm thinking hard and was curious so I caved and said OK but I can only help you out with $20. He says OK I give him a $20 and he give me the figaro but as he's giving me the figaro he claimes it's a $2000 figaro and wanted $60, I said sorry man I can only do 20 for a chain I don't know is real or fake. He says OK no problem and drives off.

[@sneksteppy]

"awww I feel bad for taking your jewelry for $20" "Plz buy it from me" "Okay, but I'm going to actually need 3x what you originally asked for". 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

[@gcr1]

Did it turn out to be fake? I'm hoping it was real.

[@mariebussinger6565]

Don't talk to strangers.

[@tiffanykahn2535]

And that's how you got scammed 😢 ....

[@hvacmac6847]

I'm from New Mexico and I have been approached twice by a family who were both from Saudi arabi and they said they lost wallet and had these gold chains and rings. Both cases I said no and one case was almost ran off road by guy after I left

[@Blackheart_Rises]

Lmao, those assholes won't take no for an answer lol

[@barkeyes8592]

They should of told the people to go to a pawn shop but she thought she was getting g real gold. So she thought wow I'm going to make alot of money. I hope they don't come back. Well they didn't and neither did the money.

[@Megamorgd]

I was lucky enough to have read a post about this scam a week before this man and his kid attempted to scam me. I was about to enter this gas station when a man called out to me. The man says he needs money for gas to drive back home because they were on a trip but didn't have enough to get back. Also pointing out this man is in his car asking me with his car running, even not stepping out to ask me. I was hesitant at first to say no just to help possibly, but the moment he pulled out a gold chain, I didn't believe him anymore and then proceeded to say no. The kid started saying in a sad voice, "Please help us," repeatedly, but I walked away saying I can't help you.

[@Harry-nn4px]

How long has this con been brought to the public's attention by the Media? Four, five years?

[@timothysmith6330]

Media does not care. They are just doing this to fulfill their quota

[@miguelrodriguez6649]

Since the 1990s Same shit could happen to me and cousin. Some Mexican dude approached us saying that he was selling a gold chain for a couple hundred dollars. But the thing was we did have the money at the time and we were still teenager .

[@drewpknutz1410]

That scam is ancient, a new one is where there'll be a couple people playing a violin through a portable speaker and begging with the typical sob story...and the music sounds great and they really look like they're playing..but its all just pre-recorded music being played through a speaker...LOL! The older people give them money hand over fist!

[@jayking7510]

If they are really gold plated they're still worth something if you sell them for the gold value inside of it after fake plated then you're screwed cuz they're probably brass

[@dogguy8603]

Do you not know what gold plated means?

[@elew5142]

@@dogguy8603obviously not😂

[@alfonsodistefano8889]

I believe they should show this on the news channel 4 channel 7:11 in New York because these are all showing different states. Meanwhile, people have to be aware of this scam is going on.

[@D3m3nt0]

Greed is the essential element needed for a successful scam. You can never be scammed if one does not participate.

[@tobedetermined4180]

They wanted to get rich, instead they got fooled, 🤣

[@justice5927]

But you used it on jewelry

[@barbarabrown9269]

I am still wondering what the scam was with this encounter I had. Was at a gas station, broad daylight, and this cute guy drives up wanting to sell me some perfume. I just laughed, told him I am NOT buying perfume at a gas station!! Drove off. But I am wondering… what the racket was? Maybe he was just selling things he shoplifted at the nearby shopping center?

[@rodrigorangel3437]

if its too good to be true probably is. I had a guy trying to sell me speakers im like yeah ok oldest trick in the book. People are really dumb

[@norml.hugh-mann]

You can not give and still be nice

[@johnandersen3039]

How and why????

[@drquinnmedicinewoman7786]

anyone else thought she was going to say, " I saved all that money to send back to the philippines " lol Time to go get a job lol and another thing, if you were able to take 1k out of the ATM than you probably have money in the bank, dont lie!

[@Buzz420]

Right?! 🤣

[@yankees29]

The same family just got arrested in Arizona

[@cowgirl_in_pink_pearls]

I’m at a loss for words. HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE? I mean-COME ONNNN!!! I feel absolutely awful for her! But geez!!!

[@davidfarrens3572]

They're All over from Seattle to probably Tacoma. Asking everyone in park's, and parking lots They Are from soudi and India a Lot if middle East places