FAKE VIOLINIST CONFRONTED!!!

On October 23, 2022, I saw people giving this guy money and bags of food. Not only was he using his fake skills pretending to play a violin, but he was using his family as pawns to further his scam.
I offered him $40.00 to play any song without the speaker, but he refused.

[@nnnickkk]

"I don't speak English" is the universal phrase for "Oh crap. I'm busted."

[@wasmannia2084]

That's actually true. As a cuban I've seen that card being pulled off many times.

[@firemonkey1015]

If you don’t speak English you shouldn’t be in America and I have 0 sympathy for you. I would’ve grilled him for two things now instead of just his fakery. Imagine coming to a country, only to sht on the people, culture, and language because you’re too lazy to even learn how to communicate with them… So disrespectful and wrong.

[@spacewalk6766]

that is sooooo true !! I had a guy out here in seattle run into my car and when we pull over he only speaks "Chinese".. Once the cops showed up he instantly spoke damn near perfect english.

[@yiddena]

They look like they may be Roma (Romany) from Eastern Europe!

[@garyhighley9022]

​@@yiddenaI doubt they are gypsy's...just because they are known to be raised in a musical background. In other words, most of them really can play instruments....and play well.

[@justindensonvibes]

Even as a guitar player, I can see he's just blindly moving his fingers, lol.

[@Anttheknee757]

And you can see the volume switches are both down lol

[@justindensonvibes]

@@Anttheknee757 I wasn't that astute, lol. Good eye.

[@JohnDoe-xl1ig]

Yeah same here. If I strummed guitar and moved my fingers like that... it would just be a bunch of useless noise. lol

[@bh6360]

😂😂😂

[@mariajukejax9649]

And he's not holding or moving the bow correctly. Very ham-fisted. I'm not a violinist but I know a few people who are.

[@terencem8795]

What really pisses me off with these jerks, is how they use the kids as pawns.

[@stephenswistchew7720]

This guy was taught by his father and his father was taught by his grand father they are gipsies and they are not famous for working it easier to beg than do best to ignore them or hassle them all you can 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@thechampion9525]

They are criminals that's why they don't care about their own children

[@williamoleary9330]

Give them monopoly money. It’s just as real

[@jasonjjj27]

Honestly I should do that, just carry a few 20$ monopoly bills and hand them out to scammers. I'm a kind person to homeless people and give food or a couple bucks sometimes, but I do not like scammers.

[@mikechamberlain9558]

The way he was just moving his fingers randomly 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ianwalker8052]

its not real, i thought he was doing great before he was rudely interrupted, pmsl.

[@tuandang2947]

I've seen a couple of scammers doing this. Honestly it's pathetic

[@kxmode]

more like pandemic 😄

[@angieb2472]

I saw it in SF and immediately knew something was off.

[@jaywo446]

It’s not a big deal you’re not obligated to give them money just walk past them.

[@HemiHunter]

@@jaywo446I wonder if these people go up to homeless people and make sure they are really drug addicts or alcoholics

[@LoriL010]

They're just trying to make money to pay their debt to the trafficker who brought them to the US.

[@ezzar8165]

How confidently they play is hilarious!!! Even closing the eyes and feeling the music~ the audacity!! Do they forget there are hundreds/thousands of ppl who can play/read music? 😂

[@Robyn-by6qt]

I know.......such faux feeling !

[@yodavizion]

He identifies as a musician 🎤⚰️

[@Haywood-Jablomie]

Most underrated comment !!

[@claudedalton8970]

YEP! I IDENTIFIED AS A WOMAN TODAY TO FOLLOW A HOT LOOKING WOMAN INTO THE BATHROOM...TURNS OUT IT WAS A "THEM.THEY OR IT" AND "THAT" BEAT MY ASS! LOL!

[@garyhighley9022]

Is there a surgery he can get? 😂😂

[@claudedalton8970]

@@garyhighley9022 HAAA! I'M SURE A *FREE ONE* IN CALIFORINIA! LOL!

[@claudedalton8970]

@@garyhighley9022 NOPE! BUT HE CAN USE THE "MUSICIANS" BATHROOMS! LOL!

[@basscomander6348]

Can't speak English but he writes it well

[@nathanjamesbaker]

How do you know he wrote it, though?

[@basscomander6348]

@@nathanjamesbaker he clearly didnt... they all have the same sighn playing the same song

[@ItsToXxy]

They always pretend not to speak English when someone calls them out on their bs.

[@Mr.REEP0]

Rumor has it this dude was on Maury Povich and the results came back...Gypsie youuuuu are not the violinist!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for putting these fools on check....👊

[@ryanwhite4912]

Sick of these scammers lock them up.

[@wideawake5630]

Well I guess lip syncing is illegal now too.

[@Steven-fi4gf]

​@@wideawake5630 scamming people is.

[@bdoggbrz]

Taking the whole, “My car ran out of gas” lie to another level.

[@imim4136]

*He understood every letter and word you said and pretended to be DUMB “Gypsy”*

[@Greeen0]

Thank you for your service my man. Takes nuts to call these thieves out now a days. Need to see more of this. Gives the real ones a bad rep

[@UEnjoyMiself]

whats crazy are the people that actually give these scammers money. up north there was a guy pretending he was disabled and would wear a knee brace and people would watch him take it off when he was done working. Needless to say the town ran his ass off

[@BRM202]

Gypsies

[@RobJablind-nc6is]

Yep

[@mattimaranda9638]

As a violinist, he has the most impressive vibrato. He does it with zero arm/wrist movement. Not even Paganini could master that technique.

[@firemonkey1015]

I do it all the time, you just need to breathe discreetly so that it hits the strings in such a way that it mimics the wrist movements you normally do. This is basic stuff guys.

[@psychshell4644]

The terrible bowing gets me

[@rosaspanjol673]

Best thing is just ignore them! … and , most of all do not,DO NOT give them money !!

[@jaywholoveseveryone1721]

That's IT right there.

[@priority7773]

Believe me many dont ignore them. They do this bc its profitable. They could easily make 200 dollars a day. A 1000 a week meanwhile being on welfare. Its a joke! And they teach their kids to do it as well

[@dustinwillis3261]

@@priority7773no they don’t lol. With inflation being 75% high in grocery stores , nobody giving these Iranian assholes money lol

[@JoeyCentral]

@@priority7773soo true I always get annoyed when I see idiots give them money. There’s government programs that help homeless people but the reason you see people pan handle still is because they can’t piss clean to pass a drug test.

[@JustinY2324]

I'm gonna steal their money

[@Nap210Time]

The sign is in English, and the performer spoke 0% English 🤔 pretty obvious 😂

[@RamiAzzedine]

Are gypsies from Bulgaria 🇧🇬

[@Highlander1432]

Overstaying his visa you say ?

[@SANTAMUERTEXIII]

Some are from Romania

[@jillburkeen9553]

They've been doing this crap here in Charlotte North Carolina and it's a guy that stands in the parking lot where there is an Ulta and a shoe carnival and a PetSmart and a Marshalls and he stands in the corner and he is a foreign descent and he's playing that violin and people are thinking that it's real and I had refused to give them a dime. Just like they've got the ones on the side of the road asking for money for a funeral and every other day is a different kid they're asking for money for a funeral and if you want to scan the QR code they move away from you and they ask you for cash and the other day her bucket was full of cash and $20 bills $100 bills and so on people need to wake the hell up and stopped supporting these people

[@pdvision2194]

I am in charlotte and I think I'll follow their lead. Sounds like good money. Hopefully we will run into each other.

[@MaryJones-kb8zu]

Doesn't the government and taxpayers. Already support them

[@carlossosa2940]

here in durhan nc area too bunch of romanian doing this shit ,, they bring all their kids ptetending being refuges

[@bindig1]

You can't blame them for trying. There's a lot of stupid people out there that'll believe anything. They're not forcing anyone to give them money. If all idiots would stop giving them money, they would go away

[@dathyr1]

Wow, that is very sad. 20 and 100 dollar bills to these clowns????? Disgusting. Most the people that give them money never watch You Tube to see these videos or have no idea that he is not playing that song you hear.

[@katekennedy2320]

Ohhhh wow we’re doing this with a fake translator now? I wonder where this was. I agree it take a lot of courage. I would’ve given him my violin and asked him to play. I HATE fakes and phony’s. Good for you and I applaud your effort. You shut him down pretty quickly.

[@BRM202]

Gypsies

[@thefleetneat5280]

He would have stolen it

[@theepicnatalie1219]

@@thefleetneat5280or smashed it

[@sandmanlopez9920]

So I don care free entertainment 😮💅💯

[@wideawake5630]

@@BRM202 racists

[@butteryfriedwizard2219]

Wow. He didn't need your 40$, must have just met his goal. How unlucky

[@cabonlux5344]

They are doing this every were even here in Philadelphia, I'm assuming they think there's no talented violinists in America 😂

[@slownlow210]

Thanks for doing this I hate this ppl doing this shit

[@TotesMAGoats69]

Lol the scammer stopped strumming when the guy walked up. He has to be thebworst violen scammed I've seen. Most will keep the bit going and blame, "no speak english". Then hit their foot petal to switch the music off and claim he's crazy

[@maga0721]

I always enjoy how every one of these violinists play the exact same songs

[@whocares4464]

Man it's crazy the amount of scams that go on!!! It makes it hard for regular people to help especially when they have been scammed by a fake homeless person

[@keithpetersen560]

It seems like more people just don't have common sense.

[@Cola64]

Woke mentality,, here take my money and home and I’ll go live under that bridge 🇺🇸

[@LegendDub9]

Mask up n grab the violen when they’re playing it 😂 n watch the sound still come out .

[@klakatyklak6826]

Isn't that their kid? That's sad, teaching him to lie and chest honest people out of their hard earned money.

[@emersonr7481]

A dollar? You're dragging it. The hustle is different for people who come from 3rd world countries. My grand parents were street peddlers. I can genuinely say that I'm a hard working homeowner in the US, who isn't ashamed of his lineage.

[@LazyLizzy706]

@@emersonr7481A dollar is still money that was earned. You wouldn’t care if someone stole a dollar from your wallet? I’m sure you’d be agitated at the very least.

[@diazce95]

⁠@@emersonr7481humble beginnings is one thing. I’m gonna go ahead and doubt your grandparents bought hundreds of dollars worth of equipment to swindle people out of money and then taught your parents to do the same right?

[@KingZealotTactics]

It doesn't matter if it's a dollar a hundred dollars or a thousand that is EARNED money with honest work, this is theft and false advertising.

[@geothon]

They are pathological scammers on genetic level, generation after generation - Gypsies from Europe.

[@debihuck993]

Such an asset to our country!

[@bordereau1]

another Biden victory

[@Hkanox4]

Trump Let him in

[@fidelcisneros2520]

This should really be against the law. They are clearly cheating people. You get in more trouble for loitering than you do scamming people....

[@noivongxoang235]

No, it's not cheating. He is a performance, he didn't say that he really play it.

[@Cola64]

Should just ask for a green card they’d all scatter like rats

[@chanc9737]

WHAT ABOUT YOUR GOVERNMENT? THEY CHEATING PEOPLE?

[@PumaLyn]

The kid's face said it all.

[@jacobwaters9675]

This is comedy gold. The obvious fake playing, the pretending to not speak english, the random old lady offering up some grapes 😂 😂

[@alRuns.]

As a violinist I can say that his bowing is short to short for how long the notes and the fingering so😂 and is now isn’t tight enough 😂 he’s holding the bow wrong to his pinky is under the end instead of above and bent over the end he’s not even using the whole bow

[@donte8212]

Most of us don't play the violin, so we don't know any better. 😊

[@ianwalker8052]

i think he was dreaming of a different kind of fingering.

[@Nap210Time]

Sorry my friend I only know the John legend 😂😂

[@michaelgonzalez1860]

It's amazing how many scammers can keep getting more and more different ways to scam people out of there hard earned money, these scum bags need to get a real job.

[@atomicforever6931]

Not speaking English is how they “get away” with it. 🤦‍♂️ wake up

[@rcarlisi63]

if he played that good with that tone...........FOR REAL he would not be on the side of the road.......

[@puzzlebox420]

make em play the most basic song and see if he can do it 😝

[@alRuns.]

Like twinkle twinkle little stars it’s so easy i play the violin

[@mattimaranda9638]

@@alRuns. I was saying that. EVERY violinist has played twinkle twinkle. The most famous violin piece ever composed.

[@jackieflores0610]

I can actually understand what he's saying the child knew perfectly what you were saying in English

[@jessesalinas8534]

Serial Killer? no Carjacker? nope Mass Shooter? nah Drug Dealers? heck no Shoplifters? um no Rapist? just no IT WAS AN EVIL VIOLINIST!!!!! 😂

[@davidfxdwg4737]

Corruption is just as bad as Stealing!😅

[@skamarfire]

Not a violinist

[@donkeydan5996]

I will never believe another violinist in the NYC subway again

[@mattimaranda9638]

It's not hard to tell the difference between a musician and a fake. It's like reading lips on a foreign film. The articulations and movements don't make sense.

[@gyrlyninja]

Love you for doing this!

[@hs7921]

Look people, it’s still much easier than working hard for a living. Or studying to get a degree. Or doing anything that requires honest effort.

[@esnips123123]

"No speak English" is the trump card they always save in their back pocket.

[@doloresbecker756]

I have seen quite a few electric violinists playing with a backing track in shopping center parking lots lately. At first, I was naive and thought they were real musicians. Then, I got a closer look and noticed the playing wasn't in sync with the melody and no vibrato motion on the finger board. Then that's when I got suspicious they were faking it. Does anyone know what country or culture they are from? I'm guessing East European Romany???

[@denisekruta5428]

Almost positive EE Romany. They were everywhere in Brussels.

[@doloresbecker756]

Thank you for your response, I appreciate it.@@denisekruta5428

[@nathanjamesbaker]

They are Romanis (aka Gypsies)

[@jaywholoveseveryone1721]

🎶 he's such a great violinist 🎶😂

[@madddog2487]

They pretend not to speak English so that will impede people from communicating with them and it will also allow them not to answer. That gives them the reason to not answer

[@denalowry8710]

Other people have exposed these musical frauds. They always claim no English.

[@BARDOCK550]

1:05 when he says "sucala" i think he cursed you out 😂

[@dubtv6160]

Its like stolen valor but stolen violin 😂😂😂

[@user-tc2ww7pq4f]

Thank you brother for confronting that fraud

[@EyesWideOpenTruth]

Now the people just standing on the corner with a sign 🪧 are like: Dam!!!! Now I gotta 🕺 dance or do something entertaining 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@jorgehuerta9593]

Watch life stinks the hot-two scene you will be screaming!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@I_AM_ME_777]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 he stopped the second you got close but the music kept going 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@georgejungle138]

You’re cute

[@DSAM-gf5ip]

Where was this?

[@dathyr1]

LMAO!!!! In Every one of these fake videos, the person playing the instrument clams up and acts ignorant to what you are asking him to do. Or they pack up and leave. I also bet 100 dollars he understands English very well. His signs are in English, so he understands something in English. Very sad that non musician people that pass by this Turd thinks he is playing that one song. Glad you confronted this CON person for what he is trying to do to get easy money. Thanks for the video. Take care.

[@karaloca]

No money, no job, no assets, no savings. How the hell do they end up in our countries? Nothing but a burden. I have those things but I doubt Barbados would take me.

[@halitosis75]

How many years did he train?

[@VioletJoy]

I'm disgusted with these people.

[@aaronvaldezpiecesofthepuzz1902]

They stop after getting confronted every time. I wanna see them try to play something. Lol. 💯💯

[@Melissa0774]

I just can't believe they actually spend the money on the violin and the speakers. That stuff's not cheap. This must be a pretty profitable scam.

[@Macjeeh]

That fake violin playing started in Seattle. Give them fake bills or Chinese money😂😂😂

[@inblackamericaradio5409]

I would’ve just started playing the violin singing things in my native language and say it’s a hit where I’m from 😂😂😂😂😂😂 now give me my 40 dollars

[@minutemaid123]

I really don’t understand their culture on why they do this

[@manuelgutierrez3794]

They FOOLED you!!😂😂

[@playadeldiablo]

Wow...I'm a violin player at an intermediate level and this guy is not even a beginner... so many red flags...

[@johns2688]

I guess fortune telling and crystal balls are too old school for these folks.

[@dyerseve07]

$20 says the violin isn't even tuned.

[@jeanesingsjazz]

ask them to play happy birthday, or Mary had a Little Lamb… they can’t🤬

[@jorgehuerta9593]

The look on her face when she realized they were caught....

[@Panzerfaust-ex9fm]

Bad bad people

[@chilipeppersalsa7596]

They should get fake money for their fakespertise

[@doordashh]

I like how he stops playing then the backing track also stops .. 😂 0:35

[@Jsmooth509]

Dam i think these same scammers are in spokane wa outside a safeway

[@bobbackward6461]

I can remember back when you saw a violinist on tv, 99% of the time they were real. I'm that old.

[@jlee3925]

These are terrible parents. They should be ashamed!!!

[@kenttheboomer721]

Northern ATL is same. What language are they speaking?

[@correctionalofficer4lockdo763]

Good catch! You can tell by the fake model 😂

[@jaredsldixon]

God Bless Everyone

[@kxmode]

It seems like all these scammers work for one entity, channeling funds to a higher authority, possibly a gang. I'd imagine the arrangement involves a pitch of "free entry to America in exchange for performing a task for the sponsors." Upon arrival in the U.S., the group informs them of their role, which entails staging counterfeit performances, with a substantial portion of the earnings directed back to the "sponsor." There's a striking consistency among these scammers: they typically share the same Roma ethnicity, utilize electric violins, speakers, perform identical-themed music, display similar signs, and even their sign-writing appears uniform. The uniformity extends to their equipment, implying a bulk procurement and the creation of a standardized "package" for newcomers to the United States. There's no way these are independently-operating scammers.

[@Intangibleinspirations]

I look at it like this. They must have needed it worse than I. I’m always financially abundant.

[@joerockme7485]

Good job on video 👍😎

[@Maybaby1959]

The no speakie English ploy when caught

[@EtopEtim]

You should have told him to turn the music on and just stand at attention, doing nothing else. It would have achieved the exact same effect. How unfortunate that there are innocent children dragged into the scam, one wonders what they would grow up to do 😂

[@cashvault1996]

The very same thing as their parents. Like parents, like their kids. 😢 Hope their kids can get a great education and great paying careers to turn away from this scam-like life. 🙏🏼

[@GreenDayDog2004]

This is embarrassing to any musician

[@butterbagboy]

Fake movie money for fake scammers seems fair

[@bonehound4511]

The Red Violin!!!😂😂😂

[@xopher314]

Saw this same guy in front of Kroger in North Little Rock Arkansas today.

[@user-fv6ep8sc3w]

Hello Is it you asking the question? Would be lovely speak to you!

[@samsonstefan8017]

😂😂😂 part 2 pls

[@googlesux666]

Looked like he half gave you the bird when you first came up. 👍🏻

[@MrsCollins213]

Notice they always needs a Bluetooth speaker 😂

[@Jose-ce4vq]

Deport them

[@thebobloblawshow8832]

This is the sh*t we let in.

[@amberm3193]

Where I live people who play music on the boardwalk actually are playing music and never have signs posted just an open guitar case or container for donations. Shame on those who aren’t being genuine.

[@gurnblanstein9816]

They can't speak English but they can write it on the sign lol

[@BigD80822]

People should buy fake money and give it to them, kids play games fake money

[@mobass323]

lol u forgot to do the duck walk

[@herbertbovine5694]

It takes enormous courage to confront such deadly and dangerous organized crime. Thank you for your bravery, for shutting down that music, and for chasing that family away.

[@internet33]

Lmao they're not dangerous. Just scammers using their kids and tricks to trick you out of your money. They are ethnic Indian/Pakistani (gypsies) that migrated to Europe hundreds and hundreds of years ago that now have found their way into the USA.

[@davidschwartz870]

I can tell this is sarcasm but if they can't play the instrument and they could just fly a sign and get money why do they need to add the extra step that scams people...?

[@antiwokeguy]

It's called get a job

[@96Chevy_SS_Nation]

It’s too much now hiring signs out

[@Lionel4482]

They aren’t hurting anybody, nor are they demanding donations. You either give or you don’t. People get fooled daily by bs in the news, social media, television, and radio advertisements, but people won’t go after them, but instead try to “expose” this guy for doing it. His sarcasm relays the true hypocrisy.