Pigeon Drop Scam Web

[@hevymetal30]

Yeah, no wonder ive never heard of this before...who the hell would fall for that!

[@andysullivan1120]

If they try it several times a day every day, they are bound to find some idiots or senile old people.

[@joezilla29]

There was actually a woman who fell for it, its on KZbin somewhere.

[@garagegorilla5x5]

Same as those people who lose thousands when they get that "You've won some money email send us $1000 to get $50000 sent to you." People are doing scams on Craigslist now where they have a car for sale with a too good to be true price and they wanna have you Paypla or Western Union the money. People are..........

[@razorbacks1983]

If you had street smarts instead of only book smarts you wouldn't fall for this. You need 2 educations. Like Sonny said

[@mrfantastik8168]

Greedy people fall for this all the time with so much ease.

[@alababakare4865]

If im dumb enough to fall for this, you can keep my money.

[@thomasnorman951]

If a scam takes this long to explain it is probably a scam

[@mathematician1234]

I found $20 yesterday at a museum. The lights were kind of low, to avoid fading the exhibits, I guess. So, I did not see it on the floor right away. I picked it up and looked around. The only other folks there was a couple, 20 feet away and walking slowly away from me. I walked over to them and asked if it was theirs. They said no. I was worried that when walking over to them waving a $20-bill in my hand they might think it was some kind of scam. It's in my wallet now, thanks to an anonymous donor.

[@kellistrong4244]

Make sure to claim it on your taxes. It's the law!

[@operadog2000]

I lost $20 at a museum, and it's mine. I can prove it; It's green and it has a portrait of Jackson.

[@mathematician1234]

@ Did you know that there are a few photographs of Jackson, as an old man? He still looks very much like his image on the $20.

[@AwesomeDude799]

Who tf would believe someone found a wallet full of money and wants to share it

[@Americannndd]

yeah foreal,

[@daveschannel49]

😂

[@audreymai2773]

My brother found 50k in a brown bag in a public bathroom. He was only 15 at the time. Had to be drug money or something

[@Bobbbybags]

@@audreymai2773 what did he do with it?!

[@sanjoog47]

@@Bobbbybags spent it retard

[@BillyJack85]

Fun fact: it's called a pigeon drop cuz you'd have to have the brain of a pigeon to fall for it

[@vitalityfox]

Every con requires a willing mark in order for the con to work. You'd be amazed how stupid the average person is.

[@BillyJack85]

​@@vitalityfoxthey say there's a sucker born every minute

[@shanswanwaters5822]

Lol !!! You just made me spit up my juice.

[@hubster4477]

Hahahaha

[@memolano100]

@@vitalityfoxAnd remember they are just the average.

[@mini696]

My left ear really enjoyed this.

[@linebeck1381]

But I’m sure your right ear enjoyed the music

[@celticrebel5229]

New headphones you need them because mine work fine

[@azokyn9427]

@@celticrebel5229 it’s not the headphones it’s the video

[@beastmode7013]

No u have to hold the fone a certain way

[@fightme5543]

@@celticrebel5229 your audio is set to mono my friend. Stereo makes it seperate left and right. Some headphones only have mono audio. 3 contacts is mono 4 is stereo

[@doyouknowwhodariusminesis7854]

😂😂😂😂😂 “let us get $2k each from your bank so we know we can trust you!”

[@helbent4]

That would be my response. "You want me to prove I can be trusted? Hey, how about you prove to me you can be trusted?"

[@WinterLumikki-p5y]

Yeah from crooks who aren't intelligent enough to write a proper note - We paid(ed)⁉️

[@helbent4]

@ Fair point. But part of the grift is to communicate like criminals, who are usually uneducated and often stupid. As well, maybe that's baked-in? Like, you want your mark to be kind of stupid and uneducated, and greedy. If someone overlooks poor spelling and grammar or don't even notice it they are halfway there. The "Nigerian Prince/Spanish Prisoner" scams work this way in part. Emails are badly spelled with incorrect grammar because they want to weed out people who can think critically so they don't waste time.

[@25gamers]

This definitely should be the youngest trick in the book with the shortest life span. Maybe the worst scam in history

[@dinkleberg794]

Who in the actual hell would fall for this?

[@jackmahoney5826]

a lot of people lmao

[@Yo_Chino]

The same person I have a bridge to sell too lol

[@nonyabizz3533]

@DaHunters Trophy I will buy that Dam sir

[@vespeneprotoss4346]

There are dummies who'd actually fall for this ... check out the video 😂😂😂 "The Pigeon Drop | Brain Games"

[@shenahenderson2487]

My thoughts exactly 😆

[@therealblurrybarber]

You would have to be a damn fool to fall for this. If someone gets you with this you deserve it

[@Spyderz-xo9rz]

If it's been around 500 years then people have ! Hahahaha this is just gold.

[@jackl7994]

Why you deserve it for falling for it?

[@lonnieanderson4233]

Watch George C Scott in the 1967 movie called THE FLIM FLAM MAN. It has a great example of one. I have loved seeing this comedy since I was eleven. You can see it right now on youtube.

[@formxr]

@@jackl7994 Because dumb people shouldn't have money.

[@NJgateway]

Agreed. Not only have to be a fool but greedy AF as well.

[@a.p.9387]

I’d take the money out the bag and tell them keep this I’ll replace it with mine 😂

[@Redspeciality]

That is exactly what I was about to say.

[@BeeYonCahReigns]

Who’s falling for this? Stand up, let me take a look at you.....

[@villain-ek3yv]

Then send em to me, I've got some magic beans for sale.

[@Gunshinzero]

Lol. A real life living dummy. I wonder if they look like the cartoons.

[@martin123abcd]

No one would go along with the 30 day rule these days

[@ziggytubey]

My cousin Vinny would've said .. Fan it out! Let me see it!

[@MikeJonesGT3]

Ramon Quiles LOL

[@killaproject844]

with an accent 😂😂

[@autumnicleaf]

Oh, no! She got you? How could you try to scam your own cousin!

[@jasonkadela6204]

gotta watch out for those two yutes at the Sack o' Suds.

[@ziggytubey]

@@jasonkadela6204 those two wuaa?

[@cesarcazares6728]

These are scams from the 80’s

[@MLFlagg]

More like the 1800

[@dylandoge1627]

M.L. Flagg in 1800 mofos walked around with silver and gold

[@dimaswitanto2994]

@@dylandoge1627 *knocking Horse cart door "helló sír is this ýour bág of góld?"

[@svenniepennie4237]

This scam was old in 1980 BC

[@michaelwarren2391]

They've just moved to social media.

[@savagenomore]

sir I found this by your car, is it yours....yep, sure is thanks.

[@MrBacus72]

In my country we just say yes it´s mine. end of story

[@leos3003]

And then the cops come up and arrest you for possession of drugs.

[@ss8512]

That's to much talking to a stranger, this is 2019 people dont talk to people on the street like that anymore, they have smartphones.

[@brandoncollen419]

Yeah I feel like this would be too much. Like once they said you drop this and I know it not mine I will say no and walk away. If he like dude let's look inside. I would be like no leave me alone

[@dylandoge1627]

When you got that much cash on the line you will

[@daveschannel49]

Dylan Doge will what?

[@tictac3147]

Smartphones don’t impact someones ability to talk to people on the street, but okay

[@andrerodriguez7603]

Funny, when he said by law we have to hold it for 30 days. If he said you need to show your money in good faith. I’d say no. He than says, no that’s not good enough than. How can we trust you if you don’t put up some cash? I’d say, Since you found the money, you take it all to the police station yourself, you let them hold it 30 days, that solves the whole problem. You keep it all. See ya later. 😊

[@doorguru168888]

No, I got a better idea... Let's all take $10,000 each and hold on to it Individually for 30 days. But then again I guess they were counting on the victims greed and assuming he would keep all 30,000 for himself.

[@fromthepeanutgallery1084]

I was at the ATM the other day, as I get into my car, a guy walks up to my window and says "Is this yours?" and shows me my wallet. I said yes, he hands it to me and walks off. I can't believe it, my wallet fell out of my jean jacket as I got into my car. Lucky I had no cash in it, but all my credit/debit id's and medical cards were in there. Would have been a nightmare. I popped the horn and he came back, I gave him $40 for his trouble. He was happy and so was I.

[@m.o.t.hmusicofthehour2850]

I would have been like. You guys take some of this 30k.

[@designercreep7823]

Right this is so dumb

[@sheeplehunter9651]

@YG - 09ZZ 739885 David Suzuki SS That's obviously a red flag that the scam hinges on, and anyone falling for it would have their judgment clouded by greed to blindly accept the opinion from a stranger's "friend." That is what a court of law would consider hearsay and it would be inadmissible.

[@doorguru168888]

They were counting on the victim to keep the $30,000 for himself once he left.

[@francis5944]

Yep, this happened to me. A guy showed me a paper bag with $3,000 in it, he told me he wanted to go into the stripclub to get a lap dance, but was afraid the stripper was gonna steal his $3,000 dollars. He asked me if I could hold his money, while he went inside. He also asked me if i was trust worthty. I told him he could trust me with his money. He then asked me if i had any money on me and to proof i was thrustworthy, he said to put my money and his money in the same bag. I immediately gave him my $300 thinking I was gonna get away with this idiot's money. We put my and his money in the same bag, he gave me the bag with cash and he walked into the stripclub.. When he was out of my sight, I headed towards my car and left. When i was in a safe area, I opened the bag, just to find a whole bunch of newspapers in it....

[@JPKnapp-ro6xm]

I guess you can't cheat an honest man.

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

and im the king of mars

[@rossg9363]

bait and switch🤣 funny as👊

[@leos3003]

Thanks for being brave enough for us to have a laugh. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Jojo-u6c]

No honor amomgst thieves

[@Aliciaek]

Of course, many fools and greedy people falls for this scam.

[@allen35315]

My mom always said it’s easy to scam a greedy person

[@thatfoojosh]

Why not, instead of going to the bank, take the money from the $30k? This scam is really dumb.😅

[@JR-hs4lz]

Only someone of diminished capacity would fall for this scam

[@50tigres79]

I dont think someone is so stupid not to check if the bills are real.

[@ObeyCamp]

Congratulations to this guy for finding history's loudest envelope to use during a recording session. What an achievement.

[@Reubenhubert]

John Lanigan was a morning DJ in Cleveland Ohio. He used to say that half of the people wake up every day thinking of ways to get money from the other half.

[@TobbeDraws]

my first thought would be...why would ANYONE want money as security for money. And further why would anyone except 3.000 security for 10.000? xD Faith shouldn't be much larger after that.

[@VegasGirl777]

I learned this scam from an episode of the Golden Girls.

[@trnharris]

Watching that very episode right now on the Hallmark Channel LMBO

[@patrickslomka2017]

It was also used in the movie sting.

[@leeosbornemusic2817]

One year later and it still says "Paided off" 🤣

[@PhilieBlunt666]

Yeah, no wonder they thought this was gonna work out 😂😂😂

[@jrobbin24]

What's next? The brick in the VCR box?

[@Joan-u6p]

All of these con jobs depend on the mark being greedy and loose. An honest person will walk away knowing its a scam.

[@austinpowers1999]

I’ll be like we split it now and STFU

[@TwoToneT]

There’s a reason he’s on the right side of the law…….bout as slick as a cactus

[@Soultraveler0020]

People are coming up with all kinds of ways to take your money. So much dishonesty in the world.

[@mattm597]

It is just AMAZING what seemingly intelligent people fall for!!!

[@dyates6380]

The only way people would fall for this is if they were extremely elderly and thus confused, but naturally trusting, but even then I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone gullible enough to even continue the conversation longer than one second after a third person "just happened" to saunter up. LOL. Hell, I wouldn't have even engaged the first person. I trust NO ONE.

[@kramsdrawde8159]

GREED is the reason this works, if you expect something for nothing you have the heart of a thief. I think it laughable that people fall for this they got what they got because they are crooks at heart and corrupt.

[@dukeofdevon5608]

I’d be like no you look trustworthy you keep it and give me $2k lol

[@samantaex.hardaway8268]

Are.... are they serious right now?

[@sd906238]

Seen in the movie The Flim Flam Man with George C. Scott.

[@ryarbrough1195]

Why is there recovered evidence in your house?

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

I would have said, yea that's mine thank you very much take it and go.

[@ShaneSchrute]

0:34 this is the equivalent of the karate expert trying to demonstrate how to get out of a hold and saying, “grab my arm. No not there, grab it here.” If you said something like that to a con artist they would probably think, okay this isn’t the mark for me and move on. They want to pick just the right person for this con. Blue shirt guy should have pointed that out instead of just correcting the other guy.

[@lametube01]

What do you do when the con breaks down?

[@beastamv3196]

What if it’s not div but instead I could be D.V. And the dot just be written wrong

[@deefowler95]

The first thing I'm going to asked when you ask me for the $2,000 is let me see the money spread out and why do we have to wait 30 days for money you found?

[@dambigfoot6844]

But why keep it together for 30 days instead of just splitting the money on the spot? Only an idiot would go to their bank when there is $30,000 in 3 different bundles and 3 people there. People who already know if something is too good to be true, then it probably is would just say "Its your lucky day" if they saw a scam like this.

[@doorguru168888]

They were counting on the victim to keep the $30,000 for himself once he left.

[@ShevsHer]

If it sounds to good to be true...Don't be greedy or take part in a crime.

[@BLOXKAFELLARECORDS]

I won't wait till I get home. Im beating azz... right there... so you can catch it. 😄 🤣

[@corysummers3008]

I'd say let's split it up and we can all3 hold our share for 30 days lol

[@doorguru168888]

They were counting on the victim to keep the $30,000 for himself once he left.

[@randystegemann9990]

Take pics of the scammers and the money, then tell them you want to take it to the police station.

[@lothean2099]

Me..pull my pew pew and i have 30,000 in toilet paper. Stevie wonder can see this is a scam. Never pay money for money.

[@kenweis7913]

Yeah hold onto money, that might be seized in 30 days....give us 4 grand now

[@digitalcynicism]

Um most people would just yes that's mine gimme it..

[@yolanda5611]

That's stupid 😐 who would fall for that?🙄

[@IngoPagels]

my reply: Letz call the cops and let them decide what to do.

[@SashOg]

So who doesn’t make sure the money is real?

[@northside3701]

Funniest scam in history 😂😂

[@Katsoulinos]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! "ok, let's split the money in three and everybody takes it's share for thirty days". Or even better, YES! it's mine. Thank you good lord people. Then grab the bag and leave.

[@doorguru168888]

They were counting on the victim to keep the $30,000 for himself once he left.

[@JayLawson]

We'd be headed to rhe Board Game Bank because the only money the two scammers would get from me would be Monopoly money

[@jerrycargill5062]

For a few years, I was really broke and lived in a dangerous neighborhood in Chicago. I would get to the subway each morning to go to work, by going out my backdoor and shortcut through the alleys, at about 6 in the morning. Several times I'd find 20s...because people sold narcotics back there at night and would often drop one or two of the many 20s they'd collect. That's about the luckiest I got with found money.

[@jenesaisquoijones5423]

Who would EVER fall for this scam?!?!😂😂😂😂

[@kritsadventures]

Imagine thinking I have a few thousand in my bank account to give to strangers. 😂

[@MarleneWalker-su8ku]

Pigeon drop😂 sounds like pigeon shit to me .

[@andreww1212]

Never heard of this but the overall premise sounds far too elaborate.

[@a.nevillechamberlain7612]

The movie, “The Sting” shows a more convincing con, Robert Redford’s breakdown of the quick confidence game was a work of art. Stellar performance, I’d do whatever he says without hesitation. Anyone else, not a chance. 😂😊

[@ScoutSniper3124]

Fine, I'd give them that $3,000 from the money in the bag.

[@detjcl3]

This was an episode of The Jeffersons; I never knew the pigeon drop was real.....

[@dogstylez585]

Only one side of my headphones has sound thanks for the shitty recording. Then you hit me with the right one only for some loud ass music lol

[@NJgateway]

If somebody is this foolish and this greedy, then they deserve to be scammed.

[@raibyo]

I've heard of this scam before. But the version I know does have money in the bag. But instead it have something "valuable", like a necklace or a ring.

[@joshJ.]

I would check out the money and just say let’s divide now ! WtH

[@michaelfowler5760]

That's the worst version of the pigeon drop I've ever heard.

[@underorion3919]

Because you can't take 2k or 4k from the pouch.... oooooook

[@doorguru168888]

They were counting on the victim to keep the $30,000 for himself once he left.

[@glasshalffull2930]

Was walking in a big city and a young lady was trying to pull this scam on an older woman. I just looked at the older woman and shook my head. 🤦‍♂️

[@helbent4]

"Me give each of you a couple grand as a sign of good faith while I hold the money? I got a better idea, how about both of you give me a couple grand, you hold onto the money. No, I insist."

[@99thDimension]

An old carney guy I knew would always do the old change trick and always come out $10 ahead.

[@alonzobrickman7418]

There appears to be a strong correlation between greed and poor decision making.

[@celestguap8513]

Gotta be the worst "scam" in the world. Hard to believe this has ever worked

[@carloscepeda8663]

It always works, gullible people born everyday hahaha.

[@strattuner]

THE ONLY SMART ONES are the ones that walk away,i always walk away,i only look for brinks trucks that leave the back doors open,turn a corner and out comes the bags,happened in California,two guys went for the bag,and the two got In a fight,while they were beating the hell out of each other another guy ran with the bag and GOT AWAY,never recovered any of the dough,true story

[@michaelwarren2391]

Your addition of "true story" made my BS meter go high.

[@strattuner]

@@michaelwarren2391 look it up[ genius,one week with me and your IQ would go so high you'd have headaches,look it up,i dare ya,its true

[@natalia-grace]

This guy explaining it is the only one who ever fall for that !!

[@jamesfaragoza5782]

This scam took me several times. Those black guys with dreads were so smooth.

[@am4793]

My Aspergers would want me to count the money, ask why the money needs to be held for 30 days and pay the other two from the bag of money instead of draw out more money from the bank.

[@dougmac6803]

Female and her weasel accomplice tried this on us 30 years ago. We told her smile honey you're on candid camera!!

[@reneebrown6529]

Like he said, this is a very old scam. Now the scams are on the internet

[@rosiehellraiser5066]

If they weren't so greedy they'll call the police.

[@jace5471]

Be suprised how many fall for these types of plays. You can't cheat an honest person thats true, the person has to have a little Larsen in them

[@mariakristinahawl1640]

I would laugh and walk away and say...... I want no part of that dirty business. Since it's finders keepers, you just keep it all.

[@paddyoak1]

I would leave found money like that exactly where I found it! I would never get involved

[@derekbailey9894]

Wait a minute thats my bag...

[@lgbfjb1183]

If I’m dumb enough to fall for this, you deserve to keep my money

[@jaredmoore3825]

Oh look, a kind stranger found 40,000 dollars sitting by my car, I better give him 3,000 dollars for it. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@BaberhamLincoln1]

1:54 Rick from Pawn Stars?? 😂😂

[@parkerlaufenberg470]

Sad thing is people do fall for stuff like this. Even just giving money to a "homeless" person is a scam, and how many people do that

[@Spyderz-xo9rz]

I am gonna try this.Thanks for teaching me how to scam people.There are so dumb people out there