Man Exposes Scammer Who Promised $4.5 Million in Hilarious Video Call
Communication with online scammers tends to come in the form of automated phone calls or emails from "princes," but this TikTok user managed to put a face to the name in a series of viral videos.
Art and Ashton call themselves a "scam fighting duo," as they document their attempts at UNO reverse-carding online scammers.
On TikTok, a recent three-part series by the pair went viral after they managed to convince a scammer to video call them.
"So a scammer named Mary reached out to me via email claiming to be from the United Nations, promising me 4.5 million dollars. All I had to do was send her $350 with Google Play gift cards," prefaced Ashton.
"I told her I'd only send her the money if she agreed to video-chat me, and unbelievably she actually agreed," he added.
Mary and Ashton had a dimly lit video call, during which an off-camera male voice claimed that Mary did not understand English well, but that the gift cards needed to be sent. The first video gained over two million views, with users noting that Mary seemed to be somewhat forced into the call.
@trilogymediainc in part 2 we’ll expose her colleagues face 😳 #scam #scammers #scammed #scambait #moneymule #scammersgetscammed #phonescammer #spammer
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"I told them I would only send them the $350 Google Play gift cards that they wanted, if that man showed his face as well," said Ashton in the following video.
The scammer obliged and answered the call himself this time.
"I've been working for the United Nations for years," he claimed in the call.
Ashton later sent him an IP tracker which appeared on the scammer's end simply as a broken link. Soon after, he received a call from the scammer. The video of the ensuing conversation has gained over 2.3 million views.
"You're a handsome man, you know that," Ashton tells Kevin, causing him to hilariously giggle.
Viewers were left entertained by Kevin's quick diverts back to demands to show the card after every compliment.
"I'm crying at how flattered he was when you complimented him but then quickly went back to finessing the Google Play card," wrote one viewer.
@trilogymediainc The saga of the Nigerian Scammer continues, I got a part 4 if y’all want #scammer #scam #moneymule #scambait #spammer #scammers #scammed
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Although this recent series is certainly the duo's most popular, they regularly create content exposing scammers and attempting to shut the organizations down—sometimes successfully.
Just two days ago, a fake IRS scammer requested they post a $30,000 check to an address, made out to someone called Susan.
In the video, they turn up to the address to find an older woman, who was expecting a check in the post from her "internet security" company to repay the money she had previously been scammed of.
"They are repaying me the money that was taken out of my account," she believed.
The clip has gained over one million views, with many predicting the scammers were planning to take the money right back out of her account.
