Facebook Marketplace robbery warning

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  • čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
  • The NYPD has warned that two people are posing as car salesmen on Facebook Marketplace only to rob potential buyers and sellers when they meet face to face. FOX 5 NY's Richard Giacovas tells us where this is happening.
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Komentáře • 192

  • @massapower
    @massapower Před 23 dny +29

    Always meet at a COP station when buying from crappy social media 😎

    • @winstonsyme5899
      @winstonsyme5899 Před 23 dny +4

      Or never deal with the ones Scott Adams warned us about.

    • @westhighlands522
      @westhighlands522 Před 23 dny +1

      They’re mostly scams by sketchy people anyway. I couldn’t imagine myself meeting a stranger with thousands in cash on me.

  • @Treerootlocks
    @Treerootlocks Před 23 dny +57

    Obvious red flag>> Dudes with face mask!

    • @winstonsyme5899
      @winstonsyme5899 Před 23 dny +15

      Obvious red flag…blacks.

    • @zoeking95
      @zoeking95 Před 23 dny

      B1@cks are an obvious red flag

    • @bjkjoseph
      @bjkjoseph Před 23 dny

      It was probably a dumb liberal, he felt it was racist to be suspicious of them

    • @SuLu_B
      @SuLu_B Před 22 dny +1

      but I thought it was just a fashion statement 😂😂

    • @curtis8195
      @curtis8195 Před 22 dny +1

      ​@@SuLu_B Nope it's "savings our lives"

  • @nexstar718
    @nexstar718 Před 23 dny +29

    "cameras" can take 4K pictures of the surface of far distant planets but yet here we have these nice mug shots 🤣

  • @DavidRoss-lo7kz
    @DavidRoss-lo7kz Před 23 dny +22

    Do business with reputable people... The Facebook profile with no picture red flag.

    • @florinathomassin2722
      @florinathomassin2722 Před 22 dny

      No picture is not always a red flag what they need to do is to have the transaction done near a precinct

  • @HClbn
    @HClbn Před 23 dny +12

    I think we know what he means by “common denominators”

  • @noid9798
    @noid9798 Před 23 dny +12

    Adults these days should know better to buy anything from strangers from online

    • @KaySpradley
      @KaySpradley Před 22 dny

      I literally outfitted my entire home gym with stuff from online. Like any purchase, you have to be smart.

  • @airtioteclint
    @airtioteclint Před 23 dny +16

    Who out there is still dealing with those things. Don't people watch the news?

    • @margaret4807
      @margaret4807 Před 23 dny

      AGREED 🫨😵‍💫🫣🤡

    • @kingmaafa120
      @kingmaafa120 Před 23 dny

      Yeah illegals

    • @silvaincyt4810
      @silvaincyt4810 Před 23 dny +3

      A lot of people are unaware of what’s going on in todays society that’s why they always vote for the wrong people and end up in tough situations

    • @hrs2044
      @hrs2044 Před 22 dny

      Unfortunately (or fortunately for the criminals) there are a lot of dumb people in this country. The fact that the # of people getting fooled into these scams doubled compared to last year just shows people are only getting dumber.

  • @wpch1
    @wpch1 Před 23 dny +7

    One MAJOR red flag 🚩 ….. “ Panda Dunks “.. stay away from people with panda dunks n you’ll be aight…

  • @Nourb463
    @Nourb463 Před 23 dny +7

    Seems like it would be super easy to catch them! But instead they just tell you about it.😂😂😂😂

  • @DrSleep-ep6cw
    @DrSleep-ep6cw Před 23 dny +17

    they be doing it on 98% of the videos.

  • @user-zl4ug7rs1g
    @user-zl4ug7rs1g Před 23 dny +12

    Akeem should have been a red flag 🚩 😂😂👦🏿👦🏿👦🏿

    • @margaret4807
      @margaret4807 Před 23 dny +2

      AGREED 👍 😆🤣😂😂😂🤣🥲🫨🫣🤡

    • @Firestorm055x
      @Firestorm055x Před 22 dny +1

      Very childish!

    • @defblo2000
      @defblo2000 Před 22 dny

      I see a hand that's awfully tanned showing an item for sale, usually an iPhone, that's a red flag.

  • @ronaldopando769
    @ronaldopando769 Před 23 dny +55

    The first red flags were the typical black names “Akeem Brown” and “George Smith”😂

    • @stevenwinterhill3623
      @stevenwinterhill3623 Před 23 dny +7

      🙆 don't forget Jamal and Tyrone Jones

    • @user-jv5xu8jt5k
      @user-jv5xu8jt5k Před 23 dny +2

      @ronaldopando769 Keep your racist comments regarding people's names out of this chat. Not funny. Not cool. (PS Ronaldoando how would you feel if people made negative inferences on YOUR name? shame on you.

    • @thomasgentry6201
      @thomasgentry6201 Před 23 dny

      Never met a Black named George? Akeem believe use to play for Rockets?

    • @BaggioItal
      @BaggioItal Před 23 dny

      Suck it.

    • @ronaldopando769
      @ronaldopando769 Před 23 dny

      @@user-jv5xu8jt5k let me know how your transactions go with the Akeem Browns and George Smiths 😂

  • @TheJuraev
    @TheJuraev Před 23 dny +8

    I’m f NYPD really wants, they can setup and catch all of them, but do they want …???

  • @madgemackles4337
    @madgemackles4337 Před 23 dny +6

    Why are people still falling for these scams?

    • @slapshot68
      @slapshot68 Před 23 dny

      They would fall for it if they saw a 50000 Ferrari on there, u can’t buy any car like that for that amount of $$, what idiot would sell it for that?

    • @user-dk3up2nl1m
      @user-dk3up2nl1m Před 23 dny

      Morons

  • @porscheguy3820
    @porscheguy3820 Před 23 dny +4

    Hell I only have 3 friends

  • @lokomono89
    @lokomono89 Před 23 dny +29

    Why don’t the nypd send their detectives to meet these guys. Nypd are lazy

    • @stevenwinterhill3623
      @stevenwinterhill3623 Před 23 dny +11

      they lazy because the stupid DA is just gonna let them right out again...It's like whats the point 🤷..SMH

    • @TheGV50
      @TheGV50 Před 23 dny

      The NYPD Is staffed with Incompetent personnel too!

    • @margaret4807
      @margaret4807 Před 23 dny

      AGREED 👍 ‼️🫵🏻🖕🤬🖕🫵🏻

    • @silentmajority8365
      @silentmajority8365 Před 23 dny +3

      you traded safety and freedom to be diverse

  • @kksga5476
    @kksga5476 Před 23 dny +34

    The black man.

  • @user-jv5xu8jt5k
    @user-jv5xu8jt5k Před 23 dny +3

    Great tip! did not know NYPD had these safe commerce zones... from now on it is where I'll suggest buyers or sellers of the occasional things I have or want - to meet there.. Thanks!

  • @drb5003
    @drb5003 Před 22 dny +2

    Who has $3,000 in a cup holder?😂😂😂😂

  • @daryoushsameyah8329
    @daryoushsameyah8329 Před 23 dny +23

    Is anyone surprised?
    ANYONE?

  • @leelee185
    @leelee185 Před 23 dny +6

    LIVE THE CORRECT WAY.

    • @margaret4807
      @margaret4807 Před 23 dny

      THEY DON’T KNOW HOW!! That’s TOO HARD!!🤬🫵🏻🖕🤬🫵🏻🖕🤬🫵🏻🖕🤬🫵🏻🤬🖕🤬🫵🏻🤬🖕🫵🏻🤬🖕🤬🫵🏻🤬🖕

  • @burly636
    @burly636 Před 23 dny +4

    Boy, do I love this world, NOT!!! I HATE IT.

  • @stevetaxpayer6664
    @stevetaxpayer6664 Před 23 dny +11

    People would be less inclined to stereotype if these culprits didn't always look the same.

  • @Bxgent1988
    @Bxgent1988 Před 23 dny +2

    You gotta look at their reviews when you buying anything anywhere. If they have 5 friends on Facebook do not meet them. It’s fake. Nobody has only 5 friends on Facebook. Also if they hiding they face in the pictures don’t meet. Never take any cash in hand. If you’re selling something expensive offer to meet at a police station. If they say no then move on to the next buyer. I sell things all the time there but I know how it works and how some people can use it for the wrong thing.

  • @elijahconnorcole5497
    @elijahconnorcole5497 Před 23 dny +1

    You gotta meet inside a public place then produce the goods. You can't meet on the streets or at your house.

  • @thanosianthemadtitanic
    @thanosianthemadtitanic Před 23 dny +14

    go to a dealership folks stop being cheap

    • @arthurbb8937
      @arthurbb8937 Před 23 dny +7

      Private sales are fine but you just can't be stupid. Showing up alone with 10 grand to buy a car? On an isolated street? I wish I would. And if I were that stupid rod would be riding with me

    • @kg888
      @kg888 Před 23 dny

      Cheap. While your ass sitting on debt, still paying car notes.

    • @SimTheory.
      @SimTheory. Před 23 dny +2

      Never heard someone call private sales being cheap before. Pretty ignorant statement. Let me guess you lease a kia?

  • @nycdrake7410
    @nycdrake7410 Před 23 dny +1

    If you know they’re doing this why put it on the news first? Just go undercover set up a buy and arrest them

  • @FKA_Mami
    @FKA_Mami Před 22 dny +1

    1:00 I always leave my cash in my cupholder.

  • @BlimpCityFeeder
    @BlimpCityFeeder Před 23 dny +1

    I’m glad NYPD has recorded spots set up, though some too desperate to buy/sell… wouldn’t think twice if the other party didn’t want to meet there or by the Precinct.

  • @danejahrussmuzik
    @danejahrussmuzik Před 22 dny

    No wonder I can’t sell me infiniti with 70k miles in New York 😂

  • @GOLDZZK
    @GOLDZZK Před 23 dny +1

    This has been going on since Craig’s list time and people should know not to bring cash at first meeting or if you have to, then bring your buddy with a firearm or something in case being robbed

  • @arthurbb8937
    @arthurbb8937 Před 23 dny +1

    People are just too creepy and greedy. You can only meet in a public parking lot with lots of people. If they don't like it tell them to shove it high and far. And don't bring 10k in cash with you! If it's a real sale and you like the car meet again in a public place and bring someone with you who has a rod. Walking around NYC with 10k? Stop.

  • @preyface456fromchicago8
    @preyface456fromchicago8 Před 23 dny +1

    Meet at the Police station 🤷🏿‍♂️

  • @Bailemos888
    @Bailemos888 Před 23 dny +1

    This is nothing new....stay safe, meet at a precint as the video suggests

  • @babayaga2977
    @babayaga2977 Před 22 dny

    Yeah. There's a common denominator here for sure !!

  • @ezmn9663
    @ezmn9663 Před 23 dny

    Glad they are at least being courteous and wearing masks!

  • @eternaldarkness3139
    @eternaldarkness3139 Před 23 dny +2

    Reading comments shouldn't feel like attending a Klan meeting. How are you people on the internet, when you live in the '50's ??!!
    Also, meet people in Police parking lots if possible. (At least, that's what we do here.)

    • @westhighlands522
      @westhighlands522 Před 23 dny

      I don’t know if meeting there is sure bet you’ll be alright when dealing with the “Usual Suspects”

  • @isaiahthekid41
    @isaiahthekid41 Před 23 dny

    This way we always meet at a precinct

  • @RoughRaiders13
    @RoughRaiders13 Před 23 dny

    People have been getting robbed like this long before Facebook........ Don't ever give anyone your address and if you are buying or selling anything of significant value offer to meet the person in your local police department parking lot, especially if its something worth more than $1000.

  • @kingmaafa120
    @kingmaafa120 Před 23 dny

    Merchandise wind up being sold somewhere on either the streets of Bronx or Roosevelt Ave and cars that’ll Wind up back across the border 😮

  • @SlickRick135
    @SlickRick135 Před 22 dny

    I don't know why the NYPD doesn't hold undercover stings to lure them in?

  • @ShannonsBibleStudy
    @ShannonsBibleStudy Před 22 dny

    Facebook Marketplace should be taken down.

  • @M4TTYN
    @M4TTYN Před 22 dny

    Always them, to trusting FB marketplace lmao

  • @bradlafferty6076
    @bradlafferty6076 Před 22 dny

    Fools and their money are soon separated

  • @kenfc8149
    @kenfc8149 Před 22 dny

    New York is such a cesspool but you'd have to be really slow to fall for their Facebook page.

    • @Dontwrrybruh
      @Dontwrrybruh Před 22 dny

      Yea exactly u not suppose to even mess with a profile with nobody showing a pic of themselves and even then it can fake as hell anyway

  • @SkyNet24771
    @SkyNet24771 Před 23 dny

    Never Relax

  • @curtis8195
    @curtis8195 Před 22 dny

    Hey... At least the mask is useful something... 😂😂😂

  • @lonewolfrcs1331
    @lonewolfrcs1331 Před 23 dny +5

    but the illegal weed spots are the problem they go after the hardest 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 but i thought crime was going down tho

    • @house7410
      @house7410 Před 23 dny

      That's because it hurts the cities pockets!!!!!! Joe blow getting robbed isn't their concern

    • @arthurbb8937
      @arthurbb8937 Před 23 dny

      I think they can do both. You can't sell anything illegally and with no license.

  • @gusespe4458
    @gusespe4458 Před 22 dny

    Umm hellooo there wearing hoodies with mask if that doesn’t scream Criminals then I don’t know what does !!!!! C’mon People…Lol 😂😂

  • @fredliperson9171
    @fredliperson9171 Před 23 dny

    With a name like that it should have raised more red flags than seen at a Chicom military parade.....

    • @thomasgentry6201
      @thomasgentry6201 Před 23 dny

      Akeem and George Floyd recommend take Scott Adams advice!

  • @AnaBanana209
    @AnaBanana209 Před 22 dny

    I thought for sure the reporter was gonna get hit by that car heading straight at him!! Anyone else or was it just me??

  • @crazydaisy1334
    @crazydaisy1334 Před 22 dny

    Defund more police!

  • @Kaybaby6668
    @Kaybaby6668 Před 23 dny

    So that's why they post them for free, I knew something was weird when I happened to see that. I don't even go on that mess anymore. Forget Facebook

  • @MichaelHalsell
    @MichaelHalsell Před 23 dny

    Effective population management requires a holistic approach combining a wide range of professional and scientific disciplines with the aim of maximizing ability to contribute to the long-term survival of society.

  • @avirexj
    @avirexj Před 21 dnem

    Now do you understand unconscious bias just a little bit more?

  • @zizibressa4251
    @zizibressa4251 Před 23 dny

    Same suspects as always. When those criminals go back to jail? It’s not fair for us citizens become prisoners and them is streets committing crimes.

  • @jojoradio1668
    @jojoradio1668 Před 23 dny

    First of all, why would anyone buy a car from fb? Secondly, if I pulled up and saw the seller looking like that, I surely would keep going.

  • @zachzoots
    @zachzoots Před 22 dny

    Let me help you- don’t do any business with the usual suspects.

  • @user-zl4ug7rs1g
    @user-zl4ug7rs1g Před 23 dny

    Ppl don’t learn not to buy from fb

  • @willpage79
    @willpage79 Před 20 dny

    Key flags ..too good to be true..facemask..only cash..no frens..no rating

  • @bsp5689
    @bsp5689 Před 22 dny

    Just meet at a police station…if they refuse then you already know what it is 😊

  • @user-dk3up2nl1m
    @user-dk3up2nl1m Před 23 dny +1

    When did Covid come back??

    • @thomasgentry6201
      @thomasgentry6201 Před 23 dny

      Entire a Scare Tactic and those Vaccines where Placebos!

  • @misterb5926
    @misterb5926 Před 23 dny

    Yah pull up for the transaction on a low traffic street and see two guys in masks lol...yah not shady at all 😂😂😂

  • @khalyllwilliams8872
    @khalyllwilliams8872 Před 23 dny

    This is why I don't buy s*** on Facebook

  • @silentmajority8365
    @silentmajority8365 Před 23 dny +1

    Diversity

  • @johnsimon4873
    @johnsimon4873 Před 23 dny

    Terrible

  • @thomasgentry6201
    @thomasgentry6201 Před 23 dny +1

    Pretty sure George Smith a Alias now Akeem may be close so Thief can remember?

  • @beck9314
    @beck9314 Před 23 dny

    set them up

  • @BRZbazzanx
    @BRZbazzanx Před 18 dny +1

    Police US Facebook Anime Pic body.

  • @divaslife8709
    @divaslife8709 Před 21 dnem

    This is what u call bum won’t go get a job in still people hard earned money sad

  • @raylegend808
    @raylegend808 Před 23 dny

    4 bums

  • @jdwfenton
    @jdwfenton Před 22 dny

    Usual suspects doing the usual stuff.

  • @magalupe1
    @magalupe1 Před 23 dny

    Así mataron a un policía

  • @SuLu_B
    @SuLu_B Před 22 dny

    Firing squad

  • @7Little701
    @7Little701 Před 23 dny +2

    Ban Hoodies now!!

    • @thomasgentry6201
      @thomasgentry6201 Před 23 dny

      COVID Mask hey Numb Nuts the whole thing was a scam!

    • @westhighlands522
      @westhighlands522 Před 23 dny +1

      Exactly! How can you walk around with that shit pulling down on your head. I wore one once and It felt like I was being pulled down by a weak wrestler or something. I think they might cause brain damage.

    • @thomasgentry6201
      @thomasgentry6201 Před 23 dny +1

      @@westhighlands522 Cultural issue not a Clothing issue!

  • @Sensecommon557
    @Sensecommon557 Před 23 dny +6

    Probably the swedes again 😅😅😅😅

  • @mikeokeefe2014
    @mikeokeefe2014 Před 23 dny

    Ya the common denominator is the usual suspects

  • @tqdesignz4227
    @tqdesignz4227 Před 23 dny

    Rombouts is a very secluded area. Its somebody up there thats knows it for sure. Nothing but west indians up there.

  • @geoall2710
    @geoall2710 Před 22 dny

    These are migrants… they’re having a hard time in nyc due to high prices and these are the only way they know how to make money. Please forgive them

  • @libby31
    @libby31 Před 23 dny

    Best of the best in NYC

  • @christophersteidinger7466

    Usual suspects it figures

  • @choppastyle6030
    @choppastyle6030 Před 22 dny

    😮😮😮😮🔒⛓️🔒😳

  • @nicke9331
    @nicke9331 Před 23 dny +1

    I thought NY told ua that everyone wearing a facemask was a upstanding citizen

  • @zoeking95
    @zoeking95 Před 23 dny

    The usual losers

  • @BRZbazzanx
    @BRZbazzanx Před 18 dny +1

    Facebook Anime body hre

  • @Hologan77
    @Hologan77 Před 23 dny +1

    Akeem Brown and George Smith = TyQuan and Keyshawn.

  • @aslkdjfzxcv9779
    @aslkdjfzxcv9779 Před 23 dny

    hahahahahahahHH

  • @jonathanprince3724
    @jonathanprince3724 Před 23 dny

    No one should purchase anything on Facebook anyway. Facebook is a social app not a shopping app.

  • @wizerdjuice9589
    @wizerdjuice9589 Před 23 dny

    WhT would Martin Robber King say?

  • @sammyday3341
    @sammyday3341 Před 22 dny

    Our country has a problem it hasn’t the courage to address.

  • @usarmyfl1
    @usarmyfl1 Před 23 dny

    If they are a 13% then find another buyer/seller.

  • @Bullish431
    @Bullish431 Před 23 dny

    Alvin brag and his cousins have to chill out before they run into someone who really packing 🤫

  • @propblast82nd
    @propblast82nd Před 22 dny

    Biden voters

  • @Holiday_Ringo
    @Holiday_Ringo Před 22 dny

    They are posing as white sellers online?

  • @TheGV50
    @TheGV50 Před 23 dny

    Seems to be the same Demographic all the time!

  • @4_vaccuum_salesman_of_marr944

    Ooga. Booga.

  • @Joe-uu7jt
    @Joe-uu7jt Před 23 dny

    If you pull up and see black, just keep driving.