The Fraud Chronicles feat. Coffeezilla

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  • čas přidán 17. 05. 2024
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    2023 was a crazy year in scams. In this episode featuring Coffeezilla we take a look at some of the most notorious scams of the past 12 months. This is a bit of a fun video to start off the year so enjoy!
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    Producer: Dagogo Altraide
    Writers: Meehan Kathan, Dagogo Altraide
    Editors: Tanzim Uddin, Dagogo Altraide
    01:40 FTX + Coffeezilla Commentary
    08:27 Safemoon Crypto Scam
    10:52 Charlie Javis Scamming JP Morgan
    12:30 Credit Suisse Disaster
    14:52 TikTok Australian GST Scam
    18:23 “The Day Before” Video Game Scam
    22:13 The Billion Fraud Miles Guo and William Je
    25:03 Conclusion
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  • @hieronymusbutts7349
    @hieronymusbutts7349 Před 4 měsíci +7510

    Y'all could co-run a channel and call it "Cold Coffee"

  • @SickBeard
    @SickBeard Před 4 měsíci +2391

    Calling Sam a "College kid" still doesn't sit right with me. He was 27 when FTX was founded.

    • @L33tSkE3t
      @L33tSkE3t Před 4 měsíci +119

      Exactly! I think it was due to so many people putting their trust and faith in his perceived abilities, even if they didn’t invest with FTX, news outlets, prior to the fraud being uncovered, spoke about him with great reverence and respect in what they believed he was doing and at least seemingly succeding at. So when they went to talk about or report on his fraud, making it seem like he was just a naive kid who did the wrong things, maybe makes those who invested in or reported on him positively, feel less foolish. Idk, that’s just my humble theory.

    • @romariorene
      @romariorene Před 4 měsíci +92

      ​@@L33tSkE3tbless your naivety...he lobbied all those outlets lol

    • @vectoralphaAI
      @vectoralphaAI Před 4 měsíci +45

      27 is college age.

    • @shivpratapsingh2881
      @shivpratapsingh2881 Před 4 měsíci +137

      Any age is college age calling some one a college 'kid' implies they are fairly young which is not really true, at least not in terms of being naive.

    • @elvicsolgb
      @elvicsolgb Před 4 měsíci +32

      27 years living on earth, man. That's what his age all means. You've at least seen him on cam how he carry himself, how he talks, & the interviews he made betrayed a behaviour that fits more to a kid than an adult. Even the overall aura. Yes, we have a lot of toddlers & kids living in adult bodies nowadays. It doesn't matter if they're in their 40's, 50s, or 70's there are people who truly are kids mentally no matter how long they've lived their lives on this planet. The thing is, this kid we're talking about is just a pawn of his parents. His parents are the real crooks behind this kid. And guess what, they're university professors who pulled strings for him that involved multiple governments, corrupt politicians, and investors to pour out money to his company.

  • @king_big_pp
    @king_big_pp Před 4 měsíci +677

    Patrick Boyle had a wonderful video about how "30 Under 30" is absolutely filled with scam artists. I'm so done with any organization telling me how "brilliant" or "good" some random knob is

    • @tpfrk8977
      @tpfrk8977 Před 4 měsíci

      💯.. Wait until a recession hits.. We will see more frauds uncovered than perhaps ever before

    • @orionxtc1119
      @orionxtc1119 Před 3 měsíci +12

      Yes I'm Irish and would NEVER invest in guys who have no track record for at least 20 years and then I would be still suspect of them

    • @hieronymusbutts7349
      @hieronymusbutts7349 Před 3 měsíci +40

      @@orionxtc1119 the fuck being Irish got to do with it?

    • @PsRohrbaugh
      @PsRohrbaugh Před 3 měsíci +6

      Patrick is a blessing to the world... I hope...

    • @staninjapan07
      @staninjapan07 Před 3 měsíci +6

      PB is good, isn't he.

  • @thesahel7218
    @thesahel7218 Před 4 měsíci +193

    It's hilarious whenever Coffee speaks to one of these guys and you can tell they despise his guts but can't attack him publicly. They're forcing themselves to be nice to him and they hate every second of it but because of Cofeezilla’s influence they have to play nice.

    • @DystopianOverture
      @DystopianOverture Před 3 měsíci +35

      SBF being grilled by Coffee was the best. Him trying to play nice and resist murdering Coffee is funny. Awww poor Sam did Coffee say mean things about your scam 😁

    • @Ishbikes
      @Ishbikes Před 3 měsíci

      @@DystopianOverturethe only one who slithered they’re way out was the valuetainment guy.

  • @betterchapter
    @betterchapter Před 4 měsíci +1146

    Damn coffee is relentless, he’s hunting down SBF better than some governments. 😂

    • @sebastianwendl603
      @sebastianwendl603 Před 4 měsíci +26

      Kinda sad he does fewer videos now. Still awesome work, but I need more Coffee. We all do.

    • @tonycrabtree3416
      @tonycrabtree3416 Před 4 měsíci +20

      CZ has no chill when he gets after scammers.

    • @vijaz5559
      @vijaz5559 Před 4 měsíci +24

      @@tonycrabtree3416 i thought you meant cz from binance for a sec there😂😂

    • @anturanggatantra2137
      @anturanggatantra2137 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@sebastianwendl603 give the man some break man. Investigating all those scammer really really take a toll on both body and soul. I can't even imagine how many death threats he must've got for doing investigation in which most of if not all can be proven.

    • @adamcharming
      @adamcharming Před 4 měsíci +6

      @@sebastianwendl603yeah but it gives him work life balance and the work he does is top tier. I have no complaints

  • @thevp_ssb.
    @thevp_ssb. Před 4 měsíci +1581

    Got scared for a bit, thinking that Coffeezilla was a fraud. 😂

    • @hieronymusbutts7349
      @hieronymusbutts7349 Před 4 měsíci +348

      "I've spent years debunking frauds, so you know my Coffeecoin is legit!"

    • @awesomeguyat7771
      @awesomeguyat7771 Před 4 měsíci +49

      That would be the ultimate irony lol, but i dont think he has that much he can be fradulent about besides exposing the fraudsters LOL

    • @galaxy1234
      @galaxy1234 Před 4 měsíci +20

      I too thought that for a second when I read the notification like 'The fraud... ..coffeezilla'. Then I read completely. 😂

    • @superresistant8041
      @superresistant8041 Před 4 měsíci +14

      he's definitely a grifter making money on people misery

    • @BrokenNoah
      @BrokenNoah Před 4 měsíci

      @@superresistant8041 ?

  • @thedamnedatheist
    @thedamnedatheist Před 4 měsíci +68

    The irony of CZcams running a scam ad at the beginning of this video. No one ever calls them out on the role they play in all these scams. Collusion.

    • @sourlemon3337
      @sourlemon3337 Před měsícem +2

      Yeah we really need to come together and sue these big tech companies, they are a giving a platform to these scam adverts. They need to be held accountable but I fear nothing will be done about it

  • @SerMattzio
    @SerMattzio Před 4 měsíci +113

    It's insane to me how open scams go unpunished. I get constant ads from financial scammers right here on CZcams.

    • @notinterested8452
      @notinterested8452 Před 4 měsíci +11

      CZcams IS COMPLICIT.

    • @lovisericachii4503
      @lovisericachii4503 Před 4 měsíci +15

      And CZcams wonders why We use Ads block. N then they punish u for it xD lol

    • @notinterested8452
      @notinterested8452 Před 4 měsíci

      things are at breaking point @@lovisericachii4503

    • @MikodoHizo
      @MikodoHizo Před 3 měsíci

      Yup got one for crypto that isn't Bitcoin or Etherium

    • @K-MasterGirl
      @K-MasterGirl Před 3 měsíci

      I get sexual ai ads. It’s so bad…

  • @Fletcher2k1
    @Fletcher2k1 Před 4 měsíci +531

    I have a suggestion for a potential video, could you possibly make something about the Horizon/Post Office scandal in the UK? The Post Office adopted a faulty IT system that lead to hundreds of people being falsely convicted of financial fraud and theft. It's an ongoing story, but there has been a spike in interest lately. It's a fascinating and tragic story. Thank you.

    • @iceman4660
      @iceman4660 Před 4 měsíci +66

      Faulty is an understatement. The system was bug ridden, and those bugs were spotted during testing.
      the whole episode is a massive travesty of justice.

    • @notsojharedtroll23
      @notsojharedtroll23 Před 4 měsíci +9

      Have links? Would read about it. Tech gone very fucking wrong

    • @ScottiStudios
      @ScottiStudios Před 4 měsíci +24

      Not only that but the post office (a company) were allowed to run their own investigations, put people on trial and convict them outside of court. Some people were denied access to a lawyer.

    • @18hornet
      @18hornet Před 4 měsíci +15

      ⁠@@notsojharedtroll23 czcams.com/video/hCdI3UfQ1L4/video.htmlsi=ozfTgXGnDsU5ZE7P Where I first heard about the case. Insane that it was allowed to happen to those poor people.

    • @notsojharedtroll23
      @notsojharedtroll23 Před 4 měsíci

      @@18hornet appreciate m8. Tysm

  •  Před 4 měsíci +638

    ColdFusion + Coffeezilla together - two of the best research teams on CZcams. Amazing content, bringing awareness and accountability to the forefront

    • @Daboy804
      @Daboy804 Před 4 měsíci +18

      Yet cold fusion fell for Elon over and over. Hyperloop etc. Common sense skeptic is better than both.

    • @Ashiqcool
      @Ashiqcool Před 4 měsíci +13

      ​@@Daboy804 wdy mean by fell for elon? Elons creations may not be perfect but were legit. Dont fall for propaganda

    • @lawyermahaprasad
      @lawyermahaprasad Před 4 měsíci

      Are you surprised coffees real name is stepfen 😂… I found out today

    • @Alec_Tuttle
      @Alec_Tuttle Před 4 měsíci

      nah he looks like a stepfen@@lawyermahaprasad

    • @ingridwentz8581
      @ingridwentz8581 Před 4 měsíci

      The dream team !

  • @evalangley3985
    @evalangley3985 Před 4 měsíci +14

    I was scammed when I was about 19 years old. I had nothing beside the money I wanted to use to buy a computer. I bought it on ebay, and at that time, credit card payment on internet was the wild west. Paypal just started. I lost 2000$... but I lost way more... my innocence. It was the most brutal learning experience of my life... and also the cheapest one. I will not get scammed again.

  • @ByWayOfDeception
    @ByWayOfDeception Před 3 měsíci +14

    "Why are you talking to ME? I am a youTuber!!" lol exactly, finally a content creator, no matter how successful, that has some perspective.

  •  Před 4 měsíci +270

    I can't stop seeing Patrick Boyle memeing about the wood nymph photo everytime someone mentions Ellison 😂

    • @happy_girl_1
      @happy_girl_1 Před 4 měsíci +19

      I was literally waiting for a comment on this after her name.

    • @GorgeDawes
      @GorgeDawes Před 4 měsíci +19

      I laughed so hard at that episode, Patrick taking the piss out of the whole wood nymph thing was genuinely one of the funniest things I watched all year.

    • @haxney
      @haxney Před 4 měsíci +13

      His harping on her wood nymph and Harry Potter stuff rubbed me the wrong way. Caroline Ellison is a terrible person and a crook, don't get me wrong, but mocking those things came off as "fuck you for having weird hobbies." It wouldn't be any better or worse if she liked golfing in Polo shirts, or sailing, or some other "dignified" hobby.

    • @maxhill9254
      @maxhill9254 Před 4 měsíci +1

      true!

    • @Tallimme
      @Tallimme Před 4 měsíci +5

      That cursed photo will forever live rent free in my brain.

  • @Corn_DOG
    @Corn_DOG Před 4 měsíci +163

    I LITERALLY just had a CZcams ad that is a scam. The irony of watching a video about increasing frequency of scams having an ad that is a scam is almost too much!

    • @movealongnowDT
      @movealongnowDT Před 4 měsíci +3

      What's the ad?

    • @fennecfoxfanatic
      @fennecfoxfanatic Před 4 měsíci +15

      I also got a Solana deepfake ad. Hmmmmm

    • @t.c.2776
      @t.c.2776 Před 4 měsíci

      Most are SCAMS and CZcams is pushing them because they make money... doesn't matter if it's a SCAM or not... CZcams doesn't discriminate as long as they make MONEY...

    • @paramitadutta20
      @paramitadutta20 Před 4 měsíci +11

      I also got a solana ad!

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Před 4 měsíci +16

      I watch a woman who does anti-MLM content and she states it's always good when MLM's advertise on her channel. They're wasting money pitching their "business opportunity" to a group of people who have no interest in joining, so it's good when their ads are being shown. I feel this same way with all the Temu ads I've received and that god awful, AI voice 😖. I cannot wait to get CZcams Premium back at the end of this week.

  • @gthreesix
    @gthreesix Před 4 měsíci +115

    To be honest, it is actually a good experience to fall for a little scam you can recover from. You instantly learn that there are people that have no honor or morals, from that point on you are no longer disillusioned. You see the world for what it really is.

    • @auchucknorris
      @auchucknorris Před 3 měsíci +17

      RuneScape scared me straight, I still have nightmares of my lost mithril armour they said they were going to trim

    • @lachlank.8270
      @lachlank.8270 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@auchucknorrisi have some free items for you but i left them all in this place called the wilderness dw ill show you the way

    • @Aasiantuntija
      @Aasiantuntija Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@auchucknorris Lmao the trim scam in 2003

    • @felixchien1664
      @felixchien1664 Před 3 měsíci +1

      That doesn't quite fix anything. Something can be equally a good opportunity or a scam. The way to know is to study and know the source.

  • @enditakamweneshe6428
    @enditakamweneshe6428 Před 4 měsíci +15

    Its crazy I used to trade on FTX, I withdrew my funds 2 months before the scandal came to light.

  • @AMoniqueOcampo
    @AMoniqueOcampo Před 4 měsíci +217

    ColdFusion Coffee sounds like a brand that could take down Starbucks! Yay for collab video!

  • @mariusdextersagana3295
    @mariusdextersagana3295 Před 4 měsíci +76

    Those rugs priced at $1M must've really tied the room together.

    • @mattphilcarver6218
      @mattphilcarver6218 Před 4 měsíci +8

      Underrated comment, dude

    • @nolongerblocked6210
      @nolongerblocked6210 Před 3 měsíci +4

      That'll tie his jail cell together nicely, lol
      PS: he can enjoy some fine toilet "wine" & talk about his rugs

    • @christopherjamesboudoir
      @christopherjamesboudoir Před 3 měsíci +4

      No peeing on those rugs.

    • @theatagamer90
      @theatagamer90 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@nolongerblocked6210
      Enjoy is a strong word for toilet wine. Stuff is just a step above medical alcohol.

  • @asifalimirza
    @asifalimirza Před 4 měsíci +64

    I think it boils down to this: people have this illusion that they can double or triple their money overnight. No hard work needed. So scammers feed on this greed. Look folks, if someone tells you that you can get rich overnight, it is probably too good to be true. The person who gets rich overnight is the scammer. Nothing replaces hard work and smart, long term investing

    • @PsRohrbaugh
      @PsRohrbaugh Před 3 měsíci +5

      It's hard. For example: I had a friend who wanted me to invest in bitcoin back when it was $3. I told him that anything called "coin" couldn't be valued that high. He suggested I put in $100 and let it sit. I said I wasn't down for scams. Anyway he's retired and I'm not.

    • @lasarousi
      @lasarousi Před 3 měsíci +3

      Pretty sure getting rich overnight can happen if one becomes a criminal.
      So unless someone is actually literally offering to commit crimes to get rich, it's probably a scam.

    • @lasarousi
      @lasarousi Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@PsRohrbaughyou would have helped him get out of Bitcoin faster, that is still a borderline scam where new recruits pay for the ones already in and help them get out jolting from the blockchain.
      The only prior who made good money with Bitcoin were the heartless and the miners that started the whole thing. The out currency has to come somewhere, and there's always a loser.
      Speculative markets are just that, speculative, you could say the same as to why your grandfather didn't invest in coca cola stocks and nobody in your bloodline wouldn't need to work ever.
      Who cares, at least you're not helping with the deterioration of the planet just for fucking money.

    • @iemjay
      @iemjay Před 3 měsíci

      Not overnight, but you can make serious money in crypto. You can also lose a lot, but that’s the risk. Still, it’s very possible. I speak for myself.

    • @dashvash5440
      @dashvash5440 Před 3 měsíci

      Desperation.
      The economy isn't made to support a reasonable quality of life. Couple that with little organic access to critical and financial education, powerful prominent authorities promoting, FOMO stories/instances (Bitcoin), etc.
      You get hopeless stressed out people who are desperately grasping onto some sort of hope. The working poor exist and will exist until legislation changes it. Statistically xyz % of people have to fall into the slot.
      Not too mention due desperation. Illness, losing your home and "failing" your family, working two jobs and seeing your kids suffer a life you can't change, etc etc etc
      It's a rough world where we don't make efforts to raise the bottom (which has to exist) to a meager level of dignity and basic security.
      Typically id go on about FDR (big fan) since he did the thing, changed the country, raised the bottom. The mega wealthy destroyed it but he did a great job.

  • @maverick9708
    @maverick9708 Před 3 měsíci +38

    I want the golden age of scamming to be over already

    • @Micfri300
      @Micfri300 Před 3 měsíci +6

      It's only getting started

    • @batsman27
      @batsman27 Před 3 měsíci

      It never is

    • @Ishbikes
      @Ishbikes Před 3 měsíci

      That’ll never happen. From *American greed* to all this new stuff.. it’s never going to end. I wish he could go after the government. They’re the only people that are immune

    • @theatagamer90
      @theatagamer90 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Oh it's just spooling up. Keep getting AI messages about the government giving you free money. So good luck.

  • @kingsavage2272
    @kingsavage2272 Před 4 měsíci +68

    The senator ask for help is kind of huge though. They're willing to take outside information from younger and more in touch people. Steve has shown he has his finger on the post a lot better than most people

    • @tiararoxeanne1318
      @tiararoxeanne1318 Před 3 měsíci

      I'm curious who that senator was. I guess it was Elizabeth Warren, judging from how she grilled Kevin O'Leary about how crypto facilitates money laundering on the Dec 2022 Senate hearing.

    • @khittyhawk9651
      @khittyhawk9651 Před 3 měsíci +4

      @@DeepTissueExplorer Well, I mean - a senator is supposed to make laws on a shitton of different topics. It doesn't make sense that they'd be an expert on all of it. Knowing who the experts in the field are and how to find them and which ones you can trust, _and then_ how to synthesize that information into viable laws that don't run afoul of creating perverse incentives? That's more the skillset that's they're supposed to have.
      Whether they _have_ that, of course, is quite another thing. But I wouldn't take "reaching out to Coffeezilla" itself as an indicator things are horribly wrong.

    • @michaelhall5429
      @michaelhall5429 Před měsícem

      Probably a typo, but its finger on the pulse.

  • @idib1739
    @idib1739 Před 4 měsíci +143

    The collab we didn't know we needed. Thanks guys 💪💪💪

    • @kemclemence36
      @kemclemence36 Před 4 měsíci

      Why are they repeatedly referred to as college kids? I'm sure actual college kids are not claiming these lot

  • @haxney
    @haxney Před 4 měsíci +42

    It took me some time to realize it, but SBF's confession about "coding a new withdrawal process" is the smoking gun. The problem was that the "new withdrawal process" should have existed from the start. It means the funds weren't treated differently.

  • @peterhoffman135
    @peterhoffman135 Před 4 měsíci +38

    I love how humble Coffee is. Quality human. Keep up the great work dude.

  • @ducknorris233
    @ducknorris233 Před 4 měsíci +7

    The Aussie scam reminded me of a woman in the US that faked her tax return to show she was due 2 million dollars. How she got caught was the refund had been sent on a debit card and she had lost it several times and asked for a replacement. The IRS employee processing the replacement debit card got curious of the amount and had the return double checked.

  • @101yayo
    @101yayo Před 4 měsíci +42

    The illusion that you need to be intelligent to be rich is really taking a pounding these days. Its mostly luck.

    • @PsRohrbaugh
      @PsRohrbaugh Před 3 měsíci +9

      It's entirely luck.
      I had a friend who wanted me to invest in bitcoin back when it was $3 per coin. Needless to say he's retired and I'm not.

    • @GalinaEv
      @GalinaEv Před 3 měsíci +3

      Or to be first in these pyramids schemes and know when to pull out lol

    • @tungvudang9414
      @tungvudang9414 Před 2 měsíci +2

      you have to be both lucky, and entirely shameless.

  • @abandonedmuse
    @abandonedmuse Před 4 měsíci +5

    It sucks because these scammers make it so much harder for people who truly want to create something and get their business off the ground. It’s so unfair. I hope they lose every penny they made and end up in jail.

  • @looker999997
    @looker999997 Před 4 měsíci +7

    1 million dollar rugs, sound like they got scammed themselves.

  • @hellfire5108
    @hellfire5108 Před 4 měsíci +20

    People trust celebrities WAY TOO MUCH but they don't realize that if celebs loose let's say 100k, they don't really care while ordinary people may go bancrupt. Also they obviously get paid to promote.

  • @hernaniCH
    @hernaniCH Před 4 měsíci +29

    Key: First of all, you and me start working at the bank; doesn't matter the position so long as we get in there. Then, we just go there everyday; do the work; gain their trust until we get them on the palm of our hand.
    Peele: All right, so, how do we get the money?
    Key: That's the beauty of it bro - they deposit the money into our bank accounts. Week after week, month after month. They don't even know they're being robbed. And then twenty, thirty years later, we walk out the front door like nothing even happened.

  • @AnthonySenpaikun
    @AnthonySenpaikun Před 4 měsíci +38

    The celebrities/influencers who supported or advertised these scammers should be held just as accountable as these scammers.

    • @canesugar911
      @canesugar911 Před 4 měsíci

      Why?

    • @parthvaswani4503
      @parthvaswani4503 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Even they didn't know it was a scam until the news breaks out , how the heck are they accountable

    • @GrgAProduction
      @GrgAProduction Před 3 měsíci +1

      Then you as an investor is also accountable and should be sued..

    • @lasarousi
      @lasarousi Před 3 měsíci +2

      Legally, nobody can.
      These influencers can claim ignorance and just wash their hands, take the money and go on the next brand deal.
      That's why everyone wants to be an insurgent, they can distance themselves and still scam people

    • @Ishbikes
      @Ishbikes Před 3 měsíci

      You would take the money to, I know you would..

  • @MusiciansRule07
    @MusiciansRule07 Před 4 měsíci +10

    2 of my all time favorite Creators collabing! What a treat! Bruh, the fact that Coffee has become like Batman to Cryptoscammers never fails to crack me up. He's like the Boogyman or Beetlejuice and I LOVE IT. Web 3.0 has been nothing but scam after scam and every Scammer and their posse need to be thrown in jail after being drained of every cent they've got. I do my best to have empathy for the victims because most of them aren't bad people trying to climb up the pyramid scheme ladder, benefit from the ponzi scheme, or are like SBF or Logan Paul. Most of those hurt by Crypto are people who trusted the wrong person or didn't have enough financial literacy to realize they've been caught up until it's too late. That being said, I do love when an Elon Musk Stan or one of the "have fun staying poor" folks get Humbled. The government needs to put the work in to fix the laws or if they expect Coffee to do their job, they need to pay him handsomely. The Crypto Bubble is more like a Crypto Boil being lanced. Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

  • @TheCod3r
    @TheCod3r Před 4 měsíci +18

    Coffeezilla is an absolute legend! He's out there putting his pwn life at risk to protect people he doesn't know. A true modern day hero!

  • @Abdulaziz-vz6op
    @Abdulaziz-vz6op Před 4 měsíci +97

    My favorite two channels ColdFusion and Coffeezilla ❤

  • @Blakkrazor69
    @Blakkrazor69 Před 4 měsíci +41

    So many people and Corporations involved with SBF that need to be brought to Justice for this debacle.

    • @Gizziiusa
      @Gizziiusa Před 4 měsíci +4

      Agreed, but at least it does appear there are some class action civil lawsuits pending towards sports, and other celebrities like Tom Brady (who reportedly received $55 million), shaq, and Gisele, et. al.

  • @Sin_Dinero
    @Sin_Dinero Před 3 měsíci +3

    A scam I’ve ran into the last couple years has been eBay bait and switch or giving a tracking number then straight up not sending anything. I’ve never really had issues with either in all the years I’ve used that platform, but I’ve been burned about 6 separate times last year. Pay attention to low scores, sometimes they may have a couple good reviews, but they are burner accounts.

  • @dragonfalcon8474
    @dragonfalcon8474 Před 4 měsíci +55

    "Cost of scamming is going to zero". Finally, now the distressed Nigerian Prince with all that money can give it all away to a lucky someone.

    • @mandalahigherplanes9044
      @mandalahigherplanes9044 Před 4 měsíci +10

      Hard to tell who’s a crook and who’s a saint. From my point of view, there’s lot of double standards in society. Politicians tossing CEOs favours for some of that kickback money. While petty drug dealers get tossed in jail for over a decade. University deans getting 7 figure salaries while students get into debt for useless degrees they will never find a job in. Makes you think… Why work your ass off for chump change that gets taxed… when the people enforcing the rules simply bend the law to their own will?

  • @dengaz4099
    @dengaz4099 Před 4 měsíci +94

    There needs to be so much awareness about the elaborate natuer of todays scams, thank you for taking part.

    • @toomanyaccounts
      @toomanyaccounts Před 4 měsíci +3

      they are the same scams that have been around for centuries

    • @kempolar9768
      @kempolar9768 Před 4 měsíci +1

      ​@@toomanyaccountsindeed, but in the past when you were limited to only being scammed in your town or at most your country, now the people who are looking to scam you come from every corner of the globe. So even if it's the same scams, the number each individual person has to deal with has gone up several MILLION percent.

    • @Pooki2024
      @Pooki2024 Před 4 měsíci

      @@toomanyaccountsAaah yes the crypto scams that have been around since before the combustible engine came about

    • @PhazonBlaxor
      @PhazonBlaxor Před 4 měsíci

      Yes, Elon Musk is still running free, making unfounded claims to sell stocks. He is the most successful scammer of all time.
      (Most likely not mentioned here, still haven't watched the video.)

    • @Gizziiusa
      @Gizziiusa Před 4 měsíci +2

      Scheming/scamming the ATO, the equivalent of the USA IRS...now thats a whole new level of ballz. This goes way beyond mere spoofing of a phone number to caller ID.

  • @WhatsUpWithSheila
    @WhatsUpWithSheila Před 2 měsíci +1

    The amount of people who will *LIE/SMILE* in your face is *ASTOUNDING*
    I no longer trust *ANYONE* too Personable or too Humble😂

  • @Oats.611
    @Oats.611 Před 4 měsíci +3

    There's a big one going through Canada right now. Certain companies are selling "minutes" for a telecommunications company. They sell them to other companies that don't exist. This gets them a tax refund from the government in the multi-millions.
    There was a CBC marketplace investigation on it

  • @onsokumaru4663
    @onsokumaru4663 Před 4 měsíci +24

    Ah how I miss those days when game studios use to release demos for their games before the main release. Good times!

  • @bipolarminddroppings
    @bipolarminddroppings Před 4 měsíci +48

    Coffeezilla has gone so mainstream now that I heard him referenced on Jim Cornette's podcast by his co-host Brian Last. Made me chuckle. He's really becoming our Woodward and Bernstein wrapped up in one.

    • @toomanyaccounts
      @toomanyaccounts Před 4 měsíci +4

      he has been on Joe Rogan multiple times

    • @Aspi3Gam3r
      @Aspi3Gam3r Před 4 měsíci +8

      It's crazy to think he went from ripping on the Dan Lok's and Tai Lopez's of the self help industry to single-handedly handing Sam Bankman Fried over to law enforcement on a silver platter. 0.o

    • @bipolarminddroppings
      @bipolarminddroppings Před 4 měsíci

      @@toomanyaccounts Joe Rogan isn't mainstream

    • @toomanyaccounts
      @toomanyaccounts Před 4 měsíci

      LOL! he is mainstream.@@bipolarminddroppings

    • @virgilhawkins7368
      @virgilhawkins7368 Před 3 měsíci

      A fellow cult member?

  • @Hi-SpeedGee
    @Hi-SpeedGee Před 4 měsíci +43

    Wow Coffeezilla and ColdFusion, probably one of the most important crossovers on this site!

  • @TheBlackMage3
    @TheBlackMage3 Před 4 měsíci +25

    Moral of the story: Don't invest in things you don't understand!

    • @PsRohrbaugh
      @PsRohrbaugh Před 3 měsíci

      Moral of the story: don't invest with funds you can't afford to lose.
      I had a friend who wanted me to invest in bitcoin back when it was $3. I told him that anything called "coin" couldn't be valued that high. He suggested that I invest $100 and let it ride.
      Needless to say he's retired and I'm not.

    • @lasarousi
      @lasarousi Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@PsRohrbaughstop paddling Bitcoin with your made up story.
      Bitcoin is cancer.

    • @iemjay
      @iemjay Před 3 měsíci +2

      There will always be a winners and losers in investing. Because every time you buy, it’s because someone else sold. And vice versa account. If you want to sell an investment at an all-time high, it’s because someone bought it at the all time high. I’ve been on both sides, but that’s the game we play.

  • @coc1841
    @coc1841 Před 4 měsíci +16

    Simple, just avoid crypto.

  • @GMxTekhe
    @GMxTekhe Před 4 měsíci +7

    It's really interesting hearing your perspective on these things, as well as Stephen's - especially the bigger "why is this happening" questions. I'd love to see a deep dive onto the psychology and the reasons behind why these scams succeed, and why they're so prolific too. Especially if you get the 'Zilla back on too :)

  • @StepUPNJ
    @StepUPNJ Před 4 měsíci +11

    Years ago I was inside the 50,000 square foot mansion referenced in this video. It's called Darlington and it's in Mahwah NJ. It sold for $26 million about two years ago. I didn't get to see the whole place but I toured through a few of the rooms. One of them was the so-called dining room, which was about the size of a basketball court. It was also on a huge, amazing piece of property. I think some of that was sold off many years ago.

    • @porscheoscar
      @porscheoscar Před 4 měsíci +1

      If it had been in any town in that county not named Mahwah if would be worth double. Imagine telling your coworkers at the hedge fund you dropped close to $30 million and when ask cool where? Uh Mahwah. Only worse name would be HoHokus

  • @travish9378
    @travish9378 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I remember first finding your channel when looking for a new UI for my Note 3, and found your Voxis video tutorial. Has it been 10 years already?
    Huge congrats on all the success and growth over the years man. I'll always be a ColdfusTion fan 😉

  • @ABQSentinel
    @ABQSentinel Před 4 měsíci +17

    The biggest problem I have with the FTX situation is that, Caroline Ellison needs to go down too! She wasn't some innocent wallflower and victim of SBF's schemes, she was a co-architect of the fraud.

    • @artsmith103
      @artsmith103 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Her parents must have outbid SBF's parents.

    • @frysebox1
      @frysebox1 Před 4 měsíci +2

      inspect nose, extract explanation

  • @coachingmanagersandleaders
    @coachingmanagersandleaders Před 4 měsíci +28

    Safemoon was the only crypto project at the time where the executive team provided updates, timelines, livestreams with progress, etc. I fell for it. lol felt so silly.

    • @Tropicaya
      @Tropicaya Před 4 měsíci +6

      Sorry.
      I've been telling people for years that Crypto is PET ROCKS. If you're not old enough to know the hype of pet rocks just do a little research or even use your imagination.
      Money has to be backed by something valuable. Today money is backed by... LMAO. uh oh. Here we go again.

    • @LegalPhantom
      @LegalPhantom Před 4 měsíci

      A fool an its money are easily parted

    • @coachingmanagersandleaders
      @coachingmanagersandleaders Před 4 měsíci

      @@LegalPhantom a fool can learn and always make money ☺️

    • @brianthrom6858
      @brianthrom6858 Před 4 měsíci

      Read up on the Tulip mania and the original Ponzi scheme. Bubbles and frauds balloon due to perceived value outpacing intrinsic value. The big ones are those that are the best at selling others that what they are selling is extremely undervalued and that anyone who can’t see that is simply dumb. You got duped… so did a bunch of other people. It sucks and I’m sorry you lost money but I wouldn’t call you a fool just because you were fooled

    • @krispysox
      @krispysox Před 4 měsíci

      Keep HODLing bro - diamond hands! ♦Safemoon Army♦🙌🙌🚀🌚🌛💰💰🤑🤑

  • @MrD3000
    @MrD3000 Před 3 měsíci +1

    14:53 that is insane. Trying to scam the taxation office is one of the dumbest things you can do. There’s no way you will ever get away with that.

  • @Spaceman_U
    @Spaceman_U Před 3 měsíci +3

    Its an crazy comparison going from big company frauds to a video game like "The day before" 🤣. The Lore behind it is insane through

    • @GalinaEv
      @GalinaEv Před 3 měsíci

      Billions Billions Billions and then 3 mln, seems like a small change in comparison

  • @itsfrma6500
    @itsfrma6500 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I feel so clean after watching one of your videos man, they just sit right with my expectations haha - such a crisp production.

  • @MrKAmsterdam
    @MrKAmsterdam Před 4 měsíci +21

    Interesting ist that Sam Bankman-Fried was actually coming from the traditional Banking sector. He had some connections to Genser, head of the SEC. So it made people curious why Gensler allowed SBFs fraud but was fighting instead against genuine crypto projects.

    • @Aquatj999
      @Aquatj999 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Gensler and the SEC weren’t fond of any cryptocurrency project, but back in March 2022 when the SEC was in the process of investigating crypto projects, including FTX, a couple Congress members sent them a letter telling them to back the **** off. Even when Congress interviewed John Ray III, they tried to shift blame away from Crypto onto just FTX, as if there aren’t hundreds of thousands of scams in the space.

    • @MrKAmsterdam
      @MrKAmsterdam Před 3 měsíci

      @@Aquatj999 the FTX scam was not a crypto scam, it was conducted by traditional finance people bringing banking scams into crypto. They now just blame crypto "it was not us, crypto made me do it".

  • @carloschau9310
    @carloschau9310 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Thanks for this Chronicle episode.
    It's important to be reminded how much important news is forgotten while we're busy getting on with our lives

  • @MrCybermonk88
    @MrCybermonk88 Před 4 měsíci +6

    Hi Dagogo, I always love your content. It really educates in an entertaining way. Can you make a video about the rampant fraud in the academia and higher education environment? I mean, most of the start up frauds are drop out from prestigious school and recently we know that those schools are safe haven for fraudulent behavior itself. Maybe, we can find some correlation between them.

    • @christinesinclair6938
      @christinesinclair6938 Před 3 měsíci +1

      As a person in academia (Community College level), I second this! A lot of the shit these people pull are things for which my students would be EXPELLED.

  • @imjody
    @imjody Před 4 měsíci +6

    This was such a great video. Thank you, ColdFusion!

  • @schmidtytime
    @schmidtytime Před 4 měsíci +16

    The Day Before developers didn’t receive any money prior to Valve stepping in and allowing refunds for every user. Steam developers have to wait a month before they receive their first cheque after the release of a game.

  • @hrisiv6049
    @hrisiv6049 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Cold Fusion & Coffeezilla collab 🥳 thank you so much

  • @rave400v6
    @rave400v6 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Already, Coffeezilla is officially a legend. I'm so proud of him.

  • @kenyizsu
    @kenyizsu Před 4 měsíci +5

    Hell yeah, the collabb we didn't know we needed! :D
    Also, let's change that old saying: "If something sounds too good to be true, it is." Not "probably". Not "maybe". It just is, especially when it comes to financial subjects.

  • @cryptaveli
    @cryptaveli Před 4 měsíci +37

    ColdFusion + Coffeezilla is a great combo

  • @Decapent_Tater
    @Decapent_Tater Před 4 měsíci +1

    Wow thanks for putting this coffee guy on the radar 😂 but seriously great video! Love your stuff and wouldnt have expected this collab, but am extremely thankfully for its existence.

  • @Gavri1945
    @Gavri1945 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Great recap and great video as always. We simply do not have enough channels like yours.

  • @Gnomezonbacon
    @Gnomezonbacon Před 4 měsíci +3

    Man the nerve of that criminal telling coffee that he "needs" to do anything.

  • @komodo_04
    @komodo_04 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I'm a simple person. I see a new Coldfusion video and click play. Way to go Dagogo!

  • @GG-kn2se
    @GG-kn2se Před 3 měsíci +2

    Scamming JPMorgan and a Tax Office is just truly heroic

  • @paulotcj
    @paulotcj Před měsícem

    From my experience living 35+ years in a country plagued with crisis, I can attest: The higher occurrence of Pyramid schemes, marketing multilevel, and scams in general, is directly linked with extreme economical hardships.

  •  Před 3 měsíci +46

    Coffeezilla is truly the greatest ever at exposing fraud

  • @milo9226
    @milo9226 Před 4 měsíci +3

    This collaboration is something we didn’t ask for but damn it’s something we needed🙌🏽

  • @booyakabambata
    @booyakabambata Před 2 měsíci +1

    Dude each of your vids is amazing. They're so easy to consume and understand bc you ELI5 without making the audience feel dumb. And I always leave with a really good grasp of the subject. Thx.

  • @raulmoreno8663
    @raulmoreno8663 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Glad you fixed the volume, cheers mate! hope you have a great year.

  • @ghostridertom
    @ghostridertom Před 4 měsíci +6

    Cold Coffee every year summary is a must from this moment on 🙂

  • @Splucked
    @Splucked Před 4 měsíci +4

    Super happy to see Coffeezilla on this channel.
    Regarding the Rogan comparison, channels like Cold Fusion, Coffeezilla and Scammer Payback are gifts to the internet. They are the folks/teams who should be earning hundreds of millions. Rogan is a *not* the same species.

  • @Bruce_Quin
    @Bruce_Quin Před 3 měsíci +1

    After watching this feeling simultaneously terrified and entertained. Like, who knew scamming could be so creative? From fake CEOs to zombie game apocalypses, these scammers are basically modern-day con artists with access to a whole lot more glitter and special effects.

  • @Doriansgirl19
    @Doriansgirl19 Před 4 měsíci +3

    The collab I have been waiting for! 💜

  • @dbloodymoon
    @dbloodymoon Před 4 měsíci +4

    The crossover I wasn't expecting but now I want more!
    Coffee × ColdFusion 2k24!!!

  • @oliverlarosa8046
    @oliverlarosa8046 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Really is concerning how quick people are to jump on these things, never seeming to learn from the past

  • @andreasottohansen7338
    @andreasottohansen7338 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Even when not on his channel, listening to Coffeezilla makes me wanna play a noir detective game like Shadows of Doubt

  • @Rleatfitness
    @Rleatfitness Před 4 měsíci +6

    Coffeezilla and cold fusion is the ultimate crossover 🔥

  • @cyrilmusa8646
    @cyrilmusa8646 Před 4 měsíci +2

    "The cost of scamming will drop to zero". This caught me

  • @magnusrey
    @magnusrey Před 4 měsíci +1

    Great to wacth my 2 favourites youtubers working together, blessings from Colombia

  • @DaveAdams308
    @DaveAdams308 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Yet another awesome and informative production. Respect and thanks.

  • @thebleaki
    @thebleaki Před 4 měsíci +6

    I wonder if any agencies ever contact Coffee to help with scam related items at this point since he's had such a hand in large cases at this point

  • @Sound557
    @Sound557 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Two legends come together at last

  • @markov3300
    @markov3300 Před 4 měsíci +1

    This is amazing. Two best channels colabing. Great work !

  • @chubbywombat7402
    @chubbywombat7402 Před 2 měsíci

    I love listening to ColdFusion stories. Dagogo‘s voice and style of narration is both wonderfully soothing and captivating. And the scripts are always super interesting. Thank you!
    One question, though. Seeing the interview bits, is it only me who‘s getting Eriq La Salle-ish SoulGlo vibes? 🙃

  • @sniperfi4532
    @sniperfi4532 Před 4 měsíci +9

    That TikTok advice that conned the Australian government out of $4 billion has had the most hilarious aftermath I’ve ever seen.
    Few of my mates are accountants and the amount of under 20’s coming in to get their tax done only to find out their tax profile frozen and with a debt attached to it with a please explain has got to be the most hilarious thing those guys see all day.

  • @FKnox123
    @FKnox123 Před 4 měsíci +12

    The collab we never asked for but we all wanted ❤

  • @amirullahakmal
    @amirullahakmal Před 4 měsíci +2

    Coffeezilla ft. ColdFusion is the collab that we need and deserve LETSGO

  • @XxxFinneden
    @XxxFinneden Před 4 měsíci +1

    I knew this dag would come, 2 of the best together in a video! Fusion Coffee podcast ?

  • @young_money
    @young_money Před 4 měsíci +3

    2020s will be known as the decade of the scammers

    • @Madelyn24
      @Madelyn24 Před 4 měsíci

      If we make it past this decade.

  • @LosDefinit
    @LosDefinit Před 4 měsíci +6

    Collab I didn’t know I needed. Here since the coldfusTion days!!

  • @TrebleSketch
    @TrebleSketch Před 4 měsíci +1

    Thanks for talking with Coffeezilla about the topic!
    (On your note about people liking this interview more than the Joe/Lex’s one, I think it’s a lot of people feel like those two are part of the modern day scammers/people pushing for worse things. Like, they’re lumped together with the scammers and I can understand why. And well, more Joe than Lex 😅)

  • @konrad6995
    @konrad6995 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Thanks again for keeping us up to date

  • @DrumToTheBassWoop
    @DrumToTheBassWoop Před 4 měsíci +8

    I would be devastated if Cold Fusion was caught up in a fraud case, like my inner sanctum of sanity getting fractured. Dagogo stay true and honest.,😎

  • @johnnym
    @johnnym Před 4 měsíci +5

    A Cold Fusion and Coffeezilla is the calab we never knew we needed!

  • @butterfacemcgillicutty
    @butterfacemcgillicutty Před 4 měsíci +1

    Glad to see you pointed out JP Morgan fraudulently manipulating the gold & silver markets.

  • @danielmoksmann5654
    @danielmoksmann5654 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Of all the scams, Frank's with Charlie Javice is the one that saddens me the most. If it had been kept as a small-scale business for longer, it could have been immensely helpful to a lot of people. Greed - as it often does - destroyed this.

  • @TheCategor
    @TheCategor Před 4 měsíci +6

    17:54 "Incogni..." - So either they do really contact "brokers" to erase your data, or Incogni themselves own the data and you pay them to erase it. But who knows right..?