I Confronted the YouTube Comment Scammers.

2021 ж. 4 Шіл.
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KZhead currently has a problem with scammer bot comments appearing on countless amounts of channels, especially those in the investing and finance niche.
And unfortunately, we've been the target of these scammers too. So, I decided to do some investigating and confront my scammers/imposters face-to-face.
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  • KZhead can detect 2 seconds of a Led Zeppelin song playing on a car passing by in the background but can't weed out these obvious bots .

    @bad_money@bad_money2 жыл бұрын
    • So true 😂😅

      @khaledfareed5081@khaledfareed50812 жыл бұрын
    • KZhead is just that ridiculous most of the time

      @jessewinchester1829@jessewinchester18292 жыл бұрын
    • Just imagine if they spent some of that time demonetizing and shutting down channels for random reason into making this platform a little bit better

      @valoranttv1856@valoranttv18562 жыл бұрын
    • Who even falls for these very obvious scams??

      @unnamed3893@unnamed38932 жыл бұрын
    • @@unnamed3893 Oh you'd be surprised how many people actually do

      @jessewinchester1829@jessewinchester18292 жыл бұрын
  • We've been in touch with KZhead for 3 months over this. We even provided technical solutions on how this problem can be solved, yet it's not something high on @KZhead's priority list.

    @alux@alux2 жыл бұрын
    • Wow alux is awesome commeting on other channels wow !!

      @zyiresimmons761@zyiresimmons7612 жыл бұрын
    • they say that the hiring process in Google/KZhead for software engineers is very competitive and yet not one of them can find a solution to this current problem. tsk

      @xyckriz@xyckriz2 жыл бұрын
    • wow lol wtf is their problem?

      @yoma2977@yoma29772 жыл бұрын
    • @@xyckriz I believe they actually can, but the managers or leaders doesn't have this on their priority list, thy rather find bether ways to put ads, block ad-blocks or monetize in some way. If KZhead did a solution to his, they would probably monetize on it :/

      @johannbandelow9048@johannbandelow90482 жыл бұрын
    • horrible

      @remybuitenhuis2433@remybuitenhuis24332 жыл бұрын
  • these bots have been all over KZhead even recently. I'm glad someone's had the courage to bite the bullet and investigate

    @scoreunder@scoreunder Жыл бұрын
  • Facebook is just as bad too! I report them all the time and Facebook says “this did not go against the community guidelines.” It’s ridiculous! Yet people get violated for saying the weirdest things!

    @southboundpookoderm9802@southboundpookoderm9802 Жыл бұрын
    • I guarantee if these social sites could do this or maybe they can and REALLY took these bots and all down even people like this channel would lose in a variety of ways which can affect money, etc. Let's see if something like this would ever happen

      @marlak4203@marlak4203 Жыл бұрын
    • Facebook has connections to the deep web. So of course it's just as bad! Probably worse as a result!

      @G.L.999@G.L.999 Жыл бұрын
    • @@marlak4203 Honestly, at this point I'm starting to think that KZhead and Facebook are invested in these scams themselves.

      @kebman@kebman Жыл бұрын
    • @@kebman yes. I think so too.

      @marlak4203@marlak4203 Жыл бұрын
    • I swear to god there are more bots on Twitter than actual users.

      @LikaLaruku@LikaLaruku Жыл бұрын
  • James: "Hi is this James?" "Yes, is me." they replied in strong west african accent lol

    @Massi94211@Massi942112 жыл бұрын
    • He was surprised his scam actually worked.

      @r_iviera@r_iviera2 жыл бұрын
    • As a west African. I can fully confirm that the first speaker has a straight up Nigerian accent

      @samdacosta4676@samdacosta46762 жыл бұрын
    • @@samdacosta4676 as a Nigerian i can attest to your assertion

      @tuj1923@tuj19232 жыл бұрын
    • Maybe he's african _and_ his name is James. Technically, he might not be lying lol

      @ShaferHart@ShaferHart2 жыл бұрын
    • That guy is a Nigeria guy, there are all over

      @ibrahimadamu693@ibrahimadamu6932 жыл бұрын
  • I think KZhead should come up with a feature to "Remove All Comments by this User". It'll give us leverage by simply removing all their comments at once.

    @InvestMindset@InvestMindset2 жыл бұрын
    • You can hide a users comments. Doesnt that work?

      @jerrymiemarcus@jerrymiemarcus2 жыл бұрын
    • @@jerrymiemarcus It does, but it's whack-a-mole because they use so many accounts.

      @JCO2002@JCO20022 жыл бұрын
    • Big fan bro

      @sushilkarki8251@sushilkarki82512 жыл бұрын
    • Most intelligent words I ever heard. I was discouraged so I decided to use it with a genius like Einstein on What-s-up-App 😆

      @Monster33336@Monster333362 жыл бұрын
    • aree bhai aap idhar hahaha!!

      @mr.vaswani8831@mr.vaswani88312 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for being the only youtube creator who I've ever seen acknowledge and take this issue this seriously that you make a whole video investigating it firsthand yourself

    @DolphLundgrensDolphinDungeon@DolphLundgrensDolphinDungeon6 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for spreading awareness as someone who is in cybersecurity for 9 years it feels REALLY good that there is finally some journalism about internet scammers🙏 Thank you

    @cyberdevil657@cyberdevil657 Жыл бұрын
  • If they have to say: "It's not a scam, I guarantee you!" It is definitely a scam.

    @madebyruud@madebyruud2 жыл бұрын
    • @Dusty 99.9%

      @fuziontonygaming@fuziontonygaming2 жыл бұрын
    • @@fuziontonygaming 100%

      @tasoslefth8375@tasoslefth83752 жыл бұрын
    • 😂

      @lesley9989@lesley99892 жыл бұрын
    • 😂

      @ifrahjama2215@ifrahjama22152 жыл бұрын
    • I also get emails from africans who claim that i have family in africa that died and left behind a large fortune, and that i should send them 500 dollar so that they can arrange the money transfer. And that happens 2-3x a year, so i never knew that i had so much rich family there, and that they all died in the same year every year. 😂

      @3DPeter@3DPeter2 жыл бұрын
  • If someone knows a way of making money. He won’t spend his time trying to tell the world how to make money. He’s definitely going to spend most of his time making money. Unless you are his way of making money.

    @TaufeeqSalehuddin@TaufeeqSalehuddin2 жыл бұрын
    • thats a C2C viewpoint

      @richlichtouch@richlichtouch2 жыл бұрын
    • amen to that

      @monarchia@monarchia2 жыл бұрын
    • Good one! What's app me...💦 This is James's(my) second account💦💦........ Just joking

      @AGI-001@AGI-0012 жыл бұрын
    • exactly

      @dailyforjesus@dailyforjesus2 жыл бұрын
    • True

      @ApricotMint@ApricotMint2 жыл бұрын
  • If someone could multiply money like that, they would just do it with their own money, instead of eating time convincing others to send money.

    @scienceexplains302@scienceexplains3022 жыл бұрын
  • Why doesn't KZhead ever do anything about it? Why are they always silent when people report these scammers?

    @mystique5113@mystique51132 жыл бұрын
  • Those scammers have been real quiet since this dropped

    @drift5971@drift59712 жыл бұрын
    • 😂I love how thorough he is with his explanations

      @curiosus8668@curiosus86682 жыл бұрын
    • I think it's the good software at work - good recommendation ;)

      @mrcryptoguy2172@mrcryptoguy21722 жыл бұрын
    • That's gd

      @joelstephenson8017@joelstephenson80172 жыл бұрын
    • They're all over his new video.

      @DerekMoore82@DerekMoore822 жыл бұрын
    • I get at least one a day, and I'm rarely commenting on financial channel videos.

      @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Жыл бұрын
  • Those hitting the dislike must be the scammers.

    @morzattrader@morzattrader2 жыл бұрын
    • i know right, because it doesnt make sense to dislike the video

      @kawsujarju7918@kawsujarju79182 жыл бұрын
    • must be ? they are!

      @AllTotalCoaching@AllTotalCoaching2 жыл бұрын
    • Ikr LMAOO

      @Athfan@Athfan2 жыл бұрын
    • @Americas Finest Its not necessarily the kids, I feel like its the older folks that fall for it. They are more likely to misinterpret the social proof and plus they have all the money.

      @rodericksasu6976@rodericksasu69762 жыл бұрын
    • If this will make us any money, why does the youtuber doesn't create a video about it. Why does the youtuber do not promote them in any of their videos. Hehehe

      @arturoforondaii1@arturoforondaii12 жыл бұрын
  • I wish all content creators would upload this sort of video, maybe a couple times a month. We all need to be warned. I'm fed up with seeing bots on all my favorite channels. I appreciate you doing this 💙

    @Julia-uh4li@Julia-uh4li2 жыл бұрын
  • OMG!!😭😭😭 These are all Nigerian accents While you were calling the scammers, I was really crossing my fingers and praying that it wouldn't be Nigerian accents, as a Nigerian myself, but was so disappointed I see these scam comments everywhere, never knew they were mostly Nigerians

    @passionplay@passionplay10 ай бұрын
    • Werey

      @Almighty_cornholio@Almighty_cornholio3 ай бұрын
    • when jokes about Nigerian scammers becomes true:

      @exhaustive_the_sixth@exhaustive_the_sixth3 ай бұрын
  • Consistently crushing it James...

    @AndrewKirbys@AndrewKirbys2 жыл бұрын
    • Make video on otp scams please, i got robbed online, i lost 40,000 UAE , which I earned sparing my blood sweat and tears.

      @adityarages@adityarages2 жыл бұрын
    • Where have been?

      @SkepticAdrian@SkepticAdrian2 жыл бұрын
    • Dubai

      @adityarages@adityarages2 жыл бұрын
    • Andrew😭🍃💜

      @ritaora3426@ritaora34262 жыл бұрын
    • Two heroes

      @Itsnotanymore-ku7dz@Itsnotanymore-ku7dz2 жыл бұрын
  • That's wild...even on the phone they keep up the charade. Great video James! Really hope it draws more attention to this issue from KZhead, and other platforms for that matter.

    @ThePlainBagel@ThePlainBagel2 жыл бұрын
    • Hey dude , I'm your subscriber , thank you for making amazing videos .

      @kihbjcjdjd7022@kihbjcjdjd70222 жыл бұрын
    • I think you should put a 2 sec warning video like how they show warning videos for tobacco in movies... It would help future subscribers in saving themself from this scammers.

      @oopsitsme4661@oopsitsme46612 жыл бұрын
    • And their voices are so unconvincing lol

      @spring7643@spring76432 жыл бұрын
    • How are you doing bagel.

      @mankindinc6131@mankindinc61312 жыл бұрын
    • You think they give a fuck?

      @gratu01@gratu012 жыл бұрын
  • Honestly your content is incredible, balanced and neutral . I am glad I stumbled into your channel

    @p0nyboy362@p0nyboy3622 жыл бұрын
  • "You give me thousand dollar, two day later I give you five thousand dollar" Anyone falling for that pitch deserves to be robbed. Actually, how could anyone that stupid have any money to begin with?

    @herringfly@herringfly Жыл бұрын
    • They’re often kids or mentally ill so don’t be so naive.

      @John-Sv@John-Sv4 ай бұрын
  • It scares me that scammers are so confident, even with their voice sounding nothing like James, they still confidently say that they are who they are.

    @glow15@glow152 жыл бұрын
    • lol for real

      @chrisdubosse@chrisdubosse2 жыл бұрын
    • Ye, sociopaths are scary

      @yadayada111986786@yadayada111986786 Жыл бұрын
    • Clearly Nigerian accents, but they will tell you that they are somewhere in the U.S

      @bellah33@bellah3310 ай бұрын
    • The thing is, there is technology that can make you look and sound like anyone. I don’t think the majority of scammers are using this yet, but as technology improves, count on it.

      @iemjay@iemjay8 ай бұрын
    • I think the events of 2020-2021 gave them confidence in people's foolishness. People don't think much nowadays, unfortunately.

      @RonniePenko@RonniePenko8 ай бұрын
  • KZhead is too busy censoring content creators than in going after scammers. Tells you what KZhead values.

    @Edgar-Friendly@Edgar-Friendly2 жыл бұрын
    • Exactly.

      @Monster33336@Monster333362 жыл бұрын
    • Absolutely true. Also they are going after opinions and language they 'don't like' in comment sections - their priorities are back-to-front.

      @AnnabelleJARankin@AnnabelleJARankin2 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah, they don't "like" anti Semitism, racism, pro-Nazi propaganda, Holocaust denial, and other toxic filth. I'm glad that they've pretty much wiped all that muck off their platform. I enjoy seeing the complaints of the rats and scumbags who feel their 'freedom of speech" is being taken away because they can't post pro-Hitler videos and anti Semitic conspiracy theories. This guy James is going a great job of exposing the scammers -- it's necessary and important. I wish KZhead would do more to get rid of them. But that other stuff doesn't just lead to people getting bilked of their money. it eats away at the foundation of our society and can lead -- as it has in the recent past -- to war, mass destruction, mass murder. So write your "opinions" on a piece of cardboard and go sit on a busy street corner, and scream your "views" as loudly as you can. Bring a tin can -- if nobody puts money into, you can always use it as a toilet.

      @leezaslofsky4438@leezaslofsky44382 жыл бұрын
    • @@leezaslofsky4438 But it is not just the reprehensible they don't like, which is the point - it is opinions/ political sides/ firsthand reporting that is censored just because they disagree. Please take off your blinkers and stop being so self-righteous!

      @AnnabelleJARankin@AnnabelleJARankin2 жыл бұрын
    • @@leezaslofsky4438 That is not what I meant, and you know it: read what I said before you misinterpret to virtue-signal all over again...!

      @AnnabelleJARankin@AnnabelleJARankin2 жыл бұрын
  • thank you, just discovered this channel and watched 3 vids already. Yes, I got to much time, but your uploads help me get back on track again. Thank you so much, you are a wonderful person.

    @canislupusarctos2044@canislupusarctos2044 Жыл бұрын
  • To expect KZhead to do anything about this is like expecting a doctor to start talking to you about healthy eating. It's never gonna happen because there's no money in it. Anyway, another great video, thank you. One of the problem with the scammers is that everyone just ignores their comments: sometimes I think the best solution would be that everybody just jump on them and tell them to F off. Imagine a scammer posting about how Mrs Ubuntu Millawatu has helped them so much and then getting 500 comments, telling them to get lost.

    @TimGreig@TimGreig8 ай бұрын
    • Exactly and very well said.

      @florenbaron7111@florenbaron71116 ай бұрын
    • You've never had a doctor talk to you about diet? Sounds like you need a new doctor!

      @johnharmon536@johnharmon5365 ай бұрын
    • this comment smells scammy to me

      @ycanimedia9320@ycanimedia93204 ай бұрын
    • Damn your doctors must suck

      @simracingchannel7691@simracingchannel76914 ай бұрын
    • lol@@ycanimedia9320

      @TrueMT7@TrueMT74 ай бұрын
  • I had been meaning to ask you why you always put those dots and slashes between every letter in a word. I figured you had somehow damaged your keyboard. :)

    @PBoyle@PBoyle2 жыл бұрын
    • They usually put it because they know that the creator can easily ban that word (in this context "whatsapp" ) and get rid of their comments forever so they keep using new variations of the word by adding in dots

      @sanskar9679@sanskar96792 жыл бұрын
    • 🤣🤣🤣

      @JamesJani@JamesJani2 жыл бұрын
    • @UC5aMRFue9MrbsDVtaYra2kA he's actually an ex hege manager I mainly watched his episode with Coffeezilla, which was informative.

      @O.Shawabkeh@O.Shawabkeh2 жыл бұрын
    • @@alessandrotoccacieliblasi5206 its called sarcasm maybe you should read about it.

      @Dvision101@Dvision1012 жыл бұрын
    • @@Dvision101 loool quite cold

      @chokeonthis2932@chokeonthis29322 жыл бұрын
  • Sucks that you have to take things into your own hands instead of YT fixing their own platform.

    @dario8433@dario84332 жыл бұрын
    • Hmm... not sure if I'd want KZhead themselves handling this issue. They've made things worse before like with the Adpocalypse.

      @TNUni167@TNUni1672 жыл бұрын
    • It made for an interesting video though.

      @DeltaAirlines737@DeltaAirlines7372 жыл бұрын
    • cos youtube are the true scammers

      @asasnapparel5359@asasnapparel53592 жыл бұрын
    • @@asasnapparel5359 So you are shitting on the very platform which gives you the voice to represent yourself? Great!

      @harshpatel105@harshpatel1052 жыл бұрын
    • Watch Grahams Stephans video “Im being deleted”..

      @Luka-cu8ep@Luka-cu8ep2 жыл бұрын
  • I am glad you took time out to talk about this big problem which is fast becoming an epidemic that needs to be spoken about by the owner of the channel... The FBI needs to get involved in this very disturbing trend they are looking for terrorists these scammers are the real terrorists and a global treat. These scammers are a real social problem. Thanks for letting us all know.

    @emmanuelsalako7370@emmanuelsalako7370 Жыл бұрын
  • Finally a youtuber who take a step to protect their viewer. Will never unsubscribe from this channel. 5 star!

    @MatthewTongSamuiHangouts@MatthewTongSamuiHangouts Жыл бұрын
  • In my culture, "guru" meant a wise man, a teacher, a leader. It's sad to see people destroy that word.

    @Mr.Coffee576@Mr.Coffee5762 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah, that’s the dictionary definition for all English speakers.

      @switchbranch8411@switchbranch84112 жыл бұрын
    • Lots of words are being destroyed nowadays. It's reality.

      @uknow2908@uknow29082 жыл бұрын
    • Thats good but now give me your money already

      @surajpandey4942@surajpandey49422 жыл бұрын
    • However in the digital era, Guru means a scammer!

      @angcil88@angcil882 жыл бұрын
    • Yep. This bastardization of the word "guru" really stems from a textbook case of cultural appropriation. That term encompasses a broad category of different acts which involve cherry-picking aspects of someone else's culture with the express purpose of "spicing up" one's own image, without respecting the culture they took it from. Mind you, not every act of using something that came from a different culture is cultural appropriation - it's more specifically when you are doing that with the intent of taking a little slice of the culture itself and using it to, again, spice up aspects of your own image. But if you are using the element from a different culture with the intent of using the thing itself and are willing to respect when people from the culture whose thing it is say it's socially inappropriate within the culture they came from, then it's not cultural appropriation.

      @lsmmoore1@lsmmoore12 жыл бұрын
  • Finally. The video I was waiting for!

    @TomNashTV@TomNashTV2 жыл бұрын
    • allegedly

      @pvdhoff@pvdhoff2 жыл бұрын
    • I've started to see people impersonating Tom Nash on other peoples videos. Allegedly.

      @TehPoet@TehPoet2 жыл бұрын
    • Hey hey, everybody's favourite Russian bear, allegedly, blah blah ... nice to see you here, too.

      @mrc1500@mrc15002 жыл бұрын
    • @@mrc1500 Russian bear. Lol.

      @teemo1385@teemo13852 жыл бұрын
    • Haha Tom love you dude

      @jackiechan5479@jackiechan54792 жыл бұрын
  • Lesson one, no youtuber will ever contact you. If they do, it is a scam. This is like my bank sending me emails on a different email address than what they got from me, saying I need to send them all me bank information because they had a blackout.

    @Desperado070@Desperado070 Жыл бұрын
  • You would think youtube would easily be able to pick up on copy/paste comments that have been reported a few times and remove all those comments immediately particularly if they are from the same accounts.

    @RubberJunk1@RubberJunk1 Жыл бұрын
    • KZhead itself is a scam, honestly. Proof: ads. :)

      @petrastein2531@petrastein2531 Жыл бұрын
    • How's generating income from ads by providing a service a scam?

      @lexluthor9509@lexluthor9509 Жыл бұрын
    • @@lexluthor9509 You must have a Premium version then. XD KZhead and its ads literally caused me to have temper issues - Bill Burr style. Imagine refreshing 16 ads before the video even starts (and yes, I truly counted them)!! And then (without warning) having 2 unskippable ads every 5 minutes of the video. I call scam, my friend. I would understand having ads on the side of the screen, if it gets the money going. But this is overload. You have to know when you're being used.

      @petrastein2531@petrastein2531 Жыл бұрын
    • @@petrastein2531 It isn’t a secret that YT intentionally makes ads irritating to persuade watchers to subscribe to premium membership. Their strategy was largely aimed at those who use YT to listen to music and wanted to make it too frustrating to listen too by having ads at the beginning and end of the videos to push people to subscribe. They also don’t allow background play on phones unless you subscribe. Essentially they create an issue and you have to pay to fix it. I wouldn’t be surprised if in the future they make creators pay to upload.

      @RubberJunk1@RubberJunk1 Жыл бұрын
    • @@petrastein2531 use project Vanced their YT & their browser brave.

      @Vasco_da-Gama@Vasco_da-Gama Жыл бұрын
  • I think this is the most pressing issue KZhead has to work around currently. So many people are getting scammed

    @JoelSam@JoelSam2 жыл бұрын
    • The only ´solution ´ they found was to disable comments on auto generated videos thus making it impossible for thousands of creators to interact with their fans

      @renaldsunset@renaldsunset2 жыл бұрын
    • May be just educate yourself and learn not to reply on random messages. Also not giving money upfront to a person you don't even know.

      @sholmes_ttyy@sholmes_ttyy2 жыл бұрын
    • @@sholmes_ttyy No shit Sherlock

      @renaldsunset@renaldsunset2 жыл бұрын
    • I find these scammers amusing & frankly anyone who falls for them is going to get fleeced sooner or later so your efforts to save them are all for nothing. You're just sending them down the road to the next scam & unless you spend your life protecting them they're going to get taken sooner rather then later.

      @cliveadams7629@cliveadams76292 жыл бұрын
    • @@sholmes_ttyy I agree with you. Unfortunately so many people aren’t this informed when it comes to interacting with people on the internet. As a small creator myself, I’ve had to deal with trying to clear my name so many times just because my subscribers fell victim to some of these scams. It beats my imagination how and why they cannot be more discerning but I guess we (creators and KZhead) also have a role to play in helping such people not get scammed.

      @JoelSam@JoelSam2 жыл бұрын
  • If people simply followed the old wisdom, “if it’s too good to be true, it probably is” very few would actually get scammed.

    @raffster@raffster2 жыл бұрын
    • You lose more money to spread than you do actually making losses these days xD (Bitcoin)

      @bookworm8368@bookworm83682 жыл бұрын
    • I know right? People nowadays for what ever reason thinks you give a dallar and a sub. And that's it! U get rich over night the lottery is more ligit than that! And I hate the lottery by the way, I like keeping the money I work for.

      @LostAmericanJ@LostAmericanJ2 жыл бұрын
    • @@LostAmericanJ Like a certain programmer on the mql forums states: "Trading is a hard way to make easy money" (Mathtrader7 I think)

      @bookworm8368@bookworm83682 жыл бұрын
    • I live by the motto, If that person isn't willing to show the work and how they do it, they aren't someone you should trust

      @_Circus_Clapped_@_Circus_Clapped_ Жыл бұрын
    • Common sense is a rarity these days due to way more factors then i could list.

      @shcdemolisher@shcdemolisher5 ай бұрын
  • Thank you, I had someone respond to my comment on another channel with the intent to manipulate me..we do need to continuously educate ourselves on this! Thanks again! ❤

    @thistree9028@thistree9028 Жыл бұрын
  • Admire you bro! I’m in cybersecurity and your impact is not only spreading awareness but also mitigating the impact! Kudos

    @CreepyGRC@CreepyGRC2 жыл бұрын
  • Thanks James for diving into this important topic. We at Social Clean are committed to keeping the online community safe and look forward to expanding to other platforms. Great job on the video!

    @socialclean274@socialclean2742 жыл бұрын
    • Honestly it seems to be working, As a viewer, its really nice to see some housekeeping! This has been a scourge for a long time. Are you open source?

      @dustinmcdermont699@dustinmcdermont6992 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks guys. Wanted to make a script that does this. I will get on it though.

      @mwanikimwaniki6801@mwanikimwaniki68012 жыл бұрын
    • @@dustinmcdermont699 We are currently not open source

      @socialclean274@socialclean2742 жыл бұрын
    • @@socialclean274 what measures are taken place to ensure the privacy of your clients? It seems like a lot of power to give a piece of software, although it is doing a great job. Can it read private messages?

      @dustinmcdermont699@dustinmcdermont6992 жыл бұрын
    • @@dustinmcdermont699 Visit our privacy page on our website for more details. If you have any more questions feel free to contact us.

      @socialclean274@socialclean2742 жыл бұрын
  • Imagine how the scammer must have felt when James said "no, I'm James" 🤣

    @DJMaximize@DJMaximize2 жыл бұрын
    • I bet the scammer thought "Jackpot! 💰"

      @Oneofakind123@Oneofakind1232 жыл бұрын
    • Scammers don't feel. They just go on to the next one.

      @leezaslofsky4438@leezaslofsky44382 жыл бұрын
    • @Booga Ooga I'm sorry, I don't have any organs. I use the one in my local church, a sturdy, rustic organ on which I play when I'm in the mood. But thanks anyway.

      @leezaslofsky4438@leezaslofsky44382 жыл бұрын
    • @Booga Ooga Now I'm beginning to wonder if you're one of those scammers. Or whether you have a sobriety problem.

      @leezaslofsky4438@leezaslofsky44382 жыл бұрын
    • @Booga Ooga Time to sleep it off, Booger.

      @leezaslofsky4438@leezaslofsky44382 жыл бұрын
  • 90% of notifications i get are from fake youtube comments

    @dervakommtvonhinten517@dervakommtvonhinten517 Жыл бұрын
  • Imagine scammers putting these comments under this video.

    @honguyenminh@honguyenminh Жыл бұрын
  • Well done Jani! As always its a pleasure to listen to whatever you have to say! KING of Story!

    @TheMarins5@TheMarins52 жыл бұрын
    • Wow one year ago 170 like and no replies

      @Dan_limus@Dan_limus11 ай бұрын
  • These con artists are everywhere, you can’t even find the comments of real users in the comments section, it’s filled with scammer garbage. Thank you James for addressing this issue, I hope this video raises awareness.

    @youknowwho9203@youknowwho92032 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you James. I’ve seen so many of these posts on other KZhead channels lately, I keep reporting them. Unfortunately some people will get scammed 😞

    @Raza2483@Raza24832 жыл бұрын
  • What’s shocking is that people actually fall for this.

    @WilliamBTCWallace@WilliamBTCWallace7 ай бұрын
    • Exactly, which is crazy smh

      @LadyYella@LadyYella7 ай бұрын
    • Fr

      @ihateshorts32@ihateshorts326 ай бұрын
    • That's what you get when people are money hungry and have zero critical thinking skills

      @cyndrianaa@cyndrianaa6 ай бұрын
  • If you don't plan on giving James $1,000 in person, don't send it to a "James" online!

    @FinancialShinanigan@FinancialShinanigan2 жыл бұрын
    • Just dont give anyone Money that you dont know or Trust. Especially not Online. This should be common sense. People are so dumb and Blindfolded by their social media shit and the Fear of Missing Out (FoMo), that they believe in anything just to be "Cool on instagram". They should get a life outside of ig and yt again.

      @ZacklFair@ZacklFair2 жыл бұрын
  • No scammers in the comment section here anymore, you did very good job !

    @nerolowell2320@nerolowell23202 жыл бұрын
    • That would be so funny 😂

      @palesa2906@palesa2906 Жыл бұрын
    • @@palesa2906 no bro. they're back. seriously.

      @person-lh7nr@person-lh7nr Жыл бұрын
  • KZhead could easily put a stop this on their platform if they wanted to and so could other platforms. For reasons that are difficult to understand, KZhead goes to a great deal of trouble to slowly destroy their own platform. They continue to chip away at what was once the best thing since sliced bread, making it worse and worse and worse, little by little. One month they screw with the algorithms, the next month they change the rules, the next month they do away with the thumbs down counter, then the monetization and on and on and on...

    @RestoringReality@RestoringReality Жыл бұрын
    • Do you understand the reasons why? It's such odd behavior... kinda like how Disney is famously eating its own tail.

      @pysq8@pysq8 Жыл бұрын
    • @@pysq8It’s gone woke and is also taking instructions from the CIA.

      @minoozolala@minoozolala Жыл бұрын
    • @Minoozola your comment got deleted due to the sensitive nature of its accuracy. 😭

      @pysq8@pysq8 Жыл бұрын
    • @@pysq8 It's not odd. They simply don't care. That is all. It's not pushing enough people off KZhead. And if their customers _do_ move to other platforms, the problem is just as big there as well. So logic says that if it's equally bad everywhere, then they don't have to do anything about it. Besides KZhead doesn't really like financial accounts anyway.

      @kebman@kebman Жыл бұрын
  • Imitation is the best form of flattery. They adore you, James.

    @hifellowhumans8393@hifellowhumans83932 жыл бұрын
  • That is so strange to hear about people falling for some of those ridiculous scams but a better way to combat those should be in KZhead's priority list for R&D.

    @mihneaciurea8209@mihneaciurea82092 жыл бұрын
  • Best video you've ever uploaded, not even playing. Insane.

    @paddygalloway8780@paddygalloway87802 жыл бұрын
    • Hey

      @xXx_Azulover69@xXx_Azulover692 жыл бұрын
    • Great background music selection

      @migooknamja@migooknamja2 жыл бұрын
    • Anime

      @imsentinelprime9279@imsentinelprime92792 жыл бұрын
    • Woh, there's no scammer reply on this post. Social clean may have something going for it

      @DanielDavies-StellularNebulla@DanielDavies-StellularNebulla2 жыл бұрын
    • ahh yes the reward bias and scammers make money exploiting stupid people XD

      @masternobody1896@masternobody18962 жыл бұрын
  • Nicely done, and clearly exposed. I do not envy you being misrepresented by these scammers. I always report any that is see in comments. Keep up the seriously good work.🖤🇨🇦

    @tamarrajames3590@tamarrajames35902 жыл бұрын
  • Never click on links, trust comment ads, buy off Facebook. Or Instagram.

    @sdmakeupandentertainment@sdmakeupandentertainment2 жыл бұрын
  • People in Bitcoin: It's about trust! Scammers in Bitcoin: Yeah, trust.

    @TechOutAdam@TechOutAdam2 жыл бұрын
    • Vin diesel: It's about family

      @waliddjema5442@waliddjema54422 жыл бұрын
    • Thats good and all but how about you contact my whatsapp below! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sikeee

      @danielp4528@danielp45282 жыл бұрын
    • People in Bitcoin dont send money to random BTC adresses given to them usually. Unless they are dumb. Which most of the Sheeps / Social Media Infected are.

      @ZacklFair@ZacklFair2 жыл бұрын
    • source : trust me bro

      @benson2907@benson2907 Жыл бұрын
  • Great job on this James 💯🤟

    @Jungernaut@Jungernaut2 жыл бұрын
    • Another bot

      @arshonpishkari3996@arshonpishkari3996 Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@arshonpishkari3996 Bro thats a real channel with content. Bot accounts dont have almost 500 videos or any for that matter.

      @Revan229@Revan229 Жыл бұрын
    • SILENCE CHECKMARK 🙄

      @BleachDemon707@BleachDemon7074 ай бұрын
  • Thank you, James for trying to do the right thing. I try to report scammers like this but it goes beyond the pale of Wack-A-Mole. If this was real, then why don't those promoting the scam just do it their own selves instead of trying to pass on the "deal" out of the goodness of their own heart (cough! cough!)???

    @--Skip--@--Skip--2 жыл бұрын
  • *2 years ago... nothing's changed.*

    @stephen1Oace@stephen1Oace6 ай бұрын
  • Your video was very consistent and important for our ecosystem. As a finance youtuber in Brazil (with 5 M subscribers), I can say it's also happening around here.

    @primorico@primorico2 жыл бұрын
    • O primo rico, que foda

      @oioi509@oioi5092 жыл бұрын
    • voce por aqui? que honra.

      @tguedes@tguedes2 жыл бұрын
    • You may filter the comments...with keywords so if someone writes certain keywords it will be automatically deleted.

      @alaalfa8839@alaalfa88392 жыл бұрын
    • primooo

      @inmindfulvest@inmindfulvest2 жыл бұрын
    • you are just another liar, just selling different lies...

      @DESKTOPKKK@DESKTOPKKK2 жыл бұрын
  • You're a journalist, cinematographer, and artist. Once again...well done.

    @SometimesIdream333@SometimesIdream3332 жыл бұрын
  • Great job James, you are a pillar of light and truth !

    @drestosuniverse2712@drestosuniverse27122 жыл бұрын
  • So sorry you've had to deal with this.. Thanks for kicking back.. 👍

    @barbararaegurley4910@barbararaegurley49102 жыл бұрын
  • You could do keyword blocking if somebody uses certain keywords the comment would go under your review before getting posted...

    @AmusementForce@AmusementForce2 жыл бұрын
    • It won't work. They w-r-i-t-e t.h.i.n.g.s t_h_i_s w*a*y.

      @agdevoq@agdevoq2 жыл бұрын
    • Yes, they COULD if they wanted to. But they don’t care. KZhead’s concern about scammers on their platform is 100% lip service.

      @vondahe@vondahe Жыл бұрын
    • @@vondahedude KZhead already has this feature…

      @KendlickLama@KendlickLama Жыл бұрын
    • @@KendlickLama I’m sure they do but it’s no good when they don’t use it.

      @vondahe@vondahe Жыл бұрын
    • The scammers have a way around those keywords. They tweak some characters to throw off the algorithm. We can't blame youtubers for this, it's the scammers who are scum of the earth. Claiming to be American with a Nigerian and Indian accent 🙄.

      @miss_pearl@miss_pearl Жыл бұрын
  • I really want Jim Browning to go after these guys.

    @JacksonWelch@JacksonWelch2 жыл бұрын
    • Indeed. James contact Jim Browning!

      @Prolix8@Prolix82 жыл бұрын
    • This would be a magnificent collaboration.

      @totallylooney8292@totallylooney82922 жыл бұрын
    • YES!

      @diegoc3749@diegoc37492 жыл бұрын
    • Haven't heard from him in awhile, I bet he's working on something big

      @evanw5594@evanw55942 жыл бұрын
    • OmD!! That would be WILD! Scammer Payback has the “People’s Call Center” now (maybe not anymore…I haven’t checked in a few months) but, diving into these scams would be a good day for the PCC.

      @OtterMunchy@OtterMunchy Жыл бұрын
  • Wow, I love this! That must have felt like such a rabbit hole to go down, lol. But that's great that you confronted them. I've noticed those comments from multiple fake accounts trying to make it sound legit. It's like fake positive ratings on Amazon products. We're in an age in which we have to assume _at least some_ of what we read from other people's feedback may well be fake.

    @scammercallscanada3641@scammercallscanada3641 Жыл бұрын
  • Good work, Mr. Jani. Subscribed. You should also cover how they will have collaborators who have fake conversations with them about investing. I see this all the time and I shut them down.

    @MoiraWillenov@MoiraWillenov8 ай бұрын
  • Unfortunately, this is a huge problem for the content creators right now! Insane quality of the video James! Respect!

    @broketohero5827@broketohero58272 жыл бұрын
  • To this day there is still just a sad, lonely Nigerian Prince, sat on that pile of cash he wanted out safely, wondering why none of his sincere, genuine emails never received any reply...

    @foreverware@foreverware2 жыл бұрын
    • Lmao

      @shamusson@shamusson2 жыл бұрын
    • 😂😂😂

      @adams3552@adams35522 жыл бұрын
    • When the son of the deposed king of Nigeria emails you directly, asking for help, you help! His father ran the freaking country! Ok?

      @zhenkuratski2219@zhenkuratski22192 жыл бұрын
    • Lol

      @ifrahjama2215@ifrahjama22152 жыл бұрын
  • I have to say while watching your video it was like i was watching a Netflix documentary. Great video man

    @amangeorge2407@amangeorge2407 Жыл бұрын
  • The fact that KZhead allows these scammers to impersonate any KZheadr they want to as much as they want to makes me suspicious that they get a cut of the profits the scammers bring in.

    @raven4090@raven4090 Жыл бұрын
  • I started watching you from an anti-MLM page, but you have consistently put out good content, and I really appreciate you shedding light on this aspect of this site. Really glad that you put stuff out like this to protect your followers from scammers. Anyone can fall for a stupid trick if they're in the right position or desperate enough, so it's really important to inform people! Thank you for being that guy.

    @LetUsPlay9001@LetUsPlay90012 жыл бұрын
    • Same here, started with MLM as I nearly got sucked into one pre-internet.

      @edwardevans8685@edwardevans86852 жыл бұрын
  • the confident they have to reply to james with these accents is outstanding lmaooo

    @jeyhop@jeyhop2 жыл бұрын
    • Because they don't care, it's the beauty of it: if it works, it works: free money for little work (and for Africa, 0.5eth is like massive in most places). If it doesn't, who cares, don'tbe ashamed and skip to the next one who gets caught in. So profitable, it's never gonna end. Depending on the lack of education in some places in the world, empathy and consciousness can also be differently managed by individuals than eg. in the western standard.

      @alxmtncstudio2066@alxmtncstudio20662 жыл бұрын
  • I am glad you point out those "conversation" threads. I have seen them, often it is the exact same conversation ver batim by different users. I report them as spam when I see them but that is about all I can do beyond ignoring them.

    @Enki1013@Enki1013 Жыл бұрын
  • Can we just appreciate this man’s video editing skills 🔥🔥

    @manny3332@manny33322 жыл бұрын
  • It’s so nice to have a clean comment section again

    @Dalt73@Dalt732 жыл бұрын
  • How you know you’ve made it, scammers are pretending to be you.

    @CaseyBurnsInvesting@CaseyBurnsInvesting2 жыл бұрын
    • not necessarily, scammers just use any pics & videos of "approachable" looking people

      @gigiarmany4332@gigiarmany4332 Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for this video. So KZhead's removal of dislikes can now been seen as mistake as it allows scammers to go unchecked.

    @joshb8233@joshb8233 Жыл бұрын
  • The more deceptive ones are the "Omg I made so much money thanks to this XXXX guy, man so thankful I found this guy" and yeah KZhead does fucking NOTHING about it I swear.

    @dontask3613@dontask3613 Жыл бұрын
    • And those comments are all over his videos. It's pathetic

      @MollyFC@MollyFC Жыл бұрын
  • Dude, the video editing in your videos is top notch. Also, It's great to see the creators starting to take this issue into their own hands.

    @ExpensivePizza@ExpensivePizza2 жыл бұрын
  • I love the personal touch of this video. I could feel your pain, and I can’t imagine how hurtful this situation is. Keep it up James, you shall attain victory 🙏🏼

    @abuhamed3411@abuhamed34112 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for making a follow up video on this. The original Theranos video you made was what hooked me to your channel.

    @Patriciamichelle8703@Patriciamichelle87032 жыл бұрын
    • Me too!! The first theranos video was good!

      @juanfrancisco285@juanfrancisco2852 жыл бұрын
    • I LOVE ANYONE TAKING ABOUT BITCOIN videos IT CHANGE MY LIFE

      @luisamarina6429@luisamarina64292 жыл бұрын
    • STARTING AN INVSTMENT IS ACTUALLY VERY EASY THE ONLY HASSLE IS FINDING THE RIGHT ONE FOR YOU, THE FUTURE IS CHANGING WE ALL NEED TO CHANGE WITH IT

      @luisamarina6429@luisamarina64292 жыл бұрын
    • Trading with an expert is the best strategy for newbies and busy investors who have little or no time to monitor trade

      @charlottemia9362@charlottemia93622 жыл бұрын
    • I will advice you should stop trading on your own if you keep losing and start trading with Mrs Nancy Royce trading services

      @charlottemia9362@charlottemia93622 жыл бұрын
  • The government probably got pissed at your awesome content.

    @seangoodl4848@seangoodl48482 жыл бұрын
    • what does that even mean

      @tomc180@tomc180 Жыл бұрын
  • So much for 'Team KZhead'... The silence is deafening.

    @MrFriskyWhiskey@MrFriskyWhiskey2 жыл бұрын
  • Jani impersonator: "Yes this is James." in thick female Asian accent...

    @cosmiccoffee8497@cosmiccoffee84972 жыл бұрын
    • Its not Asian accent

      @dieulinh6307@dieulinh63072 жыл бұрын
    • @@dieulinh6307 I was making a joke.

      @cosmiccoffee8497@cosmiccoffee84972 жыл бұрын
    • You can start with wan thaosend, too thaosend, tree thaosend..

      @angcil88@angcil882 жыл бұрын
    • @@cosmiccoffee8497 lmao it's clearly a west African accent idk how you heard an Asian accent

      @paddaboi_@paddaboi_2 жыл бұрын
    • @@paddaboi_ Because I was referencing the same voice Osean Fallacy over there is referencing.

      @cosmiccoffee8497@cosmiccoffee84972 жыл бұрын
  • I've often wondered if anyone actually contacts these scammers. You've just answered my question

    @Luke_Stoltenberg@Luke_Stoltenberg Жыл бұрын
  • I enjoy your videos immensely & have even learned a thing or two while watching. I appreciate your time & effort in putting these together. Thanks!

    @oldsquirrel1083@oldsquirrel10835 ай бұрын
  • 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm dead. When he said James i love your work. He said thank you so much 😂🤣🤣🤣 I'm crying

    @mzansieats1382@mzansieats13822 жыл бұрын
  • Stay strong against these frauds, James. Full support from my side.

    @zaidzahid6409@zaidzahid64092 жыл бұрын
  • Exactly James I have come across one of them. Great video

    @ashudesmond3050@ashudesmond3050 Жыл бұрын
  • Great video! It's January, 2023, and the scammers are still here using the same fake conversations in KZhead comment threads. Just wow

    @SuperpowerBroadcasting@SuperpowerBroadcasting Жыл бұрын
  • Sadly, it is nearly impossible to filter out all those bots, even with AI... at least if we still want quality comments from regular users

    @TheDhammaHub@TheDhammaHub2 жыл бұрын
    • Actually no, there's a lot more that youtube could be doing. These accounts mass comment on a bunch of channels, they seem to have a clear pattern, they also get a bunch of bot likes that youtube could pattern for. KZhead could be making a lot more than it's doing.

      @ShaferHart@ShaferHart2 жыл бұрын
    • QUALITY COMMENTS LOL

      @swamprat9389@swamprat93892 жыл бұрын
    • Actually youtube's AI could see that you aren't watching the videos just commenting like a maniac which is kinda of a dead giveaway. And if people just do this just to get attention well that is also ok, if they get a ban that gives them some time to cool off :D

      @sarmalutadeidei9693@sarmalutadeidei96932 жыл бұрын
    • There shouldn’t be any reason to be allowed to post a phone number. Or symbols 10 times over. That kind of stuff can be banned with minimal impact on regular users

      @switchbranch8411@switchbranch84112 жыл бұрын
    • @@switchbranch8411 well, there are about infinitely many ways to make people "recognize" a number without actually posting one with utf8 xD

      @TheDhammaHub@TheDhammaHub2 жыл бұрын
  • We should feel grateful that james jani does these stuff for us in the youtube. It decreases victim of getting scammed by these parasites. Keep going James!

    @etj1053@etj10532 жыл бұрын
  • Hi James, I notice these what Apps on Meet Kevin, Graham Stephan show, and other big influencers as well on your videos, but now I watch rewatch I confronted the You Tube Comment Scammers 2 times now, I am aware of these type of schemes people play on people's videos, especially very big influencer's videos. Thank you for making this awareness to this type of scams. Enjoy your videos.

    @darleneatkinson6730@darleneatkinson6730 Жыл бұрын
  • I've always wondered what the point of these spamming scammers were. Now I know. Just wow. Great video and content. Subscribed!

    @LoudlabsNYC@LoudlabsNYC Жыл бұрын
    • @LLN NYC hey bud I found one

      @person-lh7nr@person-lh7nr Жыл бұрын
  • Just found your channel. Exceptional content with great scripts, and just top notch production value all around. Really, really great work, and this video is no exception.

    @evphex@evphex2 жыл бұрын
  • I see these comments so often. This video is awesome

    @jupitired777@jupitired7772 жыл бұрын
  • Even after watching your video if people fall for such scam shit there's no helping that😂

    @VirendraPanwar95@VirendraPanwar956 ай бұрын
  • I was amazed by how deep he dive in topics those likes and comments in scammers comments are really make me confused but now iam clear good work 👍

    @gokulkrishna701@gokulkrishna701 Жыл бұрын
  • great video, it seems it starts when you pass 100k subscribers, at least it was that way with me - it is all over the place, YT, FB, Insta, email everywhere! Let's hope your videos makes people avoid these scams.

    @Value-Investing@Value-Investing2 жыл бұрын
    • Hi Sven I just finished reading your book “modern value investing”, it was great. Big fan, have a nice day.

      @asimpleguy2730@asimpleguy27302 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah I get random : Hi is me [ insert random name ] on my email constantly

      @behindzerosp@behindzerosp2 жыл бұрын
    • They come to my page too and I'm in the 5-figures sub count, so applies even to smaller channels, as soon as there's a reasonable size community there, of course can only imagine mega channels in the upper 6-figures to even 1 million range

      @kevinsjournal@kevinsjournal2 жыл бұрын
    • You're wrong. I saw them on a channel that has under 30k subscribers as of now. So...

      @TishSerg@TishSerg2 жыл бұрын
  • I can't get over the beautiful editing of this video... A real pleasure to watch.

    @abulahb@abulahb2 жыл бұрын
  • Imposters making money that they shouldn't have access in the first place. Thanks for doing your very own investigation so people can know what's up and be aware of this very disturbing trend. Keep this message alive, scammers are terrorists

    @emmanuelsalako7370@emmanuelsalako7370 Жыл бұрын
  • thank you for saving my money. I was almost a victim. I really thought it was my idol, I even cried happy tears because I thought it was him. So disappointed when I found out it wasn’t him..

    @Emilia-yk1xg@Emilia-yk1xg Жыл бұрын
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