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We were scammed by a scammer, but only for the purpose of this video, so we could show you how the scam works
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This is the Instagram scam. As you know, we do have an Instagram account, I'm sure you do too, and we got this interesting message
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Verified badges, Instagram. Hello there, we have reviewed your Instagram account and found that you are entitled to a blue badge
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The blue badge gives you privileges on Instagram. Please click the link below to confirm your account
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application form blue batch teamonline.ml Copyright Instagram Since the message came from an account that's called Copyright American Team
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it seems legit, right? Well, no, this is not my first day on the internet
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so I figured out it's a scam. But I was really interested where would the conversation go
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so I played along. Also notice that I'm speaking in a broken English
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The reason for that is that they reached out to our Czech Instagram account
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that we with Hansa have. Hello, I speak little good English. Verify account, please
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Thank you very much. I can't understand what you're saying. Efren Dim
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Please verify your account and contact us. Your blue teak will be sent one day after verifying your account
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Is it free? Yes, sir. We do not charge any of our users for your blue teak distributions
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Verify your account via the link we sent you and contact us
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And can you send me the blue teak via email? or you need post office contact
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I'm really playing stupid here. No sir, verify your account via the link we sent you
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That will be enough, but you need to verify your account and you still haven't verified
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Well, of course I haven't verified. I'm not gonna give my personal information
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my login and my password to Copyright American Team because it's an obvious phishing
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If I would have given them my personal information, they would steal my account
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But I wanna find more about these guys. So I actually send them a link through Grabify which will allow me to find out where they from Now this is a really cool trick and a really cool service that I know thanks to a YouTuber called Pleasant Green because he does such things on a daily basis so check him out
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But what I did is I sent them a message saying, here's what I see, sad smiley face
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screenshare.host, which seems like a link to a screenshot, but it was a link to my Grabify
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so I could find out where they're from. Before I reveal to you what I found out
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after they actually clicked my link, it's fair to mention that while I was doing this
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I was using a VPN service who is also a partner of today's video
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which is Surfshark VPN. The reason I was using VPN was that I didn't want them to see where I am
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and what's going on. And that's exactly what Surfshark VPN does for you
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It can place your IP address in a different location than you're in, which was not only useful in this case, but also can be useful for you
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If you, for example, want to access content that otherwise would be unavailable in your country, you want to watch a video, it's geo-restricted, you can use Surfshark VPN and watch that video
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Or if you're like me and want to mess around with people that are trying to scam you, it's better to be hidden behind a VPN
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If you do want to get VPN for yourself, you can click the link below our video
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which will get you three months for free and 83% off if you use the code honestguide
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So thank you Surfshark VPN for partnering with us and helping us create our content
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So what did I find out when these suckers clicked my grabify link
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That they're definitely not copyright American team because they are in Turkey, Ankara
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So now when I know this kid is in Turkey, I'm going to double check
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and ask him if he's from San Francisco, where Instagram should be based
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And he said, Unfortunately, I cannot share my personal information with you
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Well, you just did by clicking the link I sent you. I know you trying to scam me and I do have your personal information No I really honest At this point the conversation gets a bit boring but I trying to get more deep into it
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and I'm asking the guy how the scam works. Eventually, he gives me a phone number to his
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friend to talk to her about how the scam works. So I move to WhatsApp to talk to the friend
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Hi there, your friend who runs the scam account on Instagram gave me your number, said you may talk to me
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Yes, we can talk, sir. Are you wondering about these jobs? Yes, I'm just becoming a scammer
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This is awesome. How does it work? If we sell you training sets, you can be like us
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Okay, I think we can agree for 300 American dollars. Wow, that's a lot
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Can I get a sample? Like, how much can I make and what would be my job
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My monthly income is $3,500. You can change your life, in short
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My life has changed too. Now this is getting bizarre, dude. At this point, this girl is trying to sell me some video set for $300 that will teach me how to become a scammer and steal Instagram accounts
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She also told me she will pay me $30 for each Instagram account I will break into
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and it doesn't matter how many thousand followers it has. So at that point, I pick up my phone and I call Honza
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I'm like, dude, what should I do? Do we want to dig more into this
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And Honza goes like, yeah, but not for $300, Yannick. I'm like, all right, how much money do we want to invest in this
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And Honza goes, 50 bucks. So I take my $25 and Honza's $25 and I make an offer to this girl saying I will give you 50 bucks if you send me the video set
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And she agrees. So I send $50 and guess what happened? She sent me a winky smiley and a kiss
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And that's it. No, I'm just kidding. She sent me something. She sent me a happy birthday in Turkish but it wasn mine or Honza birthday But now I know how to say happy birthday in Turkish That was the most expensive Turkish lesson I ever paid for
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And of course, I tried calling her. And we're getting back to the beginning of the video
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We were scammed by a scammer while trying to become scammers. And we did it for you because we wanted to see how deep the hole is, but we have reached a dead end
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So this was our shot at online scamming, which was not really successful
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So I guess me and Honza will stick to the scams that are happening on the streets of Prague because we are having more fun with those
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But if you are interested in online scamming and some people who are actually more successful with uncovering them
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I highly recommend watching Pleasant Green, which is a great channel, and also Jim Browning, an absolute mastermind on catching scammers online
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You guys may be skillful in the online world and would never fall for such a scam
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but there are people who do fall for it. That's why we made this video
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Also, the scam not only relates to the blue badge, But sometimes even people with the blue badge will get a message saying
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you have just posted a picture that violates some copyright and there's a copyright claim
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So you've got to fill in your information. Otherwise, your account will be suspended
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So they are trying it in any way possible. So be careful in the online world
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And if you want to be safe in the offline world, you can watch some other videos from the Honest Guides
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which is Hansa there, Janek here, living in the beautiful city of Prague
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where we try to show you the beauties of it but also the dark sides of it
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You can subscribe to our channel, you can become a Patreon and support us there
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and I will see you next week, next Sunday here on The Honest Guy
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And the Czech word at the end is Turecko, Turkey. Turecko, Turkey
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And a podvodnik z Turecka is a scammer from Turkey. Podvodnik z Turecka
