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The Fake Golden Ring/Out of Gas/ SCAM Explained (Honest Guide)
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May 6, 2025
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The scam we're about to show you today is not Prague-related or Czech Republic-related
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but it happens globally, everywhere. And this is how it goes. You're walking on a street or
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parked somewhere and a car will approach you. Hello, do you speak English? Yes, I do speak
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English. Do you need help? Yes, I need help. I've lost my wallet and I need gas. I need money for
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gas. Please help me. You lost your wallet and you need money for gas is how the conversation usually
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starts. To make this guy so you would believe him, he will even claim that he's a..
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Ibrahim Ahmed. Ibrahim Ahmed. He's a manager, director, Ibrahim Ahmed, import-export Dubai
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Germany. So he'll give you a business card and then while asking for the money, he'll
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offer you something for it. I have my gold ring for you. Can you help me please? Gold ring. Well
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I guess you figured out by now that this whole thing is a scam and also that this is a stage
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with my friends Denda. Thanks, Denda, you can go now. But we did experience this on the streets of Prague
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and this is how it went. You're a scam artist, I know that
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What? Yeah, you cheat people. Do you have some gold rings for sale
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Hey! Yep, not too long ago, I experienced this in downtown Prague
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not too far from here. I was just sitting on a bench, and this guy was driving by asking for help
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and the minute he handed me the golden ring and the business card. I knew what was going on. I read about this scam. I've seen it on YouTube
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but I've never experienced it for myself until then. You're a scam artist. I know that. Yeah
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you cheat people. Yeah, you want money for this. Oh, gratis? All right. No, no, no
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for information. For information? What do you need? A gas station? Yeah, look for it
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Why would I give you your ring? You just gave it to me. Yeah, call police
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Call the cops come on Why don you call them And then, only two weeks ago, I've experienced it again
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This time I turned my camera on much earlier because I knew what was about to happen
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How can I help you? Yes. Okay. What is that? Your business card? Uh-huh. Gas? Yes
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You need gas? Yes. Okay, well there's a gas station. Yeah. Do you want me to point you to a gas station? Yes
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Okay, so turn around. Can you do that? Yeah, I videotape you. Why
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Because you're a scammer. You're cheating people. Do you understand? Yes, sir
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It's okay, you can go to a gas station. Yes. Okay. So you want to go to a gas station? Yes
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So turn around. Yes. Do you have some gold rings for sale
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No, no, no, but you are an aircraft carrier, understand me? Hey, hey, hey, stop, stop, stop, stop! Hey
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This time I didn't get a ring out of it but only a business card that for some reason looks very similar to the previous one
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it was a different guy. Also the guy got away from me because I didn't know the streets in the area
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where I caught him so he managed to escape me. But what I learned is that these guys are back at it
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again and they're still trying this old scam. When I posted a picture of this guy and his car on my
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Twitter many people recognized the car and said oh yeah I saw him a week ago oh yeah I saw him a
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couple days ago. So he's been cruising all around the country. We actually have a full list of all
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the cities where our Czech viewers noticed the same scam and one viewer even
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sent us a video because she managed to film it. No money benzene Problem is money Gold no money the benzina So for money Mr Ali Ahmed Mr Ali Ahmed
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Police, police, we are calling police. We call the police. Come on, come on, come on
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Where are you going? The blue red flag. We call the police
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Mr Ali Ahmed, Ali Ahmed. And not only she sent us the video, she also sent us the golden necklace that she got out of it
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And just to be clear, it's not gold. It's all fake. That's why this video is called the scam video
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So we did even more research and found out that they not only operate in Czech Republic
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obviously in Europe but also overseas in US or Canada. So I was pretty shocked that this scam got
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this far and I was even more shocked that some people still fall for this scam and give these people money Well no wonder There are many key points where the scam artist is trying to gain your trust starting with a luxury car
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He's very well dressed. Usually he will have a family in the car, nice tuxedos. And in Europe
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quite often they will have foreign license plate from UK or France or Germany, which once again
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gains trust in a person, for example, in Czech Republic, because they claim to be foreign
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businessmen. Well, they're not. I'm not saying we shouldn't help people, but definitely don't trade
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your money for some gold at a side of a highway or on the street. You can, if somebody's in need
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of a gas, just buy a gallon of gas and give it to them. And if they really need it, they will take
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it. I don't know about the cops abroad, but I do know the Czech police knows about this scam and
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it's very hard for them to track it down. They cruise around all Europe and the cops need to
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catch them multiple times because the scam needs to add up to more than 400 euros to be put in the
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category of a criminal offense. One viewer even sent us a voice recording of the scam artist who
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wasn't trying to give him golden rings but rather some luxurious suits and tuxedos and he was
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claiming to be driving to Milan and that the suits are worn by Berlusconi
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Look, Mr. Chiesa, this is very nice. We call in Italy Modello Berlusconi
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My idea, I like to give a present, a sadarmo, no? You, our viewers, probably will not fall for this scam, but your friends or relatives may
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So if you think they're in the group of potential victims, share this video with them so they don't trade their money for fake gold or fake suits
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If you have any experience with this scam, let us know in the comments. Write your story
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I'm looking forward to read them. That's us, the honest guides, that's Honza, I'm Janek, we're in the lovely city of Prague
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and I'll see you here next week. I'm the fake saint. And a Czech word at the end is zlatý prsten, golden ring
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Zlatý golden ring, prsten
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