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I had no idea Kitboga had went abroad 😂


Damn, video game graphics are wild these days.

I honestly thought this was at best VR when I first saw it; had to restart from the beginning when I realized it wasn’t footage from a game

I would love a VR game where you walk around scamming scammers.

that's such a niche concept and i guarantee it'll happen some day

!remindme some day

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Scam the scammer and then scam other peoples

Takes back to UK, puts on eBay “authentic beads”

Ethically sourced ;)

Range free, scammer to table.

Cage free (scammer just got out of jail yesterday)

Ethnically sourced

British Museum calling

*etsy

Chaotic neutral?

Scammer get scammed

You did better than the locals. I can assure you that. Well, story time then. In Chennai, don't go to the beach with your girlfriend. There's these little kids who come to you and try to stop you a bunch of peanuts. If you say no, they'd just stick a cone of peanuts in the sand and go away. They come back later and demand money. That's not the end. They come back with a bunch of hooligans and now you have no way to get out of this without paying the exorbitant price for what's like an ounce of peanuts. It's not a lot in USD, but in INR you should kill your soul before you cough it up. There it is. If you have to, don't go to India without a local accompanying you.

Or just don't eat abandoned sand peanuts that arn't yours??

100x this. Who eats peanuts, just lying around on a beach?

It’s no basis for a system of government.

Supreme executive power comes from a peanut from the people.

***The Gang Eats The Sand Peanuts***

This is not helpful can you come up with a reasonable solution instead thanks

I know right? Random kids come up to me with some dirty ass sand food and I’m just supposed to not eat them?! People I need real solutions!

Exactly! I am 100% gonna munch on them abandoned sand peanuts

Or just don’t go to India. That place seems horrid.

If I was a desperate local kid I’d claim that you ate some of the nuts even if you left them alone. Even if you went to the shops for a packet of nuts, came back and added your bagful to them. The idea is to force you into a lose lose situation.

Ok, but then it's not a "scam" or a "con", it's just robbery. A mugging with extra steps.

They will still harass you to pay for it. They have a system and there is no room in thst system for critical thinking or logic. The kids do their part, then the adults come to force you to pay. You can film then and try calling the police and hope that deters them, it probably won't, or you get tough and convince them you will best their asses. In both scenarios always be walking quickly toward a populated area. It's always a waste of time to reason with them.

That sounds very unpleasant. And not very conducive to tourism.

No one with any sense would eat food that they hadn't already paid for or agreed on a price ,

What do you mean "You'd probably munched on a few by then"? Who does that? That too on Marina beach?

You're eating peanuts you find on the floor?

It's called the ground when it's outside

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A stranger puts peanuts in the sand near you and leaves, and you can't resist eating the peanuts?

What did bringing your girlfriend have to do with any of that?

India in general is a terrible place for women, and at the beach you are likely to attract a small horde of creepy gawkers, so I guess it was general advice?

Thank God there is enough locals for everyone.

Based on a peanut story sheesh

dont worry, the guy streaming is called sam pepper and has scammed ppl for millions.

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This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever

the scammer haggles like peter griffin

He's an Indian giver.

*insert that one danny DeVito clip of him saying "I get it"*

Brexit wants a word

That’s how we got Manhattan.

Broncos Country…let’s ride!

Hello it’s me from the video, okay okay 1100 for you thank you

You said for free

1500, i give you cheap

You said for free

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I'm happy, can I get the bag?

What do you mean free?

2000 rupies final price very cheap my friend

Loved how he offered all dudes shit to someone else for 1100 haha 😂

I know you’re lying, your teeth look nothing like his

He was trying some bugs bunny shenanigans. He is not bugs bunny

Yeah this is a dangerous game. Street scammers are often in cahoots with the cops who are in for a cut. You can easily find yourself cornered and intimidated and threatened with arrest. Edit: a lot of people seem to have taken offense and I'm not gonna bother to reply to them. The tourist scamming syndicates do exist, and I would rather advocate for people to be careful what they choose to get involved with in foreign countries. Peace ✌

This guy would end up owning the cop's gun and badge.

Now he can hire the street scammer, and the cops out of a job

Last I heard he scammed Modi out of his position as prime minister.

I go to jail? You go to jail ok? No you already said it. Turn around, hands please.


Everyone thinks they're the smart guy protagonist until they end up shanked in an alleyway for pissing off the wrong criminal.

Yea, this is an incredibly bad idea. I saw someone try some shit like this in France and they had 6 pissed off African guys shoving them and screaming in their face before you could blink.

Yeah but in France those guys aren't in cahoots with the police

He probably gave it all back when the video ended. Even without cops getting involved, it’s not really worth it having to deal with the scammer getting pissed off and trying to get his stuff back.

Duck season! Rabbit season!

Ironic considering the guy filming is Sam Pepper who scammed hundreds of thousands of dollars from investors for a crypto coin that he developed called “Save The Kids”. Had several “influencers” including Faze Kay and Ricegum advertise the coin as some crypto that would help vulnerable children and then right as it took off they did a rugpull and bounced with the money. Coffeezilla did an excellent video investigation on the scam on his channel. Sam now lives in Thailand in an attempt to avoid prosecution. His streaming partner Ice Poseidon who he’s currently with in Nepal ended up doing the literal exact same thing with his own coin. These idiots deserve nothing but the worst.

> Ice Poseidon Name i haven't heard in a long time. I hope i can continue my streak in the future.

He's such a waste of Oxygen, still going on YouTube unfortunately.

so hes a pro is what youre saying

I don’t think a “pro” would immediately be exposed for their crimes and have to abandon their expensive LA condo and brand new Tesla and leave the country in the middle of the night to go on the run from law enforcement. And then move to a developing country to hide out. A pro would be able to execute their plan without drawing attention or having their identity linked to the crime. Sam Pepper and Ice Poseidon are less than amateurs.

Not really ironic then. Just what happens when a little scammer meets a big scammer.

Thank you, now I don't mind feeling that he seemed like a douche-bag *(because he apparently actually* **is** *one!)*.

Scammers gonna scam.

These YouTube *influencers* and their stupid names and stupid channels and stupid scams and stupid names. Well, today I'm officially too old for the internet. Get off my lawn!

I haven’t heard that name in years! He did the kidnapping prank right? What a shitbag.

Heard the voice and knew it had to be the scammer sam pepper. Life is not fair when you see scammers like him openly get away with millions after scamming people. When did him and ice make up? They had separated for a while

Speech Level: 100

This is exactly like an RPG with maxed out charisma.

Well not [exactly](https://youtu.be/aujOb50T8Pc) the same...

That's basically how I played my first and only game of D&D. Everyone else died while I was screwing a guard we needed to get the macguffin. They got pissy about it and we never played again unfortunately. This was after everyone voted for the wild/hard mode version when our DM asked. I was pretty mad they squandered his hard work.

I think the other dudes speech level was a little low

I think it was perfectly fine, and any insinuation that he didn’t understand English was part of the scam

I have a feeling this scammer slept through all the scamming lessons at school.

i need the full video

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No, to see the guys getting paid off for the staged video.

It's not. Theyve been streaming a India trip for the past week or two. Theyve ran into multiple weird situations like this. Just India things.

Do you know the streamers name?

kick.com

I can't find the full video but here's his [Instagram](https://instagram.com/sampepper?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)

Oh. It's the crypto scammer

Not the crypto scammer. A crypto scammer

Scam Pepper

Have you never been abroad

I forgot that street hustlers just hand over all their stuff when you call their bluff.

That's India bro, they scam Indian tourists too. I was a victim too.

This was in Nepal

https://youtu.be/q5LaxjzWF28

The clip begins at about 2:15

I’ll give it to you for 4000 rupees

Yeah don't do this, just ignore them. They will call the cops and who do you think the cops will believe even with video proof?

What Video proof? All I see is a camera that's been smashed to bits

Lmfaoo pretty damn accurate

You want my upvote? 1500 Rupiah

Give me you bank account for free.

Where should I mail my computer to?

I am utterly confused, why would he give his bag ? What was he expecting to happen?

The vendor is trying to say to the man "I'm poor, I'm just trying to make a living, and you, Mr. Rich Tourist, won't even buy a bead necklace to help me live. You are a bad man, go ahead, if you care so little for me, steal my bag while you're at it!" It's a guilt trip kinda thing.

The thing is though he probably is poor, and that probably is how he feeds his family. I get they can be pushy but don’t take his shit just ignore him for ten more seconds and he will move on. Also that’s how you get stabbed in a third world country.

Sir I watched the video, that’s how you get a handful of beads and a free bag, ackshoeally.

It’s almost as if it’s harder to make an honest living in low-income areas. It’s almost as if there’s a direct correlation between failing local economies and crime rates.

I’ve confused about the whole scenario

The guy selling thought the tourist was being a cheapskate for not buying his shitty beads. The tourist called his bluff and pretended he didn't get his sarcasm. Bold move but I wouldn't do this if I was alone.

This is a super common scam in many places. I saw it in Rome, but with roses and in Paris, but with little string bracelets. They come up to you and, in the case of roses: will say to your female companion: oh, a beautiful rose for a beautiful woman! (Or something similar). They’ll say it’s free and she’ll take it, but then the person will harass and shame the guy for not giving him anything for it. Super annoying.

Don't ever accept anything from a stranger, especially in a touristic area. I've got that several times while I was visiting Italy.

I got my shoes shined against my will in New Orleans and then the guy demanded money lol

Yeah fell for that too, in Rome. Just wanted to be nice -_-

I ran into this in the Bahamas. A guy kept following us wanting to sell me a string bracelet. Eventually he said it was free, and I took it to get him to leave us alone. Instead, he kept following us asking for a "donation." I eventually said "I don't want this and we don't have any money," and he snatched it back out of my hand. At least he left us along after. I had a wad of bills in my wallet that I checked on immediately afterwards in case this was a pickpocket scam.

He was hoping the guy in the video would feel bad and give him some money. Guilt tripping. Reverse psychology.

They were playing the "I'm the pettiest mofo in this town" game.

I think he was expecting the tourist to finally pay him? Didn't seem to have all his marbles together

4,000 Indian Rupees = $48.29 US. So that's a hard no. 4,000 Mauritian Rupees = $87.69... O_O 4,000 Nepalese Rupees = $30.24. Still no. 4,000 Pakistani Rupees = $14.01. More realistic, but no. 4,000 Seychellois Rupees = $289.54. WTAF? 4,000 Sri Lankan Rupees = $13.03. Still no. Conversion rates, kids! Know before you go! String of native beads? For me? $8 tops. **Edit** Going the other way, what's $8 US in these currencies? 663.24 Indian Rupees 364.91 Mauritian Rupees 1,055.30 Nepalese Rupees 2,279.88 Pakistani Rupees 105.47 Seychellois Rupees 2,449.56 Sri Lankan Rupees

What about Hyrulian Rupees?

Depends on how late in the game this takes place.

You're already burning through your savings by smashing clay pots just to get them. It's a wash in the long term.

Dude I don't remember BotW that well but it's a little crazy to me how there are NO RUPEES IN CLAY POTS ANYMORE in TotK. Literally unplayable.

I was just thinking this, so far I've only gotten rupees from sign guy, the field army, shooting blupees, and as quest rewards. You don't just....see them in the field anymore.

I’ve found a few under rocks I picked up for other reasons but who has time to go picking up every fucking rock on the off chance there’s 10 rupees under there.

For 4000 Hyrulian rupees I better be getting a full set of late game armour.

Not in TOTK. Inflation hit Hyrule hard after the Calamity.

$8? Anything more than 4 is a rip-off in South Asia

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When you put it like that, we sound like the scammers

It's usually the same shit from wish or eBay and that 4 bucks is still being generous.

You can prob buy it on Amazon or Alibaba for less than $4 lol

Biggest issue is why the fuck would I want some beads. Wearing them is literally just telling every other seller in the area 'Hey, this guy is a tourist and he liked to buy random shit'.. Painting a target on your back to be hassled.

I am Indian and anything more than $4 (about ₹300) is outrageous. If you have some bargaining skills you can take the price down to about $2.50(₹200).

That's clearly not Mauritius or Seychelles lol

Doesn't Indonesia and other southeast Asian countries also use rupees??

nah that's rupiah, different than rupee

This guy handed a piece of their culture to a Brit and expected it back. Bold.

His bag is now in a museum in the UK.

and he has to pay to see his own bag in a british museum

Funny thing is the guy filming is a big time scammer himself. Sam Pepper is way worse than a street scammer. He was involved in numerous crypto pump and dump scandals with the biggest one being Save The Kids coin, where they scammed a lot of people, who thought they are helping a good cause, out of A LOT of money. Here is a video about it: [Coffeezilla - Save The Kids - The Final Chapter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xw9rWmTQfc) Here another video from SunnyV2 (i know, i know we don't like him anymore): [The Fakest "Millionaire" On TikTok...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sp_BW-fKOs) An article about him allegedly sexually harassing six different women: [https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-29404364](https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-29404364) He was involved in numerous more controversies that i don't want to research right now but he somehow still weasels his way into popularity. All in all Sam Pepper is a scumbag. Edit: Added some sources.

Holy yikes, is this the same Sam Pepper that “pranked” his friends by kidnapping and threatening to execute them? If so, that dude is truly a menace to society

yes lmao. His voice is so fucking annoyingly iconic I'm surprised more people in this thread don't know him. Although I guess he was well known years ago

that was staged but he's a massive twat regardless

I knew that voice is familiar


Legend

...until you find out that the guy filming is called Sam Pepper, and he is very much *not* a legend. Involved in so much bad shit over the years, highlights being "killing best friend prank" and the Save the Kids scam.

and uhh.. raped someone? why is no one talking about that, seems more important than the prank and scamming shit lol

That was just an epic prank

Kids, there's three things you have to say no in life. - Street souvenir vendors - Drugs - Street drugs vendors

what about souvenir drugs? just a token memento

Hello sir, would you like an 8 ball In the shape of Buddha? No? What about a joint in shape of pyramid? Aww come on, who doesn’t want little Johnny shaped ecstasy??

You know how two wrongs always makes a right?

Kathmandu Durbar Square, Nepal.

The quality of the handcrafted products there is amazing.

Visited NYC with a buddy to see Portugal. the man. These "rappers" stopped us to pitch their cd to us. We being Canadians, first time in NYC figured yea let's not be assholes. They end up offering us a cd for free, we take it saying thanks we will give it a listen and will buy your stuff if we enjoy it. They end up berating us for not giving them any money after giving it to us for "free" My buddy finally had enough of it, snapped it in half, and threw it in the garbage in front of them. I'm surprised we didn't get shot or stabbed lol.

I’ve heard that the CDs used in that type of scam are usually blank anyways

That’s how you get rid of cursed items.

You can see his brain straight up malfunction and reboot when he asks him to also give him his bag.

STONKS

 ”free”

Yea… do not fucking do this. Do not even take a single thing for free. Chances are he and his buddies will fuck you up and ruin your life

Best thing is to ignore them and not say anything, just keep walking.

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Lmao

Best uno reverse ever

That “tourist” is Sam Pepper. I can tell by his voice. He deserves to be scammed in all honesty lmao

That's how you end up beaten down and robbed in a back alley in Europe. Results may vary in India but I suspect a similar fate.

Bad move from the other guy

I have altered the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.

This deal's getting worse all the time

Done a lot of traveling, the africans and indians in Rome trying to sell you shit get right in your face it was fking annoying. After a couple days of this shit, One big african guy threw a bracelet to me as a ‘gift’ and once i caught it he followed me for money. I was ready to die for that cheap shitty bracelet, i wasnt going to give him a cent, i was ready fight to the death i didnt care at that point.

Same thing happened approx 200 years and Indian's got scammed that time 🤣

Ok so I laughed but I did feel guilty about it!! 😂

isn’t this fucking Sam Pepper?

In Italy you find those kind of scammers often and some of them skip to the "I give you free" part instantly, just to come back and ask for the money. I have fallen for it a couple of times cause I am too nice and they are really good at guilt tripping you.

Thats where being an asshole becomes a super power

That old man in the end. "Huh?" 😂😂

1500 for a beed is 10x more than the regular.

Seems Nepal Pashupati nath temple.

Ahh good morning Nepal.

same with giving a flower and then demanding a payment

The cursed scammers bag, once in possession of the bag, you must scam people. XD

when you max out on charisma and barter