NYPD detective helps man who mailed life savings to NYC after being scammed

Before you do something like this, ask yourself: Has the bank ever told you to do something like this?

The news lady looked for a BRIEF second like she wanted to BURST out in laughter

Idiot at its finest!

Idiot

Are these people losing a marble. How could someone convince you to mail money 😮

And we wonder how tRump won the election? There’s clearly no shortage of dummies out there!

Chinese scammas

They forgot to show you that they pretend to be Microsoft tech support.

NEW SCAM ALERT:
I got a "curtesy" call from Con Edison that our electricity was scheduled to be cut off in about 35 minutes for non-payment. They told me that if I could make a credit card payment right away, they could immediately stop the cut off, if it's not too late. I told them that I was on autopay but they said I could be transferred to the billing department after the payment because if my electricity was cut off, I would have to pay additional cost to have my electricity turned back on again. They asked me to pay by credit card but I was out and didn't have my credit card with me so they gave me a phone number to call with warning that I didn't have much time left. I rushed home and called the number given to me with my credit card in hand. A recorded voice said I was being connected to the payment department. While I was waiting to be connected, I quickly logged into my Con Edison account to see why the autopay didn't go through. I saw that it "DID" go through and realized that I was being scammed and hung up. If I had my credit card with me when I got the call from "fake" Con Edison, I would have given my credit card number to pay my bill to prevent getting my electricity turned off. The 35 minutes shut off time was what they used to make this sound urgent and it almost worked.

What company would ask for a prepaid gift card anyways 😂

I can’t feel sorry for people who do stuff like this come on now it’s like they don’t mind giving away their hard earned money to these scammers and then cry people don’t have the common sense anymore smh

This should be embarrassing and these people should have to foot the bill for the police work to get their money back after they give it away from being scammed, they made theirself a victim and tax payers shouldn't have to pay for any of this stuff, make people realize that if they give away money then they will bear the responsibility of their actions, make people think and when they refuse to follow good sense let them pay for their mistake, they will learn better from it and these scammers would fade away.

They Deserve to lose it if you are dumb enough to do that. Seriously, come on man. That's just Darwinism at that point.

What was that guy doing on the internet?

usually what happens in these situations is the local sheriff steps in, seizes the money, and both scammer and victim go home broke.

But they can’t help me get my AirPods Pro’s back from thieves when Apple gave me their address….

To the first guy you are beyond saving and i hope you dont have kids or care for people in the future. Literally stupid. Old lady gets a pass.

some people are just born Gullible & Stupid... You can send me Emails, Voicemail, Certified Letters. Im NOT SENDING CASH

I’m pretty sure his name is gooze-man not Guzman😂😂

How tf you get caught dont you know it is 2024

Wow. People are absolutely ignorant. Stop talking to people online!

He's not even stupid. He's a different kind of stupid.

$20,000 is the life savings…. Now that should be the story…

Dont get on the phone with any random person especially Indian, Nigerian, Pakistani.

I DO NOT GET these people
Take you money and ship it?????? WTH...are you dumb?????
Where is your common sense ????? There is nothing elaborate here to say wow..what a cunning scheme
But no...just send us you money because your account is compromised

Some people need a keeper. Their brains just don't function.

If you idiots want to give out money like that just invest it…

No way these people Americans are letting scammers, scam them

These guys were just as dumb , to have the money easily located 😂

They do sending e-mails too…It does include the name address and email asking for cash… delete the email, don’t read it and if there’s a threat go to the precinct to inform police. Don’t let anyone intimidate you texting that they have pictures of you doing crazy things or you being naked, if you don’t do those things, why are people falling for it… report it!

Big Hats off to the detective!

Entertaining. I know a guy who got his identity stolen because he signed up for the 'free e-scooters that the government was giving out!" 😁😁🤣🤣

It's bad, but I couldn't stop laughing. This guy was so gullible yo send money to the "Central bank in NYC?"

The central bank of the United States is called the Federal reserve and they have a location in California. Worse, they don't do business with consumers. All this guy had to do is ask his bank about the issue and they would've told him that it was a scam, or Google it, or ask on Reddit.

I do think that his bank was a bit reckless. This is the 21st century. No one carries 20K in cash around. The bank should've noticed the withdrawals and ask him to go to a branch for a chat. My bank puts a hold on everything that is not in my normal pattern.

They need to replace the package with a similar looking one with a tracking device so when the scammer comes back they can arrest him.

This is crazy 😂😢😮

Hero cop, more than credit to him

People... 😂😂😂😂 please... stop being so NAIVE.

Wait wait wait...
Why didn't the "detective" wait until the scammer came to pick up the package then arrest the scammer?! Mickey Mouse Detective!
Silly Humans.

What was their cut

Senior citizens always fall

Why didn't the detective do a stakeout and wait for the person to pick up the 20K?

NYPD good Justice is arresting the scammer too ... Hello McFly😂

The scammer still out here hello McFly NYPD 🤬

When will people learn NEVER send your currency anywhere….NEVER!!!

That's a madman.

Y'all need to wise up! What the hell is wrong with people [the ones giving away money]. Who sends cash, anyway?

How dumb are you to ship cash to someone

If 20K is your "life savings" then you should call a financial advisor today.

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Typical Chinese

Kinda embarrassing???? No my friend, that is a whole lot of embarrassing.