Washington State Patrol warns of gold jewelry scam on highways | FOX 13 Seattle
Washington State Patrol warns of gold jewelry scam on highways | FOX 13 Seattle
People have lost several thousands of dollars in a gold jewelry scam across Washington, and it all unfolded on highways traveled every day.
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These are the smartest scammers ever because they didn’t break no laws and the people who give them their money are the dumbest people ever 😭🤣🤣
This literally just happened to me here in CA in the bay area. Exactly how the officer stated, well dressed, nice car, even had his wife and child with him. Said he was from Seattle, that he lost his wallet and is just trying to feed his family n get them home. He said hed give me his number, and pay me back in addition to giving me his gold. I offered him some money, almost 20 bucks for free, but declined to buy his gold. Lol then the fker called me a bad man and that karma was going to get me as he drove off. Now im seeing this video, and hearing the officer describe what i went thru to the T 🤣 Thank God he ended up with nothing from me, he was super convincing ngl. Hopefully now karma will get him
They work I 5 and HWY and they state they need to have gas money to get home and they want you to pay money for their worthless jewelry. This scam has been ongoing for years in Washington State.
Family of 4 in NJ area need money for gas ….those gold scams been around since I was a kid that’s like throwing your money away on 3 card Monty 😂
Good! Fools that think they will get rich. Just like criminals in Europe doing the same scam.
From 1990s
Regardless real or fake ,jewelry has always been a scam. Jewelry is like a car , once you drive it off the lot it depreciates by 30%.
Lol if you’re stupid enough to fall for this it’s on you. Just like the guys who sell stereos in the parking lots
I just got scammed at my job, I might be the dumbest nigga alive 🤦♂️
NEVER pull over to "help" these people. They have rental cars and phones – if they are truly in need of help, they can call the rental company for a tow. They are NOT helpless nor do they need money.
What sad is these are the people that won’t give a homeless person a dollar but will give a random stranger $10K for fake gold
scammers are in Walmart driving a Van, car with kids inside and say "hey you want gold" I have kids that we have no food" I was approached and told him nah! be safe with your kids..
Sucker born every minute
Damn I guess people in Seattle are f****** stupid…
Because of that gold was so valuable the scammers could take it to the pawn shop themselves…. you gotta be that damn stupid not to see that.
This happen to my brother-in-law in VA!!
Them some dumb ass people. They deserve to get ripped off.
I was approached several months ago in Edmonds by such a gold scammer, saying that he was from Canada and had a family to raise, so he would like to sell me some gold. I just pretended to not understand any English and after 10 minutes he lost his patience and said F word to me before driving away.
Just happened to me and I didn’t fall for it😂
Same here I Hawaii.
Buy Jewelry on the highway/street?.. yeah, that sounds legit🤭😭😭😭😭😭.. are these people stupid?😂😂😂😂🤭
This is especially all the more ridiculous because gold jewelry is usually very easy to sell to established businesses like jewelers, pawn shops, and fences
What did PT Barnum say? A sucker born every minute.
This is happening all over the PDX area also
If someone falls for this they have to be pretty gullible
Someone tried this scam on me today. Seemed like a scam. He had 3 gold chains on that looked fake as fuck.
It was 2 different guys on the same spot. I sat those guys on 3 separate occasions. Same story
Are people actually that dumb ? If they are I now know how we ended up with Biden.
Shit looks fake as fuck….i know gold…u won’t get me
I once lost one hundred and eighty dollars in a fake weed scam!
I had it happen to me at menards said they needed money to get back to Miami I did not fall for it
Some guy tried this with me in Manhattan. It was weird because he was really persistent when I first said no which turned me off completely. It’s sad cus he had a woman and a baby in the BMW he was driving, made it seem so believable.
People saying if you fall for this you get what you get stuff, fine I understand and it sounds good, but these scammers have their whole family’s in the car with long faces wives, infant children, little brothers , it’s a really terrible mind fuck, that plays on people’s humanity
If people fall for this Con, they pretty much deserve what they get.
Wtf buys gold on the highway
I see a Wells Fargo ATM shown. The daily limit is much lower then amounts quoted in the vid.
People still fall for this . Sad . 😞
Happened to me here in the Chicago suburbs some dude pulled up on me I was getting ready to up my thang he wanted to know if wanted to buy some this fake necklace. Some European guy 🤣
Who is dumb enough to fall for gypsy scams?
God uses criminals to teach the low moral wanna be good guys that they ain’t really as good as they think they are.
This happened to me in New Orleans Louisiana…Dude had his whole family with him! Wife and 2 kids… I just wanted to help the family so I bought the chains. Of course they turned out to be fake but nobody seems to know how they made such perfect forgeries. Gold is not magnetic AND not one jewelry shop can identify the material that they are made of so… It seems that the strange material is an imported product from overseas. Just how a product would get through customs without any scrutiny is the REAL QUESTION… I guess that they could label it costume jewelry AND get a pass but ports have metal detectors that should detect something…
What, some rando on the side of the road sells gold jewellery that’s fake?! What a shock!
If you fall for this, you kinda deserve it.
Greed if you stop you get greedy 😂😂😂
Lmao this is such a joke😂 I can’t believe people fell for that.
"A fool and his money are soon parted."
If you buy a “gold chain” from someone off the freeway or an intersection while in your car, I don’t really feel sorry for you if you’re scammed.
I jUst got hit for $80 thinking I would help dude get a tank of gas las Vegas off ramp going flamingo east pretend ass Saudi Arabia Muslim fuck went to the pawn shop I should have known better
You pay for what you get if it is to good to be true it is most likely so.
had a mexican woman near erie try and pull this on me at a gas station driving a nice yukon with a husband and kid
Hey ive been looking for a second job…where did they get the fake jewelry…asking for a friend.