The Fake Golden Ring/Out of Gas/ SCAM Explained (Honest Guide)

Reading comments from all of you with similar experiences is really interesting! Thanks a lot for sharing and keep them coming!

These guys make it so hard for me, a businessman from Germany dealing in cars, to get gas money for my jewelry every time I forget my wallet at home.

I think you should carry some of those old belarusian rubles to give to these guys and claim you just exchanged your dollars for them and start persuading them that they actually are the czech currency. Dunno why I wrote this in english when I am actually czech but whatever.

Easiest way to get out of these scams is to tell 'em stories that don't go anywhere, like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Give me five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now, where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones..

I honestly am very jealous of creator courage to confront them in public so easily. Wish i got that skill too

A guy tried to pull this of on me in Paris. When I started speaking to him in Romanian he said "sorry, I didn't know that you are Romanian" wished me a nice day and left. :))

“I have no money to buy gas” drives a 7 series...

Thank you brother for attempting to inform others of the pitfalls of travelling and the scammers willing to take their hard-earned dollars.

This happened to me in the states. A man had his whole family in his car. Wife and like 4 or 5 children. And he offered me the same exact ring in your video. I still have the ring. I gave him $30 US dollars for it. I took it to a Jeweler shop and they told me it was 100% copper. They took advantage of my kindness, but everyone has their dues in life to pay and he'll pay for his one day

I had something similar. When they give you the card, ask them to recite the phone number on it. They won’t be able to.

A very serious and dangerous scam is when you "find" a kid "crying" and they need you to take them to a specific address (nearby usually). Police has issued multiple warnings about this since there are people waiting for you there to strip you out of your cash, car plus you can get abducted for ransom or worse. If that ever happens to you take the kid directly to the police station (cause it could be a situtation where the kid actually needs help)

I looked this up because it happened to us for a 3rd time in Las Vegas today. This time they came up to our car window when my husband was in Walmart and my 13 year old was waiting in the car. My husband came out of the store and knew what was happening, he took the ring out of my sons hand and gave it back to the man.

Even the car is illegal. No tax, no MOT, therefore no insurance. Completely illegal to drive it on any road!

i like how one of the cards say "Dusseldorf - Ellerstrae" because they cant type "Düsseldorf - Ellerstraße" lmao

Rule of thumb: Keep walking. Ignore. Don't let anyone stop you, touch you, or hand anything to you. I don't even take someone's business card unless I asked for it.

My husband had the same issue in a Racetrack gas station in Georgia, it was a family that was supposed to go to a wedding in NYC and they were all dressed up driving from GA to NYC, I told my husband, why would someone drive for more than 8 hours all wearing super fancy, elegant outfits?!?!?! Really? The guy was offering him a gold watch 😄

Worked at a pawn shop directly next to a gas station. I recognized the rings in the videos immediately, they have a very specific look and feel to them and are unlike other counterfeit gold ive seen.

So, I've experienced the "Dropped Ring" scam. Where someone runs up to you from behind, taps you on the shoulder and holds out a gold ring saying you dropped it. Then when you say it isnt yours, they say you can have it, but to give them some money for both of your good luck. So, I knew about this and in Italy, a lady tries this on us..so I said to her, "Yes yes thankyou so much that is mine!" And I kept walking. She started freaking out, asking for money..and when I said I didnt have any money..she wanted my shoes. I refused her my super comfortable teva sandals and she proceeded to take off one of her shoes, throw it at me, and then pick it up and walked away..with just one shoe on. I threw the "gold" ring in the trash, and hoped I stopped someone else from getting conned, lol. It was great fun.

In Switzerland these scammers don't offer you golden jewellery but luxury clothes ; it's pretty wild that these sort of scams happen worldwide

One of the BEST uses of social media is to spread information that helps people, educates them, and (hopefully) keeps them safe from scams and con artists. Good for you. I did not know this one. Here in New Orleans French Quarter....We have those wretched fake monks keeping US busy! LOL...