1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: They talk better than these are the radio blogs on 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: the Fred Show. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 2: It's like writing in our diary, except we say them aloud. 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 2: We call them blogs. Kiki, yes kieky guys scammed, Kiki 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 2: said Nigerian princess. 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: Now take it. 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 3: Away, dear blog. 8 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 4: So over the weekend, I was on the sick and 9 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 4: shutting list. So I was home, just sitting on the couch, 10 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 4: trying to get better, and I was going through some emails. 11 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 3: You guys know how I. 12 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 4: Collect emails, and I came across an email with an 13 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 4: opportunity that just looked so amazing, and it said opportunity 14 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 4: to partner with this hair company that I love. Now, 15 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 4: you guys know I like, you know, wigs and hair 16 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 4: extensions and things like that. So I've been trying to 17 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 4: start my journey as a hair influencer, which is somebody 18 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 4: who does their just films videos of doing their different 19 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 4: hairstyles for social media and you get paid for it. 20 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 4: So I said, oh my god, this hair company has 21 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 4: finally reached out to me. Now it says, Hi, I 22 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 4: am a talent scout with this company and we've noticed 23 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 4: your unique personality and charisma and we think you'd be 24 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,920 Speaker 4: a great fit for our brand ambassador program. 25 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 3: I said, I hear you. Yeah, that's me, that's me. 26 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I get notes like that too. Sometimes 27 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: that sounds legit. 28 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 4: Yes, And so I scrolled down and it says, hey, 29 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 4: here's our link. 30 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 3: Click the link. 31 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 4: So five different products that we can send you, and 32 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 4: we're gonna pay you two thousand dollars a month for 33 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 4: a video. 34 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: Okay, that's how I know it's not real now. 35 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 2: And now that's where that's where I know it's not 36 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 2: real now because it doesn't pay like that. 37 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: So no, no, no, or they put us D. They 38 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 1: make sure they say us D have you you have 39 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: to specified USD. Then that's what I know. 40 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 2: You would have paid me if they're hitting me up 41 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: for wigs and they're gonna pay me two thousand dollars 42 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 2: us D, you know, as opposed to yeah or whatever, 43 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 2: and who knows what these. 44 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 4: Hair units costs about two thousand dollars. So I'm like, 45 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 4: you're gonna give me a free unit and pay me 46 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 4: to do what I will do. Anyway, I'm like, oh, 47 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 4: this is it now. I have already started adding this 48 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 4: money into my budget. Of course, I'm making appointments at 49 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 4: the dealership, because I'm. 50 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 2: All right, because you're like, I spend this much already. 51 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 2: Not only do I get that so I can take 52 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 2: that off, but also two thousand dollars a month. 53 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: Here we go, Bentley. 54 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 4: Yes, I started looking up my new car and I'm like, okay, 55 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 4: because this is just gonna pay for that, and I 56 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 4: don't even have to worry about all weekend. 57 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:33,920 Speaker 3: I was so hopeful. 58 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 4: I took the screenshots that they told me to send, 59 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 4: I sent them back to them. 60 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 3: I got the products lined up. 61 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 2: I was like, gave them your social Security number, which 62 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:45,839 Speaker 2: is what you need to be an influencer for hair. 63 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 4: So then they send me back a contract and I 64 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 4: look over the I look over the contract. 65 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 3: It's all kind of misspelling. 66 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 4: And then in the contract it says, you know, we 67 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 4: are excited to start this opportunity with you, and we 68 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 4: just need you to send us two hundred dollars for 69 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 4: the shipping of the products. 70 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 3: Okay, you handle the shipping, and we got the rest. 71 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: Here we go. 72 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 4: And so then something said do a little YouTube university 73 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 4: about this whole email thing and how so I started 74 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 4: googling and smoogling this is all fake, bro. And when 75 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 4: I tell you, my feelings were so hurt. Like I 76 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 4: had already this was my retirement plan. I had already 77 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 4: thought about what I could do with this extra money, 78 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 4: and there for it to come crushing down on Sunday. 79 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 3: I'm just not well. 80 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 4: And now I understand how a lot of people feel 81 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 4: when they get scammed on the internet. Like my uncle 82 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 4: thinks he's dating Ashanti when he finds out that he's 83 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 4: not really in a long distance relationship with a Shanti. 84 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 3: That's gonna rock his world. 85 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: We don't have to tell him, right, but I. 86 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 3: Hear you I got scammed by a psychic And okay, 87 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 3: so you're there. 88 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: I remember this story, Vavan. But what happened? Kaylen? 89 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 2: You like they were gonna just keep telling you stuff, 90 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 2: but you had to keep paying if you wanted the answers. 91 00:03:59,040 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: Is that what it was? 92 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 5: She really had something to tell me, and she just 93 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 5: needed a photo of my palms, which I'm like, she 94 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 5: can't get any info of my palm. So I was 95 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 5: sending this, sending that, but then it was like every 96 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 5: step like she needed more. You know, She's like I 97 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 5: she basically told me that I was cursed by a 98 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 5: witch before I was born, and that she could get 99 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 5: rid of the curse, but she needed this, she needed that, 100 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 5: and I. 101 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 3: Was like, oh damn, see, I got. 102 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 2: My favorite of the emails where it's like, dear sir 103 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 2: or madam, It's like which one, and then it's you 104 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 2: are the heir a I am a solicitor, you know, 105 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 2: which is like the type of European or British lawyer 106 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 2: or whatever, and you are the heir to you know, 107 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 2: a Nigerian. 108 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: Royal family. 109 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 2: And like, well, first of all, that's true, you would 110 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 2: know if I were a sir or madam, I think. 111 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 2: And then it's like if you send us one thousand dollars, 112 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 2: that will unlock the eighty seven gazillion dollars. It's like, oh, really, right, 113 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 2: I get to give you money and then you send 114 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 2: me my money. All that makes perfect sense. 115 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 3: Takes money to make money, right, invest in yourself. 116 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: Right, He's right, exactly. Yes, I'm still waiting. 117 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 2: I'm still waiting, but I got eighty seven gazillion dollars 118 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 2: coming from my Nigerian family. And when I get it, 119 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 2: you'll know because I won't be here anymore waiting by 120 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 2: the phone brand new It's two minutes away after Hoji 121 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 2: a fred joke