1 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: What's up. It's Granger Smith. This is the Granger Smith Podcast, 2 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: Episode five. This is the first podcast I've made since 3 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: I've released it to the public. The previous four are 4 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: now available, and you guys have made it one of 5 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: the top podcasts in all the music category. Thank you 6 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: for that. That motivates me. Memphis, Tennessee. That's where I 7 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: am today. I'm parked next to the venue. I'm in 8 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,599 Speaker 1: the back of my bus Wildflower, just like I do 9 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: all these podcasts. And I'm on a busy road, so 10 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,279 Speaker 1: there's traffic, there's cars passing by. You might hear some horns. 11 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: All right, it shouldn't change the podcast. It should add 12 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: to the flavor today Episode five. I want it. I 13 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: want this to be a little bit different. Now. The 14 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: previous four have all been a story about me on 15 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,839 Speaker 1: the road, how I became a fan, how I became 16 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 1: a songwriter, road travel tour stories. I'm gonna switch gears. 17 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 1: This is totally different. But it's something that I feel 18 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: like needs to be talked about because I'm seeing more 19 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: and more of it, and it's a scary thing. There 20 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 1: are people out there impersonating celebrities, singers, actors, athletes, and 21 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: stealing money on the internet, on social media. So I'm 22 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: digging in. I'm gonna find out who these people are 23 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: so we don't get scammed. Looking out the window, it's 24 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: kind of dreary, cloudy, a little bit rainy. This is 25 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: the aftermath of Hurricane Irma and moved up from the 26 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: Atlantic through Florida and now it's broken up. But it's 27 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: in Tennessee and we're seeing that today. Tonight is a 28 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: guitar pool. That's the style of show that we're about 29 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: to play. And that means it's me and other singers 30 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: on the stage at the at the same time, and 31 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: we each play a song and we go down the 32 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: line and we start over and we do that for 33 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: five rounds. Now today it's me and Josh Turner and 34 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: Easton Corbin. So we'll get up there. I have a 35 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: guitar player with me and so we'll have a couple 36 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: acoustics and the other guys will do the same and 37 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: we'll each play a song. And it's a very different 38 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: style show, very low key. We tell stories, we interact 39 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: between each other. It's not your typical loud guitars, lights 40 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: in your face, running around the stage. It's very low 41 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: key in Varieties Despice of Life. So this is going 42 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: to be a fun, sold out Wednesday night. I'm excited. 43 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: I'm going to talk about some uneasy, scary stuff today 44 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:53,119 Speaker 1: about scammers on the internet. But there is some good 45 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 1: news today. Today we announced that I'm coming out with 46 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: a new album. Twenty seventh is the date. It's called 47 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: When the Good Guys Win. And it's great to finally 48 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,080 Speaker 1: say it and finally tell people because I've known for 49 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: a long time. I mean, I've been working on this 50 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: for about a year, but it's good to finally let 51 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: people know you could expect new music and I'm really 52 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 1: excited about it. So in the near future you'll start 53 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: hearing a lot more about this and a lot more details. 54 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: But until now, at least the title and the date 55 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: are out in the universe. Are you ready. It's time 56 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: to get a little creepy. I don't like this. I 57 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: don't like this subject, but I need to talk about it, 58 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: and I think you're going to be surprised at what 59 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: happened to me and why I decided to make this 60 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: an actual podcast. But I started hearing about this, I 61 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: guess about a year ago. Here's the gist. Of it. 62 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: People were getting on social media and they're creating an account, 63 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: which is so easy to do, you could do it 64 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: in thirty seconds. They create an account with a celebrity's name, 65 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: they use all their same pictures, they fill up the media, 66 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: they retweet what that celebrity is saying, or they completely 67 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: recreate the same post that the celebrity made. Essentially, they 68 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: create the same looking page. So you just scan it. 69 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: You see a celebrities page, but it doesn't have the 70 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,799 Speaker 1: blue check. Now that's the key to this whole story. 71 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: If it doesn't have a blue check, it's not that celebrity, right. 72 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: That means they're not verified. So the whole thing, this 73 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 1: whole problem could be solved if everyone just really paid 74 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: attention to that blue check. If it has a blue check, 75 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: it's them. Unfortunately people don't. People fall victim and they're gullible. 76 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: They believe this, and so because of that, I have 77 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,119 Speaker 1: to explain more to the story. They're doing this because 78 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: they'll take the name and they change one letter in 79 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 1: the actual username. So for instance, if it's me, it 80 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 1: would say Granger smith S M I T H. So 81 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: one letter's changed. It allows them to get the username. 82 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,679 Speaker 1: But then in the title the main in bold print, 83 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: it says Granger Smith spelled normal. So that's how they're 84 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: able to take that domain, that user name because it's 85 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: slightly spelled wrong. Here's the purpose. The reason they do 86 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: this is because they could follow you, or they could 87 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: add you or like you, depending on the social media, 88 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: and they expect you to go, oh wow, Garth Brooks 89 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: followed me, so I'll follow him back. When you follow 90 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: them back, when you like their page back, they can 91 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 1: then send you a direct message. When they could send 92 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: you a direct message, that's when they could scan me 93 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 1: from money. Now, they could do this in a lot 94 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: of different ways. They could say that they're having a 95 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 1: charity for a hurricane and they're looking for donations, and 96 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: they want to start it by saying, I'm seeking out 97 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: my best fans, my most personal fans, the ones that 98 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: care about me the most, and I can get personal 99 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 1: donations from these fans, and then they could figure out 100 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 1: ways for you to send the money. Or they could 101 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 1: just say I'm looking to do something that my management 102 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: doesn't know about, so I need to do it in private. 103 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: I want to make sure that I could trust you. 104 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: But I have three hundred thousand dollars on the line. 105 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: I need to move a briefcase from point A to 106 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: point B. Can you pick it up for me? And 107 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: then they'll figure out a way for you to pay 108 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,840 Speaker 1: for the postage or something small, ridiculous that could be 109 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,839 Speaker 1: one hundred bucks, and then there goes your hundred bucks. 110 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 1: After that, after all these scams, they slowly disappear into 111 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,359 Speaker 1: the night. They're gone forever and moved on to the 112 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 1: next person. It's just wrong. It's criminal. Now, the reason 113 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: I first started hearing about it is because people were 114 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: either screenshotting it because they figured out that it wasn't me, 115 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: or it was people that were telling me that they 116 00:06:55,240 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: had talked directly to me. Now, I don't direct message 117 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 1: fans I have. I consider myself very open to my fans, 118 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: and I consider myself someone that opens up a lot 119 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 1: and meet and greets, and obviously this podcast. But come on, 120 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: I'm not going to sit there and direct message people 121 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: and talk about personal things and ask them for donations 122 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: to a charity on through a direct message. It's not 123 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: just gullible people that fall for this. It's smart people. 124 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: It's people, it's family members that might think this. I 125 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: had my Midwest record label rep. Jennifer. She told me, 126 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: she said, can I ask you a question? You've been 127 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: messaging me on Instagram and why don't you just text me? 128 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 1: And I said, Jennifer, I'm not direct messaging you on Instagram. 129 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: That's somebody else that's a scammer that's trying to get 130 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: close to you. And they'll start with several conversations about, 131 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: you know, thank you for being a I hope you 132 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: never stopped listening to my music, Where do you live, 133 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: what's the next concert you're going to? I hope to 134 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: meet you. Then they build this up like it's getting 135 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: more personal. So who are these people? That's the question 136 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: I have? Who are the people that are scamming innocent 137 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 1: victims and playing on their insecurities and their vulnerability. Who 138 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,079 Speaker 1: are these people? That's the question I have. That's the 139 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: question I asked right before I did this podcast. And 140 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: would you believe me if I told you that I 141 00:08:44,440 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 1: figured out exactly who they were? Yes? I did? All right, 142 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: follow me here. This is where it gets a little 143 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: bit weird. So I'm kind of pissed off that there's 144 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: people impersonating me and other artists, other celebrities and asking 145 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: for money from our innocent fans. So I'm ready to 146 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: find out who these people are. I don't know what 147 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do when I find out, but I just 148 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: want to know who are these people? So I begin 149 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: my crusade. I want to set my trap. I go 150 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: to Twitter, I create a new account. I decide that 151 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 1: a young girl will be my best bait for my trap. 152 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: I go to Google Images and I actually typed in 153 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: cute girl, did a quick image search, grabbed a random picture, 154 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: made it my profile pick, gave her a name, completely 155 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: made up a name, and during this process, Twitter asked you, 156 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 1: what are your interest music check? What kind of music? 157 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: Country check? Do you want to follow the standard country list? 158 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: That's what Twitter isd asking, Yeah, and so boom. It 159 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: instantly follows about one hundred people. It's everywhere, It's I'm 160 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: one of them. It follows me. It follows Garth Brooks 161 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: and Dirk s Bentley and Toby Keith and Darius Ruckerds. 162 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 1: It's a great way to kickstart your social media page. Now, 163 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: this whole process of making this fake person took me 164 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: about twenty seconds. By the time I finished, I already 165 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: had a follower. I don't even know who. It was, 166 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: just a random bought follower. And then I got a 167 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: couple more from certain people that had accounts where they 168 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: had some kind of software program written in where if 169 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 1: you follow X person, their account will automatically follow you. 170 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 1: And that's how people use social media on ethically. So 171 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,079 Speaker 1: here I am about sixty seconds later, I have created 172 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: a fake person. I've created a fake profile. I already 173 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: have four or five followers. This is just weird how 174 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 1: easy this is. And for the record, I want to 175 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,319 Speaker 1: say for this podcast, don't do this at home. This 176 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 1: is not good stuff. And my brother Tyler, who's my manager, 177 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: was seriously against this, by the way. He said, man, 178 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: you can't do that. And then say on a podcast 179 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: that you created a fake account. That's illegal, And I said, 180 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 1: I don't think it's illegal, and I looked it up 181 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:31,440 Speaker 1: and sure enough, in Louisiana, this is illegal. I'm not 182 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: currently in Louisiana today or when I created the account. 183 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: Point being, I know it's weird. I'm sorry it does 184 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: break the law in certain places, but my intentions are true. 185 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: I'm making this account is bait so that I could 186 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:52,319 Speaker 1: find who these scammers are. I want to see how 187 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: easy it is for me to try to get scammed 188 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,319 Speaker 1: because I want to be able to talk about that 189 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: process as a warning on this podcast. Asked right and 190 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: after just a few hours there it was the follower 191 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: I was looking for Garth Brooks with no blue check. 192 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: I found my first scammer. I want to take a 193 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: second to talk about EEE Energy. That's my unofficial official sponsor. 194 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 1: It's also my drink. It's not a partnership with some 195 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,959 Speaker 1: big corporation. It's me and my brothers and we made 196 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 1: this from scratch. I'm very proud of it. I'm biased, 197 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,079 Speaker 1: but I think it's the best energy drink. I think 198 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: it's the best drink that I've ever had. But that's 199 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: also because we created the recipe and made all these 200 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 1: adjustments until it was the exact taste that I wanted. 201 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: And if you want to see EEE Energy stocked in 202 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: your hometown, contact info at EEE energy dot com. You know, 203 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: it's not just the drink that we have. We have 204 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: a complete clothing line my brothers and I. Right now 205 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: we have brand new Camo backpacks, tumblrs for drinks, baby onesies, 206 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: new women's tanks, pass lanyards for the fall, we have 207 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: new shirts, hoodies, flannels, blankets, beanies, you name it, we 208 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: probably have it with the EEE brand on it. You 209 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: can get all that stuff at grangersmith dot com. Boo 210 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: sitting here in Memphis, and tomorrow we start our Luke 211 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: Bryan tour for the fall, and we start that in Roanoke, Virginia. 212 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: So we're gonna leave here, We'll drive all night to Roanoke, 213 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: and then we play Ronake, Indiana and Illinois this week 214 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,439 Speaker 1: with Luke Bryan. And that is the real Luke Bryan, 215 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 1: the one with the blue check by his name on 216 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 1: the social media, unlike this Garth Brooks account that followed me. 217 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: And I want to tell you about that Garth Brooks account, 218 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: but first I want you to hear a story from 219 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: my buddy Chris Lane. Chris Lane's another country artist and 220 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: I've known him for a while, but we got really 221 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:53,079 Speaker 1: close touring together on a Florida Georgia line tour last fall, 222 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: and that was a month long tour in Canada, and 223 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:59,840 Speaker 1: we got to be really good friends. Recently, we were 224 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: doing a show and he told me about this story 225 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 1: of a fan in a meet and greet line that 226 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 1: approached him and they figured out he was getting scammed. 227 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 1: I called Chris just now and he could tell you 228 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: about it. Hey, old buddy, old pal, what's going on? Man? 229 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,640 Speaker 1: So hey, I'm doing a little story on these what 230 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: do you call it, scammers? I'm doing a little story 231 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: in these scammers, on these scammers. And you told me 232 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: a story the other day that kind of blew me away. 233 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: Tell me about that. Yeah. Yeah. So this this guy 234 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: walks up to me after a show. It was him 235 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: and his mom, and they basically had this look on 236 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: their face as if I should know who they are. 237 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: So the mom says, hey, make sure you return my 238 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: text when you get on your bus, and I was like, ah, yeah, 239 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: I just kind of played it off, and then she 240 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: said it again. I said you have my number. She 241 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:55,760 Speaker 1: was like yeah, so make sure you text me that. 242 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: And the guy, her son, I guess in the process, 243 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: was like, Chris is mom. And at first, the way 244 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: he started out in the conversation was like, well, are 245 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: you not gonna say hello to mom? And I'm just 246 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: I was confused in that moment. I thought they were 247 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 1: joking with me. And so, to make a long story short, 248 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: he keeps saying, Chris, it's me, it's your brother, and 249 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: I'm like Corey and he's like yeah, and I'm like 250 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: that's crazy because my chin brother's name is Corey. And 251 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: he like looked confused in that moment. Then I was like, 252 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: is are y'all playing a joke on me? Or what's 253 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: going on here? And then he was like, well, what 254 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: do you mean? He was like, it's me, it's your brother, 255 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: and I'm like, I'm like all right. At this point, 256 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: I'm just so confused, man, Like what's going on here? 257 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: He's like, well, you text me every single day and 258 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: you tell me that you love me, and I'm just 259 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 1: like I do. He's like yeah, I'm like, show me 260 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: the text message. So he pulls up his text message 261 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: and he's got three texts from people, ones from me 262 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: at the top, one's from somebody I have no clue 263 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 1: who it is, and then the one under it is 264 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 1: Dustin Lynch and I'm like, well, show me what it says. 265 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: So at the top it says it's him saying hey, 266 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: I'm here, and then it's like, look, looks is what 267 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: looks like a response for me? And it says, Hey, 268 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: I'm just chilling on my bus. I'll see you after 269 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: the show Love You My Brother something like that, and 270 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: I'm like all right, and I looked at the rest 271 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: of the text and I'm just like, you know what, 272 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: this is right, And he's like no. I'm like, man, 273 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: that's not me. That's somebody who is pretending to be me. 274 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: And they look like they had seen a ghost, like 275 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: they were like, wait a minute, what this is not 276 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: you kind of thing. But I'm like, yeah, dude, people 277 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 1: do this every day with every country music artist or 278 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 1: any artists in general. People are pretending to be somebody 279 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 1: that they're not, and you're basically getting catfished. At this point, 280 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: he's made you think or whoever's behind this has made 281 00:16:56,520 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 1: you dank that you've been talking to me this whole time, 282 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: and if you're not careful, are gonna ask you for money. 283 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: They do it every single time, Like I get messages 284 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,639 Speaker 1: like this every single day. He's like, well, I've already 285 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 1: given them a bunch of money and proceeded to say 286 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 1: that this has ruined his life and kind of broke down, 287 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 1: and I was just like left sending They're like, oh 288 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: my gosh, like this is guy to stop people. It's 289 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,199 Speaker 1: hard for me to believe that people actually believe that, 290 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: you know, they're talking to whoever it is that they're 291 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:31,920 Speaker 1: getting catfished by. But you know, how much money do 292 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: you think he gave him? Man, I don't know. It's 293 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,439 Speaker 1: it's hard to say. He did say it ruined his 294 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: life though, so yeah, I don't know. I didn't know 295 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 1: what that meant. I was just a little taken back 296 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,199 Speaker 1: by the situation. But yeah, I get messages every day, 297 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: as I'm sure I know you do, and as well 298 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 1: as a bunch of artists. I've seen cons of artists 299 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: posting up videos saying, hey, make sure you only look 300 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,159 Speaker 1: for the blue check mark. That's how you know it's real. Like, 301 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: you know, people are asking people for money and they're 302 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: doing it for toure dates where they're acting like you 303 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: get free tickets to a show if you purchase iTunes, 304 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,880 Speaker 1: gift cards, just like the craziest things ever. I can't 305 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 1: believe people actually do that, but I guess they're making 306 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,400 Speaker 1: money off of it, and people are believing that it's 307 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: really the artist, or they're making up some calls for 308 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: some calls where it's like a, hey, I'm hitting you 309 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 1: up because I need a donation to my childhood Cancer 310 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: Foundation of some sorts, you know what I mean. Yeah, 311 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 1: it's a multi million dollar scam. Oh wow, yeah, that's 312 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 1: that's crazy. Yeah, well, dude, I hate that happens. I 313 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 1: know you're on the golf course and you got to 314 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: hit some balls. But all right, man, well thanks for 315 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: thanks for letting me share the old story. You're welcome, dude. 316 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,360 Speaker 1: I'll see you soon, all right, brother be So that's 317 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: Chris Lane and his story. It's probably like a lot 318 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:58,719 Speaker 1: of other people's stories. And who are these people? Who? 319 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: Who is this guy that's trying to scam Chris Lane's fans? 320 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 1: Maybe it's someone exactly like this Garth account that I'm 321 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: looking at right now. So I dive into looking at 322 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 1: this account. It looks exactly like Garth's account, except for 323 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: it has about fifty followers and Garth has hundreds of thousands. 324 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: The name is Garth Brooks, but if you look closely 325 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: on the handle, it's at Garth underscore Brooks underscore one. 326 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: These are all things that you probably wouldn't notice if 327 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:32,959 Speaker 1: you weren't looking for it, or if you weren't paying attention, 328 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 1: or if you're just a fan that's excited to see 329 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:40,199 Speaker 1: this Garth Brooks character following you once again, I cannot 330 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 1: stress how important it is to know that it does 331 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:46,439 Speaker 1: not have a blue check. Every celebrity is going to 332 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: have a blue check that means they are verified through management, 333 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 1: through the actual social media account checked and they cross checked, 334 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: and they figured out that this person is legit. It's 335 00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: the real person, it's the official account. It doesn't matter 336 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: if it says official account. It needs to have the 337 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: blue check to signify to you that it's official. Right. 338 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 1: So what I do is I follow back. Following back 339 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: two people following each other allows me to direct message. 340 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 1: So here's where I'm going to bait my trap, my 341 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 1: little pretty face teenage girl profile. By the way, I 342 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 1: know it's weird that I'm a fake account talking to 343 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: a fake account, but get past that. The point is 344 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 1: that I'm able to warn you now on this podcast 345 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:35,120 Speaker 1: what I'm doing. So I shoot them a direct message 346 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: and I say, I know you'll never reply, but I 347 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 1: just want to say I'm a huge fan smiley face, 348 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 1: and I put huge in all caps, and then I 349 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: went ahead and added a little angel emoji at the end. 350 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:51,720 Speaker 1: I really have to sell this young girl thing, right, 351 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: that's a little bit nerve wracking because now I have 352 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: now sent This is the first time I've done this. 353 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: I've sent my bait to what I think I think 354 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 1: is this scam artist. I'm pretty sure this is a 355 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,719 Speaker 1: scam artist. And I wait for a reply and then 356 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 1: I get it on the bottom of my screen. It 357 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,679 Speaker 1: says messages. It has a little envelope and then it 358 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:17,880 Speaker 1: turns blue with a little circle one. Oh my gosh, 359 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: I got a message. I open it up. It's from 360 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: Garth Brooks. It says good morning, and then it has 361 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:28,719 Speaker 1: a sunshine and smiley face emoji and it says I 362 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: am here to reply, which already this is that's just 363 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 1: weird English. I'm here to reply who says that? And 364 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: of course I reply back, OMG, is it really you? 365 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: Question Mark? Question Mark? The account writes back, yes, real 366 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:52,719 Speaker 1: and legit. Hmm okay. So I say, this might be 367 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,360 Speaker 1: the greatest day of my life. I would do anything 368 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,719 Speaker 1: for you. I'm trying to say that to, you know, 369 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 1: speed up the process of them asking for money. And 370 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 1: guess what he says. He says, are you sure of 371 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 1: your words? And you sound like you can die for me? 372 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,679 Speaker 1: So already by reading these words I'm thinking this sounds 373 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 1: like a foreigner. This sounds like somebody that either English 374 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: is a is not their first language, or they're using 375 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 1: an English translator. Continuing with the dialogue, I say, OMG, 376 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: I would absolutely die for you, mister Brooks. He says, 377 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 1: sounds so great to me. Baby. Which state are you? 378 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 1: I say, Illinois? When do you come back here? He 379 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 1: says it's not on my tour list for now, but 380 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: will let you know anytime I will be coming there. 381 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 1: And then he goes on to say, so are you single, divorce, separated, 382 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: or married? And do you have kids? I say single, 383 00:22:55,600 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 1: of course, right. You'll never believe what he writes next. 384 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:09,919 Speaker 1: This is unbelievable to me. It says, get me iTunes 385 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 1: card one hundred dollars, and there you have it. He 386 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:33,239 Speaker 1: took the bait hook line and sucker Josh Turner in 387 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 1: my head. Back here in Memphis, the show is now over, 388 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:40,120 Speaker 1: and I've come back to the bus and we're about 389 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: to roll to Virginia. I hope you don't mind. Now 390 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:46,719 Speaker 1: the engine is on and I sleep by the engine, 391 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: so it's gonna be a little loud by this microphone. 392 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 1: I hope you don't mind. So back to Twitter. This 393 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 1: Garth Brooks, this fake Garth Brooks has straight up asked 394 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 1: me for an iTunes gift card for one hundred dollars. 395 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:02,119 Speaker 1: Now I want to keep him on the line. I 396 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 1: want to keep this thing going because I'm trying to 397 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: put myself in the shoes of a victim. So I 398 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 1: want him to tell me how to go about doing 399 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: this so that I could be well informed. So I say, 400 00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 1: how do I do that? Lol? He says, and I 401 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,880 Speaker 1: quote because I'm not misreading this. He says, just went 402 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:26,119 Speaker 1: to Walmart or any store and buy iTunes card. So 403 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:29,640 Speaker 1: obviously by now we know this is not an American 404 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: by the way that they're typing. I say, and then 405 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 1: how do I get it to you, mister Brooks? He says, 406 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 1: when you buy it and you open it and snap 407 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: the front and send it to me. So me trying 408 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: to keep him on the line, trying to keep things 409 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 1: going here, I say, Okay, I love you, I don't 410 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: have much money, but I want to get you this 411 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: gift card. Why do you need me to do this? 412 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 1: Will I get to meet you? And how many do 413 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 1: you want? He says, Well, Well, I needed to upgrade 414 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,719 Speaker 1: my phone and I am in tour. I want you 415 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: to be one of my biggest fans that I could 416 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 1: be able to visit when I come down there. Okay, 417 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: so there's the hook, right. He's promising fans you get 418 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: to meet him and you could be guaranteed one of 419 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,920 Speaker 1: his biggest fans if you buy him an iTunes card. 420 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 1: I say, OMG, if you promise to visit me, I 421 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,919 Speaker 1: can give you thousands of dollars of gift cards or 422 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 1: do you only need one hundred? I'm kind of joking here, 423 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,640 Speaker 1: he says. If you could afford one thousand iTunes card, 424 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 1: I will use it, but I have to be one 425 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: hundred in to ten whenever that means, and I promise 426 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 1: you that I will visit you. Oh, he promised me. 427 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: I say, I'm so excited buying them now. I also 428 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 1: just got tickets to your show in Indiana. I'll bring 429 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 1: them with me and give them to you by your bus. Okay, 430 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:59,439 Speaker 1: two thousand dollars. This is my way to see. Well, 431 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 1: how's he going to handle fans telling him? How about 432 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: we meet in person? He says, my show in Indiana 433 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: is October fifth. I said, yes, I know. I'm so excited. 434 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 1: He said, And here's the kicker. If you are true 435 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 1: to your word, kindly get some now and send it 436 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,719 Speaker 1: to me and get the rest when you come to 437 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 1: my show. Then I will know you are serious. Man, 438 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 1: he's being harsh. Huh. He says, I need to upgrade 439 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: my phone now, So you want me to wait till 440 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: October fifth before upgrading it? The guilt trip, right, I say, 441 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,479 Speaker 1: that's what I thought. I was just wondering why you 442 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: need my one hundred dollars. I loved you, garth, He says, 443 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 1: I have told you that I need to upgrade my phone. 444 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 1: If you really love me, you won't be questioning me. 445 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 1: So you know. By this point, I'm pissed off because 446 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 1: I'm thinking about he's talking to my profile pick I 447 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 1: told you as a young girl. So he's talking to 448 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 1: a young American fangirl, the kind of people that put 449 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: me in business. Hell no, you can't talk like that 450 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: to us. So I snap on him. I say, my 451 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 1: name is not the name I put on the profile. 452 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: I'm actually a middle aged man. I report scam accounts 453 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: like yours. You will not be caught today, but sometime soon, 454 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 1: somewhere in your life, you will slip up far away 455 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 1: in whatever foreign country you live in. Karma will catch 456 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 1: you and you will pay good luck. Oh and thanks 457 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:47,159 Speaker 1: for the conversation. I was able to screenshot silence. He 458 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: didn't say a word. So several hours go by and 459 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 1: I say, no more talking. You're a coward. I'm trying 460 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,399 Speaker 1: to hook him. He says, what are you talking about? 461 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 1: I say, what kind are you in right now? He 462 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:06,439 Speaker 1: says Canada. That's a lie. I say, what's your nationality? 463 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 1: Don't be a coward, open up to me. That's the 464 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: last I heard from that Garth. He then blocked me. 465 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,880 Speaker 1: So I realized at this point, Okay, if I want 466 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: to find out anything about these fake people, if I 467 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: want to know who they really are, I can't just 468 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 1: attack them. I can't just say you're gonna get caught. 469 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 1: Karena's gonna catch you. That was just me being angry. 470 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: So I decided to change my tactics and start over. 471 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,119 Speaker 1: By the way, by this point, by the end of 472 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 1: this conversation with Garth, I've had a lot of friend 473 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 1: request and they're all, guess what fake accounts? Let me 474 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,479 Speaker 1: just name you. The request I got Dustin Lynch, Jason 475 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 1: al Dean, Danielle Bradberry, Toby Keith, Dirks Bentley, Dirks Bentley again, 476 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: Darius Rucker, Garth Brooks again, Keny Chesney, Thomas Rhet, John Party, Colsewindell, 477 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,959 Speaker 1: Garth Brooks again, Dirk s Bentley again, Martina Bride, Brad Paisley, 478 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: Brad Paisley again, loret Alynn that's creative, Trace Akins, Garth Brooks, 479 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 1: Garth Brooks again and again, and Cole Swindell, all of 480 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 1: which I accepted, all of their friend request and all 481 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: of which we started a conversation. Let me tell you 482 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 1: more about that. Shutting Payne and Nowhere Town sign up, 483 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 1: the Sundown, making bad summer time money. Damn. Okay, we're 484 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 1: rolling now, rolling to Virginia, and I haven't done a 485 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 1: podcast since we've been rolling, so I hope you don't mind. 486 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: This engine's going to be loud. I'm debating whether I 487 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: should finish this tomorrow, but we're gonna be busy tomorrow, 488 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 1: and I'm on a roll, and I've got this story, 489 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,760 Speaker 1: and I've got Twitter pulled up, and i've got these 490 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 1: fake conversations that I've had with people that I really 491 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 1: want to read to you. So if you don't mind. 492 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep going. But let me go to the 493 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 1: one that I finally had a breakthrough on. I had 494 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: a couple in between that first Garth and then I 495 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 1: found Dirks Bentley at d I E r k ss 496 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 1: Bentley with no eve before the y. So that's how 497 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 1: they're able to make the fake account. So I started 498 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,440 Speaker 1: this one. I started the first message. I said, I'm 499 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 1: a huge fan, and he says, how long have you 500 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 1: been my fan? I said a long time. I would 501 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: do anything for you. He says, thanks for your love 502 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,520 Speaker 1: and support. Have you ever been to my concert? I 503 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:41,120 Speaker 1: say yes? Is this the real you or management? He says, 504 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: thanks for your love and support? Have you ever been 505 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 1: to my concert? Yes? He just repeated the same thing. 506 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 1: I think he's I think a lot of these guys 507 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 1: copy and paste. And then he says, what are your 508 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 1: dreams and determinations, which obviously he's using a translator, copying, 509 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 1: pasting into some kind of English translator, which it makes 510 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,160 Speaker 1: no sense. So I just cut right to the chase. 511 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: I take what I learned from Garth and I say, hey, 512 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 1: you want an iTunes gift card? He says, what do 513 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,960 Speaker 1: you mean? I say, I just love you. He says, 514 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: why do you ask such a question? I say, because 515 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 1: I love you and I would do anything for you 516 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 1: just to notice me. He says, do you believe you 517 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: were able to achieve your dream? Okay, this and now 518 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 1: it's just getting stupid. So I just cut to the point. 519 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: I say, what country are you in right now? He says, 520 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 1: am in the state preparing for concert? I say, no, 521 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 1: not your fake account, the real you, whoever you are. 522 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: Where are you Africa? He says, I will open up 523 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: to you. What Okay, I got something now right This 524 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: might be the first truth I've seen from any of 525 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: these guys, and so I say, okay, open up right now. 526 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: He says, Okay, promise me you won't report me. I 527 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 1: say yes, he says, I'm from Nigeria. I said, do 528 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: you have many friends that do this on Twitter? Pretend 529 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: to be famous singers? He says no. I said, do 530 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 1: you live in Aboujah? I just googled it and that 531 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 1: was the first city that came up. He says, no, 532 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 1: I live in Lagos. I said, how much money have 533 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 1: you made doing this? I won't report you, he said, 534 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: I swear to God. I just started I said, how 535 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:28,720 Speaker 1: do you decide to try it? He says, just an idea. 536 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 1: I'm very creative. By the way, that's a lie. I 537 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 1: know he's lying. I said, I don't believe you. Be honest, 538 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,480 Speaker 1: Many many people do this, he said, I swear to 539 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 1: Almighty God, I don't have friends that do this. I 540 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 1: just opened up to you. I said, Okay, how old 541 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 1: are you? He said twenty? I said, do you have 542 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 1: a real Twitter account? I want to see the real you? 543 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 1: He says, no, I only have a Facebook. I say, 544 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:55,160 Speaker 1: what's your name? He said, let me send you a 545 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 1: friend request on Facebook. I say, I don't have a Facebook. 546 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,160 Speaker 1: What's your real name? He said, Are you try trying 547 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: to track me? I'm scared. I said, I'm not trying 548 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 1: to track you. Can you just set a pick of yourself. 549 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:08,080 Speaker 1: I want to see the real you. You don't have 550 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: to tell me your name, he said, send me yours first. 551 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 1: I said, I wonder if you have a boss that 552 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: won't let you. He said, no, I'm alone here. I 553 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:20,200 Speaker 1: stay alone. I'm just scared. I said, no, one can 554 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: trace a selfie from your phone. Send a peace sign 555 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 1: so I know it's you. He said, it's late here. 556 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:29,080 Speaker 1: I said, yes, I know it's twelve twenty eight. I 557 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 1: was watching his time. He said, yes, you're right, and 558 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: guess what he did. He sent me a selfie and 559 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: so there I get the first look at what these 560 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 1: these thieves look like. And it's a young man about 561 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 1: twenty African American. Obviously. He has a white shirt button 562 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:55,720 Speaker 1: up with a dragon on the front, and he's given 563 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,600 Speaker 1: me kind of a melancholy face and a peace sign, 564 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:02,200 Speaker 1: just like I asked him. I said, thank you. You 565 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 1: have a real name. He says, yes, Raphael, that's my 566 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:12,359 Speaker 1: real name. I said, yes, I believe you. I say, 567 00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:15,520 Speaker 1: are jobs hard to find in Nigeria? He says, yes, 568 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:18,520 Speaker 1: very hard to find for the youth. People are suffering here. 569 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,239 Speaker 1: I say, and by the way, he still thinks I'm 570 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:26,440 Speaker 1: a girl. I say, I'm a man. I made a 571 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 1: fake account, just like you. He said, where are you from? 572 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:34,880 Speaker 1: I say, Texas, USA? He said, okay, that's good, Sirs, 573 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:40,000 Speaker 1: so nice to meet you. Say you take care of yourself. 574 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 1: Be careful on Twitter. Most people aren't who they say 575 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:46,680 Speaker 1: they are. He says, I know I'm being careful, sir. 576 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:50,000 Speaker 1: May I ask why you did create your fake account? Sir, 577 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:54,839 Speaker 1: I say to find guys like you and ask them 578 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:58,000 Speaker 1: to please not take money from innocent girls. It hurts 579 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:03,200 Speaker 1: people's lives. He says, Oh, okay, that's good, sir. I'll 580 00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:07,280 Speaker 1: delete this fake account soon, Sir. I say, find ways 581 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,719 Speaker 1: to help people, not hurt them. I know you can, 582 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:18,000 Speaker 1: he said, Okay, I will. He still hasn't deleted that account. 583 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 1: That was several days ago. He still hasn't deleted it. 584 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:25,719 Speaker 1: I checked just for the record, knowing that I was 585 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,680 Speaker 1: going to do this podcast about this subject, because I 586 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,400 Speaker 1: think it's important for if you're listening to this podcast, 587 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,640 Speaker 1: to spread the words, spread the message. Tell your friends, 588 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 1: say make sure your look for that blue check. You're 589 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: not talking to celebrities, right because this is a multi 590 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 1: million dollar scam. I looked it up. It's called the 591 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:49,640 Speaker 1: four to nineteen scam. Four nineteen that was named after 592 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:53,160 Speaker 1: a Nigerian law. It's been around a long time. And 593 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,359 Speaker 1: all of these, all of these people, at least all 594 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 1: the all the ones that I talked to are from Nigeria, 595 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 1: all about twenty years old. And I started going right 596 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,360 Speaker 1: to it. I started some of these friend requests. We 597 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,320 Speaker 1: would have one conversation, one back and forth, and I 598 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:13,759 Speaker 1: would immediately say what part of Nigeria are you from? Lagos? 599 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:18,360 Speaker 1: There's several other towns, but they're all in Nigeria. Sometimes 600 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 1: they would block me right away, and sometimes they would 601 00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,520 Speaker 1: open up. Sometimes they would call me a fool. Sometimes 602 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 1: they would speak out in their own language and yell 603 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:30,080 Speaker 1: at me and say things like settle down, crazy woman, 604 00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:32,120 Speaker 1: and their language. I looked at that. I looked it up. 605 00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:35,480 Speaker 1: Raphael wasn't the only guy that sent me a picture 606 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:37,880 Speaker 1: I actually got. I got several people to send me 607 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:44,319 Speaker 1: pictures of them. It's crazy, I know, but I was 608 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:48,080 Speaker 1: so curious about their life. And a lot of these 609 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:51,480 Speaker 1: guys are saying that they just graduated college or they're 610 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,760 Speaker 1: still in college, and when you graduate, there's no jobs 611 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:58,920 Speaker 1: in Nigeria, so they they have no money, They have 612 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:00,799 Speaker 1: no way to pay for their school. They just they 613 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,719 Speaker 1: just got out of and everybody else is doing this 614 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 1: four nineteen scam. And to me, what they're probably thinking 615 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:11,000 Speaker 1: is America is so far away, Western Europe is so 616 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:15,320 Speaker 1: far away, and everyone has money, right, they're doing great. 617 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,920 Speaker 1: So if I get one hundred dollars here, fifty dollars here, 618 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:23,960 Speaker 1: or two hundred dollars here from these people. It helps 619 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 1: me and it's nothing off them. I guarantee you that's 620 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:32,080 Speaker 1: that's their mindset. But I I talked to a few 621 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:34,840 Speaker 1: really nice people that opened up and that that got nice. 622 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,759 Speaker 1: But then there's a deeper, darker side to this. I 623 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:42,120 Speaker 1: think there's a lot more that I don't know. And 624 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,279 Speaker 1: that's when my brother Tyler's saying, hey, you need to 625 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,360 Speaker 1: stop going down this rabbit hole. You're gonna find something 626 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:51,040 Speaker 1: you don't want to see. So to date, so far 627 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,240 Speaker 1: since I started this, and by the way, I started 628 00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:56,040 Speaker 1: this three days ago knowing that I was gonna do 629 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,640 Speaker 1: this podcast in Memphis today. Three days ago from when 630 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,400 Speaker 1: I started did this fake account, and I started hunting 631 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:07,840 Speaker 1: these scammers. I've talked to twenty two people. Twenty two people. 632 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,880 Speaker 1: They're all from Nigeria. They're all in their mid to 633 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:14,279 Speaker 1: lower twenties. Some of them are nice. Some of them 634 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,680 Speaker 1: tell me to go to hell and block me. Here's 635 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,480 Speaker 1: a funny one. This is from another Dirk Spentley. It said, hello, 636 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:21,319 Speaker 1: thanks for the likes of my page and all the 637 00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,160 Speaker 1: love that you've shown me. I hope you never stopped 638 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,680 Speaker 1: listening to my music, and I say you're welcome. How 639 00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:32,040 Speaker 1: long you been doing four nineteen and then block I'm deleted. 640 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,640 Speaker 1: Sometimes that's all it takes. And there's a lot of 641 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,280 Speaker 1: different tactics. There's a lot of ways that I handled 642 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:41,800 Speaker 1: these twenty two people. But the one question I still 643 00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:45,319 Speaker 1: have that no one has answered is do these people 644 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,120 Speaker 1: Are they really doing it alone as they're all saying 645 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:51,680 Speaker 1: they are and they don't know about each other, which 646 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:55,120 Speaker 1: has to be a lie. Or is there some kind 647 00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:58,400 Speaker 1: of boss that's running this thing? Are there mob bosses? 648 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:03,240 Speaker 1: Is this some big underground operation? Is this some room 649 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,520 Speaker 1: with a bunch of computers and one leader walking around 650 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:11,040 Speaker 1: and forcing these people to do this? And what a 651 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:15,360 Speaker 1: scary thought. It's scary even talking about it on this podcast. 652 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:20,719 Speaker 1: But is that true. Here's a conversation I had with 653 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:24,800 Speaker 1: a Dustin Lynch impersonator and after several back and forth, 654 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:29,400 Speaker 1: and this person admitted that they were a scammer, and 655 00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:32,560 Speaker 1: I admitted that I wasn't the girl on my page. 656 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:37,879 Speaker 1: And on day two person said, can you please send 657 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,880 Speaker 1: me your phone number? I said no, I prefer to 658 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:45,319 Speaker 1: talk here. And then the Dustin Lynch said, nothing much 659 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,799 Speaker 1: to say to you unless you get this package. If 660 00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:52,560 Speaker 1: you're not ready, to pay then buy. And what's funny 661 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:56,560 Speaker 1: is this person copied and pasted the wrong reply to 662 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,000 Speaker 1: the wrong person. That wasn't even to me, that was 663 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,239 Speaker 1: to some other poor soul that they're talking to. And 664 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:06,040 Speaker 1: I said, are you messaging the wrong person? And they 665 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:09,680 Speaker 1: said yes, I'm sorry. Can you send me your number 666 00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:13,120 Speaker 1: so we could really talk? And I said no, I'd 667 00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:15,920 Speaker 1: prefer to talk here and they said I could not 668 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:21,960 Speaker 1: talk here any longer. I'm being watched. Sorry, goodbye, and 669 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:25,400 Speaker 1: that's the end. The hell does that mean? I'm being watched? 670 00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:30,759 Speaker 1: What's going on with these people? To another person? This 671 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:34,200 Speaker 1: was Toby Keith. I said, how long have you been 672 00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,080 Speaker 1: doing four nineteen? He said, we have no choice, man, 673 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,719 Speaker 1: I said, our job's hard to find. Do you have 674 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:44,320 Speaker 1: a boss not letting you talk? He said I couldnot 675 00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:49,600 Speaker 1: speak about this oga ou Ean boys at ye whatever 676 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:53,799 Speaker 1: the heck that means, and then he blocked me. That's 677 00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:56,920 Speaker 1: some weird stuff. And honestly, I'm gonna be happy to 678 00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:02,000 Speaker 1: delete this fake account and stop these conversations with Nigerians. 679 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:06,000 Speaker 1: And I gotta say I have to. I wouldn't be 680 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:10,040 Speaker 1: truthful in this podcast without saying that I feel sorry 681 00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:13,840 Speaker 1: for him. I do. I do I wake up? You know. 682 00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:17,080 Speaker 1: I yesterday before I came on this tour, I stopped 683 00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:20,319 Speaker 1: by the grocery store and I went in and I 684 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:23,319 Speaker 1: got groceries for the tour. Then I was checking out 685 00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:25,680 Speaker 1: and I pulled out my credit card and swiped it 686 00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:28,360 Speaker 1: and got my bags and got back on my truck 687 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:31,520 Speaker 1: and went and met the buses. And it just occurred 688 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:37,880 Speaker 1: to me that, you know, Americans, the easy, simple things, 689 00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,920 Speaker 1: we just get it. It's no big deal, go get groceries, 690 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:46,719 Speaker 1: And it's not like that in Nigeria. And I feel 691 00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:50,239 Speaker 1: sorry for him. Is what they're doing right? Hell no, 692 00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:53,520 Speaker 1: it's wrong. That's that's why I'm trying to bring awareness 693 00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:55,920 Speaker 1: to it. But that doesn't change the fact that I 694 00:41:55,920 --> 00:42:01,120 Speaker 1: feel sorry for him. I do know. I can't. I 695 00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:03,840 Speaker 1: have no empathy for their lives. I have no idea 696 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,759 Speaker 1: what they're going through. Their own government embezzels money from them, 697 00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:10,719 Speaker 1: Their own government is corrupt, their own government is part 698 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:13,919 Speaker 1: of four nineteen. I mean, there's people that do this 699 00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:18,560 Speaker 1: same scam in the government at Nigeria. You know. I 700 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:21,840 Speaker 1: saw my mom the other day and as I was leaving, 701 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:26,440 Speaker 1: she said, hey, thanks for finally adding me as a 702 00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:31,920 Speaker 1: friend on Facebook. Yeah, I said, Mom, I didn't add 703 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:35,160 Speaker 1: you as a friend on Facebook. I have an artist page, 704 00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:38,880 Speaker 1: a fan page. I can't add anybody. She said, well, 705 00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:42,160 Speaker 1: who added me? And I said a Nigerian added you, Mom. 706 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:46,120 Speaker 1: She said what I said. Listen to my podcast episode 707 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:50,680 Speaker 1: five and I'll tell you inside out of the Blue 708 00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:58,040 Speaker 1: Scats last year Winny capinside nothing news is writ into you, 709 00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:01,479 Speaker 1: Julie or you can do to keep her around until 710 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:04,200 Speaker 1: the moon goes down in her back at your house. 711 00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:07,560 Speaker 1: One things to another, you love at each other when 712 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:11,120 Speaker 1: look can you never loved back? It happens like that. 713 00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:13,880 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. I got a lot of tourdys and 714 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:15,440 Speaker 1: I hope you come see us when we're close to 715 00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:19,160 Speaker 1: you at cratorsmith dot com backslash tour. And remember Mom 716 00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:20,720 Speaker 1: always looked for that blue check.