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Scams. I think we've all fallen for a scam at least once in our lives. For me, back in the day, the Clash of Clans and Clash Royale scams were my kryptonite. Or maybe I was just slow and I was the only one falling for scams like this. I don't know. And out there, there are many different devious ways to make money. Some people are deadass scamming 85-year-old grandmas out of all their credit card money. A lot of
Things in our day-to-day lives are scams, and a lot of people don't notice. Some more severe than others. So today I compile 10 scams in our day-to-day lives that a lot of people just fail to see. Number one, we gotta start with the dentist. A lot of times when you go to the dentist, they offer you a bunch of sh**.
that you really don't need, or sometimes they just go overkill. A couple of years ago, I was told that I had a cavity in my back tooth. And a lot of people talk about how it hurts so bad to get cavities removed and shit. When I got my cavity removed, it honestly really didn't even hurt at all. So after that, I was kind of just wondering, like, did I even have a cavity?
Like, I don't know. And since you're not the expert, you didn't really attend dentist school for five years. They could kind of just blind you and lead you in the wrong direction if they really want you to. They could see a piece of Oreo in your teeth and be like, oh my God, you have a cavity. That's why when you go to the dentist, you've got to pick your dentist wisely. Mom, Dad...
I humbly suggest you save some money and shop Amazon for back to school. It's for my growth, meaning my body's growing at an alarming rate. And clothes you buy me this year will be very small very soon. Plus, the clothes I love today will be out of style tomorrow. But at least your wallet doesn't have to be my fashion victim. It's
And a lot of things that are dental or just medical related in general are really expensive. Like I literally forked over 10 bands to get fucking braces. And of course,
there was even more additional cost because the braces kept breaking and all this other shit. It was like every other week I would have a loose bracket and my mom was calling the dentist for me to come in. But my brother, the duck got the short end of the stick. Bro had to get a pellet expander.
And that probably costs another light two bands, you know, like dentists are acting like I'm fucking Scrooge McDuck rolling in money. But in reality, they're about to leave me with no funds. And that shit is straight ass, bro. You got to twist it until it slowly expands your jaw every day. College textbooks are any course material. When I was in college, I literally had to pay for shitty ass textbooks every semester. And for every class total, it cost me almost $500 on top of the
Fat ass semester cost, which is pretty much like a down payment on a house. We should probably talk about that too, Jesus Christ. Half the time, I never even used the goddamn textbook. Like it just ended up being a piece of furniture in my dorm room. I remember in my freshman year, I bought every single textbook just for me to use two of them. At the end of the year, the amount of dust on them was crazy. It was like I had to take a vacuum to that thing.
And I was pissed off to find out that a lot of these textbooks, there were PDFs of them online. So of course, the next semester, I did not buy any textbooks. Because I was already paying enough to go to college. Some people graduate, get a degree, and they still have a hard time finding a job. So you have to really play your cards right with what major you select and shit. And sadly, some people end up back in square one. Plus, now they're 100k in debt that builds up in interest every year and slowly just drains and it's just...
Sucks your bank account dry. Okay, my fault. That was crazy. You know what else sucks away your bank account? Carnival games. How are these even allowed? Like they're rigged as hell. Like you look at this basketball hoop right here and you look at it and say, damn, this is easy. I'm currying the paint. I'm splashing those all day. But you end up bricking like Shaq in the paint. You miss every single one.
And at the time, the basketball probably doesn't even fit in the hoop. My mom would take me to like these town fairs all the time when I was a kid. And I was like, damn, maybe I just suck ass at these games. But in reality, it was they were taking my hard earned allowance money from mowing the lawn.
That is the lowest of low right there. I just wanted my Pikachu stuffed animal and they didn't want to see me win. And speaking of stuffed animals, yeah, I think we can all say f*** claw machines. I spent more money on claw machines than I did on Fortnite skins when I was 14. It's really crazy how much motion these people running the claw machines really had. And sometimes they don't even work. The machines suck b***h.
So you don't even get what you paid for. The amount of times I've ran into an arcade machine or any game machine that's been faulty is insane. And you know what else is faulty? Half the goddamn products on Teemu. There's a reason why it's a big meme to call things on Teemu a knockoff or a ripoff. For example, there's a Jordan shoe where the logo's doing zigzags instead of going for the dunk. Have I ever bought anything on Teemu?
No, but have I've seen shit that's just boof quality? Yes, absolutely If you buy something that doesn't need to be like polished into production like it could be okay quality My my friend bought a poster off timu and it was all right But if you buy something like a pc monitor off timu, oh, yeah, let me save a couple bucks You're done for that pc monitor is getting fried and a lot of tactics the app uses is just extremely weird to me
What Teemu will do is just push a wheel in your face with a bunch of free items on it. And a lot of the times when you spin, obviously it's just going to rig it so you can't win the free items. But the first time you're on the app, the wheel is rigged so you win the free items. And then that leads you to play even more games that are even more
rigged, that leads you to not winning the free items, but it will make people think, oh my God, I was so close. So they'll want to keep using the app in the hopes of winning free stuff. There's been a lot of security issues going around with Teemu, so I'm not taking any chances. Next up, we got any form of fee. Like what the hell is the point of charging a
fee. Whenever I get an Airbnb and go on vacation, I'm always up to my ass in fees. Cleaning fee, service fee, existing fee, Chicago fee. Like this meme was not lying. There are so many goddamn fees out there. It's ridiculous. I'm not trying to pay an arm and a leg just to get some mid-ass fast food to my door. And then I have to pay the service fee without even knowing
knowing how good the service is. Are you kidding me? Like my Chipotle burrito could be half gone by time it's here, yet I still have to pay a $20 service fee. At this point, I'm getting on a lime scooter and I'm doing it myself. They're always taxing like crazy. And today I lost $100 because my bank doesn't know how to take money out of other accounts apparently. So I got charged on $100 overdraft fee.
Like I'm seriously about to go broke with the amount of fees that are out there. Number six, we got any form of TikTok scam. A lot of people on TikTok just money spread on camera and they're like, peep the methods on how I got this motion. Link in bio. And of course it brings you to a course that you have to pay for. And when you pay for said course, you get no money.
no methods on how to make money. The money they're making off you is the money that they're flexing in these videos. And the cycle just continues. But there's also a bunch of people that I've seen like on TikTok promoting a cash app survey that you will just instantly get $500 for.
If it's too good to be true that it's not happening, there will be no $500 appearing in your wallet. If anything, the creator probably gets $500 for promoting this shit. Next up, we got fake YouTube ads. Now, there's a lot of ads going around that claim to be Mr. Beast, Jimmy Donaldson himself in the flesh. And if you click on the ad, you have a chance of winning a Lamborghini. Of
course it has you put in all your credit card information. So that shit's not happening. Even Mr. Beast himself called out this shit. That's how bad it's getting. Or sometimes I see ads that say, want free Robux? Click here. Like they're clearly targeting Lil Timmy on the iPad with his mom's credit card. And after you fill out all your information, they have you download a bunch of apps and fill out a bunch of surveys. It's literally just a big waste of time. That's all it is. Mr. Beast, bro, you lied to me. I can't believe you. Nah, I'm just
on but anyways a lot of youtube ads are really scammy i guess youtube ads have no filter any old person can just buy one it's like they don't even review it this has been a problem for like a long ass time now i remember how i talked about the clash royale gem scam at the beginning there used to be ads like this for clash royale when i was growing up i think i was in like sixth grade and i still fell for it i was really wondering why i was getting spam texts spam calls and emails like what the
fuck why do you think and next on the list we got only fans of course this was gonna be on here like i don't know who the fuck is buying this shit people are blowing like hundreds of thousands of dollars on this app every year and for all these people though it could just be some random joe schmo behind the line this dude could have got every picture on google and these people won't have even known there's snapchat bots out there that are like trying to promote people's only fans
Like if they're trying to sell you something like it's most obviously a bot You're not talking to a real human being and a lot of the times the dudes that buy this stuff Think the girls are really into them because they have all this money But in reality bro, they're just trying to get you to spend more ever since quarantine Like it's been getting really bad. People are signing contracts on their 18th birthday Just sign their soul away just join an only fans not even a second thought
about it next on the list we got those fortune tellers now a lot of these people go to fortune tellers to find out what life holds for them and what is gonna happen in their life but they tell them like the most mundane they're like oh you're gonna find true love very soon that's not specific enough bro i came here for a straight answer a lot of states restrict fortune telling and good
Because it should be restricted. Parrot card should not determine my future, bro. How would a piece of cardboard and a crystal ball determine my future? I just gotta lock in. That's what determines my future. Because if I was a bum lying down doing nothing, this video would not get done.
which results in no food on the table. Like it feels like you're getting your future told by those paper things that we used in fifth grade. And people would just say, pick a color. And that was it. That was your future right there. You're going to be a billionaire if you picked green. I don't know. If you're somebody that believes in all this shit, I guess do it at your own risk. Me personally, I think this is a scam. And number 10, probably the worst scam on this. Okay, I'm not hyping it up. It's not that bad. And number 10, we have tip.
Now I tip obviously because people aren't getting paid enough and it's not really the workers fault at all These restaurants are corporations that they work for don't pay them enough So we got to take money out of our own pocket so they can make just over minimum wage like that's crazy for those of you that live in a different country I'm in the United States and tipping is like mandatory here. So if you don't tip you're an ass They might as well spit in your food
And when I was 10, I didn't realize why the pizza guy wanted to rip my fucking head to shreds when I gave him $20. So of course, as an adult, now it makes sense. And of course, when you get put in a situation where the cashier flips the iPad over and says, it's just going to ask you a few questions. Now you feel awkward when you don't leave a tip. Or sometimes on their website, they have a tipping option. When there was no service provided. Like this shit.
It's so dumb, just like the dumbest laws ever created. I documented a bunch of them in this video right here. Just click it.