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One thing we know is you shouldn’t mess with WhistlinDiesel. The YouTuber will ruthlessly go after people who steal from him or people he knows. But some guy trying to sell a Corvette on Facebook Marketplace took a $1,000 deposit from the YouTuber’s friend and ran, according to Whistlin, so he naturally made a video about it.
This guy gets real about the true cost of owning a Ferrari.
This should serve as a warning to everyone that online car sales scams are pretty common. There are so many pitfalls you can fall into, whether you’re buying or selling a vehicle, that you really have to stay on your toes. It’s unfortunate people can’t just be honest, but this should make you think twice about putting a deposit on a ride when dealing with a private party.
In this case, they sent the scammer a deposit through Zelle, verifying the guy’s identity in the process, yet he still took the money and ran. Why do people do this sort of thing? Are they desperate? Stupid? Both? Is there something more?
The guy claimed he had a family emergency or something, but was that just a lie?
WhistlinDiesel and his crew reached out to the guy to firmly ask for the cash one more time before they drove to the guy’s house to confront him in person. But the guy wasn’t at home, so they found out where he works and put him on the spot there.
Do you think that’s too much? Would you have the guts to do the same thing?
The plot twist is the guy wasn’t at where he supposedly works and they couldn’t find him at his house. They returned later and still couldn’t find the guy (shocker) but spoke to his wife who obviously has dealt with his financial misdeeds in the past.
And that’s when they get the scammer on the phone, thanks to his sister, and the guy pretends the deposit was non-refundable and everything was cool. These are the people who scam others on Facebook Marketplace and other websites.
Then the guy starts making legal threats, because of course.
Another plot twist comes when Whistlin decides to give money to the scammer’s wife because he feels that will help them and maybe help the guy realize he shouldn’t be stealing from people. Yeah, we know, that’s a controversial move, but Whistlin seems to feel it’s the right thing to do.
What do you make of this video? What would you have done? What have you done in a similar situation?
Image via WhistlinDiesel/YouTube
