80-year-old veteran loses $1.5 million in scheme
Bradenton police say scammers targeted an 80-year-old military veteran in Bradenton, stealing more than $1 million as part of a multi-state gold bar scheme.
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Every time I hear Indian accent on phone 📞 I hang up lol 😂
@marcosmendoza2516
21 күн бұрын
Yeap I do the same! They are nothing but crooks. Even the ones who own the Hotels.
@janeclayton151
20 күн бұрын
Ditto
@tsuvtom7668
19 күн бұрын
Especially if their name is David Smith.
@rickortega80
19 күн бұрын
What a desi drag
@newfdogg
19 күн бұрын
@@tsuvtom7668 🤣
Send them jail for 20 years and let them pay back money to veterans.
@abidzaid3260
17 күн бұрын
and pay the tax dollar while they are in jail
@kmm1863
16 күн бұрын
@@abidzaid3260 Sell their kidneys to pay for this
@khottasikka4700
16 күн бұрын
After jail send them to their real homeland India.
@karanonly
15 күн бұрын
she's from India Gujarat same way modi is cheating Indians....
@alexxx7066
8 күн бұрын
@@khottasikka4700yeck yeah lol deportation 😂
Impersonating law enforcement to scam people needs to carry mandatory 10 years minimum.
@photai7501
21 күн бұрын
More like 30 years
@Songbird97
21 күн бұрын
It alreadyDOES!! That is a federal crime if I’m not mistaken.
@Rightround0846
20 күн бұрын
And they are targeting veterans is even worse...
@mattsmith4589
20 күн бұрын
At least 15 to 20
@laurymc1977
20 күн бұрын
Where is she from?
There is absolutely no end in sight of the problem of people scamming and stealing from innocent people. It's getting worse everyday. It's sad , shameful, disturbing, and wrong on so many levels. " Thou Shalt Not Steal " !!
@AF-yq9es
21 күн бұрын
You are absolutely right. It just seems to get worse each day. Have never seen things get this bad in the US. What happened to morals and values?
@vrpinky22
19 күн бұрын
Biden 😂
This is only the tip of the iceberg we saw nothing yet
@vietman79
21 күн бұрын
Scamming is a billion dollar business. Nothing new.
@RalphSmith-cj5he
21 күн бұрын
@@vietman79just ask the Usually Scammed Americans...😮
@FLnative13thGen
21 күн бұрын
@@vietman79 how does a veteran have 1.5 million?
@vietman79
21 күн бұрын
@@FLnative13thGen You do realize that a vet can mean you only served for a few years and quit to do something else right? My cousin married a vet who mainly served to get free dental school then he quit and opened his own practice. He's called a vet bc he served. Lots of vets become doctors and lawyers or whatever they want to be. Being a vet doesn't mean you're stuck in the service for life until retirement and can't do anything else LOL.
@stranger1845
20 күн бұрын
@@vietman79yea but 1.5 million is lot of money..I want to know what is the secret to make all that money
Patel...dam, I hung up the phone immediately if I hear someone with an Indian accent
#1 Never answer the door or phone for people you don't know.
@user-kq7gi7eh1s
21 күн бұрын
And hang up the phone if there's an Indian accent on the other end !
@jamesrecknor6752
20 күн бұрын
@@user-kq7gi7eh1s The usual suspects
@Reneurock
19 күн бұрын
@@user-kq7gi7eh1s It's not easy now. Even in Toronto, at many bank locations you see all Indian tellers there and makes me wonder if my money is safe in the banks.
@bernieudo9072
19 күн бұрын
This is Microsoft how are you begging your time Sir.
@naturalbeauty4734
17 күн бұрын
I never!! answer any unknown calls 😂🤣
Indian phone scammers upping their game
@HughJass-jv2lt
14 күн бұрын
😂
@beth1321
3 күн бұрын
They are not only phone scammers. They are thieves period.
An Indian migrant did that there...
@cconghhong
17 күн бұрын
They are as good as the IRS 😂😂😂
@alexxx7066
8 күн бұрын
Send her back lmao
This looks like a well orchestrated organized gang.
@Songbird97
21 күн бұрын
Mafia or cartel size gang..
Scamming is their favorite past time.
@rakeshshrestha8480
20 күн бұрын
Yeah must be that kind of Patel that supported Palestine/terrorists !!
@dontbelongherefromanotherp9807
19 күн бұрын
What has this world become?
@1Chinx
16 күн бұрын
My thumb lit up in their countries flag. 😂
@sandygreenberg7282
16 күн бұрын
Not true
"Hello I am agent Goopta of the FB IRS, you owe us $1 million dollars."
@HughJass-jv2lt
14 күн бұрын
😂😂
@havingteawiththedevil
6 күн бұрын
Goopta 😭
There’s a very special place in hell for people who take advantage of senior citizens.
@rona5326
19 күн бұрын
Hell is too good!
@adamnugent2137
19 күн бұрын
exactly! the victim could have been our elderly parents / grandparents.
@billcarney829
19 күн бұрын
Revelation 20:1-15
@bhadwamodi8294
18 күн бұрын
There’s also a very special place in hell for people who invade other countries and steal their resources.
@mohammedrasul7639
18 күн бұрын
@@bhadwamodi8294does this justify for indian scammers lol
Pray that justice is served & that the will have to repay or stay in prison forever
@Danny451
21 күн бұрын
Yes, some people are just so gullible. We need to pray to an invisible man who is omniscient and already knew this would happen and what we are praying to him about. Praise the Lord!
@arfriedman4577
21 күн бұрын
Why should they not be in prison if they repay. They should repay, be in prison, do community service.
Absolutely heartbreaking 💔 😢. also, the women arrested looks like Jabba the Hutt’s Sister!!!!!
@gasmith7486
22 күн бұрын
You know she’s pro Palestine
@terrylong6457
21 күн бұрын
The usual suspect when comes to scams.
@benito1620
20 күн бұрын
@@gasmith7486Indians are usually pro-Israel because they hate Muslims.
@plusblood5101
20 күн бұрын
ENDianz scammer Patel is ENDianz last name Very common in ENDia
@West_Coast
19 күн бұрын
She looks like Jayapal from Washington, who also looks like Jabba the Hutt’s Sister!!!!!
If I call someone on a known customer service number and there is a "certain accent", I just endure it. If *they* call *me* with the same accent....nope.
@plusblood5101
20 күн бұрын
ENDianz scammers
@fallcolors05
18 күн бұрын
They do to their own family members.. older uncles and aunts. I know as I have relatives in that country. It is just sad now. This was not the culture 40 yrs ago. I dont know where the society in India went wrong
@bhadwamodi8294
18 күн бұрын
Indian scammers scamming Americans on US soil. Naturalized US citizen Swetaben Patel is a Gujrati Indian. Majority of the Gujrati Indians are scammers. The Indian prime minister is also a Gujrati.
He had a million in gold I guess I was in the wrong military 😂
Ok,I only want to know one thing,how in the hell did they know this Vet had 1.5 million dollars in retirement money.Who disclosed that amount to the scammers to get the ball rolling.
@KB-ke3fi
21 күн бұрын
They used the internet.
@nopenope6743
20 күн бұрын
Bank alway report irs if they don’t use bank then there are nearby people that snitch or police department building a case against you, remember if you plan to crime or money laundering never tell no one even your gf or wives or also family member who is biological your family
@George-hl2xm
20 күн бұрын
I was thinking the same thing how in the hell did they know what he had I’m sure he didn’t have it posted on a billboard for everyone to see
@m4st3rm1nd9
19 күн бұрын
Vet told them
@youarehere1251
19 күн бұрын
Dark Web
I'm a victim to an online scam this past week. I just wish I could get my lost funds. Would you know any professionals I can speak to about this? Any help would be much appreciated.
@ThalbergDuerr
11 күн бұрын
Try contacting legal authorities
@jaidenSalinas
11 күн бұрын
My husband and I was scammed twice last year, totaling losses over $550k. It was a lengthy process involving federal intervention to get our money back. We need more people like Retrievebackteam taking a stand against these criminals. Much love and support from California.
@Edgardo477
11 күн бұрын
I got scammed out of my retirement money but I was new to it. thanks for sharing will definitely get in touch with them
@dspethschneider
11 күн бұрын
Sorry about that, just don't understand how so many human beings can be so heartless to people like that
@DrealOtis00
11 күн бұрын
Thanks for the Info. Got scammed this past week out of 2.25 Bitcoin
She has a chin for radio.
@jason8ification
21 күн бұрын
A face for radio too.
@jogmas12
21 күн бұрын
She on a Mexican……radio ……..she on a Mexican woo woo….. radio 📻…. Eating fried iguana 🦎 …..
@melovetorun
16 күн бұрын
She has the look for deportation.
@melovetorun
16 күн бұрын
She has the face for deportation.
Wouldn't you contact your local police department to check the story out first? Must be some dementia going on with this guy. Always go to the bank or the cop shop. Never give any info.
@user-zf3xb3qx8w
18 күн бұрын
dad has non=linear dementia even with mom in the background saying "this doesn't sound right". seniors are vulnerable, but the worst cases are men of the "greatest generation" who made all the decisions all their life with no oversight. they can be easy targets in old age: they think it's THEIR idea. too many stories like this.
80 and all that money and all alone. That's what happens all too often 😢
@kenmartinez3517
21 күн бұрын
?????????
@Bree00000
21 күн бұрын
@@kenmartinez3517kind of sounds like he's saying it didn't help that 80 year old to sit around with a million dollars and no family or anyone to warn him he was being scammed
All know Indian Gujrat Patels. Check history.
Look at her eyes
@Sureyoudo
21 күн бұрын
Pith of hell!
@jogmas12
21 күн бұрын
“Don’t look at eyes, cause there’s voodoo…….”
@gigimathew4031
19 күн бұрын
How can someone look at that eye think it is an FBI agent.
@JebelAli-vw8wm
18 күн бұрын
That was democratic congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's sister 😂😂
@gigimathew4031
18 күн бұрын
@@JebelAli-vw8wm Pramila not Patel. He last name is English. Stop being racist though I don't follow her policies.
She is Indian
@lindafukuyu5767
14 күн бұрын
India is notorious.
@ArchnaKapur
2 күн бұрын
@@lindafukuyu5767 seriously....then what abt usa?
She can get rotten in Jail now. What a shame. Scammers are blooming in the world now.
Give her and those other idiots life in prison without parole.
so the kingpin just gets away with millions in melted gold 😂😂
It's sad when anyone loses money, it's even MORE painful when a 80-year-old VETERAN loses money.
Indian professional schemer.
Well it seems they are actually starting to leave the call centers.
Damn Patel's you let your family down
Soon as you hear the Indian accent on the phone, you know it's a dirty scammer.
Demons🤬
@DONALD_DADDY_TRUMP
20 күн бұрын
Seniors are dummies
These Patel's are an Embarrassment to the Indian Community!
@Cactina
9 күн бұрын
Agree. I feel so ashamed of them.
Is this how Senator Menendez got caught?
@AF-yq9es
21 күн бұрын
😂😂🤣
These patels are always ripping others off. They stay greedy.
@gigimathew4031
19 күн бұрын
True. Nothing comes between them and Money.
@bhadwamodi8294
18 күн бұрын
Indian scammers scamming Americans on US soil. Naturalized US citizen Swetaben Patel is a Gujrati Indian. Majority of the Gujrati Indians are scammers. The Indian prime minister is also a Gujrati.
@AudreyCarlencia
18 күн бұрын
That is so true! I had a dentist last name Patel, she tried to have me pay out of pocket, then I found out in time that my insurance covers the procedure that needed to be done! I change dentist ! And found a nicer better at her job being a dentist.
@veryslyfox
17 күн бұрын
Wu's and Chang's too.
@totit_t1445
17 күн бұрын
"Alvarez" & "Lopez"s too. 😮
She should get a lot of time in jail in my opinion
@DoobieDeb
21 күн бұрын
She shouldn't even be here go Robb your own
@Odin33356
21 күн бұрын
Non violent crime 😂
@constitutionloversue
21 күн бұрын
@@Odin33356 Is it? She was involved
@Odin33356
21 күн бұрын
@@constitutionloversue we jail men for words to let the thieves, murderers and meth dealers free
@Odin33356
21 күн бұрын
@@constitutionloversue she might get probation
How can someone be so heartless ???
Obviously another Indian 😂
In today’s day and age, who the hell falls for this kind of crap!!! 😂😂😂
@danmoore3660
21 күн бұрын
Many old people have dementia, stupid.
@KB-ke3fi
21 күн бұрын
Um....seniors...that only know what honesty and hard work was about. Now we have this scum coming over here and scamming them all...wait till you're old and find out.
@OpulentWife
21 күн бұрын
He’s 80 poor guy
@janeclayton151
20 күн бұрын
he is from the olden days when people were more decent, honest and caring. It's not funny when he is this elderly, he may also have dementia, it wouldn't be so hilarious if this was your grandparent.
@danmoore3660
20 күн бұрын
Old people have too many rights already. Why do they get a 10% discount at taco bell? Why do they drive so slow in walmart parking lots?
In Africa,our elderly folks live with us as opposed to most elderly folks in the west living by themselves or under some kind of third party care.This cannot happen in my country!
@user-zf3xb3qx8w
18 күн бұрын
Wrong. My dad and HIS money was almost taken with my mom right there: non-linear dementia. And family are usually the ones "stealing" in the first place, given the opportunity. And in some cultures, if you leave your assets unguarded, it's not "stealing" per se: you left it open for them to grab it.
I guess selling people’s personal information does not lead to being a victim? I think that the business the veteran bought the gold from sold his information to the criminals. God bless.
@williamelewis464
21 күн бұрын
He bought it at Costco, basically completed the money laundering for them
What a desi drag👳♀️
Lmao 😂the Indian media won’t run this on their channels.
@manoramareddy4662
16 күн бұрын
most of the time they good or bad
@Cactina
9 күн бұрын
False. We definitely run these stories in Indian news media and we are ashamed of these Indians. For what its worth- people of this community run scams in India too 🥲
Go to jail for the maximum time then deport her
Indians are calling every time.
Only the bank teller knows that elderly person has 1.5 millions when he visited the bank to withdraw some. All of personal informations got leakout from there.
@shilk4301
20 күн бұрын
Completely agree . I once went to usa bank and the teller was Pakistani and she said she can help me send lots of money to jndia with less transactional cost outside of the bank . It is really sketchy and scary . Unfortunately I would not trust the bank tellers either
@plusblood5101
20 күн бұрын
Scammer
@abidzaid3260
17 күн бұрын
outsourcing
@beth1321
3 күн бұрын
They love jobs where money is flowing. Like working at banks, to thief.
Patel!!
What veteran has 1.5 million, I served my country for 16 years and I'm broke?
@striker44
19 күн бұрын
A rich veteran. Maybe he ran a business after leaving the forces.
@betsyjohnson9777
17 күн бұрын
He could of won the Fla lotto.
IMPORTED usual suspects
@KB-ke3fi
21 күн бұрын
Obama's friends.
@beethao9380
20 күн бұрын
don't forget the usual criminals: teachers, priests, LEO, politicans, etc. I'm sure you purposely forgot. racist
@eaton9178
20 күн бұрын
Yup migrants everywhere and handed money and stores already. Still feel like they have to scam. Despicable humans
CROOKED GOVERNMENT CROOKED PEOPLE EVERYWHERE GOODNESS
Is that suk deep patel?
@pachukoking2963
21 күн бұрын
No she can't suc deep though
I had watched a case were a 74 year old woman had ‘ROBBED A BANK’ due to being SCAMMED. (She claims to have lost her life savings.).
Thank you come again!
The scammers need to get in touch with Bob Menendez. Gold Brick Bob 😂
What you expect?? Typical behaviour!!🤮😡
Hope the loot is recovered and given back to the victim.
Gred greed greeed and more more greed
Families , churches have to educate seniors about these frauds
@pachukoking2963
21 күн бұрын
No they are busy telling people to pray
@bhadwamodi8294
18 күн бұрын
Church is a big scam.
Indians from India? Lol
Thank you come again
Despicable
HE SHOULD HAVE CALLED A LAWYER AND ACTUAL FBI PEOPLE
Minorities, when they commit crimes they get mad when they are caught, so crude.
@theotheleo6830
20 күн бұрын
So you're saying that non-minorities don't get mad when they're caught committing crimes? Genius.
Phone rings: “Thick accent”
I'm staying out of America
@betsyjohnson9777
17 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😅 we have enough already Mr.jones.
It is ashame, foreigners from India doing bad things instead of being grateful 🙏 of being here.
@sandygreenberg7282
16 күн бұрын
Majority of them are hard working, law abiding people
So he is 80 n broke with no hope to recoup his money??- what is this new task team going to help him! Ok it will stop the scums that are doing these scams but I can’t believe it’s a total loss for the victims- why not add Skilled lawyers n Tax accountants to get theses scammers too
@plusblood5101
20 күн бұрын
They probably have the ENDianz king pin to bail the crooks back out for a fresh Scam
I just don't see how someone could fall for this!
@sl123sl
21 күн бұрын
When u get older...your mind deteorates...some more...some less
@AF-yq9es
21 күн бұрын
Also people are gullible. They can sweet talk them or create fear in them to give in.
@DONALD_DADDY_TRUMP
20 күн бұрын
Only seniors citizens their brains are toxic
Why are they allowed to run rampant in this country.
@KB-ke3fi
21 күн бұрын
Because Obama set us up.
@plusblood5101
20 күн бұрын
Politics american style
@sandygreenberg7282
16 күн бұрын
Because majority of them are good people
Honestly why all these scammers are from that part of the world???
This is what happens when American companies outsource public information or sell public information for a profit. I don't think they just went to the door to knock without having any information about the victim.
A Patel! WOW!
TRUST NO ONE !!!
Oh dear our reporter just came from the gym
The persons involved , their families should be ashamed of themselves ..
@abidzaid3260
17 күн бұрын
Be ashamed and get 1.5 M seems like good deal😀
@Cactina
9 күн бұрын
I honestly don't know if their families will be ashamed, but as an Indian I feel deeply ashamed.
@abidzaid3260
9 күн бұрын
@@Cactina Wow few months back I heard one of my colleagues at work happen to be Indian was scammed by one of these groups for 9K. They called him about tax issues which coincidently he had a tax issue that was working to resolve. The result was that he paid them 9K out of his hard earning.
She should be jailed for life without parole. They come here to scam the elderly people for their lust of money.
Indians Indian's and Indian's again ...when I hear the accent I run 🏃♂️
Vivek Ramaswamy got some explaining to do.
God forbid this should happen to anyone. at 62, I transferred the bulk of my estate into a Trust Fund, so it would be very difficult for them to get at it. I live like a pauper, so they might not even give me a second glance.
Arrest these scammers and teach them a lesson.
How did they know that veteran had that kind of money?Someone shared his information.
@williamelewis464
21 күн бұрын
You are the perfect next scam victim, dumb enough to know what to look for but not smart enough to piece it together
Laws need to be created to punish them- 10 years plus work to clean up the streets while in prison.
The oompa loompas are coming for our elderly
This is so sad. 😔
How in the world is this possible. It should never happen.
Just say NO to everything you don't really understand.
Gov't needs to do more to protect consumers.
Rule of thumb, never involve money with stranger or family.
Decent payout and only one caught. That's a successful operation
@alphaomega1351
19 күн бұрын
Thanks! I was the mastermind. No! No, wait! 😳
Another twist: if you let them "arrest" you, it might turn into a kidnapping and subsequent extortion.
Monster
It is so sick.
Crooks and thugs are everywhere.
Of course it was one of them. That's all they know how to do.
Indian right?
How sad.
I'd like to know more about the "new unit" police have launched to combat elder fraud.
Greed, no sympathy.