PLEASE DON'T FALL FOR SCAMMERS

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Why it worked

The video addresses a high-stakes, relatable pain point (financial scams) and uses social proof (the creator's own platform) to build trust, while the urgent, protective tone encourages high engagement through shares and comments.

Summary

The creator warns his audience about scammers impersonating him and other financial influencers on social media to solicit money for fake investment schemes. He emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and urges viewers to share the video to help prevent others from falling for these scams.

Structure

1Creator warns about scammers impersonating him
2Shows evidence of fake accounts using his name
3Shows evidence of fake accounts using other influencers' names
4Explains the scam mechanism
5Urges viewers to be skeptical and share the video

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PLEASE DON'T FALL FOR SCAMMERS I will NEVER DM you - be weary of scam accounts Financial Education 300k on TikTok 13k on YT scam accounts look at all of these fake accounts this one has 128,000 followers 15 followers I don't think so It's me karen Finerman from CNBC I wouldn't be where I am and I want you to join my investing WhatsApp group come on look at this one Tom Lee he's even been on CNBC 74 followers but wait hello everyone I'm Thomas Dally though you may better know me as Tom Lee I used to work for JP Morgan my WhatsApp group has made people all this money on generation traits in the 80s If you bet on what the boomers were doing and you think that I come on Click the link below to contact my investment assistant and seize the next opportunity

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DO NOT SEND YOUR MONEY TO STRANGERS ON THE INTERNET. #kennethsuna #retireearly #genzfinance #investingforbeginners #investing #stockmarket #learnontikok #Lifestyle #howtoinvest #millionairemindset #millennialmoney #dividends #growthstocks

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Transcript

I don't know how many more times I can say this, please be careful, there are so many scammers out there. I just got a DM from someone saying, hey, I just wanted to make sure you got my money. My friend and I, we sent you a whole bunch of money so you can invest it on our behalf. How much money to send these guys? Thousands of dollars gone in both of my BIOS on TikTok and Instagram. I will never DM you, be weary of scam accounts. Look at all of these fake accounts. This one has 128,000 followers and it just goes on and on and on. I don't know who these morons are, but look at all this, look at all these, boom, boom, boom. It just goes on and on and on, fake accounts of mine. But it's not just happening to me. Look, this is Karen Finerman from CNBC. 15 followers, I don't think so. Just a little critical thinking goes a long way, right? It's me, Karen Finerman from CNBC. I wouldn't be where I am and I want you to join my investing WhatsApp group. Come on, look at this one. Tom Lee, he's even been on CNBC. 74 followers, but wait. Hello everyone, I'm Thomas Dally, though you may better know me as Tom Lee. I used to work for JP Morgan. My WhatsApp group has made people all this money on generation traits in the 80s. If you bet on what the boomers were doing, you think that I know a lot. Please pay attention here. This is thousands of your hard earned dollars that we're talking about, just gone because someone wrote you a message on the internet and said, hey, it's Kenneth. I have a group now and I'll invest on your behalf. If it sounds too good to be true, I mean, please. And look, I know how TikTok goes, right? If I'm making a video saying don't fall for scammers, this video is gonna get like 3 views, no one's gonna see it. So if you see this video and you have managed to make it to the end of this video, please share it, save it, comment, like it, follow from this video. That's the only way this video will go viral and will get eyeballs in front of it. People need to see this evidently because people are still falling for the shit. Please think before you look. I get about 15 DMs a week from people going, am I really talking to you on WhatsApp? And I sit there and go, are these people for real? But you know what, I would rather they message me and ask than just fall for this shit and be like, oh, it's got it, he says hi, it's Kenneth, it's gotta be Kenneth. Oh, he says it's his backup account. Well, that makes sense, backup accounts, just in case something happens to, yeah, come on, please don't fall for this shit. We're talking about thousands of dollars here of your hard earned money. Just take a second and say, wait, does this seem accurate? I'm gonna pin this video to my homepage too, but my god, even with the warnings in the pinned videos, people still message me, people say you have to be verified. I have friends who are verified, they still get messages. You guys got to be smarter than this, please. We're talking about your hard earned money here, don't just send it off to some scammer.