He’s opening up about the “art of the steal.”
Swindling people might seem like something you’d want to keep secret. However, one unabashed scammer in Canada has openly admitted to hornswoggling people for a living — and doesn’t regret it one bit. The brazen grifter dropped the appalling bombshell in a recent episode of the “Unmentionable” podcast.
“I don’t feel guilty at all,” scammer Andrew, 18, who had his face blurred for the camera, told show host and comedian Jordan Power while describing his complete lack of remorse for his crimes, Jam Press reported.
The restaurant worker even has an “open Instagram” where he brags about his various schemes. “Of course they DM me but I just block [the victims],” he bragged.
Andrew reportedly started hustling people when he was only 13 years old. He would reportedly scam people who played the online game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, earning $600 per month, which he used as “pocket money.”
“When I started, I was surprised at how easy it is to scam,” exclaimed the golden fleecer who had to “lie all the time” to his “worried” parents about the source of his income. In other words, they’re looking a grift horse in the mouth.
Since then, Andrew has reportedly earned $100,000 by executing various online schemes from his bedroom. The professional swindler, who hails from Ukraine, but moved to Toronto a year ago prior to the Ukraine War, said that he and his friends primarily target young men with low-income jobs in Russia.
His ill-gotten earnings reportedly go to his mom, dad and younger brother who have been significantly affected by the war, which saw his dad lose his job and initially prevented the family from leaving the country.
While his vocation might sound immoral, Andrew claims that he doesn’t have any regrets about putting people out of pocket.
“I do not believe in karma,” declared the proud huckster of his “exciting” way of earning a living. “Sometimes I feel bad but often I do not.”
Part of Andrew’s lack of remorse likely stems from the fact that he’s never been caught. “I’ve never had any problems with [the government], so I’m not worried about that,” said the flippant fraudster, adding, “And right now I’m living in Canada, and I’m scamming people in Russia, so how could it affect me?”
He added that ultimately “I do what I do to survive.”
Despite tooting his own horn-swoggle, Andrew says sometimes he doesn’t feel “proud” of his unethical breadwinning method, and eventually plans to start up his own online “legal business.”
In fact, by bragging about his scams, the grifter inadvertently helped warn people about what red flags to look out for. At one point, Jordan asked the young huckster “How would you get me to go to the [online] casino?”
“There are a lot of different phrases that we use to grab the people’s attention, all the stuff about the easy money, no work, do your own business, follow the trends, don’t lose your opportunities,” Andrew replied.
Unfortunately, he predicts that “online scamming will get a lot bigger with a recession.” Indeed, during the 2009 economic downturn, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaints Center fielded 336,655 online crime complaints, marking a 22.3% uptick from the year prior, per the Street.
This might not bode well given the current inflation crisis, which saw consumer prices jump by a wallet-sapping 8.2% year-over-year last month.
Earlier this month, the FBI warned the public about the “pig butchery” scam, in which predators develop long-term relationships with their victims – often “wooing” them for weeks before even mentioning money.