This is Rome and that's me getting chased by scammers I just exposed in 4K. You might be wondering why are they so pissed off. >> Help.
Police. Police. Help.
>> And it all began a few hours earlier as I took a selfie in front of the coliseum and met this nice young engineer. >> Very good. Where you from?
>> Uh Texas. >> I love Texas. >> What's your name, my friend?
>> My name Ali from Sagal. Ali, >> West Africa. You know what it means?
>> Oh, I thought it was from good. >> Love is good. What's your name?
>> Tyler. >> This for you? Africa.
>> This for me? >> This is my mom gift years. >> Oh, it's elephant.
>> Yeah. You love elephant? >> I do love elephant.
This is gift. >> Yeah, I give you >> for free. >> Present.
>> For free. >> You have wife? >> I I don't have baby or wife.
>> Why? Maybe tomorrow. >> This is for free.
>> Yeah. Present for my anything you have. >> My friend.
>> Yeah. Anything that you have is okay. Something for my baby.
>> A gift from me. >> Yeah. Anything you have is some money for >> I thought it was gift.
>> You're very happy. Something like for my >> What is this? I thought this was gift.
Everybody love elephant from >> I love elephant too but I thought I was getting gifts. >> No problem. Anything that you have is okay for me.
>> I have nothing. >> Want some coins for me? >> Nothing.
>> What happened to my gift? I thought you were my friend from Sagal. >> Finish.
Have a good day. >> Hey, you have a good day. Why don't I no gift?
>> I said finish. >> Hey. >> Hey.
What is this problem? What is your problem? Why you give gifts and no you take back?
Why you take back the gift? >> Finish. I don't need finish.
>> Why you take back the gift? >> You need something? >> Yeah.
I thought I was getting gifts. >> What? What do you need?
>> What are you doing? >> You need fight? >> I want a gift.
>> You need fight for me. >> A fight. A fight.
You from Senagal? I thought we were friends. >> Say, "I thought we were friends.
" Scammer. Scammer. >> Yeah.
Thank you. >> Scammer. I thought we were friends.
Where's my gift? Huh? That's your gift.
Middle fingers are your gift. [ __ ] you. [ __ ] you mama me.
I [ __ ] you. [ __ ] you, my friend. Thank you for the gift.
>> He said, "I [ __ ] your mom every day. " Every time. Why you give me bracelet?
Come on. >> Oh, you want me to follow you so you can bring your friends to beat me? Is that the plan?
These doctors and engineers follow the same playbook they use in Paris, where they try to lure you to the lower ground so they can throw projectiles like dead pigeons, mud, and souvenirs at you while they swarm you with their gang. >> What are you doing, my friend? What are you doing, my friend?
>> Don't film me. Don't film me. >> You want to fight?
I thought we were friends. >> I thought we friends every day here. You me your mom every day.
>> You [ __ ] my mom every day, huh? I thought we were friends. What happened to best friend?
The taxis are in on it, too. It's a whole mafia here. Mafioso.
Mama mia. Mafioso. >> Hey, don't take their friendship bracelet.
They're not actually your friend. They want your money. All right, that's all I got.
>> Mafioso. >> Call the police. Please call them.
All right. Moral of the story is don't take a bracelet from these guys. They'll scam you.
They'll ask for your money. He's out here every day. He says taxis run it.
Bye-bye, my friend. You have a good day. I have Hey, for you.
For you. Tip. >> Okay.
>> Graci, my friend. Be safe. >> See, that's how you do business right there.
I'll me >> if um selling go homie. If he punches me, can I punch it back? >> You know what?
I applaud you. I You're on TikTok. I saw someone and I thought I applaud you because I learned from that.
>> So now you know not to take the bracelet. Yes. >> Walk away.
>> So I want to I want to know if we can defend ourselves because they get violence. >> Absolutely. It's a bit violent cuz he caught them out.
>> He said, "If he does, punch it. >> Punch him back. " >> Okay.
>> Okay. But nonviolent, peaceful, otherwise. Peaceful.
>> Yeah. >> The public appreciates. They said they learned from this stuff.
That's what we like to see. 2 hours later, I went to the ground level of the coliseum and these bracelet scammers were everywhere. But pay close attention to the other people here who hate the mere presence of my camera.
>> Looks like this guy just got a new bracelet. As I watched my cameraman get a free bracelet from another friendly engineer from Sagal, this big back Indian dude kept looking back at me. >> Yes.
Yes. Video. >> You be quiet.
How about that? Okay, we're in Rome Coliseum. Beautiful view.
I take all the video I want because I'm Coliseum. Beautiful. Beautiful.
>> Delicious. >> You keep moving. >> You keep moving, boy.
As I was getting some dirty looks from anyone out here with a questionable business model, I decided to make my way back up to where I was earlier to see if the same bracelet scammer was still there. But instead, I found this guy who claimed he could get me to the front of the line in the coliseum. >> Go with skip the line.
That is a group entrance. He's an hour tour inside the coliseum. And then you have access to the Roman forum Palatine 3 museum.
Zero line. >> Do you have a full group? >> Yeah.
Yeah. >> And does it guarantee me I get in? >> Of course.
>> So you're legit? >> Yes. >> Okay.
Curious to see what this service was, legit or not, I followed my guy here with the camera to see what the deal was. But it turns out my friend who told me to stop recording downstairs had followed me all the way up here. >> How much is it?
How much is Why would you touch him? >> Let's go, mother. Let's go.
I will redeem code. Let's go. Let's go.
Let's go. Mia, >> why can video >> tourist >> bike video >> tourist >> tourist? No, [ __ ] >> Why?
I thought you were here to help me get in there. He's too slow. >> He's too slow.
>> He's going to kick my ass. All right, we'll see. We'll see.
How you doing, my friend? >> He's being held back. Look at this.
>> I can make video. I'm in the coliseum. >> Don't do it.
>> Let's go. Call the police. >> Let's go.
Oh my god. Interrupted. Come here.
Come here. Mama mia. All the scammers work together.
Big squad. He's gearing for a sneak attack. I'm ready to throw some hands.
Okay, we have a united front here though. He's coming the police, my friend. >> Thank God.
>> Now you pay me for private private privacy. Okay. >> Oh, he's going to bring off his shoe.
Jesus Christ. >> The Nation of United scammers right here. >> Police.
Yeah. They've assaulted me. They've assaulted me.
>> Yeah. Bring him here. Bring him here.
He's preparing for a sneak attack. We got to >> He's going to throw it. >> He is a dumbass.
Let's go. Huh? That's right.
[Applause] >> As I was getting chased by the mob, I made the mistake of taking the wrong turn and running straight into an inescapable cliff. Help! Help!
Help! Help! Things were looking bleak.
[Music] >> Help. Help. >> Nothing beats a jet to holiday.
>> Police. Police. Police.
Police. Police. >> Where were the police in one of the busiest tourist destinations on Earth?
>> FBI, [ __ ] Biden. >> Joe Biden. >> [ __ ] >> Surrounded on all sides by these doctors and engineers, it seemed like my fate had been sealed and my beatdown was inevitable.
>> They want to kill me for video. But the police actually did show up. And as they showed my YouTube channel to the scammers, I used their rather late appearance as my cue to escape.
Graci. I'm good. Bel jumped.
Grati. Grati. Grati.
All right, we got to get out of here. There's no chance I was making it out of a 100v1 there. The cardio clutched in yet.
I stand here unscathed. No punches, no damage taken. Now it's time to get out of here.
Let the area cool down for a bit. That was a close call. As I fled the coliseum, it was time to go underground and meet up with Simone Caribella and his sidekick Freda, vigilante pickpocket hunter trying to keep Italy's metro safe and pickpocket free.
>> Will we get into a fight? Yeah, I I want but I can't. Okay.
>> We're going into the lion's den. Let's see what we find here. He's saying about 50 to 100 of these folks out here are pickpocketing.
And are they all gypsies? >> Yes. Human men.
>> So, how many faces do you have recognized or memorized? >> Yeah. >> 20.
>> 20. >> I am like a detector. >> Like a scanner.
>> You'll know when we see one. >> Yes. Yeah.
How old are they typically? >> 17, 18, 20. >> Why?
Why so young? >> Because in Italy the teenager they don't go in the jar. They come from Venice, from Florence, from Barcelona.
All the people come here. All the tourists are in Rome. They know who is not paying attention traded.
Yes. >> And how many years have you been doing this, >> Louis? 20 yards upstairs in the yard.
>> Two zero. >> Yes, he. >> Wow.
>> We began patrolling the metro, scanning every face until Simone Spidey senses were triggered. >> Schooly. Squeezy.
Schooly. >> Okay. Simone has something in his mind right now.
He's looking for >> 10 minutes ago. >> We We see now. >> Oh, you see one right now.
>> See if he Okay. See? >> Okay.
Be prepared to run. >> Okay, we're hopping in the metro. >> As Simone checked stop after stop after stop, it looked like he had found something, or rather someone.
While I was surprised, these pig pockets turned out to be teenag age girls. Apparently, this was done to strategically evade criminal prosecution. [Music] [Music] the pig pocket.
The season pig pockets professional. >> Yes. Every day he steal every day they steal at least 1,000.
>> Every day. Every day. And Simone was a local hero out here with the community showing him love everywhere we went.
>> Look, the public is is uh thanking him for his services here. >> The love out here is real for Simone. He's patrolling the trains.
He's like the night watch right now. >> They love them. They appreciate the services.
One thing I want to note is many people have come up here, said thanks for the work they do. Oh, grande. >> There we go.
>> Police love them. Security love them. Everyone on their mama loves them except the pickpockers and the gypsies.
>> And as we were on patrol, we caught wind from security that a family nearby had just been pickpocketed. >> China family. >> They got robbed.
>> Okay. Chinese family got pickpocketed. They're pissed off.
They're pissed off. You guys got robbed? >> I think so.
Yeah. Actually, >> what did they take? >> Wallets.
>> Wallets. How much was in the wallet? Do you know?
>> No credit card. €250 cash. He remembers that someone pushed the >> What do they look like?
Did you see them? >> We didn't. >> We need to find them.
>> We need to find them, but uh I don't think that uh we the money. >> Sorry this happened to you. He's going to give you some ideas and suggestions for what you should do next.
Bye-bye. Sorry, man. That sucks.
They literally just got pickpocketed. She was saying that he got pushed. That's the only thing he remembers.
And then they realized their wallet was gone. While Simone was not hopeful we could prove who the thief was minutes after they were pickpocketed, we continued our patrol and to my surprise, things got even weirder. >> Inside the train.
>> You see what >> in the train? >> Where? >> Okay, so they escaped unscathed.
They're on the radar now. Let's see if we can catch up to them. >> Pocket.
Yes. Inside the in train. >> Girl or men or woman?
>> No, woman. woman. >> Behind him there are two.
Look, >> I see them. Two little girls. >> Straight to action.
Who are you? >> They don't. She don't work today.
>> She's on shift. What does he say? >> I don't work.
Why? >> They say they're not working this shift today. >> We're peeling out.
Interesting dynamic. Are men ever pickpockets? >> The mens are from Chile, from South America, and they are very dangerous because they have knife.
Do we want to confront the men? >> Because they work in the afternoon, in the evening. Now are only from the east of Europe.
>> I see. So mostly women here. How much money do they make per day?
>> I think uh like €3,000 >> a day. >> Yes. >> As a group or individually?
>> No, group. >> And then this guy came up to us showing how concerned these commuters were of getting pickpocketed. Mama, he's locking.
He has to lock his bag. He's so afraid of the pickpockets. >> The man is locking his bags.
He's that afraid of getting pickpocketed. And right after we saw this, we found a seasoned pickpocket you'd never suspect. [Music] >> I think we see someone.
We're on the We're on the chase. We're running. We're running.
Run, Simony. >> There she is. Big pocket.
>> Big pocket. Big pocket. [Music] Texas.
[Music] Okay, we give a red carpet treatment. As she came off the elevator, I saw the unimaginable, a baby bump. She was pregnant.
Big buckets. guest. They use the pregnant women and the young girls to avoid prosecution and the police getting their hands on them.
Tough to tell if this is a strategic pregnancy we're witnessing. This is our same girl from yesterday. >> Brazil.
>> I feel bad cuz she's pregnant. >> Should I feel bad? >> I think it's not true.
>> It's not real. >> Yes, it's not true. Somebody is true.
Somebody is not true. They put like this. Look, you are pregnant.
You are pregnant. >> Oh, you're pregnant. >> Why do they use the pregnant women?
For sympathy. Oh, how does one avoid misidentifying? Right there.
The pick bucket. We have another picket. >> I think she is definitely very pregnant.
Um, it's almost like they're selecting exclusively for pregnant women to be the pig puckets. I almost feel bad. I got to wonder who's making her do this work.
So they they do they force these pregnant women to pick buckets >> because in our culture in our culture >> Yeah. >> they do sex every uh 5 minutes. >> No.
>> Really? >> Yes. The Rome.
>> And do they get pregnant specifically to to do pickpocketing? >> They are like slave. The women are like slaves.
>> So they they're slaves working for the men. >> Yes. Working for the men.
The man has big car, expensive car. They live they live like a luxury life. >> I see.
>> But the woman's do do this work. >> So she has like a a pimp >> who forces her to pick buckets. >> Yes.
Yes. They like also the adrenaline. They like everything.
No, because it's like a drug. >> Do you think they have other options or are they forced to pick bucket? >> Yeah, they forced it.
>> They're forced. >> They like money. Of course, >> they like money.
>> The easy money. >> Easy money. After exposing the pregnant pig pockets, we went upstairs for a coffee break and met a waiter who told us this >> 20 minutes ago.
>> What happened? What happened? >> So the pig pockets is coming is the bag going but I see it.
I call him he especially tourist takea money bags everything and documents. >> They leave them there. >> If you want to talk with with a customer, you can come.
>> Oh, he's here. >> Yes. >> Hello.
You guys were robbed >> within a minute. saw the guy doing it. >> Yeah, >> I saw the waiter yell somebody else.
>> Shout out the waiter. So, I'm glad you guys got your stuff back. While this couple was lucky to have recovered their stolen items, the waiter says he comes here to open the shop every morning and finds the discarded stolen items of the previous day's victims.
>> Okay. A full stack a full stack of identification right here. And every day this happens.
>> Every day. >> Every day. When I came back at 5:00 a.
m. to see for myself, I only found drug dealers. How are you, bro?
>> I'm doing good. I'm doing good. How are you?
>> What do you have? >> How much for cocaina? >> For how much?
>> Come on. >> Okay, Mustafa, come back here if I need some cocaina. Okay, thank you.
Go to cafe, get some coffee first. >> I'm here, bro. >> Okay, maybe I find you.
Anyways, as we headed back into the metro, we found even more pickpockets, and things got even stranger. All right, I think we see something right now. We're going.
We're on the move. We're on the move. Squeezy.
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com/tylera. >> Big [Music] pocket. Big pocket.
Shame. Shame. Pick bucket.
[Music] >> Pick bucket. >> Two for one deal. Pick bucket.
>> He's giggling. >> You can walk away from this. >> They don't have to pickpocket.
The metro is amused. Why hide the face unless you're guilty? >> Fresh kicks.
>> New balance. >> Ah, New Balance shoes. Okay.
>> Okay. It's your strength. She's trying to escape.
She's going back in. Big pocket. Attention.
Attention. Big pocket. Big pocket.
Big pocket. >> Public shaming is effective. >> She got kicked out.
She got pushed out of the train. >> Shame. [Music] >> No more pick bucketing.
Okay, >> she's pregnant. Good work. Yes.
Yay. They did it. The public has stood up for themselves.
We've reached a new status of civic justice. >> Why do you pick bucket? It's not good for the baby to pickpocket.
No more pickpocketing. I don't know if we need to push this any further. But the bus pushed her out.
They cheered. You can only imagine how much money she makes per day. Pregnant woman unsuspectingly pickpockets you.
Hopefully she quits pickpocketing. >> She's pickpocketed. She's been got kicked out of the bus by the people.
Yeah. Crazy place, right? Yeah.
>> Um, yo, good stepping. I think it's honorable. >> No, no, no, no, no.
We speak English. >> Uh, be careful out here, by the way. >> You're going to get knocked out, buddy.
>> You're going to get knocked out. >> Yeah. >> Oh, he's got a fade.
Actually, >> you can't you got to hold on. If he falls down though, >> he's just swinging. >> I'll guard him.
I'll guard him. I'll make sure he doesn't fall. >> Um, so what do we do here?
He's got good hands. Honestly, I'm not [ __ ] with Mike Tyson over there. [Music] >> Some stimulant.
