The Josh Innes Show - Another Idiot Scammed By A "Celebrity".

Episode Date: June 6, 2025

You know my favorite stories are those about idiots sending money to rando's they believe to be celebrities. Today we have a woman in Illinois who sent a shit load of cash to someone she believed to be a famous actor... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Well, well, well, you know that one of my favorite things to discuss is people getting scammed and as I've said before there are certain scams that I can see where people would fall for them. But many times people get scammed and they don't do any sort of critical thinking when the scam is happening and that's what allows them to be scammed. For example, yesterday I got a text message that said that like I owe a bunch of money for

some tolls I didn't pay in Louisiana or something like that, text message that said that like I owe a bunch of money for some tolls I didn't pay in Louisiana or something like that, right? As I click this link here and you can pay your toll. And I'm fairly certain, and I don't know this for 100% certainty, but I feel pretty confident when I say this, that first of all, I haven't even been in Louisiana this year. The last time I was in Louisiana would have been in September, and we did drive in Louisiana because we rented a car,

and we were there for a couple days. Before that, I hadn't been to Louisiana in forever. That's one. Two, I'm fairly certain Louisiana doesn't have any toll roads. I've never seen a toll road in Louisiana. Doesn't mean that they don't exist, but any of the places that I would have been driving in Louisiana, which would have been the Baton Rouge area and the New Orleans area, I have never seen a toll in that area. So I get this text message, you owe blank to the Department of Motor Vehicles or whatever. Also, I'm like, well, why would I, do you have to pay tolls to the Department of Motor Vehicles? Is that a, like I ask a lot of questions. Anytime a text message comes in or an email comes in claiming that I owe something,

I'm just automatically assuming it's a scam and I can thank all of the places that I've worked, all the businesses I've worked at, because those places have sent out like test phishing emails and I've learned to just not click on any of them. And they actually do a pretty good job of explaining what to look for when you're being scammed in an email. Like look at the email address. Does it look strange? Is there like a word that's misspelled somewhere? Does the phone number not have a number included in it? All that kind of shit that we've discussed on here. That said, I love talking about when people get scammed because certain scams, as I've noted, are kind of more believable than others. Like you get them, like the day. I got one from

Netflix and it was like your cards not working with Netflix click please click here and I'm like, well, that doesn't make any sense. So I look at the email seems weird. There's like a letter missing somewhere and I'm like, oh, it's a scam. I also Google anytime. There's a scam. I think something's a scam. I Google it. So yesterday I was like DMV text scam. And then I find out that in Nashville, people are getting that exact same text I got in Nashville. It's a scam. So I don't fuck with it. I just don't click on

shit. Maybe one day it'll burn me, but I just refuse to click on anything. That said, my favorite kind of scam is when some dipshit loses a lot of money because a celebrity quote unquote asked them for money. Well, I've got one for you that's an all-timer and that's coming up after these words. The NBA Finals are finally here and after spending the playoffs all over the Pick Six app from DraftKings, well, we're ready for the championship round and this is your last shot to win some real cash before the season ends. The simplest way to get

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in her 60s or 70s. And here's why, anybody that's not in their 60s or 70s. And here's why. Anybody that's not in their 60s or 70s, I choose to believe would be smart enough to know that Kevin Costner is not asking them for money. But anybody who'd be intrigued by Kevin Costner would probably be an older chick that probably watches Yellowstone or something like that. So before I've read any of this story, just based on

the headline, I'm going to guess that this woman is 67 years of age. If she's a younger chick, then she's truly just an imbecile. But I'm going to go 67 years of age scammed by Kevin Costner. Oh, it's a fun game. Guess the scam based on the headline. I like this. This is fun. So headline, Illinois woman loses 62,000 to scam or impersonating Kevin Costner. I'm going to say it was via Facebook. And I'm going to say she's 67. And I'm going to say she lives in southern Illinois.

Now this story is from, I don't even know where this is from, some news outlet. I don't even know particularly if this is one of these. I'm not going to say it was cash. I'm going to say she got scammed out of gift cards. What kind of gift cards? I don't know, like Amazon maybe. So what I'm going to say is this is a 67-year-old woman who's from southern Illinois, not like Chicago in that area. I'm going to say she's like Carbondale, Illinois, like East St. Louis, Illinois, something like that. I do not know what television station this is. I

don't know what city this is in. WHTM. I haven't read this story. Jilly just sent it to me. So I'm going to go. And not always do they post stories on local news outlets that are local stories. They'll post national ones. So my guess is local stories, they'll post national ones. So my guess is 67-year-old white woman, Facebook, gift cards. That's my guess on this. And the gift cards will be... No, Apple gift cards seem too modern though. That's the hard part, like Visa gift cards. Okay. Illinois woman loses 62,000 to scammer impersonating Kevin Costner. Evanston, Illinois is Chicago. This is some woman. I'm already wrong. Evanston is where Northwestern is. So this woman might actually be smart. Shit. An Illinois

woman thought she was sending gift cards. Okay, we got gift cards to actor Kevin Costner in hopes of elevating her financial portfolio. It turns out she was the latest victim of a scam that federal authorities say has been circulating since at least 2018. According to police in Evanston, the victim says she sent gift cards totaling $62,000 over a six month period to someone claiming to be Kevin Costner via Telegram and instant messaging service. So it wasn't Facebook. I was wrong on

that. So I did get the gift cards, right? We don't know her age yet. The actor promised to multiply the victim's investment. So you mean to tell me that you're on some instant messaging service. Kevin Costner, star of For Love of the Game, is sending you DMs saying, hey, send me gift cards and I can help elevate your portfolio and raise your money and make you money. And you don't question this. You're like, you know, that makes sense. It makes sense that the gentleman that's the star of Bull Durham is like, hey, you know what? I think that I want to help this lady turn her 62,000 in gift

cards into something greater. I want to help elevate her portfolio. Authorities said she never received the promised cryptocurrency. No way! The cryptocurrency scam often uses gift cards to deceive victims with scammers posing as celebrities to lure them into their schemes. Like, guys, like the Federal Trade Commission, the FTC, these people, like Real Talk, people that fall for scams where Kevin Costner is asking you for gift cards, you should be deported. You don't belong here. You are not needed here. You are no help to anyone. You are stupid. Like I don't want to be a dick about this, but if you are scammed by

Kevin fucking Costner for gift cards and trade for cryptocurrency, man, like do you not ask questions? Like do you not like, like even like I don't know what kind of questions you would ask to Kevin Costner quote unquote, but question yourself, like why would Kevin Costner be sending me a message on here? And how has this gone on since 2018? Impostor scams come in a variety, many varieties, but they all work the same way.

A scammer pretends to be someone you trust to convince you to send the money. Why would you trust Kevin Costner? You've never met Kevin Costner. So like, look, I like Kevin Costner. I got a text or a DM from Kevin Costner, and he was like, hey, Josh, it's me, Kevin Costner. If I got a text or a DM from Kevin Costner, and he was like, Hey, Josh, it's me, Kevin Costner, star of Dances with Wolves. Hey, now that I've got your trust, can

you send me $62,000? Like, who trusts Kevin Costner? Who? This woman. They pretend to be someone you trust to convince you to send them money and that's exactly what these celebrity imposters are trying to do. Thanks FTC for breaking that down. Evanston Police and the FTC offer tips on how locals can protect themselves from scams. Oh, please FTC, please enlighten me on how to avoid sending $62,000 worth of gift cards to Kevin fucking Costner.

Here, Josh Ennis would also like to weigh in. The FTC, the Evanston police, and podcast dipshit Josh Ennis would like to weigh in on what you can do to avoid scams. Stop sending fucking money to Kevin Costner. He's not your friend. You don't know him. you're gonna give fucking money to Kevin Costner. He's not your friend. You don't know him. Before you send money, talk with someone you trust. Talk to yourself like if Kevin Costner

like my my Christ, I'd be embarrassed if I went to like my dad or Jilly and like hey, Jilly, listen, I want to get your thoughts on this. Um Kevin Costner. Yeah, Tencup. Kevin Costner just DM'd me and wants me to send him $62,000, but he's going to make us a lot more money in cryptocurrency. Do you think I should do some research? No shit. Never send money, gift cards, or prepaid debit cards to someone you don't know or you haven't met. Why? They pay people to tell you this shit. Some celebs do raise money

for legitimate causes, but you want to make sure that the cause the person is asking you to support if it's real. No shit. Did they not tell us this woman's name? You should be forced to tell us your name woman and you should be brought to the town square and people should throw tomatoes at you and real talk they should put you in the guillotine. That should be your punishment. Your punishment should be being sent to the Iron Maiden. They don't keep this woman's name secret. No. She should like, you know what they should do like

they have a registered sex offender website where there's little red dots on this website or whatever and they're like, well this guy has kiddie porn at like the 1100 block of Smithson Street. Avoid him on Halloween. What they should do is have a whole other little website dedicated to old fucking women who are scammed by Kevin Costner! You should have a whole fucking website for it. I want to know who these people are because I want to point at them and laugh because they're fucking stupid. And it would be worse if she did go to someone and tell them it was Kevin Costner and they bought it.

They're like, no shit. Like when she was at her bridge game or some shit or going for her daily trip to Michael's, she's with her friend, you know, Glenda. And Glenda's like, she's like, hey, did you like I don't know if I should tell you this because I don't know, but Kevin Costner has been sending me DMs and is going to help me become rich. And Glenda's like, Kevin Costner? Yeah, Kevin Costner. like Kevin Costner? Yeah, Kevin Costner. She goes, Kevin Costner, like Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner? Like, yeah, like Kevin Costner, like JFK, Kevin Costner, like back and to the left, Kevin Costner. Oh yeah, that Kevin Costner. I sent him $62,000 in gift cards. I'm waiting on my cryptocurrency. I'm gonna be super rich. And that person was like, Glenda was like, that's neat. How do I get involved?

What I'm trying to tell you kids is that old people, and I'm assuming this is an old woman, old people should not be allowed on the internet and young people shouldn't be allowed on the internet. It is something I believe. It is something I have believed for a long time. Children and old people should not be allowed near the internet. It's a bad place for you for a multitude of reasons, but most notably, you're a dumb woman. Like, honest to God, this woman should be in jail. We need to start arresting people who fall for scams where Kevin fucking Costner is asking you for money. The star of Yellowstone is asking you for money. You should at least be locked up for a

while. You should at least have to spend a day in jail and like have to go through the whole process of like getting like strip searched and **** You should have to deal with some real embarrassment on a personal level to go on top of your losing $62,000 and you should be made a public mockery of. They should post like posters of you on on polls on light poles around town. This dipshit was scammed by quote Kevin Costner and it's clearly more common than you would think because as I've told you before if you look at Neil Diamond's Instagram it literally

says Neil will never send you a message and ask you for money. That means that somebody got a message from someone they thought was Neil Diamond and was asked for money. Hello, it's Neil Diamond. I need $70,000 in Walmart gift cards. Yeah! Anyway, more to come.