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00:09Pride Month is starting. We have to get ready.
00:13This meeting is about the Pride Float.
00:16I don't know. I thought maybe Gay Pride and Prejudice.
00:19It's too stiff.
00:20Dungeons and Drag Queens.
00:21I hate that so much.
00:24Pride Float is supposed to be a lot of fun.
00:26No, I'm not gay.
00:27I, um, Ned asked me to be there, and he didn't say why,
00:32but I assumed it was to reel Esmeralda in.
00:35How would everyone feel about Esmeralda throwing rainbow-colored toilet rolls
00:39into the crowd at the parade?
00:41I don't think that's necessary.
00:42No one wants rainbow toilet paper.
00:44Love your opinion, Oscar.
00:46Your voice is incredibly valuable.
00:50Ahem.
00:54Market research shows that these are going to be absolutely huge in June.
01:01And if we want to keep up with the big boys, we need to go even further.
01:04Maybe make some brunch napkins.
01:06Oh, yes.
01:07Something like that.
01:07Gays love brunch.
01:10I love celebrating the LGBTQIA plus community.
01:16If it was down to me,
01:18our corporation would support gay people all year round.
01:21And if it was down to me,
01:51Hey, everyone.
01:53Meet Toledo PD's Detective Arnold.
01:59Thanks, Travis.
02:01And how's your dad?
02:02He is in a really bad place right now.
02:05Oh.
02:06The detective has been briefing me
02:09about a very important public safety matter.
02:12He's made me a kind of deputy.
02:14No.
02:15Not a deputy, but, uh, I have been deputized.
02:19No, you have not.
02:20But you agree I've been briefed?
02:23Sure.
02:24Uh, is this a true crime?
02:26And if so, how detailed are you going to get?
02:28I love true crime.
02:30Calms me down before I go to sleep.
02:31Oh, my God.
02:32Me too.
02:32I was like this close to starting a murder podcast.
02:35I'd listen to that.
02:35I'm afraid this is worse.
02:37Worse than murder?
02:39No, worse than a murder podcast.
02:40And alt-comedy podcast with a religious band?
02:43That bad.
02:44I mean, we're talking about a catfisher
02:45who's preying on women online.
02:47Well, American women are so gallible.
02:50Do you know that over half of them
02:52die from eating expired food?
02:55What, seriously?
02:56Like, is that per year?
02:58See?
02:59Thank you, Detective Arnold.
03:00I have your number because you gave it to me on this card.
03:03No?
03:04Oh, sorry.
03:06And I just want to say thanks,
03:07and I'll check in with you this afternoon.
03:10Only if it's important.
03:12Yeah, I'm fine.
03:13Oh, no, no.
03:13Hey, I wouldn't take the softies' whiteboards.
03:16Kimberly gets really territorial about them.
03:18Kimberly will be fine.
03:19Okay, everybody.
03:20I think this could be a good story for today's paper.
03:25I love catfish.
03:27This is what we know so far.
03:29I'm referring to me and the police.
03:31So, a serial catfisher on the dating app Latch
03:34has been posing as service members
03:37who grew up in Toledo.
03:38This catfisher matches on the app
03:40with a real Toledoan
03:42and then reveals that they are stationed in Germany.
03:45After a lot of flattery and flirtation over DM,
03:49the catfish drops that they don't have enough money
03:51to come home for Thanksgiving.
03:53We see where this is going.
03:55The pathetic mark out of pity
03:57or more probably lust,
03:59these are lonely people.
04:00They start wiring money to the catfish,
04:03at first just enough for the plane ticket
04:05home from Germany to Ohio,
04:07but soon the love letters multiply, okay,
04:09along with requests for more funds.
04:12The nicknames the catfish will often use.
04:15Sweet Cheeks.
04:17It's not funny.
04:18Sorry.
04:18Baby, babe.
04:19Cookie, princess.
04:21Baby, baby.
04:23And babe, babe.
04:24Also, sometimes just baby,
04:26but you should look out for all of them.
04:28No way.
04:36What's going on?
04:37I'm concerned for a friend of mine.
04:40She is like a sister to me.
04:42She is like, yeah, dark hair, tiny, beautiful.
04:46She is like a twin.
04:48Like, imagine the German version of me.
04:52So I'm just a bit worried
04:54that she could be the victim
04:56of this dangerous internet catman.
05:01Oh, she so got catfished.
05:05You're burnt, Esmeralda!
05:07What's the beef with me and Esmeralda?
05:09Well, I made a list.
05:11She told me my voice puts her to sleep.
05:13She told me to put on blush
05:15because I blended into the white wall.
05:17I dress like I shop from a box of clothes
05:20from an estate sale
05:22for an old man who died a virgin.
05:24That one's oddly specific.
05:26Oh, yeah, and she made me buy her son
05:28a guinea pig with my own money.
05:30So, yeah, I'm gonna hit her while she's down.
05:32It looked like she saw a ghost.
05:34That's what that was.
05:35Oh, wow.
05:36This could be a huge story for us.
05:39This could be a three-parter.
05:41The Cleveland Plain Dealer
05:42won a Sidney Award last year
05:44for my steps on the cult leader.
05:45Ooh, I read that.
05:46I blame the dad.
05:47Imagine, right?
05:49The first installment,
05:50we just say the facts.
05:52Then we reveal it happened to one of our own.
05:55Part two, we publish the DMs
05:58Can the Victim Ever Trust Again?
06:00Then, oh, my God.
06:01Part three, are our apps failing us?
06:04How can she find love now?
06:05Ah!
06:08Oh, God.
06:09She has a son, too.
06:10Oh, did he ever call him dad?
06:12Hee-hee!
06:13Four parts!
06:14How much money do you think she gave him?
06:16$1,200.
06:17Easy.
06:17Nah, that's a lot.
06:19Should we bet on it?
06:20You guys, I know what we're thinking.
06:22We don't actually know.
06:23And honestly, we really shouldn't be victim-shaming,
06:26even if the victim is a self-hating woman
06:28who has way too many serpent bells.
06:30Really mean lady.
06:31All right, we got it out of our system.
06:33That is a strong six parts
06:35and a possible making of.
06:37I'm going to go talk to her.
06:39Oh.
06:40I just want to say, for the record, guys,
06:42catfish are beautiful creatures,
06:44and they don't deserve to be slandered like this.
06:46Who the took my whiteboard?
06:50Oh.
06:54Oh.
06:58Hey, buddy.
07:00Hi.
07:00Couldn't help noticing you reacted pretty strongly
07:03to that catfishing story back there.
07:05I react strongly to everything.
07:07Life is strong, and I'm a strong woman.
07:09I don't mean to pry, but have you been corresponding
07:13with a serviceman stationed in Germany by any chance?
07:17I'm sorry, I think I didn't hear you.
07:20Actually, I think I'm feeling a bit dizzy.
07:23Oh.
07:24Oh.
07:24Okay.
07:25Can you please blow on the part of my hair?
07:28Sure, sure, sure.
07:35I was an elite toilet paper salesman, and that takes patience.
07:39People don't always need toilet paper when you're trying to sell it to them.
07:43But eventually, they will need it.
07:44And who will be there when they need to use the bathroom?
07:47What's his name?
07:50Jarson.
07:52His name is Jarson?
07:54Yes.
07:56It's a common American name.
07:59It's Jason and Jared combined.
08:02Ah, okay.
08:04You know, I'd love to ask you and Jarson a few questions about your relationship.
08:08How did you meet?
08:12Oh, my God.
08:14He just replied.
08:15Oh.
08:16He messaged you back right now?
08:17He must have awoken in the middle of the German night to urinate.
08:22You know, thinking about me.
08:24Oh.
08:25Okay, so he's not scamming me.
08:27Sounds real.
08:28That's what he's saying.
08:29He's saying that he feels very bad about borrowing money from me, and he can't wait to pay it back.
08:36He's very excited about it, so perhaps it's going to happen on our first anniversary.
08:42Huh.
08:43No story there.
08:45No.
08:46I feel sorry.
08:47That is exciting.
08:48Can I speak to Jarson?
08:49No.
08:50No?
08:50No.
08:51Can I see those messages?
08:53No, no, no, no.
08:54Okay.
08:54Please, Esmeralda, so I just, I think it's really important, okay, that you understand that you could help a lot
09:00of people by participating in this story,
09:03but first, you need to admit the truth to yourself.
09:07Here's my truth.
09:08I need you to go away because I need to take some nudes to send to Jarson.
09:13Okay.
09:14Sure.
09:15Ciao.
09:19She shouldn't be taking nudes.
09:22Yeah, no, I'll stick with that.
09:23Okay, so that is $2,500 for Adalola.
09:26So, I guess $2,501.
09:29Don't you box me in, you son of a bitch.
09:32Esmeralda is not ready to talk yet.
09:34We cannot get to a six-parter without somebody's point of view.
09:37What do we do?
09:37Why don't we just make latch profiles?
09:40Yes.
09:40So we can catfish Esmeralda into doing the story?
09:43No.
09:44Well, maybe.
09:45I think Mary is saying so we can try to get a nibble from the real catfish.
09:49Does anybody already have a latch profile?
09:50Mm-hmm.
09:51I do.
09:54So last week, Nicole and I, uh, we finally hung out.
09:59Then a couple nights later, we hung out again.
10:01I deleted my app immediately after the first hangout when she was in the bathroom.
10:05But I think we're going to take things slow.
10:07So, um, I won't mention it.
10:10You're not on latch?
10:11I deactivated my latch account.
10:14Well, you didn't have to do that.
10:17Yeah, yeah.
10:17I know.
10:18I just needed more storage on my phone.
10:20Okay.
10:21Well, you should reactivate it.
10:23Right.
10:24For the story.
10:26And to meet girls.
10:29Yeah.
10:29Yeah, absolutely.
10:31For sex.
10:32Right?
10:33We're having a lot of fun with each other, but he's still detrick work in my phone contacts.
10:40All right.
10:41Everybody else, create your latch profiles, and I will try to coax a yes out of Esmeralda.
10:46Oh, guys.
10:48This is wrong.
10:50Come on.
10:51She's down at least 4,000.
10:53Yeah.
10:55Oh, the nudes.
10:574,200.
10:58Mm-hmm.
10:59Wow.
11:03Hey.
11:04Tea delivery.
11:07Such a nice idea for someone that drinks only coffee.
11:10You know, I've had this experience happen to me, actually.
11:14When I was in 8th grade, I gave my padlock combo to a girl who told me she was going
11:19to decorate my locker.
11:21She stole my backpack.
11:22Oh.
11:24I'm sorry.
11:29I'm sorry.
11:30If you don't do this interview, you let other people tell your story.
11:39It's delusional, actually.
11:43So what?
11:45What's all the talk about?
11:48What are the chattering chickens clacking about?
11:52My boyfriend?
11:54Here he is.
11:58That's a picture of him holding a picture of me.
12:02Look at his hands, like, the way he holds my picture.
12:05That looks like Josh Holloway.
12:08No, that's my Jerson.
12:10That guy?
12:11Yes.
12:11From Lost?
12:12Yeah, he was.
12:13Until he found me.
12:15Wow.
12:15That's Sawyer from Lost.
12:17Yeah.
12:17Josh Holloway.
12:19Rourke from Yellowstone.
12:20That's great.
12:20He lives in Hawaii.
12:22Or so I've heard.
12:23Yeah, Esmeralda, that's just a famous actor the catfisher is using to seem attractive.
12:28I mean, Jerson could be anybody.
12:29He might be 11 years old.
12:30Oh, yes, of course.
12:34When there is a group of single women and one woman finds happiness in love, the other
12:43single women try to take that happy woman down.
12:49You know, like in a bowling pot of lobsters, you know, lobsters, do you know that the male
12:57lobsters all lazily accept their fate while the female lobsters try to get out but, you
13:06know, clawing down each other during the process?
13:13They will not claw down this lobster.
13:19Hey, I thought you weren't creating a latch profile because you were scared of Summer.
13:24My wife is not the boss of me.
13:26My boss is the boss of me.
13:28And my boss told me to create a banging profile, so.
13:32That is a lot of right swipes for a guy with four kids.
13:36Wait, I know this girl.
13:38Alyssa.
13:39I went to junior high with her.
13:40I liked her.
13:42Summer told me she died.
13:44I sent, like, inedible arrangements and everything.
13:48Hey, Mayor?
13:50Yes?
13:51Yeah, what's a fun military slang?
13:53What is this?
13:54Are you doing a sporkle quiz?
13:55No, I'm updating my latch profile.
13:57I figure a good victim would be a fan of the military.
13:59You just wanted me to pop out a fun term for you?
14:02Sounds like a lot of stolen valor, Ned.
14:03Oh, no, no, no.
14:05I didn't mean to do that.
14:07I'm screwing with you.
14:08Say that you're into, um, squids.
14:11That means maybe.
14:11I like squid.
14:14Great.
14:15Okay, now I get to see the rest of your profile.
14:17Hmm.
14:18What?
14:19To be clear, as your boss, I'm not asking you to look at my dating profile,
14:23nor, frankly, I'm not sure why you would even want to do that.
14:26Okay, it's for work, so it's fine.
14:28Okay.
14:31I may be six foot three, but I still like being the little spoon.
14:35Okay, this isn't work.
14:36Razzing me is not a part of work.
14:41This is potentially a huge opportunity for me.
14:46They say that if you nurse a wounded tiger back to good health,
14:51he won't attack you.
14:57Get out.
14:59Not if I go.
15:09So, I re-downloaded Latch.
15:12Mm-hmm.
15:12It's funny, because I randomly had so many messages in my inbox.
15:17Look, it's the 5 a.m. weather girl from WNWO.
15:20Uh-huh.
15:21She's practically famous.
15:24What are you doing?
15:26I am letting Esmeralda's professional colleagues know that she's going through a difficult time
15:32so they can reach out.
15:34Do you think that's something she wants you to do?
15:37I don't think she's in the right frame of mind to know what she needs.
15:42Okay.
15:43Don't delete my frisbee shot.
15:45That's my best picture.
15:46The angle makes my arms look thick.
15:48What is it with you and headwear?
15:50I mean, who do you think you are?
15:51Diane Keaton?
15:52Ooh, you look rich in this photo.
15:55That is good Jarson bait.
15:59Actually, you look rich in a lot of these photos.
16:01No, I don't.
16:02I'm sorry.
16:04Does your family own their own pickleball court?
16:07That's not pickleball.
16:08It's platform tennis.
16:09My uncle had one installed two summers ago, and he is strictly middle class.
16:13Mm-hmm.
16:14That was a huge part of his mayoral platform.
16:17Sweetie, she was a good friend of mine.
16:19Or is a good friend of mine.
16:20I just haven't seen her in years because you told me she was dead.
16:23Well, I care because it's not true.
16:25You didn't just get it wrong.
16:26You told me she hit her head on a coral reef off of Komodo Island,
16:30and the dragons got to what was left.
16:31It was very graphic.
16:33No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
16:35I told you that was for work.
16:36Uh, well, you're not supporting me as a journalist.
16:43This is exactly why I keep my private life private
16:46and never mess with dating apps of any kind.
16:54Hey, party people.
16:56Esmeralda, hey, I was just coming to check on you.
16:59I have an announcement.
17:02Jarson just sent me proof his love for me is real.
17:08Hey, darling.
17:09This is Jarson to let you know just how adored you really are, Esmeralda.
17:14Oh, me too.
17:15I love you, Amore.
17:16See?
17:17Now, I hope this proves to your office, friends, that Jarson is real.
17:21Jarson is not scamming you, and Jarson loves you.
17:26So, my sweetie just proved that his love for me is real,
17:31and he just looks like that Josh Halloween person.
17:35How do you explain the other victims?
17:37That's a very romantic story,
17:39because he's actually my personal Robin Hood.
17:43Yes, he scammed other women,
17:46but it's just because he wanted to buy jewels for me
17:50that he will bring when we'll meet in person.
17:52Oh, honey, I...
17:54I think it's a cameo video.
17:55Yeah, there was a glaring edit,
17:56and I'll tell you what,
17:58he should have used AI to smooth it out.
18:00The catfisher paid Jarson to make a video.
18:03That's how come he keeps talking about Jarson in the third person.
18:07You don't believe in love.
18:09People talk like that all the time.
18:12Esmeralda thinks you're all stupid.
18:15See?
18:20What do you want?
18:21I just want you to listen, okay?
18:23I know this is embarrassing.
18:25For you, maybe, because you're so alone,
18:28and I'm so loved.
18:29You are his piggy bank, okay?
18:31He's taking advantage of you.
18:33I'm taking care of him.
18:36That's what a woman does.
18:38A woman makes her man happy.
18:41And I bet that $50 would make him very happy right now.
18:47What, did you just wire him more money?
18:49Oh, I did it again.
18:52No, no, no, that's $150.
18:54Please stop.
18:55You keep talking, I keep sending.
18:58Allora, our hearts are connected through cash-up.
19:03So as soon as I feel something,
19:05he feels it on his hand, too.
19:08Stop, stop it.
19:09Please, just on a money level,
19:10I cannot allow this.
19:11It's so wasteful.
19:12Stop.
19:15All right.
19:22Whoa.
19:24Need any help?
19:26Uh, I'm okay.
19:28Kind of on a roll.
19:31Cameo.
19:32What's up?
19:35Oh, I was, uh,
19:36I was wondering if you wanted to hang out after work.
19:39Gloria, the weather lady,
19:40she's kind of hitting me up about tonight.
19:42Nope, I'm good.
19:43Okay.
19:44You sure?
19:45Because I don't have to hang out when I get to.
19:47Yeah, have fun tonight.
19:48Maybe we can, I don't know,
19:49get together tomorrow or something, okay?
19:52Yeah, um, cool, thanks.
19:55Don't keep her out too late.
19:56She has to be at work at 4 a.m.
20:00All right.
20:05Okay, I hadn't seen your bio.
20:07We are definitely not done here.
20:09How do you still have access to my latch profile?
20:11You forgot to lock out.
20:12Well-behaved women seldom make history.
20:15It aligns with my politics and, you know,
20:18invites a certain degree of mischief.
20:21Okay, um, you left story from your childhood blank.
20:24What do you got there?
20:25You know, something cute,
20:26but, you know, also shows you as a caretaker,
20:29potential prey for the Darsons of the world.
20:31I used to cut my grandmother's toenails.
20:33Is that a thing?
20:35What, she didn't like anyone else doing it
20:37after her arthritis got bad?
20:39I didn't mind.
20:40She's family.
20:42She'd kick me in the face if I cut him too short.
20:45R.I.P. Granny Raz.
20:47You sure that's funnier than my ultimate Frisbee team story?
20:50How half of them thought that I was left-handed when I wasn't?
20:53Both of them make me nauseous,
20:54but for different reasons.
20:55That's why don't you keep working on the story
20:58and just, yeah, I'll tinker with this.
21:01Okay.
21:02Yeah.
21:03The grandma story was gross,
21:05but it was also really sweet.
21:10I swiped burnt on that.
21:12Hey, Adam, any hits?
21:14Summer changed my password,
21:15and she's sending pictures of our kids to all of my matches,
21:19so...
21:19Atalola?
21:19Oh, yeah, I got plenty of matches.
21:22But none of them are asking me for money, so...
21:25Learning about the catfishing today has been a real eye-opener.
21:28It has given me the tools needed to extract $1,400 from six old men.
21:33I just gave Atalola $300.
21:37She doesn't know it was me.
21:39I catfished her.
21:41Now, it's an expensive hobby,
21:43but I see how it can be addictive.
21:46Hey, Detrick, what about you?
21:48Um, no scammers,
21:50but I do have a date later with the meteorologist from WNWO.
21:53Gloria Tornado?
21:55That's the one.
21:56Lucky.
21:57Sorry, Chief.
21:58I know you wanted a first-person story.
21:59It's fine.
22:01Detective Arnold said he'd put me in touch with some of the other victims,
22:04so...
22:05They're coming in to be interviewed.
22:08Oh, my God.
22:11Oh, wow.
22:13They believed that Mike Jerson could love them?
22:17Whatever they paid,
22:19just to think about it, was worth it.
22:25Oh, my mommy.
22:32What did he tell you, my dear?
22:35He promised.
22:36He was about to bring you Prussian jewels,
22:39and he never showed.
22:42How about you, my good sir?
22:45He was going to come visit me,
22:46and his ticket was stolen in the Stuttgart Airport.
22:49Me too.
22:51Jarson was mugged at the airport on his way to see me.
22:54Twice.
22:55All right.
22:57Let me ask you another question.
22:59Have any of you seen the TV show Lost?
23:03Weren't we supposed to?
23:04No.
23:05And, you know, I'd skip it.
23:07Oh.
23:09All right.
23:10Hey.
23:11You owe me.
23:13Well, look who knows what they're doing.
23:15Me.
23:16Oh, wow.
23:17I got a match.
23:19I should have said that in a cooler way.
23:21It's good that you stayed true to yourself in that moment.
23:23First Lieutenant, Joanne Schofield, is matching with me.
23:27Is that him?
23:28Is he in Germany?
23:29No.
23:29It says she's one town over,
23:32and she's asking if I want to get pizza.
23:35Oh.
23:37Well, cool.
23:37No, it's good.
23:38At least you got something out of it.
23:40And hopefully we get a hit from Jarson, too,
23:42but it works.
23:43Mission accomplished.
23:45Great.
23:46Ah.
23:47No?
23:48Well, am I not allowed to salute you?
23:50No, I'm not an officer.
23:52But salute Joanne.
23:56Sorry, Joanne.
23:57I don't like pizza.
24:00But thank you for your service.
24:03Yes!
24:05Uh, hey, everyone.
24:06Check out the news.
24:11Hello, Esmeralda.
24:13It's me, Josh Holloway.
24:15From Lost, Yellowstone, and that underseen show Colony.
24:19Anyway, your co-worker, Nicole, bought this for you on Cameo
24:24so you could hear it from me.
24:26I'm not Jarson.
24:28I'm Josh Holloway.
24:30I'm not your boyfriend.
24:32I don't know how our wires got crossed.
24:34I just say what they tell me to say on here.
24:35But we're not in love.
24:38I'm in love with my wife, Jessica.
24:40I'm sorry.
24:42Mahalo!
24:48Hey, I...
24:49Oh.
24:50Well, he was in Hawaii.
24:53What?
25:01Hey, has anyone seen Esmeralda?
25:03I want to give her a last chance to get a quote in.
25:06You seen her?
25:06She headed for the stars.
25:08Thanks.
25:13I wouldn't do that.
25:16What's your advice?
25:17I'll ask for it.
25:35What you watching?
25:38Uh, Jarson's show.
25:41Lost.
25:43I mean, Josh's.
25:45I'm sorry this happened to you.
25:49You were the closest with $4,200.
25:54If it helps, I think he's dead for the whole show.
26:06We'll run the story without her.
26:08She's not up to a six-part series.
26:11The Sydney Award can wait.
26:13It's monthly.
26:21Hey.
26:22Um, a couple of us are going to ladies' night at a macaroni barn.
26:29You want to come?
26:33Come on.
26:34We can use some alpha energy out on the dance floor.
26:45Yes!
26:47Get in Esmeralda!
26:49Yes!
26:49It's a wave!
26:50I'm amazing.
26:51I'm in the sail.
26:52Oh!
26:53Oh!
26:54Oh!
26:57Oh!
26:58Oh!
26:59Oh!
27:10It's so good to meet you, Detrick.
27:13Nice to meet you.
27:13What a beautiful night out.
27:16Yeah, you called it.
27:17A lot of men are intimidated by a woman who talks about the weather on TV.
27:47It's so good to meet you.
28:03It's so good to meet you.
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