"Fake Flex" in gambling

[Cointxz]

Hard to believe anything i see on social media nowadays, people will tell every kind of story to make money from it, ranging from "fake flex" stories, to pitiful, to the hard to believe, etc, just anything to get people hooked, increase followers and make money from ads or something similar.

That said, i don't really care what people do with their money TBH, i only really care about what i do with mine, and i would definitely not flaunt it online like this, except of course if there is a way to make more by doing that, so that should give you a hint when you see such videos.

Very accurate. Due to the rise of influencers, most of the content on the social media are fake and not organic because they are forced to create content for payment as they use it as main source of income.

I only have few friends on social media which all of them is just I know personally. I only use it to communicate with them not to share my personal activities.

Gambling content is worst in my country so I have a lot of post reported and block since I knew all of them are fake.

[robelneo]

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Recently, we have this story of famous person, a social media influencer, who flexes his money and his wealth like his big house and a car. But recently, he admitted that he had lost 69 million PHP which is almost $1.2 million.

He needs to do this; he is promoting illegal casinos, and part of his contract is hype and engagement, so part of that is flexing money he is supposed to have earned from gambling.
But we don’t know what the truth is about all the hype and flexing that he’s doing. I recall an influencer using fake money to flex his wealth.
This is the kind of influencer that I never follow, they are saying to inspire you and try your luck in gambling, but the truth is they are just maniulating you to gamble with all your money.

[Accardo]

But we don’t know what the truth is about all the hype and flexing that he’s doing. I recall an influencer using fake money to flex his wealth.
This is the kind of influencer that I never follow, they are saying to inspire you and try your luck in gambling, but the truth is they are just maniulating you to gamble with all your money.

My mom used to tell me son if you see a rich man you'd know even when they're disguising. The man in the image doesn't look like one, I do get to wonder why people on social media pay lesser attention to moods, tone and facial changes, or even body movements and allow the physical things like cash or car get them confused about who is actually wealthy or not. The trick is to get people talking and that's what they excell at doing. And in tier 3 nations money, cars, and house flex probably gets people talking 99% of the time.

[r_victory]

An influencer flaunting their wealth and material possessions wants to show you that they've achieved positive results with what they're trying to sell you, even if it's a lie. How many people out there rent cars like Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and mansions just to take photos and record videos? The other day, I saw a video from a company that rents a set that mimics the interior of a private jet...

Would you buy something related to financial success from someone broke, with an ordinary car, living in an ordinary neighborhood and an ordinary house?

[m2017]

Any stories that are voiced on social networks should not be taken as the pure truth. Social networks are a place where people try to "appear" to be what they may not be: the poor - rich, gamblers - lucky people who win millions. Everyone tries to seem better than they are. And this Filipino is doing something completely wrong, since any gambler who has lost large sums is perceived as a loser. We need to watch this person's social networks and wait for an answer to why he is behaving so strangely. Stop! This is exactly what he wants - our attention. Has the competition for user attention in social networks really reached such a peak that influencers have to resort to unconventional ways to attract people's attention, which in turn directly affects their monetization.

[Floxynice]

Believe everything you see on social media at your own risk. Let's assume he is actually telling the truth about all the riches he flaunted on social media and now broke as a result of his massive losses; everyone should rather learn some lessons from his story.

You win today, tomorrow you might lose it all if you get too greedy. That is why no one should rely heavily on gambling.  As you gamble, invest some of your wins. Going completely broke when the wins stop coming in shows that the gambler was very reckless and at thesame time very greedy.

I don't usually believe this narrative that all gamblers are irresponsible; gamblers too can plan their finances properly to avoid getting caught up in unfortunate situations like this.

[Obim34]

Believe at your own risk, these are famous content/affiliate markers paid to promote casino. If anyone sees things like this to be real then they are easily undecided to know what is real from fake. This is just an image, if it came in video at the end there must be name of casino being promoted.

Fake flex don't only happen because of gambling, people are displaying different personality from who they really are just to gain popularity and show off. He has finally reached a point that shows his true self, fake and feeding the media with lies, even if he was rich there is always bankruptcy when resources are poorly utilized.

[Fortify]

Recently, we have this story of famous person, a social media influencer, who flexes his money and his wealth like his big house and a car. But recently, he admitted that he had lost 69 million PHP which is almost $1.2 million.

And it seems that he doesn't care about his money. However, it is now revealed that he is selling his car and most likely all other assets because he doesn't have any money anymore. There is a huge debate for Filipinos though, maybe he is doing it for clout so that he can generate money. And he didn't actually lost that big amount, much lesser, like 4 million PHP (but that is still big money for ordinary Pinoys).

But in any case, the "I don't care about money" has backfired on him and obviously this is a fake flexes.

Have you heard of any flex story?

I have someone who says from the tune of it, he is selling some kind of roulette system to me. Like teaching me on how to beat the system but when I ask him if he actually win using this strategy, he can't answer straight.

And the best story "turning 500 PHP to 100,000 PHP" in one night of baccarat session, but there are no proof whatsoever.

There is huge money involved in being a so-called influencer these days, but gambling seems like a dangerous area to use the "fake it until you make it strategy". You would need to at least break even each session or you'll slowly be leaking away money, I guess these people hope they get enough subscribers or sponsorship money to offset the losses. There's no doubt that casinos are looking for partnerships with these sort of streamers and those partnerships might mean the streamer gets money back, however it's a bit deceptive for the regular viewers. It sounds like in the example you've given, the guy spiralled out of all control and thought he had enough "clout" that sponsors might bail him out - but it didn't happen.

[Strongkored]

Have you heard of any flex story?

There are many in my country, I say many because there is more than 1 case and most of them are influencers even though they are not involved in gambling, and they show off luxury goods as if they are theirs even though they are borrowed or rented, so don't trust influencers completely.

I have someone who says from the tune of it, he is selling some kind of roulette system to me. Like teaching me on how to beat the system but when I ask him if he actually win using this strategy, he can't answer straight.

And the best story "turning 500 PHP to 100,000 PHP" in one night of baccarat session, but there are no proof whatsoever.

If that were true and many people were doing it, wouldn't that eventually get the attention of the casinos so the system would be fixed and wouldn't be able to be tricked anymore, so if anyone says they can beat the system and sells a method, it's a lie because they know it's easier to scam to people than to trick the system.

[₿itcoin]

I have someone who says from the tune of it, he is selling some kind of roulette system to me. Like teaching me on how to beat the system but when I ask him if he actually win using this strategy, he can't answer straight.
And the best story "turning 500 PHP to 100,000 PHP" in one night of baccarat session, but there are no proof whatsoever.

People who claim that they can turn ₱500 into ₱100000 with just a single baccarat spin or just by selling a "foolproof roulette system", they just gimmick by hyping affiliate-marketing, and it has nothing to do with reality. There are many influencers who highlight their big wins just to attract more people into betting, only to make commissions through referrals, while people who get influenced by them have to bear the risk of loss. The reality is that every game has a built-in house edge, such as ~2.7% on European roulette afaik, and hence there is no proven betting system or pattern (Martingale, Fibonacci, etc.) which can beat it in the long run. The wins that are highlighted are just random lucky wins and don't prove the reliability of a system.

[Findingnemo]

The Internet is full of this shit, everyone wants to show off that they are rich even when they are not that lead to such actions on extreme cases and I see the intention behind his act and trying to be someone like speed and make tons of money?

Becoming viral is the only concept of influencers so they will say anything even bad/negative opinions to bring spotlights onto them that they can monetize in many ways. And most of the time it can backfire just like in this case but atleast he got the attention that he wanted.

[Helena Yu]

It's the same like when I hear robot trading or tipster who has private group.

The most stupid thing in this world is when people showoff their money, I know if they have a lot of money, it means they have power. But, if they show money in social medias, I feel like, something is wrong with them.

Just like the stupidity of Ashton Hall flex his lifestyle, look how IShowSpeed's life, we know he's richer than Ashton Hall, but he's not flexing his wealth.

[len01]

Have you heard of any flex story?

I have someone who says from the tune of it, he is selling some kind of roulette system to me. Like teaching me on how to beat the system but when I ask him if he actually win using this strategy, he can't answer straight.

Often in some places, people brag about their success in beating the bookies using their strategies and winning large sums of money, showing off their winnings. I often ask, "Isn't it true that casinos never lose?" They always respond with harsh words and try to justify what they think is wrong. I often ask this question to all the braggarts who intend to attract others to buy their strategies, and I really wonder why people try to make money by cheating others. But I've come to the conclusion that such people take advantage of opportunities when they can't beat the casino; at least they can beat others by cheating with fake strategies.

[mcdouglasx]

This is a very common mistake that people make when they get some money, they think it is infinite, and they forget the responsibilities that come with maintaining it, it happens a lot with people who have never had anything and suddenly they start earning considerable money, which makes them think they are special, and they end up wasting money, a clear example are influencers and people who win the lottery, many of them usually reach the same point where they regret their behavior when it is too late.

[Ziskinberg]

This is a very common mistake that people make when they get some money, they think it is infinite, and they forget the responsibilities that come with maintaining it, it happens a lot with people who have never had anything and suddenly they start earning considerable money, which makes them think they are special, and they end up wasting money, a clear example are influencers and people who win the lottery, many of them usually reach the same point where they regret their behavior when it is too late.

But that’s just a video, we can’t really tell if it’s true or not. it could just be a tactic to grab views and earn money from it. For all we know, he’s not the real victim here, we are, because we waste our time watching, believing his story, and even feeling sorry for him, while he’s the one making money out of it.

[michellee]

I don't pay attention to those who want to flex what they have. That is not important and can be toxic to your mind to follow what they do. We see many posts on social media can easily affect people to do the same thing without thinking about whether is good or bad for them. They don't see what the impact is on them but they just want to be popular among their circle.

Many people are doing fake flex just to gain more popularity for themselves. They don't think that those who are online can easily know what is really happening to them. If people really know, they can bully those people who flex without mercy.

[Hispo]

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He needs to do this; he is promoting illegal casinos, and part of his contract is hype and engagement, so part of that is flexing money he is supposed to have earned from gambling.
But we don’t know what the truth is about all the hype and flexing that he’s doing. I recall an influencer using fake money to flex his wealth.
This is the kind of influencer that I never follow, they are saying to inspire you and try your luck in gambling, but the truth is they are just maniulating you to gamble with all your money.

That would make much sense, actually. I had not thought about it, but it is true there are casinos who would even provide one with piles of cash in order for us to flex all of it in from of a camera for advertising purposes, that is something a non-regulated casino would do.
Also, one as an influencer must be very desperate for money if one is willing to risk the closure of ones account and even time in jail for promoting an illegal service to one's audience. It would have been more intelligent to go for other kinds of services and slowly but steadily escalate in number of followers and gain more popularity and money, as other influencer who do not advertise illegal casinos do, but I guess this kid is pretty much immature and only sees the easy and fastest way to many money, not thinking on the posible consequences of his actions.

[AmaGold70]

You said it already @OP "social media influencer" that's just a social media influencer doing his or her job and would get paid for a job well done, A lot of people are influenced by the things they see on social media and such people are their target audience. Fake flex has become a norm and many people doing this for the popularity and they fail to see the negative impacts it has on them and the people watching them chase their clout, some of these social media influencer even go as low as flexing borrowed money for social media monetization and they care less about the wrong message they are passing on to the younger generation.

[Zwei]

Have you heard of any flex story?

all the time. there was this influencer that disappeared for a while only to come back flexing high end cars and a luxury villa claiming he got it all with money from sports betting.
but just like a week later, he got exposed for renting both the cars and the villa that were supposedly owned by him. it was all just to lure people to sign up under him on 1xbet (very popular in my country) and to buy access to his sports tips for $100/month.

I have someone who says from the tune of it, he is selling some kind of roulette system to me. Like teaching me on how to beat the system but when I ask him if he actually win using this strategy, he can't answer straight.

he is just a fraud. there are plenty of people like that, and the reason they can't give a straight answer is because... obviously... it's not possible. and in fact, roulette is one of the worst games you can gamble on.

[summonerrk]

And the best story "turning 500 PHP to 100,000 PHP" in one night of baccarat session, but there are no proof whatsoever.

The gambling world is full of deception. And it comes not so much from the casinos, but from people who are unprincipled and deceitful, wanting to get money from naive gamblers.
Often they are trying to sell something, or teach, or sell a subscription to their channel to gamblers. Promising anything, and essentially hoping to get money for stupid strategies or advice, which are already freely available on the Internet.
Such guys are trying to make a cult of themselves, to become the most famous influencers, who then hope to be hired by the casino for advertising. Or supporters sponsors.