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Handing over thousands of dollars in cash for a vehicle is always a gamble. Unlike buying from a dealership, there’s no paperwork trail, no warranty, and no guarantee that the seller’s being fully honest.
Plenty of people have walked away from deals feeling tricked—whether it’s a hidden issue with the machine or shady details in the transaction.
But for one buyer in Myrtle Beach, the situation got even stranger. After driving hours to pick up a Kawasaki KRX side-by-side, he discovered something puzzling under the driver’s seat.
Man Hits A Rare Jackpot When Buying UTV
TikTok user Gilbert (@the_realpw) shared the story in a viral video that got over 935,300 views. He explained that he set out early in the morning to buy what was advertised as a “brand-new 2024 side-by-side.”
“Oh, I don’t know if I just got scammed or what just happened,” he says. “I just drove two hours this morning to buy this, what’s supposed to be brand-new 2024 side-by-side. And look at this.”
After arriving, the machine looked fine. “Test drove it. Everything was honestly good on the machine,” he recalls. Satisfied, he handed over the cash.
That’s when things took an odd turn. While Gilbert was putting ramps down to load the UTV, the seller offered to drive it onto the trailer. Gilbert strapped it in and headed home.
More than an hour into the drive, he pulled over at a gas station to check the straps—and made a surprising discovery.
“I open the door and look what I just found in the machine,” he says, holding up cash. “The money that I gave the guy to buy the machine, when he got in there to load it up, must have fell out of his pocket in the machine. I honestly have no clue what to do at this point.”
How Could This Be A Scam?
Gilbert said the seller never texted or called him after the sale. Commenters speculated about why, wondering if it was intentional.
One user asked, “How would you have gotten scammed if you’ve got the machine and the money?”
“Well the guy could call the cops and say it was stolen and gotten his license plate when he left,” one person responded.
While it’s unclear what the alleged scammer would gain, it’s a running theory in the comments.
@the_realpw Think I got SCAMMED! What would you do 🤯😭
Commenters Urge Him To Give The Money Back
Others said the moral choice was obvious. “Give the man his money back is the right thing to do,” one person wrote.
“I could NOT keep that money,” another added. “I would make him come to me to get it though.”
A third commenter encouraged Gilbert to do the right thing: “Call him. He will give u a tip and remember good things happen to good people.” Someone else suggested it might even be a test: “It’s a test, let’s see how you do.”
BroBible has reached out to Gilbert via TikTok direct messages for comment.