A Missouri woman accused of scamming a man out of $300 worth of a wildly popular collectible trinket is in for an unpleasant surprise. Thanks to his Ray Ban Metas, there’s a video of the transaction.
Jordan Blount (@816soulz) posted a video of himself selling two women a case of Labubus, a soft plush toy that is a must-have fashion accessory.
The case includes six Labubus, which Blount sells the women for $300. A text overlay on his TikTok reads, “She scammed me out of $300 worth of Labubus.”
He says that the Labubus are the Big Into Energy series, which is officially being released on July 20. As of this writing, Amazon is selling a case of Big Into Energy Labubus for $384.
As the younger of the two uses Venmo to pay him, Blount asks if they’re going to sell the Labubus or keep them. There is a huge resale market for Labubus, with some rare types going for upwards of thousands of dollars.
The older woman indicates that they don’t plan to sell them, however.
“We’ve tried on the app and tried and tried and tried,” she says.
The younger woman, who Blount says is named Fiona, completes the transaction, and they leave.
“Y’all probably think this is the end of the video. Nah, it ain’t,” Blount says. “Ten hours later, I get an email from Venmo saying Fiona wants to dispute this charge, this transaction, from earlier. And I’m like what?”
His video includes a screenshot of the purported communication from Venmo.
It says, “The sender stated that they did not make this purchase.”
The screenshot includes Fiona’s purported last name. The Mary Sue is not reporting it because we were unable to verify that it is the same person from the video.
Saved by sunglasses
That could have been the end of the story.
But Blount says he was wearing Ray Ban Metas. These smart glasses are equipped with artificial intelligence that allows wearers to perform various tasks—including recording video.
So when Blount sold the Labubus, he recorded the transaction.
The caption on his TikTok states, “She clearly doesn’t know what Ray Ban Metas do. I’m sending this video into Venmo I needs that back.”
It does seem like it will be rather difficult to dispute a purchase when there’s video of you buying the item. So his sunglasses may have saved Blount $300.
The Mary Sue reached out to the creator via TikTok direct message.
TikTok detectives
Blount’s post swiftly went viral. It has 1.6 million views as of Friday.
Many of the top comments are from people claiming they tracked down Fiona and the other woman, which some believe is her mother.
One claims they sent her mother Blount’s video on Facebook and the woman blocked her.
Another says they identified the restaurant where Fiona works, called it, and spoke to her.
“Her coworkers were trying to cover for her,” they wrote. “I suggest calling to cops to arrest her.”
Blount has not indicated whether he intends to report the incident to the police. He did not immediately respond to a direct message sent via TikTok Friday morning.
Many people were just glad there’s a record of the transaction.
“Glad you have this video! Hope it helps!” wrote one.
Blount replied, “Yeah it should … I hope.”
@816soulz POV: Getting scammed out of $300 worth of Labubus ??♂️??♂️ She clearly doesn’t know what ray ban metas do. Im sending this video into Venmo I needs that back ? #explore #igreels #pov #trendingreels #foryou #labubu #bigintoenergy ♬ original sound – 816Soulz
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