Fake NFL Player Scams Millions in Bizzare Swindle That's Both Funny & Shocking - H3 Show #302

**Hila Klein** (0:07)
Hello, everybody.

**Ethan Klein** (0:07)
Welcome to H3 Show, coming at you live from Los Angeles, California. August 31st, 2026, here with the game. It's Monday.
Time for another week of great shows sponsored by Monarch. Thank you so much to our wonderful sponsors, and I'm so excited to get some cockroach with lots of vinegar.

**Nate** (0:32)
Oh, look at the vinegar and salt and pepper.

**Ethan Klein** (0:37)
Right, Tamara? I'm sorry, I won't do that. I won't hit you that early with it.
I'll let you be for a little bit, at least. Blame Zach, though. He gets me fired up. Yeah, we love the English, and we shout them out here today on the podcast.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:53)
Oh, yeah, look, everyone.

**Ethan Klein** (0:56)
How's everyone feeling today? Good weekend.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:00)
Olivia, I see you.

**Ethan Klein** (1:02)
The best.

**Olivia** (1:04)
That audio, did you know?

**Ethan Klein** (1:06)
So what now?

**Olivia** (1:07)
People still use that audio. I saw a YouTube short with 2.5 million likes in less than a few days.

**Ethan Klein** (1:12)
Over the one of us going, Hey girl, I see you from all the way up here. Yeah, I love that. Yeah, fantastic.
We love that.

**SPEAKER_7** (1:26)
I love that song.

**Ethan Klein** (1:27)
What happened? Was that you, Zack?

**SPEAKER_8** (1:30)
Yes, it was.

**Ethan Klein** (1:32)
Were you a bad girl?

**SPEAKER_8** (1:33)
I was a bad girl this weekend.

**SPEAKER_9** (1:34)
Oh no.

**Ethan Klein** (1:36)
You naughty, naughty girl.
So we got some actually fun stories here today. There's a big Twinder Swindler-esque scam. Everyone's buzzing about on TikTok. A guy faked being an NFL star player, and stole over a million dollars from women he duped.

**SPEAKER_10** (1:59)
Everything is a scam, but not this.

**Ethan Klein** (2:01)
No, this one is... Not this.

**Dan** (2:03)
Are you sure?

**Ethan Klein** (2:04)
You guys are right. I mean, he got arrested, so I think... Not this.

**Dan** (2:07)
Well, has he been convicted?

**Ethan Klein** (2:08)
He hasn't been convicted. You guys are right.

**Dan** (2:10)
There's still a chance.

**Ethan Klein** (2:12)
I guess so. I guess... Maybe he's right. Not this. And of course, you know what's so funny?
Totally unrelated to that soundbite, but Howie's coming in on Friday. Woo!

**SPEAKER_12** (2:24)
Totally unrelated.

**Ethan Klein** (2:30)
Oh, man. It's such a shame. I love that soundbite so much. Yeah. I'm excited to see Howie. We got such a great week of shows here.
Wow. I know, man. And we also have PNP, old friend of the show. You guys remember him? Let's go. Let's go.

**Hila Klein** (2:47)
Of course you remember him.

**Dan** (2:49)
Yeah, it's been a minute.

**Ethan Klein** (2:50)
He's calling in to weigh in on a dirt bike chase. How exciting is that?

**Dan** (2:55)
That is exciting.

**SPEAKER_13** (2:56)
I'm always excited to talk to him.

**Ethan Klein** (2:57)
I check in. I think he's doing well. He's married. He's working with elders, just like Sal Goodman.
Honestly, just like Sal.

**SPEAKER_8** (3:07)
I think the last time I heard from him was the Dolby, and he was a really good guy.

**Ethan Klein** (3:12)
Yeah, he's the best. He is a sweetheart. And listen, if you don't trust me, just ask all the criminals he got out of Gotham Asylum.

**Olivia** (3:23)
Amazing things to say about that guy they have.

**Ethan Klein** (3:26)
I was going to go to jail for 200 consecutive year, er, two life sentences. Thank you to Zo Girl Passion for five giftings. Zo. I love a cock.
What is cock? What is cockney? What is that?

**Dan** (3:41)
Not cockney.

**Ethan Klein** (3:41)
Cockle. Oh, cockle.

**Dan** (3:43)
Cockle.

**Ethan Klein** (3:45)
Cockle.

**Dan** (3:46)
Yeah, cockle.

**Ethan Klein** (3:47)
English.

**SPEAKER_7** (3:48)
It's not just seafood, right?

**Dan** (3:51)
Well, it's like a shellfish of some kind.

**SPEAKER_7** (3:52)
I think it's a moth.

**Ethan Klein** (3:53)
Oh, that's right. OK, yeah, it's fucking gross.

**Hila Klein** (3:58)
It's cockles.

**Ethan Klein** (4:01)
British cockles. White pepper. God, the way she was throwing those down was just...
So there's no crunchy... it looks... OK, let's see. Cockles are bivalve mollusk. This means their shells are comprised of two hinges, the parts that protect the soft body. Cockles only live in saltwater, bury themself beneath the sand at the seabed, et cetera, et cetera. I can't imagine... Listen, I know a lot of people like seafood.

**SPEAKER_4** (4:35)
A little bit of it for me.

**Ethan Klein** (4:38)
You know?

**Dan** (4:39)
It's probably so... it's like you've had oysters or clams before?

**Ethan Klein** (4:42)
I hate it all.

**Hila Klein** (4:43)