Hmmm i used to listen in on the Pranknet calls about 4 years ago I've heard it all from hotel fire alarms and sprinklers to window breaking and I'm pretty sure I listened live to all the videos the OP posted. Now however I feel the stuff they do is really immature and I thought they got caught a while back for doing it.

I think that video is wwhen I frist heard about them

Magic_Mike

United States542 Posts

October 25 2011 00:44 GMT

#45

sick fucks. That's all I can say. there is nothing funny about getting people to do things that are dangerous for your own amusement or putting them on the defensive for the safety of their families. Just despicable.

Sina92

Sweden1303 Posts

October 25 2011 00:46 GMT

#46

i enjoyed the videos

heroyi

United States1064 Posts

October 25 2011 00:46 GMT

#47

Just watched the urine one.

just fucking stupid. There is no humor in that. Anyone that finds that funny should go to hell

Hope those assholes go to hell

DarkPlasmaBall

United States45182 Posts

October 25 2011 00:50 GMT

#48

These are just plain awful x.x

jello_biafra

United Kingdom6639 Posts

October 25 2011 00:58 GMT

#49

I used to listen to these guys live on Beyluxe Messenger, they're pretty fucking funny. My favourite was when they got the guy to smash up the room because they told him the previous occupant had planted webcams everywhere then they told him he was holed up in the room next door and to smash through the wall to get to him:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/internet/elderly-man-falls-victim-motel-6-prank

There are so many possibilities for what you can do, calling people in motel rooms in the middle of the night and stuff, telling them the roof is collapsing, their credit card was declined and they have to pay again, that they have a $200 bill for pay per view TV, that there's a rapist on the loose, that the guy in the next room is about to commit suicide or that airline mechanics have arrived and have special priority for the room so they must leave.

They also do ones where they call people and pretend to be from a radio show ("It's DJ Dick Delaware from 95 Rock FM!") and get them to do all kinds of stupid shit for "prizes", one of them was getting them to eat this massive burger in under 30 seconds on a webcam.

And they call people who are selling things on craigslist and come up with crazy things (eg. woman was selling a horse, he's like "I need a horse for an adult movie I'm making, I will come round tonight and give you $20,000 for it" or "we're gonna use the forklift truck for stealing ATMs but we'll give you a cut of the money"

If anyone wants to listen to these guys live, download Beyluxe Messenger and it's under the Adult section somewhere.

I know it's wrong and all but...I can't stop them from doing it and it is damn funny so I listened to them.

saltywet

Hong Kong1316 Posts

October 25 2011 00:59 GMT

#50

professional

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bigwig123

163 Posts

October 25 2011 01:14 GMT

#51

These guys are professional social engineers. I have been listening to them off and on for a while now and they are masters of what they do. Most of the stuff they do is hilarious besides a few badd jokes that cross the line but in the most part they dont hurt anyone or steal anything. The urine shit is stupid and not a good example of these guys. Check out their youtube and watch some of dex's videos where he does the jokes.

opisska

Poland8852 Posts

October 25 2011 01:24 GMT

#52

what? everything you do is YOUR fault. I have every right to call you and tell you any bullshit I can ever think off and if it makes you do something stupid, well you are just stupid. there is no need to sugarcoat it over and over again: some people are dumb and it is their problem. the idea of suing the prankers is absolutely outrageous.

micronesia

United States24751 Posts

October 25 2011 01:35 GMT

#53

On October 25 2011 10:24 opisska wrote:
what? everything you do is YOUR fault. I have every right to call you and tell you any bullshit I can ever think off and if it makes you do something stupid, well you are just stupid. there is no need to sugarcoat it over and over again: some people are dumb and it is their problem. the idea of suing the prankers is absolutely outrageous.

This might be true for minor things, but there definitely should be limits... what if I call random numbers declaring that I'm holding their wife/husband for ransom and do all sorts of crazy shit? Sooner or later you're gonna get someone to do something terrible, and if they really do have reason to suspect something happened to their spouse (by chance) then they will justifiably believe you... so yea you can't just blame the victim.

Dub_doubt

United States86 Posts

October 25 2011 01:38 GMT

#54

The guy that convinced the McDonald's employee to break out all the windows because of a toxin in the fire suppression system was pretty funny but they are still assholes

Zaragon

Sweden235 Posts

October 25 2011 01:38 GMT

#55

Disgusting.

Yes, the people who fall for this kind of thing are likely not the smartest people in the world. How does that make it right to throw that fact in their faces? Do they deserve the shame of falling for such a childish, petty prank? The people who pull these pranks obviously have no empathy or shame. The kind of emotional torture they put these people through is astounding. If they’re just “stupid” it’s fine? How funny is it if that “stupidity” was more quantifiable, if they would be developmentally disabled?

And how is it all in any way worth it over a laugh? Even if you sum up all the best and most harmless pranks these guys might have managed, how is it in any way worth an emotional scar of shame for even one single person?

DeepBlu2

United States975 Posts

October 25 2011 01:58 GMT

#56

Oh wow....I feel so bad for this people, but I can't help but laugh. It's extremely hilarious to me, but I know if I was in this situation, I would feel terrible and want to kill those responsible.

Cel.erity

United States4890 Posts

October 25 2011 02:11 GMT

#57

The last one I found quite funny, the other two not so much. I think it's ok to talk people into making fools of themselves, but not drink urine or destroy property etc.

mason84m

5 Posts

October 25 2011 02:13 GMT

#58

How dumb people can be is even more amazing, or disappointing however you see it, than the actual prank itself.

Kid-Fox

Canada400 Posts

October 25 2011 02:16 GMT

#59

This reminds me of some malicious prank calling story we had to watch about in TOK class. Two store owners were tricked into forcing their recently employed young female cashier into stripping naked and doing humiliating things, later even getting abused. All because the store owners blindly followed the instructions of some random guy on the phone.

People need to be more aware of tricks and question authority a bit more. You never really know if a cop is telling you what to do until you have evidence that it's really the police. Something similar to this has been covered on ABC's "What would you do?"