It’s not uncommon to see “roadmen” driving blacked-out modified luxury cars and wearing designer clothing.
What do these people actually do for a living/where does all the money come from?
Surely it can’t all be from illicit activities..
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Faked, robbed, finance, drug money.
Tik tok influencers mainly.
Finance & fakes.
Film set fake money splashed over social media, you and five or six mates could withdraw a grand each and pool together to get your photos.
Maybe you happen to work for someone else as a runner, you pick up cash from associate A, take your photos, drive to associate B and exchange cash for drugs and such.
They get driven to Associate C who confirms the drop has been made. Maybe you entice others into the same line of work and start your own empire, maybe you end up on the news. Thems the risks.
Big flashy cars don’t hold their money. A quick look on Autotrader confirms that I can get a BMW 3.0 325 for under £2k
Nothing says council estate more than a high mileage BMW.
They’re selling gear.
Its all fake….
They bought it getting to massive debt
stole it….
Daddy paid for it….
Combination of all of the above
OR….
They just worked really fucking hard and they’re actually very successful in their line of work.
People who dress and act like that are often the most over-stretched, indebted people around. It’s all show and says more about their upbringing circumstances than anything. It’s the imaginary version of “rich” that a teenager who grew up poor has based on watching reality TV or tiktok or whatever. It’s the same kind of vibe as the “fancy stuff” in the airport duty-free store. Most people who are actually rich would think it’s trashy and embarrassing.
Anyone can buy a blacked-out luxury car on a loan if they aren’t worried about the long term. Used luxury cars (even just 2-3 years old) depreciate super quickly. It’s very achievable. It’s just not a good use of money for most people.
A lot of it will be dealing, you’ll be surprised how many people are taking substances in impoverished areas.
Renting, leasing, finance, mum and dad are rich. Crypto. Drugs.
They’re not ‘Roadmen’, they are thieving pimping pushing scumbags. Let’s be clear on that.
A lot of people not involved in criminal enterprise or law enforcement don’t really grasp how significantly the face of crime has changed in the past decade or so, and especially since Covid. (For the record, I’m not involved in either, I’m just super interested in illicit economies and read a lot about them). There has been a massive migration of street-level criminals into the fraud space in recent years. There’s lower risk (from both LE and rival gangs), the profit margin is FAR higher, with the internet and social media you can reach far more victims, you can continue to run your enterprise from prison, crypto has made the money far harder to trace, and locking everyone in their house for a year forced a lot of criminals hands.
>*Surely it can’t all be from illicit activities..*
It pretty much is. There’s no secret life hack these people are all using, it’s just crime.
Crime, benefit fraud, cash in hand jobs, actual work with skewered priorities. You name it.
Fake gear and monthly payments leasing a car. This way can be affordable for most
There’s a video on YouTube about the economy of drugs gangs in USA. Freakonomics. Chapter in one of the books too. They reckon a street dealer makes less than a McDonald’s worker and is 7 times more likely to die than someone serving in the military.
some people have wealth past down to them or get into lucrative professions but they just have the gangster aesthetic look because of drill/rap influence. Just well of people cosplaying, I know many people who are professionals with legitimate incomes but at a glance you could write them of as a hoodlum,
They are simply successful young businessmen, big into their athletics, out enjoying a spot of lunch together.
Leave them be x
Who gives a shit
Having a job ? Peoples dress sense and spending habits don’t have to be connected
21 comments
Faked, robbed, finance, drug money.
Tik tok influencers mainly.
Finance & fakes.
Film set fake money splashed over social media, you and five or six mates could withdraw a grand each and pool together to get your photos.
Maybe you happen to work for someone else as a runner, you pick up cash from associate A, take your photos, drive to associate B and exchange cash for drugs and such.
They get driven to Associate C who confirms the drop has been made. Maybe you entice others into the same line of work and start your own empire, maybe you end up on the news. Thems the risks.
Loans, finance, credit cards, overdrafts. Debt basically.
Define luxury cars.
Big flashy cars don’t hold their money. A quick look on Autotrader confirms that I can get a BMW 3.0 325 for under £2k
Nothing says council estate more than a high mileage BMW.
They’re selling gear.
Its all fake….
They bought it getting to massive debt
stole it….
Daddy paid for it….
Combination of all of the above
OR….
They just worked really fucking hard and they’re actually very successful in their line of work.
People who dress and act like that are often the most over-stretched, indebted people around. It’s all show and says more about their upbringing circumstances than anything. It’s the imaginary version of “rich” that a teenager who grew up poor has based on watching reality TV or tiktok or whatever. It’s the same kind of vibe as the “fancy stuff” in the airport duty-free store. Most people who are actually rich would think it’s trashy and embarrassing.
Anyone can buy a blacked-out luxury car on a loan if they aren’t worried about the long term. Used luxury cars (even just 2-3 years old) depreciate super quickly. It’s very achievable. It’s just not a good use of money for most people.
A lot of it will be dealing, you’ll be surprised how many people are taking substances in impoverished areas.
Renting, leasing, finance, mum and dad are rich. Crypto. Drugs.
They’re not ‘Roadmen’, they are thieving pimping pushing scumbags. Let’s be clear on that.
A lot of people not involved in criminal enterprise or law enforcement don’t really grasp how significantly the face of crime has changed in the past decade or so, and especially since Covid. (For the record, I’m not involved in either, I’m just super interested in illicit economies and read a lot about them). There has been a massive migration of street-level criminals into the fraud space in recent years. There’s lower risk (from both LE and rival gangs), the profit margin is FAR higher, with the internet and social media you can reach far more victims, you can continue to run your enterprise from prison, crypto has made the money far harder to trace, and locking everyone in their house for a year forced a lot of criminals hands.
>*Surely it can’t all be from illicit activities..*
It pretty much is. There’s no secret life hack these people are all using, it’s just crime.
Crime, benefit fraud, cash in hand jobs, actual work with skewered priorities. You name it.
Fake gear and monthly payments leasing a car. This way can be affordable for most
There’s a video on YouTube about the economy of drugs gangs in USA. Freakonomics. Chapter in one of the books too. They reckon a street dealer makes less than a McDonald’s worker and is 7 times more likely to die than someone serving in the military.
some people have wealth past down to them or get into lucrative professions but they just have the gangster aesthetic look because of drill/rap influence. Just well of people cosplaying, I know many people who are professionals with legitimate incomes but at a glance you could write them of as a hoodlum,
They are simply successful young businessmen, big into their athletics, out enjoying a spot of lunch together.
Leave them be x
Who gives a shit
Having a job ? Peoples dress sense and spending habits don’t have to be connected
Twin Lamborghinis seized in supercar crackdown https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp948xjkpkdo