Yes, Established Titles Is A Scam*

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They contacted me 4 times (I just double checked) about a sponsorship. And I asked if I can tell my subscribers that this is just for fun, not a real title and they said NO. So yeah, they are a scam.

"They're basically making Land NFTs". He has a point.

I'm so glad you pointed out that these are basically land NFTs, because that's exactly what they are. It's like the "buy a star" companies back in the 90s and early 00s, none of which still exist.

They consistently say "if you buy this, you can refer to yourself as a Lord or Lady." I can refer to myself as whatever I want in most cases.

the fact that an attorney is not worried about using the word scam anywhere in the vicinity of a company is very telling.

As a Sottish person, I rolled my eyes at their ad the very first time I saw it. Not only is it an obvious scam, it's not even a new scam. I first heard of someone selling this stuff, via magazine ad, back in the 80s.

Funny Story. My co-worker had an established titles purchased for her for her birthday. She had already planned a big trip to Ireland with her best friend, so they decided to use GPS to go find her "plot of land". When she got there all she found was a big garbage can. There was a pub nearby so they thought perhaps the GPS was wrong and thats where the established titles was based out of. So they went in and they asked about the GPS coordinates. The first thing the bartender said was "Bought you a plot o'land, did ya?". Her heart sank as she said yes. He said that they get people just like her in there every so often with the same GPS coordinates looking for their 1 foot plot of land. He doesn't know why they chose his coordinates, but they did, and there's nothing there and he's not affiliated in any way with them. She asked if she's at least a lady, and he said no lol. So she asked for a beer and he said that he could give her.

When I was a kid, I saw stories about people paying to "buy" stars and land on the moon or Mars. It was such an obvious scam that even back then I realized it was silly. Then these ads started popping up and I was like "here we go again"

When companies have to explain why they are not a scam, they usually are a scam.

As a Scot, every time a YouTuber launches into an Established Titles sponsorship ad, my eye starts to twitch uncontrollably.

The crazy thing is that they may have never bought any plot of land in Scotland for Established Titles as they don't need to show any proof of it and they seem to never run out of plots to sell.

22:05 - "I don't think anyone is earnestly purchasing Established Titles thinking they now own land are literally a lord." And yet, this is the exact impression I got from all of the Youtube plugs ET paid for.

The legal loophole is that you can title yourself practically anything you want. Whether anyone else is going to agree to call you that is another question entirely.

"Implications are not necessarily false advertising" And this is why so many scams are legal in the US.

I've run into at least one person who took it very seriously. She got legit offended I didn't recognize her as an actual lady lol

If you want to support reforestation in Scotland, consider supporting Trees for life. My former highschool has worked with them since 2010 and we always had groups of students go there during the school year for 2 weeks to help them out. Was quite nice.

It is endlessly entertaining to me that their main legal defense about their product boils down to "it's just a prank, bro".

As a friend who runs an occult shop once told me, "Whenever you hear about something 'ancient' or 'forgotten' in advertising, it's crap. People like me have been using it to sell glass spheres and cheap pewter necklaces for centuries as crystal balls and talismans to tourists and rebellious teenagers. We keep the real stuff in the back."

I'm such a cynical and sceptical person that when I read "You may choose to title yourself as lord/laird/lady", I just immediately knew it was a scam. If something I'm buying or signing doesn't explicitly say what I am providing the company and what they are providing to me in definite terms, then that is a hugeeeeee red flag.