A TIKTOK influencer experienced immediate consequences when a prank went terribly wrong.
Video footage shows that the prank ended up being at the prankster’s expense as undercover police officers swiftly apprehended him.
The prank, which unfolded in London, involved the influencer approaching a man and mimicking an Apple Pay transaction by tapping phones together.
The prank’s victim quickly grabs him by the arm while the perpetrator loudly shouts “hairline” repeatedly.
He then tells the man “I took £1,000 out of your account for a new hairline” in reference to his own receding style.
As the man continues to hold onto his arm, the cameraman asks his friend whether he should keep filming.
Other people then start to get involved, making sure the influencer doesn’t get away and saying “you don’t go.”
Despite the chaos, the TikToker tells his cameraman to “keep rolling bro” with a big grin on his face.
He quickly changes his tune when the man starts asking people to call the police.
The “hairline” prankster quickly starts shouting “bro it’s a prank” as he is dragged backwards by the man he was pranking, and a passerby.
Another man then approaches the youngster and loudly says: “I am a police officer.”
As the police officer asks the man to explain what happened, the videographer keeps asking whether he should keep filming.
The video captures his friend being put in handcuffs by more plainclothed police officers while he continues to shout that it was “just a prank”.
The boy is pushed to the floor as the police men tell him to keep still.
Despite shouting out in pain and saying they’re “breaking my hand off,” he encourages his friend to “keep recording.”
Police then calmly tell him that he has been detained so that they can conduct a stop and search for articles relating to fraud.
It’s not the first time that pranksters have been dealt instant karma.
A teenager who threatened to stab a pedestrian was quickly humiliated when he fell off his bike moments later.
Road rage can be a common way for motorists to get instant karma for their reckless driving.
Video footage shows two cars locking horns after a risky undertake.
A silver car cut across a white line marking a bus lane to undertake a black SUV.
Blue lights quickly revealed the black car to be an unmarked police car, leaving social media users laughing at his expense.
