Video: Watch vet confront military faker at the mall (NSFW - Language)

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The Black Friday shopper in Army camo and a Ranger tab caught the attention of Ryan Berk almost immediately. Berk, a former enlisted infantryman and combat vet, smelled a potential faker.

"I watched this guy talk to this little kid for like 10, 15 minutes. I heard him say he was Special Forces," Berk told Army Times. "Nothing added up with this dude."

Berk felt he needed to do something, so he turned on the camera and called the suspected faker over — and started recording. The video, initially posted by YouTube account Stolen Valor after Berk sent it to Guardians of Valor, has garnered more than 2 million views. Berk has also posted an extended version.

The alleged faker, identified as Sean Yetman, has been plagued with angry phone calls and even death threats, according to one woman who identified herself as Yetman's fiancee.

Filmed at the Oxford Valley Mall near Philadelphia, the video opens innocently enough.

"Hey, sir! Hey, my son would like to meet you he really admires guys in the Army!," Berk calls out to Yetman. The infantryman would later tell Army Times it wasn't his son, it was actually his girlfriend's child. All three were out shopping for the day.

Yetman, wearing staff sergeant insignia, enthusiastically joins Berk and the boy and quickly identifies his unit: 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment out of Fort Lewis. Then Berk wastes no time poking holes in Yetman's story.

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