@@LucreDenouncer exactly. It’s a superb vid as ever, but it’s not plausible mr shrimp did this without his levels of editing. He’s very good at what he does. Such a great channel
you should send them the "steam card" in a password protected zip file. and when they ask for the password you can say they need to pay a small "fee" for the password
A very well off to do widow on the verge of death wishing to get rid of her fortune, so she sends scammers thousands of dollars, or atleast tricks them into thinking they'll get the thousands of dollars. Just take the scammers' classic character and turn it against them.
"I can't believe you would just take my money" "not yet" Thank you for making entertaining videos burning these scammers time so they don't have as much time to go after real victims who may actually fall for these types of scams. Truly a great service!
Just in case anyone watching doesn't know: when sending photos to these people, be really careful to strip out any EXIF metadata, as it can sometimes contain stuff you really don't want them to know --- like exactly where the photo was taken.
@@JanusHoW I wouldn't take the chance. One never knows what training they've had and the tech knowledge up the ladder is sometimes scary good. Which makes one wonder why they've not gone legit with their mad skills.
@@Leonard_MT That's true. The management in these call centers have the tech knowledge and come up with the schemes so they make a lot of money but pay very little to the grunts reading the scripts and making the calls. It's a tough cycle to break. But these same geniuses could be the next Wozniaks, Pages or Brins. Instead of making a million, they might have the business and tech accumen to be billionaires and solve real problems. But low-hanging fruit is all they aspire to.
I've always wondered why photos even have this useless metadata that only serves as a security risk for the person taking it. When did metadata start being added to photos ? Why can't phones just be pre-configured to take a photo with nothing else included ?
That's really weird that the last scammer was telling you to go to the post office. Surely all that's likely to happen if a victim does that is they get told it's a scam?
@@AtomicShrimp I'm not sure whether my Google-Fu has failed me but at least one reviewer claims this is a USPS office for federal employees only, and is actually inside a US Department of State building (Harry S Truman Building). If that's the case you'd be turned away before you even get into the general area where the USPS office is, even if you did attempt to go there.
@@SimonHollingshead that's interesting. I wonder if that is a deliberate choice so as to also trap even the people who are close enough to visit. Either way, I'm pretty sure this is a tactic designed to psychologically frame the fee as something the victim chooses to pay, rather than something that was inherent and mandatory, and thus it creates the illusion that it might not be a scam.
The issue there is that it would rarely make for a good video. "I sent the scammer a dozen emails and got no replies" is just boring. You need the scammer to bite and reply in order to have material - and if the scammer is doing that, there's plenty of other (often better) stuff that can be done.
"I can't believe you would just take my money and deny it like that." - "Oh my god, not yet!" Most accidentally honest reply by any of those scammers so far.
18:59 BTW, a lot of US government agencies take misuse of their trademarks and seals _quite_ seriously. When you're reporting scammer bank accounts, also send reports to the relevant government agencies, like reporting that misused USPS logo to the USPS. In aggregate reports make it easier for the agency to allocate funds to combat spam, and many will specifically investigate reports and try to get the relevant spam operation shut down.
I've got an idea. I call it ''a very confused billionaire''. What if the next time scammers promise to send you large sums of money you pretend to have understood that YOU have to pay THEM that money and are willing to do so! I wonder how would they react.
I've only recently discovered Atomic Shrimp, then only today discovered his scam baiting videos as I was watching his frugal living vids initially. I have watched a lot of scam baiters on UA-cam and I think this guy is the best of them all for laughs. Very clever
You should send them a photo of used or fake Google Play / Apple cards. Once they complained about the lack of money coming in, hit them right back with righteous indignation 😂
the "I hate nonsense" line broke me a little bit more each time it was repeated xD and I am now stuck in some sort of teary-eyed giggle. best steamed apple card I ever tried to receive again OK
I love when they ask for "apple cards" as payment. Somehow they never catch that I keep talking about fruit and groceries until I send a picture of a Kroger gift card for them to buy apples with. I approve of sending the wrong cards, or the lack there of! 😂
I've decided to incorporate ChatCPT for a few of my scammer conversations. It's the perfect kind of thing to type up meaningless dribble to scammers just to waste their time.
@@karthikkumar6861 Yeah, exactly. I am Indian and $10 could easily get you 3 meals a day for a week if you converted it. I’m sure the same is true in west Africa
I like to believe that the scammers sometimes think that your name is OK, and that's why they use it so much in their emails. May not be true but it makes me happy
I have become reliant on your scambaiting videos to get to sleep at night - I don't mind at all, but i have permanently ingrained beige expanding transfers, glarded funds, holity addresses and bits of coin into my psyche, so I am glad there is a new video!
The Paul S scammer saying "No, not yet!" I response to you claiming he had taken your money is an interesting Freudian slip I think, as good as admission, really.
The way this scammer kept blessing you and saying things like "believe and receive", makes me think that he is trying to scam people to make enough to send money to an american Televangelist.
Sometimes it feels like there's two people responding to the same emails from the same account. Its very strange. Sometimes Paul is super screamy and then immediately after is being polite again
At this point it seems like only the most gullible and/or desperate scammers will fall for scambaiting, which is ironic because gullibility and desperation are also prominent characteristics of scam victims
Next time you get the opportunity to scambait an illegal business/trade related scammer, try asking for a bigger piece of the pie. Gradually negotiate up from a 50% cut to a 60% cut, etc-ultimately aiming to get 100% of the funds. All the while you can vent your concerns about how risky this seems, and that maybe if you get X% more, you'll be willing to assist in the endeavor. It may be tricky to pull off, but I think the pay off could be quite good (I mean, you would have 100% of it after all 😉).
The scammers' amusing appeals language reads as always identical and is easily identifiable. Love how Mr. Shrimp frustrates them with his 'naive' personas!
They think they are being clever trying to trick people into sending money but they always say they have money for you yet they don't know who you are ! When I'm asked for the kind of information you should never share with strangers on the internet I ask them how they found me if they don't know who I am.
I didn't pay attention to the full title and went into this video thinking I was about to watch you steam an apple. I was excited to see your steamed apple recipe.
I posed a question on the previous scambait video asking why the Scammer insists you stay home and wait "While the Transfer of Funds is Processed". My suspicions at the time were that it was intended to create a false sense of urgency, and you concurred with that idea. But a new thought just came to me. Maybe they want the victim to stay home to minimize the possibility that somebody will warn them of what's happening? If Gullible Gary takes a trip to the pub to brag about his sudden windfall, it's highly likely one of his pals will care enough to speak up and get Gary to refund that Steam Card before it's too late. Alternatively, he might pop on over to the bank to check on the status of his incoming deposit, only to be told by the Teller that he's being duped. Gotta do what you can to keep him at home until the card code clears processing.
Yeah, could be that, although I think it's also probably just to add an air of legitimacy to the story - you're supposed to stay at home because the promise is that the delivery agent will be right there...
The company I work for just got a new CEO, and random employees from the company are getting emails, calls, and texts of someone pretending to be that new CEO asking for random things
“Who is number 1?” I was so excited for this reference, and am now imagining an update where the village is full of people talking like these kinds of scammers
Your production quality and antics have kept going strong! Still enjoying the series, thank you. This one was like a little renaissance. A very effective hook, I'll have to give it a try myself.
i imagine large funds when they email someone for whom they have no information beyond the fact that they are a beneficiary-not that such a situation is likely to occur often outside an advance fee scam
Pull a college kid classic and send them harmless corrupted files that “totally would say everything it was supposed to if only it wasn’t corrupted without your knowledge”
Would be kinda funny to buy a Steam card (or any other card), use it, and then send the photo and blame them for "not being able" to type the card code properly, maybe even slightly editing the code ever so slightly so each time they type something slightly different and perhaps get a bit confused. Or maybe saying that you only have something completely made up (like "coin-squirt cards") and editing one that looks kinda realistic. If they ask for a link to where to check out such a card you send some link for a scam awareness site or something. Probably kills the conversation there but could be a bit of fun.
One of the most enjoyable scam baiting videos I've seen on this channel! It's great when a scammer just doesn't see where its going and just carries on trying
Mr Michael Shrimp, you never cease to bring a smile to my face. This month has been especially depressing but going along with you on your nonsense adventure extravaganza really cheers me up. I like to imagine you would've been a wonderful fit for monthy python cast.
Always good to be consistent when trying to get money from strangers, such as starting off a text by using terms that are sarcastically insulting, and then finishing with stay blessed.
You call them steamed cards, despite the fact they are obviously grilled.
Ye..uh..You know th...One thing I sh... Excuse me for one second.
It's a regional dialect.
@@VitalVampyrWhat region?
Delightfully devilish
@@Sarah-ev1gjupstate new york
The rate, and fluency you can read nonsense sentences is astounding
"I hate nonsense"
He probably has to rehearse a few of them to become fluent before recording it
@@LucreDenouncer exactly. It’s a superb vid as ever, but it’s not plausible mr shrimp did this without his levels of editing. He’s very good at what he does. Such a great channel
“Playback speed: 1.25x.”
Probably A.I.
Calling someone a motherf***** only to tell them "Good day to you" the next day is hilarious.
Search for "2 indians arguing"
Oblivion NPC energy
@@kutiz7273 That was actually hilarious
Sounds like a typical marriage to me. Maybe he was coming on to Mr. Tout......
@@StoutShako You might need marriage counseling.
“You called me a bad name and I had to go lie down” got me.
And then added to that, he's so addled he doesn't know what day it is. XD
Stay blessed OK
That was good but I feel nothing will ever top 'when I read your message my knees went sideways and now I'm in the knee hospital'
@@papayerthat email was perhaps the best email I have ever had the pleasure to read. The “Do’n Taxk, Don’t Dask” was the sweetest cherry on top.
same
_Paul S, Paul S,_
_Frantic as a printing press,_
_His mind enthralled by dirty money;_
_Were it not sick, it would be funny._
The real scam is that this isn't a recipe for steaming apples :(
Steaming something 💩
my family once had a steamer that came with instructions on how to steam pears, they came out pretty nice (same taste, but softer and warmer)
I’ve got a recipe for steamed apples.
Serves 1
Ingredients
-one apple
Method
- steam until done
Enjoy
Just send me a steam gift card and I'll show you how to steam apples!
LMFAO
I never knew I needed to hear Shrimp say "Oh my God" like a 90s teenage valleygirl; but something about it makes me smile so much.
I came here to say just that. Oh my god! 😂
What are you on about? Obnoxious american braindead teenagers still say it.
Omigawwd!!
It was the "dear" that got me! 😁
Oh. My gawd! I've never seen such nonsense Deer. 🦌 I hate nonsense. 😁
you should send them the "steam card" in a password protected zip file. and when they ask for the password you can say they need to pay a small "fee" for the password
Nice 👍
That would be dope
Can we zip bomb them? Like with zip file lol
I need to see a video of this
Lmao...
Mrs Comfort Karen needs to become another scambaiting identity.
A very well off to do widow on the verge of death wishing to get rid of her fortune, so she sends scammers thousands of dollars, or atleast tricks them into thinking they'll get the thousands of dollars. Just take the scammers' classic character and turn it against them.
Frankly, I don't know anyone in the Netherlands with that name. I must get out more.
Haha! Love it!
Not sure if she sounds like a nice woman or not... Comfort sounds good, but Karen not so much.
Yes. A street evangelist, but with a hair-trigger temper.
1:06 "ATM slotting machine" ... This guy may have mistranslated his way into a million-dollar idea.
man should ditch scamming and start a casino! (which honestly is just scamming with more legality to it)
@@phoenix402True story.
@@phoenix402 Um acktually, it's called a "gaming parlor", and it's completely legitimate.
i’ve just realised that was a jest
it’s very early in the morning where i live
sorry for the trouble
Look up Strange Parts ATM ;)
Calling someone a mother f*cker and then saying “Good day to you!” The very next day has such Oblivion NPC energy and I love it
"I can't believe you would just take my money"
"not yet"
Thank you for making entertaining videos burning these scammers time so they don't have as much time to go after real victims who may actually fall for these types of scams.
Truly a great service!
I couldn’t stop laughing when he slipped up and said that 😭😭
😂
Scammer: I thought I was getting an advanced fee.
Atomic Shrimp: No I said steamed apples! That's what I call scambaiting.
You call an advanced fee scambaiting, despite the fact that i am obviously not a scammer?
@@TheShiningEnergy Atomic Shrimp: You know, one thing I should mention... 😏
OK
"A box of gold?! In this time of year, in this part of the country, localised entirely within your office?!"
"Yes~"
"...May I see it?"
"OK"
"Seymour, John Barosa is emailing me!"
"No mother, thats just John Warosa."
I absolutely died when he said "You are playing with yourself not me, mother fucker."
The mixture of schadenfreude and righteous indignation these videos give me is hard to beat.
Go watch some about romance scams where some dumb 60 yr old woman sells their house over a picture of a 40 yr old army dude and a chat lol
The way you say "oh my god" when reading is certainly not the way he meant to express it, but it's infinitely better
oh no, I am very certain he was expressing it exactly this way as he typed it. OK
If the scam isn't in "dollars United States dollars", I don't even want it
"United State (singular)" 😂😂
@@j4v4x you can't get more united than that
Especially if the funds are glarded.
The funds are blond and cannot be view.
“Not yet,” replied the scammer, virtuously admitting to their future intent to take your money
Just in case anyone watching doesn't know: when sending photos to these people, be really careful to strip out any EXIF metadata, as it can sometimes contain stuff you really don't want them to know --- like exactly where the photo was taken.
It's unlikely that these scammers would even know what EXIF metadata is, but I suppose it's a fair precaution to take.
@@JanusHoW I wouldn't take the chance. One never knows what training they've had and the tech knowledge up the ladder is sometimes scary good. Which makes one wonder why they've not gone legit with their mad skills.
@@likebot. The reason why they haven't is probably because these scams make more money than a legitimate job.
@@Leonard_MT That's true. The management in these call centers have the tech knowledge and come up with the schemes so they make a lot of money but pay very little to the grunts reading the scripts and making the calls. It's a tough cycle to break. But these same geniuses could be the next Wozniaks, Pages or Brins. Instead of making a million, they might have the business and tech accumen to be billionaires and solve real problems. But low-hanging fruit is all they aspire to.
I've always wondered why photos even have this useless metadata that only serves as a security risk for the person taking it. When did metadata start being added to photos ? Why can't phones just be pre-configured to take a photo with nothing else included ?
That's really weird that the last scammer was telling you to go to the post office. Surely all that's likely to happen if a victim does that is they get told it's a scam?
I think they're counting on most potential victims not being anywhere close to that address, and thus, oops, you have to pay the small fee
@@AtomicShrimp I'm not sure whether my Google-Fu has failed me but at least one reviewer claims this is a USPS office for federal employees only, and is actually inside a US Department of State building (Harry S Truman Building). If that's the case you'd be turned away before you even get into the general area where the USPS office is, even if you did attempt to go there.
@@SimonHollingshead that's interesting. I wonder if that is a deliberate choice so as to also trap even the people who are close enough to visit. Either way, I'm pretty sure this is a tactic designed to psychologically frame the fee as something the victim chooses to pay, rather than something that was inherent and mandatory, and thus it creates the illusion that it might not be a scam.
Maybe when the scammer has your location, they'll jump you while you're heading to the office to try to rob you?
@@confusedseagull7555 I’d just draw my medieval long sword on them.
I had to pause to say, the "not yet" at around 7:00 is next level funny!
Like, "but I haven't scammed you yet"
You should definitely adopt the Paul S character as one of your own identities. Obnoxiously pestering scammers desperately could bring a lot of fun
Paul S Paul S, the one that can never let go until blocked.
I think he's already pestering them to the best of his ability, with the methods that he's found to work. :)
The issue there is that it would rarely make for a good video. "I sent the scammer a dozen emails and got no replies" is just boring. You need the scammer to bite and reply in order to have material - and if the scammer is doing that, there's plenty of other (often better) stuff that can be done.
"I can't believe you would just take my money and deny it like that." - "Oh my god, not yet!"
Most accidentally honest reply by any of those scammers so far.
The "Dollars Untied States dollars" line never fails to make me laugh.
Untied?
@@BrisslesThe states aren't tied, very simple
Bonus points when it's Dollars United State dollars. From the famous United State.
18:59 BTW, a lot of US government agencies take misuse of their trademarks and seals _quite_ seriously. When you're reporting scammer bank accounts, also send reports to the relevant government agencies, like reporting that misused USPS logo to the USPS. In aggregate reports make it easier for the agency to allocate funds to combat spam, and many will specifically investigate reports and try to get the relevant spam operation shut down.
You are the best at this. I lost it over the "national state of concurrency going on". 🤣🤣 Thank you for brightening the day. Cheers from Canada. 🍁
Seems like something you might have to be warned about in Slaughter Valley
I wonder if the scammer was quickly checking Google to see what crisis was going on across the world he didn't know about
"There are so many things happening at once right now"
Oh my God, hope you're doing well right, Mr Shrimp. Stay blessed, okay?
I've got an idea. I call it ''a very confused billionaire''. What if the next time scammers promise to send you large sums of money you pretend to have understood that YOU have to pay THEM that money and are willing to do so! I wonder how would they react.
The worldess Freud pop-up was one of your most hilarious jokes in a fair bit (and that's a high bar, not damning-with-faint-praise!).
Well Mike, you are an odd fellow, but I must say - you steam a good apple.
To be fair Steam's support for Apple has been luke warm at best.
I think that's more to do with Apple wanting a cut of Steam's profits for everything sold by Steam on an Apple device.
Well, their support for TI calculators is not so hot, either. They stick to gaming systems, after all.
Luke Warm sounds like a scammer's fake name
Don't buy anything from Apple..
@@KaeYoss Are you trying to imply that TI calculators aren't gaming systems?
Always cracks me up the way you read out nonsense sentences with perfect intonation and comedic timing 😂
I've only recently discovered Atomic Shrimp, then only today discovered his scam baiting videos as I was watching his frugal living vids initially. I have watched a lot of scam baiters on UA-cam and I think this guy is the best of them all for laughs. Very clever
You should send them a photo of used or fake Google Play / Apple cards. Once they complained about the lack of money coming in, hit them right back with righteous indignation 😂
Just remember to pixelate out the number!
Maybe you cut the fake code on it like Y0U6-37N0-7H1N-65C4-MM3R. ("You get nothing, scammer")
I wonder if there is a way to spoof a png or jpg attachment that just sends them to a rick roll or something.
Kitboga has "redeemed" fake cards on streams before, it makes the scammers go absolutely ballistic when they hear you redeemed the card yourself.
@@asteroidrules he made his own script
the "I hate nonsense" line broke me a little bit more each time it was repeated xD and I am now stuck in some sort of teary-eyed giggle. best steamed apple card I ever tried to receive again OK
Mom, new Atomic Shrimp video just dropped
Mum*
@47 SHAWTY shut up it doesn't matter mum or mom is right
I love when they ask for "apple cards" as payment. Somehow they never catch that I keep talking about fruit and groceries until I send a picture of a Kroger gift card for them to buy apples with. I approve of sending the wrong cards, or the lack there of! 😂
I just realized how much I love when he zooms out on the scammers’ messages when they leave the chat. Subtle and brilliant
Man, you'd have to withdraw your money over the course of 380 days. That'd be such a pain.
Thank you for calculating that, I was wondering myself....
I've decided to incorporate ChatCPT for a few of my scammer conversations. It's the perfect kind of thing to type up meaningless dribble to scammers just to waste their time.
19:42 "I hate nonsense" seriously caught me off guard and I nearly spat my drink out 😂
Me too, it was so out-of-nowhere and sounded like a petulant child. XD Perhaps they're a small boy?
Man, I almost feel bad for poor Paul S Paul S. He must be really struggling for money if he's going this far over $25.
Yeah, they will take anything they can get... but if a victim gives them any money, they will try to find other creative ways to get more out of them
@@YTStoleMyUsername Of course. But I do wonder who buys the Steam/iTunes/Google Play card codes they scam off of people.
Isn't the reason why such low amounts are profitable for them is cos dollars is a lot in their local currency?
@@JanusHoW the money is laundered through a few fake apps that accept payment from the gift cards
@@karthikkumar6861 Yeah, exactly. I am Indian and $10 could easily get you 3 meals a day for a week if you converted it. I’m sure the same is true in west Africa
You really have three people in Buffalo, NY on the brink of death because we can't catch our breath from laughing. Seriously my good man, BRAVO!!
wholesome
I like to believe that the scammers sometimes think that your name is OK, and that's why they use it so much in their emails. May not be true but it makes me happy
I love the OK and “be rest assured” too!😂
OK must be the equivalent of a period for Nigerian scammers.
I have become reliant on your scambaiting videos to get to sleep at night - I don't mind at all, but i have permanently ingrained beige expanding transfers, glarded funds, holity addresses and bits of coin into my psyche, so I am glad there is a new video!
Same here 🤝 Another one for the rotation
Slipping in that random quote from The Prisoner was absolutely masterful. Bravo!
"Yes. This Monday next week" had me chuckling
"Tell me who you work for, who is number one"
I understood this reference
Smitty Werbenjägermanjensen. He was number 1.
@@TheShiningEnergySpongebob reference
@@themememaster6775 yup!
"You are number six" Greetings from Frankfurt, Germany.😂
@@themememaster6775 wrong. Austin powers
The Paul S scammer saying "No, not yet!" I response to you claiming he had taken your money is an interesting Freudian slip I think, as good as admission, really.
good (and accurate) avatar
@@fiona9891 deffo
The entire conversation with Paul S Paul S reads like telling an AI chatbot to stop responding to you
The way this scammer kept blessing you and saying things like "believe and receive", makes me think that he is trying to scam people to make enough to send money to an american Televangelist.
Sometimes it feels like there's two people responding to the same emails from the same account. Its very strange. Sometimes Paul is super screamy and then immediately after is being polite again
That's because they work in shifts on the same account
I just love the "I can't belive you just take my money and deny it like that" and scammer going "omg not yet" as in I've not stolen it YET :P
“Oh my god… I hate nonsense.” -small boys
Paul S saying he hadn't stolen your money YET is absolutely hilarious
Never thought these videos would go full circle, with Mike ASKING for gift cards, haha! Excellent video as always, thank you!
I love all the different names you come up with for the apple cards, steam wallet, etc. Brilliant as always!
"I hate nonsese" said the scammer.
Absolutly brilliant commedy
glad to see you’re getting over your affliction of BIRD LEGS, Mr. Manuel
Loved Paul S.'s little Freudian Slip there🤣 Nice work!
"Try to receive it again" is hilarious
At this point it seems like only the most gullible and/or desperate scammers will fall for scambaiting, which is ironic because gullibility and desperation are also prominent characteristics of scam victims
That's how it's always been. If more scammers were like Paul S Paul S, our nuclear crustacean would be able to post scambaiting videos every day.
Next time you get the opportunity to scambait an illegal business/trade related scammer, try asking for a bigger piece of the pie.
Gradually negotiate up from a 50% cut to a 60% cut, etc-ultimately aiming to get 100% of the funds. All the while you can vent your concerns about how risky this seems, and that maybe if you get X% more, you'll be willing to assist in the endeavor.
It may be tricky to pull off, but I think the pay off could be quite good (I mean, you would have 100% of it after all 😉).
"It is well for you OK, oh my God!" - Paul S. Paul S.
“Who is Number One?”
I understood that reference
I love how frequently Paul S Paul says "Oh my god"🤣🤣
The scammers' amusing appeals language reads as always identical and is easily identifiable. Love how Mr. Shrimp frustrates them with his 'naive' personas!
Yes. Thousands of scammers seem to make the same syntax errors and mention ‘god’ in the same way. God always come into it… and Dollars US Dollars.
@@stephensmith799 Atomic Shrimp is a rare gem! Thorough in explanation, and a master of comedy.
@@jerushamaxwell281 I think he’s got a good ‘radio voice’. His scam-baiting would make a great radio comedy series.
I get a serotonin spark every time I hear "it is well for you"
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I love the way you have Paul S. say "Oh my God"
Hate it when I lose something valuable in a stack of emails!
"Oh my Goddd💅💅"
They think they are being clever trying to trick people into sending money but they always say they have money for you yet they don't know who you are !
When I'm asked for the kind of information you should never share with strangers on the internet I ask them how they found me if they don't know who I am.
I didn't pay attention to the full title and went into this video thinking I was about to watch you steam an apple. I was excited to see your steamed apple recipe.
I posed a question on the previous scambait video asking why the Scammer insists you stay home and wait "While the Transfer of Funds is Processed". My suspicions at the time were that it was intended to create a false sense of urgency, and you concurred with that idea. But a new thought just came to me. Maybe they want the victim to stay home to minimize the possibility that somebody will warn them of what's happening? If Gullible Gary takes a trip to the pub to brag about his sudden windfall, it's highly likely one of his pals will care enough to speak up and get Gary to refund that Steam Card before it's too late. Alternatively, he might pop on over to the bank to check on the status of his incoming deposit, only to be told by the Teller that he's being duped. Gotta do what you can to keep him at home until the card code clears processing.
Yeah, could be that, although I think it's also probably just to add an air of legitimacy to the story - you're supposed to stay at home because the promise is that the delivery agent will be right there...
I really wish the scammer you asked who is Number 1 just replied “You Are Number 6.”
Shrimp saying "oH mY GOood" like some valley girl is killing me
I'm so glad there is a scambaiting episode to watch, I really needed a pick me up. Thanks for all your videos
The company I work for just got a new CEO, and random employees from the company are getting emails, calls, and texts of someone pretending to be that new CEO asking for random things
Related to the one scammer who kept responding so long: Do you think there are already AI/llm based bots in place that automize the scam entirely?
Hey jsyk you forgot you put this in your scambaiting playlist UwU keep being friggin amazing dood! ^×^
Thank you!
The "OH MY GOD" scammer sounds very GenZ. 😄😄😄
You are by far my favourite UA-camr, every video you make, no matter the subject, is endlessly entertaining
Tell them there are no Apple cards left in stock but they have Plum Cards and ask them if they wanna hold your Plums
“Who is number 1?”
I was so excited for this reference, and am now imagining an update where the village is full of people talking like these kinds of scammers
Thumbnail made so little sense i couldn't help but click right away to see what it was all about 😂 Cheers to that my friend 👍
Your production quality and antics have kept going strong! Still enjoying the series, thank you.
This one was like a little renaissance. A very effective hook, I'll have to give it a try myself.
Who the f starts emails with „dear beneficiary“
It usually means the sentiment has been glarded in some way.
i imagine large funds when they email someone for whom they have no information beyond the fact that they are a beneficiary-not that such a situation is likely to occur often outside an advance fee scam
great video as always OK.
I'll never get tired of hearing you voiceover these scam emails. The grammatical errors make it oddly funny.
Pull a college kid classic and send them harmless corrupted files that “totally would say everything it was supposed to if only it wasn’t corrupted without your knowledge”
Would be kinda funny to buy a Steam card (or any other card), use it, and then send the photo and blame them for "not being able" to type the card code properly, maybe even slightly editing the code ever so slightly so each time they type something slightly different and perhaps get a bit confused. Or maybe saying that you only have something completely made up (like "coin-squirt cards") and editing one that looks kinda realistic. If they ask for a link to where to check out such a card you send some link for a scam awareness site or something. Probably kills the conversation there but could be a bit of fun.
I was actually expecting Mr Shrimp to steam an apple and send the picture to the scammer.
I lost it at "you've played yourself mother******"
One of the most enjoyable scam baiting videos I've seen on this channel! It's great when a scammer just doesn't see where its going and just carries on trying
I guess I'm gonna steam myself an apple to help recover from almost falling from my chair laughing. Damn, my sides hurt. 🤣
How are your knees doing? :D
I just randomly remembered your channel existed and how much I enjoyed your content. Never change, man.
I call phone scammers sometimes and prank them
Mr Michael Shrimp, you never cease to bring a smile to my face. This month has been especially depressing but going along with you on your nonsense adventure extravaganza really cheers me up.
I like to imagine you would've been a wonderful fit for monthy python cast.
Always good to be consistent when trying to get money from strangers, such as starting off a text by using terms that are sarcastically insulting, and then finishing with stay blessed.
Imagine being so desperate for a 25 pound gift card you keep sending emails reminding them to send you the gift card next monday.
25 pounds is a lot in their currency. Could easily last you at least 3 weeks worth of meals