It's easy to tell if you've installed shelves upside down. Just put an object on the shelf, and if it falls up onto the ceiling, the shelf needs to be inverted.
This is something I would come up with, as my gratitutde I turn it into a horrible joke, hoping that you can cause massive facepalms and embarassing moments around you. I personally enjoy telling bad jokes, the exhausted and deformed faces in front of me are a reward for me. "How do you know you've installed a shelf upside down? The object you put on it falls up onto the ceiling."
Suggestion: Try leading every E-Mail the scammers send you to your "wife" for "her approval" and never getting anything done, because you will always need to discuss that matter with your "wife"
@@AtomicShrimp or perhaps put both you and your "wife" in contact and play that you're in the middle of a divorce and each wants the money for themselves but also to prevent the other from getting any money.
@@geobloxmodels1186 I would think not many. Based on what I've seen from tech scammers, they actually have little to no technical knowledge except for maybe the occasional made-up lingo or things like syskey or netstat and such. I would think that the script they follow is probably made by a higher up that may or may not be invested in working with computers that exploit the older generations' lack of knowledge. I suspect that scams will become much more scary as time passes as scammers will need to adapt to the upcoming generation that has lived their lives immersed in technology.
@@charadremur333 it's interesting to remember that these are actually real people behind these scams, i wonder if she really liked certain things he said, like about the spoons.
Weird Al once survived a plane crash. Three of the engines burned out, and they went into a tailspin and crashed into a hillside, and the plane exploded in a giant fireball and everybody died, except for him, 'cause he had his tray table up and his seat in the full upright position.
Idea for a future video: gear the scammer up as if you're about to send the money, but then tell them that you think the fee is too low and offer to send even more money to cover administration, electricity costs, the medical bills of the dying African prince and other trivial made up things in an ever growing list of nonsense, increasing the promised fee each time!
I love the e-mail beginning at 16:00, when you turn from being a friendly, if over-talkative, bloke, to being an insufferable prick ! This is beautiful.
@@damienomen68 You do realize he's critiquing her English because she said she was born in England and would most definitely be a native English speaker who would not make those kinds of mistakes, and not because "foreign scammer funni"?
Scam baiting idea: on another email act like a member from their scam crew and say that you lost your script for scamming and see if you can get a script and start trying to scam the scammers
I love this scam because they're targeting British people by pretending to be a Danish bank in Malaysia and for some reason they're using dollars. Such an airtight plan absolutely nothing suspicious about that. I guess at least I can congratulate them on getting the Danish right.
Or well they almost got the Danish right, I mean technically they didn't get it wrong but rather mixed languages. The actual bank is called Danske Bank not Danske Financial Bank but I guess they threw that in there to get English speakers on board.
@@Jim-so3zm I agree, and the funniest thing is, I have prosopagnosia ("face blindness") so all human faces look very much the same to me: just another human face. However, I can always recognize Tim by his ubiquitous beanie. Almost I imagine he even sleeps in it!
@@hedgehog3180a little fun fact you might not know, Danske bank are actually allowed to print British pound notes. Specifically for northern Ireland (Northern Ireland and Scotland have their own printed notes, and technically they're allowed in all of the UK but England are less likely to accept anything that's not bank of England, and Danske bank is probably the most confusing)
It was pretty heart warming when you were talking about the places you visited like an old man telling his grandkids about his adventures The scammer seemed somewhat hesitant after that for a while like THEY were the ones being guilt tripped
"Nigerians are criminals" This just reinforces what he said some videos back about not feeling sorry for these people, because they KNOW what they're doing is wrong, and they'd literally take candy from a baby, or money from an old man needing heart surgery.
The lack of proper scam reporting procedures because "You shouldn't engage with scammers in the first place" is like saying: "Well, ideally, you shouldn't break your leg in the first place. I don't see why we should build a hospital" o.o
Ah, I see I've misinterpreted that part a bit, which became clear only seconds later. But now that I've posted the above analogy, I can't bring myself to delete it. Instead, I'm posting this as a correction/concession.
I once had a sucessful scam bait where my character was from Norway and would only reply in norwegian. It even got so far that the scammers would translate their mails to norwegian first before sending them to me. Quite funny, especially if you introduce some mispellings so hopefully google translate will not be able to translate some of the messages fully. And you don't even have to worry about not being able to speak a foreign language, just translate it with google translate. Remember: It's all about wasting the scammer's time.
Just alter some of the (Norwegian) words so that they mean something completely different. E.g. "fail in love" instead of "fall in love". Then they'd translate that and it wouldn't make much sense; that should give you a chuckle from their replies :)
@@CST1992 Yes, or just introduce some grammatical errors, for example "would of" instead of "would've". Or "I could care less" instead of "couldn't care less". You know, those things that native speakers do all the time without even realizing it. But google translate will translate those errors 1:1. :)
I have high anxiety and I've been rewatching all your videos every night to fall asleep. I felt so genuinely happy when I saw you'd uploaded. I just realised I owe a lot of mental peace in unpleasant recent times to your relaxing voice, hilarious content and just well-made videos. Thanks. Hope you're well.
I'm kind of shocked at how pleasant this scammer tried to be. Most of them are very to the point, acting in an alarmist or at best superficially friendly manner (depending on type of scam) and getting mad when things deviate from rapid fulfillment of their desires. This one actually tried to engage with your friendly ramblings. Some small part of me was kind of rooting for a genuine emotional connection to form.
Huge amount of respect to you for that disclaimer about whether to subscribe for your content or not, it genuinely makes me really happy to hear someone that genuine and honest, so thank you
Here's an idea for a future video: When they ask for payment, you should offer something completely ridiculous. Say you don't have money you can pay them, but you can mail them your grandmother's jewelery collection, or your brother's Xbox, etc. You can say stuff like "Oh he'll be fine without it for a week, I'll buy him a new one with the lottery prize"
Or that you are currently working out a plan with your bookie to front you the money for the deposit.. He'll be very angry if he doesn't get his share of the donated funds though...
Shrimp, you're doing great. People with criticisms probably aren't reporting their own spam/scam emails or going to any greater lengths to educate less-aware persons. Your videos are educational and interesting.
"I don't think I would be able to cope with a truly foreign land such as Malaysia, or France" I don't think anyone can cope with France, even the French... Especially the French.
You wrote such lovely emails. I appreciate the storytelling involved in talking in-depth about a fictitious pie recipe compared at three fictitious bakeries. You missed your calling as an author, sir. 🤣
Shutting down fake bank sites is rather easy: find out who the hosting provider is (there is an online service for that) and inform them that someone is hosting a fake site. They will usually take action within a day or two and shut down that site.
AND THEN THE SCAMMERS BRIBE THE WEB HOSTING PROVIDER AND THE SITE STAYS UP FOR ALL ETERNITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND WHOSE FAULT IS THAT?! OH I K OW: THIS MAN'S FAULT AND THE FAULT OF THE POLICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lol, these scammers must be getting so frustrating during these back and forth emails. Bet they were cursing a lot while writing those replies just to have you reply right back with an essay describing something completely irrelevant.
It actually does seem useful except for the fourth and final one for “don’t do it at all” for takes that are unimportant and unurgent, I mean, they’re there in the first place, so I just say don’t stress about them and do them last
Every time I see that kind of warning at the start about what the channel is about, it makes me laugh. This is a channel legit about mushroom picking AND Scam baiting. In the camp of "Things, people don't want to talk about with me" there is a tent for Mushroom picking and another tent for Scambaiting. Yours is a good channel Atom Shrimp.
I have not seen any other content from him yet, as the scam baiting channel is so good and funny, I choose this over finishing my series on paid TV... Lol
This is 2 yrs old,but scams are scams, I've just found your channel. but Ive been watching Browning, kitboga, Boda,all of them for a long time now. I'm happy that I also love your other hobbies. Your whole channels Great. With telling family and friends about scammers,some of them just don't want to believe that they're being taken for a ride. I had,I say had,as he got so angry when it turned out I was right,that I told him to take a flying jump. He was in a * Love Scam* and lost, he said about 30,000 so I'd say it would be alot more. He'd Never even spoken to her Live,only spoke to a woman on the phone. That's it. I said that a male was probably scamming him and just getting his wife or lady friend to talk to him. That didn't go down well. His bank even cut ties with him, telling him he was being scammed. He just didn't listen. All you can do,is hope that they'll have some sense knocked into them. I think that these love scams are the most heartless. Much love from Oz 🌲❤️🇦🇺🥧☕
Your voice is so soothing to listen to, and how enjoyable these scam videos are is incredible. I want you to keep posting content and keep being your best. Thanks for posting these videos!
I listened to this while driving, and all I could think was how innocent and sweet you sounded with the apple cider and bakeries. I know its crock, but it's nice to think of an alternate reality where you managed to convince them to be open pals and drop the scam... reality sucks sometimes :(
5:19- add a point for "mite interest" instead of "might interest" haha Altogether, it's a pretty cute interaction all considering (at least, until they realize....)
I honestly forgot this channel but youtube algorithm comes through for once. Love these even more than the phone scambaiters. And your voice, I would have no issues listening to an audio book of you reading the dictionary, in one sitting.
What an arse that guy was, "this is a push button conviction for the police". The actual police: 'There is nothing actionable, and the case is being dropped' lol
@@marcopolo2395 Oh look, some racist fearmongering! Do change and strangers make you very afraid? Don't worry, once you grow up, you will learn how to deal with that. I wish you a lifetime of growth.
I so respect you and the other wonderful scambaiters. To feel good, more refreshed, to laugh and smile, one has only to watch one of these great reveals. You are so entertaining too 😀
I know people love scambaiting, i mean its the reason i started watching you, but suprisingly, this isnt one of my favorite series after i actually started watching you, i especially love the foraging, and weird stuff in a can, those are my top three, especially foraging, anyway, keep up the good work, love your content!
Same here. I kept getting his "Just say OK to scammers" video in my recommended. At first I thought "who would say yes to being scammed? That's just stupid..." And ignored the video, then I eventually watched it. Then, a long trip down the rabbit hole and many videos later, I ended up subbing and found a channel I love. :D
Hahahaha! I just love these. I've bing watched these videos so many times if they were on a VCR they'd be almost unwatchable. (Wonder how many kids gonna look up VCR lol) Anyway, thank you again for what you do. The entertainment is phenomenal and the fact that your doing some great things by taking up so much of these stupid scammers time plus that you are giving us a great laugh at their expense is the cherry on top!
You are literally the first youtuber I've seen that explained your channel to advise and "warn" about subscribing, instead of begging for likes and subscribes. Liked and subscribed then and there. :D
*Scam baiting idea:* Keep disappointing the scammer by failing to get gift cards 1) The store is closed 2) Bought wrong gift card 3) Gift cards sold out 4) Redeem gift card to your own account 5) Get 'mugged' on way home from store.
If I can get a UK bank account number out of scammers I call the bank's fraud department and the response is usually.... "Hmmm.... That's interesting... Can you forward the emails to me?". Obviously they are never going to tell me what happens but I like to think at least a few scammers, or more likely their money-mules to be honest, have their bonfires urinated on.
I'm pretty sure the "Thank you!" at the end were the only honest words in your entire communication. He just felt so relieved that you finally put at end to his torture. 😂
Atomic shrimp another great funny video. It's always great to see what ways you will jerk these scammers around. Endless diversions, meaningless little nitpicking, all kinds of nonsense. I had tried something recently, just as a way to mess around with a scammer. I replied to an email, they asked for payment (of course) and I responded "Ok, I will get it, somehow..." Next email, I said I had 'robbed' a local gas station for the money to send. Not surprisingly, after a few surprised emails, they didn't seem to care. As long as I said I had the payment to send. But here's something else I have wanted to try: at some point during the conversation, have some 'emergency'. Either the victim has been in an acident, or another family member has. Perhaps even respond a week later as the victims 'layer'. It would be interesting to see how far they will go to get that money, even during something like a death of a family member. Keep up the good work.
I come back to this video every once in a while just to imagine I have a friend who tells me about how he likes to carve wooden spoons and him visiting bakeries in Slough and trying local delicacies.
“I don’t think I would be able to cope with a truly foreign land such as Malaysia, or France.” i’m always tickled by how unambiguously english the humor is in these videos. not only the one liner itself but the delivery from atomic shrimp as these characters, it’s just so quintessential
This was probably one of the funniest videos I've watched in a while, lmao. The character you've built is wonderful and I hope he has a good fictional life.
Where have you been all my life? I've been binge-watching and am already dreading coming to the end of the scam baiting videos. Beyond brilliant! Big love from 🇺🇸.
For the next FAQ, perhaps you should give a few more tips on how to tell wheter an unexpected long-winded email is a scam or not? While *I* know the answer is basically always yes, I've noticed that some new opening templates you've gotten are quite well-written, which may throw off more gullible people - keep in mind, some of your advice is to check wheter the e-mail has correct spelling and grammar or not, and this scam's opener look like it's A-OK.
Jeez, that guy badgering you to report it to the police needs to chill. Even burglaries get a crime number followed by 0 hours of investigation nowadays. Police are understaffed and busy enough without people sending them on wild goose chases. Anyways, keep up the good work. These videos are informative and funny. Top content.
You know, I really think I have to set up an Eisenhower Decision Matrix, as am truly very stressed at work! Thank you for being such a caring person, you may just save a life!
I love this man. He doesn't say "you should subscribe" he says his channels not just scam baiting so we the viewers should make an informed decision if we should subscribe.
Suggestion: Translation fun! Take a reply, put it through such wonderously different languages as Hebrew (or any Levant language), Igbo (or any African language) and Mandarin (because why not), then send it back to them. Make sure to bait them on with promises of money, if they don't understand you, make it clear "I no speak english". You take a normal reply and get total nonsense as a result, then send them a messege in a completely different language that says "Forgive me, I don't speak English".
Hello, i am a new subscriber and i would like to thank you for your patience and hard work to face these kind of criminals and put in a format that is not only educational, well intentioned but also entertaining. As you mentioned in some of your videos, you do not make only this kind of content and even though I haven't watched yet your other content (mainly because I'm binge watching your scambaiting playlist) i couldn't help but subscribe. You have a variety of skills, such as the elderly man needing a heart operation. The innocence of a 13 year old boy and watching this video i couldn't help but find your character so charming and lovely that i thought it would be a pleasant time to converse with someone like that. Please keep up your hard work (as it must be mentally exhausting at times ) and i just felt the need to share that i appreciate what you're doing. Have a nice day and God bless you.
Man, the scammers I tried to mess with were just so quick to give up or stop responding. I had to hound them and even then, I just got bored. I was really disappointed they didn't seem to have the same commitment that these ones do. And I was not wasting my time, by 'hound them' I just mean keep emailing them asking if there's anything else, etc. Nothing I had to devote time to.
It's not possible to win every battle. The videos I publish here are a small fraction of the number of attempts I make to bait scammers One trick that does work for me is to start off by seeming to be interested, confused, innocent and trusting - this gets the scammer firmly on the hook before I can then divert into nonsense and delay. If at any point I sense the scammer's impatience rising, I fall back to being softly compliant, then build up again. Its exactly like fishing.
I must commend you for your patience and perseverance during these interactions. As for passing your wisdom on to others, may I recommend your channel to our local Sheriff? Living in a rural community in the USA, we have a high proportion of elderly residents. Allowing the authorities to use your posts as teaching aids, we may save some from heartache and embarrassment. Thank you for your consideration.
This video has to be one of my favorites in the scam-baiting series. So many laughs and the scammer(s) really did indulge in your yarn-spinning. I have a question relating to one of your previous videos, the Chicken of the Woods one. Did that specimen sprout again this year? It would be nice to see another recipe involving that, if it did.
It didn't fruit this year - because someone cut up that big log - it actually looks like they cut slabs off it with a chaninsaw mill. I know a couple of other locations where I might be able to pick this fungus, but honestly, it was just a bit *too* meaty for my liking (I mean, I'm not by any means a vegetarian)
Makes up: A cathedral, three bakeries, and a type of food.
Actual Truth: I make spoons.
Agent Gauntlet i wanna like, but it’s 666
To be honest I'm curious what would actually be in Tremblett's pie if it was a real thing, lol.
@Fen Vulpeus sounds tasty. Lol
Fen Vulpeus sin pie
@Stephen Branley that's romantic
It's easy to tell if you've installed shelves upside down. Just put an object on the shelf, and if it falls up onto the ceiling, the shelf needs to be inverted.
Tilt it sideways to make a makeshift railgun
Information I could have used 6 months ago.
This is something I would come up with, as my gratitutde I turn it into a horrible joke, hoping that you can cause massive facepalms and embarassing moments around you. I personally enjoy telling bad jokes, the exhausted and deformed faces in front of me are a reward for me. "How do you know you've installed a shelf upside down? The object you put on it falls up onto the ceiling."
@@MrKobold22 Are you detached?
@@theoofer478 ahh now that you ask, maybe...
Suggestion: Try leading every E-Mail the scammers send you to your "wife" for "her approval" and never getting anything done, because you will always need to discuss that matter with your "wife"
#futurescambaitingideas
Get a 3-way mail conversation going between you, "your wife" and the scammer
The "wife" is a brilliant idea...
@@justanothercubeguy the wife and him get into an off topic arguments and the scammer has to play marriage therapist.
@@AtomicShrimp or perhaps put both you and your "wife" in contact and play that you're in the middle of a divorce and each wants the money for themselves but also to prevent the other from getting any money.
I love how wholesome and innocent Manuel is, it's like he know anything but still manages to avoid everything bad like an anime protagonist.
"Be rest assured" appeared in a legitimate support chat this week and it made me think of you.
Be guided accordingly
Be rest assured that it is a coincidence
@@geobloxmodels1186 I would think not many. Based on what I've seen from tech scammers, they actually have little to no technical knowledge except for maybe the occasional made-up lingo or things like syskey or netstat and such. I would think that the script they follow is probably made by a higher up that may or may not be invested in working with computers that exploit the older generations' lack of knowledge. I suspect that scams will become much more scary as time passes as scammers will need to adapt to the upcoming generation that has lived their lives immersed in technology.
Makes me wonder how hard it must be doing legitimate tech support with an Indian accent
I assume you are not a small boy?
*Atomic Shrimp:* "The world's most dreaded penpal".
I might be misremembering this but I believe he actually met his wife Jenny via a penpal service.
@@TomJohnson67 If so, well, then that was quite a innocent, rude, ignorant, and hilarious comment I made ;)
In all honesty I would love to be this guy's penpal
It's surprising Allison took the trouble to craft long, specific replies; colors, fears, foods ...
You don't s'pose she's a cyborg.
Don't forget the carving of spoon
Sounds like she's getting paid by the hour Instead of commission
I think she gave actually gave real details.
@@charadremur333 it's interesting to remember that these are actually real people behind these scams, i wonder if she really liked certain things he said, like about the spoons.
@@sayosweeti5757 Maybe she actually wants to be an author but never got off the ground so she fell back to... this.
"Theres no need to thank me, you deserve worse"
Is such a cold sentence, bravo
“I don’t know anyone that’s been in a plane crash and survived” is one of the most hilarious things i’ve heard today
Interestingly, I believe Nigel Farage survived a plane crash at some point.
@@patzeb21 fun fact he actually died its just his hate filled spirit that remains
@@deadgamer21 Nice one!
@C C god damn satanists here now 😔😄 you all know that labour is the way forward be honest with ur selfs guys ✌ #oneofboris'sspawn #trump2020
Weird Al once survived a plane crash. Three of the engines burned out, and they went into a tailspin and crashed into a hillside, and the plane exploded in a giant fireball and everybody died, except for him, 'cause he had his tray table up and his seat in the full upright position.
Idea for a future video: gear the scammer up as if you're about to send the money, but then tell them that you think the fee is too low and offer to send even more money to cover administration, electricity costs, the medical bills of the dying African prince and other trivial made up things in an ever growing list of nonsense, increasing the promised fee each time!
#futurescambaitingideas
haha yes!
"Many thanks for clarifying about Nigerians and criminals" top notch lmao
When somebody trolling a scammer actually give really good advice about managing work loads
Man, these guys actually kinda tried indulging you. I'm almost impressed.
They must be amateurs. 😀
You're at 69 likes and I so desperately want to like this comment but it's an uwu number so 🙁
@@paprikaa117 For your information, you're now free to like it
They (or he/she) actually seemed nicer than I would expect from your common scammer. Still, of course, they (or he/she) is a dishonest criminal.
@@rachelblack3816 As opposed to those very honest criminals of course
"I do not know about any busy schedule"
"As Gavin is a very busy man"
Hmmm, I'm starting to think she's not very trustworthy 🤔
i am very busy
lol. I noticed it too!
Gavin Vink too busy to respond to this?
Is that why I can't find my friend Gavin? GGGAAAVINNNNNNN!
Suggestion: Tell the scammers that you have a large amount of money to give away and start messing with them.
#futurescambaitingideas
Didn’t expect to find a fellow zr player in here but here I am
@@_codac_ what is zr?
@@_codac_👀
I love the e-mail beginning at 16:00, when you turn from being a friendly, if over-talkative, bloke, to being an insufferable prick !
This is beautiful.
Decades of experience in customer facing roles - I learned awkwardness and rudeness from the very best!
I appreciate that you don't just dismiss the people who don't really understand why you can't "just report them" and you actually explain why
I appreciate mild jabbing at "fails" in English communication, but not outright bigoted assault/battery.
@@damienomen68 ?
Damien Croft you... do understand what assault and battery is right?
Come on why report them when you can troll them and earn money as a UA-cam creator.
@@damienomen68 You do realize he's critiquing her English because she said she was born in England and would most definitely be a native English speaker who would not make those kinds of mistakes, and not because "foreign scammer funni"?
Scam baiting idea: on another email act like a member from their scam crew and say that you lost your script for scamming and see if you can get a script and start trying to scam the scammers
I love this scam because they're targeting British people by pretending to be a Danish bank in Malaysia and for some reason they're using dollars. Such an airtight plan absolutely nothing suspicious about that. I guess at least I can congratulate them on getting the Danish right.
Or well they almost got the Danish right, I mean technically they didn't get it wrong but rather mixed languages. The actual bank is called Danske Bank not Danske Financial Bank but I guess they threw that in there to get English speakers on board.
You won't like me saying this but that Tim traveller guy you're subscribed to looks extremely similar to Tim Pool.
It's called "globalization"
@@Jim-so3zm I agree, and the funniest thing is, I have prosopagnosia ("face blindness") so all human faces look very much the same to me: just another human face. However, I can always recognize Tim by his ubiquitous beanie. Almost I imagine he even sleeps in it!
@@hedgehog3180a little fun fact you might not know, Danske bank are actually allowed to print British pound notes. Specifically for northern Ireland (Northern Ireland and Scotland have their own printed notes, and technically they're allowed in all of the UK but England are less likely to accept anything that's not bank of England, and Danske bank is probably the most confusing)
It was pretty heart warming when you were talking about the places you visited like an old man telling his grandkids about his adventures
The scammer seemed somewhat hesitant after that for a while like THEY were the ones being guilt tripped
"Nigerians are criminals"
This just reinforces what he said some videos back about not feeling sorry for these people, because they KNOW what they're doing is wrong, and they'd literally take candy from a baby, or money from an old man needing heart surgery.
Frozen urine related incident
@@kevint1929 *ahem*
_wat_
@@Itsprincesweets You heard me.
@@kevint1929 that was hilarious lul
@@kevint1929 when your hobbies include commenting random edgy sounding words and the best payoff is people responding slightly confused...
The lack of proper scam reporting procedures because "You shouldn't engage with scammers in the first place" is like saying:
"Well, ideally, you shouldn't break your leg in the first place. I don't see why we should build a hospital" o.o
Ah, I see I've misinterpreted that part a bit, which became clear only seconds later.
But now that I've posted the above analogy, I can't bring myself to delete it. Instead, I'm posting this as a correction/concession.
I once had a sucessful scam bait where my character was from Norway and would only reply in norwegian. It even got so far that the scammers would translate their mails to norwegian first before sending them to me. Quite funny, especially if you introduce some mispellings so hopefully google translate will not be able to translate some of the messages fully. And you don't even have to worry about not being able to speak a foreign language, just translate it with google translate. Remember: It's all about wasting the scammer's time.
Good idea!
Just alter some of the (Norwegian) words so that they mean something completely different. E.g. "fail in love" instead of "fall in love". Then they'd translate that and it wouldn't make much sense; that should give you a chuckle from their replies :)
@@CST1992 Yes, or just introduce some grammatical errors, for example "would of" instead of "would've". Or "I could care less" instead of "couldn't care less". You know, those things that native speakers do all the time without even realizing it. But google translate will translate those errors 1:1. :)
These videos are great to sleep to, or at least listen to when you're tired. It doesn't get loud enough to shock me
I have high anxiety and I've been rewatching all your videos every night to fall asleep. I felt so genuinely happy when I saw you'd uploaded. I just realised I owe a lot of mental peace in unpleasant recent times to your relaxing voice, hilarious content and just well-made videos. Thanks. Hope you're well.
period
The good thing about unpleasant recent times is it can only get better in the future. I'm right there with you. This video was a pleasant diversion.
@@crowmigration8245 A pleasant...rambling diversion if you will.
Definitely now
I also fall asleep to these scambite videos 😴
I'm kind of shocked at how pleasant this scammer tried to be. Most of them are very to the point, acting in an alarmist or at best superficially friendly manner (depending on type of scam) and getting mad when things deviate from rapid fulfillment of their desires. This one actually tried to engage with your friendly ramblings. Some small part of me was kind of rooting for a genuine emotional connection to form.
Half an hour of scambaiting? Please Mr Tout, you're spoiling us. Thanks you very much.
Precious and tasteful, Mr. Tout is clearly a gentelman and a scholar. Bless him.
"Mange Tout" is a fake name; it means "eat(s) everything" in French. I don't know what his real last name is.
@@skyem5250 Mike, Mike Ok
@@skyem5250 Oui, je sais, mais c'est plus amusant d'utiliser ce nom de plume.
@@MuchWhittering i dont speak pepperoni
Huge amount of respect to you for that disclaimer about whether to subscribe for your content or not, it genuinely makes me really happy to hear someone that genuine and honest, so thank you
Here's an idea for a future video: When they ask for payment, you should offer something completely ridiculous. Say you don't have money you can pay them, but you can mail them your grandmother's jewelery collection, or your brother's Xbox, etc. You can say stuff like "Oh he'll be fine without it for a week, I'll buy him a new one with the lottery prize"
I bet the scammer tells him to sell those things locally and send the funds. They have no morals or empathy.
Offer some v bucks or Robux 👀
Or that you are currently working out a plan with your bookie to front you the money for the deposit..
He'll be very angry if he doesn't get his share of the donated funds though...
Offer sex, (nothing too...... unusual).
Maybe offer to send them two steam cards
Shrimp, you're doing great. People with criticisms probably aren't reporting their own spam/scam emails or going to any greater lengths to educate less-aware persons. Your videos are educational and interesting.
"I don't think I would be able to cope with a truly foreign land such as Malaysia, or France"
I don't think anyone can cope with France, even the French... Especially the French.
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as a french person, as much as i love my country, i agree.
You wrote such lovely emails. I appreciate the storytelling involved in talking in-depth about a fictitious pie recipe compared at three fictitious bakeries. You missed your calling as an author, sir. 🤣
Shutting down fake bank sites is rather easy: find out who the hosting provider is (there is an online service for that) and inform them that someone is hosting a fake site. They will usually take action within a day or two and shut down that site.
I get a lot of fake Chase Bank emails when selling stuff on a Malaysian app. Thankfully Chase Bank acts on these quick.
meeden
meeden to
AND THEN THE SCAMMERS BRIBE THE WEB HOSTING PROVIDER AND THE SITE STAYS UP FOR ALL ETERNITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND WHOSE FAULT IS THAT?! OH I K OW: THIS MAN'S FAULT AND THE FAULT OF THE POLICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I tried doing that for a website pretending to be a government agency. The website shut down, only to be hosted somewhere else.
"Carving of Spoon" sounds wholesome and dirty at the same time.
Way back when they called making out or kissing "spooning", so who knows what spoon carving means?
;*[}. 😅
Lol, these scammers must be getting so frustrating during these back and forth emails. Bet they were cursing a lot while writing those replies just to have you reply right back with an essay describing something completely irrelevant.
"getting so frustrating"
(in context)
VERBAL NORMALITY VIOLATION
-1 CREDIT
I've been listening to these on autoplay all evening while cooking and cleaning. They've made me chuckle a lot. Thanks for brightening up my day. 🙂
Everyone talking about the scam, then here’s me taking notes on that prioritization matrix because that actually looks super useful 😂😂😂
I did the same! 😂
YES
can u give timestamp?
@@chervilious 15:50
It actually does seem useful except for the fourth and final one for “don’t do it at all” for takes that are unimportant and unurgent, I mean, they’re there in the first place, so I just say don’t stress about them and do them last
As a non english native speaker I have to admitt that these videos are helping me to improve my English grammar. Thanks a lot.
I loved the part about the Eisenhower Decision Matrix. Perfectly patronising. Great stuff yet again
Patronising, but also incredibly useful, lol.
Yes, me too. That was hilarious and I was waiting for book recommendations on Time Managment, e. g. „Getting Things Done“ by David Allen. 🤣
I think the "Thank you" at the end was a "thank you for ending this torturous conversation"
In the words of Grandpa Simpson 'the trick is to tell them stories that don't go anywhere'
"Like the time I took the ferry to Shelbyville"
Reminds me of kitboga and his stories of creating a black hole with microwaves
i'm so invested in mange's stories about life, i love all this new worldbuilding. just an adorable old man carving spoons
Every time I see that kind of warning at the start about what the channel is about, it makes me laugh. This is a channel legit about mushroom picking AND Scam baiting. In the camp of "Things, people don't want to talk about with me" there is a tent for Mushroom picking and another tent for Scambaiting. Yours is a good channel Atom Shrimp.
I have not seen any other content from him yet, as the scam baiting channel is so good and funny, I choose this over finishing my series on paid TV... Lol
This is 2 yrs old,but scams are scams, I've just found your channel. but Ive been watching Browning, kitboga, Boda,all of them for a long time now. I'm happy that I also love your other hobbies. Your whole channels Great. With telling family and friends about scammers,some of them just don't want to believe that they're being taken for a ride. I had,I say had,as he got so angry when it turned out I was right,that I told him to take a flying jump. He was in a * Love Scam* and lost, he said about 30,000 so I'd say it would be alot more. He'd Never even spoken to her Live,only spoke to a woman on the phone. That's it. I said that a male was probably scamming him and just getting his wife or lady friend to talk to him. That didn't go down well. His bank even cut ties with him, telling him he was being scammed. He just didn't listen. All you can do,is hope that they'll have some sense knocked into them. I think that these love scams are the most heartless. Much love from Oz 🌲❤️🇦🇺🥧☕
Oh man, you're persona sounds so nice, would love to listen to his stories.
Dude right?
*your.
Your voice is so soothing to listen to, and how enjoyable these scam videos are is incredible. I want you to keep posting content and keep being your best.
Thanks for posting these videos!
The patience of this scammer lmaooo.
I listened to this while driving, and all I could think was how innocent and sweet you sounded with the apple cider and bakeries. I know its crock, but it's nice to think of an alternate reality where you managed to convince them to be open pals and drop the scam... reality sucks sometimes :(
"Let's go scambaiting again."
-Yes, please! 😁
You said it all :D
I always smile when I hear him say that, and I always get excited when he’s talking about the scam beforehand
@Apu Nahasapeemapetilon I like all the world.
Yeah. Its like phishing… or fishing … or whatever.
I love that you can make purely textual scam baiting fun to listen to. Don't stop. There are people who appreciate what you do.
5:19- add a point for "mite interest" instead of "might interest" haha
Altogether, it's a pretty cute interaction all considering
(at least, until they realize....)
I dunno. I speak english, and even I mite make that mistake. :)
This persona you've created is so sweet, innocent, and insignificant. I love it.
Those.... were actually pretty nice, wholesome scammers....well when you compare them to other scammers
Kyler Herrington ikr their “customer service” was on point lol
I honestly forgot this channel but youtube algorithm comes through for once. Love these even more than the phone scambaiters. And your voice, I would have no issues listening to an audio book of you reading the dictionary, in one sitting.
Using a scam email to suprise another scammer xD
How do you even come up with these shenanigans?
I'm just making it up as I go along
A natural 20 with the invention dice.
@@AtomicShrimp I... I keep trying and it keeps working
Why is tyl regor watching scambaiting vids on youtube?
What an arse that guy was, "this is a push button conviction for the police".
The actual police: 'There is nothing actionable, and the case is being dropped' lol
A truly foreign land like Malaysia... Or FRANCE
that made me laugh way too much
with the recent immigration france is an islamic country
@@marcopolo2395 Oh look, some racist fearmongering! Do change and strangers make you very afraid?
Don't worry, once you grow up, you will learn how to deal with that.
I wish you a lifetime of growth.
@@creativedesignation7880 how is that racist????
@Viper the Avali r/BoneAppleTea
I so respect you and the other wonderful scambaiters. To feel good, more refreshed, to laugh and smile, one has only to watch one of these great reveals. You are so entertaining too 😀
I know people love scambaiting, i mean its the reason i started watching you, but suprisingly, this isnt one of my favorite series after i actually started watching you, i especially love the foraging, and weird stuff in a can, those are my top three, especially foraging, anyway, keep up the good work, love your content!
That's where I stand. I came for the scambaiting, stayed for the art, foraging, and weird food.
I just _love_ his voice
Same here. I kept getting his "Just say OK to scammers" video in my recommended. At first I thought "who would say yes to being scammed? That's just stupid..." And ignored the video, then I eventually watched it. Then, a long trip down the rabbit hole and many videos later, I ended up subbing and found a channel I love. :D
Hahahaha! I just love these. I've bing watched these videos so many times if they were on a VCR they'd be almost unwatchable. (Wonder how many kids gonna look up VCR lol) Anyway, thank you again for what you do. The entertainment is phenomenal and the fact that your doing some great things by taking up so much of these stupid scammers time plus that you are giving us a great laugh at their expense is the cherry on top!
"I downed 16 pints of cider."
LMAO
You are literally the first youtuber I've seen that explained your channel to advise and "warn" about subscribing, instead of begging for likes and subscribes. Liked and subscribed then and there. :D
Good thing you said “literally”. I’d hate for anyone to think you were speaking rhetorically. Or hyperbolically. Thanks for making that distinction
So, she is in the hospital and it's been a while between each message, why hasn't she gotten surgery yet?
Oh right, it's a scam
It's all cosmetic
I suppose it wouldn’t be a bit of a faux pas to email her asking why she’s not dead yet.
*Scam baiting idea:* Keep disappointing the scammer by failing to get gift cards
1) The store is closed
2) Bought wrong gift card
3) Gift cards sold out
4) Redeem gift card to your own account
5) Get 'mugged' on way home from store.
If I can get a UK bank account number out of scammers I call the bank's fraud department and the response is usually.... "Hmmm.... That's interesting... Can you forward the emails to me?". Obviously they are never going to tell me what happens but I like to think at least a few scammers, or more likely their money-mules to be honest, have their bonfires urinated on.
Yeah, I always report to the bank if I get an account number. Pretty sure that kind of reporting IS effective
Nice wording. 😁👍
I imagine a whole lot of bank fraud staff around a table reading the emails and laughing a lot !
I'm pretty sure the "Thank you!" at the end were the only honest words in your entire communication. He just felt so relieved that you finally put at end to his torture. 😂
Honestly, the randomness of your channel is what makes it awesome!
Atomic shrimp another great funny video. It's always great to see what ways you will jerk these scammers around. Endless diversions, meaningless little nitpicking, all kinds of nonsense.
I had tried something recently, just as a way to mess around with a scammer. I replied to an email, they asked for payment (of course) and I responded "Ok, I will get it, somehow..." Next email, I said I had 'robbed' a local gas station for the money to send. Not surprisingly, after a few surprised emails, they didn't seem to care. As long as I said I had the payment to send.
But here's something else I have wanted to try: at some point during the conversation, have some 'emergency'. Either the victim has been in an acident, or another family member has. Perhaps even respond a week later as the victims 'layer'. It would be interesting to see how far they will go to get that money, even during something like a death of a family member.
Keep up the good work.
I want to go traveling with Manuel. He seems so genuinely excited over everything.
I come back to this video every once in a while just to imagine I have a friend who tells me about how he likes to carve wooden spoons and him visiting bakeries in Slough and trying local delicacies.
You have a real talent for stringing those rats along. Well done!
JayBeeTV calls his scammers rats. 😀
LeesaDeAndrea Calling them rats is an insult to rats.
Rats are wonderful creatures
At least you are taking up their time that could be spent on some other "poor soul" as well as spreading the message on scammers! Good job!
10/10 for the Demolition Man penalty buzzer/ticket dispenser.
I don't think Alison even knows how to use the three seashells
@@AtomicShrimp eewww
@@AtomicShrimp neither did Sylvester 😁
@@dawnkladerman598nor Dennis Leary.
“I don’t think I would be able to cope with a truly foreign land such as Malaysia, or France.”
i’m always tickled by how unambiguously english the humor is in these videos. not only the one liner itself but the delivery from atomic shrimp as these characters, it’s just so quintessential
Would love to see if you could get advice on how to be a scammer from a scammer.
That would definately be fun to watch!
This was probably one of the funniest videos I've watched in a while, lmao. The character you've built is wonderful and I hope he has a good fictional life.
_"Let's Try A Series Of Rambling"_ ... I mean, even if the title ended there it's an instant click.
Where have you been all my life? I've been binge-watching and am already dreading coming to the end of the scam baiting videos. Beyond brilliant! Big love from 🇺🇸.
For the next FAQ, perhaps you should give a few more tips on how to tell wheter an unexpected long-winded email is a scam or not? While *I* know the answer is basically always yes, I've noticed that some new opening templates you've gotten are quite well-written, which may throw off more gullible people - keep in mind, some of your advice is to check wheter the e-mail has correct spelling and grammar or not, and this scam's opener look like it's A-OK.
This video was a breath of fresh air in my recommendeds on the long insomnia ridden night I'm having. Bless ya shrimpy!
My attention span has been short lately, but man did I gobble this 29 minute video up
Slough sounds like a lovely city. I think I may plan a vacation there. Can't wait to try Tremblett's Pie.
YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
30+ min scam vid? This has made my day.
Thanks again A.S
Jeez, that guy badgering you to report it to the police needs to chill. Even burglaries get a crime number followed by 0 hours of investigation nowadays. Police are understaffed and busy enough without people sending them on wild goose chases. Anyways, keep up the good work. These videos are informative and funny. Top content.
Seriously underrated channel. This is brilliant, a true gem! Keep up the great work.
Ive watched this playlist at least 20 times. Brilliant stuff
There is so much subtle humor in your emails...I love it!! Absolutely hilarious
I can relate to every part of your childhood nostalgia trip! Spot on, man! 😁
I love the varied videos! Especially these, food and scavenging
I've noticed that no matter ethnicity/demographic, scammers LOVE the term "move forward". It's always a red flag.
You know, I really think I have to set up an Eisenhower Decision Matrix, as am truly very stressed at work! Thank you for being such a caring person, you may just save a life!
I love this man. He doesn't say "you should subscribe" he says his channels not just scam baiting so we the viewers should make an informed decision if we should subscribe.
By the way I mean love as in how he gives us the decision to sub or not.
Suggestion: Translation fun!
Take a reply, put it through such wonderously different languages as Hebrew (or any Levant language), Igbo (or any African language) and Mandarin (because why not), then send it back to them. Make sure to bait them on with promises of money, if they don't understand you, make it clear "I no speak english".
You take a normal reply and get total nonsense as a result, then send them a messege in a completely different language that says "Forgive me, I don't speak English".
#futurescambaitingideas
Hello, i am a new subscriber and i would like to thank you for your patience and hard work to face these kind of criminals and put in a format that is not only educational, well intentioned but also entertaining. As you mentioned in some of your videos, you do not make only this kind of content and even though I haven't watched yet your other content (mainly because I'm binge watching your scambaiting playlist) i couldn't help but subscribe. You have a variety of skills, such as the elderly man needing a heart operation. The innocence of a 13 year old boy and watching this video i couldn't help but find your character so charming and lovely that i thought it would be a pleasant time to converse with someone like that. Please keep up your hard work (as it must be mentally exhausting at times ) and i just felt the need to share that i appreciate what you're doing. Have a nice day and God bless you.
Man, the scammers I tried to mess with were just so quick to give up or stop responding. I had to hound them and even then, I just got bored. I was really disappointed they didn't seem to have the same commitment that these ones do. And I was not wasting my time, by 'hound them' I just mean keep emailing them asking if there's anything else, etc. Nothing I had to devote time to.
It's not possible to win every battle. The videos I publish here are a small fraction of the number of attempts I make to bait scammers
One trick that does work for me is to start off by seeming to be interested, confused, innocent and trusting - this gets the scammer firmly on the hook before I can then divert into nonsense and delay. If at any point I sense the scammer's impatience rising, I fall back to being softly compliant, then build up again. Its exactly like fishing.
I did have a good laugh at this one. Going round in circles. Well done and thanks. The amount of these ridiculous emails I get is very sad really.
I must commend you for your patience and perseverance during these interactions. As for passing your wisdom on to others, may I recommend your channel to our local Sheriff? Living in a rural community in the USA, we have a high proportion of elderly residents. Allowing the authorities to use your posts as teaching aids, we may save some from heartache and embarrassment. Thank you for your consideration.
Anything you can do to spread the knowledge of these scams to people who might be potential victims has my wholehearted approval
Honestly i love this character, such a sweet and caring person
This video has to be one of my favorites in the scam-baiting series. So many laughs and the scammer(s) really did indulge in your yarn-spinning. I have a question relating to one of your previous videos, the Chicken of the Woods one. Did that specimen sprout again this year? It would be nice to see another recipe involving that, if it did.
It didn't fruit this year - because someone cut up that big log - it actually looks like they cut slabs off it with a chaninsaw mill. I know a couple of other locations where I might be able to pick this fungus, but honestly, it was just a bit *too* meaty for my liking (I mean, I'm not by any means a vegetarian)