Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Oliver, Who Asked For More (4 hour scambait with a few jokes)

When scammers get their claws into you, they don't want to let go. So this became my longest ever scambait - stretching over a fortnight. In its edited form (excluding long periods of being on hold) it is just over four hours.
The main scammer Oliver Tyler faces Milicent, an older woman whose voice is a little inconsistent. Featuring a bank transfer to a Money Mule, posting a cheque to a Money Mule, Northampton, the scammers' dodgy VOIP connection, a suggestion they will send "bank officials" to where they think I live, breakfast, inter-scammer rivalry, Northampton again, several running visual gags, and lots of time-wasting. The video ends on a darker note when the scammer calls the wrong number and thinks he is talking to another of his victims. One Mule bank account reported.
This is probably too long a video for most people to want to watch... but I think it's useful to demonstrate how much time scammers are prepared to devote to stealing money from innocent elderly people. I hope it might amuse you from time to time as well.
Chapter marks:
00:00:16 Intro
00:02:00 Recorded Message - fraud activities on your Visa card
00:02:46 Call 1 - bad line - David Roger the Introducer
00:14:40 Call 2 - bad line
00:16:08 Call 3 Oliver Tyler introduces himself and lays the groundwork
00:29:44 Call 4 Oliver Tyler claims that Loft Insulation calls are his doing
00:31:13 Call 5 Oliver Tyler tells Milicent to visit the bank to transfer money - coaching - Money Mule - more coaching
01:15:50 A bunch of calls I deliberately didn't answer
01:17:33 Call 6 Oliver Tyler calls to discover he has been thwarted
01:23:46 Call 7 Oliver Tyler says the Money Mule account was totally legit - sets a password
01:31:42 Call 8 Oliver Tyler - more fraud attempts - visit a different branch and withdraw cash
01:40:38 Call 9 Oliver Tyler re-establishes contact
01:43:48 Call 10 Oliver Tyler - bad line
01:46:15 Call 11 Oliver Tyler names a bank employee - visit a different branch and withdraw cash - coaching - write a cheque - breakfast
02:03:07 Call 12 Oliver Tyler - bad line
02:04:26 Call 13 Oliver Tyler - instructions on posting the cheque to the Mule
02:09:47 Call 13.5 Oliver Tyler - bad line (I had lost count of the calls by this point)
02:10:35 Call 14 Oliver Tyler - bad line - postal Mule - write cheque - visit Post Office
02:24:11 Call 15 Oliver Tyler - bad line
02:25:22 Call 16 Oliver Tyler - bad line - cheque has been posted - time-wasting
02:37:35 Call 17 Oliver Tyler - bad line - summarises the day's activities
02:42:03 Call 18 Oliver Tyler - emphasises importance of the password
02:45:37 Call 19 Leon Cheng - bad line - steals personal information - fails to steal account number
02:53:07 Call 20 Leon Cheng - bad line - time-wasting - steals account number
03:06:10 Call 21 Oliver Tyler - bad line - denies knowing Leon
03:10:33 Call 22 Oliver Tyler - bad line
03:11:47 Call 23 Oliver Tyler - bad line
03:13:06 Call 24 Oliver Tyler - rubbishes Leon - coaches talking to bank about cheque
03:29:04 Call 25 Oliver Tyler - bad line
03:31:36 Call 26 Oliver Tyler - bad line - visit Royal Mail
03:35:49 Call 27 Leon Cheng - cheque not arrived
03:43:29 A bunch of calls I deliberately didn't answer
03:43:57 Call 28 Oliver Tyler - catch-up call
03:48:48 Call 29 Oliver Tyler - exciting update - problem - denouement
04:01:57 Coda - explaining the final recording
04:02:53 Call 30 - Scammer thinks he's talking to a genuine victim: why we bait scammers
As in all these Push Payment videos, images of scammers are (AI) artist's impressions and probably bear no relation to the real people. But they should be recognisable by their voiceprints if the police in their home country ever wish to investigate.
The "bank officials" who might be dispatched to my made-up address could be UK-based members of the foreign scammer gang, or simply Pick-up Mules ( for more on that species, @TrilogyMedia have a number of videos such as this one: • SCAMMER'S HANDS DYED B... ).

[@GanymedeJupiterJazz]

I just came across this channel, I know the video is three months old but this style of scambaiting you have is very enjoyable-not loud, I enjoy the writing in the videos, keep doing these!
I saw you hadn't done many too recently so I'm hoping this prompts you to do more.

[@palimpsest2011]

Cheers! Yes, I have a rather irregular upload schedule - in fact it's probably not fair to dignify it with the word "schedule". It's a hobby for me rather than the full-time occupation that the pros make it, and I'm not monetised, so it's just a question of when I can find the time. I got sidetracked into looking at scam adverts that RUclips thinks it's okay to run; next up I'm going to cover some of the deepfake ads that have appeared lately. Once that's done, I do plan to listen back to some of my scambaiting calls and see if they merit a video or two. I'm fairly certain The Major got up to some mischief a few months ago.

[@catflap001]

I never go to turd parties. They're always so messy.

[@palimpsest2011]

Yeah, once I went to a surprise party they were throwing. Never again! Really bad atmosphere - they all got stinking drunk, and then one of them passed out unexpectedly.

[@catflap001]

@@palimpsest2011 🤣 unexpectedly is the worst kind of drunk. LOL

[@tenhats7036]

First time here, and staying. If he would put the effort and energy in real work instead of in talking so much he could get rich.

[@palimpsest2011]

Thank you! Yes, it's a shame these people have chosen what they think is the easy path to riches, when they could probably do quite well for themselves if they went straight.