OK, Why is Everything Johnson & Benson? (Scambaiting) + FAQ: Can You Scam an Honest Person?
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Six different advance fee scammers - and I thought this would be an episode of 'The Scammers Who Dumped Me' - except I ran into a couple of scammers who had real problems letting go...
Intro and outro music was composed by Eric Castiglia: / supercast
Music for the No Time to West movie trailer is Western Spaghetti by Chris Haugen (from the RUclips Audio Library)
In case you have questions about my scambaiting videos or efforts, you might find the answer below:
'You cant scam an honest person' - true or false? - • OK, Why is Everything ...
Why do scammers promise such big rewards, and demand relatively small fees? - • Bringing Scammers Toge...
Is it just old people who get scammed? - • Just say 'WHAT?' to Sc...
Why are scammers frequently 'Reverend'? - • We Probably Mean Harm ...
Can you help me recover money from scammers? - • OK... There Is No Adva...
Has Atomic Shrimp been scammed before? Is this all about revenge? - • What the Heck is a Cle...
Why are the scams so badly written? (Also do stupid people deserve to be scammed?) - • I'm Just Mad About SAF...
Why do the scammers ask for personal details (that they don't seem to use)? - • A Little Nonsense Now ...
Why don't you scam the scammers? - • John Warosa: Redemptio...
Are you helping scammers to get better at scamming? - • John Barosa: Resurrect...
Why not tell the scammers to deduct the fee from the prize? - • The John Warosa Legacy...
Who is John Warosa/Barosa? - • The John Warosa Legacy...
Did you steal your script, or steal or the idea of scambaiting from someone else? • OK There Is An Imposto...
Why don't you make more/only scambaiting videos? • OK Let's Cross The Str...
If the scammers want Steam/Google Play/iTunes cards, are they kids/gamers? • Let's Create One Big U...
Can I send you scam emails for you to bait? • Let's Try Continual De...
How can I get started scambaiting? • John Barosa Rides Agai...
Why do you blur the scammers' email addresses? • Making A Nuisance Of M...
Why don't you read the scammer's emails in an Indian Accent? • Let's Get Wholesome Wi...
Why don't you report these scammers to the police? • Let's Try A Series Of ...
Are these stories real? • The Scammers Who Dumpe...
How do people even fall for scams? • The Scammers Who Dumpe...
How do people even fall for scams? (Revisited): • OK - Seems Legit (Scam...
How safe is scambaiting? • OK - Let's Try Speedru...
How do you Receive so many scam emails? • The Least Credible Sca...
Aren't you just wasting your time? • The Surprising Return ...
"Once you send the needed fee then I will start coming immediately"
Damn he sure loves his job
Doing something like that will definitely make god George you.
@@JacobPDeIiNoNi if god can hold off on georgeing me for a moment, i'm still in sean and he doesn't like it when i start coming immediately
I find this so funny
He was thinking of the gold.
I can't believe I laughed at your comment... I'm a twelve year old, it seems :D
"you have to ignore the B-word and focus on the gold."
Wise words for us all.
That whole B-word bit was a perfect parody in and of itself for people who get indignant over the most ridiculous of things.
It just comes off as comical sometimes.
@@planescaped you're right
Too right. Bronze isn't good enough. Or Brass. Or Burgundy.
Or Bens-
@@planescaped Please don't make fun of people who have trouble with the B-word. Many people in my country still have PTSD flashbacks to the reign of the bad scientist villain.
Idk i like baguettes with boullion cubes and birch smoked brisket
Must stay strong though, eid is gold bruzza wallahi 🙏🙏🙏
Many people fall for scams not because they are greedy, but out of desperation. I was very close to falling for a scam once and it was due to the fact I had lost my job and was drowning in debt. Scammers prey upon false hope just as much if not more than greed.
Yup. They pray on false hope and desperate people, then turn around and call us americans stupid and greedy for falling for it.
Also many people are simply inexperienced and don't know how internet scamming works or what warning signs to look out for. My mother tried selling stuff on Kijiji for the first time, and I asked for her to consult me because I knew she wouldn't recognize a lot of the signs of someone being a scammer, nor would she know what sorts of things could be used to scam her. And she did indeed get a lot of messages from people trying to scam her, so eventually I had to tell her not to accept offers from anyone unless they were willing to meet her in person and pay in cash, and if any seemed even a little bit sketchy to just refuse or ignore them. My mom isn't used to dealing with scams, internet or otherwise, and my dad generally knows how to spot scams in person, but doesn't know enough about the internet to do as well with internet based ones. They're not stupid or dishonest, just inexperienced.
Yep they hurt the injured. It's so messed up.
No it;s because they are greedy, stupid and want free money.
Mostly they prey on utter stupidity and inability to read normal sentences in English.
"Sorry, I didn't read any of that."
That's a hilarious response to any long unpleasant e-mail, I guess I'll use this from now on.
Good idea! If you're feeling particularly lazy or want to convey how little time you have, shorten it to "TL;DR".
don't forget about "as soon as i care" 🤣.
that's the best way to annoy the scammer in a petty way.
Especially as English is obviously not their first language, and thus takes more effort. When they have to go off-script, but still sound longwinded and "official", it must annoy the hell out of them.
You can also jazz it up. “I’m sorry but neither my patience nor my eyesight will allow me to read the entirety of that message. Would you reword it?”
"Once you send the needed fee then I will start coming immediately"
Well I don't know if I want the Johnson to start coming immediately.
You are the tease
If he started to come, I would definitely send the fee
One thing I've noticed over the years of watching your scam videos is telling them they are a small boy really seems to get them riled up.
Big thanks to mr Karim
It's my favourite one "are you a small boy?!" 🤣
Unfortunately the “small boy” trump card isn’t used in this episode, we will wait till it happens again. And until then, goodbye to us.
@@thighmeat6034 thankings. goodbye to us.
@@soupalex in outsider words. “Goodbye to you”
The „I am not ready” routine and then finally saying you’re ready and simply not replying was wonderful, they must have been fuming! All the time wasted on you while they could’ve been out there scamming people… great job!
Imagine the slimy greedy lazy obnoxious _good brother_ was jittering in his Internet cafe chair, one hand refreshing keenly awaiting the reply, the other hand on his 'muscle, now a bone' 🍌🍆
God that routine was funny. I couldn’t stop laughing.
"I was quite a tall baby" heckin ENDED me
Me too! 🤣🤣🤣
It's hidden gems like that that get me when I'm using headphones and the house is super quiet!
Long babby
Caught me off guard that one 😆
Same I died
its insane the scammers still think its serious after he says stuff like that.
I love every instance of "Do not betray me, dear brother".
Darn it Father Gregori, I thought you were a priest, god will george you for this.
@@ali_m_George not, lest ye be georged
@@avery581I am not georging, for that is god's task.
Dude thinks he's a metal gear villain
I work retail. I'm a member of my store's management team in charge of the customer and money services desk. I've encountered scams and have had to break the news a handful of times and more often than not, the victim was just confused and offered nothing that came off as illegal. We get training and frequent refreshers but through videos like this, I can comprehensively tell the victim how the scam works beat for beat. My customers don't deserve to be stolen from just because they didn't understand the process. The truth matters. Information matters. Thank you for doing these.
I did that for two years, but as the service desk rep before moving up to management in a different department. Sometimes people caught on immediately when faced with the slightest skepticism, like a younger woman who was in a romance scam with a "soldier" that was going to send her gold bars via DHL. Another woman, elderly this time, was actively being scammed by a federal grant scammer, and had given them I think roughly $2,000 to $3,000, possibly more. She actually demanded a manager to report me and tried lying about how I treated her for the crime of refusing to perform her transaction. She eventually admitted to me that "... she knew it was a scam..." but fully intended to give them the money anyway. She was so deep in sunk cost fallacy that she was actively willing herself to stay in the scam and hope all the doubts were wrong. Fortunately, I stopped seeing her after that point; so I think she did actually give up.
Unfortunately, while my coworkers were okay at spotting scams, they were far less proficient than I was at it. There were times when I would silently try to warn them that the person was being scammed, even pressing the "Report Scam" button on their screen for them while they look at me confused. I couldn't out the scam as early as I'd liked because often times, the victim hadn't given over the scammer's information yet, and we need that to be able to report it effectively and damage the scammer's operation. I fear that since I've transferred departments, the number of successful scams has likely gone up.
You keep on keeping on big guy, good on yourself. Look at it with positivity... they sell/share customers details to other scammers; both those merely answering the call and those who fall for the scam... so then they'll be susceptible to take their rational n reasoning away, get them caught up in that same scam again...
So, I'd be proud if I were you! Good on yerself mate, be good to yourself, and all the best to you
"That wasn't the only question I asked you and your answer didn't answer my question."
Hilarious stuff, this guy just summed up your scambaiting style.
Imagine Mange Tout being upset for being called "brother" and telling the scammer "stop calling me brother. It offends me because you are still a stranger, and this is the invasion of my personal space."
These are always fantastic.
The fillipino scammer always saying brother when addressing you is how they speak. My wife says that anyone that is similar in age is brother (kuya) or sister (ate pronounced at-eh )anyone older is tito(uncle) or tita(aunt) when I adress them as a sign of respect.
Thoroughly enjoy your work. Looking forward for another two can Tuesday
I suspected something like that.
I always have Hulk Hogan's voice every time he says Brother 🤣🤣🤣
I mean, almost every culture has some custom where non-siblings call someone brother or sister, it could just be a bad attempt at appealing to Christian 'brother in Christ' saying or similar.
It's curious how scammers never seem to bother to try to understand the cultural differences between themselves and the people they're trying to steal from. If I was approached by a bank (let's just assume it's a real bank for the sake of argument) and they start with "Dear Brother", I'd regard that bank as extremely unprofessional.
Then again, if they were smart, they wouldn't be scammers.
I love it when they have their first and last names swapped. It reminds me of Trinidad and Tobago football team from 2006, several of their players had names that also seemed swapped: Stern John, Cornell Glen, Kelvin Jack, Densill Theobald, they had some "two first names" guys too. Whenever I see a similarly structured name, Trinidad vs England game comes to mind and it instantly gives me a chuckle - because England was hilariously poor for the first 85 minutes or so.
Indian telephone scammers usually also use double Anglo names, apparently in an attempt to seem more authentic. They will usually introduce themselves as Stephen Jordan, Kevin James, Michael Charles or some similar combo name.
Someone else, those are actual legit English names, the dumb ones are like David William, Terry Derek or Tom Ben.
@@Matt_matt1 as a non native, i can’t tell if those (except Tom Ben) are odd anyways. All i can do in regards to names is chuckle slightly when Johnson or Richard is used (and Dick, of course)
The entire thing reminded me of this interview with Elton John
ruclips.net/video/Nl0HqlbX7dc/видео.html
@@Matt_matt1 no they are not. And they still sound ridiculous.
If you need some perspective on how little scammers actually give a shit about the other person, I once got wrapped up in an email exchange with a scammer, as a child. I recall telling them I was a kid, and they insisted I get my mom's bank details.
They don't care. They just don't.
No joke.
My company's CEO died recently. RIP. A scammer called the business 3 days later and said they wanted to speak to him.
The whole city knows he died; he was like a local celebrity. Clearly, this scammer wasn't from our area.
I almost laughed at him through the line before sending him to an employee who deals with these morons all the time.
@@Nakia11798 my condolences. Even if you aren't a family member it must still be quite a shock.
once when i was a kid, i opened one of those links that pretends to give your pc a virus. y'know, the "your computer has been infected, call this number, pay up, and we'll fix it". my dad walked over, pressed alt + f4, and said if it happens again we could have me (a 7 year old at the time) call them to mess with them.
"stand up tall and straight... well, maybe with a little curve to the left" annihilated me
God will George you.
So many puns! It was hilarious!
@@michaelkobylko2969 please michael what does this mean. i am very afraid
Shrimpy-boy, my man! You've outdone yourself this time.
I had to rewatch the "No Time to West" segment half a dozen times just to catch all the puns.
Less than 4 minutes in and I already need a change of underwear. You are a God amongst mortals. 🙌
Ummm…
God will George you if you aren't careful
🤨
After ghosting for a year, I feel like the funniest move would be to email him as a person settling affairs accessing the late Mr B-word's account after his tragic plane crash, and offer him the inheritance as the most recent person to contact him.
"I was quite a tall baby" had me in tears, GOD bless you.
Best thing to remember about scams. You ARE vulnerable. Someone somewhere is coming up with a scam right now that will hit your particular weakness. Always be vigilant.
You have such a talent for wasting scammer's time. Whenever I think "There's no way he keeps this going." You come up with something else that so perfectly draws them back in and makes it worse. This is great quality content and valuable community service
Eating breakfast while watching this proves to be a mistake as my monitor was almost covered in muffin.
😆🤣😆
Been there! 😂
...and you weren't even eating a muffin!
Is that a euphemism?
That last line got to me. I got Georged a while back, nasty bit of business it was.
You were warned about that Careless Whispering !
over 40 minutes! what a treat! thanks for all the work you do with the scambaiting + the video editing
I've been hunting for jobs for months, and today I got an interview finally. It went very well, and it's for an investment firm. Needless to say seeing fraud scams like this will be even funnier if I get the job.
Good luck on getting the job! :D
Congrats on the job!
Update, it hasn't been good. A few interviews but no solid answers yet. Still holding out, though!
I'm cheering for you to get the job soon as possible ♥️
Update: it may not have been the investment firm, but I have finally landed a job that I'll be starting in a week! It's been a long time coming but it's finally over, thanks for the support random commenters!
A fun, small detail you could add:
You pretend that you've made an account with whatever bank they ask, give them a fake username and password, and when they obviously inform you that the login info didn't work, you try to convince them that they must use the number pad keys, and go further by asking if they have num-lock on. It wouldn't do all that much in the larger scheme, but it could further frustrate them
Brilliant, especially given that not every keyboard HAS numlock (neither my personal PC or my work laptop do)
@@beep3242 exactly my point! It's such a stupidly specific detail that makes practically no sense
the "benson is an offensive word" angle was GOLD. didnt see that coming.
I'm surprised the scammer respected his wishes and tried to stop saying the B word.
You would have seen it coming if you knew how evil Benson Hawking was
Ahh, I love another Atomic Shrimp video, thanks for doing these. The repetition is always important in every video for those for whom this is the first time they are searching for such things. Your FAQ Sponsor Stories are just as educational - this one in particular was excellent.
Oh boy I completely forgot I subbed because of the scambating videos back in the day. Come for the scambaiting, stay for the food videos!
(Don't get me wrong, very excited for this one as well :D)
never in my human existence did I anticipate atomic shrimp dropping a "left curve gang" joke in a video
31:07 this one got me to audibly say “oh shit” out loud 😂 the scambaiter explicitly asking the scammer to stop talking to them is such a chad move because they’re usually so insistent in wanting to cut off contact with people who waste their time… and yet, here we are, with ten more minutes to spare! Absolutely brilliant!!
The time I got scammed, it was through eBay. I was told that during an auction I'd lost, the winner couldn't pay, so I could pay as the next highest bidder. It was a good 15+ years ago, so I don't recall all the details, but the email looked completely legitimate, no spelling errors, it had proper eBay looking graphics all over it... The only thing I can't remember at the moment was whether I'd ever checked was whether the email address was sketchy. I don't remember it, and it might have also looked legitimate. I didn't realize at the time how Western Union was such a forum for financial abuse; the money had to go to Italy and Italy in particular doesn't prosecute Western Union fraud. When I found that out, that's the way I knew I was scammed.
I just wanted to buy a microphone. I was out about $50-60. Not the end of the world. But I was definitely not trying to be greedy, I just wanted a good price on a microphone that wasn't sold in stores all that often. It was normally like $70-80 or something like that, so it wasn't even out of the question to only need to spend $60.
RE: the "honest" victim. I dislike the fact that some people seem to think that getting money in some of these scams we see are dishonest; if the money seems like it would go to no one and the victim has a chance to grab at it, they're probably desperate or maybe not thinking clearly due to the aforementioned desperation, or just live in our current world and feel like they need a little pick me up. I can see why someone could fall for a lot of these scams. I don't really find email ones easy for me to fall to and a lot of younger people may feel the same, but remember: more modern apps and social media other than email are rife with scams and while the emails seem archaic (at least to this 25 year old), the template or type of scams are still relevant on more modern social medias.
I was expecting Johnson & Benson to be Cockney rhyming slang. Ya know, like when someone is trying to separate an innocent person from their money you say like "Oh that bloke's all Johnson & Benson".
Careful making assumptions like that or God will George you.
I remember that time that God Georged me in order to discourage me from visiting my family in Hurdle Slaughter while they were working on the sky. I recovered from it, but I'll never be the same after that.
"When you send me the needed fee I will start coming immediately." Blimey, I know you're excited about the fee, but too much information there, Mr Scammer.
I'm 7 minutes in and can easily tell you spent many many hours editing this video together (in addition to the bating of course). It's very appreciated, you always make the best vids. 👍
lol the bating
@@eroticmanhole lol 🤣 Looks like spell check did me dirty on that one haha
With all the 'blue humour' in this one, I had to laugh at the unintended scammer reply at 35:44 - "Once you send the needed fee. I will start coming immediately." that totally fit. Yes. I am 12.
These interludes sprinkled about in your scambaiting videos are a real treat. To me they feel like a hidden reward for those who sit through and don't skim.
Have you ever thought about sending these scammers a trackable link created through Grabify? You could tell them that the link contains your information that they so desperately want all the time. Its pretty much guaranteed they would click on the link. Doing this will enable you to see their location, country, IP address, what phone they are using, etc.
Yes, I would like to see more methods enabling him to report the scammers to police.
That's what Pleasant Green does. Please understand that different scambaiting channels have different methods - Atomic Shrimp has his own way, the grabify methods works better for someone else
@@eastmeetswestpresents6923 No need to lock yourself in one method. Just do what is fun and/or useful.
@@user255 let's see what he has to say about using grabify. I'm predicting he will say that he is fine with his methods just the way they are.
@@eastmeetswestpresents6923 Thats fine. I don't believe Pleasant Green owns any rights to that method. Besides, I'm betting that the Grabify method would work little better with the email based scammers. They always ask for information and I'm sure they would not hesitate to click a link with the header "here is my info you asked for". I'm also quite sure that Grabify has more than one user.
The Revival of the Benson Hawking joke from the Saffron episode was genius
“As soon as I care” is a great reply
Was that Atomic Shrimp doing an american/southern accent for the Big Willy vignette? Pretty good voice acting!
I just wanted to say thank you for bringing so much joy to my life. I often listen to your videos when I am having a hard time. I really appreciate your humor and the sense of enjoyment for doing this that I sense in your videos. You are wonderful.
Much agreed.
There is another common scam tactic:
The *grandparent* *scam*
Where someone (usually elder people) is scammed by impersonating a grandchild or other relative to defraud them.
I know that this scam usually works via phone and not via e-mails, but it's still very common where I live, so please be aware of this one, too. 😉
42:00
Dear Mr. Mike,
How does it feel to be the funniest man on the internet?
Sincerely,
A viewer
I'm so glad you make these videos. I had someone on a different channel try to convince me that if someone is naive enough to get scammed, that person deserves to get scammed, and scamming is therefore is not blood money.
It's disheartening that some people think that way.
I think usually that point of view arises out of a (largely false) sense of superiority - people say that because they feel like they would never get scammed themselves - which, in a very small number of cases, could be true, but more usually it's arrogance, self-assurance and misapprehension of the actual risks.
@@AtomicShrimp Oh, absolutely. This individual was bragging about spotting a potential scam as a youth years ago, and therefore it would never happen in the future either, even in a moment of weakness. Arrogance without a dose of empathy.
Your ability to make scam baiting videos based solely on emails, and still have them so engaging and hilarious… it’s truly a testament to your humor and genius. Love your work!
Hehehe, the Donald, Bonald, Benald in your mails to the first scammer. :D
"I swear with the almighty God and with the last drop of my blood and my father's grave"
Wow that escalated quickly😂
re the FAQ, the refund scam, where you are contacted and told you're due money (usually a refund), and the scammer "sends too much, please send the difference back". This scam relies on honesty.
p.s. the easiest people to scam are often those that think they can't be
At my job, we occasionally get 2 or 3 people every few months asking about releasing a family member from custody. The victims say they already sent half of the fee/bail money by Western Union or something like it and were ordered to go to pay the rest in person. We have to break it to the victims that the person on the phone is a scammer and we don't keep anyone in custody.
I've seen older and younger folks fall for this scam. It's very depressing and sad that somebody out there impersonated a family member and took advantage of a victim's fear, concern, and love.
We also rarely get the romance scam victims too. Usually it's older men with bouquets of flowers. I can only imagine the feelings of sadness, loneliness, and taken advantage of while driving home.
Can you share what do you do for work, that people think you’re holding their family members in custody?
wait no yeah cause what is your job 😭😭
I'm very glad that you leaned into the Richard Member bit. That's good stuff.
And the youtube filter algorithm can't touch it!
The sheer finesse with which you come up with such strange ideas that almost feel like they could be real is incredible
So true about the "scamming an honest person" thing. I almost got caught by one of the covid scams alerting me that I'd been in contact with someone who was tested positive, as I had just woken up and wasn't thinking clearly. Thankfully my partner pointed out the scam before I clicked the link!
I’ve not heard of that scam! I might have fallen for that too.
I like that the scammer writes "period", while not using any actual punctuation.
I'm gonna say the B word.
This is really interesting, I found this channel after I came across a bunch of Bitcoin spambots and the sheer audacity annoyed me, so I investigated further. I do appreciate the comment about the possibility of honest people getting caught up. Back when I was unemployed and looking for jobs I used to get a bunch of job related scams. Most were obvious but one seemed to be from a company I had applied to. The letter was from an official email ID, didn't have grammatical errors, didn't offer an insane salary and asked for a minimal fee. I was so desperate to believe it, but fortunately emailed the company directly and realised nope, it wasn't theirs. It still boils my blood when I think of the hope l felt and how they exploit your weaknesses.
Saying “you can't scam an honest person” is ironically a dishonest thing to say.
I’m the absolute nicest way possible, these videos are good to fall asleep to. I always come back and rewatch them several times too.
"A scammer who is new to the business" sounds so strange, like I wonder what they thought about as they were training to start scamming, or even how they trained.
In case you're wondering, sending $17.2 million in increments of $5,000 ATM cards twice a day would take 1,720 days, or almost 5 years.
"The date where I started being born or finished being born?!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
1:13 I love that you wrote "Bonald" without mentioning it. Very good!
I saw that it was a running gag. Pls do not comment to this effect pls!
The worried tone when saying "Benson Hawking" during the explanation as to why it was an offensive name was a great subtlety in your voice.
Loved the movie trailer..literally thought it was a RUclips ad 🤣
“God will George you”. Definitely a line to use in future scams! :’D
"Once you send the needed fee I will start coming immediately"
I don't doubt that's true.
42 mins of pure comedy, extra long scambait video? Nothing better than that!
"Mr. Benson, a national of your country"
"Where are you from?"
Beautiful.
That western voiceover was brilliant. Love it!
How do you keep track of these nutters ? I am so confused just listening to this! 🤣
your videos almost have a teacher/tutorial vibe which is pretty cool, not only are you teaching people how to avoid scams but if your viewers ever get into scambaiting you're showing them effective techniques to occupy these scammers so they don't hurt others. i often listen to your videos while i'm drawing because they're calm and entertaining. love your channel, keep it up!
Loved the No Time to West bit
How to shut down a scam:
1) "Your package containing drugs has been seized" Ring through, then ask, "which package? I have so many packages containing drugs coming over the boarder, I have to keep track.". The result was an immediate ring tone.
2) This is the credit card security company. There are faudulent charges on your credit card." Again ring through until you get a live operator. "Please clarify. Is that my VISA or my MasterCard? Can you give me the last four digits of the card number?". Result is instant ring-tone.
3) "Your social insurance number has been suspended for fraudulent activity" When you get a live operator, "That sounds terrible. Please give me the last three digits of the suspended number?". Ring tone again.
I could go on. The point being that there are ways to call out scam artists without giving out any personal information. Most of these imposters are trying to present themselves as organizations that would NEVER call you. Even if they did, one simple verification question will shut them down before they can even make their pitch.
Top tier skits as usual, amazing.
Also nailed the FAQ!
All the extra production and fanfare around the broken English the scammers use is what really makes this series. Great stuff.
2:25 when you make this a feature-length (!) movie, you _have_ to call it
The Wood, The Bad and The Ugly
35:43
"Once you send the needed fee then I will start coming immediately"
... I'm sure you will.
"You have to ignore the B-word...and focus on the gold"
Sound life advice, really.
continually asking if the scammer wants to know of you're ready, with the response completely going over that and asking for the card.... priceless
Some time later: "Hi, I'm George. God sent me. Beats me what I should do though."
28:37 "be rest assured, when I am ready... I will be ready"
friggin howled at this
OK, Richard Member's inner dialogue is a gut busting soliloquy. You're getting away with the most risque of bleu theatre and there's nothing _The Algorithm_ can do.
I feel that FAQ, my mum fell prey to an eBay scam when she tried to buy herself and my little sister a new phone. The Ad seemed legitimate, it was priced right and was verified, but the scammer took their money and bolted. The bank froze the account but couldn't recover the funds. Honestly, it can happen to anyone.
"Once you send the needed fee then I will start coming immediately"
🤔
A lot of refund scams rely on the person being honest, to either a) notice that the amount is more than they were suppose to receive, or b) be willing to fix the mistake once it's bright to their attention.
Yes, scammers rely on weaknesses, regardless of what it may be we all have them. Too nice, as you say, can be as much a weakness as being gullible.
You have the patience of a saint and the wit of someone unbelievably witty.
I suggest that we measure wittiness in units called "Atomic Shrimps".
"god will George you"
Oh no not George!!!
This sounds like an audio book and I love it.
We call "/" a slash here not a stroke, so 3:55 made me laugh a lot.
It’s always nice to see all of the little details that the scammers skip right over. The “Do and Do Not Do” thing really got me, but the scammer just brushed over it. Always so many silly little things.
Glad to see scambaiting again. Thank you so much for the video.
i've binged these this week and now my brain is scrambled whenever i write an email.
Hey I know this comment is gonna get buried but I will type it on the off chance you see it.
Thank you for taking these people's time away from real victims. It is never a waste of time ever. You keep these people away from our grandparents and many people are greatful.
Omg I’m sitting here in stitches….”I was a long baby!” You’re a comedy genius Mr Shrimp! X
Positively delicious, thank you. It always warms my heart to see a scammers time wasted and great content created.
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Regarding scamming honest people, one thing that a lot of FX / shares scammers love doing is to have the old style con artist air about them
You could say that it appeals to greed, to an extent but if those returns are say 15% instead of 7%, it's preying on investors. A lot of "green energy" scams operate this way, especially as it suggests you're doing a good thing by investing
Also a lot of these scammers speak in perfect English, and are often either British or American.
I started this video on my phone and had to do something, so I put my phone in my pocket, still listening via headphones. The video starts as normal, great. Suddenly, the video stops and I hear this...audiobook I guess, some other video I suppose. I think it was about something obscene, but the look of bewilderment on my face surely must have been hilarious. I had to listen for like 20 seconds before I could check my phone. Wild. This video is absolutely wild.
I had this same experience- I was so confused, I thought it had cut to an ad or something
“As soon as I care” is such a metal line