"Excuse me if I show a moderate deficit of sympathy". As I said to someone who was describing how they got scammed for 25k. (They really were a numpty!)
@@Stettafire My money is backed by delicious cookies. I bake them myself. So there cannot be any inflation issues. As cookies are of course more valuable than nothing. Checkmate Treasury department.
@NallsNotBalls I've seen a comment where someone stated that in India adressing to someone as " small boy" or as to children, minor is a humiliating insult. That's why scammers hate it.
The "I'm unsure if hours are the same size there" absolutely demolished me. You're doing god's work Atomic, I came for the scambaiting but stayed for your personable self!
I love it when these scammers just keep biting the hook of "should I pay the bank now?" No matter how many hours have already been wasted, the chance that maybe the NEXT message won't be more inane nonsense is just too enticing to them.
hey, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take what the scammers don't seem to notice, though, is that in this case they're trying to hit a moving basket. from outside the arena. with a lead basketball. …also, the basket doesn't actually exist. not even hypothetically.
I'm scamming someone and I asked what their favorite color was, and they said "I like blue, but sometimes I like red if I'm feeling adventurous." I don't think they know how favorite colors work.
I can't shake the feeling that a lot of these scammers could do well in actual customer support roles, if they were able to use their facade of patience and understanding towards more legitimate means
They are probably already employed in such a place. Using the resources of the company they work for to scam on the side. In between phone calls to English speaking countries about upgrading their light bulbs or switching energy providers.
What’s giving them patience is the potential money from the victim. If I had to spend 12hours in a line with no food or drink for 20k I’d do that. They just want money, if you don’t give it to them you already know how rude and bastarda they become
It's funny, I remember a time when I was only around for the Scambaiting, while at this point I love all of the other content so much that these are now a nice bonus I remember occasionally happens between all the Infinite Basil and Foraging videos.
This was so entertaining. Your ability to run rings around them is hilarious and reading each email exactly as it is written, complete with spelling mistakes and grammatical errors has me in stitches
I love how he, whenever they get annoyed and rude, innocently dangles the bait in front of them once more "I'm ready to send the money now .." 😂😂 And they bite every time!
@@StefanNoack LMAO 🤣. No beige but I'd love that on a shirt. I'll have to get one done myself 💚 Merry Christmas to you and everyone. I can't believe it's fkn here already 🌲🙄
It's incredibly stunning to me that people feel some kind of entitlement for you helping them get money back from a scam. Asking for help is one thing, but getting upset when you tell them you can't help blows me away. Keep Rockin my friend, you do more than your share to help people avoid scams 👍
I suppose its desperation. I've had a couple of emails this Week that were along the lines 'you HAVE to help me!' - even if I had the time, and wanted to spend my time doing that all day, I simply can't do anything useful, except tell people to go to the police and their bank.
@@tabby73 I can sympathize with that, especially when one has lost a lot of money. But if someone can't help, they can't help and they must understand that
I got addicted to weird stuff in a can, so much gold! I think one of those might have been my first video, but it's entirely possible l watched a scambaiting first because I was enjoying Mr Browning around the same time. But Mr and Mrs Shrimp are above and beyond - even encouraging me to start experimenting with cooking (which beforehand was usually an anxiety inducing task!) I'm grateful this channel exists, it just makes me happy 😊
my favorite kinds of channels are the ones where people are just talking about and showing things they find interesting and care about. there's something so authentic about it 😊 I implore anyone who's only here for shrimp's scambaiting videos to watch his canned hot dog video, you'll be hooked instantly.
I think a great demonstration of the "most scam baits go no where" thing can be best observed by watching someone like Kitboga who streams many of his attempts live. A lot of those attempts don't go that far, but every now and then you'll get one that spans the course of several callbacks and those are the ones that typically end up on his youtube. And the five-minute calls usually do not get posted unless something interesting happens very quickly.
@@dusaprukiyathan1613 probably has to do with the fact that these people don't pay too much attention to every individual conversation because they have tens, if not hunderds of them. So I bet they are trying to spend as little time as possible while staying as relevant as possible so the victim doesn't get off the hook.
Am from the Philippines, can confirm that because our time is part of the Beige Network time alliance, our hours here are around twice slower. So eight hours there is sixteen here. The poor bank guy must have not been updated in bank policy 😒 Also nice touch using the back of a Philippine peso there
Hi meme meee. I thought your comment was so funny that I read it aloud to a person who took it seriously! Best laugh I've had in a long time, so thanks.
Do you get paid for 16 hours of work or only 8? Or maybe the payment system of the Beige network is so fast you only get paid for 4? But what if you are sick, do you get the full time off or just half the day?
How many Clodes does your Beige Network Sector make available to you? My Sector gives me no less than 5 but no more than 5 Clodes, which makes Expanding Transfers even more streamlined, unlike BDO Transfers that Stipple the Clode, and then you have to contact the Clode Administrator to Un-Stipple the Clode, but even that it can be Stoppled by the Clodding System... Personally I just stick with the Beige Network, it's the simplest way to avoid Stipples and Stopples.
My favorite thing is when the two scammers are the same person. I love when you just completely insult one of them and the other try to save face, it is so funny.
I love the fact that as soon as you started reading the line "It's less like I am dealing with..." I was able to complete the sentence immediately. I've no idea how so many small boys get their hands on such large sums of money.
It’s already incredibly difficult to explain cryptocurrency in fluent english, I have a mighty need to hear one of these scammers attempt to explain it in full. I appreciate you trying very hard to get that to happen even if they weren’t cooperating
I get the feeling that the scammers don't understand much of it at all beyond the fact that it allows them to take nonrefundable payments. They keep trying to get people to use bitcoin ATMs which are not only quite rare but last month every bitcoin ATM in the UK was ordered to be shut down by the government, I'm guessing they're a bit ignorant of just how uncommon cryptocurrency is in legitimate circles.
It's just a protocol to share and validate (called mining) money transaction record (called "blockchain") across a network of computers (called nodes).
I mean, annoying these scammers has always seemed to include your trademark sense of childish complaining, but my goodness, you amped the nitpick up to a thousand this time! Well done.
If you think that's bad, in one of his other videos a scammer asked for the money atomicshrimp's character needed for a heart operation. Y'see, once atomicshrimp got rewarded with millions of dollars, he would have more than enough to have the operation many times over.
@@therealPSXer These scammers seem pretty dumb, I wonder if they actually trick themselves into believing the person is actually going to get that money, like they're method acting. But either way I'm sure that scammer doesn't think of the person on the other end of the phone as a human being. It reminds me of the Milgram experiment.
Omg! I got a scam call from someone from ‘car phone warehouse’ offering me a phone for literally pennies and offering to pay off my contract that I’d told them still had £5,000 remaining to pay. Eventually I asked them if I could have a mini version of an iPhone max and when I was asked what colour I said brown. They were confident that they could get me an iPhone 12 max mini in brown 😂
I do love when Mike very politely calls out the ‘um actually’ know-it-alls online. Sticks to the facts, but lets them know that they’re wrong. Feel sorry that he has to do this so often.
I really liked the scrolling response visual. Helped show that this was a back and forth conversation more, and helped refresh my memory of the past few events.
I think that he's just quietly sipping tea and eating some salad made out of whatever he foraged for that day along with some random stuff from a can. Perhaps with a little mischievous smile on his face.
The bitcoin thing gave me a great idea! Try to “pay” the scammers with an NFT, and send them a screenshot. You can also either claim to have actually purchased it with crypto, or pretend that you don’t understand NFTs at all and claim that the screenshot *is* the NFT
I don’t get why they persisted after you claimed the account was being investigated for fraud. As far as they know, either you’re telling the truth, in which case you can’t do it, or you’re lying, in which case you’re on to them. Either way the scam’s over
Because no matter how small the chance, it doesn't take much time to direct him to a new bank account and he might just pay. Just like him, they are used to most of their target not biting, that's why they are used to insist and take any chance even if it seems doomed to failure, just in case... Except since that's how they make a living, they are even more motivated. That's why these videos can happen.
Hi Shrimp, I know you'll surely never see this, but thank you so much for the videos you do. I've been stuck abroad for several years now due to a combination of COVID and paperwork shenanigans, and your content is the only thing that helps my homesickness for England. Thank you!
You. Are. My. Hero!😆 I've investigated fraud crimes (as a law enforcement investigator) for almost 20 years... I've never had the time or leeway to mess with these jerks that you do. Bravo! Love yah, Shrimp - Keep doing it!
I can’t believe how adamantly these “professionals” refused to use a commonplace payment method that saves the customer time and money. If it hadn’t been completely made up, I would be FURIOUS.
"Dear Beneficiary , we are sorry to say that you are very stupid . Thank You . " Never in all the years ,of all the scambaiting videos and channels I watch have I ever laughed so hard.I literally could not breath as I was in tears of laughter. That is the greatest response in the history of Scambaiting videos. This video almost gives John Warosa a run for his money as to which is the greatest/ most entertaining video ever released on TH-cam . Thanks for providing the best entertainment a person could ever hope for
Mr. Shrimp, I would just like to say that I found your channel 6 months ago via a scambaiting video suggested to me via TH-cam, and subscribed immediately due to falling in love with the entirety of your content library. Keep up the amazing work. Warmest regards, A random fan from the USofA
That could actually be a very reasonable mistake to make. For example, some countries represent 1 and 1/2 as 1.5 and others use 1,5. I suspect that in practice, most people would realize that 4,500 would be four thousand five hundred because of the extra zero, but there's all kinds of people and I wouldn't be surprised if it was a mistake made at least once while dealing with international money transfers. Given how stubborn and ignorant Shrimp's characters are, I could see him doing something like this.
I think he did something with a similar result - he sent $2000 Zimbabwe Dollars instead of $2000 US dollars or something like that. Ended off being the equivalent of £2.
My experience with Wells Fargo (I have an account there) is that they take quite an interest in fraud and scams. They are a bit more responsive if you have an account with them, though my personal interaction has only been to report phishing messages I've received. Pretty sure I've been to that branch office, btw, as they only have a couple in Lakeville and I used to do a lot of business in the southern suburbs. Pointless, I know, but it amused me.
If only Wells Fargo would take some interest in the fraud and scams INSIDE their own organization (i.e. opening accounts without customer permission ..all fixed we got rid of that employee and paid the huge fine....... a few years later FDIC and/or FTC examining Wells Fargo again ...all fixed we got rid of that employee and paid the huge fine....... a few years later FDIC and/or FTC examining Wells Fargo again rinse repeat....) just out of curiosity i looked up Wells has paid over $4 Billion in fines since 2016...Which averages $1 billion per year just part of doing business i guess...
I love how consistent you are about the tiny details. And I love how it drives them mad! It really did make me laugh out loud when they started getting angry about you asking so many questions!
You should make the phrase “fellow the instructions” into a children’s mascot parody that’s a sentient peice of paperwork tells kids to follow instructions.
"It's not clear, CLEARLY!" I am usually against Beige in any form, but now I'm realising I was deeply, deeply wrong. I need Beige in my life. Time to redecorate! *Edit - on reconsideration I'll redecorate with just "a quarter" Beige
They also don't handle the same type of scammer. Jim Browning deals with tech support scams where he has the scammer connect to his (virtual) PC, which he somehow uses to get into their own PC and install a RAT (remote access trojan). The RAT is how he is able to keep an eye on the scammer and help victims, but he can only do so while he is connected, and only while the scam is in progress. Atomic Shrimp deals with advance-fee scams, which are generally conducted by email. He doesn't have the same opportunity to get into the scammer's PC that Jim has. I suppose theoretically he could somehow trick the scammer into installing a RAT (say, by disguising it as a passport) and get in that way but I believe most webmail and desktop email clients prevent that, and they might not even be using a PC these days (and if they were it might be a public computer where they don't have admin access).
I always get very excited for these videos. I've watched them since 2018. I've rewatched alot of them and I really enjoy them. Thanks for still making these! :)))
Absolutely brilliant video. The way you go through that FAQ is so good. The only problem is those emails will never stop as long as they think scambaiting = hacking the scammers
I wasn’t scammed, but a security flaw in my bank went undetected and all of my life savings was drained. The bank and authorities have taken control of the situation, but it has been three months of not having access to my account. There’s nothing that can be done, only can wait to see what the proper resources are able to do to help.
My bank account has a very similar flaw. For some reason I am allowed to spend it. Every time I check it seems there is more missing. I hope you find a solution to your problem dear beneficiary, because I think my only hope is a deceased relative leaving me a small fortune. :(
I love how the scammer goes back and forth between his account like some sort of schizophrenic with dissociative identities. It's quite telling that they are not paying attention
I've been watching all your scam baiting vids and just caught up, and I'm so glad we got a continuation of these guys. I've also been watching a lot of your other content as well (a lot of weird stuff in a can) and just wanna say, I love the channel, keep up the great content! edit: oh my god this scammers breakdown was absolutely wonderful
Something about how you reffered to him as "The Johnson" continuously throughout the whole exchange had my dying laughing. Maybe next time I watch this one I'll take a shot every time you say it
I can just imagine the scammer salivating at first, spending the upcoming loot in his imagination. Their frustration level must have gotten off the charts.
This is the funniest video of yours that I've had the pleasure to watch so far. Both sides provided enormous entertainment, especially the "you're stupid thank you" line and your questions about the passage of time. I've been crying laughing for the past 20 minutes
A) You should try getting more from these specific scammers with one of your different scam baiting emails and use the the Beige Network stuff again and B) have you tried responding to one of scammers when they say My Brother with I didn't know I had a long lost brother and see how far that tangent could go?
Bit of a question regarding the Beige Network, does your account need to be in a tax clode in order to ensprone a Beige channel ID? And are the funds gained from an expanding transfer glarded? Other than that, quality content as always, Shrimp. It's always fun to see scammers melt down, schadenfreude, you might say. :)
My understanding, and I may be mistaken, is that *gained* funds from a Beige Network transfer are always glarded, but the principal funds retain their original glarded/unglarded status.
@@klrowdean What exactly do you mean by “gained” funds? The extra funds received as the result of the expansion process or the entire sum of Beige Contracts? Also, minor correction: the correct form is “glardedn’t”.
@@notnth I apologize for my imprecise language. By *gained* I'm only referring the new funds that come from the expansion process. These funds will always be glarded. The initial amount (principal) retains its original glarding status. I believe unglarded and glardedn't are different preferred forms in British and American English. I may be mistaken. I am but a small boy.
This whole video is such a masterpiece -- and I say this already being thoroughly entertained by your other scam videos, but this one is a league apart for some reason. Just absolutely cackling for half an hour.
"I did an expanding transfer to myself, which means I now have enough funds for half the amount" Why didn't I think of sending myself an expanding transfer...
You are very entertaining yet instructive on how to wind up scammers. I would never engage a scammer on the phone, but this sort of run-around would be right up my alley. Keep up the good work.
My guess? Probably a normal phrase in their native language, which they don't realize doesn't sound quite right in English. I made the same mistake a lot when learning Spanish, where I'd repeat words/phrases that technically were Spanish but sounded off/weird to the people I was speaking with (especially how often I'd say them).
From my own experience, "rest assured" is a little confusing when you first hear it, especially if you learn that "the rest" can mean "the remaining part of something". I guess their native grammar confuses them in some other way, so they try to fill in the gap with another verb to make it sound "right".
Hilarious! That scammer was losing the will to live at the end there, and deserves nothing less. Thanks for exposing these criminals with some comedy along the way. The old maxim always applies, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” They are even trying to find potential marks in TH-cam comments! I watch several art channels and they have been trying to start conversations with women there and the artists have done announcements at the start of their videos about this. It’s the “widower veteran who needs money for his daughter’s medical bills and romance” angle. It’s a familiar opener by now but some people are still seeing it and falling for it. The artists are telling anyone affected to send details to TH-cam and to not engage with them at all. It’s pervasive, and even if one person in a thousand sends them money it’s making these scammers richer.
Yeah, the really unfortunate thing is that some people who get scammed by some random scammer in TH-cam comments seem to want to hold the TH-camr accountable for the scam - in the case of scammers impersonating the channel owner, the victims just don't seem to understand that it wasn't the TH-camr scamming them
If you've been scammed, contact the police and your bank *immediately*. I know a guy who got scammed and from what I understand he either sent money through his bank or gave the scammers his online banking password. His bank did manage to cancel one transfer that was in progress and he got a significant proportion of his lost funds back. If you have just been scammed and looking for advice, call the police and your bank NOW. They might be able to help if you ring them NOW.
Everything coinsquirt or FundThrust comes in I die laughing. These scammers are so blinded by their ignorance you can't help but laugh every time. Keep up the good work 👏.
I've recently been receiving "weird" e-mails and it occurred to me that, instead of blindly guessing myself, you would know exactly what they're about. They only contain one line of text and, of the dozens I've received, all of them have a unique e-mail address that looks completely innocent. (as in: "just some guys address") What got me curious is that the Subject line and content line always end mid-sentence followed by a 6 character long base64 string. While my inner CTF enjoyer wants to think "if you arrange these strings in the right order, you can decode a secret message", the critical-thinking part of my brain tells me that's nonsense. Other than that, the only thing that stands out to me are the 3 "Smart Reply" buttons Gmail adds. All of these mails have them and it's the first time I've seen them. But inspecting the html source reveals that they are in a completely separate from the message body.
26:23 "Im not here to argue which one of us is right and which one is wrong. Because you are the one thats wrong". This is GOLD and I need this on a shirt haha
Another great video! It's odd that the scammer didn't want to receive a quarter of the funds (which'd be over $500 I assume); I wonder how much he'd have raged if you'd have sent him an absurdly small amount like you did with Nigerian Naira. A shame that there's no way (I assume) to safely transfer a tiny amount of money to the scammer's accounts. Also, your voice is so soothing and calm, your videos are my go-to background noise. Have you ever considered publishing audiobooks, possibly of public domain works? Somehow you reading Dickens just seems appropriate.
In some circumstances it could be done safely, but it's a finisher he's used before. The time investment might be more than it's worth. Western Union or even bitcoin might be easy enough, but having to explain to an actual bank that you set up an account, however small, to intentionally get scammed might strain their patience. Oh, and I second the Dickens idea... Great Expectations would be a perfect start.
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“we are sorry to say you are very stupid thank you” had had me in tears for like 10 minutes. i cannot wait to shove this into my daily vocabulary.
Omg me too! That was the best.
🤣🤣🤣
"Excuse me if I show a moderate deficit of sympathy". As I said to someone who was describing how they got scammed for 25k. (They really were a numpty!)
They may have been a scammer, but they came out with some banger lines
the strong passive aggressiveness is gold
"I did an expanding transfer to myself so I now have half the amount."
IRL infinite money glitch lol.
if the fed can print money ad infinitum, why don't I?
Its the Endless Chocolate all over again...
Dose that involve typing motherload a hole bunch of times ?
@@mattr2238 Inflation has entered the chat
@@Stettafire My money is backed by delicious cookies.
I bake them myself. So there cannot be any inflation issues. As cookies are of course more valuable than nothing.
Checkmate Treasury department.
"Small boy" is such a hilarious insult, cracks me up every time.
Simple but highly effective
The fact they didn't rise to that makes me think it's actually some 14yr old
"Little sun" energy.
@NallsNotBalls I've seen a comment where someone stated that in India adressing to someone as " small boy" or as to children, minor is a humiliating insult. That's why scammers hate it.
"Are you perhaps a small boy?" yes it's so condescending lol
Is it possible that the Beige Network might merge with MoneyPurple to become MauveBank?
brilliant.
Only it it's FundThrusted first and unglarded.
That's how these things work as I understand.
@@beeragainsthumanity1420 That won't work... I only deal with glarded funds.
I head CoinSquirt was interested in mergers & acquisitions. BeigeSquirt anyone? (Ill see myself out)
@@LBJshowedmehisJ Make sure that they give you an Inoppolity Certificate if their account is in a Tax Clode
The "I'm unsure if hours are the same size there" absolutely demolished me. You're doing god's work Atomic, I came for the scambaiting but stayed for your personable self!
the hours are the same, but they tend to be on the other side of the clock
Oh you've got SOOOO much more to enjoy!
Agree 💯
Ranpo pfp!!!
Also...you must admit, "There is great significance to the passage of time." Looool
“I am not here to argue which one of us is right and which is wrong. Because you are the one who is wrong” is absolute gold.
I love it when these scammers just keep biting the hook of "should I pay the bank now?" No matter how many hours have already been wasted, the chance that maybe the NEXT message won't be more inane nonsense is just too enticing to them.
hey, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take
what the scammers don't seem to notice, though, is that in this case they're trying to hit a moving basket. from outside the arena. with a lead basketball.
…also, the basket doesn't actually exist. not even hypothetically.
They are falling for the same scam they are attempting. That's what makes this so hilarious.
This man is a master at pretending to know everything about fake things and absolutely nothing about real things.
Ikr I’m getting “Is the fund glarded” flashbacks from this lmao
I'm scamming someone and I asked what their favorite color was, and they said "I like blue, but sometimes I like red if I'm feeling adventurous." I don't think they know how favorite colors work.
“We are sorry to say you are very stupid thank you”
“No need to thank me, it’s really no trouble at all”
That’s so funny
Average conversation with my friends be like
Average friendly posh British conversation
I can't shake the feeling that a lot of these scammers could do well in actual customer support roles, if they were able to use their facade of patience and understanding towards more legitimate means
They are probably already employed in such a place.
Using the resources of the company they work for to scam on the side.
In between phone calls to English speaking countries about upgrading their light bulbs or switching energy providers.
„I would rather die than do an honest afternoon’s work!“
Thing is, I'm pretty sure Comcast doesn't pay them enough for customer service calls
I mean, other then the swearing and caps?
What’s giving them patience is the potential money from the victim. If I had to spend 12hours in a line with no food or drink for 20k I’d do that. They just want money, if you don’t give it to them you already know how rude and bastarda they become
It's funny, I remember a time when I was only around for the Scambaiting, while at this point I love all of the other content so much that these are now a nice bonus I remember occasionally happens between all the Infinite Basil and Foraging videos.
I love atomic shrimp, everything is so interesting!
Same except I don't like the scambaiting videos nearly as much as the other ones. But I like these plenty
Cheesemaking tomorrow!
@@AtomicShrimp Ohhh! Looking forwards to that one. I hope successful? I tried making cheese at home but it always turned out as sour, spoiled milk.
@@AtomicShrimp
Cheesy scambaiting? Does Mange Tout have extra milk on hand?
This was so entertaining. Your ability to run rings around them is hilarious and reading each email exactly as it is written, complete with spelling mistakes and grammatical errors has me in stitches
I love how he, whenever they get annoyed and rude, innocently dangles the bait in front of them once more "I'm ready to send the money now .." 😂😂 And they bite every time!
@@tabby73 they're really not very bright and he does it so well 🤣
He has a gift. I couldn't pick up and make up things like he does
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It's the reading of the emails that never fails to make me laugh.
I want "Dear beneficiary, we are sorry to say that you are very stupid thank you" on a shirt.
Me too!!
On a beige one of course,,🤣
@@StefanNoack LMAO 🤣. No beige but I'd love that on a shirt. I'll have to get one done myself 💚 Merry Christmas to you and everyone. I can't believe it's fkn here already 🌲🙄
yeees
It's incredibly stunning to me that people feel some kind of entitlement for you helping them get money back from a scam. Asking for help is one thing, but getting upset when you tell them you can't help blows me away. Keep Rockin my friend, you do more than your share to help people avoid scams 👍
I suppose its desperation. I've had a couple of emails this Week that were along the lines 'you HAVE to help me!' - even if I had the time, and wanted to spend my time doing that all day, I simply can't do anything useful, except tell people to go to the police and their bank.
@@AtomicShrimp yeah. It isn't like you have their money.
Yes it's desperation. People sometimes lose their manners when they're desperate. Been there.
@Creatotron That analogy was perfect lol.
@@tabby73 I can sympathize with that, especially when one has lost a lot of money. But if someone can't help, they can't help and they must understand that
This channel is really nice, from random mushrooms to scam-baiting, from stuff in a can to vegan meal reviews. this is lovely
I got addicted to weird stuff in a can, so much gold! I think one of those might have been my first video, but it's entirely possible l watched a scambaiting first because I was enjoying Mr Browning around the same time.
But Mr and Mrs Shrimp are above and beyond - even encouraging me to start experimenting with cooking (which beforehand was usually an anxiety inducing task!)
I'm grateful this channel exists, it just makes me happy 😊
my favorite kinds of channels are the ones where people are just talking about and showing things they find interesting and care about. there's something so authentic about it 😊
I implore anyone who's only here for shrimp's scambaiting videos to watch his canned hot dog video, you'll be hooked instantly.
And old computers too. He seems to have a channel on everything I'm interested in.
I think a great demonstration of the "most scam baits go no where" thing can be best observed by watching someone like Kitboga who streams many of his attempts live. A lot of those attempts don't go that far, but every now and then you'll get one that spans the course of several callbacks and those are the ones that typically end up on his youtube. And the five-minute calls usually do not get posted unless something interesting happens very quickly.
Ah yes, the infamous "Steve Vatson" baited to death over 10+ hours, do not redeeeeem! Do you don't vont your money, and so on.
Any time you call the scammers "small boys", my heart grows ten times in size.
I immediately saw what you did coming when they wrote "not less than 8 hours" and it was amazing
Yeah, that little slip was like a birthday present
How exhausted was he that he didn't catch it even after you directly quoted it and you abused the phone typo earlier?
@@dusaprukiyathan1613 probably has to do with the fact that these people don't pay too much attention to every individual conversation because they have tens, if not hunderds of them. So I bet they are trying to spend as little time as possible while staying as relevant as possible so the victim doesn't get off the hook.
Am from the Philippines, can confirm that because our time is part of the Beige Network time alliance, our hours here are around twice slower. So eight hours there is sixteen here. The poor bank guy must have not been updated in bank policy 😒
Also nice touch using the back of a Philippine peso there
Hi meme meee. I thought your comment was so funny that I read it aloud to a person who took it seriously! Best laugh I've had in a long time, so thanks.
Do you get paid for 16 hours of work or only 8? Or maybe the payment system of the Beige network is so fast you only get paid for 4? But what if you are sick, do you get the full time off or just half the day?
How many Clodes does your Beige Network Sector make available to you? My Sector gives me no less than 5 but no more than 5 Clodes, which makes Expanding Transfers even more streamlined, unlike BDO Transfers that Stipple the Clode, and then you have to contact the Clode Administrator to Un-Stipple the Clode, but even that it can be Stoppled by the Clodding System...
Personally I just stick with the Beige Network, it's the simplest way to avoid Stipples and Stopples.
"We are very sorry to say that you are very stupid thank you" is my favorite line ever.
My favorite thing is when the two scammers are the same person. I love when you just completely insult one of them and the other try to save face, it is so funny.
I love the fact that as soon as you started reading the line "It's less like I am dealing with..." I was able to complete the sentence immediately. I've no idea how so many small boys get their hands on such large sums of money.
It’s already incredibly difficult to explain cryptocurrency in fluent english, I have a mighty need to hear one of these scammers attempt to explain it in full. I appreciate you trying very hard to get that to happen even if they weren’t cooperating
I get the feeling that the scammers don't understand much of it at all beyond the fact that it allows them to take nonrefundable payments. They keep trying to get people to use bitcoin ATMs which are not only quite rare but last month every bitcoin ATM in the UK was ordered to be shut down by the government, I'm guessing they're a bit ignorant of just how uncommon cryptocurrency is in legitimate circles.
Well it's easy, really. Coin some bits and bit some coins, and you're good to go ! Just fellow the instructions !
It's just a protocol to share and validate (called mining) money transaction record (called "blockchain") across a network of computers (called nodes).
@@HO1ySh33t OK
I don't know what that means
@@kcrtxbw.4349 It's very easy to bit the coins into bits. Just make sure to hit "Do" and not "Do not do"
I mean, annoying these scammers has always seemed to include your trademark sense of childish complaining, but my goodness, you amped the nitpick up to a thousand this time! Well done.
I've been around scambaiting for years and NEVER have i seen a scammer ask someone to remortgage their home, rofl.
Are you sure?
Scammers very persistent rare to see it go that far
If you think that's bad, in one of his other videos a scammer asked for the money atomicshrimp's character needed for a heart operation. Y'see, once atomicshrimp got rewarded with millions of dollars, he would have more than enough to have the operation many times over.
@@therealPSXer yes lol truly scummy
@@therealPSXer These scammers seem pretty dumb, I wonder if they actually trick themselves into believing the person is actually going to get that money, like they're method acting.
But either way I'm sure that scammer doesn't think of the person on the other end of the phone as a human being. It reminds me of the Milgram experiment.
Omg! I got a scam call from someone from ‘car phone warehouse’ offering me a phone for literally pennies and offering to pay off my contract that I’d told them still had £5,000 remaining to pay. Eventually I asked them if I could have a mini version of an iPhone max and when I was asked what colour I said brown. They were confident that they could get me an iPhone 12 max mini in brown 😂
OMG what fools - everyone knows the iPhone Max Mini is only available in _beige_ .
@@Thiesi exactly! And you can only buy them with coin squirt tm
@@leea8706 haha brilliant that's hilarious 😂🤣👏
🤣
I call the real company Carphone Whorehouse ...just sayin
"You keep saying sh&!$" - a very credible BDO Unibank representative
I love how they reply rudely but add "thank you" as if that makes it any more profesionnal !
@@mariek.474 God will surely George them for that!
Do they offer credible loans?
I do love when Mike very politely calls out the ‘um actually’ know-it-alls online. Sticks to the facts, but lets them know that they’re wrong. Feel sorry that he has to do this so often.
I really liked the scrolling response visual. Helped show that this was a back and forth conversation more, and helped refresh my memory of the past few events.
That was genius. The phrase: 'Beige Nozzle' had me crying with laughter. Nice one. 👍👍👍
Part of CoinSquirt no doubt.
i feel like a lot of trouble could have been saved early on if the bank just checked with The Johnson.
I can just imagine you manically laughing as you talk to these people!
And them rueing the day he was born. 😁
And I can imagine some guy angrily tapping his fingers and chain smoking at a shitty computer cafe somewhere staring daggers at the monitor.
@@planescaped that got intense fast
I think that he's just quietly sipping tea and eating some salad made out of whatever he foraged for that day along with some random stuff from a can. Perhaps with a little mischievous smile on his face.
The bitcoin thing gave me a great idea! Try to “pay” the scammers with an NFT, and send them a screenshot. You can also either claim to have actually purchased it with crypto, or pretend that you don’t understand NFTs at all and claim that the screenshot *is* the NFT
I see the scammer said “thank you” at the end of almost every email. I wonder why since Mange wasn’t all that helpful to him.
I don’t get why they persisted after you claimed the account was being investigated for fraud. As far as they know, either you’re telling the truth, in which case you can’t do it, or you’re lying, in which case you’re on to them. Either way the scam’s over
Because no matter how small the chance, it doesn't take much time to direct him to a new bank account and he might just pay. Just like him, they are used to most of their target not biting, that's why they are used to insist and take any chance even if it seems doomed to failure, just in case... Except since that's how they make a living, they are even more motivated. That's why these videos can happen.
It could technically have been wrongly flagged, it’s not uncommon for people to falsely report sites.
Hi Shrimp, I know you'll surely never see this, but thank you so much for the videos you do. I've been stuck abroad for several years now due to a combination of COVID and paperwork shenanigans, and your content is the only thing that helps my homesickness for England. Thank you!
You. Are. My. Hero!😆
I've investigated fraud crimes (as a law enforcement investigator) for almost 20 years... I've never had the time or leeway to mess with these jerks that you do. Bravo!
Love yah, Shrimp - Keep doing it!
I can’t believe how adamantly these “professionals” refused to use a commonplace payment method that saves the customer time and money. If it hadn’t been completely made up, I would be FURIOUS.
To be honest, Mange Tout's understanding of Bitten Coins is about on par with mine.
Beige noun index:
Beige Node
Beige Nodule
Beige Protrusion
Beige Extremity
Beige Object
Beige Nozzle
Beige Valve
Beige Aperture
These terms were, of course, coined in Beijing.
“What is the reason you are unwilling to having doing do being receiving….”
This nearly killed me 🤣🤣🤣
"Dear Beneficiary , we are sorry to say that you are very stupid . Thank You . " Never in all the years ,of all the scambaiting videos and channels I watch have I ever laughed so hard.I literally could not breath as I was in tears of laughter. That is the greatest response in the history of Scambaiting videos. This video almost gives John Warosa a run for his money as to which is the greatest/ most entertaining video ever released on TH-cam .
Thanks for providing the best entertainment a person could ever hope for
I've been a little blue today, and this video cheered me up. Now I feel suitably beige, or perhaps even burgundy. Thanks mr Shrimp!
Mr. Shrimp,
I would just like to say that I found your channel 6 months ago via a scambaiting video suggested to me via TH-cam, and subscribed immediately due to falling in love with the entirety of your content library. Keep up the amazing work.
Warmest regards,
A random fan from the USofA
Dear Beneficiary i think you meant to say the United State okay thank you
I love that you just go “Hi!” and it immediately sets them off again
Whenever he brings out the "small boy" I fall out of my chair laughing XD
One thing that you could try is to pretend that the amount contains a bullet point. So $2,400 becomes $2.40?
That could actually be a very reasonable mistake to make. For example, some countries represent 1 and 1/2 as 1.5 and others use 1,5. I suspect that in practice, most people would realize that 4,500 would be four thousand five hundred because of the extra zero, but there's all kinds of people and I wouldn't be surprised if it was a mistake made at least once while dealing with international money transfers. Given how stubborn and ignorant Shrimp's characters are, I could see him doing something like this.
I think he did something with a similar result - he sent $2000 Zimbabwe Dollars instead of $2000 US dollars or something like that. Ended off being the equivalent of £2.
i think you mean "decimal point"; a "bullet point" is a dot preceding each entry in a list:
· like
· this
· for
· example
@@soupalex Yes I do.
Purple is indeed the best color, but Beige had me giggling a LOT. Thank you for another great time. You are a true artist.
Always nice to get a confirmation regarding the passage of time.
My experience with Wells Fargo (I have an account there) is that they take quite an interest in fraud and scams. They are a bit more responsive if you have an account with them, though my personal interaction has only been to report phishing messages I've received. Pretty sure I've been to that branch office, btw, as they only have a couple in Lakeville and I used to do a lot of business in the southern suburbs. Pointless, I know, but it amused me.
If only Wells Fargo would take some interest in the fraud and scams INSIDE their own organization (i.e. opening accounts without customer permission ..all fixed we got rid of that employee and paid the huge fine....... a few years later FDIC and/or FTC examining Wells Fargo again ...all fixed we got rid of that employee and paid the huge fine....... a few years later FDIC and/or FTC examining Wells Fargo again rinse repeat....)
just out of curiosity i looked up Wells has paid over $4 Billion in fines since 2016...Which averages $1 billion per year just part of doing business i guess...
I keep wondering if Slaughter Valley will somehow make an appearance in a scam baiting video. Assuming the Slaughter Council approves the appearance.
I love how "the bank" didn't even pretend they were separate people at the very end.
I'm surprised he hasn't broken his computer in frustration. I guess advance fee scammers are a great deal more patient than I'll ever be.
Maybe he did at the end.
My thought is he did smash his keyboard with his forehead
I love how consistent you are about the tiny details. And I love how it drives them mad! It really did make me laugh out loud when they started getting angry about you asking so many questions!
You should make the phrase “fellow the instructions” into a children’s mascot parody that’s a sentient peice of paperwork tells kids to follow instructions.
The Instruction Fellow!
That sounds terrifying and amazing at the same time.
"Follow everyone's instructions all the time, unless they're talking about y ex-wife, then its time for them to say goodbye!~"
Sounds like a strategy President Business from The LEGO movie would use
"It's not clear, CLEARLY!"
I am usually against Beige in any form, but now I'm realising I was deeply, deeply wrong. I need Beige in my life.
Time to redecorate!
*Edit - on reconsideration I'll redecorate with just "a quarter" Beige
I think Beige Channel Squirt might be the second or third funniest combination of words in all of human history
Is it weird that I found the blip noise that he used to censor the scammer's foul language oddly satisfying?
To the "Um, Achually" people: Did it ever occur to you that Atomic Shrimp and Jim Browning aren't the same person?
They also don't handle the same type of scammer. Jim Browning deals with tech support scams where he has the scammer connect to his (virtual) PC, which he somehow uses to get into their own PC and install a RAT (remote access trojan). The RAT is how he is able to keep an eye on the scammer and help victims, but he can only do so while he is connected, and only while the scam is in progress.
Atomic Shrimp deals with advance-fee scams, which are generally conducted by email. He doesn't have the same opportunity to get into the scammer's PC that Jim has. I suppose theoretically he could somehow trick the scammer into installing a RAT (say, by disguising it as a passport) and get in that way but I believe most webmail and desktop email clients prevent that, and they might not even be using a PC these days (and if they were it might be a public computer where they don't have admin access).
they're both british, therefore they know each other
@@pikgears duh xD
@@pikgears Jim Browning is Irish, you muppet
@@dzonbrodi514 silly Billy, Ireland isn't real!
I always get very excited for these videos. I've watched them since 2018. I've rewatched alot of them and I really enjoy them. Thanks for still making these! :)))
Absolutely brilliant video. The way you go through that FAQ is so good. The only problem is those emails will never stop as long as they think scambaiting = hacking the scammers
Another advantage of the Beige Network is that glarded funds are automatically inoppolotied, even if you don't have the certificate.
I wasn’t scammed, but a security flaw in my bank went undetected and all of my life savings was drained. The bank and authorities have taken control of the situation, but it has been three months of not having access to my account. There’s nothing that can be done, only can wait to see what the proper resources are able to do to help.
Damn man that sucks, hope you get it back, especially since its not your fault
What bank is this please?
My bank account has a very similar flaw. For some reason I am allowed to spend it. Every time I check it seems there is more missing. I hope you find a solution to your problem dear beneficiary, because I think my only hope is a deceased relative leaving me a small fortune. :(
I love how the scammer goes back and forth between his account like some sort of schizophrenic with dissociative identities. It's quite telling that they are not paying attention
I've been watching all your scam baiting vids and just caught up, and I'm so glad we got a continuation of these guys. I've also been watching a lot of your other content as well (a lot of weird stuff in a can) and just wanna say, I love the channel, keep up the great content!
edit: oh my god this scammers breakdown was absolutely wonderful
Something about how you reffered to him as "The Johnson" continuously throughout the whole exchange had my dying laughing.
Maybe next time I watch this one I'll take a shot every time you say it
I love this! The responses just get more and more irate..... hilarious!
I can just imagine the scammer salivating at first, spending the upcoming loot in his imagination. Their frustration level must have gotten off the charts.
“Thank you for the confirmation regarding the passage of time” will be now my go to phrase when someone tells me I am late.
I had never heard of scambaiting before I found your channel, but I love these videos now. Your humour and persistence are admirable.
The small boy cameo always makes me lol :') love this.
First time I've ever seen a scammer start cursing. That's when you know they popped a blood vessel.
I notice the Ruble isn't among the currencies expedited by Beige. Very satisfying.
The Beige Network is very up to date with current events.
I guess you could say they're SWIFT about updating their clientele.
This is the funniest video of yours that I've had the pleasure to watch so far. Both sides provided enormous entertainment, especially the "you're stupid thank you" line and your questions about the passage of time. I've been crying laughing for the past 20 minutes
A) You should try getting more from these specific scammers with one of your different scam baiting emails and use the the Beige Network stuff again
and
B) have you tried responding to one of scammers when they say My Brother with I didn't know I had a long lost brother and see how far that tangent could go?
Bit of a question regarding the Beige Network, does your account need to be in a tax clode in order to ensprone a Beige channel ID? And are the funds gained from an expanding transfer glarded?
Other than that, quality content as always, Shrimp. It's always fun to see scammers melt down, schadenfreude, you might say. :)
My understanding, and I may be mistaken, is that *gained* funds from a Beige Network transfer are always glarded, but the principal funds retain their original glarded/unglarded status.
@@klrowdean What exactly do you mean by “gained” funds? The extra funds received as the result of the expansion process or the entire sum of Beige Contracts?
Also, minor correction: the correct form is “glardedn’t”.
@@notnth I apologize for my imprecise language. By *gained* I'm only referring the new funds that come from the expansion process. These funds will always be glarded.
The initial amount (principal) retains its original glarding status.
I believe unglarded and glardedn't are different preferred forms in British and American English. I may be mistaken. I am but a small boy.
@@klrowdean Since such gained funds must be glarded, wouldn't we need a certificate of inoppolity in order to trade it in the market?
@@yiliangliang5694 don't even get me started on the tax clode implications of all of this!
This whole video is such a masterpiece -- and I say this already being thoroughly entertained by your other scam videos, but this one is a league apart for some reason. Just absolutely cackling for half an hour.
I appreciate how you were able to report the accounts in case something could be done on that end.
These never get old
Keep fighting the good fight fella and, as always, stay safe!
I've been subbed for what I feel like is years and only discovered like a month ago that mangetout is a vegetable.
Mind = blown! I only figured out the "eats all" part and assumed it was because of the cooking and Weird Stuff in a Can videos.
2:48 that reply to a never sent email is unbelievably funny. Thanks for baiting that out of them
"I did an expanding transfer to myself, which means I now have enough funds for half the amount"
Why didn't I think of sending myself an expanding transfer...
when that cool money hits, so refreshing
the way you tell this storie makes it so much better
LOL the "Do" and "Do Not Do" buttons as 2:24 are brilliant! Nice touch.
Nerds: UM ACTUALLY, Jim Browning can do it
Jim Browning: You know nothing of my work
I love how the “small boy” gag lives on.
"Why are you arguing about this like some sort of small boy?" Surprised he didn't start seeing red after that
You are very entertaining yet instructive on how to wind up scammers. I would never engage a scammer on the phone, but this sort of run-around would be right up my alley. Keep up the good work.
Why are "be rest assured", "OK" and "thank you" so commonly used by scammers ?
My guess? Probably a normal phrase in their native language, which they don't realize doesn't sound quite right in English. I made the same mistake a lot when learning Spanish, where I'd repeat words/phrases that technically were Spanish but sounded off/weird to the people I was speaking with (especially how often I'd say them).
From my own experience, "rest assured" is a little confusing when you first hear it, especially if you learn that "the rest" can mean "the remaining part of something". I guess their native grammar confuses them in some other way, so they try to fill in the gap with another verb to make it sound "right".
Hilarious! That scammer was losing the will to live at the end there, and deserves nothing less. Thanks for exposing these criminals with some comedy along the way. The old maxim always applies, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.” They are even trying to find potential marks in TH-cam comments! I watch several art channels and they have been trying to start conversations with women there and the artists have done announcements at the start of their videos about this. It’s the “widower veteran who needs money for his daughter’s medical bills and romance” angle. It’s a familiar opener by now but some people are still seeing it and falling for it. The artists are telling anyone affected to send details to TH-cam and to not engage with them at all. It’s pervasive, and even if one person in a thousand sends them money it’s making these scammers richer.
Yeah, the really unfortunate thing is that some people who get scammed by some random scammer in TH-cam comments seem to want to hold the TH-camr accountable for the scam - in the case of scammers impersonating the channel owner, the victims just don't seem to understand that it wasn't the TH-camr scamming them
If you've been scammed, contact the police and your bank *immediately*. I know a guy who got scammed and from what I understand he either sent money through his bank or gave the scammers his online banking password. His bank did manage to cancel one transfer that was in progress and he got a significant proportion of his lost funds back.
If you have just been scammed and looking for advice, call the police and your bank NOW. They might be able to help if you ring them NOW.
Everything coinsquirt or FundThrust comes in I die laughing. These scammers are so blinded by their ignorance you can't help but laugh every time. Keep up the good work 👏.
Wow, I don't know where to begin my comment. Wow 😲😲
Oh Shrimp, your money was too lukewarm for them.
It wasnt coolmoney
I've recently been receiving "weird" e-mails and it occurred to me that, instead of blindly guessing myself, you would know exactly what they're about.
They only contain one line of text and, of the dozens I've received, all of them have a unique e-mail address that looks completely innocent. (as in: "just some guys address")
What got me curious is that the Subject line and content line always end mid-sentence followed by a 6 character long base64 string.
While my inner CTF enjoyer wants to think "if you arrange these strings in the right order, you can decode a secret message", the critical-thinking part of my brain tells me that's nonsense.
Other than that, the only thing that stands out to me are the 3 "Smart Reply" buttons Gmail adds.
All of these mails have them and it's the first time I've seen them. But inspecting the html source reveals that they are in a completely separate from the message body.
26:23 "Im not here to argue which one of us is right and which one is wrong. Because you are the one thats wrong".
This is GOLD and I need this on a shirt haha
"One quarter portion" keeps running through my head when Atomic Shrimp said quarter payment lol
"beige channel id so i can make the transfer squirt" lost it!🤣😂 I was in tears by the end. You are brilliant!
Another great video! It's odd that the scammer didn't want to receive a quarter of the funds (which'd be over $500 I assume); I wonder how much he'd have raged if you'd have sent him an absurdly small amount like you did with Nigerian Naira. A shame that there's no way (I assume) to safely transfer a tiny amount of money to the scammer's accounts.
Also, your voice is so soothing and calm, your videos are my go-to background noise. Have you ever considered publishing audiobooks, possibly of public domain works? Somehow you reading Dickens just seems appropriate.
In some circumstances it could be done safely, but it's a finisher he's used before. The time investment might be more than it's worth. Western Union or even bitcoin might be easy enough, but having to explain to an actual bank that you set up an account, however small, to intentionally get scammed might strain their patience. Oh, and I second the Dickens idea... Great Expectations would be a perfect start.
I AM HERE FOR IT
I want him to read Blood Meridian just for the contrast between his voice and the brutal events of the book.