I laughed at that too. I think when they said customers though they intended to mean "beneficiaries" or winners of these funds. But regardless yeah... Europe is a country & just throw Germany and Belgium together np 😄
Oh, the demand of a payment in giftcards for mobile games, on top of the incompetence ! no doubt these children should find more productive hobbies, tsk tsk.
Yes, most financial institutions stopped using the undiplomatic courier boxes years ago. They should have sent the fifteen million four hundred and ninety thousand United State dollars via iTunes gift cards. ;-)
Scambait idea: You know they are scammers, and you want a piece of the pie. So you provide them with contacts...like John Warosa, Monica Flange and Merton
@@ari_archer probably because they don’t want to acknowledge that you insulted them in their own language because they know exactly what it meant. Sometimes they pretend not to understand Hindi, because they’re such rotten liars.
One of these days I want to get "respond to aggression not with compliance, but with righteous indignation" put up on a wall like those "Live Laugh Love" decals.
I just opened the Bible and yes, there’s indeed a verse saying “God will punish you if you don’t give your personal information to the African scammers”
@@creativedesignation7880 uhh the comment was a jok- R WHOOOOOOSH IDIOT I JOKED ABOUT THE JOKE BOZO STUPID NOW GET REKT BY 60 OTHER PEOPLE SAYING THE SAME DARN THING
Yes. In KJV, Shedrack 4:20-4:24 " "Thou hadst not given thy name to he who is of the advance, and shall be punished for such." To which the prophet Mange Tout replied, "Nay, my brother! Thus is of the sort to never be revealed to the fools on the internet!" But Barosa would not listen, and so, attacked the prophet Mange Tout."
Scammer: Im sorry sir. I work at the bank but i cant meet with the bank manager, I could ask for the money to send it to you and have the money recouped in afew days since.... well.... just send the money but not through the bank as its totally legal but we dont want the bank to know about it... because thats totally trustworthy... yea...
On one hand, didn't send the key to prevent "customs" (the undiolomatic kind) from opening and inspecting said contents of the "box", on the other hand claim it must be opened in the presence of the un diplomatic courier. So-- which is it?
@@JohnTheRevelat0r pretty sure he didn't say he needed to open it with him. Just that he needed to be there when he opens it and confirm the contents of the box are the correct ones
@@Sly-Moose I know it's scam @and this scenario is unrealistic but... Why would they pay your fees with their money? What prevents you from being a dick and not paying them back? Unless they want to sue you you could just keep your money
If it costs that much to send a key, imagine how much sending gift cards abroad would cost. If they want the gift cards, maybe they should send some money to you in advance to cover the shipping.
@@thotusmaximus971 It would be too risky to send the codes by email, for security reasons you have to physically send them... HAHAHAHAH, this Is the same excuses the reverend used for the paperwork he couldn't send
@@Wird97 It happens in the Continual Delegation episode: Manuel asks scammer if his friend (Merton) can help recieving and using the money. Merton almost immediatley tries to trick Manuel by telling the scammer "stop speaking to him, he's an idiot". The remainder of the episode is explained by the title - from "attorney" to another "attorney", then back again (all are his scambaiting accounts)... until the breakdown of the scammer.
You should ask one of these reverend characters that you are going through a difficult time and are desperately in need of some spiritual guidance from them.
I wish you could have dragged it into the next month and told the scammer "Now that you've gotten next months salary and have cash, please use it to send me the key"
@@JoyfulJennalain no you must pay me now ok. Fee is to complete delivery ok. How can you ask me to use my salary when my salary is from nigeria? I am not from rich country like your country ok. Send payment by itunes gift card 100 ok so I can deliver fund ok.
Suggestion: Annoy the next few scammers by asking repeatedly for discounts on the advance fee. Of course they'd be happy to rob you of $400 if you didn't have $500. But how far and with what ensuing hilarity can this line of scambaiting be pursued?
I like to think that because your first email was simply 'OK', the scammer proceeded to believe that was your name/nickname, and thus called you that the entire time.
That's not really revenge. They don't care if our lives are well lived. I haven't been scammed but I just think better revenge would be something that actually effects them.
True but if this was really the UN then you wouldn't want to mess around as the money would be sorely needed for much needed and important business which could cause a ripple effect in the matters of geopolitics. You could very well inadvertently start ww3 so plz be careful here 🙏
@@AtomicShrimp I thought it was because they were (supposedly) handling so much money, so they would rarely get a customer but when they do they would make a lot
This is another winner, a roller-coaster of emotions. I laughed, I cried(thinking about poor undiplomatic Greg, waiting in Washington D.C.) and I held my breath when you called them "small boys". I applaud you sir, OK?
I gotta say, for about a year I've been "watching," actually listening to your videos. this is the first I've actually watched, with my eyes, in a long time, and your editing is fantastic. I shall endeavor to go back and watch some older ones.
Nothing makes me happier than seeing Atomic Shrimp getting more subscribers every day :) personally one of my favourite TH-camrs and I can’t wait for him to hit 1 million!🤞
I had fun stringing along a scam caller who was after my Social Security number, but it only lasted about 15 minutes. This guy’s ability to drag the scammer along is outstanding. Very amusing.
When you first said "Shedrack", I swear I heard "Shitrack". These scammers sure get their names to be more and more hilarious as time goes by, especially by adding random titles to them .
I have a shed and, in this shed, there is a rack and, on this rack, there are all the tools required to open a Shedrack box. I'll surely make the mother of all unboxing video if I ever come across this small boy box.
I would love to see you telling them that instead of sending them the money for the key, you will just come to Benin and pick it up yourself, since you really needed a holiday anyways.
I love how, even after all this time, these scammers have no clue about the many red flags they send up, alerting many of us that this is a scam. I'm glad that it seems none of them ever learn how to do it better.
I'm afraid that's mostly due to selection bias, as Mr. Shrimp chooses the ones with the most comedic potential. Unfortunately some of them have been paying attention and have made significant improvements, but those ones are not easily baited.
Such as having really weirdly worded emails. I would think they could find someone who at least has a decent grasp of English to fix their more glaring mistakes
@@jacthing1 the typos are actually by design. They rule out anyone who would be diligent enough to notice the obvious typos, filtering the potential victims to be people who are more likely to fall for the scam
Is describing a code of conduct as a string of random digits really that outlandish when the scammer also claims that banks are churches, Germany and Belgium aren't part of Europe, and the UN is a delivery service? It seems like they're just throwing out random official sounding names
I wish I could remember the title of the original "small boy" video... that one made me laugh so hard. Another good one is where he keeps score of how many times they question his seriousness. God I love this man hahaha
When it's in intro I imagine a grown man walking up to strangers and aggressively telling them that he is not a small boy. It lifts my mood and makes me laugh way too much every time.
I have to applaud you, your response to this scam is especially brilliant. I don’t want to judge any victim, but this scammer has a very low opinion of his victims if he specifically says don’t send payment by gift card, yes asks anyway. Maybe next time send them photos of the gift cards with the codes still covered. Maybe you can say, “here are the cards, I didn’t even have to pay for them”. Anyway bless you mate. Edit: if you get this scam again, before they ask for the fee, ask for all the receipts of the $10,000 they have spent. Maybe they’ll screw up and it won’t add up to $10,000. Wait before they ask for the fee, if they ask for a tip like this scammer, ask if you can direct deposit the money into their bank account, maybe you’ll get lucky and they’ll write yes, and then later when they ask for the fee, bring up the direct deposit option. Then we can have some fun reading their excuses.
I believe in this scam, they start off telling the victim not to send money via the various methods to make the victim feel secure & that it's a valid transaction. But they wind a long and meandering story over the course of days or weeks, to where whoever does fall victim forgets that initial statement about not sending money via Gift cards, Western Union etc. By then he believes he must follow the "UN bank protocols" or whatever word salad they come up with that sounds legit, so they can receive the "key" and documents for their consignment box. Scammers are always changing their tactics, apparently even pretending to help formerly scammed victims, or put right in their message "how to avoid" not being scammed - even by them! Yet they are still able to trick people & catch them off guard.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you do to play these despicable scumbag benchodes. I was scammed out of my inheritance when my Dad died in 2018. £20,000. I was not helped by the bank or police who done nothing apart from saying 'You're not the first and you won't be the last! My family no longer talk to me over it and called me stupid. I have now moved on and watching scambaiting videos cheers me up no end. Sometimes I have tears running down my face through laughing so much. I cannot thank the scambaiting community family enough.
The question "how can you fall for a scam" is psychologically explainable, however... How can the scammer think he has "any" credibility past the point they leave their scripts and answer directly... They are "supposedly" high social ranking people, but can't write two sentences without errors or capslock. They have very low nerve tolerance and jump out of their persona, almost begging for the money. I just can't imagine them feeling like "oh yeah, I got this..."
It's a filtering processes. The people they're targeting are vulnerable, desperate, technologically illiterate etc. By making their emails obviously shitty, they cause potential marks to self-select, ensuring only those who they could successfully prey on respond to them. If they were professional looking, many more people would get to the time to send money or details and see the red flags, and end the interaction there. That'd be a waste of time from the scammers perspective as it's not someone they can manipulate into sending them money.
@@notrod5341 Making yourself look dumber than you should just in the possible event of getting some money... And some believe in "evolution" don't they.
May you please do an episode where you do that fake hacking trick, pretending to the scammers that they’ve been hacked and they’re sending contradicting emails to you? I’d love to see how different scammers respond to it!
well, time is in my side. i had to have surgery to get my feet replaced, and the doctors thought time would be a good thing to have near my ribcage. also, scambaiting idea: pretend to be a bunch of different people on a family computer!
I having been one of the people that messaged you, I was a little desperate at the time but I've since then at least gotten the scammer banned from multiple platforms as a result at least
My favorite thing about your scambaiting is the callbacks to other videos, I’ve been with this channel for some years and your humor has helped me develop my own sense of humor, thank you!
I'm dying laughing at the Jill Biden email. Don't they know that the real Jill Biden would ONLY refer to herself as DOCTOR Jill Biden? Silly scammers, you have so much to learn.
@@sargeinamerica hello sir, im a representive of Jedi Counsil. If you pay me £500 i can get you the rank of master, just we need to not let any of the counsil members know and its totally legal... please transfer the money through midiclorians and i will send you the title of jedi master to you, i cannot give you it without the money so plz send it fast
Atomic Shrimp: you are consistently the most effective treatment for my insomnia. While I love watching your videos and find them hilarious and interesting while conscious, you have a FANTASTIC voice for soothing me to sleep. It reminds me of when I was in school and would fall asleep in class, even if I found the subject interesting. I just am really grateful and want to express that without making you feel as if I find your videos boring.
you should send them pics of you holding iTune cards but have the serial numbers obscured... the thought that they are that close to getting the money will destroy them :) Keep them on the hook for a few more emails .. As always great work ..
The editing on this one with all the little pictures and videos added feels even better than before! Feels like you put in some extra effort and it makes the whole thing even funnier
It's so hillarious how they straight up refused to even acknowledge anything you said near the end. You truly broke them I could hear them smashing their heads on their keyboard in frustration.
It’s they way you read it that does it for me, such composure in repeating all of the grammatical errors. I have been watching for a couple years now and I’ll probably still be watching if your making this content years from now.
Brilliant editing job on this one shrimp - from the map showing the scammer's illogical plane trip to the mario bros sound effects for the 100$! - Well done all across the board! Its really wonderful to see how far this series has come along - Hope your weekend is going well as always. KEep up the god work!
Wow, this is awesome OK. I just came across this channel, and is definitely the type of videos I enjoy watching OK. I'll make sure to check out some of this channel's older uploads as well when I have some free time later on OK. This is quite an entertaining and informative content OK.
What a lovely surprise, to see a notification on my phone, and it's a video from Atomic Shrimp! I was having such a dull and rainy day, but you just cheered me up for a good half hour. Thanks for the great content, Mike!
A code of conduct being a literal code really got to me. Imagine if there was a standard which listed all possible parts of a code of conduct, so organizations could just refer to an actual code instead of sending a pdf.
As a locksmith I can assure you: all you need is angle grinder with a few cut-off wheels. This monstrosity will tear apart everything in ten seconds flat.
This email sounds like one you have done before. Is this a re-upload?
No. This is the video I promised in the last episode
@@AtomicShrimp yep
@@AtomicShrimp True
Dont most of them all sound very similar?
Ah
Ah I see! To avoid paying an "Advance Fee" one must pay a fee, in advance.
Ya makes perfect sense 😁😉👿
“We have 5 customers from Europe, and 6 customers from Germany and Belgium” ah yes that adds up
Germany and Belgium are in the sequel, Europe 2
I laughed at that too. I think when they said customers though they intended to mean "beneficiaries" or winners of these funds. But regardless yeah... Europe is a country & just throw Germany and Belgium together np 😄
Everybody knows Belgium and Germany are actually part of Africa.
I thought it was common knowledge Germany and Belgium are their own continents
@@YTStoleMyUsername we tried throwing germany and belgium together around 1940, but that didn't last too long.
Shipping a locked box without a key, and without informing the beneficiary about it ? Ridiculously unprofessional. Perhaps they are small boys.
Oh, the demand of a payment in giftcards for mobile games, on top of the incompetence ! no doubt these children should find more productive hobbies, tsk tsk.
Yes, most financial institutions stopped using the undiplomatic courier boxes years ago. They should have sent the fifteen million four hundred and ninety thousand United State dollars via iTunes gift cards. ;-)
Probably don't even know their left from their right
@Evan Easler Was John Warosa one of these customers?
@@mariek.474 Is it that you doesn't understand English?
How I can I trust this "reverend" when he did not even say "be rest assured?" I don't think he is very credible.
Be guided accordingly
Perhaps he is still a small boy
He's an un-secconsized illiterate.
That's how you know he was really a small boy.
that soul is a liar, he can not be trusted.
Scambait idea: You know they are scammers, and you want a piece of the pie. So you provide them with contacts...like John Warosa, Monica Flange and Merton
That might be really fun
@@TheRatsintheWalls I hope Shrimp sees this thread, honestly!!
I believe this was attempted once and the scammers just stuck to their script and pretended to still be serious.
I would be interested in watching this!
I'd be interested, but I kind of doubt it could work.
I love how you’ve learned that calling these scammers “small boys” instantly riles them up.
@@acourdour5576 Are you a small boy?
Yeah that's a huge insult in Africa. When you are a kid you get hit with an instant fatality from the person if you call em a small boi
Also, Indians hate _”Saala.”_
Translates to “brother-in-law.”
It equates to one who porks his sister. 😂
@@SunBunz tried it, they didn't react
@@ari_archer probably because they don’t want to acknowledge that you insulted them in their own language because they know exactly what it meant. Sometimes they pretend not to understand Hindi, because they’re such rotten liars.
One of these days I want to get "respond to aggression not with compliance, but with righteous indignation" put up on a wall like those "Live Laugh Love" decals.
Or it could be a merch idea.
I'd buy that
@@KyleRDent Yes
i see that kitboga reference
@@demidermak713 I see you're a man of culture as well
I love your consistent use of UN diplomatic as undiplomatic.
Nothing but the truth after all
2nd reply
After all, he never answered whether or not he liked cucumbers... very undiplomatic
@@AllenReviews what was the point of your comment?
they're UN interested in peace, after all.
"Are you a small boy?" never stops being funny.
I think he actually is a small boy he didnt want to do a normal bank transfer and instead wanted to buy games from the app store
The small boy rides again!
I just opened the Bible and yes, there’s indeed a verse saying “God will punish you if you don’t give your personal information to the African scammers”
Yeah, there is a lot of stuff in the bible that barely made sense back in the day and is just absolute non sense when you read it today.
@@creativedesignation7880 uhh the comment was a jok-
R WHOOOOOOSH IDIOT I JOKED ABOUT THE JOKE BOZO STUPID NOW GET REKT BY 60 OTHER PEOPLE SAYING THE SAME DARN THING
Yes. In KJV, Shedrack 4:20-4:24
" "Thou hadst not given thy name to he who is of the advance, and shall be punished for such." To which the prophet Mange Tout replied, "Nay, my brother! Thus is of the sort to never be revealed to the fools on the internet!" But Barosa would not listen, and so, attacked the prophet Mange Tout."
@@arizonagreenbee amen brother
@Hisham Malik what? How?
When you are french and you read "Attention mange tout" as "careful, eat everything"
The only credit I can give these scammers is having the first comprehensible (if ridiculous) explanation for why they can't just deduct the fees.
Scammer: Im sorry sir. I work at the bank but i cant meet with the bank manager, I could ask for the money to send it to you and have the money recouped in afew days since.... well.... just send the money but not through the bank as its totally legal but we dont want the bank to know about it... because thats totally trustworthy... yea...
It was a pretty lame reason. Don't have enough money for stupid key? Wait til the end of the month for check or get loan.
On one hand, didn't send the key to prevent "customs" (the undiolomatic kind) from opening and inspecting said contents of the "box", on the other hand claim it must be opened in the presence of the un diplomatic courier. So-- which is it?
@@JohnTheRevelat0r pretty sure he didn't say he needed to open it with him. Just that he needed to be there when he opens it and confirm the contents of the box are the correct ones
@@Sly-Moose I know it's scam @and this scenario is unrealistic but... Why would they pay your fees with their money? What prevents you from being a dick and not paying them back? Unless they want to sue you you could just keep your money
I do hope Manuel's niece gets the help she needs to control her fits of blind rage.
... just imagine the amount of downers you could buy with 15,490,000.00 USD.
Perhaps when he gets back from his "business trip" Merton can "have a word with her" if you know what I mean.
@@AnthonyHandcock Merton snell?
@@AnthonyHandcock nice name Handcock
@@tausiftaha12 I'd like to claim it was a deliberate play on words when I created the account but in truth... It's a spelling mistake :-D
If it costs that much to send a key, imagine how much sending gift cards abroad would cost. If they want the gift cards, maybe they should send some money to you in advance to cover the shipping.
Ah yes itunes gift cards, very professional 😂
Great idea! Advance fee scam the advance fee scammers!
Y'know they just ask for the code on them right?
@@thotusmaximus971 It would be too risky to send the codes by email, for security reasons you have to physically send them... HAHAHAHAH, this Is the same excuses the reverend used for the paperwork he couldn't send
@@AquaFan1998 not really, a true professional would know that steam gift cards are the best way to go.
_He asked me store some tools for picking locks while he *needs to go away*._
Gets even better when you have the context on who Merton is
You're doing us dirty by not explaining my man
@@Wird97 I guess it’s time to watch every single one of his scambaiting videos to look...
@@Wird97 he is an ex con
@@Wird97 It happens in the Continual Delegation episode:
Manuel asks scammer if his friend (Merton) can help recieving and using the money.
Merton almost immediatley tries to trick Manuel by telling the scammer "stop speaking to him, he's an idiot".
The remainder of the episode is explained by the title - from "attorney" to another "attorney", then back again (all are his scambaiting accounts)... until the breakdown of the scammer.
Mert going “away” for a while must have something to do with that job in Hatton Garden
No fee is required. Just a surcharge, to prevent fraud.
You should ask one of these reverend characters that you are going through a difficult time and are desperately in need of some spiritual guidance from them.
I laughed way too hard at the un-diplomat part.
This series is a gift that keeps on giving. You have a real talent.
He really does. Another masterpiece! All his videos are excellent.
I'm mostly here for weird stuff in cans, but this is fun too, I guess.
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I wish you could have dragged it into the next month and told the scammer "Now that you've gotten next months salary and have cash, please use it to send me the key"
Yes! I could totally see a reply to the effect of, “I can wait until your next payday; time is assured to be on our side.”
@@JoyfulJennalain no you must pay me now ok. Fee is to complete delivery ok. How can you ask me to use my salary when my salary is from nigeria? I am not from rich country like your country ok. Send payment by itunes gift card 100 ok so I can deliver fund ok.
@@PalladinPoker OK
The continuity of “Are you a small boy?” kills me every video.
"Loose your soul, which is nothing." Very inspirational.
So if i dont have a soul to begin with then anyway is up:)
Suggestion: Annoy the next few scammers by asking repeatedly for discounts on the advance fee. Of course they'd be happy to rob you of $400 if you didn't have $500. But how far and with what ensuing hilarity can this line of scambaiting be pursued?
He did this in a newer video and got them down to 6.50 lol
@@shajeeeq Do you have a link to this video? :)
@@Waterbottle271 I think it’s the one about the return of John Barosa, could be wrong though
@@Waterbottle271 th-cam.com/video/rfoWpczPT3M/w-d-xo.html
sorry for necroposting
Send them five cents
I like to think that because your first email was simply 'OK', the scammer proceeded to believe that was your name/nickname, and thus called you that the entire time.
“Hello reply quickly” kinda stuff
I like how this scammer seems to be using "OK" in the same way as "STOP" in a telegram.
"$100! $100! $100! $100!" That gave me a chuckle; absolutely mint.
I want a t-shirt that says “So, as I often do, I said “ok”
I would like one with "Respond to aggression with Righteous Indignation"😁
But is it glarded?
@@dees3179 I need a certificate of inoppolity
Ok
Anna Jones ok
If you have lost money, my condolences. Just try to be more careful in future.
Regarding revenge, the best revenge is a life well lived.
That's not really revenge. They don't care if our lives are well lived. I haven't been scammed but I just think better revenge would be something that actually effects them.
@@TruthSpeaker. You must continually harrass the scammers with long accounts of your well lived life, causing them to get depression.
True but if this was really the UN then you wouldn't want to mess around as the money would be sorely needed for much needed and important business which could cause a ripple effect in the matters of geopolitics.
You could very well inadvertently start ww3 so plz be careful here 🙏
Respond to aggression not with compliance but with righteous indignation is actually a life skill.
"You can't unwind the past, only create the future". I needed that, brother
I don’t think they realize that having 15 customers is not a flex
I think they might have copy pasted it from somewhere and the numbers were originally footnote links
@@AtomicShrimp I thought it was because they were (supposedly) handling so much money, so they would rarely get a customer but when they do they would make a lot
I was happy to see news of Merton! Manuel is a good friend to hold on to Merton's specialty opening-things tools and not ask inconvenient questions.
The hacked intercept is a stroke of genius!
This is another winner, a roller-coaster of emotions. I laughed, I cried(thinking about poor undiplomatic Greg, waiting in Washington D.C.) and I held my breath when you called them "small boys". I applaud you sir, OK?
The great Barossa. Thank you for everything.
And there's also the Great Warosa
@@TankEngine75 they aren’t the same person??!?!?!?!?! 😳😳
@@OllieSMH Nope,they work at the same office
@@TankEngine75 sir I think you are mistaken, there is nobody like that here!
We love you Babatunde! 🤍
I gotta say, for about a year I've been "watching," actually listening to your videos. this is the first I've actually watched, with my eyes, in a long time, and your editing is fantastic. I shall endeavor to go back and watch some older ones.
You're in for a treat, friend! If you're into Scambaiting, this is one of the best channels to follow!
It really is! Some great little details in the editing. Enjoy your discoveries :)
say goodbye to the next few days, you're in for quite a treat!
Nothing makes me happier than seeing Atomic Shrimp getting more subscribers every day :) personally one of my favourite TH-camrs and I can’t wait for him to hit 1 million!🤞
Wow! Just noticed he's at 3/4 of a million subs now. Great work, A.S.!
@@SomeRandomDevOpsGuy right?! It’s crazy!
same, very underrated channel!
@@OllieSMH I didn’t even notice until now lol
OllieSMH same
Love how the whole scheme relies on greg williams being untrustworthy, but also an okay place to send the advance fee
Every time you call someone a small boy I’m like “Ahhh he said the thing!”
I had fun stringing along a scam caller who was after my Social Security number, but it only lasted about 15 minutes. This guy’s ability to drag the scammer along is outstanding. Very amusing.
Phone scammers are a lot less patient than E-mail scammers.
When you first said "Shedrack", I swear I heard "Shitrack".
These scammers sure get their names to be more and more hilarious as time goes by, especially by adding random titles to them .
Me too
I'm just surprised that all the African financial institutions are run by clergy.
Well Shedrack is the name of a person in the Old Testament Bible, so it could make sense to be the name of a reverend
I had to rewind and listen again. I still heard it. I had to read it...
I have a shed and, in this shed, there is a rack and, on this rack, there are all the tools required to open a Shedrack box.
I'll surely make the mother of all unboxing video if I ever come across this small boy box.
I would love to see you telling them that instead of sending them the money for the key, you will just come to Benin and pick it up yourself, since you really needed a holiday anyways.
Anyone else started chiming along with the catchphrases like a game show audience member? 😅
"You know, the kind of details you should never share with a stranger on the Internet."
notwithcompliancebutwithrighteousindignation
I love how, even after all this time, these scammers have no clue about the many red flags they send up, alerting many of us that this is a scam. I'm glad that it seems none of them ever learn how to do it better.
I'm afraid that's mostly due to selection bias, as Mr. Shrimp chooses the ones with the most comedic potential. Unfortunately some of them have been paying attention and have made significant improvements, but those ones are not easily baited.
Shhhhhhh that's our secret
Such as having really weirdly worded emails. I would think they could find someone who at least has a decent grasp of English to fix their more glaring mistakes
@@jacthing1 the typos are actually by design. They rule out anyone who would be diligent enough to notice the obvious typos, filtering the potential victims to be people who are more likely to fall for the scam
They really like that "what does it profit a man if you gain the whole world but loose your soul" line, don't they?
Which is nothing.
Is describing a code of conduct as a string of random digits really that outlandish when the scammer also claims that banks are churches, Germany and Belgium aren't part of Europe, and the UN is a delivery service? It seems like they're just throwing out random official sounding names
Certainly it is right on brand for them
Stay glarded, everyone.😁
My account is in a tax clode
@@djembejambi Do you have an Ippoplity Certificate?
My most sincere contraflibularities on your glarding.
Many thanking's upon to you, stay bless
@@TankEngine75 unfortunately it was destroyed in a helicopter crash outside Mexico City
Each scambaiting episode I look forward to the part that you call them a small boy and I’m never disappointed.
I really appreciate the constant subtle misspellings of the Undiplomat "Greg".
"Cherrybone Cottage" sounds like a hair metal band from the 80s. It's got a nice ring to it.
Watching every single of these videos just to pin point the 'Are you a small boy?' bit
It makes me way too happy
Quite a simple thing to make you happy, perhaps you are a small boy?
I wish I could remember the title of the original "small boy" video... that one made me laugh so hard.
Another good one is where he keeps score of how many times they question his seriousness.
God I love this man hahaha
When it's in intro I imagine a grown man walking up to strangers and aggressively telling them that he is not a small boy. It lifts my mood and makes me laugh way too much every time.
I also enjoy it when Kitboga calls his phone scammers the same thing. It's so satisfying when them asking for gift cards is such a juvenile thing.
@@chrislevack405 I think it's the "unexpected return of John Barosa" - the one where the intro song was born
It really bugs me how scammers use religion to scam light hearted old people
It is really sad
That's why they do this. Some people will let their guard down with such a thing.
It's really sad :/
@@D3nz3lCr0ck3r Yep...it's really sad
it bugs me more when they use fake titles like doctor. there are many religions, but only one medicine.
@@thomasherzog86 lol, I'm almost sure they will get to this point:
Regards
Rev. Father Pastor Rabbi Dalai Lama Robert Williams III
Very impressive that the bank has dealt with 6 customers in Germany and Belgium considering they have only dealt with 5 customers in Europe overall
I have to applaud you, your response to this scam is especially brilliant. I don’t want to judge any victim, but this scammer has a very low opinion of his victims if he specifically says don’t send payment by gift card, yes asks anyway. Maybe next time send them photos of the gift cards with the codes still covered. Maybe you can say, “here are the cards, I didn’t even have to pay for them”. Anyway bless you mate.
Edit: if you get this scam again, before they ask for the fee, ask for all the receipts of the $10,000 they have spent. Maybe they’ll screw up and it won’t add up to $10,000. Wait before they ask for the fee, if they ask for a tip like this scammer, ask if you can direct deposit the money into their bank account, maybe you’ll get lucky and they’ll write yes, and then later when they ask for the fee, bring up the direct deposit option. Then we can have some fun reading their excuses.
I believe in this scam, they start off telling the victim not to send money via the various methods to make the victim feel secure & that it's a valid transaction. But they wind a long and meandering story over the course of days or weeks, to where whoever does fall victim forgets that initial statement about not sending money via Gift cards, Western Union etc. By then he believes he must follow the "UN bank protocols" or whatever word salad they come up with that sounds legit, so they can receive the "key" and documents for their consignment box. Scammers are always changing their tactics, apparently even pretending to help formerly scammed victims, or put right in their message "how to avoid" not being scammed - even by them! Yet they are still able to trick people & catch them off guard.
Really got a kick out of the fabricated messages. That is a super nice twist.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you do to play these despicable scumbag benchodes. I was scammed out of my inheritance when my Dad died in 2018. £20,000. I was not helped by the bank or police who done nothing apart from saying 'You're not the first and you won't be the last!
My family no longer talk to me over it and called me stupid. I have now moved on and watching scambaiting videos cheers me up no end. Sometimes I have tears running down my face through laughing so much. I cannot thank the scambaiting community family enough.
If Mr Mike ever makes merch, there will be "are you a small boy?" Written on it 🤣😅😂
Hmmm. Walking around in that might give people wrong ideas about yourself. 😨
The question "how can you fall for a scam" is psychologically explainable, however...
How can the scammer think he has "any" credibility past the point they leave their scripts and answer directly...
They are "supposedly" high social ranking people, but can't write two sentences without errors or capslock.
They have very low nerve tolerance and jump out of their persona, almost begging for the money.
I just can't imagine them feeling like "oh yeah, I got this..."
It's a filtering processes.
The people they're targeting are vulnerable, desperate, technologically illiterate etc. By making their emails obviously shitty, they cause potential marks to self-select, ensuring only those who they could successfully prey on respond to them.
If they were professional looking, many more people would get to the time to send money or details and see the red flags, and end the interaction there. That'd be a waste of time from the scammers perspective as it's not someone they can manipulate into sending them money.
@@notrod5341 Making yourself look dumber than you should just in the possible event of getting some money... And some believe in "evolution" don't they.
You’re dialogue with the scammers is devilishly funny. Thanks so much for doing what you do so well!
Waited until 28:04 just to hear the small boy comment. Worth it.
May you please do an episode where you do that fake hacking trick, pretending to the scammers that they’ve been hacked and they’re sending contradicting emails to you? I’d love to see how different scammers respond to it!
I love these series, also the narrator's voice and the editing. My favourite guilty pleasure.
Why "guilty pleasure"?
@@deniz9415 I’m not a ‘15+ minute long video’ person but when this guy posts, be a 24 hours video, I’ll watch it
Agreed: atomic shrimp scambait videos do feel like an indulgent treat to settle down with
well, time is in my side. i had to have surgery to get my feet replaced, and the doctors thought time would be a good thing to have near my ribcage.
also, scambaiting idea: pretend to be a bunch of different people on a family computer!
Omg, that would be hilarious! I hope Shrimp sees your suggestion; imagine the possibilities for confusion!
#futurescambaitingideas
19:53 that’s actually not 100, it’s 100!, whis is 9.33 times ten to the power of 157
I was laughing so hard when $10K wasn't enough to cover the parcel and the key shipping costs. Like did it weigh five tons or something?
Today was the last day of my summer job program and I really loved that job, this came just in time to cheer me up
I having been one of the people that messaged you, I was a little desperate at the time but I've since then at least gotten the scammer banned from multiple platforms as a result at least
Kermit is an upstanding citizen?
“Other fake offices”
My favorite thing about your scambaiting is the callbacks to other videos, I’ve been with this channel for some years and your humor has helped me develop my own sense of humor, thank you!
I'm dying laughing at the Jill Biden email. Don't they know that the real Jill Biden would ONLY refer to herself as DOCTOR Jill Biden?
Silly scammers, you have so much to learn.
If they ever watch this, this right here, then they learn from the best there is.
They are clearly very small boys
The force is weak in this one
@@sargeinamerica hello sir, im a representive of Jedi Counsil. If you pay me £500 i can get you the rank of master, just we need to not let any of the counsil members know and its totally legal... please transfer the money through midiclorians and i will send you the title of jedi master to you, i cannot give you it without the money so plz send it fast
"Come on, man!"
Love that Freud.
I think’do you like cucumbers’ is probably the best line in this whole tale as it’s so out of place.
Atomic Shrimp: you are consistently the most effective treatment for my insomnia. While I love watching your videos and find them hilarious and interesting while conscious, you have a FANTASTIC voice for soothing me to sleep. It reminds me of when I was in school and would fall asleep in class, even if I found the subject interesting.
I just am really grateful and want to express that without making you feel as if I find your videos boring.
you should send them pics of you holding iTune cards but have the serial numbers obscured... the thought that they are that close to getting the money will destroy them :) Keep them on the hook for a few more emails .. As always great work ..
I love it when you annoy the scammers and make them lose their temper. I just wish "Their punishment must be more severe".
Scammer: "There is no advance fee and also, you should never pay an advance fee"
Also Scammer: "There is an advanced Fee"
The bit about having a rather large bunion had me hee-hawing with vigor. Great work, Atomic Shrimp.
Maybe it’s not ScottGary but rather Barry Scott, advertising frontman for that explosive cleaning spray. BANG! …and your money is gone.
The editing on this one with all the little pictures and videos added feels even better than before! Feels like you put in some extra effort and it makes the whole thing even funnier
Scammer: "Diplomatic immunity."
Atomic Shrimp; "It's just been revoked."
It's so hillarious how they straight up refused to even acknowledge anything you said near the end. You truly broke them I could hear them smashing their heads on their keyboard in frustration.
It’s they way you read it that does it for me, such composure in repeating all of the grammatical errors.
I have been watching for a couple years now and I’ll probably still be watching if your making this content years from now.
"The un-diplomatic man" is killing me🤣
Love how you put these crooks through the wringer.
Brilliant editing job on this one shrimp - from the map showing the scammer's illogical plane trip to the mario bros sound effects for the 100$! - Well done all across the board! Its really wonderful to see how far this series has come along - Hope your weekend is going well as always. KEep up the god work!
Wow, this is awesome OK. I just came across this channel, and is definitely the type of videos I enjoy watching OK. I'll make sure to check out some of this channel's older uploads as well when I have some free time later on OK. This is quite an entertaining and informative content OK.
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its funny how this scam tried to be clever by removing the "deduct it from the total" argument, but it totally backfired instead
AS: "Ok so my channel is about making food from weeds and replying OK to scambaiters" / Me: "SOLD!"
"Shouty caps" is now a big part of my vocabulary. Thank you, AS!
I love "shouty caps". It just sounds perfect.
What a lovely surprise, to see a notification on my phone, and it's a video from Atomic Shrimp!
I was having such a dull and rainy day, but you just cheered me up for a good half hour. Thanks for the great content, Mike!
I love how they say "Other fake offices" pretty much telling you that they are a fake office
Can't these emails from these supposed "banks" just print their own money for any fees? At least, I think that would be funny to tell one of them
Apparently they have to use saves from own pocket
They could, and in doing so would make their currency lose value.
Forwarding a fake email from their account to convince them they were hacked is brilliant. Great video as always.
A code of conduct being a literal code really got to me. Imagine if there was a standard which listed all possible parts of a code of conduct, so organizations could just refer to an actual code instead of sending a pdf.
I love the return of the more traditional scam baiting videos- they were missed!
It's quite comical how they all feel the need to assert that their business is genuine and legitimate and absolutely not a scam
As a locksmith I can assure you: all you need is angle grinder with a few cut-off wheels. This monstrosity will tear apart everything in ten seconds flat.
Lock Picking Lawyer would probably have it open in a few seconds with a bit of red bull can or something similar.
28:30 that boxing gif 10/10
It's from Punch Out, which is an NES game (although it never really had a score system)
The effect of those “are you a small boy?” Jokes must be cumulative, I seem to laugh harder at that in every video.
Well of course you figured out he's a scammer, he didn't tell you "Be Rest Assured"