OK - Let's Try Speedrun Scambaiting (also FAQ: How Safe Is Scambaiting?)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2019
- Here's a scambaiting session inspired by a viewer suggestion - try a scambaiting speedrun!
Here's the link to my 419Eater scambaiting session from many, many years ago (mentioned in the FAQ section of this episode): forum.419eater.com/forum/view...
In case you have questions about my scambaiting videos or efforts, you might find the answer below:
Why do scammers promise such big rewards, and demand relatively small fees? - • Bringing Scammers Toge...
Is it just old people who get scammed? - • Just say 'WHAT?' to Sc...
Why are scammers frequently 'Reverend'? - • We Probably Mean Harm ...
Can you help me recover money from scammers? - • OK... There Is No Adva...
Has Atomic Shrimp been scammed before? Is this all about revenge? - • What the Heck is a Cle...
Why are the scams so badly written? (Also do stupid people deserve to be scammed?) - • I'm Just Mad About SAF...
Why do the scammers ask for personal details (that they don't seem to use)? - • A Little Nonsense Now ...
Why don't you scam the scammers? - • John Warosa: Redemptio...
Are you helping scammers to get better at scamming? - • John Barosa: Resurrect...
Why not tell the scammers to deduct the fee from the prize? - • The John Warosa Legacy...
Who is John Warosa/Barosa? - • The John Warosa Legacy...
Did you steal your script, or steal or the idea of scambaiting from someone else? • OK There Is An Imposto...
Why don't you make more/only scambaiting videos? • OK Let's Cross The Str...
If the scammers want Steam/Google Play/iTunes cards, are they kids/gamers? • Let's Create One Big U...
Can I send you scam emails for you to bait? • Let's Try Continual De...
How can I get started scambaiting? • John Barosa Rides Agai...
Why do you blur the scammers' email addresses? • Making A Nuisance Of M...
Why don't you read the scammer's emails in an Indian Accent? • Let's Get Wholesome Wi...
Why don't you report these scammers to the police? • Let's Try A Series Of ...
Are these stories real? • The Scammers Who Dumpe...
How do people even fall for scams? • The Scammers Who Dumpe...
How do people even fall for scams? (Revisited): • OK - Seems Legit (Scam...
How safe is scambaiting? • OK - Let's Try Speedru...
How do you Receive so many scam emails? • The Least Credible Sca...
Aren't you just wasting your time? • The Surprising Return ... - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Scammer: So, you will be receiving-
Shrimp: *You, me, scam, NOW.*
WR any% :D
Atomic Shrimp is extremely dtf-down to fraud
Cortana: Me inside your head now
OK
5 minutes later...
*Shrimp:* OK. I'll send the money on T-
*Scammer:* no u send BTC now!
perhaps try adding to the confusion in the next scambait by pretending you're not native english? Just a thought
That would honestly be hilarious
#futurescambaitingideas
Or word your replies in such a way that it's not fully clear what you're saying. Like replies that could have two possible meanings. Haha
one thing i always wantd to try or see tried is replying on a broken version of the language they should speak, for example I've gotten e-mails claiming to be from china, imagine answering to them in chinese with google translate. or answering the nigerian prince in pidgin (or any of the other many languages native to nigeria).
The potential for abuse of metaphors here is dangerously high. I love it.
Great video! I'll give it a like on Tuesday
Send Like now!
Please send moneh now.
Monet will also do.
Please give us 3-7 business days for our likes to be processed through.
OK
Say your broke and would like to pay monthly
#futurescambaitingideas
This is a great idea!
Installments haha.
"I am perfectly fine paying interest as well. That only seems fair." Imagine making the scammer calculate interest rates
linglingjr
He should also ask for the percentage on top to purchase life insurance
At this point, “RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION” is just the catch phrase of your scambaiting series
Leighton Petty merch?
“The kind of details you should never share with a stranger on the internet”. Is better.
OK
And we've got the "are you a small boy?"
Or there's the OG, OK
Try letting them know you know they're scamming, but convince them you're interested in becoming a scammer and maybe see if they'll hire you. Pretend you live in their country or are moving there and need a job.
That could be interesting
#futurescambaitingideas
@@AtomicShrimp Did this ever become a thing?
YESS
i tried this once on steam and got blocked after some confusion. those people just don't know when to quit. you almost believe them that they believe their own bs xD
@@georgek4416 what was the name of the video?
scammer: you will be receiving-
shrimp: how much is the fee?
scammer: *frantically flipping through script*
Scammer: WTH. This isn’t in the script
"Okay just send moneh now"
Dang it's become real hard to differentiate scammers from finance professionals these days
Xhamos
True!
But... I don’t have moneh. I’m poor. Please understand
Moneh and mushroom kingdom coins.
UwU. Cute pfp.
And... it's gone.
im gonna predict you got a world record for scambaiting
Scambaiting any% (stalling not counted in time)
speedrun.com/scambaiting 😂😂
Obviously nonsense, unless you saw the idea of the practice for the first time here.
@@sambecker23 I actually clicked that link, just to be sure XD
I should submit scambaiting as a game to speedrun.com 😂
I wonder if you could convince the scammers to solve captchas, as a "security measure"? Say that there are all sorts of automated messages nowadays so insist on sending them a captcha with each email, and insist that they include the solved captcha in each of their messages back to you. Try to get them to solve as many as you can.
Bonus ideas:
(1) At some point, insist that a correct captcha is incorrect, and insist they solve two additional ones as an additional security measure.
(2) Claim that you've just learned that the type of captcha you've been using is weak, and upgrade to different captchas.
(3) Send a broken image (file not found, or something), misunderstand and become angry when the scammer won't give you an answer.
(4) The final captcha you send could have a solution of something like "Idiot Scammer"
Have you seen the security questions on Kitboga's fake bank?
@@AtomicShrimp Make a fake bank and give them "the login details"
@@AtomicShrimp I have now. I still think it'd be a funny scambaiting idea though.
It might be fun to repeat step 2 a few times while slowly turning normal captcha into literal rocket science and always claiming that "it needs to be this complicated or a bot could solve it. Have you SEEN what AI can do nowadays?!"
Would be interesting to see at what point they just give up, especially if you pretend to be very keen on sending lots of money. Juuuuust gotta make sure it's not a bot "real quick"...
@@Azumongo "In order to proceed, please decode the following words"
"In order to proceed, please decode and solve the following equation"
"In order to proceed, please highlight all pictures which contain traffic lights"
"In order to proceed, please highlight each of these photos which evoke a 1950's era mystique, and would create nostalgia for a prelapsarian era of America in your average octogenarian"
"In order to proceed, please submit a 150+ word novel that plays with themes of ostracization from family, unease with the growing influence of capitalism encroaching on art, and is also an lesbian slash fic between Professor McGonagall and a Rapidash"
Toad: The princess is in another castle.
Mario: Okay, nevermind the Yahoo.
what if you try to lower the amount of money that they ask for?
#futurescambaitingideas
Atomic Shrimp Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.
What about offering them more?
They’ll happily do it as less is better than none, but what about more money? “I *demand* I pay double- no, TRIPLE your fee.”
@@JimsyFlimsy that would be funny af xD
Try to confuse them by getting really technical about everything.
Or just try to start a real conversation with them about how their day is etc.
#futurescambaitingideas
@Yuvaez we don't expect a real answer, just to try to have a conversation with them so that they have to lie and make things up like John Warosa did
Ster Chess or dr. Doofenshmirtz talking to Agent P
"Yahoo does email?" This is where I was rolling on the floor.
Yeah and yahoo also does that funny hip thing where they trip, fall and drop their entire database on the streets. Thank god i didn't own a yahoo e-mail before that happened.
@@Walter_ so yahoo does email just not all that well
These two replies got me rolling, good lord
Unfortunately yes. My family all had Bellsouth emails which got bought up by Yahoo and convinced me to set up a Yahoo email when I was old enough. So I set up a Rocketmail account, and good god, the amount of times my account has been hacked is insane. Unfortunately I’ve been using it for almost 10 years now so it’s a little late to change it
Atomic Shrimp - Scambaiting Any% [TAS][11:09]
no, that can't be TAS
TAS would show off even more impressive frame-perfect (pixel-perfect doesn't matter in the any% scambaiting category) strats
shrimp is good, but not as good as TAS
@@kyokonull didn't notice that, thanks! I'll change the category on tuesday
@@brockpeters1410 change the category now or ill delete the client's run
Lol
Aw, I wanted to make that joke :v
Try baiting them with memes.
#futurescambaitingideas
Lmao
@@AtomicShrimp
Here is excellent material for it!
www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html
Baiting with song lyrics would also be great
Send them the Thunder Cross Split Attack
I honestly believe you are one of the only pure TH-camrs left, doing what you love rather than what will get you the most clicks.
seconded, this guy is great
I think ashens is still kind of the same way (similar channel in many ways).
I feel like there's a bit of a tragedy-of-the-commons thing happening on TH-cam right now. people climbing over each other and themselves in order to try to make the algorithm notice them, at the same time as realising that this is creating a platform they don't enjoy contributing to.
The moment I stop enjoying making content, and making content *because* I enjoy it, I will have failed. I'm not going to let that happen to me.
@@AtomicShrimp you are a perfect example of how to do TH-cam. It's unfortunate how much TH-cam has turned into a business rather than a hobby. It seems to have sucked the enthusiasm out of most people. Keep on preserving what TH-cam was made for👍
@@bosshunterman yes, but I prefer Atomic Shrimp, I think he's funnier & more interesting all around.
As a speedrunner, I approve of this method.
Here's #futurescambaitingideas : do a normal scambaiting session but run everything you want to say through Google Translate so that it is incomprehensible. Some languages (Hawaiian, Pashto, Hebrew, Traditional Chinese) are easier to screw stuff up than others (French, Portuguese, Spanish).
Twisted Translations and Atomic Shrimp? I know it's unlikely, but I'd love to see the craziness that results. Perhaps Twisted could Translate the John Warosa song and see if it makes more sense Translated.
Twisted Translations + Scambaiting would be a deadly hilarious combo. I really want to see that now!
From sausage-wobbling machines to speed scam baiting. You’re awesome, dude.
Perhaps he can offer to pay with the patent for the sausage wobbling machine next time
If scammers ask you to send dollars, can you please ask them which dollar they want (US/Canada/Australia/Zimbabwe/etc)
#futurescambaitingideas
Atomic Shrimp send them Zimbabwe dollars. Tell them it is the only ones you had on hand.
@@felixstieger9039 would be even worse if he sent venezulan bolivar insted. that currency is so worthless that it's cheaper to use physical cash than toilet paper and it just keep on getting worse every day.
Zimbabwe pls hurry quick we have n't much time so.
SEND ZIMBABWE NOW.
Toilet paper is great currency of 2020
Possible try to keep pushing the scammer until they cave and admit to their scam, it'd probably take a fee tries but it'd be a fun pay off
#futurescambaitingideas
wouldn't that be quite a fun challenge?
How much is the fee? how much does he pay?
Every time a new scambaiting video comes out I wanna just grab a bowl of popcorn and a sheet mask for it
Sarah Z it feels unreal to run into my fav in the comments of my other fav
Are you the Sarah Alade with 77.5 million ?
TH-camrs I watch also watch TH-camrs I watch. Neat.
Hi Mange Tout
Right? I feel lucky that I just discovered these so I can binge watch!
Love how suddenly he's willing to cooperate once you know it's a scam.
As if the fact that he wouldn't let you send the BTC on Tuesday is the _one_ thing that made you think it was a scam. It's almost sad how they think everyone is just that stupid and gullible.
I bet he's in his room thinking "if it wasn't for Tuesday I would've gotten that scam Scott free, darn you Tuesday! "
Sad fact is some people are...
Source some people paid into his btc account as mentioned
@@BananabroJr :3c
Sir, you are a hero in a manner of speaking. I watched my grandfather empty his bank account and his retirement over a period of several years to a "woman" overseas that professed to love him and wished to emigrate to the U.S. No one in our family could convince him that he was just being scammed, and he died almost penniless. Perhaps you prevented someone else the same fate by wasting this guy's time.
So very sad.
In cases like these it may be a good idea to speak to the bank and get the account shut off temporarily or control temporarily given to another family member whilst you either work out a way to prove that it's a scam, have an intervention, get them to see a therapist or move them in with a family member/ vise versa who can cut their communications off etc. When I was younger, my mothers bank account was temporarily shut down by my grandma/her mother (after taking out a good chunk of money for me to feed my sister and I for a bit) because she was drinking herself into severe debt, then it was given back to her after starting rehab. It took about a year and a half of working two jobs rather than several years for her to get back out of it. So if you think someone you love is going into a downward spiral financially, see if the bank can do anything or if they don't have a credit card, take all the money out so they can't spend it and give them an allowance or look after them because they will be grateful afterwards.
"It turns out you can just say words that simply aren't true"
What? In scambaiting or in life in general? I had no idea. This changes everything!
Should I stop doing homework and watch TH-cam instead?
Atomic Shrimp: *OK*
I've been messing with scammers by setting up fresh email accounts through tor using tails, so in terms of safety pretty sure I'm in the clear.
Latest one I'm dealing with has some guy pretending to be a dying heiress so over the last 2 weeks I've been trying to convince her, her lawyer and her accountant (probably all the same person) to join my cult of unitology.
Also had another one where they kept asking for phone numbers so I'd look up random dominoes chains and put their numbers on
I started an email for scam by now I have no idea how to get scam emails, any advice?
Thats hilarious my man! Tell me more about this cult of unitology?
Big Lenin You just need to send $40 bitcoin and we will contacted you with further details.
@@Shoob__ OK. I will send bitcoin on Tuesday.
Vada, just put an ad on Craigslist. You will get spam in no time
Love your content and how you expose these scammers while keeping them preoccupied so they can't get to other victims.
@pororoca farm They do. If live chat customer support can do it (and they do), not-so-live email scammers also can. The sad reality is that this doesn't *really* preoccupy scammers, wasting a couple minutes of their time per email at best, unless people do it en masse, but it does disrupt their peace of mind and at least we get a kick out of it in their expense.
I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for 40 dollars today.
Well well well, legends collide.
I like how you've found your own little nook in TH-cam. Your channel blew up from the 2TB flash drive and it's been climbing ever since, but you still keep your own little fun with wierd stuff in cans and such along with scam bait and other things.
Keep up the great work and congratulations my man 😁
"I said, 'The Bitcoin address is invalid.'
It wasn't, but it turns out you can just say words that simply aren't true." 😂
i almost fell victim to an IT scam a few years ago, as in they reached the point of telling me the fees, so i now get an enormous amount of satisfaction seeing you and a couple other people doing this. thank you
"Hello sir, My--"
"Cool how much and what method?"
"Well before you dismiss this as a scam, I'd ju--"
"Yeah yeah how much do you want?"
"We just need--"
"MONEY, HOW?"
"Do you have a problem with Tuesday?"
"Yes.... Tuesday is fine."
You need more subscriber. Should I sent subscribe now or on Tuesday?
Lmao
Scambate using as many misspelled words from previous scanners
#futurescambaitingideas
Misspellings
Scanners
I see what you did yet there
Screen shoot.
I hope you understend that your misppelling a bunch of words.
@@greasyfingers9250 buntch*
I paused my audiobook for this.
No regrets.
I always wanted to see a scambaiting where (just like before) you've tried to guilt trip them with you needing to feed your family or needing the money for the operation but the scammer actually changes his mind and tries to persuade you to not go with the scam out of guilt. I really do hope some day you will get such a scammer and when that time comes id be immensely happy
Great video! I watched it in 200% speed. Bitcoin, London, manure. Got it.
Try being a younger kid with your moms credit card and talking to the scammers, a good chance to be annoying 😉
#futurescambaitingideas
Please
I like that you try to rationalize their poor behaviors toward the end in many of your videos. As awful as many of these people can be, they are still people and I wholeheartedly believe nobody is beyond redemption. So it fills me with joy that after the laughs you can be real with them, and not in a rude or angry way, but almost in a concerned way.
One day, I hope to persuade a scammer to have a completely frank conversation about motives etc
@@AtomicShrimpI mean you may have almost done that once? You had one episode where he briefly dropped the act, but you said that may have been a gimmick to try and get you to pay.
I love these videos I love when they get really mad! 😂😂. Next you should make scammers mad asap
#futurescambaitingideas
I love that you're pretty active with your fans! good video
Atomic Shrimp's parents fighting over his first words:
Mom: "He said 'Mommy' first!"
Dad: "No, he said 'Daddy' first!"
Atomic Shrimp's real first words: "OK"
Scambaiting 100% - Non-TAS, Atomic Shrimp 02d:03h:41m:02s
seriously though, nice.
you think maybe you could try pretending to die in the middle of a scam, and another character takes over?
#futurescumbaitingideas
It’d be great if after Shrimp “died,” he claimed to leave a massive amount of money to the scammer but only if they lied to Western Union about him being a relative
So basically, using the Hot Dog Wobbler’s powers, you said to the scammers “shut up and gimme money”
No he said “shut up and gimme moneh” Obviously
Is you dose not understand English.
Shame yourself and feel the Wobbling Judgement of AtomicShrimp
This scammer seems unusually reluctant to weasel your money out of you.
Yes, thank you, Marcel!
What a wholesome ending. And thank you for the scambaiting FAQ.
I literally get excited when I see another scam baiting video. Thanks man
The "carrot and stick" routine never gets old! A very entertaining scam baiting adventure.
“The bit coin was invalid, it wasn’t but it turns out you can say words that simply aren’t true” I legitimately laughed for 30 mins over that. Such a simple and fun jab I loved it. 😂😂
Greetings Atomic Shrimp!
Could you provide a heart to my person, so I feel joyful?
If it makes you happy, why not?
@@AtomicShrimp Thank you very much!
Excellent video, as always ;D
*surprised pikachu*
@@MrOrzech1 *🅱ika 🅱ika*
@@BranEspin isn't it Pika?
Love your scambaiting videos, and appreciate you wasting scammers time. Keep up the hard work
Super unrelated side note. I appreciate that you speak quietly. Lots of scam videos are loud and rambunctious.
This is such a great idea. Honestly if I were the scammer I'd be delighted to hear that the victim is so willing. Granted, he may not have had enough time to craft the fake identity yet which may have been why he's so keen on dragging you along. Easy money ain't so easy.
Shrimp: "do you have a probl m with Tuesday?"
Scammer:"yes...
Tuesday is fine"
I love all the random content! It means that your stuff never gets old! Great all round youtuber!! 😁
Gotta love how you're _literally offering him what he wants_ and yet he _still_ wants to waste your time...
Normally you're the one delaying, this is a nice role-reversal
The variety is what makes this channel awesome
Thanks for the new vid! Your scambaiting videos are alows super fun to watch 😊
I had no idea you were part of the 419eater crew. I remember finding them years ago. Those guys are awesome!
Please do another one like this , this was hilarious
These videos are always so entertaining!
Love your stuff mate, Thanks for giving me some joy
"It turns out you can say words that simply aren't true." Game changer!! So funny!
Props to you for being so sweet and trying to actually help the scammers by teaching them a lesson; most people just do this to be funny or get revenge; it's refreshing to see someone who actually wants to see people change, even if it's not gonna happen.
Thanks, although there is a little bit of a sting in the tail - this scammer was emailing me from a timezone somewhere around UTC+6 or 7 - quite possibly India. Poopsmiths are traditionally considered sort of subhuman there, I believe
Atomic Shrimp Thanks for the reply! And lol well regardless, you still almost always tell scammers at the end to find honest jobs (subhuman or otherwise 😆) and I really love that. You manage to keep your videos funny while still keeping the focus on helping both your audience /and/ the scammers, if they would actually accept the advice (and least credible scammer awards 😂) 🙂
this video was by far my favorite one.
it was like watching a dollar on a fishing line, he just kept going after it, no matter how many times you pulled it away, it was glorious
This is the funniest episode of the series yet. Love your content man!
I love these scambaiting videos
I think its really great, that you always advise them, to look for an honest job. Like there is still hope for them.
This is so good, I reckon I'd need a round two of this just to satiate myself!
YES! These are my favourite videos, I'm always entertained, keep up the good work mate, much love from Australia.
Masterful job!!
I haven't laughed this hard in a while.
This was a glitchless 100% no hit scambait in under 12 minutes .... I am speechless. Will you attend AGDQ next year? :D
Great Run :)
Love watching these, keep it up!
PLEASE MORE, I AM ADDICTED TO THESE!
Watching your videos is a challenge to my vocabulary
I have a way to spice it up: whenever there's some sort of deadline or expiration date, *ghost them until the day before*, and hope to still reel them in and DRAW THE SCAM OUT FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE with as few messages as possible.
#futurescambaitingideas
Funny reading this now, this seems to work amazingly.
Found your videos the other day and have been going through your Scambaiting playlist. Absolutely love it, and this one is a favorite so far. The editing is great and love listening to you read these poorly written emails. Cheers!
Your amazing patience plus the scammer’s ultimate feelings of frustration makes me lol every time
How Knew 11 minutes could go that fast. 😂😂
It was speed running after all lol
I love your scam baiting style!
Oh I do love your channel, I mean where else on TH-cam could I find content such as sausage wobbling to scam baiting all in one place 😂 definitely one of my favourite TH-camrs!
I never get tired of these videos
I was wondering how the video was longer than a few minutes. You really had them reeled in after that speedrun. Nice.
"It turns out that you can simply say words that aren't true"
I hope you're not trying to say Brexit is a bad idea!
I watched this 3 days ago but wanted to wait until Tuesday to comment. Good job 👍🏼
Love these videos - keep up the good work. 👍
This is better than video game speedruns!
Next time maybe try seeing how eccentric/eclectic you can get with the currency. "do you accept gold bars?" etc. Working out shipping details/costs for this special currency or trade would also be a great way to waste time.
#futurescambaitingideas
Atomic Shrimp I really hope you try out that “student using my parents credit card” idea soon.
Or Harry Potter currency
Love it when the scammer tries to convince You he is the real deal while using an informal phrase. Just love your whole videos :)
Amazing video as always!
Scambait speed running lol. I really do like this channel.
chris sounds like he didnt even want the money in the first place
I love this. Thank you for lightening my mood!
Loved the speed run, I'd love to see a lot more of that!
Seventh! ... as I didn’t manage to get FIRST! :) ... I love your varied content!... damn scammers!
Perhaps one of these fine gentlemen would be willing to fund a commercial production run of the Wobble Dog 9003i
If someone asks for 40$ he should just say that the scammer first needs to buy a Wobble Dog 9003i for the cheap price of 25$ for some bullshit reason. If they don't, ask them why they don't want to invest 25$ to make 40$.
Would be funny if he got the reply "You're obviously trying to scam me."
I love how this actually feels like a speedrun!
Another great video! I think you know you have truly stumbled across something great when you can pay attention to a creator's videos and have a good laugh and at the same time you can play them in the background and relax to them. I have legitimately used one or two of these videos to help myself fall asleep 😂 (I mean that in the nicest way possible by the way I know I can fall asleep to this could be taken as an insult but it truly isn't meant like that) All the best for the future!