"I need that money to literally live" Scammer: "Now listen to me"

@ltuyettrinh2

4 жыл бұрын

“I am literally dead” Scammer: “Now listen to me”

@Juleru

4 жыл бұрын

@Joven Mangges Indian, not african.

@grodt88

4 жыл бұрын

Juleru I can clearly hear african accent and african voice

@Tman25-

4 жыл бұрын

"Now listen to me, I have your money now"

@itzmedb8290

4 жыл бұрын

me litterally on the other side of the galaxy without any access to my Terran bank accounts scammer: noW LiSTeN tO me

Scammer and morality don't really fit in the same sentence...

@FelipeASaito

4 жыл бұрын

Well, if you put "have no fucking sense of" in the middle, it fits

@sylvainprigent6234

4 жыл бұрын

A Moral Scammer.. That is what one may call an oxymoron... The Scammer being the moron

@thefountainpendesk

4 жыл бұрын

But in a negative et voila Scammers have no sense of morality whatsoever

@PandemoniumMeltDown

4 жыл бұрын

So very true, rhymes more with sociopath.

@nigellablum9456

4 жыл бұрын

Escrocs sont contraire à l'éthique

The "elderly gentleman" being scammed out of the money he needed for his heart operation made me really sad even though it's not real. Stuff like that probably actually happens, especially since these scams' targets are often seniors.

@mlck24

4 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for Manuel to surprise the scammer with a heart attack.

@samkim1102

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah... there are some despicable people. A total piece of shit.

@gassnake2004

4 жыл бұрын

When I worked at Wal-Mart, we had to be on high alert for well over a month due to an old man who had been taken in by a scam. He just didn't understand why we wouldn't let him buy $500 worth of iTunes gift cards... He kept trying and slipped through in the end. Coming up next on sick, sad world...

@littlefox_100

4 жыл бұрын

gassnake2004 awww

@ladyv5655

4 жыл бұрын

I listened and it made me angry.

Challenge: What if you tried to haggle with a scammer just to see how low you can make the advance fee? “You want me to pay £500? I know another guy who is offering more money for only £200, can you price match?”

@AtomicShrimp

4 жыл бұрын

#futurescambaitingideas

@friendlyoldpieceofapoppedp711

4 жыл бұрын

Atomic Shrimp try seducing a scammer

@themariokid2310

4 жыл бұрын

@@friendlyoldpieceofapoppedp711 yea

@themariokid2310

4 жыл бұрын

@@friendlyoldpieceofapoppedp711 this has to happen

@epekka

4 жыл бұрын

even though it wouldn't be real, he's married and it might be crossing the line

Plot twist: the 77.5 mil was legit and after Manuel paid the fees and recieved the award, his heart operation failed and now he has to find an internet stranger to pass on the money before he died.

@emmanuelvargas296

2 жыл бұрын

...how the turntables? If you can't defeat them, join them? Unsure which one fits better.

@bury_the_elite65294

Жыл бұрын

@AnakinSkyobliviator plot twist, part 2: Manuel's real name is Davis Bon.

@NickAndriadze

11 ай бұрын

And that's how scams go from hand to hand...

@samy7013

Ай бұрын

WOW

They're like pirates, without the charm, and with the warmth of feral cats chasing mice.

@adamwalker9796

4 жыл бұрын

They're like loan sharks, except rather than trying to get their money back, they're trying to take your own money.

@NaokisRC

4 жыл бұрын

Real pirates arent charming

@fantaslurp

4 жыл бұрын

Naoki Saito its a joke

@NaokisRC

4 жыл бұрын

@@fantaslurp I am aware.

@fantaslurp

4 жыл бұрын

Naoki Saito are you sure?

Here's a challenge: try flattering the scammer

@RachelSnow0451

4 жыл бұрын

Gunnar Young “Oh you seem like a very fine helpful gentleman. I hope you don’t mind, but I did some digging and found your Facebook. Your very handsome ;) I’d be happy to pay the fee, you have such a trustable friendly face”

@AyyDraws

4 жыл бұрын

"Will *you* come with the money?"

@gunnaryoung

4 жыл бұрын

@@RachelSnow0451, I forgot what my comment said and was feeling very flattered by your reply!

@IssieAndLife

4 жыл бұрын

Kitboga sometimes has the scammers flirt with him/flatter him & occasionally flirts/flatters back.

@AtomicShrimp

4 жыл бұрын

#futurescambaitingideas

One scammer's efforts cost a couple so much money that the husband lost his mind and shot his wife and then himself -- the scammer was actually confronted on this over the phone by an investigator, and the scammer said something akin to: "well you feel bad if someone gets hurt but then you get their money and so it is ok again" .. so he literally said it's fine they're dead, I got their money and that's what matters.

@returnofbeaux

4 жыл бұрын

Buddha and Jesus may have to take a little vacation while we mop up this mess with fiery vengeance.

@leightonpetty4817

4 жыл бұрын

Source?

@reimarpb

4 жыл бұрын

I would like a source to that

@returnofbeaux

4 жыл бұрын

@@reimarpb Simulated campfire stories in a troll A.I.'s subroutine.

@colmlooney5843

4 жыл бұрын

Nice One

The heart operation bit broke my heart; you’re a good actor.

@CiromBreeze

4 жыл бұрын

"Now listen to me: A heart operation - you are not doing it now" Jesus that scammer is the lowest of the low.

@littlefox_100

4 жыл бұрын

Ye

@chickennugget8158

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@quickfeather

3 жыл бұрын

honestly,,

@sillowillo

3 жыл бұрын

at least that degenerate waste of skin scammer will be suffering painfully and eternally in hell

"he probably just waste the money on some ridiculous project or in *his obsession with unusual canned foodstuffs.* " Heh.

@kingarthur0407

4 жыл бұрын

Canned coochie?

@uitimatebrandon

4 жыл бұрын

@@kingarthur0407 canned pig brains.

@loganswaisgood8524

4 жыл бұрын

Hummus. It's going to be big.

@Tater_Toot

4 жыл бұрын

Are we talking about New England Wildlife & More???

@uitimatebrandon

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tater_Toot what

Whenever I watch one of these scam videos, I can’t help but think of a story my uncle told me. About a year ago, he received a phone call from what he called a ‘car insurance scammer’. The gist of the scam is that they ask you if you have been in a car accident recently, and if you say yes they’ll claim to be the insurance company of the person you hit and try to get money off you. Now, my uncle is a very quick witted man so he immediately understood it was a scam and played around with him for a bit. They wanted to get him to pay them $200 in damages but he acted all confused and made up some story about how he side swiped a guy at the lights and the car was badly damaged and the driver hurt. The scammer, obviously seeing an opportunity for more money, said something along the lines of ‘oh no that’s just the processing fee, in total it’s about $5,000’. My uncle still acted confused, and said that can’t be right because of how badly injured the guy was. Scammer responds with the government covering a lot of the medical costs, and my uncle finally hit him with the punchline; “But I killed the guy. He’s dead.” Scammer realises he messed up and hung up.

@gregdabrat

3 жыл бұрын

U got a heart

@dedley2664

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1261

3 жыл бұрын

incredible

@buffymcmuffin5361

2 жыл бұрын

Nice. Sometimes I play with scammers too. One time I pretended to be an unemployed stoner. Another time I was an elderly man who liked to watch internet porn but didn't want his daughter to find out. Or say there's a bad connection, and make the scammer shout (one of the guys net to him apparently told him I was playing him, because the guy hung up on me!)

@DarkOmegaMK2

2 жыл бұрын

Your uncle must be real fun in family reunions! lmao!

Before viewing, I'm quite sure these will be kind, empathetic, and upstanding people.

@ameyamandhare8288

4 жыл бұрын

Magic Jax haha honestly

@morgus9215

4 жыл бұрын

What do you expect from a scammer?

@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828

4 жыл бұрын

Magic Jax Mmmmmmm well yes, but actually no

@Itsprincesweets

4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes A fellow degenerate

@ss-nu3qf

4 жыл бұрын

@@Itsprincesweets damn you're thick son

in the future you should try confusing the scammer by purposefully giving them contradictory information and coming up with overly complex answers to their questions

@ThatAnimalGuy

4 жыл бұрын

that's pretty much what he does every time!

@AtomicShrimp

4 жыл бұрын

#futurescambaitingideas

@Leekodot15

4 жыл бұрын

Add to the confusion with highly advanced vocabulary and obscure sentences.

@Leekodot15

4 жыл бұрын

@Unique Kinanthi It would still be fun doe

@padraicfanning7055

4 жыл бұрын

The business is on. I am trying to raise the balance for the Gummy Bear so he can submit all the Fizzy Cola Bottle Jelly Beans to the Creme Egg for the Peanut M&Ms process to start. Send £1,500.00 via a Giant Gummy Lizard.

I'm not sure whose fake names are more absurd, the scammer's or Atomic's lol

@lunaticfringe2763

4 жыл бұрын

Scammers lol. Something about a man with a heavy Indian accent saying he's John Smith always gets me.

@wojtekpolska1013

4 жыл бұрын

@@lunaticfringe2763 Mister Barrister John Barosa Warosa

@damaraksama3008

3 жыл бұрын

@@wojtekpolska1013 Oh,and that guy too

@transfo47

3 жыл бұрын

@@lunaticfringe2763 Plenty of Indian people have anglicized names as a result of brutal colonialism, so I'm not sure what "gets you" about it.

@firstduckofwellington6889

3 жыл бұрын

@@transfo47 Still, I don’t think the examples used above are very common.

One of the best ways I’ve found to deal with scammers is to act like everything they’re saying is the best news you’ve ever heard. “I pay you $15,000 and get 77.5 mil in return? Holy crap what a deal!” “You’re shutting off my electricity unless I pay the $11,000 bill I missed? Good on you for running a tight ship in your company!” It makes them super uncomfortable and is a really good source of entertainment.

@denfan9846

3 жыл бұрын

*Mutes Microphone* "RAMIR! This guy isn't getting scared, it's almost like he celebrates our threats!"

@diplomatofthesosbrigade931

2 жыл бұрын

Being passive aggressive might he a fun approach. "I guess I saved all this money for so many years just to pay this. But I guess it's fine, since I'll get more money. Sad to see it go though..."

I’m not very optimistic about the results...

@eifbkcn

4 жыл бұрын

I wish that, in such an unfortunate case as this, a dislike would be used for agreement rather than liking the comment, as nobody truly likes this sort of behavior, and these people are the worst form of humanity. Let us try to improve from here, but let us not forget how we felt in this moment.

@PandemoniumMeltDown

4 жыл бұрын

@@eifbkcn Predation isn't my favorite literary libation except in case of retribution or when applying the brain screw, it can quench me in a very satisfactory fashion.

@imveryangryitsnotbutter

4 жыл бұрын

@@PandemoniumMeltDown Holy cow, you thesaurus'ed the fuck out of that sentence.

Admittedly if the scambaiting videos involved atomic shrimp going to Africa and having to fight tooth and nail to avoid all the scammers killing him with machetes that would be pretty interesting.

@danielled108

4 жыл бұрын

Africa isn't just one country, stupid.

@danielled108

4 жыл бұрын

Get it right🙄

@alienplatypus7712

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielled108 I know Africa isn't just one country, but you can still go to Africa. Unless this is some kind of reference I don't get.

@Leekodot15

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Africa isn't one country, but you don't have to call others stupid for not saying unnecessarily specific things. All that says is that you are the stupid one for assuming that the guy is stupid for using a generalisation of something that is always generalised that way.

@Leekodot15

4 жыл бұрын

Especially since there is no evidence that says that he legitimately thought Africa was one country. And before you jump on MY gun, read the above comment in it's entirety.

Monica: They told him he had to pay all this money before he got his funds, then they killed him, it's such an awful thing Scammer: Yeahhhh... So anyways we'll need $1,910 before you get your funds *Seems legit*

@LootFragg

3 жыл бұрын

Listen, listen.

@sarahberkner

4 ай бұрын

Honestly people in general are bad at reading emails, it wouldn't surprise me if the scammer is no different.

"Waste the money on canned goods" 😂😂 But damn, these people are awful

@PandemoniumMeltDown

4 жыл бұрын

XD

"...obsession with unusual canned foodstuffs." You're killing me.

@darthrevan454

4 жыл бұрын

I don't get it

@californium-2526

4 жыл бұрын

@@darthrevan454 This is equal to the Weird Stuff in a Can series.

I pretended to have a heart attack while talking to an American health scammer. I was a 53 year old man who called for a medical alert system, you know the button you wear around your neck... she didn't even call 911 and was mad she didn't got her money. Meanwhile my character fell to the floor and died probably.

I worked closely with several people from India for over a year recently.. Some of them speak with the same thick accents and some barely try to even learn proper English.. I never judged them for any of these things because I knew their hearts were in the right place and they were really trying to help people. It is so sad to hear some of the same, thick, Engalish accents in these videos who are giving my old friends such a bad rap in society.

@louiealbrecht1088

4 жыл бұрын

The same is true for Nigerians; most of them are good people and are truly disgusted with the 419 scammers.

@anthonyhegedus7948

4 жыл бұрын

Louie Albrecht from what I’ve read, the difference is that it’s considered almost universally extremely shameful in India to be involved with scamming. Nobody would admit it. But in Nigeria, although most people condemn the scammers, there is an undercurrent of people who look at the scammers almost as celebrities.

@louiealbrecht1088

4 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyhegedus7948 Wow, that is awful. I guess the coworkers/acquaintances I've mentioned it to are either Americanized enough to be embarrassed or able to pick up enough information from my tone of voice to at least feign embarrassment.

@treborironwolfe978

4 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyhegedus7948 Another thing to consider when judging other countries compared to the US.. poverty levels and job opportunities: "India is approximately 3,287,263 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km. Meanwhile, the population of India is ~1.3 billion people (955.3 million fewer people live in United States)." --MyLifeElsewhere.com

@omikronweapon

4 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyhegedus7948 I have no other experience than these videos, but seeing the fairly common office party photos they post on facebook applauding their team, and the sheer amount of these call centers and relatively open facebook and skype groups dealing in the call sheets, it doesnt seem the people involved are TOO ashamed. I've seen one or two Indians posting comments about being disgusted, and I believe them, but somehow I'm not seeing local citizens rising up and condemning known or suspected scammers. I'm having a hard time believing that family members or friends can suddenly afford cars and all kinds of gadgets without raising suspicion, especially if scamming is such a infamous yet common practice.

Forget the AI-generated faces, we've found the real monsters. And sadly they do exist.

@ded8103

4 жыл бұрын

The thispersondoesnotexist website isn't even creepy. Its just an innocent ai making fake human faces.

@GalanDun

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, hey Snail.

@berylliosis5250

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, fairly recently, they've updated their AI from StyleGAN to StyleGAN2, which results in far fewer monsters.

@adamwalker9796

4 жыл бұрын

Humans are the real monsters after all.

@alexkukov

3 жыл бұрын

@@ded8103 r/woooosh

One way they might justify it to themselves is that their living very poorly, and feel no remorse for people in first world countries. Still doesn't justify it, but just a thought

@Sifer2

4 жыл бұрын

They also have unrealistic beliefs of how much more well off people in First World countries are too. They think everyone is stupidly rich so don't feel bad about stealing from them. Though this video makes them seem a lot scummier than I thought since their told the victim needs the money badly.

@senorpants5604

4 жыл бұрын

​@@Sifer2 I had been thinking the same thing. My guess is that a lot of these scammers go day-today with barely any money and then they go into a "rich" westerner's bank account and see tens of thousands. Not realizing how badly these (mostly elderly) people need it. If I was extremely poor I can imagine twisting logic and truth to make stealing okay, so I could still live with myself. I think its kinda a natural thing for humans to do.

@shadykid3508

4 жыл бұрын

Living in a third world south American country. Yeah, people here think first world countries have a lot of money, and have no difficulties in life. I'm better off than most people, and have been educated, but normally, an average citizen thinks the Americans and Europeans are all millionaires. Euro and US dollars are very expensive in this country, and that makes people believe that you guys live perfectly

@toncatsu4691

4 жыл бұрын

some of those scammers aren't actually poor, except before they started scamming. i think that even though they already have good legal job opportunities, they never tried to take it because scamming gives them 5-10 times higher pays without working too much. tl;dr maybe some are actually just lazy, and not poor?

@satsumagt5284

4 жыл бұрын

Shady Kid Brasil ?

God. The third one wasnt even trying to be nice.....

@Kyosukedono

4 жыл бұрын

I received your comment and the contents has been well noted by me.

@botatosalad1288

4 жыл бұрын

Therefore I want you to know that is funds will be transferred immediately.

The email where Martin is describing Mike, saying he has an obsession with unusual canned foodstuffs, had me doubled over in laughter. That kind of subtle, self-depreciating humor is totally my kind of comedy. I really enjoy your content. Thanks.

@PandemoniumMeltDown

4 жыл бұрын

Mike often really gives all it's sense to the expression ROFLMFAO. His britiness also gives his interventionr a rather charming and delicious aftertaste, depending on what side you are, of course.

@leapinglaura7343

Жыл бұрын

New Gold spot on!

Suggestion: see how far you can get by replying only with “Ok. What do I do next?”

@AtomicShrimp

4 жыл бұрын

#futurescambaitingideas

@onezerosevensix

2 жыл бұрын

this idea was legendary

"Thanks so much for your email *and your content* " Oh shit they're onto you.

@roguishpaladin

4 жыл бұрын

That would be the only thing which could lighten this - if all the 419 scammers were actually just practical jokers who were escalating their stories just so KZread scam videos were interesting. Sadly, I know this isn't true.

The one dislike is Hannah Pilot

@no-man_baugh

4 жыл бұрын

All the rest are the I.R.S. agents hell bent on catching that tax-evading tea-cult leader old lady who gets panic attacks over putting the wrong kind of jam on her toast

@louiealbrecht1088

4 жыл бұрын

As I watched this, MrLarry Brilliant and Mr Andy Fred have joined Ms Pilot in "disliking" this video!

@ssbbiskewl

4 жыл бұрын

@@no-man_baugh To be fair, she was supposed to be on the apricot diet...

@IcebergGamingTop10s

4 жыл бұрын

Or her brother Otto

@arizonagreenbee

3 жыл бұрын

3 are Andy Fred

I had one scammer that I told I had two days to live and if I didn't have the money for the fee for my care I would die. He just told me to pay faster.

Criminals not having any morals? I am shocked, shocked I tell you! Well, not that shocked.

@HowlingDoom

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair a lot of criminals do have morals and even things they would never do. Iirc child molesters and the such are actual despised by other inmates. While all criminals may have broken the law not all are immoral

@mbdg6810

4 жыл бұрын

@@HowlingDoom exactly

@iman5147

4 жыл бұрын

You know most prisoners kick a pedophile or molesters ass in prison, right?

@joeyjointjebaiter1275

3 жыл бұрын

@@iman5147 yup. Criminals still have some sorts of morality. Some of them anyway

@LexieDeWitt1

Жыл бұрын

Ayyy futurama

You didn’t do the thing! You didn’t begin with “OK”. But you said it thrice in the video (albeit in quoted footage), so all is good. Thank you for making these videos for educational and fun value.

@hunters.dicicco1410

3 жыл бұрын

hey, it's Bisqwit!

@barrettkepler7618

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, it's surprise to see you around

@potatoxel7800

3 жыл бұрын

bisquiiiiiit! :D

0:14 If this video's about "finding out how low scammers are prepared to go", can we have one investigating "how high [they're] prepared to go"?

The person in the call with you didn't even bat an eye and still try to continue with the scam. Btw, the double-cross plotline sounds interesting, shame it didn't go anywhere. I would love to see more of that if you get the opportunity. And that callback to your unusual canned foodstuff was hilarious.

@pilotwhaleproductions5880

4 жыл бұрын

And what if the “double crossing” just keeps happening and wasting the scammers time talking to new people

I appreciate these videos. It shows the contempt in which the scammers hold the lives of their victims. They are too lazy to try to get a real job, and have no morals or conscience. I would love to see Interpol or another international police agency arrest these pukes and put them away for life, as I am sure they have taken the life savings of many victims. But I doubt this will ever happen, as the law enforcement in many countries is as corrupt as the scammers are.

@lightweight1974

4 жыл бұрын

Or they are the scammers.

@sirk603

4 жыл бұрын

I heard that people will do the scams because it’s hard to find a job and scamming is the best source of income. Not trying to justify it, it is completely wrong. (I saw this from one or two KZread videos so it could very well be false.

@brycedaugherty9211

4 жыл бұрын

Also they hustle hard. Lazy isn't the word I'd use to describe it. If only they put that much effort into something more agreeable with society.

@returnofbeaux

4 жыл бұрын

@@brycedaugherty9211 That reminds me of when this Russian fellow did a Miami Vice/GTA Vice City episode where he traveled to Miami. EDIT: I have no idea what I was addressing here. My poor brain.

@AtomicShrimp

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure that there are places in the world where the availability and pay level of honest work makes scamming look like the best option. IMO, that doesn't excuse it. In order to be a scammer, you need internet access. With internet access, there are many opportunities to learn and develop, and make money - learn coding, learn story writing, learn a craft; sell your skills on Fiverr; sell your crafts on eBay, tell your story on KZread. Of course, that's hard work; scamming promises rich rewards with less effort.

YOUR CONTENT IS WELL NOTED BY ME

@PandemoniumMeltDown

4 жыл бұрын

We can always count on our scambaiter heros to save us!

@solitudeguard2316

3 жыл бұрын

And me! Me too! I want recognition too!

@jd_the_cat

2 жыл бұрын

@@solitudeguard2316 Medic Gaming.

Take food from children. That's low.

Plot Twist: Martin was also going to spend the money on imported tinned food, and spoon-whittling equipment.

Thank you. According to AARP, in 2018, Americans age 60+ lost 649 million dollars to scams. They have started a program called BankSafe teaching retail employees and bank tellers how to spot victims of scammers. Education is key. Spread the word to everyone you. know. Thank you for your efforts.🙏

You’re a good man, shrimp.

@fartmunch973

4 жыл бұрын

Skullduggery yes

You’re a good person Atomic Shrimp. Thanks for all your wonderful videos, and a Merry Christmas to you and yours.

That last one was pretty hilarious. Nonchalantly describing what's going on and the scammer doesn't bat an eye.

those endurance scambaiting videos you made are one of the hidden gems of youtube, thanks for reminding me that they exist

@AtomicShrimp

4 жыл бұрын

I think you are going to like the next one (currently in edit, uploading in a week or two) - the little skit that I have planned to insert into it is going to be epic!

18K for heart surgery? Someone's taking the piss mate. I will do ANY procedure for half that ,tops. Get in touch mate.

Friday night shrimp is always a winner ☺️ Keep up the good work fella!

You should do a vid, and do the operation routine, and then ring back and say that the victim has sent their money and has died due to an emergency they did not have enough money for emergency operation and has had their life support to be turned off and see how they can handle it

You didnt’t start with OK this video like all other scambaiting vids :( Still love you and your vids

@oz_jones

4 жыл бұрын

Ok

@applehack97

4 жыл бұрын

he didn't have OK in the thumbnail either

@returnofbeaux

4 жыл бұрын

This is a video about how it's not ok.

@AtomicShrimp

4 жыл бұрын

Scam Bites is a different series of videos to the 'OK' series, although honestly, I'm not sure whether I said OK in the previous episodes - I'm not that well organised!

@behindthen0thing525

4 жыл бұрын

Ok

I appreciate you publicizing stuff like this! My mom got taken in by a phone scammer who scared her half to dead, prevented her from contacting family, and wasted a whole day and multiple thousands of dollars (gift card scams) with fake promises and threats. We’re a fairly tech-savvy family, but he knew just what to say to make her doubt her own common sense in a vulnerable moment. It’s spooky and absolutely affects normally intelligent and aware people.

"The 77.5 million is a huge amount of money" Bugger me this scammer's a smart one. I don't think anyone else in the world knew that 77.5 million is a huge amount of money.

@solitudeguard2316

3 жыл бұрын

77.5 million? Huge amount? Nonsense. There's absolutely no way.

My grandfather is going to go through heart surgery tommorrow and this is making me very sad looking at this people are honestly disgusting.

Thank you for your service in making the world a safer and more knowledgeable place, I'm alot more relaxed now because my parents can both spot a scam at a glance thanks to videos like this, whereas before I had to be their 24hr 7 days a week on-call techie haha cheers

Its honestly disgusting how far scammers are willing to go to make some quick cash. Its great to see people like you educate people on how horrible these people are, you are doing a great service to the world.

Scammers are psychopaths with no sense of empathy or a moral compass.

@josephvargas1399

4 жыл бұрын

@The Gaytheist I’m a simple man. I see a garnet pfp, I like the comment

@PandemoniumMeltDown

4 жыл бұрын

Retired child army veterans who were given a computer instead of a gold watch. Promoted to fundraisers.

@atlascove1810

4 жыл бұрын

more sociopaths, psychopathy implies some competency

@sovietbot6708

4 жыл бұрын

@@atlascove1810 sociopaths have morals. At least I do.

I read the title as “probing the mortality of scammers” and I thought he was gonna torture them

@arkle519

4 жыл бұрын

What he doed is close enough to torture, to be frank.

@jd_the_cat

3 жыл бұрын

That would probably not be allowed on KZread. I’m sure it would be enjoyable to watch though.

@6:10 The "or invest it in his obsession with unusual canned foodstuffs" line got a laugh out of me.

@PandemoniumMeltDown

4 жыл бұрын

Mike is a honneypot and I love honney.

I just wanted to thank you for making videos like that. I work for a company that trains people to be able to determine whether an email is phishing or not. It's scary how much money these scams pull in every year. Once again, thank you for doing this.

rest in peace martin. he died with hopes in his eyes

@PandemoniumMeltDown

4 жыл бұрын

Might get a granted wish of resusitationement for, as Mike has duly demonstrated in the past: scammers have a pathetic short memory. I'd add that they could learn a tad of telemarketing skills by adhering to Sc13nt0l0g(y) but we all know they don't like to share their hard ill earned wealth.

Try this against a scammer “I’ve been looking for money like this all along pls I need this money because I have gone broke after serving in the war and I also need enough money for my heart and lung cancer I’m on the very edge of life and I cry myself every night before going to sleep and I pray hoping everything will be alright again and I can go home to my wife and children instead of having them mourn over the loss of their father I can’t see such happy children like this crying that they don’t have a father there to care for them, love them or even be there for them I just wish my kids and I can be happy knowing I’m healthy and happy I remember being so sad after seeing my dad brutally tortured and then killed I was just so sad and then watching my mom die a slow death to heart disease made me cry for the next week and I still can’t forget about it I can’t have my kids like that” (edit text if u wish)now if the scammer is so cold hearted I need to tell him to read the entire thing and if he still doesn’t care idk what to do

@AtomicShrimp

4 жыл бұрын

#futurescambaitingideas

@bigchooch4434

4 жыл бұрын

_I was born with glass bones and paper skin_ _Every morning I break my arms, every evening I break my legs, and at night my heart attacks put me to sleep_

9:22 The entire message and the scope is so brilliant! It's basically a sort of underhanded way of saying 'look, i know exactly what's going on here, btw what exactly is so bad over there to make you resort to this sort of thing?"

7:52 it actually says "revive the funds" XD

Came for the scams stayed for the epic voice

I loved the final 2 minutes of advice from you on this channel. I wonder whether there is a a short video appropriate for vulnerable people to summarise the risk and identify the danger signs. I have 2 friends who were scammed - one for several thousand pounds, that he had saved for wedding and down payment on mortgage. They are still struggling to get over this and he is still suffering the shame and embarrassment in front of his wife and her family. Thank you so much for what you do.

Well done for this video, Atomic Shrimp. This is one of the best videos you have uploaded.

I'm really happy that you are safe and well and I pray that continues so. And thank you for showing about the caution of things like this.

my best friends rabbit, sammie, was in dire need of life saving surgery that would cost around $700. my friend and i posted on social media requesting possible donations and offering artwork and other services in return. we were able to earn enough on our own for her surgery, though she died a few days before her scheduled appointment. however i made a post on instagram about it and a lovely, sweet elderly couple commented saying theyd like to help me. i had never had experience with scammers before so i contacted them in all seriousness and told them the emotional story and how much it would mean to me because they offered to cover all of the funds we needed. they only asked that we send them $30 (which i didnt do, because eventually i realised hey wait no thats what scammers do, mentioned my worries of such to them and made them angry in doing so, lmao) but it just baffles and upsets me that they were willing to promise me, 16 years old at the time, money to save my friends rabbits life, just so they could get a whopping thirty dollars. its messed up, pls be careful out there yall and remember that if its too good to be true, its not true

@tausiftaha12

11 ай бұрын

$700 for a rabbit? I don't have any experience with animals, but isn't that too much? And wouldn't it just be better to get a new rabbit?

Even the scammers are thanking you for your content, it's undeniable how good it is 😁

Love this video, as per usual! I would love to see a video in which you briefly address what a scammer is talking to you about, and then ramble on for ages about how you have recently acquired a large fortune and need someone to split it with.

@AtomicShrimp

4 жыл бұрын

#futurescambaitingideas

Always incredible content brother, and a great message. Sad to see some friends and family fall for these things. Blessed be brother

They go so low that you almost want to believe the scam is real.

I've been amused, irritated, and appalled by your scam baiting videos --- but today I'm horrified. So, thank you very much, it's good to be armed with this information.

@PandemoniumMeltDown

4 жыл бұрын

The more the better. Jim and Mike are quite amazing. They have less content in term of videos but their videos are not really to entertain, they are packed with organized, actionable and verifiable informations. They are an Enscammelopedia.

Awesome video as always man! I don't think you need to be afraid of people misunderstanding your intentions (the part about your conscience), your intent is very clear I think. Your videos are super entertaining and highly important and I'm always looking forward to a new one from you!

Been binge-watching your scam playlist at work (easy to listen to, not too many distracting visual gags) and so I've heard the Godwin/Manuel voice clip where he tells you to give up your life-saving surgery money and it got me thinking about Hanlon's Razor ("never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"): Despite the increasingly inteconnected nature of our world, there is still a large cultural divide between "East" and "West" where ignorance and misinformation thrive. Bit of an extreme example, but I recently learned that a few years back a rumor spread through national media in the USA and Australia that every man in North Korea was legally required to have Kim Jong Un's haircut, because of course they're so foreign and backwards that's the kind of thing they would do (it isn't, they didn't). Living in the US, I've become painfully aware of the horrible things people can do simply because they're insulated--not just physically by distance, but mentally by ignorance and misinformation--from the consequences of their actions. Not to excuse any harm done, ignorance is not a good excuse for causing any kind of harm, but it does explain how people can become so cruel without assuming they are just purely evil by nature. I wonder what kind of misinformation about money and healthcare in "The West" thrives in a place like India that allows them to keep that mental distance while they effectively pull the plug on someone's life support for what amounts to a few months of paychecks.

I did a bit of it myself lately when a telephone scammer called claiming to be from BT and that they were intending to disconnect my phone line. I pretended to be widowed and sick pensioner with barely enough money to survive each month whilst trying to stall her as I often do with scammers. The scammer continued to try get remote access to my laptop so as to steal from me until I stopped her and told her she was an inhuman scumbag. Just shows how low these people are willing to go

Huzzah! The radiated shrimp returns. Have at ye, scammers!

Thank you so much for this!! Its educational, glad this channel has a mixup of plenty of things!!

I once got a phone call from this elderly woman, who I do not know. She had called me because she missed a call from my number (definitely scam, given that I don't know this lady). I warned her to be cautious of picking up unknown phone numbers and that people were probably trying to scam her, but just the thought of these scammers trying to take advantage of that kind old lady (and other such victims) fills me with enough rage to overflow hell itself.

"he'd probably waste the money on his obsession with unusual canned foodstuffs." ahh, a casual jab at yourself, eh?

People say scammers are poor and have no other way to make money, but when they have no qualms about victimizing people in similar or worse circumstances then even that excuse seems to lose its force. I've seen other scambaiters try things like this as well and the scammers never back off. Confirming what one would suspect, that anyone who spends all day stealing from people must be pretty ruthless.

@AtomicShrimp

4 жыл бұрын

They have internet access and they appear smart enough to cook up excuses. There is honest work they could try using freelancing services such as Fiverr - and using the internet, it's possible to learn a very wide range of skills completely free

@PandemoniumMeltDown

4 жыл бұрын

And getting good at it, some scammers even evolve depending on their "employees" skills and intelligence.

I would not have thought scammers, like this, would have any compassion, empathy or even remorse. I'm happy you and Jim Browning actively interfere with their operations. I have two friends that I have tried and tried to assist with regard to scams, but neither have heeded my pleas and advice. They both ran into problems. I'll never understand the reason they chose/choose to ignore my attempts to help them, especially when they asked for my help to begin with. It's baffling. Other friends and family do ask my help and advice, and they follow it, and they've all been kept safe. This is my contribution. I obtain a lot of information from Mr. Shrimp and Mr. Browning. I do pay attention and pass it along. For that I thank you both.

Keep those scammers distracted so they don't target more vulnerable people. Keep up the good work, man!

Who would even suggest that you're trying to "justify your scambaiting" by this... There is nothing that needs justification because you're already doing a just cause. These people are wretched. They should be put down for the good of society.

@apokalypthoapokalypsys9573

4 жыл бұрын

@*Floofy shibe* And why the hell would preventing scammers from scamming people be immoral? Preventing a good deed can be immoral, but preventing a bad deed is very moral.

@apokalypthoapokalypsys9573

4 жыл бұрын

@*Floofy shibe* Aye, that's a logical explanation, I see your point now.

@Duval-In-The-Wall

4 жыл бұрын

*Floofy shibe* This has to be a troll, if so, 9/10

@dhruvaingale8718

4 жыл бұрын

@*Floofy shibe* Because the scammers made immoral decision to cost lives. This person is saving other people by saving time of other normal people who legally got money. God level trolling tho

@sarah12232

8 ай бұрын

took me too long to realise 'floofly shibe' was some account whose replies are likely deleted, so I thought op was brandishing a fur-sheathed weapon everytime he is adding to the comment lolll

I can’t believe how horrible these scammers are I wish there was a better way to bring them to justice

I love your channel man. Great sense of humor.

I've always taken the time to conceptualize the reason one would be a scammer, and I've always just assumed it's because there's no better option. Perhaps a loved one has medical fees, or battling homelessness, or just the awful circumstances of low income in whatever country, America/Europe or not. This really put it into perspective for me, that some people are just lowest of the low and that's the reason.

@AtomicShrimp

3 жыл бұрын

No doubt that is sometimes the case, however, many of these scammers view this as a lucrative career choice.

At 8:15 Martin calls lotteries a taxation of the desperate. I concur, adding that lotteries are a taxation on the mathematically ignorant.

I noticed on that last scam that the fee went up after they agreed to donate the money for them.

I like the little Easter egg 6:16 referring to your Weird Stuff In A Can series

God bless your heart mike, it's people like you that make this world a safer place

Doesn't Martin understand that your obsession with strange canned foods is what makes you such a popular KZreadr? Oh, wait, so sorry to hear about Martin! He was a complicated man, but, never one to pass up an opportunity.

You know shits bouta get real when it says “Outro music:”

These videos are so great! Please never stop making them!!

Man you have the best content! Very interesting. I have watched so many videos in a row now.

After watching a bunch of scammbaiting videos, I'm honestly regretting that I supported Pleasent Green's "By D grace of God" series, back in the day. Makes these garbage human being come of with but a slap on the wrist.

@behindthen0thing525

4 жыл бұрын

What?

@Shirokroete

4 жыл бұрын

@@behindthen0thing525 kzread.info/dash/bejne/p2mesNquc6S7n6Q.html

@ladala99

4 жыл бұрын

​@@behindthen0thing525 Search for "Let People Surprise You - An Internet Scam that Sparked Hope" for the whole story. In summary, someone responded to a scammer trying to mess with him, sent a cheap camera, received back photos, changed his mind and actually helped the scammer make a legitimate income that changed his life.

@PandemoniumMeltDown

4 жыл бұрын

@@ladala99 I have reserves about his project. I personally prefer Jim aproach at gather and "nuke" or paint the center in such a radiant fashion they have to relocate or simply all get arrested. Wasting so much time and money on one scammer to then cash in with an "memory lane familly picture book" and try to go there felt to me too much like a dangerous entreprise, a great waste of money and somewhat of an "evangilisation" operation. Ghana and Nigeria can be very dangerous places if one attracts the attention of the wrong people in certain parts of these countries. Ghana has very little tolerance for misuse of their soup concentrate and could arrest and detain you, the soup police isn't something to mess around with as seen in AS video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hmas09CBdMu5maQ.html

@behindthen0thing525

4 жыл бұрын

@@Shirokroete thanks that was great

I'm not usually a vindictive person but it seems fair to me that every scammer would (after being evicted for failure to pay their rent) die from not being able to pay for their heart surgery (but not before having their children taken away due to gross negligence). OK?

@violenceisfun991

4 жыл бұрын

Louie Albrecht But the internet isn't even real, google monkeypox and research it. As well as sounding funny it's a real thing that people should know about. Just don't tell the Bloo People becuase they want to take my amphetamines away

@eliannam.5700

4 жыл бұрын

@OP I'm fairly sure that's exactly what happens to them. That or monkeypox. dunno. I googled the damn thing, although I already knew what it was, and now wish I could delete those cursed images from my memory! Damn you@@violenceisfun991. I'm telling the bloo people!

I feel glad this kind of video is getting on youtube recommendation.

Out of all the videos you posted this is the one that made me subscribe. There are some horrible people out there that'll do anything for money.

Wholesome end ❤️

6:15 "Hed probably just spend it all on his obsession with canned foodstuffs" Perfect level of subtle humour, I love it

your scam baiting videos did prompt me to tell my mother about these kinds of scammers, but turns out she's been doing her own casual scam baiting all along :D