A Little Nonsense Now And Then (Scambaiting) - Also FAQ: Why Do Scammers Ask For Personal Details?

[@65rogeryork]

Did anyone notice the scammer with the subject line "Are you still alive?" was Godwin from the endurance scambaiting video?

[@AtomicShrimp]

Godwin Emefiele is actually the real name of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria - scammers frequently pretend to be him

[@65rogeryork]

@@AtomicShrimp Wow! I didn't know that. Also wow, I didn't expect to be pinned! It truly is an honor!

[@UpGlow]

Lol

[@KnugenMooMoo]

Was going to mention dr Godwin

[@JIL713]

I was going to mention him too, same first and last name! I wasn’t aware that was the name of the actual governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

[@michaelkobylko2969]

Just so you know, you can accept glarded funds even if you're in a tax clode. You just need to fill out a D2 Anti-Cascalation Form and have it grendified by a snarph referee.

[@lizh1988]

I think my cousin did that, and was never the same again, camglewise.

[@TereziPyrope413]

That is true in the UK, but it should be noted that you can't receive glarded funds in a tax clode in most other European countries due to the Mordariven Fund Abixiration Act (MFAA) and you are unable to even send out glarded funds from some US states due to outdated assiluation laws back from the Sonunsinn era. There are ways to get your funds unglarded through vanlan papers, but the fee, while varying from nation to nation, is usually higher than the fund is question in worth.

[@Vulnresati]

I made this joke as well lol

[@kayleighmoore6951]

@@TereziPyrope413 Of course, there are also ways to get your funds unglarded ospiciously, but all of those ways are illegal.

[@kingofjs]

I thought D2s were Nanged by the Department of Jabberwockery

[@GoldenGrego]

I love when you bring out the "small boy" suggestion. I feel like it really grinds the scammers gears.

[@Christopher-dd1ph]

i completely agree! with how the usual scammer writes it seems like small boy would be very upsetting to them haha!

[@charlebrownga]

Its a cultural thing.

[@searchfield]

Are you perhaps a small boy

[@SunBunz]

@@jellomaster5629 YOU ARE NOT SERIOUS.

[@plokijum]

No! I'm a big boy!

[@christianwolff7229]

Regarding the "are you still alive" Email: Wouldn't it be glorious to start out with saying that you are the recently bereaved widow of the account owner and then slowly unfold the story that your husband was a wealthy engineer who died in a plane crash, that you yourself suffer from terminal cancer and that you are looking for a volunteer who would accept your vast fortune under the condition that they donate 50% of it. Of course you should not demand a fee (you're not a scammer), but 'm sure you could come up with all sorts of ridiculous hoops that they have to jump through. I could imagine that the idea of a greeving ill widow with plenty of money would really trigger their greed and you can then slowly turn the story into the usual scam scenario without them noticing.

[@emmavrijburg6676]

i love how you thought this through

[@__-hi5gq]

This is genius

[@garasunonamida]

"A holity address is always spomed inside a glode" This is how I feel studying for my exams right now

[@loveparade6573]

are the exams glarded?

[@seekingsolutions7078]

@@loveparade6573 LOL

[@NP7_16]

There are 4 of them remember

[@botagasss]

@@loveparade6573 I can confirm that the exams were indeed glarded, therefore not within a tax clode.

[@kylaxial]

@@botagasss how can you be sure? couldn't the exams remain glarded while in a tax clode using an inoppolity certificate?

[@asteroidrules]

I was really hoping at least one of those scammers would go far enough to forge an "inoppolity certificate."

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

28:54, perhaps?

[@atomicdancer]

BUT NAME OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INOPPOLITY DOES NOT CORRECT WORDS SPELLING. PLEASE USE PROPER WORD AND GRAMMAR'S TO TALK WITH US BANK LIKE SERIOUS BUSSINESSMEN ,OR ARE YOU ONLY A SMALL BOY??

[@plumbersteve]

@@atomicdancer I cannot understand how you, an employee of a bank, are not familiar with inoppolity certification. Are you perhaps new at your job?

[@elijahmahn2394]

I was hoping that he would supply them with one, and that they may send it to others they are trying to scam.

[@MarkJohnStratton]

@@atomicdancerooooooo

[@lucylearete6042]

This series has become popular enough to warrant a Fandom Wiki. You're amassing quite the following here. Congratulations!

[@commissarvigil4806]

Why?

[@RANima71498]

As it deserves!

[@debbys-abqnm4537]

I bet they ask him for a fee next, to make sure the Wiki keeps going... 🤣

[@khmerkandal121]

OK

[@khmerkandal121]

@@debbys-abqnm4537is this related to the john warose legacy fund?

[@TheHoaxHotel]

When were you when certificate of inoppolity dies

[@coffeemakerbottomcracked]

Hello Hoaks

[@sciblastofficial9833]

I was in a tax clode fixing a glarding issue when phone ring

[@Dannyb1022]

Ffs my Tax Clode lapsed. Upon transfer of the certificate of inoppolity between the glarding accountant and the official Bank of United State, there were several major delays. If the funds weren't glarded, we would have needed 3 certificates of oppolity stamped approval from 7 of the members of the UN, and the CEO of Stark Industries.

[@onedirectioninfection5756]

@@sciblastofficial9833 "certificate of inoppolity is kil" "no"

[@lizh1988]

Honestly, good riddance, it was my neighbors and they moved away. 😦 Well, maybe I miss it now.

[@Cornbinks]

I know it's been going on for a while, but I really appreciate that he picked up "are you a small boy? as a dismissive insult and it always seems to accelerate the bait.

[@desmondschneider165]

I love how this happens with every scammer “Have the funds need glarded?” “What do you mean by that?” “I need to know.” “You need to know what?” “I need to know if the funds have been glarded.”

[@AtomicShrimp]

I'm sort of recalling and replaying every frustating conversation I had with customers when I was in customer facing roles: Customer: the computer it's urgent, can you do anything? Me: Sorry, I didn't hear you properly, please could y... Customer: The computer Me: I didn't hear the firs... Customer: It's urgent! Me: I understand that part, but could y... Customer: CAN YOU DO ANYTHING???!?!

[@Mac_likes_soup]

The true question is though; have the fund truly been glarded?

[@pi_man3]

@@Mac_likes_soupyesn’t

[@jd_the_cat]

@@AtomicShrimpI have the opposite problem. I start at a reasonable volume but by the end I am virtually whispering.

[@notar2123]

My brother had a discrete mathematics teacher that regularly gave questions that use totally nonsensical words like this, but the best part about it is that they don't need to have any meaning, the questions are still mathematically perfectly valid.

[@Sarah-ev1gj]

Lewis Carroll was a mathematician as well as a writer of brilliant nonsense words!

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

@@Sarah-ev1gj Nonsense is my air

[@caramelldansen2204]

sense is soup, and I am a fork!

[@lyricalcarpenter]

life is a banjo, and we are just four silly geese

[@dalpz205]

That would have helped me so much a long, long time ago. If a train going X is traveling.... My brain: Who's on the train? Are they in a hurry? It's going to derail.

[@MisterKazePresents]

Asking the scammer to stop sending emails to your spam folder is probably one of your best tricks yet haha

[@YouKnowItsEn]

its you! i'm subbed!

[@hmjjj3422]

Ooh wow yeah interesting 🤔😚glarded

[@PachinkoMedia]

I would buy a "Are the funds glarded?" t-shirt.

[@shanethrelfall416]

I prefer ‘That’s my butter! Deal with it!’

[@vecchioutente]

I prefer "You silly old sausage"

[@PachinkoMedia]

There can be more than one T-shirt...

[@Loromir17]

"Osmium Fill" would be my pick

[@littlefox_100]

Yus

[@kip258]

I like the idea that this character you pretend to be in your emails is completely vulnerable to all of these scams, but is so difficult to work with that he's never actually been scammed. :p

[@micahcanning7197]

"Glarded" is in the Urban Dictionary now. "Glarded funds may not be transferred into an account which is in a tax clode without an inoppolity certificate."

[@miskee11]

It's fun to think somewhere in Nigeria these scammers are asking their friends "should I say the money is glarded or not?"

[@d.olluwu]

those nonsense words remind me so much of the “what english sounds like to non english speakers” video and it’s messing with my brain lol

[@TereziPyrope413]

I imberlished from laughing the first time I watched this, these nonsense words are miricully ridiculous

[@JS-rv3et]

lol

[@mpcref]

you should look up a video on youtube named "English Sports"

[@sofia.eris.bauhaus]

Oh, their raisin mamon mashmarine?

[@JIL713]

Even Google knows the souls John Barosa and John Warosa. There are no souls like them.

[@firebirdlego855]

Please stop talking about the soul named Mr. Barrister John Warosa.

[@tausiftaha12]

@@firebirdlego855 no

[@agent3299]

@@firebirdlego855 I know there is nobody like the soul named Barrister John Barosa

[@jf17thunder63]

There is no soul Called John (b)warosa, only barrister Muhammad Hassan, do not listen to this soul called John warosa a

[@agatainventio9464]

May their souls be rest assured

[@katethegreat4918]

22:54 had me giggling. “All you have to do is everything we ask you to do, just follow instructions.” Really glad she cleared that up. 😂😂😂

[@afishwithagun2190]

I really like the google trends nonsense words idea. You can even see that “glarded” has a few points from searches lol

[@elizabethfoster5661]

I’m searching for it now.

[@cjaquilino]

Search for it more, everyone.

[@Misspol222]

I cannot grasp how the gold box scammers could actually keep believing that you could fall for it at this point.

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

I had a strange feeling they remembered him... meaning they didn't have that many victims or AS left an enduring impression on their psyche, like a recuring nightmardom.

[@Misspol222]

@@PandemoniumMeltDown yeah me too. the scammer seems to acknowledge him and still seems willing to engage in pointless conversation lmao

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

@@Misspol222 There is nothing like facing your worst fears... well, one can still get it's arse served on a platter for seconds... which can add up and require an ungodly amount of professional head realignement.

[@kevoramma]

Desperation.

[@charmeleonevolves5553]

It's the first stage of grief Or the third maybe?

[@alameachan]

I love how the nonsense _almost_ makes sense, so that everyone with more than elementary school understanding of english can at least attribute some meaning to them.

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Hence, the poetricallity of it all.

[@TheDrunkMunk]

Its a nice mix of things that sound like obscure old Germanic words or obscure new technical latinate words. 'glarded' and 'innopolity' are hilarious

[@genodedemon5109]

Your picture is creepy.

[@alameachan]

Tell me all about it. That ... thing is sitting right next to me, staring at me day in day out. And I'm afraid that if I as much as think badly about it, it'll flat-out ki

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

@@alameachan kiru?!?

[@RegsaGC]

Here's a fun idea: the scammers are obviously googling these terms, so you can really mess with them by putting fake articles in place. You could put threatening "ads" in the sidebar. You could also auto-generate a huge chunk of text for them to read through, and delight in them copying it back to you. And if you control the Web server, you might be able to get their IP address.

[@Capitunist]

John Wick if his dog was killed by a scammer lmao

[@samy7013]

I fantasize about breaking all of the world’s AI engines by stacking the internet with spoof info similar to what you just described. ☝️😁👍

[@basedokadaizo]

re-watching this fills me with a sense of loric, perhaps even nage. i can only imagine the scammer felt pretty dorceless by the end of this

[@MutarFuqueer]

I knew a guy once who tried to use big words to show off his vocabulary, and this is exactly what he sounded like.

[@spacecat3198]

Did they pronounce words like "when" as "wHen" or "cool wHip"? Eg "Hwen" and "Cool Hwip", Like Stewie Griffen pronounces it all in Family Guy? Really pretentious people love that kind of thing and it's always amusing.

[@Cthulhus_Mum]

"Wheelbarrow" is a nice long word which I often throw into the conversation to impress people. :)

[@Jivvi]

What a sesquipedalian!

[@Quocalimar]

@@Cthulhus_Mum my favorite long word starts with 'f' and ends in 'uck'... I do love me a firetruck

[@scrollingdownonlytofindcom2663]

Splenderific.

[@fluffbrain9832]

This video is absolutely infremiable. Frankly, it makes me balscious.

[@Sarah-ev1gj]

I am anaspeptic, frasmotic...

[@james-5560]

I agree, totally apisic

[@bartiz12]

@@james-5560 I soutally find the video quite crinhole. Unsubscroat!

[@themecoptera9258]

Positively oficitrixal chum!

[@cleggdog]

YEET

[@bijikedelai]

As someone who's from non english speaking country, you convinced me that the words you made up are true words, especially with that british accent lol

[@krytietv1684]

Aww

[@arogueburrito]

well he is a flawbaring gentalmam

[@Jivvi]

They're all perfectly cromulent words. It never hurts to embiggen your vocabulary.

[@scrollingdownonlytofindcom2663]

@@Jivvi I feel like a discombobulated nincompoop when I see these poppycock words.

[@BleachedBlackSocks]

@@scrollingdownonlytofindcom2663 I hate the fact that you used real words that sound made up

[@dr.archaeopteryx5512]

So proud of Rebecca for either marrying or transitioning, hope she's living her best life and scamming many banks

[@snakehead7]

The holity address explanation has the same energy as the scene from Rick and Morty where they show how to make a Plumbus, and I absolutely love it.

[@blobtuna236]

Why is it so hard for them to confirm that the fund isn't glarded? Tax clodes are a real thing, people!

[@douglasparkinson4123]

when i found out i wasnt able to buy things at my local store because my money was glarded, and they were in a tax clode, it ruined my life. check your glards, kids

[@kayleighmoore6951]

Yes! If you clode my operion, you will be arrested.

[@MelleLaCruze]

@@kayleighmoore6951 weird, I've had my share of cloded operions Didn't even realised you could get smualded for this.

[@kayleighmoore6951]

@@MelleLaCruze you haven't got caught? Nice! I have been in jail for cloded operions.

[@ungabunga7879]

My uncle got locked away for not proving his income was not glarded, poor guy

[@TiredLowBrass8048]

I like how the scammer at 28:06 highlighted the certificate of inoppolity in red text as though it was a key item.

[@MrOrangehorseman]

I mean, it technically *is* a key item.

[@CrashGordon94]

\*Zelda "item get" sound* You got the CERTIFICATE OF INOPPOLITY!

[@nathangathercole6888]

I did not know about the Google "Did you mean John Warosa" thing, that is pretty damn amazing.

[@AtomicShrimp]

I smiled so hard I nearly broke my head

[@nathangathercole6888]

@@AtomicShrimp Also, worryingly unprofessional that these bank staff dont know what Glarded means

[@jeffroitero4266]

Sadly, Google doesn't give me that reply on it. I'm thrilled that it happened though.

[@theninjascientist689]

@@jeffroitero4266 I just tried and it did for me! Maybe your device is glarded :/

[@msg4672]

@@jeffroitero4266 did you fill out and submit the certificate of inoppolity, by chance?

[@gibmebread9966]

I don't know who needs to know this but my cat really likes watching these videos

[@Niagaranobs]

Atomic Shimp likes your cat aswell.

[@snooganslestat2030]

😸 My cat is laying against me while I watch this (again).

[@8Barani]

This video is mouncowheably, hands down, the most calmudent piece of splativent entertainment I’ve had the pleasure of watching in quite some time! You had me in complete salvaggles.

[@pross]

"All you have to do... is everything we ask you to do" ....

[@ShopSongs]

"You know, the kind of information that you should never share with a stranger on the internet"

[@TheFrozenMister]

I've heard it in every single one of his scambating videos, and it still never fails to get a chuckle out of me.

[@lizh1988]

Same, I really get a warm feeling, I wait for it.

[@louisng114]

Unless the information has been properly glarded.

[@Briikaaz]

I counted 7 times in this video. I could be wrong, as I have trouble counting sometimes.

[@mpr1193]

Only Mike could have a recognizable catchphrase that’s actual advice!

[@collinmclaren6608]

The fact everything was capitalized in the inverted highlight emails just made me start giggling like a mental patient. And then- *"WHAT **_IS_** CERTIFICATE OF INOPPOLITY ?"* made me snap, and I burst out laughing

[@PresentationsGiver_llc_inc_co]

I am glad you always specify to never share certain information, it is a noble deed

[@noneofyourbusiness1304]

Even I, an English speaker from birth, am feeling like it's somehow my mistake for not understanding these sentences you give to the scammers. They really do seem like actual words we would say xD

[@BenoHourglass]

"Glarded" make's me envision gold bars being painted with wood glaze.

[@Jellylamps]

Nice pfp, Pokémon is cool

[@AdfasSSBM]

@@BenoHourglass ahh so glarding is the opposite of gilding

[@jd_the_cat]

@@AdfasSSBM That way you can sneak gold past government officials by disguising it as wood after hiding money in the gold.

[@c_n_b]

They are perfectly cromulent words

[@J242D]

20:37 you said absolutely NOTHING coherent beforehand and the scammer jus defaulted to like “listen , I don’t want your money” fuckign hilarious lmfao

[@jonnystrange3617]

Just finished a huge binge of scambaiting videos, spotted this one recommend and was confused that I hadn't noticed it before. Lo and behold its brand spanking new!

[@alextheo965]

Im fast here

[@thany3]

It's also not midived, so you shouldn't need a disporbicy certificate in order to tardont this video and watch it 😎

[@jonnystrange3617]

@@thany3 Shows how little you know, I had to punctify my way through, not one, but two torlimity verification gradifactions just to press play.

[@thedarkdragon1437]

I see you like scamspanking

[@AjiNoPanda]

I was having really bad nightmares one night so I put on an Atomic Shrimp playlist so I could stop having them. It worked! Atomic Shrimp's voice helps to glard against sleep paralysis and waking nightmares. I can totally recommend it.

[@SlimPickins_07]

I do the same. Only one other youtuber that does that for me and it's a guy that talks about old computers and games, called LGR.

[@nessamillikan6247]

@SlimPickins Now I have to know if you ever dream about Duke Nukem.

[@SlimPickins_07]

@@nessamillikan6247 Constantly lol

[@AjiNoPanda]

@@SlimPickins_07 Love me some LGR! His Oddware and Thrifts episodes are best to glard against nightmares. Although I have had a nightmare about Computer Reset before, lol

[@SlimPickins_07]

@@AjiNoPanda I think I have watched every single one of his videos. I wish he could come out with new stuff daily but I know that's not feasible lol

[@jessicav2031]

These people are unbelievable! I can't imagine anyone serious would act so callously with glarded funds. The Office of Vetingics is very aggressive and you definitely don't want to mess with them. The masquishing power is extremely broad.

[@steeveedee4307]

No-one expects a masquishing.

[@RegsaGC]

It's no joke! They'll show up right at your holity address with a spenchessist if your tax clode gets ounded!

[@Niagaranobs]

Happened to me once. I was exponed inside a glode.

[@JanusHoW]

In fact, they're so aggressive that even righteous indignation doesn't stop them!

[@ApexBrachydios]

I do love how you keep the definitions of each word consistent between scammers

[@acousticeel9695]

There’s a discord bot that submits random polls daily to a server it’s in. Today’s poll asked what “fake word is most believable; Glarded, Innopolity, Blusion, or Dergent?”

[@Encysted]

Thank you for including the "the kind of information you should never share" bit in every video. Never know who is going to watch one of these for the first time, and everyone needs to hear that.

[@azuradawn5683]

"A lovely chaotic pudding of a document..." caused me to cackle so loudly that my partner came in from another room to check if I was alright. This video is glardingly perfect.

[@carlygiles9086]

I always thought scammers also requested personal information as a gullibility/streets smart test so that if the victim is immediately willing to provide it, they know they’ve likely got a good potential victim on hand. Great video as always!

[@AtomicShrimp]

Yeah, that's a good point

[@daret9056]

That's gotta be the first time i've seen a scammer give up without ghosting the conversation or being outright called out as a scammer. Amazing!

[@kedeglow2743]

For the past two evenings I've been watching your scambaiting videos. My face hurts from laughing so hard--going to share some of these with my mother when she comes for Thanksgiving! Thank you so much for what you do--these "people" deserve some frustration in their lives!

[@RinnyThePrincess]

Maybe you could explain to them after lots of back and forth what the word means, and make it something that would actually be very "useful" in their vocabulary For example, glarded could mean that the money is "checked and legitimate" or something

[@AtomicShrimp]

Oh, I like that idea a lot

[@omnitroph1501]

That wouldn't make sense though: the context in this video makes it clear that being glarded makes the funds MORE difficult to transfer, which wouldn't fit with being "checked and legitimate." We have STANDARDS for our nonsense words, don't we?

[@victoriasoares3135]

The language and explanations you give make me think Lewis Carroll would be proud

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

It gave me a hearty chortle.

[@nplt8263]

Personally it gave off a more Dr. Seuss vibe

[@DrPonner]

It merrises me

[@nessamillikan6247]

The way he phratizes his written flora-that is, with a bold, hearty accuour that stipulates the cluses in each sentence, has an old fashioned galizing feel that seems lost to time.

[@TheDrunkMunk]

@@nplt8263 Dr Seuss uses real words though right? Carroll would frequently just make up nonsense

[@l0st5oul45]

Replying "no" to their "are you alive" question just gets you the standard wall of text response for the next stage of their scam. From the responses I've received it seems like they don't read it, they just check to see if you reply. It's funnier if you pretend as if you've faked your demise and grill them on how they managed to contact you on a supposedly deceased person's account

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Totally random but your calm voice just helped me with feeling better. My car is in the shop and groceries are low so I've been eating way too much fast food, lol. Began to have severe stomach cramps and felt sick this evening. But during the worst of it, I had clicked on this video and just listening to you made it easier to distract myself from my nausea. I managed to fall asleep right after and feel much better now here in the very early AM. Hate to hound the mechanic, but I really want to buy groceries more than ever now so I can do my own cooking and will be contacting them yet again tomorrow (they've had the car several days already). But here in the moment, thanks for all you do and thanks for unknowingly helping to make me feel better, lol.

[@storm7856]

Idk if I'm going crazy,but does he change the rules of glarding so it always causes trouble?

[@AtomicShrimp]

Basically, I decided in advance that whether the scammer answered that the funds were glarded, or that they weren't, that was going to be the next problem.

[@michanforever]

one of my favorite things is when you reply to scammers with *righteous indignation*, it just makes me so happy lmao

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Always inject a hearthy dose of joy joy in my quonundrum solving moments

[@clearlyrebecca]

This is honestly my favorite one of this series. Language is truly delightful.

[@greenbean1467]

my therapist: the eggsplaining egg isn't real, it can't hurt you the eggsplaining egg: 3:13

[@QuixoteX]

It is creepy!

[@IanP1963]

@@QuixoteX Eggsplain????

[@glarynth]

Looks like the yolk's on you.

[@KingKaidos101]

@@glarynth corny 😃

[@kathleenw]

I love that egg

[@RaduTek]

I like that at the phase where the scammer requests personal info you always say "You know, the sort of information you should never share with a stranger on the internet". You're doing your job of informing and raising awareness of these scams at every point, especially with your new short videos about scams that explain the spiele of it in 60 secs.

[@R3DPharaoh]

18:26 I’m from Egypt, and I’m in Egypt for the summer. I can confirm that there were no conflicts or killings here now and 3 months ago.

[@keeparguing611]

i swear the word "glarded" will eventually become a word edit: there's a definition for it in urban dictionary if that means anything, ofc it only mentions how its a nonsense word made up by atomic shrimp

[@pineappleroad]

I seriously cannot believe that the word actually made its way onto a dictionary website

[@lotuspoints]

😂😂😂😂

[@Christopher-dd1ph]

@@pineappleroad urban dictionary tho. where anyone can add anything lol. i actually find that very easy to believe.

[@notthatcreativewithnames]

Not surprised, given that "hrrkrkrkrwpfrbrbrbrlablblblblblblwhitoo'ap" has made it already.

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

It is, I use it every day. I work in a bank you see...

[@gob233]

"Walter Fuchs" Fuchs is german for fox and the unintended irony of him trying to be a sly fox isnt lost on me

[@adamwalker9796]

Like Mr. Shrimp said though, not all scammers are as atrociously ineffective or act like small boys like the ones in this series. There are scammers out there who can be and are a lot more nasty.

[@luka_8]

I also love how "Walter Fuchs" is such an obviously German name (at least to me, a German myself) , from a probably Indian scanner pretending to be American. Why would they choose a german name???

[@adamwalker9796]

@@luka_8 Because they're a small boy.

[@adamwalker9796]

@@luka_8 I must say, this "Walter Fuchs" is also the first scammer I've seen pretend to be a German.

[@b-chroniumproductions3177]

@@luka_8 Because the United States is a country of immigrants, probably.

[@Tynach]

Absolutely fantastic - confusing people with nonsense is one of my favorite types of humor. That said, a challenge I love to give myself is to use only real words in ways that technically make grammatical sense, to sow as much confusion and chaos as possible. For example, using the word 'secular' in the context of comparing the paradigms used by various programming languages. It's fun to use technical terms that seem like they might mean something more generally (and thus potentially usable in other contexts than they're intended to be used), to try to trip people up into either admitting they don't know what you mean, or saving face and making wild guesses in an attempt to not look foolish (that ultimately results in them looking foolish). After all, the inverted emailer outright told you that they thought you must be spelling the word 'Glarded' wrong. If your goal is to waste their time, well.. You got them to look up the word 'glarded', and then they quickly saw it wasn't a real word and got back to you saying as such. If you want to TRULY waste their time, give them a real word that sounds like it might make sense when it actually doesn't. This leads to them not just taking you more seriously (less likely to cut communication), but it also leads to them actually trying to look up multiple definitions of the word and spending extra time trying to see if they understand what you're saying or not. That said, I absolutely LOVE that you were very consistent with what the fake words 'meant'. You gave consistent and logical (albeit ultimately meaningless) responses to questions about it, and kept with the same definitions throughout. Using real words like I just outlined might be more challenging and in some ways more rewarding, but it's a shame that it does tend to remove some of the fun of coming up with a logical definition and watching them bumble through it and fail miserably. After all, they can look up real words and make some reasonable guesses about what you might be pretending to mean, or at least the direction you're wanting to go with the word. With a fake word, you can, for example, make it sound like a bad thing until you explain further, then making it 'clearer' that NOT having it is a bad thing. Thus you can trick them into assuring you that the 'bad thing' isn't the case, just for you to lament that you were afraid of that - and that's exactly the sort of thing you did here, which is marvelous. I was surprised by how many of them fell right into saying that yes it was glarded!

[@TetsToys]

Brilliant, the nonsense words on this just pushed it to new levels of enjoyment! Thank you for your efforts good sir!

[@lemolea9571]

When I was scammed they threatened to 'come collect the money in person'. Not necessarily violent and I knew they weren't actually going to turn up, but it was still scary. Luckily I lived in student accommodation with security guards who were very understanding and one stood outside my block of flats all night of the night they said they were gonna turn up. I really do feel bad for most people that won't have that kind of protection :(

[@ravenmorrigana1093]

I was looking forward to this from the teasing glarded from the previous scambait.....but I never realized how painful it would actually be, and how hard I'd have to resist the inner editor.

[@IrvingIV]

Do not resist the inner editor; your inner editor is ready to hatch.

[@ravenmorrigana1093]

@@IrvingIV Hatch, lash out. Six in one, half dozen in the other.

[@jonnystrange3617]

"Let me show you it's features", lovely little reference to Joerg Sprave. I'd say this is one of your best scam bait videos to date.

[@MediaMachinima]

I'm anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous that you have caused such a pericombobulation.

[@LyingSecret]

@@KitchenWitchery It's a quote from Blackadder, the dictionary episode, a great one :D

[@TheClearSummer]

Contrafibularities

[@zoewells3160]

I shall return… interphrastically.

[@TinyHyena1967]

This was great, especially the ending. Their desperation oozed out of the "certificate" they sent. No doubt they were holding their breath, hoping that you'd write back, say that that was exactly the document you needed, and then send the "fee". LOL.

[@SolariasSunshine]

What's funny is, when you said that thing about people searching for ''glarding'' i searched it up for the fun of it.... and found its actually a post now on Urban Dictionary LOL 😆 Great Job Atomic Shrimp! also, ❤loved the video!

[@ISTHISALREADYTAKEN]

yeah man i always check if the money is glarded or not. you never know.

[@AtomicShrimp]

It's best to - the outcome can otherwise be opolonalandian

[@pumpkingkingoftoons6185]

@@AtomicShrimp the 3rd scammer was Godwin Emefiele, I'm sure you buroored him before.

[@AtomicShrimp]

@@pumpkingkingoftoons6185 that's the real name of the governor of the real CBN. Scammers love to impersonate real officials

[@pumpkingkingoftoons6185]

@@AtomicShrimp oh wow, that's good information to serpalize

[@joshyland]

I like how you are keeping the spirit of Stanley Unwin alive with this one.

[@GlasgowGallus]

Bum tiddley bifolderism...deep joy...👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@dogwalker666]

Indeedefold.

[@daveadriffield7296]

Surely everybody here except me is far to young to remember Sir Stanley.

[@dogwalker666]

@@daveadriffield7296 I was watching the secret service last night.

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

@@dogwalker666 In Supermarionation?

[@flickflack]

I still think the weirdest thing about these is the scammers always calling you "dear". I assume it's supposed to sound familiar or disarming, but it's just... creepy.

[@silvaskiproductions3937]

translation thing probably.

[@lawrencescales9864]

@@silvaskiproductions3937 I was thinking the same thing, and wondering what the word in their native language is and what a more nuanced or correct translation might be. Either that or it is pretty comparable but culturally not as odd to use to strangers.

[@Niagaranobs]

Each and everything, Madam.

[@fieryvale]

@@lawrencescales9864 In the American South, it's not uncommon for total strangers to call younger people "honey" or "baby." It's just a term of endearment, and doesn't seem creepy - most of the time.

[@Sakkeru96]

"does not correct word spelling" I will never love a sequence of words more than this.

[@tux9656]

Goes to the bank and says, "My business partner, John Barosa said I need to have my account in a tax clode in order to accept glarded funds. What's the best way to have certificates of inoppoloty sent to the bank?" Bank teller then says, "You should cut all contact with Mr. Warosa, err Barosa imediately!" and then proceeds to say a short prayer.

[@darkdoescosplays]

I love how you keep coming back to the "small boy" phrase

[@africa_everyday]

All my funds are glarded.

[@JanusHoW]

Do you have a certificate of inoppolity?

[@theninjascientist689]

We need to make a wiki page with context and explanation for these nonsense words - if enough of us use them the scammers may just copy them. That could be a useful way to flag scammers. ETA: As I hit enter on this comment I got to the bit of the video explaining just this.

[@jonathanrichards593]

Glad I found your post before I jumped in and suggested exactly the same thing. This whole thing was just superb, I hope the enphazement of future cominergents is fully disbiguated in just such a manner.

[@carteradams43]

uh... uh... might as well try despite knowing next to nothing about how economy things work Tax Clode: Failure to pay taxes, with some negotiation from a law firm, can result in you being put into a Tax Clode instead of worse effects, where all objects you purchase regardless of state laws carry a special tax, which goes to pay off your debts. In some scenarios, you may be given an allowance of Glarded money, money that doesn't apply this special tax, to help pay for essentials. Glarded/Glarding: Glarded money, as previously mentioned, is a type of money that ignores Tax Clodes. A person sending a gift to a person under a Tax Clode would need to request to have their money Glarded, allowing them to give the money to the person under the Tax Clode. half of the money sent to be Glarded is removed, contributing to removing the person's debt.

[@memenumnoscopus]

I love how you keep coming up with new ways to mess with scammers. I actually thought of something that could be fun if you or someone you know had the technical know how to pull it off: It's an automated version of your scammer community. A bot with an email account and a list of email addresses, and when it gets an email it automatically sends an identical copy of the email to everyone on its list (excluding the sender if they're on the list). Then all you have to do is sit back and watch. Any scammer that responds to it will have their email broadcast to the whole list, and any angry replies will be sent back to them (and everyone else).

[@nikkiofthevalley]

This is basically how you take down some email systems if they're large enough.

[@PeteJohnsMusic]

This is just outstanding. I actually, as the kids say, “LOL”ed several times. I especially liked the part where you smardled the homblards.

[@chilanya]

ah, the random word generator! I used that website quite a bit back in the day (1999-ish) when i wrote fiction. and that was also the time when i composed a lot of music and liked to put made-up words in my english lyrics because they sounded cool. (english is not my first language). sathoty, pericly, harrodness.. those are the ones i remember

[@solchapeau6343]

I love it so much when you read the words as written. Ex: kwee-astion.

[@chinchilla2302]

If you keep on like this, 'glarded' will become an actual word like the Simpsons and 'cromulent.'

[@creativedesignation7880]

You mean kind of like this: www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=glarded

[@SerbanCMusca-ut8ny]

I never get tired of what you're doing, phenomenal content. You are a wonderful story teller! Take care.

[@whateverchannel22]

The made-up words in these videos are epic. I've been bingeing this newly discovered channel for hours. Thanks!

[@pumpkingkingoftoons6185]

A little nonsense now and then perfectly describes this channel and I love it!

[@heyarno]

The slightly snarky undertone in the narration is just perfect.

[@doctormoney106]

Im rolling on the floor right now omg The deadpan dellivery of this utter nonsense just gets to me every time Good lord

[@Kaylx3]

Glarded is now in the urban dictionnary with some other words of your video. Well played community!

[@hemmingsmith1588]

""Are the funds glarded?" That is outstanding!! Thank you for these thoroughly entertaining videos!

[@adrenochrome_slurper]

I love the nonsense words! True poetry.

[@VinegarPotato]

Atomic, Jim browning, kit Boga and mark rober upload so close together this is amazing

[@mckster56]

Our greatest heros bringing joy to every watcher. Am sending 5 6 million dollars and yes they are completely glarded so no worries. :)

[@teIekid]

It's so hard to glard the account because of the seismic connections....but you in the right here, no one is too safe these days.

[@Becky-qj5ec]

Please please do audio books, if for no one else just me. Your voice is exactly the voice of audio books from my childhood. So soothing! Perhaps you can make a separate channel for audio books?

[@jacstackz]

lmaooo this one is one of the funniest. i’ve watched almost all your scambaiting videos like this but somehow missed this one, easily one of my favorites hahahaha it’s actually hilarious how casual you read your nonsensical sentences, they actually sound like english words lol

[@mechanicalhands9804]

Half an hour straight of asking whether the funds were glarded. I thought at least *one* of these people would be an official. I mean, not a single one even knew about a tax clode. Even *I* know about a tax clode.

[@s-e-i138]

So I want to thank you for these videos, I have been struggling with my mental wellbeing lately and yesterday was a particularly bad day, just watching these amazing videos give me time out of my noisy brain and let me feel safe for a short while. Thank you Mr Shrimp 🍤

[@azuradawn5683]

I hope today's going a bit better

[@s-e-i138]

@@azuradawn5683 thanks love, trying some self care today! Hope your world is good 👍

[@tammywagner8032]

Same. Everything you just said. I love the way he speaks and the wonderful nonsense and somehow these videos recalibrate my brain.

[@thany3]

A "fist quarter" sounds like something that would hurt.

[@lizh1988]

Not if you're not properly glarded, I'm thinking. 🤔

[@zeeweed150]

Sounds like a doom reload animation name

[@harmlesscreationsofthegree1248]

I don’t think a ‘fist quarter’ would hurt as much as a ‘fist whole’...

[@nessamillikan6247]

@@harmlesscreationsofthegree1248 I was thinking that it might be something like a whole fist with American quarter dollar coins wedged in between each finger.

[@harmlesscreationsofthegree1248]

@@nessamillikan6247 😂 that movie A Fistful Of Dollars just took on new meaning

[@indrabar]

I know those were nonsense words, and at first my English-speaking brain was trying to assign meaning to them. But you used the nonsense so consistently and kept within the same sort of "lore" across all the emails that by the end I found myself going "what kind of shoddy bank DOESN'T know what a certificate of inoppolity is???" with more sincerity than I was expecting. Well done, sir.

[@Keshlynne]

"You know, the kind of information you shouldn't share with a stranger on the Internet." This has been burned into my brain...

[@charliecross6773]

What's your tax clode?