Baiting the Bots - an Investigation of the Ubiquitous YouTube Spambots

[@MrKristas]

''How does the bit coin?" This is gold.

[@nowdefunctchannel6874]

The bit coins by coining the term bitcoin, which bites the coin. The bit can coin in other ways but but usually this is how the bit coin coins

[@BarryMcCawkiner]

How do I bit coin?

[@socalgal714]

I bit a coin once. Broke my tooth.

[@nowdefunctchannel6874]

@@socalgal714 you should leave it to the professionals, unless you have the correct equipment it can be very dangerous

[@oz_jones]

Dont you mean SAFFRON?

[@alexanderfeldman1230]

My god they actually sent a matrix screenshot as “hacking”

[@AtomicShrimp]

I laughed out loud at that point

[@asteroidrules]

And geektyper too.

[@SolidSonicTH]

@@AtomicShrimp I would have too.

[@philswift6135]

@@AtomicShrimp lol

[@PieGrip]

m a t r i x h a c k r é

[@istvankarsai2858]

Accusing scammers of being small boys never fails to make me laugh.

[@badlarry172]

yeh they hate that in West Africa

[@GlassesnMouthplates]

@@badlarry172 India too, well, I think it applies to all scammers since these people undoubtely would develop a large amount of ego after repetitively making their victims fall for their scams.

[@badlarry172]

@@GlassesnMouthplates agreed and in my experience Indians and Pakistanis hate to be asked if there parents are proud of what they do for a living, instant scammer freek out

[@kimbrolyy]

@@badlarry172 talking about karma is good too

[@natedunn51]

Honestly I'd run with the story of being young xd

[@kip258]

"How does the bit coin?" is such an amazingly constructed nonsensical sentence. I'm going to start using it everywhere!

[@AtomicShrimp]

I think you might like tomorrow's scambaiting upload - I used a machine learning algorithm to generate engaging, but meaningless replies to the scammer...

[@Cyromantik]

Oh wow, that's taking me back to those old "How does I shot web?" ancient web meme days.

[@MrKyltpzyxm]

Ask not for whom the bit coins. It coins for thee.

[@AranhaaTheSixtyninth]

How does the bit coin tho?

[@jaypolas4136]

I just bitted a coin 😎😎😎😎

[@mrmonkeyman79]

I like that the first scammer said he'd need money to get illegal hacking software from the dark web then said the price was high because it's highly regulated. Nice to know that the hacking world now report to a recognised regulatory body.

[@NeapolitanNegus]

>Illegal hacking software from the dark web >Highly regulated ???

[@theultimatederp3288]

@@NeapolitanNegus Hacker: Downloads Highly Regulated Illegal Hacking Software™ from the Dark Web. CIA/FSB/Guoanbu: Heh, fool.

[@NeapolitanNegus]

@@theultimatederp3288 Me in 2 weeks when I finally get the email that my dark web hitman service is an official corporation: 😊

[@ryanoconnor3867]

Theres also the fact that, in order to run the service you do, you would have needed the software already. Its not like he was claiming to be updating it, he was saying they needed to buy a new product. That would be like having to pay a carpenter an extra fee in order for them to buy the table saw, tape measurer, pencils, and nails in order to build your cabinet

[@straightupanarg6226]

Like the Society of Assassins in John Wick. Totes legit.

[@bokchoi5081]

I can't recommend Tanner Derek, he came to my house and whipped me in the eye with a knotted handkerchief, then insisted I get my barrister to purchase him a gift card for fund thrust arcade. 3/10

[@stewpitt8388]

Sounds like some kind of a small boy?

[@bokchoi5081]

Clearly the smallest boy in all of the United nation.

[@csm5040]

@@bokchoi5081 How can I contact him?

[@Lumberjackk]

@@csm5040 well I have this great guy helping me called John barosa. He works as a barista or something? And started it on a side business xD

[@bokchoi5081]

He had a mobile phone but keeps it switched off to avoid offsetting carbon emissions from passing air liners. If you want to arrange a phone call you'll need to do so in writing 7 months in advance plus the anticipated length of the phone call.

[@ShadrachN7]

"I am a legitimate hacker" *Sends a poor png of Matrix code*

[@albapantheratigris6071]

* Hackerman *

[@coolbeans9771]

i am skilld hakker

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

@@coolbeans9771 I have the skids of a hacker

[@Roule_n_Scratche]

*jpeg

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

@@Roule_n_Scratche Poor Network Graphics :D so png are poorer.

[@sonofagun4125]

Every time you bring up the "small boy" thing again it adds an extra year to my life

[@Speed001]

"Little Boy"

[@badlarry172]

small boy in a bambaclat

[@emmettbrown3463]

little gamer boy, not a hacker

[@badlarry172]

@@emmettbrown3463 oh yeh

[@Furufoo]

Wittle gamer man, impish boy sitting on a gamer baby seat that shines in pretty colors. You want some money little gamer baby boy? So you can buy a gay little keyboard?

[@gpdragonfire1652]

6:52 Interestingly, these three actually share a common format: The [adjective] [noun] [adverb] [verb] because [noun] [adverb] [verb] [preposition] a [adjective] [noun]. [adjective], [adjective] [noun].

[@SimonBuchanNz]

I was hoping for something slightly interesting, like a Markov chain, but nope, near certainly just a dictionary and a template like that.

[@failedsocialexperiment2382]

Imagine understanding Japanese at a proficient fluent level and in that such a manner as a foreigner then speaking/typing the language with these scammers?

[@noahhastings6145]

@@SimonBuchanNz Why use many code when few code work good?

[@catsandgames9871]

@@failedsocialexperiment2382 I speak Chinese at a basic level. It didn't do any good. When you try, they just block you and vanish. Though, I got some nice laughs from telling them 大傻逼。

[@creativedesignation7880]

I have actually started to collect comments like these in a file called "bot poetry" a while ago. I'm happy to finally have learned a plausible, possible reason as to why they exist.

[@nostur4984]

I like how Monica's typing style is a combination of late 2000's chatspeak and late 2010's chatspeak. They're harmonic in a way when combined.

[@fujoshipeanut5074]

In what ways?

[@luisshorts.]

@@fujoshipeanut5074 grammer

[@r.henryjr.1533]

@@luisshorts. Well more like spelling and lack of grammar.

[@EvilSantaTheTrue]

P

[@EvilSantaTheTrue]

Rofl rofl copter :P :c :O :3 :( : ) :[ :] lol lolk lolol ! M4d N00b? L33t

[@MuchWhittering]

Wasn't Monica Flange John Barosa's personal assistant? It's appalling that he's now turned to scamming her. She should find a new job right away.

[@sushicat999]

I love the lore of this channel lmao

[@KatieM786]

No there is none such as the soul John Borosa is a scammer.

[@capacitatedflux]

Wasn't that John Warosa?

[@MediumRareOpinions]

@@capacitatedflux there is no one like that here

[@bokchoi5081]

Yes there is, they both work in the same building. It does get a bit confusing.

[@rykloog9578]

“Buy high, sell low” Im going to invest now! Thanks for the advice!

[@focusonhomework7251]

when was that?

[@SonofTheMorningStar666]

@@focusonhomework7251 3:12

[@alexnezhynsky9707]

This is the way

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Spend like the rich

[@littlefox_100]

I actually accidentally did that on that mii stocks game on the 2ds lol

[@LloydTheZephyrian]

Picture this: a video where a guy bites a coin and recoils in pain. "I bitcoin, then coinbit back."

[@bucc2742]

Thats the worst joke ive ever heard, you are psychotic.

[@nerfgunpng7552]

^

[@LloydTheZephyrian]

@@bucc2742 aren't we all at some point?

[@zaphenath6756]

I think your joke attempt killed some of my brain cells. I love it!

[@Jackgalaga]

anyone that says this isn't cryptogold is wrong

[@how2pick4name]

At a restaurant: Good evening, I'd like something to eat please. Great, but first you'll have to buy me a kitchen and hire some staff...

[@alexandernyberg8668]

Sounds like a Skyrim mod

[@krakowski_6237]

Let me guess, someone stole your bitcoin?

[@how2pick4name]

@@krakowski_6237 Wth are you on about? lol

[@krakowski_6237]

@@how2pick4name quote from skyrim but I replaced a word with bitcoin. guess I should have added some " ".

[@how2pick4name]

@@krakowski_6237 I took a bitcoin to the knee would have been funnier instead of a normal every day use sentence . :P

[@denvera1g1]

"ask them politely to stop and that seemed to fix the problem" gold, absolute gold

[@zleep9182]

Atomic Shrimp is graduating from hobbyist scambaiter to Private Eye, I’m so proud

[@hallamhal]

I thought you meant he had a column in the satirical magazine 😂

[@notaplic8158]

@@benedictslade4745 Atomic Detective

[@_mossy_8520]

@@benedictslade4745 The name's Shrimp... Detective Shrimp

[@riftvallance2087]

@@notaplic8158 Atomic detective is better, its like a 1960 comic book character.

[@o-anonium8653]

He will be teaming up with Kit Boga in no time!

[@caturdaynite7217]

I 'm an IT consultant and I have many elderly clients. I tell them to watch your videos and learn. I had an older gentleman get taken for $10 K last Summer. I have a dozen stories like this. I was recommended to him by my local bank as I know the manager and she heard about me from one of her clients. I've been doing this for 25 years as of this August. It's so sad when this happens and I try to do my best to get them back up and running with the protection on their laptop they should have had all along. I also try to educate them a bit, so they aren't low hanging fruit for the next a-hole. Thanks for fighting the good fight Mike.

[@ahmed4363]

@@rrxyzrr this world

[@fitmotheyap]

@@rrxyzrr clearly you haven't seen how dumb people can be

[@TYCOIX]

@@rrxyzrr won't protect, but it might deter

[@TYCOIX]

@@rrxyzrr true lol, I would recommend the bright pink one, more eye catching

[@xthatwhiteguyx]

Educating boomers on this stuff is outrageously difficult. My uncle used to reply to nearly every spam email... even ones that just said shit like "ANGELINA JOLIE'S LEAKED PICS." My mom just gave out her social security number and credit card security numbers to someone last week, because the original call came from "Bank of America" (they spoofed their phone number to appear legit.

[@unexpecteditem7919]

Your biggest mistake was obviously sending all that money to John Warosa. You were warned, repeatedly, that there is no such soul.

[@Markyroson]

This channel has some great lore lmao

[@speedydratini8868]

fr man, John Barosa is chill tho

[@elonmust7470]

"I BEG DON'T TELL ME BOUT HIIIIM AGAAAAIN, SOMETHING SOMETHING SOMETHING MOHAMMAD AHAASSANN!"

[@TheAlmightyJello]

If they're supposedly "professional hackers", why don't they have the hacking software already? Why would they need you to buy it for them?

[@SoDamnMetal]

Why would you even need the hacker? Just find the software and use it yourself lmao

[@0ooTheMAXXoo0]

They try and make as little sense as possible. That way they do not waste their time with people who are too smart to be fooled.

[@benayers8622]

Lol and they said its powerful software and can only be sold with strong restrictions but the previous sentence said they would buy it from the dark web xD lol i didnt knownthe dark web was so selective about who it sold to lol

[@Xclub40X]

@@benayers8622🤣 I'd have a field day with them scammers... Wonder what happens when they run into a pentester. How would they handle that 😂🤔

[@SA-lh7zl]

If they're such good hackers why not hacking the software?

[@sptony2718]

I kinda felt sorry for Monica when she said she only has "liek 300 $" in her account :( I hope she's okay.

[@rsmith02]

She was frozen and smashed to bits, sadly

[@top1gaming472]

@@rsmith02 it was his uncle

[@rsmith02]

@@top1gaming472 It's an increasing common problem.

[@sheerluckholmes5468]

You should start a Go Fund Me account for Monica to help her out a bit and I will manage the money to hand to Monica.

[@MechaKnuckles]

@@sheerluckholmes5468 OK

[@ryane5281]

"You need to pay my agent in the West African Country, Western Union." Ah yes Western Union is my favourite West African Country

[@jd_the_cat]

I enjoy going there on vacation.

[@annettemaldonado3373]

Western Union seems like a pretty good place to go on vacation. Definitely going there when the pandemic is over

[@sophiasantos2780]

wait, i thought western union was in south america?

[@thekrampuselbananoquevivee9947]

@@sophiasantos2780 it's, I'm a western unian

[@yuyukosfaithfulservant]

I always wanted to go to that place

[@rechnin6680]

Red string, the reference that never stops giving!

[@MysteriumArcanum]

Good ol' SAFFRON

[@Michaels_Angle]

I'm just mad about Saffron

[@failure4452]

Who doesn’t love a good bunch of SAFFRON

[@onyxtay7246]

@@Michaels_Angle You mean the yellow flower?

[@angry4rtichoke646]

@@onyxtay7246 I thought saffron was red string?

[@NitroIndigo]

The part about freezing an uncle in liquid nitrogen made me giggle.

[@bmo3778]

that ia no laughing matter. you should be ashamed

[@malikes4591]

@@bmo3778 smh my head

[@wolf1066]

@@bmo3778 Oh lighten up! It's hysterical! Don't knock it 'til you've tried it.

[@chi5126]

@@malikes4591 ah yes, shaking my head my head. (SMH means shaking my head and you said smh my head)

[@malikes4591]

@@chi5126 yes, I know. That’s the joke.

[@chonksstonks1820]

The comments are probably sent in pairs so that if the creator removes one then they won't remove the second as they believe its only appearing as a glitch after they had already removed it.

[@kyium_]

Now this is clever.

[@mobslayer211]

So the first one is a decoy

[@BCMears]

Yeah I always wondered why some comments are posted twice or more. Makes sense. Cheeky

[@colinwilliams3459]

@@BCMears sometimes KZbin does freak the fuck out though like I’ll post a comment then it will post 2 with the second one apparently having been posted in the future

[@evilbob840]

It happens a lot less often now, but KZbin used to sometimes look like nothing was happening after you click "Reply", so you click it again. And you end up with two identical comments from a real, non-scam person.

[@makie2211]

Scambaiting idea for you: maybe pretend you are a teenager and see how will the scammers act? Make it obvious that your character is like 14-15 and very naive, but still could get the money by stealing from parents or such Also a good opportunity to warn your possible parent viewers to teach their kids about scammers and what to do when they encounter one

[@Kiara-M]

Naivety would be more believable at 12-13 , cause 13 is when you're actually allowed to have some type of social media.

[@TankEngine75]

@@Kiara-M Half of parents nowadays give thier kids Social Media at a young age but ok

[@TankEngine75]

What is your pfp btw? I keep seeing it everywhere

[@Kiara-M]

@@TankEngine75 I personally was only allowed any type of social media when I turned 13, and a friend of mine was only allowed any type when she turned 16. So its not most parents, most people I know were only allowed at 13 cause that is the valid age.

[@TankEngine75]

@@Kiara-M Oh,sorry for not wording it properly,I should've said Half

[@asteroidrules]

Given that one scammer tried to take payment via PayPal, I'd definitely say to report them to PayPal support, they could actually take action against that.

[@Milkey77]

@@rrxyzrr 😂😂😂not bad, kid

[@ashkash8686]

Shrimp out here defending his viewers from scammers. Not many would do that outside of just reporting. Bravo sir. Also having them talk to cleverbot is... Clever

[@jtc1947]

@ ash kash.....There are a number of people who actually go after scammers. Jim Browning (fake name) scambaiter, scammer payback, kitboga and several others.

[@sarah12232]

i made the mistake of talking to clever bot.... not sure what that was but definitely not to revisit because what

[@ItsNik97]

The whole "why did you set a woman ablaze" conversation was so damn funny, I couldn't stop laughing lmao

[@linus6718]

The fake "negative comment" he quoted had me in tears

[@danikisikan9821]

*Guy massacres an entire town* The police: hey, that a bit naughty now innit?

[@jakepullman4914]

Why were you laughing? Setting a woman ablaze is very serious.

[@RemsHusband]

Cant believe he killed a woman to death. What a horrible person

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

I don't have time for any of this. I'm still trying to help out my African prince friend get his money. _A Nigerian friend in need, is a friend indeed._

[@lemonacidrounds7293]

Can I donate cause this seems 100% legit?

[@najrenchelf2751]

Say what you will about these people, but scammer orange gave good advice: look if you don’t trust who you’re working with, try someone else! 👀

[@ppmpyae1152]

The same feeling u get when a villain in the movie is talking fax about the world.

[@najrenchelf2751]

Notic 6.0, no... I don’t think I will.

[@eiriseven]

Ouch, that poor uncle got terminated by liquid nitrogen, how sad, hope he got back together eventually.

[@bobbyfeet2240]

I imagine he will by Judgement Day.

[@mildredpierce4506]

When I heard that, I immediately thought of this scientist from Fresno California who wanted her husband murdered and had someone beat him brutally and put him head first in a barrel and then filled it with acid. Horrible horrible crime.

[@Alystas]

And he still didn't get a 0/10 review somehow XD

[@AliciaB.]

Your video arrives just at the right time. I burned my lemon curd and honestly feel like crying right now

[@AtomicShrimp]

Damn. Sorry to hear about the lemon curd. You'll try again I hope?

[@Pattoe]

Sorry about your lemon curd. Have you tried contacting a hacker to see if your lemon curd can be unburnt? I've heard great things about Sir NotAScammer III. I dropped a pizza on the floor and he was able to restore it to it's original glory, although he did burn my aunt to death in the process. A small price to pay!

[@AliciaB.]

@@AtomicShrimp I definitely will when I have enough lemons ! This time I'll avoid sterilizing the filled jars in the oven...

[@AliciaB.]

@@Pattoe well I'm afraid most of the lemon curd has been killed to death

[@onemansvoice9132]

@@Pattoe Did he do anything to your uncle because my guy killed both of them

[@YourNeighbourJack]

This legit cracked me up for a good 10 mins "Instagram officials stop reading this" "Alright then"

[@gastongl404]

a moment of silence for those who gonna believe that

[@Meanie010]

Tim Apple and Tom Google plz stop reading these comments I do not consent.

[@roejogan5265]

Lol

[@bolt5564]

For the first time in life I felt like I should do something to stop the flow of time. It's just a wonderful experience. Thanks for your time!

[@reginabillotti]

I was wondering what the "word salad" comments were about. I mentally chalked it up to a meme or internet trend that I was not aware of. Didn't occur to me that it could be part of a scam.

[@skrrrrrrrrt]

A lot of the time it could be kids pressing the auto complete buttons above the keyboard on their ipads

[@toomanymarys7355]

@@skrrrrrrrrt Not the ones with rare words. I flag them all.

[@dusklunistheumbreon]

I had seen them too. Figured they were bots, but I couldn't figure out what they were actually *doing.* It's nice to finally know why they're making word salad comments.

[@worldchangingvideos6253]

It seemed like mental illness.

[@sonal8109]

The world salad comments actually make sense, they start with The and end with a noun and have because in them

[@tommytomthms5]

that 'alaye' gives me an idea, have you ever tried to pull a 'gotcha I'm your co-scammer sent by the boss to check on you' type bait? might be a fun idea. (though I would take you word on a list of reasons why it wouldn't be, you have the experience I'm just an observer)

[@2lefThumbs]

Reason one might be carrying on the conversation in the right language😉

[@vsauce9977]

I do that a lot, I actually got a scammer convinced that I was his boss for a while, I told him to do stuff like create a new account to see if he’d do it and he actually did.

[@AdamOwenBrowning]

All you need is someone who knows some Yoruba. There's over 30 million speakers of it, surely there is someone from the region who can assist :D

[@zyaicob]

Yoruba is pretty simple to learn as well

[@hedgehog3180]

@@2lefThumbs He has done collabs with Africa Everyday before who is Nigerian (I think), maybe he speaks Yoruba and could carry it on? Could lead to an amazing reverse scam.

[@blankfrankie3747]

The depths of treachery, duplicitousness and guile required for these scams to be profitable makes a ski mask and a gun seem honest and dignified.

[@llewelynshingler2173]

At least then your victims can hazard a guess at your plans

[@boopboop4162]

"do you mean red string?" *SAFFRON intensifies*

[@Misstressofdons]

This comment gives me so much joy.

[@itsJWPH]

Those bots be scambaitin' dead by now. Enact Ragnarok! - JWPH

[@lamdelmundo8492]

Note: some would even try to mimic channel owners, copying their logos and using non-english characters to mimic their channel name.

[@GeneratedPerson]

a lot will go as far as imitating the check symbol showing people the account is "verified"

[@NAME-yg8sl]

I noticed that. But YT updated the comments so you can see when the channel owner comments.

[@octimus2000]

Lol, I remember this happened a lot on PewDiePie's channel

[@bmhater1283]

@@octimus2000 Unbox Therapy too, I saw these bots on his video looking up Infinix's phone that can charge in 160 watts.

[@karma-bomb]

@@octimus2000 same thing with markipliers channel

[@MuchWhittering]

I enjoy the idea that the software required for illegal hacking is heavily regulated and that the scammers are concerned about software licenses.

[@bobmcguffin5706]

Of course! We wouldn't want people gaining access to this type of software illegally! There are strict rules in place for illegal activities for good reasons!

[@perfidiousbrit4671]

Love the idea of getting scammers to talking to an AI bot. Imagine hooking them up to Alexa and Bezos waking up to find all of his funds had been transferred to a Nigerian prince.

[@jtc1947]

@ Perfidious Brit....I wonder what would happen if You had an Alexa and a Siri in on a phone conversation with a scammer??

[@soniccookie655]

Well unfortunately his account is in a tax clode at the moment, and the funds aren’t properly glarded so they can’t be transferred.

[@ribbonsofnight]

I don't trust Alexa to keep my secrets at the best of times.

[@jtc1947]

@@ribbonsofnight It might be very amusing to have an Alexi and a Siri talking to a scammer??

[@justanaccounttowatchstuff]

You and Jim Browning posting scamming videos in the same week! This is a great week!!!

[@AmbiAnts589]

Jim is the best!

[@MysteriumArcanum]

@@AmbiAnts589 I can't remember where I heard it but someone said that Jim Browning is what scammers check for under their bed. I like that idea, that Jim has become like the boogeyman to scammers.

[@justanaccounttowatchstuff]

@@MysteriumArcanum😂😂😂

[@Ottoow06]

Don't forget Kitboga!

[@othername1000]

The fine gentleman with the foresight to remove the head prior to burning/freezing and shattering the body seems like the best candidate. The others went too fast and lost their heads

[@Sorrelhas]

"Why can't I choose my scammer color?" "Because then everyone would want to be either Scammer Black or Scammer White!"

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Nah, I'd want to be scammer midnight blue, myself. 😄😉

[@jd_the_cat]

I call Scammer Red.

[@comradekenobi6908]

Red Scammer standing by

[@jd_the_cat]

@@comradekenobi6908 Guess I’m Scammer Orange then.

[@comradekenobi6908]

@@jd_the_cat it reminds me of the code names used in the Original Trilogy Star Wars movies they used the most popular example being Luke Skywalker's Red Leader, so might as well play some homage to it

[@untrust2033]

What if you say Alaye first, convince them you are a scammer

[@mMeFlora]

i want him to try this so bad

[@dazcarrr]

It's like when he tried to find the other side of the advance fee scammers as John Baroda, but may actually work

[@espeon200]

6:52 Lewd Pantry sounds like an excellent name for a rock or punk band.

[@AtomicShrimp]

Oh, you rambunctious duckling!

[@burtbackattack]

Rambunctious Duckling is even better!

[@_mossy_8520]

Lewd pantry for the win!

[@pumpkingkingoftoons6185]

@@AtomicShrimp belligerent erratic ladybug

[@henningerhenningstone691]

@@pumpkingkingoftoons6185 Let's hope _those_ never invade!😂

[@robmckennie4203]

I like the idea that software for stealing money is really tightly regulated and requires special licenses

[@theTweak0284]

"Half price scams, yay" Is my new favorite quote

[@doge5603]

"Yeah the softwares are strong softwares" This is beyond science.

[@bananawitchcraft]

6:53 I've been fascinated by those "structured word salad" comments, one comment section I saw was almost entirely taken up by them. The structure is something like "The (adjective) (noun) (adverb) (verb) because (noun) (adverb) (verb) (preposition) a (adjective) (noun). (adjective), (adjective), (noun)." But they often screw it up, for instance using "acromegaly" as an adverb because it ends in -ly.

[@TimeConvolution]

The scam that almost got me was one that claimed to be John Mcafee offloading crypto assets so he could report a negative income to dodge the IRS.

[@creativedesignation7880]

Well, at least the part were John Mcafee commited crypto related fraud and evaded taxes was accurate. However, he also happens to be dead, so I'd not advice anyone to do any business with him.

[@martijnp]

@@creativedesignation7880 knowing mcafee he probably faked his death and is actually in the jungle wrestling a crocodile while snorting cocaine

[@MaliKali-po9su]

@@creativedesignation7880 mcafee’s dead?? I thought he was running as a libertarian.

[@harleycynofficial]

Kitboga and CallMeKevin baited a scammer together pretending to be two old men starting a soup business. Thought of that when I saw Cleverbot's offer of soup following business talk.

[@lillywho]

I keep getting bot comments of services that supposedly allow people to stalk their girlfriends' instagram account or some pirated film site that at least three bot comments enthusiastically approve of... On videos that have nothing to do with them. It's getting annoying having those reply to me on, say, a video about a historic train having a running day.

[@MysteriumArcanum]

I've seen the Instagram comment numerous times, it's annoying. But all you gotta do is report it.

[@terminator572]

What about the ones that just copied the video title promising a high quality, free streaming service of Linking Park's Numb?

[@user-lt2rw5nr9s]

*insert fılmzòne copy pasta*

[@PajamaManor]

Oh and the thot bots.

[@jbird4478]

That Mollibahn train is a really cool thing though. You should go on a trip and film the interior as well.

[@Alice-j5g8u]

POV: you're trying to find the bot comments on this video

[@duivelducky]

Get out of my head xD

[@OhNoBohNo]

did we get them all?

[@mVic8]

“No one wants to be scammer Pink” What a wonderful reference to Reservoir Dogs!

[@kislapunk6957]

"Why would you want a bit of coin? I would want a handful of coin, do you?"

[@usernametaken017]

your pfp gives me nostalgia. damn, i miss 2010

[@sharonjuniorchess]

Its what people used to do to coins. They were called 'skimmers' not scammers.

[@darren6203]

Loved the Reservoir Dogs reference. No one wants to be Mr. Pink.

[@niklas.seyfarth]

Is that a British thing, "Reservoir Dogs" I mean? Or am I just too young?

[@darren6203]

@@niklas.seyfarth it's just a famous American 90's movie by Quentin Tarantino.

[@chiralvandal]

No one wants to be Mr. Brown either :)

[@TheLobsterCopter5000]

The problem is, these bots mix in normal sounding comments with their bot comments to obfuscate their chicanery. The only way KZbin could truly stop these bots would be to make their filters so strict that there would be considerable collateral damage. And even then, there's always the possibility that the bots could simply adapt anyway. The best way to combat this is through awareness. Algorithms may only be so effective against those who are determined to get around them, but ultimately, if you know that this sort of thing goes on, and you know that you should never trust random recommendations for making large sums of money through things such as cryptocurrency, you can defend yourself better than KZbin can defend you.

[@jimjimson6208]

Yeah, unfortunately trying to find a way to automatically detect these things without also finding a lot of false positives is probably impossible. It's the same reason we have to deal with people intentionally throwing matches in league of legends lol, it is hard to separate people who are doing bad shit on purpose from those who are actually just having a moment. I agree that raising awareness for these scams is probably the only real way of combatting them in a general way, as without manually deleting/reporting them (which is a losing battle from the start, as they can be automatically created but require intensive human investment to remove) it is unlikely that they are going anywhere.

[@bitelaserkhalif]

A mixture of bots and human would be nice. Bot scours and marks down potential offender, while human decides if it's scummy or not. The easier one is the impostor comments, made by fake channel purporting as the uploader. If the PFP and name kinda match but has different channel id, it's a potential flag .

[@jg374]

Would making people complete a captcha of some description before they can post each comment be a relatively effective method? If nothing else, it would slow down the rate at which comment bots could post things for a little while... until they work out how to pass it.

[@dmkmn4612]

Or just dont allow sending links or phone numbers?

[@bitelaserkhalif]

@@dmkmn4612 there's an option to disallow sending link on KZbin Numbers on the other hand... They're working around filters so that it cannot be detected. Such as: +5..5..5-..6..7..9..3..5..4..1..2

[@lilneopuppy]

theres some nasty 'get your ex back' scams that prowl comments of breakup advice videos on youtube. I watched a lot of them when i was going through a bad heartbreak and it infurated me that they were going after ppl who were going through that kind of pain, and a lot of ppl might be fooled by it with the irrationality that comes with heartbreak.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Yeah, I blew $40 on one of those e-books that promised to help me "win him back," and now I get offers out the wazoo for more of the same kind of crap, while I'm going through a divorce. It doesn't help. At all.

[@MrJefferson07]

@@MaryAnnNytowl People who like romance are always the one getting scammed, I wonder why.

[@TheOppaiLord]

@@MrJefferson07 considering the topic of the video and the fact the creator (I'm very unfamiliar) was very explicit about the fact that they don't think that certain people are more susceptible to scams. I think you're being incredibly shallow and showing almost as little respect as the very bots that are the topic of the video.

[@MrJefferson07]

@@TheOppaiLord Okay romance lover.

[@mohammadsaleh1998]

When u make a character with 20 int and 8 wisdom

[@the_actual_alex]

gotta love those fake hacking screens, especially the one on the left at 8:49 they started a comment with /* but never ended it, so theoretically that whole code is just a comment because there's no */

[@Krawurxus]

I was messing with one of the bots until a real person took over. You could tell because capitalization, spelling and grammar suddenly went right out the window. They tried getting me to Google some investor who supposedly helped them make thousands of dollars and kept insisting they were American while I was continuously guessing what country they might be from and telling them that they'd never convince anyone with their terrible English. What else to do on night shift? Any minute of their time I waste is time they can't scam someone more vulnerable.

[@elonmust7470]

Work maybe?

[@Krawurxus]

Yeah well, it's not like I'm laying bricks or anything. Nightshift jobs often come with a significant amount of downtime.

[@Dinosaur13]

"No one wants to be sacmmer pink" was that a Reservoir Dogs reference??

[@Sarah-ev1gj]

It was!

[@garybarrel6822]

Ohh sacmmer

[@Shenorai]

I mean, Purple was already taken.

[@iamaprofessional]

Some scammer on some other grift is Scammer Purple

[@skullsaintdead]

At least you're not Mr Yellow. Now, lets go to work.

[@thoracis]

I have been absolutely loving your references and subtle jokes, but you have killed me with Reservoir Dogs. That’s my absolute favourite film. Thank you for doing what you do, both scammer-related, and cooking and baking-related, and all other else. Cheers!

[@MegaBIGJOE64]

A minute and 13 sec in the video you already gave it away : if there is a way of magically make money, nobody would tell you about it while living like kings. Liked and subscribed !

[@pafnutiytheartist]

Atomic Shrimp: I don't want to portray scam victims as dumb. Also Atomic Shrimp: shows these scammers sending literal matrix screens to prove their skills.

[@chackbro1]

I'd pin that onto being uninformed, not being stupid.

[@toomanymarys7355]

Does make you wonder how old their targets are supposed to be. Everyone between 30 and 60 has probably seen that.

[@janitorizamped]

Imagine calling other people dumb, when you don't even know that the screenshots aren't from "the matrix". There are real systems that have green text interfaces like that.

[@pafnutiytheartist]

@@janitorizamped the green falling inverted katakana on black background is from the matrix. It's not used anywhere, neither is it usable. You can make Windows CMD or Linux terminal green, but it'll look very different from the images used. If you *actually* know any systems that look like that, please do tell names, I'm very interested.

[@janitorizamped]

@@pafnutiytheartist as400/ibm i power series

[@JoannaLovesHistoryBooks]

I really appreciate these videos so much. My MIL is vulnerable to this stuff and being able to walk her step by step through the scam helps me convince her that it's a scam and she shouldn't fall for it. Thank you so much for making them.

[@MKnife]

The occasional small golden nuggets buried in your already enthalling videos makes the whole thing even more better. In this case it was the Reservoir Dogs reference. Thank you once again from faraway Finland!

[@user-nd7rd8jo6h]

"For the first time in life, it felt like I should do something to stop the flow of time" Yo I felt that one on a emotional level, total mood right here.

[@98Zai]

I was wondering about the sudden appearance of youtube comment bots that post random incoherent sentences. This explains everything! Thanks for satisfying my curiosity.

[@maripaws]

I love how they have a word to check if the other person is a scammer too

[@BadvisionStudios]

"your WhatsApp number..." "I don't know, I don't have ThatsApp" GOLD!!! 😂

[@Markyroson]

9:49 that was a great spot lol

[@halfcarnage6259]

Did'nt even see that one lol

[@jeffroitero4266]

The only hacker I trust is the soul called Mr. Barrister John Warosa.

[@jeffroitero4266]

@Jonathan Gruber The soul called Mr. Barrister John Warosa helped me graciously to recover USD $255,30 in small change from the cushions of my couch on Saturday. He is a gentle kind man who would never freeze a person in liquid nitrogen.

[@supernovan]

There is no such soul as the barrister Mr John Warosa. I beg you don't tell me anything about the soul called John Warosa.

[@Sandaquaza]

I beg you do not tell me about the soul called Barrister John Warosa. Only Barrister Mohammad Hassan.

[@stewpitt8388]

And no other soul called Barrister. I beg please don't tell me anything about the soul called Mr. Barrister John Warosa.

[@PieGrip]

@@jeffroitero4266 He is great. The soul is great.

[@blobtuna236]

13:28 "Killed her to death" Oh my gosh. XD

[@ДмитрийФролов-э3ю]

..really hard

[@caturdaynite7217]

I prefer to only be lightly killed. But not to death.

[@Swenners]

Best quote

[@c4715]

The worst kind!

[@fabianatrindade56]

Hahahahaha his other outlandish accusations were funny as hell too. Oh boy I really needed a laugh today 😂

[@amonynous9041]

I'm crying, this channel is a goldmine.

[@elizabethpolk7843]

Thank you Mr. Shrimp. Your scambaiting videos helped me identify a wire-transfer scam as soon as the man said grocery store. If your ever want to go fishing, try posting that you lost something on craigslist.

[@TakeWalker]

"Some say I am still extending that deadline." Comedy gold. :D

[@Lil-y-pad]

The part about the aunt being set on fire and the human head in a box was hilarious. You really threw a curveball at them. xD Thank you for all you do to help people not to fall for stuff like this!

[@AverageUnknownMain]

7:13 this guy simultaneously scambaits and plays D&D.

[@SCMabridged]

Scammer: I need $1000. Shrimp: Well, I -- Scammer: FINE, $300 you frugal bastard!

[@zephyr-drh]

8:48 The middle one is just ... why would a compiler output matrix text? And why would some *encryption* program output code?

[@Espeo]

imagine failing your scam because someone said you sent them a human head in a box lmao

[@satopika]

Today is a good day, as Atomic Shrimp has uploaded

[@user-S853]

15:07 Scambaiting humour so good that even the scammers are laughing.

[@nootnewt9323]

It’s kind of nice that the commenter gave two stars even after having their aunt burnt with a propane torch and their uncle frozen in liquid nitrogen and smashed like glass

[@DoctorDex]

I often find myself wondering if the "real"John Barosa/Warosa is aware of his legendary status

[@superior_nobody07]

Huh sounds like scammer blue got a pretty generous rating considering he burnt someone's aunt alive and froze their uncle with liquid nitrogen

[@MistahFox]

The person with the negative review was the only survivor of the massacre

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

Oh, so those word salad things are also coming from bots? I have seen them occasionally but assumed they were done by someone either drunk or high letting their phone's autocorrect or autocomplete do the job for them. "Belligerent erratic ladybug" is a new favourite term now though. XD

[@pageboy25]

amazing video mike. going through a lot of tough things right now and your voice just makes me calm. i really appreciate your content more than anyone can understand. Best of love from Arkansas, USA

[@WallhacksYT]

8:23 the John Warosa callback caught me off guard lmao

[@nnamdichukura9521]

The soul called Mr Barrister John Warosa

[@108kitsune]

They do exist! They added 100k to my account! Still trying to figure out why the numbers are red though.... This is a joke dont take it seriously 😑

[@jakerockznoodles]

I remember seeing a couple of these comment threads in the wild and thinking of your previous video. I don't know if previous content creators were just better at dealing with them or I just don't read enough comments, but I hadn't seen them before.

[@MysteriumArcanum]

I saw one the other day in the comments section of a WWII documentary video.

[@supernovan]

I've seen plenty of them before. I got tired of reporting them. Videos with bitcoin in the title attract lots, but I've seen them on completely unrelated videos too.

[@crookedbuns]

They are everywhere. Not all of them mention bitcoin but they're there check the replies to random comments on the next video you watch and I bet you you'll find a dozen

[@666MaRius9991]

@@crookedbuns Yeah man its gotten real bad,almost every video has them.

[@lukehoward5296]

You should try this on twitter, it’s way way worse because the bots can word search for posts and reply to every post with the specific keywords you’re looking for. I’d love if people liked this so he could see this comment!

[@PineappleDealer37]

Imagine using Twitter

[@John_Fugazzi]

Thank you for explaining this phenomenon. I've run into these kinds of obviously fake comments, often in clusters on KZbin and wondered what kind of scam was going on. There is another type recommending streaming services lately. They probably want you to download some "special software" that turns out to be some kind of malware. They're out there more than ever.

[@YoungDeathWish]

The other day I upset a group of trolls/botters by calling them out. So they proceeded to spam my links to my videos everywhere in hopes of getting dislikes which worked. It’s sad how easily they can ruin things when you’re small

[@infinitelybanta]

Who else is just scrolling through the comment section now, looking for bots?

[@noshinnawal7581]

Monica Flange, John Warosa and some red strings, a tale as old as time

[@elcastorgrande]

I thought the soul called Mr Barrister John Warosa had no strings attached.

[@TC_here]

These scammers prey on the vulnerable and desperate rather than the stupid or gullible, people they can bully and pressure. Great work researching them. Thank you for investing your time.

[@qlexpqrker7614]

Love how hard you try to help people and not offended anyone

[@rayrous8229]

I've been following JB for a while. I'm actually learning about things I can do here. Keep it up.

[@TheShitSmith]

Cord? Like red string? You know, saffron is rather like red string. There was this man who offered to sell me some...