John Barosa: Resurrection (Scambaiting) Also FAQ: Aren't You Helping Scammers To Get Better?

[@fifthhoven]

Do you have a future plan to substitute this series or do something else with a similar vibe?

[@AtomicShrimp]

There will be more scambaiting, and probably more of John Warosa - next week is just the final part with this specific scammer.

[@justanotherviewer4821]

@@AtomicShrimp Great stuff. Looking forward to it :)

[@bigtruefacts69]

@@AtomicShrimp we need as much Rev Dr. John Barosa and his Colleague Who Works in the Same Building and Occasionally Shares Email Logins with, John Warosa.. as possible

[@fionatsang1853]

@@AtomicShrimp O K yyty m

[@Albert_Herring]

he has been doing this for 17 years, i don't think he's going to stop soon

[@InsanityPrevails]

"I am forbidden by law to break the law." - John Barosa, 2021

[@nancyclark864]

@Insanity Prevails I remember that from the Chrispophet emails. 🤣

[@calvinscarvings.66]

Seems legit.

[@jhonbus]

That's the kind of sacrifice you have to make as a barrister.

[@richardlooch2109]

"you are stressing my intelligence" - United Nation 2021

[@Vits117]

Warosa*

[@hedgeearthridge6807]

"Money disguised as gold bars" will never stop being hilarious to me

[@jinn8465]

Agreed, lol. Maybe it's money hidden in piggybanks designed to look like gold bars! Only the scammer knows, but maybe it'll be revealed in part 2 of this epic arc. XD This is by far my favourite thing Atomic does and this series is what introduced me to him.

[@AB-dm1wz]

Does anyone have the scambaiting video where that "Gold bars" comes from?

[@AB-dm1wz]

@@paskit219 While this is true, I'm a rather busy fellow, and it was buried among so many other videos.

[@achievementbird2641]

@@AB-dm1wz I’m fairly sure you are looking for “The John Warosa legacy”

[@AB-dm1wz]

@@achievementbird2641 That isn't it, he borrowed it from another scammer in one of his scam bit videos..

[@GoldenGrego]

"I've told you this severally" is my new favourite quote

[@lizh1988]

This comment has been liked severally, haha.

[@oakisap]

Yessss

[@hvucufufufyfyc6319]

PLEASE make this into a shirt, haha!

[@vesa7069]

"You are stressing my intelligence" is also a good one, even for shirts.

[@prolifik5]

@Amergin Giles It is a word, it just doesn't mean what this guy thinks it means.

[@MirinkaiserVODs]

"I am forbidden by law to break the law" That's t-shirt material right there.

[@oz_jones]

Lawful neutral

[@jubileeYAVEL]

@Mac Cheezy in many places it's not

[@jubileeYAVEL]

I know I would acctualy where that

[@jubileeYAVEL]

@Mac Cheezy mine was too. I failed

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

"Crime is illegal on tuesday!"- Donut Operator, watching some old police training video.

[@BusterBeachside]

"I am forbidden by law, to break the law" has the same energy as, "People die when they are killed".

[@Thankedsphere99]

Not dying can keep you alive longer!

[@Propliopithecus]

“I am forbidden by the law to break the law”

[@uiopuiop3472]

WHAT

[@empoleonmaster6709]

This is it, this is the epitome of lawful neutral

[@justinc0336]

I was about to comment this

[@charmeleonevolves5553]

NO CRIME 8 AM - 6 PM

[@aaseknudsen4322]

lol

[@ghostmonkey404]

The legends: James Bond Jason Bourne John Wick & John B/Warosa

[@calvinscarvings.66]

There is no soul called john warrosa.

[@TempDevil]

@@calvinscarvings.66 I beg (I will not beg) don't tell me about him againnnnnn

[@lizh1988]

He is not a little boy!

[@TempDevil]

@@lizh1988 He does not like these dirty games!

[@richardlooch2109]

@@TempDevil and he is a trustworthy worthy person!

[@Scrubworks]

Considering that one tiny typo by a scammer has ballooned into a huge series of videos enjoyed by thousands, I think the Butterfly Effect should be renamed the Barosa Effect.

[@jinn8465]

*Warosa effect.

[@skyferrari]

lmfaooo 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@asteroidrules]

Named after a man who went back in time and upon returning discovered the first letter of his last name had changed.

[@Max_6200]

@@asteroidrules amazing :))

[@Joemamahahahaha821]

Or the Mandela effect and people constantly wonder if it was originally the barosa or warosa effect

[@vrb340]

"Great to hear from you, I thought you were dead". Of course that is how I greet my friend who I have not met for a long time through email. Absolutely majestic.

[@Qwazin]

My favorite bit was when John Warosa and Mert started small talking over the scammer. "I thought you were dead." "How's Mary?"

[@joefarrow1599]

"I thought you were dead" is such a great opening email to your friend

[@TheChaosAngelDemon]

There is no gold? What are you talking about? These videos are pure gold!

[@nghtwng1572]

Gold!? This Vid Was Pure Diamond!! 😁💎😁💎

[@ryleypalmer]

He needs to respond saying he can pickup the gold himself if they’re in London like it says on the certificate haha

[@psuedonym9999]

@@nghtwng1572 Nah, this video was pure netherite.

[@aricreech498]

@thechaosangeldemon agreed

[@IanP1963]

👍😂

[@vaultdweller_1234]

The "Space Before Comma" bit is absolutely golden!

[@Haybalemelonhead]

Yes!

[@rachellewis5210]

Idk man, had this message gotten widely spread before luka magnottas capture he might have never been caught 🤨🤔

[@lordbara8973]

it should be its own upload, honestly

[@TheTrueDoomSlayer]

On God. That made me lose my shit.

[@alainpbat3903]

It was glorious

[@Hyp3rblue]

"We have not heard from the so called John Barosa." Umm... excuse me. It's pronounced: "The Soul Called John Barosa."

[@lizh1988]

😝😂🤣

[@SkySquad]

thats The Soul Called BARRISTER John Barosa to you

[@corbanbausch9049]

@@SkySquad No, its the Soul Called Barrister John WAROSA

[@jakepullman4914]

@@corbanbausch9049 MISTER Barrister John Barosa, if you please.

[@ARandomSpace]

@@jakepullman4914 No, he is the soul called Mister Barrister John Warosa!

[@icturner23]

I love when you recycle old scammers’ lines like “small boy” and “I am forbidden by law to break the law”, although at this stage you’re so good at replicating their style that it becomes a blur which things originally came from them and which didn’t.

[@icturner23]

After writing that I feel like the second example was in fact originally yours, which proves my following point, so it’s all good.

[@colombi1anjay]

“I’ll email you privately about Mary, it’s a messy business” is a genius line.

[@bobdole69420]

Remember John Barosa ≠ John Warosa! They just work in the same office and use each other's email addresses!

[@mrbarristerjohnbarosa8522]

Hahaha, funny!

[@abrahamrockers6265]

Barosa commented

[@MuchWhittering]

You really think I'm gonna trust someone called Wow Dole?

[@viniciusmarques3108]

Are they allowed share their email boxes? That sort of thing would get me fired from my job

[@dgamezonu2693]

How did you get the small sickle and hammer next to your name?

[@JIL713]

The amount of scammers who write “information’s” is incredible

[@berndbeispielmensch]

In many other languages the word information does have a plural form. Thus, for non-native speakers, it would be an understandable mistake to write 'informations'. The apostrophe however is an other topic.

[@MuchWhittering]

The amount of people who don't understand how to use apostrophes is also incredible.

[@NCHLT]

informationis

[@artistknownaslisa2850]

And paperwork's

[@knox1392]

@@MuchWhittering The amount of people who don't know the simple difference between you, you're, their, they're, is also stupidly incredible.

[@veryblocky]

I like how the deadlines kept passing without being mentioned

[@ProtoMario]

I love this anime arc.

[@absoldestiny2657]

I do too ,

[@pqcowboychanel]

Mert vs John two best friends broken apart by greed. Can they put there love for cash aside or with the fifth deadly in swallow them and there friendship apart find out next time on atomic shrimp: John Borosa the anime

[@nekochan3231]

John Barosa is the sequel of Jojo we all needed

[@drybonesmunchakoopas5143]

Proto!

[@imposifle9792]

@@nekochan3231 John Jorosa Part 9 protag

[@vesa7069]

"You are stressing my intelligence" is also a good quote, even for shirts.

[@Aethereality]

I love how he just took the John Barosa/Warosa meme and just ran with it! It cracks me up so much. Little does the original John Barosa know how much fuel he's given you to troll other scammers. LMAO! Keep up the good work!

[@mrbarristerjohnbarosa8522]

I completely agree!

[@gpz550a2]

@@mrbarristerjohnbarosa8522 you are fake , and a scammer , I do not know a soul called Mr Barrister John Barosa. I will cease dealing with your soul , as I do not know of you. The other guy sounds totally above board though. Here, take all my money disguised as gold bars. Keep the change...

[@unexpected2475]

@@gpz550a2 *Warosa

[@africa_everyday]

I can't wait to see the grand finale.

[@saladseller557]

Wait that’s not possible

[@saladseller557]

This video was made a few seconds ago or one minute

[@saudirabian9745]

Wait

[@creepthecreepers665]

It's nice to see you here and on SBC as well.

[@charcoal4742]

Thank god another one will come

[@cody7689]

god tht final "certificate" was magnificent. looks like something i would make in microsoft word during computer lab in 2nd grade.

[@fossilfighters101]

+

[@davidwatkins3434]

I’ve never been so happy to hear the words “yeah this is my day job” good work shrimp I’m so happy this could turn into that for you

[@splendidcolors]

It can't top "I turned down Disney's offer for my old job back [film promotion] after the pandemic to keep making food history KZbins" from Max Miller.

[@JimboCruntz]

"tomorrow is better than today for something someone wanted last week" is my life mantra.

[@juppukun]

One day, Mr. Warosa will conclude his transaction and return home to be a family man again. Someday...

[@Mogamishu]

But what did you think about this scambaiting video?

[@dillhole4603]

Just got a scam call while listening to this gold. He was gonna extend the warranty on my car but he never heard of a 2019 wasabi.

[@lizh1988]

One of those Japanese cars with the Nigerian engine...

[@TheSolBlader]

Sounds like a spicy ride

[@dillhole4603]

@@TheSolBlader, hottest selling car in town!

[@f.f.s.d.o.a.7294]

The Subaru Wasabi is popular among upper-middleclass Northwestern rural drivers.

[@sciblastofficial9833]

Don't buy that car. I heard if you place raw fish in it, the raw fish mysteriously disappears for some reason. Causes are unknown but clues include a permeating and mouthwatering smell of horseradish and seafood.

[@spaderkungskuk]

As a non native English speaker I am happy to learn so much grammar from here.

[@Lexilove2016]

Must be very confusing differentiating from intentionally bad English and intentionally good English and unintentionally bad English

[@mudawott]

You hit the nail on the head with this FAQ. You act like a victim. Sometimes the perfect victim. This is very obvious when you look back at the Manuel video. The character you created was a perfect victim. Naive, confused and bad at communicating over email. The scammers lightened up when they thought you were a pensioner because they knew Manuel was a great target. These scams are also designed to cast wide and get a small number of bites. One scammer dropping what could be a proper victim is actually a decent hit to their bottom line. Furthermore, when you get a scammer way of script like in this video and the last video you are having them waste a lot of time. This also impacts their bottom line, they are failing instead of investing time in someone else. Lastly it's worth noting these people likely don't care about improving. There are free programs like grammarly for spell checking, basic grammar, readability. Since they have templates it would be worth getting those templates looked over before sending them out especially since some of these scammers do have English contacts. But they don't. Almost all of these videos showcase horrible grammar. If they were going to get better it would have already happened. Sometimes the poor grammar seems almost intentional, an old lady with dying of blood cancer might not be the best at writing

[@ARandomSpace]

You must be mistaken. An old lady does not die of blood cancer, nearter, she dies of blood cancel.

[@emememememememememe]

@@ARandomSpace or a disease known as heart attack

[@mmmm768]

@@ARandomSpace You must be mistaken. It's not cancel, it's caceer

[@ARandomSpace]

@@mmmm768 Is it that you doesn't understand English?

[@mmmm768]

@@ARandomSpace I understand English perfectly. I AM English. Is it that YOU doesn't understand English?

[@Evanz111]

Hey Shrimp! As cool as it is to see John Warosa return, I hope that you don’t feel under too much pressure to make these videos! They’re very entertaining, but the variety on your channel is definitely something that makes you stand out from others. Make whatever content you enjoy, and your loyal audience will soon follow :)

[@papayer]

19:48 "I must let you know that he's not interested in the box *box emoji* " 😂😂😂

[@tallic967]

Your pfp makes me want to unlive

[@bravo6959]

@@tallic967 same

[@MuchWhittering]

Sometimes I wonder if the other 24 variants of John exist out there somewhere. John Xarosa, John Karosa, John Garosa and so on.

[@nanonymous9139]

John Бarosa

[@michanforever]

Now I’m waiting for the movie Into the Warosaverse

[@LaLogic2]

Well if we have John Warosa we must definitely also have John Mariosa somewhere

[@errorcode202notfound5]

Loving John Karosa 😂😂😂

[@lizh1988]

I feel sorriest for John Morosa, so sad...

[@notBLK7]

"Tomorrow's better than today for something someone wanted last week." - Atomic Shrimp (2021)

[@trox355]

I want to cross-stitch this and put it on my office wall.

[@Bridgeru]

Hearing "this is my dayjob now" made me so happy for you for some reason, congratulations! You're so wholesome, I'm glad it worked out for you.

[@Urteil164]

Dayjob Baiter, night time batman

[@Zamot83]

I love how you've kept the John Barosa/Warosa character alive all this time. The icing on the cake would be if the ACTUAL John BW (more accurately, the scammer posing as him) would make a return somehow. I doubt that will happen, but one can dream.

[@mrbarristerjohnbarosa8522]

I for one am very happy with this video! Atomic Shrimp is awesome entertainment!

[@noizepusher7594]

He probably completely changed his pseudonym once he realized that his name was now a massive internet joke

[@zleep9182]

John Barosa: Revelations

[@RageUnchained]

John Barosa: Revengence

[@gaybowser4648]

Asorab Nhoj : Reversed.

[@Alex_Off-Beat]

John "The Revelator" Warosa

[@josuegarro5437]

John Barosa and the mystery of the Warosas

[@sketchpen777]

Scam Baiters: Warosa Strikes Back

[@Misspol222]

I will be using "paperwork" as a verb from now on. "These forms need to be paperworked" "I can't hang out today, I'm paperworking" Instead of applying for a loan --> I'm paperworking for a loan

[@lizh1988]

Me too, just as long as it does not stress my intelligence! 😝😂🤣

[@jonathanrichards593]

Grammarian says "Stop verbing nouns!!!"

[@lizh1988]

@@jonathanrichards593 Me: allows Grammarian to live. 😅😂🤣

[@ketugrahagraha3673]

Perfect tenses are the best "I will have paperworked it by Tuesday" Hahahah! Priceless

[@SineN0mine3]

Paper and work are both verbs seperately I don't have a problem with this.

[@spottedleafgaming]

I have to share the pure irony that occurred yesterday. KZbin just happened to recommend one of your scambaiting videos to me a few days ago and I've been watching quite a few for the pure entertainment value. Yesterday morning, a scammer posed as one of my high school teachers (made a copy account) and messaged me through Facebook. I immediately recognized this as a scammer because 1) she was my English Literature teacher and the grammar in the email would have made her fume and 2) immediately upon searching for the company "she" was telling me about, it came up as a reported scam. I spent five hours deploying your tactics and had a lot of fun before the account was deleted. Before I started watching your videos, I'd block a scammer and report them. Instead, I was able to get screenshots and share to make sure mutual friends were not scammed. For that, you've earned my subscribe and support. Thank you for what you do, both educationally and for the entertainment value.

[@atomicdancer]

*John Warosa* (Japanese: ジョン・ワロサ) is an antagonist in Nintendo's "Barosa" series, designed as an arch-rival to John Barosa. He first appeared in the 1992 Game Boy game "Super Barosa Land 2," as the main antagonist and final boss. His name is a portmanteau of Barosa's name, and the Japanese word warui (悪い), meaning "bad." (source: Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia)

[@quondamreveries7258]

You, Atomic Shrimp, are diabolical. I am forever grateful that you are on our side, and not on the scammer’s.

[@Satire-yj9jq]

WTF?! ON OUR SIDE?! HTF IS A MAN WHO TELLS SCAMMERS THAT HE BAITS THEM ON OUR SIDE?!

[@Abby_Liu]

@@Satire-yj9jq this better be satire, 4977273.

[@AB-dm1wz]

@@Satire-yj9jq OK

[@Satire-yj9jq]

@@Abby_Liu READ THE USERNAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sisitmae]

@@Abby_Liu oh God this is gold. I have to read it twice to see the comma 🤣

[@veryblocky]

I’m surprised the scammer didn’t catch on to the out of office email, that was quite funny.

[@spectralumbra1568]

"Aren't you helping scammers to get better?" Flashbacks to "credible loan offer"

[@AtomicShrimp]

🤣

[@darrylsmith452]

@@AtomicShrimp I have a perplexing question. This video was published today, less than one hour ago, so how then is it possible for an account named as "Africa Everyday" to have posted two comments onto the thread of this video yesterday? Could it be that they are connected to the original John Warosa or John Barosa? Or maybe they are connected to the United Nations guys you are dealing with? If that is the case, then I completely understand how it would be possible for them to do that, because they would just use their diplomatic immunity to exempt them from the laws of physics and the natural passage of time, much in the same way that politicians are able to use their diplomatic immunity, to go about their daily business and lives without having to adhere to the same restrictions and lockdowns as the rest of the people of the world and without them having any fear of catching Covid, as their diplomatic immunity protects them against it. Space comma. What do you think?

[@byrnetdown6076]

@@darrylsmith452 i think he probably just had this video up earlier for channel members....

[@darrylsmith452]

@@byrnetdown6076 So you don't think it has anything to do with their diplomatic immunity that I mentioned then?..... Space comma.

[@lizh1988]

My intelligence is stressed.

[@aeleron0577]

"This picture is entirely pixels" - well, its not wrong

[@Thankedsphere99]

I have so much money disguised as Coins

[@MrAVFCJensen]

This is literally gold! It's like watching a con movie. Atomic Shrimp, if you ever read this, know that the content you create doesn't just help potential victims, but you also provide extremely fun and good content! Bless you 🙌

[@bradasstv]

Haha wow, that must've took a lot of work getting all those old clips! Well done sir!

[@AtomicShrimp]

Thanks - yeah, surprisingly hard to do when there's no searchable transcript, and you just want one specific word

[@bradasstv]

@@AtomicShrimp I bet! I have my degree in audio/video production and it was the first thing I noticed haha

[@carlosedwardos]

THE RESULTS OF MY INVESTIGATION on the whereabouts of John Barosa & John Warosa (recall, they work in the same office) - The Barosa surname is seen with some frequency in the countries of Philippines, Portugal, Brazil, USA, Mexico, Mauritius, Indonesia, Iran, France, and India. HOWEVER, the Warosa surname is far more rare, and only seen in the country of Indonesia. Therefore, the only country where these two hard working men could be co-located and working together, would be Indonesia. Mark this case SOLVED!

[@macntoshe8700]

You're a Genius!

[@the8thgemmer467]

Thanks but Indonesia is like 10% of the world so that’s not really helpful

[@sungodmoth]

@@the8thgemmer467 are you conflating Indonesia with India

[@the8thgemmer467]

@@sungodmoth no doesn’t Indonesia have the ninth largest population or something? I know India has the second. Perhaps my percentage is hyperbolical. Without googling, I’ll try to guess: India has about a billion, right? About 15%. So Indonesia, which is much lower (and I know this because I remember that after India and China there’s a steep decrease) would have something like 3%? I’ll google it rn. Edit: googled it, Indonesia is actually fourth, not ninth, I can’t believe I thought it was smaller than Bangladesh. But anyway, it does have 3% of the world population.

[@StarWarsomania]

The8th Gemmer That's somewhat disingenuous. Indonesia has a population of 270 million, compared to the US's opopulation of 330 million. But when someone says "they are probably American", literally nobody in the world responds with "that's still 4% of the world's population". The point is that they've been narrowed down to a country of origin.

[@nanonymous9139]

John Barosa: most elusive person on the Internet.

[@mrbarristerjohnbarosa8522]

Not really

[@RandomAllen]

@@mrbarristerjohnbarosa8522 John Barosa? I am finally rest assured. Did you know that John Warosa has been using your email? That would get me fired at my job!

[@nanonymous9139]

@@mrbarristerjohnbarosa8522 Imposter among us!

[@kordami28]

There is no such soul

[@andy4an]

"at this point, john warosa decided to double cross mert..." OMG, this is just brilliant! i love it when you bring additional parties in and create additional chaos and drama! was this always your plan from the beginning when you sent all these emails about the legacy fund? or was it a bit of inspiration later on?

[@AtomicShrimp]

I really play these things almost completely by ear. Occasionally, I have a general theme in mind regarding how I will behave (confused, angry, rambling, etc), and some favourite moves and phrases (CoinSquirt) but most of the detail just emerges as the process goes along.

[@AnnoyingSquib]

I also love that the scammers got greedy and tried scamming both person's. They had no idea what they were getting themselves into.

[@splendidcolors]

Improv for the win! @@AtomicShrimp

[@YFedecs]

"I am forbidden by law to break the law" The most german thing i've ever heard.

[@creativedesignation7880]

So true. It reminds me of an interview in with a german politician, who when asked about why the consumption of cannabis was forbidden simply stated: It is forbidden, because it is illegal.

[@williamwingo8952]

"Law and Order, that's what we need!" --German slogan, 1933.

[@LemonadeSandwich]

I love how the title has John Barosa but the thumbnail has John Warosa.

[@mimkyodar]

There is no soul like him

[@mrbarristerjohnbarosa8522]

Same person

[@chaossmith3864]

@@mrbarristerjohnbarosa8522 Wait I thought you were two different people who worked in the same office. I'm afraid I'm very confused and cannot be rest assured now.

[@anidnmeno]

@@mrbarristerjohnbarosa8522 i thought Barosa was Revina John

[@tokevarvaspolvi8999]

"I am forbidden by the law to break the law" is unquestionably one of my favorites. You should have had John call the scammer a small boy, though.

[@JLF201]

"You are stressing my intelligence" - I'll try to remember that one. I like it.

[@QuarterLizzy]

This is honestly like an Anime. The betrayal, reuniting, miscommunications.

[@SineN0mine3]

Yes anime invented betrayal and reuniting, before anime stories were just a long list of names and dates. It was really very boring.

[@grawa4278]

I just love how the UN is just sending all caps email at random internet guy to give them a box full of gold ingot. It is so dumb that I can't stop laughing.

[@MuchWhittering]

7:30 I always find it weird when scammers ask for payment in Bitcoin. I feel like anyone tech-savvy enough to know what Bitcoin is and how to use it would also probably be quite unlikely to fall for these scams. Hell, I don't even know how to pay for things in Bitcoin, so I don't know how the average scam victim is going to.

[@icturner23]

Yes, that’s always been my thought too. And if someone else asked a more tech-savvy person how to use bitcoin it would flag up the scam to the latter. Strange.

[@simongiles9749]

Besides, CoinSquirt and FundThrust are much more reliable.

[@asteroidrules]

Some scammers take advantage of victims not knowing what bitcoin is, I recall once seeing another scambaiter deal with a CRA (Canadian IRS) scammer who claimed that Bitcoin was a special form of tax payment processing. But it seems like the majority of scammers just deal with victims misunderstanding if it means it's harder for their transactions to be traced and blocked/reversed by authorities.

[@randomlinkage1058]

@@simongiles9749 Of course, their funds are glarded.

[@looker999997]

A tech-illiterate relative of mine got scammed for bitcoin, I guess they walk them through the process.

[@ricklepick9148]

I've been missing John Barosa. It's so nice to hear from John Warosa again!

[@mrbarristerjohnbarosa8522]

Always great to see him in the scam videos!

[@bergerheisen9903]

I like the fact that he said 50 kilogramme box and send a picture of half a ton of gold

[@pigcow7744]

"Because, tomorrow is better than today for something someone wanted last week." Procrastination in its finest.

[@sonichero]

Space Comma; Boldly going where no punctuation has been before

[@MrDbrennen]

John Barosa: Resurrection - I would watch this movie

[@mrbarristerjohnbarosa8522]

In theaters this summer!

[@teddythegod1919]

I have never been this early. It feels like a scam.

[@surelyyeah]

Had the same fcc feeling about it😂

[@relser187]

“I am forbidden by law to break the law” is perhaps the best troll email sent to a scammer ever haha

[@aliaqarahimi5410]

This was one of your most complex, and entertainingly effective scambaiting scenarios, creating a second entity which directly disrupts the scam by creating a whole new set of claims based on presuppositions which the scammer has to agree. Great!

[@nerdprjncessshortsandstrea7843]

Another point on the helping scammers improve: for someone to improve at a skill they need feedback about whether what they are doing is effective or not. But when scambaiting nothing the scammer does has a significant impact on the result. At worst, it helps them identify scambaiters, but obviously stopping scambaiting would do far more to help the scammers than helping them identify scambaiters would.

[@ianhawkins4979]

What do you imply? What action do you advise?

[@andrewp8284]

@@ianhawkins4979 contact Barrister Mohammad Hassan. There is no one like Mr. Barrister John Warosa there is only Mohammad Hassan.

[@ianhawkins4979]

@@andrewp8284 You know Mohammad? How is he this days?

[@Satire-yj9jq]

WTF ARE YOU TRYING TO WRITE?!

[@middleeastern5796]

@@Satire-yj9jq @Satire4977273 lol I know right? He kinda starts off making some sense but by the end of the paragraph I think he had a stroke or something.

[@blobtuna236]

John's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Legal and Risk Free OK?

[@Eisenwulf666]

The box is unopenable !

[@blobtuna236]

@@Eisenwulf666 I mean, it's a gold plated box so what do you expect

[@NitroNinja324]

Lest we forget Small boy Crusaders?

[@oz_jones]

Ok

[@blobtuna236]

Let's also not forget Part 5: Golden-Plated Box

[@infinitelybanta]

So, I was trying to remember what film franchises used the "Resurrection" subtitle for a sequel... two biggest are Halloween and Alien, which frankly have a lot of broad brushstrokes with this John Warosa property (dare I say "legacy"). Both franchises rely on mostly recycling the plot from the original, Halloween especially likes to ignore continuity and reset the characters. So, using that as a guide, the next John Barosa video should be either a full reboot of the first video, a crossover episode with another scambaiter, or a special effects extravaganza that ends up posing questions about the origin of humanity that it doesn't satisfactorily answer and then gets somewhat reconned in the subsequent video.

[@iKadaj]

I think we should go with Alien Resurrection. John Warosa is John Barosa's clone.

[@stonehenge55]

I do a bit of scam baiting or just playing along with them in my free time for fun. I love it when they say "stop stressing me" when you ask them simple logical questions.

[@williamwilshere3251]

In terms of the benefits of scambaiting - even just what you covered in this video - you must have taken up many hours of this scammer's time, with him/her constructing long bespoke emails specific to the John Barosa situation. All of this time taken from the scammers is time they can't use to scam someone who may fall for it. For each scambaiting video you could be saving tens of thousands of dollars from being scammed off others. Great content Atomic Shrimp, thanks.

[@Satire-yj9jq]

AND THEN HE RUINED IT ALL BY TELLING THEM HE WAS BAITING THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF IS THE POINT OF TELLING SCAMMERS YOU ARE BAITING THEM?!

[@Rick-zw9kp]

@@Satire-yj9jq to let them know that you are laughing at how much they suck

[@SUPABROS]

@@Satire-yj9jq dude that just means they'll be impatient against victims that question, meaning somebody could be prevented, also its pretty obvious when they leave you when they melt down

[@Satire-yj9jq]

@@SUPABROS IMPATIENT?! IMPATIENT?! YEAH RIGHT, SHILLBOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SUPABROS]

@@Satire-yj9jq you are the shillbot for the scsmmers here, and that's never a good thing

[@manrisakirisame3505]

Disguising money as gold? This Barosa fellow is a Genius!

[@Not-TheOne]

"space coma", they must be flat eathers too!

[@Jehannum2000]

Conspiracy Catz!

[@Not-TheOne]

@@Jehannum2000 hahaha, a man of culture I see :D

[@Encysted]

If you ever start a Patreon, it will technically be the John Barosa Legacy Fund.

[@TheCarbonatedMan]

As great as the rest of the video is, I would just like to say the editing done to create the whole "No Space Before Comma" PSA was amazing. Absolute work of art right there.

[@africa_everyday]

They usually have a helper in turkey,whom will collect a share and send the rest to them thru bitcoin.

[@luminaletten9999]

I'm from turkey and I had no idea about this. It sucks.

[@jinn8465]

Hello Babatunde! :D (Edit: Ayye, he replied! Didn't expect that. :D)

[@africa_everyday]

@@jinn8465 hi Jinn.

[@nichl474]

*who

[@h_rmless]

I love the little “no space before comma” bit lol. Amazing vid as always

[@andrerenault]

Whenever they say "you are not serious" there must be a way to grovel and say they're right, you're not serious enough, you're really sorry etc but you want to do better...

[@GlasgowGallus]

Mate, the top of my head would have burst into flames long ago... Hats off to you chum, you got the patience of a Saint... 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@karentjuhh101]

I love how they start typing in capitals when they get annoyed

[@calvinscarvings.66]

Honestly you have definitely helped raise awareness of scams as I know I probably won't fall for these (because I would ask my parents even if I did think it was real) but I think you stopped dozens of people from being scammed. So keep on doing this!

[@iKadaj]

but the parents have to be aware of what's really going on so they don't just say "this is grown-up business, i'll take care of it" and go off and get scammed themselves through an email their kid got

[@henningerhenningstone691]

This story has such a solid plot I'm starting to believe the box is actually real, so immersive! And what a cliffhanger, can't wait for the next episode to be aired. Wonder what the scammer must have thought when John Barosa came into play all of a sudden, the man, the legend, the owner of *the box* himself! This needs to be made into a screenplay "" The Barosa Box "". Who will win and get the box in the end? The rightful owner of at least the box - probably not the money inside it - or his former partner in crime who thought John dead for so long? Oh and we need a prequel "Barosa - Legacy" that tells how John came about that money, why it's disguised as gold bars and how he subsequently lost his box. Just imagine, John and Mert pulling off a heist and storing the yield in this box, then John fakes his death so he can go underground and off with the box. Through an unlucky situation he loses the box though and the United Nation™ takes possession of it, who can't figure out what to do with it so they email a random beneficiary... who coincidentally happens to be John's former partner in crime. This brings the two back together, but now the race is on because they both want to take the box for themselves. However, what none of them noticed: The United Nation™'s email to Merten might not have been all that random, because actually they are acting on behalf of the FBI (as given away in the mail shown at 24:40) who want their information-s to catch both Barosa and Snerden so they can finally close the Warosa case once and for all. ...will they make it? Or will they get caught? This and more, next time on ShrimpTV!

[@francreeps4509]

Already a better film than most of modern Hollywood

[@lunab541]

I can definitely see a comedy of errors type play where a criminal tries to sell a box saying it's full of gold to two dumb friends but every time he makes up a character the real person shows up and he tries to scam them too, and each one of them has a different way to make things more difficult.

[@DerPylz]

Your FAQs are becoming my favourite part of your scambaiting videos. They are very informative, thanks so much!

[@raine6813]

idea: in a future scambaiting video try pretending as though youve never made an online transaction in your life and you need to get the scammer to walk you through each step in detail, you could come up with excuses like "whoops i think i sent the fee to the wrong person" or something like that

[@Darkness2179]

The mad man has done it. Now you own legitimate certificates for both John Warosa and Barosa. Bravo.

[@LinoWalker]

[Scambaiting Ideas]: 1. Next time they talk about a 50 kg box, say you have a hernia, and can't lift heavy objects. Tell them you've hired someone to carry it for you, but you can't afford to pay them. 2. Next time they ask for Bitcoin payment, ask them why an institution such as the UN (or whatever they're pretending they are) would accept Bitcoin. Try to get them into a compex discussion about crypto currency

[@circuit10]

Though for the second one if you seem too savvy about that sort of thing they might not see you as an easy victim and give up

[@jackfroste]

My favorite fictional character is back : John Barosa (and also John Warosa)!

[@mrbarristerjohnbarosa8522]

Mine too!

[@TRAYVONN_]

"right now you are stressing my intelligence" imma start usin that

[@Katie-zs1uj]

"I am forbidden by law to break the law." This man is the Oscar Wilde of our time and I am so here for it.

[@naturaljoe759]

I can’t remember ever dealing with a legitimate enterprise that commented on my “seriousness”, even if it was just wandering through a car lot kicking tires. I just find it funny how that is such a concern (read: pressuring tool) of all these scammers.

[@randomcat5262]

Suddenly got a great idea. when they say fee cannot be deducted from the fund, try to deduct the fund from the fee. Confuse them

[@randomcat5262]

or present it as either or: if you cannot do fee from fund, you MUST be able to do fund from fee, right?

[@AtomicShrimp]

This is perhaps the best suggestion I've seen in the comments on this series. I'm not kidding - most of the suggestions I get are stuff that would just end the discussion, but this one is exactly my kind of nonsense!

[@thatguyintherain3168]

Every time you miss a deadline, a puppy is born.

[@SineN0mine3]

When it's your job to provide canine contraceptives

[@Yem17]

The 419 Cinematic Universe, so many characters, so many crossovers.

[@adamwalker9796]

For what it's worth, the 419 Cinematic Universe seems to KISS a lot more.

[@hannessahlsten9300]

This video was making me tear my hair off. I imagine the scammers had a similar experience when dealing with John as I do when dealing with my grandma.

[@ericmarley7060]

"John Barosa" "Cheers John W" I love the continuity.

[@DeadMeat991]

Ace Attorney: John Barosa Chronicles.

[@RandomAllen]

It's John Warosa. John Barosa just uses his email sometimes.

[@ilonachan]

nice

[@DeadMeat991]

@@RandomAllen Oh, right.

[@lenarratorsocietyofsuperio2731]

shouldn't the name be in front of "Ace Attorney"?

[@DeadMeat991]

@@lenarratorsocietyofsuperio2731 Um, it's because it's a spin-off.

[@huggablecat9456]

I love when you call them a small boy, can you do this more please? It’s hilarious. thanks

[@splendidcolors]

When they start out saying they are "not a small boy" this just makes me more convinced it's three small boys in a trenchcoat playing hooky to run scams from an internet café.

[@thomasnolastname8734]

Once you accept the truth, you will be able to manipulate the gold What is the truth, you ask There is no gold

[@OfficialMusicalLemon]

"Just do your best - it might not be easy, but you will never regret it" - oddly wholesome and positive advice from the scammer?

[@marten2857]

I loved the vintage “no space before comma” montage , great work!

[@RaunienTheFirst]

"I am forbidden by law to break the law" well, aren't we all.

[@mutated__donkey5840]

Ok ancom.

[@RaunienTheFirst]

@@mutated__donkey5840 what's your point?

[@mutated__donkey5840]

@@RaunienTheFirst anarchy

[@basedropeist6617]

@@RaunienTheFirst You seem to be a libertarian communist, lol.

[@RaunienTheFirst]

@@basedropeist6617 chadyes.jpg

[@rre9121]

15:19 additionally it lets them know that there are people hunting them. There are people out there just with the intention of messing their operation up. Either in a tiny way, like me insisting that this call is about my car's extended warranty (this one threw them for a loop) instead of a 0% interest rate deal for my credit cards.