Baiting the Bots - an Investigation of the Ubiquitous YouTube Spambots

I previously looked at some of the bot comments on KZbin promoting bitcoin investment scams. In this video, I'll try baiting the scammers behind them.
Intro and outro music was composed by Eric Castiglia: / supercast
In case you have questions about my scambaiting videos or efforts, you might find the answer below:
Why are the scams so badly written? (Also do stupid people deserve to be scammed?) - • I'm Just Mad About SAF...
Why do the scammers ask for personal details (that they don't seem to use)? - • A Little Nonsense Now ...
Why don't you scam the scammers? - • John Warosa: Redemptio...
Are you helping scammers to get better at scamming? - • John Barosa: Resurrect...
Why not tell the scammers to deduct the fee from the prize? - • The John Warosa Legacy...
Who is John Warosa/Barosa? - • The John Warosa Legacy...
Did you steal your script, or steal or the idea of scambaiting from someone else? • OK There Is An Imposto...
Why don't you make more/only scambaiting videos? • OK Let's Cross The Str...
If the scammers want Steam/Google Play/iTunes cards, are they kids/gamers? • Let's Create One Big U...
Can I send you scam emails for you to bait? • Let's Try Continual De...
How can I get started scambaiting? • John Barosa Rides Agai...
Why do you blur the scammers' email addresses? • Making A Nuisance Of M...
Why don't you read the scammer's emails in an Indian Accent? • Let's Get Wholesome Wi...
Why don't you report these scammers to the police? • Let's Try A Series Of ...
Are these stories real? • The Scammers Who Dumpe...
How do people even fall for scams? • The Scammers Who Dumpe...
How safe is scambaiting? • OK - Let's Try Speedru...
How do you Receive so many scam emails? • The Least Credible Sca...
Aren't you just wasting your time? • The Surprising Return ...

[@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 😎😎😎😎

[@arkle519]

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

[@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?

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@sandraswan9008]

@@bucc2742 whatchu mean, this is hilarious

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@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

[@denvera1g1]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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?

[@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

[@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?

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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?

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@doge5603]

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

[@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!"

[@danielleanderson6371]

I doubt KZbin is willing to invest resources in what they probably consider to be a small issue. Stopping old ladies from getting scammed doesn't make KZbin more money, after all.

[@Robutube1]

Danielle - you said this more succinctly (and sooner!) than I did 😁👍.

[@antlerman7644]

Sadly true, the cooperate world is a nasty place.

[@trog871]

But that's less money they could be spending on YT Premium and movies and the like...

[@SuperEggsNBacon]

@@trog871 yes,but those can make them money

[@osakabehime1506]

@@antlerman7644 Only when the advertisers see it as a problem, KZbin begins to act. Whether or not they act correctly is up to chance. You saw that right before the adpocalypse, when advertisers started to withdraw from KZbin for completely ignoring the child predator problem on their platform. KZbin acted swiftly, and made sure channels who used swear words would get demonetized.

[@amefernorchid]

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?

[@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!

[@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!😂

[@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

[@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 */

[@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.

[@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.

[@beastcameron1238]

@@rrxyzrr 😂😂😂not bad, kid

[@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.

[@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

[@mVic8]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@screwyourhandle]

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.

[@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??

[@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

[@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.

[@Cynwale]

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

[@TheOppaiLord]

@@Cynwale 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.

[@Cynwale]

@@TheOppaiLord Okay romance lover.

[@mohammadsaleh1998]

When u make a character with 20 int and 8 wisdom

[@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

[@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

[@theTweak0284]

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

[@BostonBlues]

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

[@nnamdichukura9521]

The soul called Mr Barrister John Warosa

[@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

[@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

[@robmckennie4203]

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

[@js66613]

"You killed her... to death."

[@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

[@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.

[@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 :)

[@maripaws]

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

[@Snazzysneferu]

"You mean like red string?" The Atomic Shrimp lore runs deep

[@b0yagain]

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.

[@b0yagain]

@@MysteriumArcanum😂😂😂

[@Ottoow06]

Don't forget Kitboga!

[@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.

[@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 !

[@DoctorDex]

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

[@AverageUnknownMain]

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

[@TakeWalker]

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

[@SCMabridged]

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

[@carter7944]

I guess you can say he's a master baiter

[@user-S853]

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

[@blobtuna236]

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

[@user-ix2tc4yb6v]

..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 😂

[@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

[@Funcijej]

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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@RoffleMahWaffle]

I almost lost it when you said the soldiers name was John warosa 😂

[@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

[@satopika]

Today is a good day, as Atomic Shrimp has uploaded

[@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.

[@Flaqqitoo]

nowadays you see bots that say things like "FINALLY its here (link)" "Dont read my name..."

[@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.

[@Espeo]

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

[@fourteen-steps9434]

I lost it at the frozen uncle bit, still perfectly deadpan XD

[@matthewrease2376]

Ah yes, the tool of all elite hackers, command prompt on *Windows* lmao

[@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

[@anonuser9367]

Literally half way through watching my mobile rings and its a scam caller. I asked if I could call them back when I had finished watching a scambaiting video.

[@amonynous9041]

I'm crying, this channel is a goldmine.

[@j.j.714]

“Instagram officials if you’re reading this, please stop we want to talk private” “Alright then” I’m hollering 💀💀💀

[@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

[@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!

[@edwardkellog8190]

Was not expecting a reservoir dogs reference in this 😂

[@sartajkhan6175]

Ultimate Video man! And one scammer asked me to do 1000$ investment and he promised me that he would trade on my behalf and would give me 10000$ to 15000$ in just 2 days. I said "wow! Then why don't you trade for yourself instead of getting 20% commission by doing trades for others"? Then he had no answer for this question.

[@AtomicShrimp]

Yeah, that's the flaw in get-rich-quick schemes that I wish would be glaringly obvious to everyone. If they have a scheme that is guaranteed to multiply money in a short time, they do not need other people to invest. If you have a scheme that doubles money every day, start with a penny, reinvesting your earnings and in less than 2 months, you have literally *all the money in the world.*

[@theoofer478]

@@AtomicShrimp I think I know why most of the scammers who message you are from West Africa and Nigeria. It is actually commended and appreciated to be corrupt in those regions. I know this because I am from Africa.

[@Tangowastaken]

“I think I need a grown man for this” Dead.

[@breatharian2009]

And the word of the day is "shibboleth" courtesy of Atomic Shrimp!

[@Speed001]

"What is Shibboleth and how does it work? Shibboleth is a single sign-on log-in system for computer networks and the Internet. It allows people to sign in using just one identity to various systems run by federations of different organizations or institutions."

[@likebot.]

What is a shibboleth? It's the _original_ code.

[@irresistablejewel]

@@Speed001 In this context: "shibboleth" is a word, or phrase, that identifies members of the same group; sometimes used to identify who isn't in the group (by the way it's pronounced). In WW2 the allies would often use passwords with a W, because Germans pronounce that more as a V. At one point, in biblical times if you pronounced Shibboleth... Sibboleth then you were identified as the enemy and killed.

[@Speed001]

@@irresistablejewel Intersting, I was only familiar with the company.

[@Fukiyel]

Nice video but... I still don’t understand why he burned that woman..... 🧐

[@merseyviking]

When he was reading out the conversations, I could hear a touch of James Veitch in his voice...

[@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