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* SpySpeak: In one episode James convinces the scammer to use a secret code that replaces words like lawyer and bank with candy related terms. The result?
** "The business is on. I am trying to raise the balance for the gummy bear so he can submit all the needed fizzy cola bottle jelly beans to the cream egg for the peanut M&Ms process to start. Send $1,500 via a giant gummy lizard."
** "The business is on. I am trying to raise the balance for the gummy bear so he can submit all the needed fizzy cola bottle jelly beans to the cream egg for the peanut M&Ms process to start. Send $1,500 via a giant gummy lizard."
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* SpySpeak: In one episode episode, James convinces the scammer to use a secret code that replaces words like lawyer "lawyer" and bank "bank" with candy related candy-related terms. The result?
** "The -->The business is on. I am trying to raise the balance for the gummy bear so he can submit all the needed fizzy cola bottle jelly beans to the cream egg for the peanut M&Ms process to start. Send $1,500 via a giant gummy lizard."
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** "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments The business is on. I am trying to raise the balance for the gummy bear so he can submit all the needed fizzy cola bottle jelly beans to the cream egg for the peanut M&Ms process to start. Send $1,500 via a giant gummy lizard.]]"
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** "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments The "The business is on. I am trying to raise the balance for the gummy bear so he can submit all the needed fizzy cola bottle jelly beans to the cream egg for the peanut M&Ms process to start. Send $1,500 via a giant gummy lizard.]]""
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The videos were originally on ''Mashable'' but now are on James's official YouTube page.
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The videos were originally on ''Mashable'' but now are on James's official YouTube [=YouTube=] page.
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* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: In ''Poison'', James advises the scammer to switch plates with his wife in case she's trying to poison him, and then changes his mind because the wife would anticipate them switching the plates and poison hers instead. Later he concludes that she would've anticipated that too, so they should switch the plates after all.
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* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: In ''Poison'', James advises the scammer to [[PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo switch plates with his wife in case she's trying to poison him, him]], and then changes his mind because the wife would anticipate them switching the plates and poison hers instead. Later he concludes that she would've anticipated that too, so they should switch the plates after all.
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The videos were originally on ''Mashable'' but now are on James's official YouTube page.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: This crops up on occasion. Princess Mina states that "my body is healthy, with no diseases in my body", and that "my late father is now dead".
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: This crops up on occasion.occasion, due to the scammers’ poor grasp on the English language. Princess Mina states that "my body is healthy, with no diseases in my body", and that "my late father is now dead".
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* CuteButCacophonic: James mentions his plans to bring three small dogs with him while he stays at one scammers house.
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* CuteButCacophonic: Implied in ''Hong Kong'', when James mentions his plans to bring three small dogs with him while he stays at one scammers house.
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* RunningGag: James regularly turns around "investment offers" to hummus.
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** "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny The business is on. I am trying to raise the balance for the gummy bear so he can submit all the needed fizzy cola bottle jelly beans to the cream egg for the peanut M&Ms process to start. Send $1,500 via a giant gummy lizard.]]"
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** "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments The business is on. I am trying to raise the balance for the gummy bear so he can submit all the needed fizzy cola bottle jelly beans to the cream egg for the peanut M&Ms process to start. Send $1,500 via a giant gummy lizard.]]"
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* FourOneNineScam
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* FourOneNineScamFourOneNineScam: The show is about James's responses to such scams.
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* VisualPun: Common in James's use of graphics.
** In "Gold", he claims it's "not the first time [he's] shipped bullion", accompanied by an image of himself standing on a pirate ship.
** In "Gold", he claims it's "not the first time [he's] shipped bullion", accompanied by an image of himself standing on a pirate ship.
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->''I'm James Veitch. I get a ton of scam e-mails. But instead of deleting them, I decided to hit reply.''
-->-- '''James Veitch''', opening of every episode.
-->-- '''James Veitch''', opening of every episode.
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* ItAmusedMe: As given in his [=TED=] talks on the subject, this is half the reason why James keeps replying to obvious scams. (The other is that [[GuileHero instead of scamming other gullible marks, they're wasting time responding to him]]).
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* SpySpeak: In one episode James convinces the scammer to use a secret code that replaces words like lawyer and bank with candy related terms.
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* SpySpeak: In one episode James convinces the scammer to use a secret code that replaces words like lawyer and bank with candy related terms. The result?
** "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny The business is on. I am trying to raise the balance for the gummy bear so he can submit all the needed fizzy cola bottle jelly beans to the cream egg for the peanut M&Ms process to start. Send $1,500 via a giant gummy lizard.]]"
** "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny The business is on. I am trying to raise the balance for the gummy bear so he can submit all the needed fizzy cola bottle jelly beans to the cream egg for the peanut M&Ms process to start. Send $1,500 via a giant gummy lizard.]]"
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* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The scammers make spelling and grammar mistakes all the time, so naturally this one crops up. One scammer is supposedly dying from 'cancer of the lever'.
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* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The scammers make spelling and grammar mistakes all the time, so naturally this one crops up. One scammer is supposedly dying from 'cancer of the lever'. He later 'passes out'.
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* BankToaster: The episode ''Toaster'' is about James claiming that the bank account the scammer wants him to set up has a free toaster promotion going on, and insisting on getting his toaster.
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* FourOneNineScam
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''Scamalot'' is a series of comedy videos from Mashable, chronicling some of the email conversations James Veitch has had with scammers. He pretends to fall the scams in order to annoy them with his antics and waste their time.
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''Scamalot'' is a series of comedy videos from Mashable, chronicling some of the email conversations that comedian James Veitch has had with scammers. He pretends to fall for the scams in order to annoy them with his antics and waste their time.
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* SchmuckBait: Note: This transaction is 100% risk-free, and [[RougeAnglesOfSatin dose]] not attract any attention.
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* SchmuckBait: Note: This transaction is 100% risk-free, and [[RougeAnglesOfSatin dose]] dose not attract attracts]] any attention.danger.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: This crops up on occasion. Princess Mina states that "my body is healthy, with no diseases in my body", and that "my late father is now dead".
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* NotActuallyTheUltimateQuestion: James gives one scammer the phone number of a bank when asked to provide his own. This leads to bank warning scammer that James may not be real. When the scammer demands that James proves that he is real, James decides to take this as an existential question.
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** One of James' proposals in ''Snail Farm'' is to set up the farm like the park in Franchise/JurassicPark, to prevent a snail outbreak.
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* BoldInflation: One scammer describes a book he hasn't read as being very '''sensitive''' and '''passionate'''.
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* BoldInflation: One scammer describes a nonexistent book he hasn't read as being very '''sensitive''' and '''passionate'''.
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* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The scammers make spelling and grammar mistakes all the time.
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* NoLongerWithUs: The inverted form of this crops up in ''Toaster'' when James claims to not realize that 'leaving this world soon' meant 'is dying'.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The scammers make spelling and grammar mistakes all thetime.
time, so naturally this one crops up. One scammer is supposedly dying from 'cancer of the lever'.
* SchmuckBait: Note: This transaction is 100% risk-free, anddose [[RougeAnglesOfSatin dose]] not attract any attention.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The scammers make spelling and grammar mistakes all the
* SchmuckBait: Note: This transaction is 100% risk-free, and
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* TwoFirstNames: Mary Gary. James acts as if Mary and Gary are two different people.
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* TwoFirstNames: Mary Gary. James acts as if Mary and Gary are two different people.people, much to her frustration.
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* BoldInflation: One scammer describes a book he hasn't read as being very '''sensitive''' and '''passionate'''.
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* LetsJustBeFriends: When James breaks up with Mina, he assures her that she'll always have a frined[[superscript:sic]] in him.
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** The ''China Jewel Corp'' episode involves James hiring secretaries named Film/ThelmaAndLouise, who later storm off and go on a crazy road trip.
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** The ''China Jewel Jewelry Corp'' episode involves James hiring secretaries named Film/ThelmaAndLouise, who later storm off and go on a crazy road trip.
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* Shoutout:
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* Shoutout:ShoutOut:
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* CallBack: In ''Mary Gary'', James mentions that there wouldn't be enough room in his apartment for ancient graphic art, unless he got rid of the toaster he was obsessed with getting in the episode ''Toaster''.
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* EvilUncle: Princess Mina has one of these. He masterminded the deaths of her parents and brother.
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** The line "We'll always have Paris", from Film/{{Casablanca}} is referenced in the episode ''Poem''.
** James advises Mina, from the episode ''Princess'' to put on a play like the one from Theatre/{{Hamlet}}.
** The ''China Jewel Corp'' episode involves James hiring secretaries named Film/ThelmaAndLouise, who later storm off and go on a crazy road trip.
** The line "We'll always have Paris", from Film/{{Casablanca}} is referenced in the episode ''Poem''.
** James advises Mina, from the episode ''Princess'' to put on a play like the one from Theatre/{{Hamlet}}.
** The ''China Jewel Corp'' episode involves James hiring secretaries named Film/ThelmaAndLouise, who later storm off and go on a crazy road trip.
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* TwoFirstNames: Mary Gary. James acts as if Mary and Gary are two different people.
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* SchmuckBait: Note: This transaction is %100 risk-free, and dose not attract any attention.
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''Scamalot'' is a series of comedy videos from Mashable, chronicling some of the email conversations James Veitch has had with scammers. He pretends to fall the scams in order to annoy them with his antics and waste their time.
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!!This show contains examples of the following tropes:
*CuteButCacophonic: James mentions his plans to bring three small dogs with him while he stays at one scammers house.
*IKnowYouKnowIKnow: In ''Poison'', James advises the scammer to switch plates with his wife in case she's trying to poison him, and then changes his mind because the wife would anticipate them switching the plates and poison hers instead. Later he concludes that she would've anticipated that too, so they should switch the plates after all.
*RougeAnglesOfSatin: The scammers make spelling and grammar mistakes all the time.
*SchmuckBait: Note: This transaction is %100 risk-free, and dose not attract any attention.
*SpySpeak: In one episode James convinces the scammer to use a secret code that replaces words like lawyer and bank with candy related terms.
*TooManyHalves: In the episode ''Mary Gary'', James proposes the following split to a scammer named Mary Gary: Mary 40%, James 70%, Charity 20%, Charlie 1/5, James 20%, and Gary 35%. Mary Gary's only objection to this?
--->'''Mary Gary:''' You put yourself twice.
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!!This show contains examples of the following tropes:
*CuteButCacophonic: James mentions his plans to bring three small dogs with him while he stays at one scammers house.
*IKnowYouKnowIKnow: In ''Poison'', James advises the scammer to switch plates with his wife in case she's trying to poison him, and then changes his mind because the wife would anticipate them switching the plates and poison hers instead. Later he concludes that she would've anticipated that too, so they should switch the plates after all.
*RougeAnglesOfSatin: The scammers make spelling and grammar mistakes all the time.
*SchmuckBait: Note: This transaction is %100 risk-free, and dose not attract any attention.
*SpySpeak: In one episode James convinces the scammer to use a secret code that replaces words like lawyer and bank with candy related terms.
*TooManyHalves: In the episode ''Mary Gary'', James proposes the following split to a scammer named Mary Gary: Mary 40%, James 70%, Charity 20%, Charlie 1/5, James 20%, and Gary 35%. Mary Gary's only objection to this?
--->'''Mary Gary:''' You put yourself twice.
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