Scambait Central

Scambait Central is an English YouTuber who specializes in ethically scambaiting advance fee fraud scammers, also known as 419 scammers, usually based in West Africa. 
Under the persona of Pricky Queerhouse, he communicates with scammers via the emails sent by them pretending to be a victim, keeping them away from actual victims. Eventually, he gains their trust in order to communicate with them on phone in order to further bait them, agreeing to send the money asked by the scammer, and eventually frustrate the scammer for entertainment using other members of his team as characters.
==Format==
In all of Scambait Central's content, all characters played by the Scambait Central team, and the companies and institutions used such as money transfer services and banks are all fictitious in order to create a plausible scenario for the scammer (a real person) to believe in. In addition to this, the payment and any goods for the scammer is also fictitious, meaning that the scammer will be left without a payment.
Most of Scambait Central's videos focuses on the highlights of calls with the scammers, mainly the behavior and reactions of the scammers in fictional scenarios made by Mr Pricky and his team, such as sending the money for the payment asked by the scammer to a money transfer outlet. However, a problem always happens whenever Mr Pricky tries to fulfill the scammer's wishes, such as the clerk of the money transfer outlet knowing that the payment is going towards a scam and wanting a cut of the money or network issues preventing the scammer from obtaining the payment number so the scammer can collect the money, much to the scammer's frustrations. 
Scambait Central's live streams consists of real-time, full calls to a number scammers. Each call to a scammer consists of the initial "city call" to the scammer confirming that Mr Pricky is (falsely) travelling to the city; mainly Plymouth in the United Kingdom based on the scammer's wishes. Next, Mr Pricky will call the scammer confirming that he has (also falsely) arrived at the location such as a money transfer outlet where a different scenario plays out depending on the scammer's agreement. Between each call, Mr Pricky and his team plan how a scenario should play out, as well as discussing about various topics on personal life.
===Types of Live Streams===
Scambait Central hosts multiple live streams a month with different variants. Each variant has a different intention and usually a different set of SBC team members.
* Regular Live Stream: These live streams consists of about a dozen of scammers lined up to be called. The scammers can consist of new scammers convinced by Mr Pricky to be called or previously called scammers to continue the scenario from a previous stream. 
* Mop Up Live Stream: These live streams are a continuation of a regular live stream, focusing on scammers who have previously failed to pick up or be coherently heard in a regular live stream. It can also consist of previously called scammers intended to continue the scenario from a previous stream.
* Surprise Live Stream: These live streams are not publicized by the SBC team on social media, intended to reward subscribers, channel members, and patrons for supporting the channel. The scammers can consist of new scammers convinced by Mr Pricky to be called or previously called scammers to continue the scenario from a previous stream. 
* Safari Live Stream: These live streams focuses on one scammer or an associate of a scammer that was sent on a safari (sending a scammer/associate of a scammer 200 miles in any direction or across an international border in another country) to a specified public place in front of a live webcam to meet Mr Pricky in person for the payment of a scam. The individual will stand around in the specified area, usually for a couple of hours, where Mr Pricky will call the individual ensuring he will be falsely arriving soon.
* Harvesting Live Stream: These live streams focuses on harvesting sessions; making calls to scammers to prepare them for an actual live stream by confirming that Mr Pricky will schedule an arrangement with the scammer on a certain date, and discussing about an issue with the deal between the two such as an unwanted third party intervening with the transaction. These streams are smaller and exclusive to channel members, patrons, and special guests as a reward for supporting the channel.
==Scenarios==
Scambait Central utilizes a number of crafted scenarios to maximize the frustration and anger from the scammers being called and the entertainment value from the scammer. A number of these scenarios are fictional, such as Mr Pricky smoking Indian Hemp.
This table is a dynamic table, meaning that the contents of this table may be subject to change at any time, and may not be always complete. Scambait Central team members always find new scenarios to waste the time and energy of scammers and maintain entertainment value.
Scenario 	Description
Outlet Chop 	A scenario which involves the crooked money transfer outlet clerk taking most/all of the payment intended for the scammer. Mr Pricky gives the phone to the money transfer outlet clerk for a certain issue that needs to be settled (e.g. currency issues), in which Mr Pricky will leave the outlet and the clerk will tell the scammer that he/she knows it is a scam and will ask for a cut of the money.
Akinboboye Style Chop 	A variation of the clerk chop where the clerk lies to Mr Pricky that the money has been sent and the receipt was shredded for security purposes. In reality, the clerk has taken all the money for him/herself, much to the scammer's frustrations.
Third Party Scammer Chop 	A scenario where the intended payment for the scammer goes to a fictional scammer, instead of the actual scammer. Mr Pricky will confirm that he has sent the money and reads out set of details different from what the scammer has given to Mr Pricky.
Network Sounds 	A scenario where an individual attempts to read out the payment number, only for fake network issue sounds such as beeping from a soundboard or voice morphing playing over the last few digits of the number.
Indian Hemp 	A scenario where Mr Pricky after smoking cannabis attempts to read out the payment number. Under the influence of the drug, Mr Pricky acts unruly and will cough or fart right before he can finish calling the last few digits of the number.
Manager Investigation 	A scenario where the fictional manager of the money transfer outlet is called to deal with a dispute with the clerk and Mr Pricky and the scammer. Usually the manager is as crooked as the clerk and will join on the clerk's side of the dispute.
Police Investigation 	A scenario where a fictional member of a law enforcement agency such as the local police force or a regional police force is called to deal with a dispute between the money transfer outlet's staff and Mr Pricky and the scammer.
Brown Envelope Bribe 	A scenario where the accused money transfer outlet staff bribes the individual investigating the issue with money inside a brown envelope to turn a blind eye on the issue.
Conference Call 	A scenario where Mr Pricky pits two actual scammers in the same call, resulting in confusion and eventual fighting.
Kofi Mensah Conference Call 	A scenario where Mr Pricky receives a fake incoming call from Barrister Kofi Mensah; a fake scammer played by a member of the Scambait Central team and puts them both in a conference call. This usually plays after a chop.
Randy Tom Soundboard 	A scenario where Mr Pricky utilizes the Randy Tom Soundboard; a collection of lines from previous scammers he has called in the past. Most of the lines are insults, which results in the scammer fighting with the soundboard, thinking the soundboard is an actual person.
Money Transfer Payment Number Automated System	A scenario where the clerk of the money transfer outlet transfers the call to a fake automated system that automatically reads out the payment number. The system will always have glitches, such as not understanding the scammer's responses the first time, and the payment number being read out in Spanish, despite choosing English.
Christian Prayer 	A scenario where the scammer is involved in a prayer session, usually for something obscure such as relieving someone of their bad habits, followed by being forced to sing a hymn such as Rock of Ages out loud.
Exorcism 	A scenario where the scammer is involved in Mr Pricky's fake exorcism to remove a bad omen set upon as a result of black magic.
Fake Outlet 	A scenario where the clerk of the outlet claims that the money transfer outlet is fake and is a front to steal money from unsuspecting customers thinking it a genuine business. Most of the time, the staff of the fake outlet will attempt to flee with the money.
Security Questions 	A scenario where the clerk of a fictional money transfer outlet is required to ask several security questions to the scammer in order to proceed with the money transfer. The questions can be surreal, uncomfortable, or offensive for entertainment value.
Consignment Bait 	A very rare scenario where a fictional package containing goods based on the scammer's wishes is sent to the address of provided by the scammer. The consignment will always run into issues and delays, requiring the scammer to talk to fictional delivery staff such as the driver being in heavy traffic, the driver not knowing where the address is, or the driver being contacted by an unwanted third party intended to hijack the delivery.
==Team Members and Personas==
Note: This isn't a complete list. In addition, not all personas listed are members of the team.
The team at Scambait Central, including Mr Pricky utilizes different personas to remain anonymous and keep their real identities away from scammers and for viewer entertainment. 
* Mr Pricky Queerhouse
* Mr Kelechi Obi
* Mr Akinboboye
* Mr Babangoh
* Mr Robert Sponge
* Mr Rhys Yarrick-Ates
* Mr Fahad
* Mr Mallam Tanko
* Mr Ebuka 
* Mr Babatunde Diallo
* Mr Ayodeji 
* Mr Robert Morley
* Mr Malcolm Reynolds
* Mr Chinedu
* Mistress Scambait
* Mr Musa
* Mr James Brawndo
* Mr Bob Penser
* Ms Mboko 
* Mr Dick
* Mr James Phelps
* Ms Jill/Lynette
* Ms Salamatu
===Live Chat Moderators===
Because most of the focus on livestreams goes to calling the scammers, Scambait Central employs a dedicated team of moderators to keep the live chat civil and free from malicious behaviour.
* Lips Like Sugar (Deputy) 
* Caffeine Serene 
* Felicity Porpoise 
* James Phelps 
* Malware Bot 
* Mark Lilly 
* Mystery Adventures 
* Robert Morley 
* Shelton Todd
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