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The king of scambaiting returns

Grant St. Clair
Jan 24, 2026
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Never underestimate the power of a middle-aged British man with time on his hands. I should know; my dad is one.

My second-favorite middle-aged British man, who goes by Atomic Shrimp online, leverages that time to be the most entertaining scambaiter I’ve ever seen. (For the uninitiated, scambaiting is the art of p…

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