Deleting My YouTube Channel

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  • čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
  • Well my youtube channel was deleted! It wasn't exactly my best moment as I managed to delete my own youtube channel by falling for an incredible scam from someone posing to be an official youtube employee. Naturally I wasnt the only channel affected by this recent wave of youtube scams and youtube exploits. The legendary anti scam lord ‪@JimBrowning‬ was also caught out by this elaborate ruse you can check out his video "My channel was deleted... HOW?" for more details on this scam.
    As always videos and exploits will continue in good time. We are still planning a youtube live stream to celebrate my birthday later in the week and we will also be making videos on many more youtube algorithm glitches that we uncovered over the last few weeks. August is going to be a very busy month! But here we have it the spiffing brit is back and soon we will have a lovely montage of more youtube tips!
    Magestic Merch: freshmerch.fm/...
    Patreon: / spiffing
    Twitter: @thespiffingbrit
    Discord: / discord
    Title: Deleting My CZcams Channel

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  • @thespiffingbrit
    @thespiffingbrit  Před 3 lety +21955

    *Not my proudest moment but hey we are back! And as way of saying thanks to youtube we will be doing an exploit video breaking youtube next week!!!*
    Wow this video is doing well. I should delete my channel more often!

  • @RTGame
    @RTGame Před 3 lety +2839

    Don't leave me again

  • @JimBrowning
    @JimBrowning Před 3 lety +30026

    I literally feel your pain. Glad to see you back too Spiffy.

    • @teathesilkwing7616
      @teathesilkwing7616 Před 3 lety +1265

      Must have sucked for both of you

    • @satboi2734
      @satboi2734 Před 3 lety +501

      This whole thing was absolutely insane I feel for both of you

    • @AlythArt
      @AlythArt Před 3 lety +210

      Oh, good to see you back! Yeah, what a terrible coincidence..

    • @SuperMustache555
      @SuperMustache555 Před 3 lety +1097

      Ironic that a scambaiter and an exploiter were the two creators who got scammed... glad to see you've both sorted it out

    • @sbeve8934
      @sbeve8934 Před 3 lety +17

      Ha

  • @amandas2639
    @amandas2639 Před 2 lety +65

    Having a lovely chat with the scammer who *just almost cost you your livelihood* is possibly one of the most British things I've ever heard.

  • @ih8people
    @ih8people Před 3 lety +431

    "You must do something *URGENTLY* or something bad will happen" is one of the most common lines used by scammers, and as shown in the video, can relate to anyone. Legitimate businesses usually try their best not to scare their customers, especially those that generate them a lot of ad revenue, so their way of communication reflects that. Stay vigilant, drink only Yorkshire Tea and be spiffy.

    • @clairedj5647
      @clairedj5647 Před 3 lety +18

      problem is when youtube goes crazy they dont give you much time,

    • @MaddJakd
      @MaddJakd Před 3 lety +8

      @@clairedj5647 This! Plus being semi into it myself, their own pages popong up as you try to upload arent that much different from the "typical" scam pages

    • @onkelpappkov2666
      @onkelpappkov2666 Před 3 lety +16

      Everything CZcams does sounds like scam by default (and often enough is). That's a bit like living among wolves and telling people to stay safe by not opening the door if they hear a growl.

    • @IMP_ROM
      @IMP_ROM Před 2 lety

      Good tip. I shall use this in my future scams.

    • @v.sandrone4268
      @v.sandrone4268 Před 2 lety

      Is CZcams a legitimate business or a stand-over merchant? It is hard to tell

  • @CarthusDojo
    @CarthusDojo Před 3 lety +6575

    Exploiter vs Scammer the battle of the century

    • @thespiffingbrit
      @thespiffingbrit  Před 3 lety +2289

      as always the exploiter just smooth talks their way out of their own problems ;)
      Works every time

    • @alpereo6730
      @alpereo6730 Před 3 lety +25

      Scammer always wins

    • @rythmicdyno2955
      @rythmicdyno2955 Před 3 lety +25

      He probably drank some Yorkshire tea and that why he got away with it

    • @teathesilkwing7616
      @teathesilkwing7616 Před 3 lety +5

      Here before the “hI cHeckMaRk” replies

    • @CarthusDojo
      @CarthusDojo Před 3 lety +60

      @@thespiffingbrit you’ve chugged enough tea to up your speech to ungodly level. Reanu Keeves would be proud

  • @PotatoMcWhiskey
    @PotatoMcWhiskey Před 3 lety +11793

    Taking notes, if I want to scam spiff I need a) to buy him a holiday b) feed him spicy tea and c) prey upon his source of money and thus, tea.

    • @thespiffingbrit
      @thespiffingbrit  Před 3 lety +3050

      How to become the largest CIV 6 creator in 3 easy steps

    • @n3rdst0rm
      @n3rdst0rm Před 3 lety +53

      How to take over any spiffing brit defiantly not a exploit.

    • @fluffuwu1922
      @fluffuwu1922 Před 3 lety +13

      doesnt the tea come first?

    • @oscaroscar5033
      @oscaroscar5033 Před 3 lety +2

      .

    • @spikertaker
      @spikertaker Před 3 lety +16

      This is how you get a whole kingdom united against you.

  • @misterjaxx0078
    @misterjaxx0078 Před 3 lety +11

    “Anxiously vibrating in a hotel room” glad your fiancé could spare

  • @exLesnick
    @exLesnick Před 3 lety +17

    And here is one of the loveliest exploits of the real life: a birthday party can be set on ANY day on the whole year!. Though, glad you sort this one out.

  • @SheetMusicBoss
    @SheetMusicBoss Před 3 lety +2742

    Spiffing Brit: destroyed with stress and holiday ruined
    Also Spiffing Brit: "absolutely incredible scam, genuinely really impressed me"

  • @locus_of_magic217
    @locus_of_magic217 Před 3 lety +22

    thank you for admitting that you were scammed, that is really hard for a lot of people to do but the truth is *anyone* can get scammed. it is super good of you to make this video.

    • @ElysetheEevee
      @ElysetheEevee Před 2 lety +2

      I absolutely hate the stigma that comes with scamming. Not only do you screw innocent people over in these cases, but they also have to deal with the emotional and societal fallout of the scam as well. Everyone likes to think they'd know better once it's laid out for you. Most average people know to check the email information these days (I learned to do so couple decades ago) specifically because anyone can change the superficial info it shows in the forefront. If the "official" information looks legit and it's also from a domain that's tightly guarded, I can definitely see how you'd be more likely to let your guard down.
      People need to be more empathetic with some of rhe scamming victims.

  • @rosewilson1052
    @rosewilson1052 Před 3 lety +12

    I love that you can joke about this now. It was heartbreaking seeing you on twitter panicking at the time.

  • @shinyaltaria7435
    @shinyaltaria7435 Před 3 lety +638

    Spiff: "Don't worry The Queen was alerted..." Me: oh thank god...

  • @MaxMears
    @MaxMears Před 3 lety +861

    Both you and Jim Browning Got caught out recently mate, Scamming CZcamsrs may be the next big thing!

    • @noanyobiseniss7462
      @noanyobiseniss7462 Před 3 lety +11

      Hah, subbed to both myself.
      Kind of amusing these two got got!

    • @Trosity
      @Trosity Před 3 lety

      well then hey there

    • @baileyjerman5573
      @baileyjerman5573 Před 3 lety +2

      I've heard about a few CZcamss getting scammed a few years

    • @SailorYuki
      @SailorYuki Před 3 lety +13

      The fact that Jim Browning can fall for it, it's really good. In both these cases it was a perfect storm of coincidences.

    • @CalvinBDaG
      @CalvinBDaG Před 3 lety +1

      *Toke Nasty* channel was hacked and deleted too this past 2 weeks.

  • @thegrimmone6111
    @thegrimmone6111 Před 3 lety +2

    Just recently came across your channel and glad all is well... Love your content

  • @Vile_of_Riles
    @Vile_of_Riles Před 3 lety +3

    I spent 3 hours looking over CZcams for your channel 😭 my friend wanted to see your skyrim vids, and I'm so happy you're back up!

  • @MCtrl866
    @MCtrl866 Před 3 lety +386

    "Spiffing Brit is a perfectly balanced guy with no exploits" - scammer probably

  • @yancee38
    @yancee38 Před 3 lety +451

    *Spiffing Brit is a perfectly balanced CZcamsr with no exploits*

  • @furiousshrimp6593
    @furiousshrimp6593 Před 3 lety +13

    The spiffing brit is a perfectly balanced channel with no exploits

  • @markusTegelane
    @markusTegelane Před rokem +8

    8:32 Aged like milk

  • @karlmariussalvesen
    @karlmariussalvesen Před 3 lety +329

    if they got Jim Browning they can get everyone

    • @justnobody5527
      @justnobody5527 Před 3 lety +8

      truely is a benchmark to see when he was deleted. good it was sorted somewhat at least

    • @jamesrees7311
      @jamesrees7311 Před 3 lety +5

      Was about to say this.

    • @Kas_Styles
      @Kas_Styles Před 3 lety +2

      True

    • @Animeaniac215
      @Animeaniac215 Před 3 lety +4

      Came to say this, the fact Jim got caught out by it really just goes to show how legit it all looked.

    • @banana-vd7jm
      @banana-vd7jm Před 3 lety +2

      I was thinking the same thing

  • @galihputrawicaksono334
    @galihputrawicaksono334 Před 3 lety +1017

    "CZcams Channel is perfectly balanced with no exploit" -The Spiffing Brit

    • @Fit4C
      @Fit4C Před 3 lety +1

      Jesus loves you all very very much repent and believe and be saved from eternal punishment of sin amen, Jesus suffered for you

    • @trashaimgamer7822
      @trashaimgamer7822 Před 3 lety +13

      @@Fit4C You okay bud? Did you forget to take your medication again?

    • @SergeantDoorknob13
      @SergeantDoorknob13 Před rokem

      @@trashaimgamer7822 calm down bro you killed him lmao

  • @phoenixthefirebird3008
    @phoenixthefirebird3008 Před rokem +2

    8:33 aged like fine milk behind a heater.

  • @xKrisxUndeadx
    @xKrisxUndeadx Před 3 lety +1

    I'm glad you mentioned Jim Browning, because if HE can be caught by this scam, no one should feel safe.

  • @disgruntledyoutuber
    @disgruntledyoutuber Před 3 lety +615

    The real problem here is that Spiff thought he spoke to an actual human being at CZcams.

    • @Stemaa1
      @Stemaa1 Před 3 lety +15

      Yep, like any creator on YT would ever be able to do such a magical thing

    • @Devire666
      @Devire666 Před 3 lety +17

      Yeah, why would someone think that CZcams is run by humans and not by sentient AI that hates humanity?!

    • @Hirpeeda
      @Hirpeeda Před 3 lety +6

      It does seem like the kind of thing that YT would pipe up about out of the blue...

    • @tiseril
      @tiseril Před 3 lety +2

      If only there were any people in CZcams. Even those who were shown were cyborgs

    • @WallNutBreaker524
      @WallNutBreaker524 Před 3 lety +1

      yep , youtube is very dependent on its algorithm and bots , so 99 percent of the time you arent even talking to an actual person , the best way to contact youtube and talk with actual person working for youtube would be
      -reddit
      -twitter
      these two are the only way to actually talk to youtube , if youre account was suspended or deleted by youtube , these two are the only way to contact youtube

  • @TheEDFLegacy
    @TheEDFLegacy Před 3 lety +389

    For once, the Spiffing Brit _himself_ was the one who was "perfectly balanced."

    • @fajaradi1223
      @fajaradi1223 Před 3 lety +4

      No exploit, cheesing, milking, nor any questionable gameplay settings.

  • @DavidPBartels
    @DavidPBartels Před 3 lety +1

    The Spiffing Brit is a perfectly balanced CZcamsr with no exploits whatsoever. Except channel deleting scams.

  • @xTheUnderscorex
    @xTheUnderscorex Před rokem +3

    "the only people you should be trusting are the people who verify badges on Twitter" well that aged atrociously

  • @CeasiusC
    @CeasiusC Před 3 lety +853

    The Spiffing Brit is a perfectly balanced youtuber with no exploits whatsoever

  • @achmodinivswe9500
    @achmodinivswe9500 Před 3 lety +398

    “10/10 scam would get scammed again”
    -the spiffing Brit

  • @Invariel
    @Invariel Před 3 lety +1

    Happy belated birthday.
    Glad you were able to get your channel back with no issue.

  • @Art3mis_games
    @Art3mis_games Před rokem +1

    “The only ones you can trust is twitters with verified badges” well that ages like fine milk

  • @dakedokyoumojojoni
    @dakedokyoumojojoni Před 3 lety +431

    Everybody is talking about how spiff deleted his own channel, but no ones wishing him a happy birthday.
    Happy birthday Spiff

  • @mikeymegamega
    @mikeymegamega Před 3 lety +423

    How To Game YouTUbe: Deletes his channel - Amazing Sigma play

  • @TheDrexxus
    @TheDrexxus Před 3 lety +2

    I'm afraid this slip up has jeopardized your impending knighthood. Her Majesty expected more.

  • @logankleinsorge4097
    @logankleinsorge4097 Před rokem +2

    NOW WE CANT EVEN TRUST THE TWITTER CHECKMARKS

  • @pyromaniacal13
    @pyromaniacal13 Před 3 lety +505

    The scammer responsible is watching this with a cup of coffee and laughing to himself, the degenerate. Also, Happy Birthday!

    • @NicofTime...
      @NicofTime... Před 3 lety +2

      Is this the Dave we've been hearing about these last few years?

    • @ignajara
      @ignajara Před 3 lety +3

      That sounds weirdly specific... are you the scammer?

    • @NicofTime...
      @NicofTime... Před 3 lety

      @Gustavo Nascimento you new? Everytime spiff mentions a coffee drinker he is called Dave.

  • @chrismpbuchholz
    @chrismpbuchholz Před 3 lety +449

    Scammer: Deleting The Spiffing Brit is a Perfectly Balanced Game with No Exploits

    • @Nwoknu
      @Nwoknu Před 3 lety +16

      Or in this case: A Perfectly Balanced Exploit with no Games ;)

  • @silentstormur9184
    @silentstormur9184 Před 3 lety +1

    Happy birthday Spiff! Sorry I’m late. I just got the notification for this vid today. That scam is so crazy, I’m really glad you were able to fix it!

  • @XKloosyvv
    @XKloosyvv Před 3 lety +1

    The idea of the "How to break CZcams" guy having to beg CZcams support to recover his channel is amazingly beautiful. I love your content, the idea is just funny

  • @Rubbly
    @Rubbly Před 3 lety +145

    Never blame the victim for being manipulated, scammers literally spend their whole time refining techniques to scam

    • @tommytomthms5
      @tommytomthms5 Před 3 lety

      I got a similar kind of scam via discord trying to get my steam account, my response, call the bluff. "Well rip my steam then, bye" threw them off guard now THEY are in backpedal keep the scam going mode... then stop I stop responding.

    • @motionlessr6345
      @motionlessr6345 Před 3 lety +1

      @@tommytomthms5 ironically I got the "I accidentally reported you scam". I believed it, but I didn't go through with it. I was like "Oh ok then. I didn't do anything."

  • @kyouhyung
    @kyouhyung Před 3 lety +518

    Scammers: The Spiffing Brit is completely balanced with no exploits.

  • @marvinspower1
    @marvinspower1 Před 2 lety +1

    Happy Birthday exactly one year after this video was released!

  • @valritz1489
    @valritz1489 Před 3 lety

    "Scams don't fool us because we're stupid, they fool us because we're human."
    - Brian Brushwood

  • @Taking20
    @Taking20 Před 3 lety +367

    Can we laugh about it yet?

    • @timefortnt4637
      @timefortnt4637 Před 3 lety +3

      Yes

    • @elsdon2427
      @elsdon2427 Před 3 lety +3

      I was cackling the moment I saw Charlie’s video

    • @tocraft573
      @tocraft573 Před 3 lety +1

      Of course

    • @oskito7
      @oskito7 Před 3 lety

      I think so?

    • @bazzakrak
      @bazzakrak Před 3 lety +3

      Off course we can, I am sure the wellbalanced Spiffster can see the fun in it and knows he will be jabbed and get some banter on his SOME channels

  • @ConnorLangkopf
    @ConnorLangkopf Před rokem +1

    "The only people you should be trusting are the people with verified badges on twitter"
    well that aged well

  • @wolff_04
    @wolff_04 Před 3 lety +356

    “The queen was alerted and a state of national emergency declared”
    Jesus ive never had anything else make me laugh so much

    • @dakotaraptor5918
      @dakotaraptor5918 Před 3 lety

      Am british can confirm

    • @drunknown4000
      @drunknown4000 Před 3 lety

      Shit I did wonder why all those coppers where about

    • @JWPSmith21
      @JWPSmith21 Před 3 lety

      I just imagine air raid sirens going off, police and military locking down the streets, families taking shelter in their homes, while loudspeakers announce The Spiffing Brit's channel was deleted. Families hugging each other in fear of what is to come.

    • @iamaspaceman8533
      @iamaspaceman8533 Před 3 lety

      Haha same

  • @volteonex1862
    @volteonex1862 Před 3 lety +474

    How to not get scammed:
    Step 1: donate all your money to Spiffing Brit
    Step 2: have nothing left to get scammed of

    • @Kolusify
      @Kolusify Před 3 lety +11

      What about the tea? You think Im gonna give my tea away to some Lord? I'd rather donate it to that cute Nigerian prince with a million dollars.

    • @keithemerson7662
      @keithemerson7662 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Kolusify I'd rather donate the tea to aquaman 😉

    • @Texas_krazy
      @Texas_krazy Před 3 lety +2

      Step 1: spend all money on Tea*

    • @San-lh8us
      @San-lh8us Před 3 lety +1

      @@Texas_krazy step 2: drink all the tea, yes, ALL the tea

    • @thedudeblueshell1701
      @thedudeblueshell1701 Před 3 lety +2

      that´s what pro gamer call big brain

  • @jackwindbreaker3257
    @jackwindbreaker3257 Před 3 lety +2

    Happy birthday spiff Im glad your channel is back up and running and as always thank you for all the amazing funny and intertaneing videos keep up the good work

  • @lonelyteapot858
    @lonelyteapot858 Před 3 lety +9

    Ah yes, that's why Tesco was closed for a period of national mourning and emergency.

  • @WGFinc
    @WGFinc Před 3 lety +172

    Missed opportunity to name the video “The Spiffing Brit is a perfectly balanced CZcams channel with no exploits”

    • @A_Weird_Angel
      @A_Weird_Angel Před 3 lety +1

      Oh ya..... Perfect

    • @BUB8LE5
      @BUB8LE5 Před 3 lety

      Damn you! I was going to say that!

    • @duxtorm
      @duxtorm Před 3 lety +4

      Actually yeah, damn.. hurry spiffy before too many people notice!

  • @aidenpons9584
    @aidenpons9584 Před 3 lety +235

    Ironic. He could save others from exploits, but not himself

    • @RazielTheUnborn
      @RazielTheUnborn Před 3 lety +5

      Darth Spiffius the Dank

    • @theeguy9022
      @theeguy9022 Před 3 lety +8

      well its kinda like fall damage in games.......someone's gotta die to it first before everyone knows if it exists

    • @locoarticwolf2181
      @locoarticwolf2181 Před 3 lety +3

      Is it possible to learn this power?

    • @Bisinski
      @Bisinski Před 3 lety +1

      This comment is absolute prequel meme magic

    • @IanK3b
      @IanK3b Před 3 lety

      tell me about it

  • @Huntracony
    @Huntracony Před rokem +1

    "The only people you should be trusting are the people with verified badges on Twitter"
    Oh you sweet, innocent 2021 Spiffing Brit.

  • @shmrgn3160
    @shmrgn3160 Před 3 lety +1

    Happy belated birthday Brit! Been so busy playing Civ using your tips that I missed this whole fiasco entirely, but its good to have you back ^.^

  • @LegoEngineer003
    @LegoEngineer003 Před 3 lety +616

    I love how CZcams was actually quick to fix the problem for once

    • @vidhurdivakar2246
      @vidhurdivakar2246 Před 3 lety +15

      They can't afford not to - and I'm not able to decide if that's a good thing or not lmao

    • @twotapt1mmy807
      @twotapt1mmy807 Před 3 lety +3

      Nice profile picture

    • @f1shyspace
      @f1shyspace Před 3 lety +1

      @@twotapt1mmy807 not nice profile picture

    • @kevinamandahaug7852
      @kevinamandahaug7852 Před 3 lety +1

      They know it was urgent

    • @DaBeast34
      @DaBeast34 Před 3 lety +14

      Spiff is a major CZcamsr, so CZcams feels the pressure to immediately fix it. If it was someone with less reach, they probably wouldn’t even bother to resolve the issue because there would be no pressure.

  • @thugpug4392
    @thugpug4392 Před 3 lety +342

    Jim Browning fell for this as well and his whole channel is about catching scammers.

    • @hmm5844
      @hmm5844 Před 3 lety +17

      Searched for this comment

    • @SteenG3yL
      @SteenG3yL Před 3 lety +6

      Came here to say this
      Have a like instead sir

    • @darthsion3253
      @darthsion3253 Před 3 lety +1

      [ Chat deleted ]

    • @TheGhostGhillie
      @TheGhostGhillie Před 3 lety +7

      I find it sort of funny that both of them are brits aswell xD

    • @TheDevPodcast
      @TheDevPodcast Před 3 lety

      HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPIF but I'm better than you

  • @meganlarkin7436
    @meganlarkin7436 Před 2 lety

    That message was chock full of bizarre logic…‘CZcams/CZcamsrs won’t hire me, ergo my only recourse is to scam CZcamsrs’?

  • @barbanegra232
    @barbanegra232 Před 3 lety +2

    Happy birthday, I wish you a lifetime of lovely teas and freshly baked scones.

  • @kyuubitao
    @kyuubitao Před 3 lety +544

    The fact that this hit a SOBER Jim Browning... wow.

    • @kalebcoceancig9943
      @kalebcoceancig9943 Před 3 lety +3

      Who’s that

    • @senzu3509
      @senzu3509 Před 3 lety +44

      @@kalebcoceancig9943 a guy with 3 million subs that also lost his account to a scammer and his account is based off of catching scammers

    • @andrewklassen6167
      @andrewklassen6167 Před 3 lety +32

      The main reason he fell for it was due to the situation he had just gotten a new phone and signed in to his CZcams and etc on the new phone so when he gets an email saying he has an identical “revenue” account he puts 2 and 2 together

    • @Purpledlime
      @Purpledlime Před 3 lety +2

      pfp

    • @aquicklad972
      @aquicklad972 Před 3 lety +1

      Nice Asriel pfp~

  • @danboy12342
    @danboy12342 Před 3 lety +218

    As a British person I can confirm that yes a state of emergency was in place

    • @TheJazzy1704
      @TheJazzy1704 Před 3 lety

      Same here, can confirm as well.

    • @tetchedink7980
      @tetchedink7980 Před 3 lety

      Thousands died

    • @redchief94
      @redchief94 Před 3 lety

      Can confirm the Canadian emergency system is working as well

    • @nash0045
      @nash0045 Před 3 lety +1

      I imeadiately went to my local tea shop and put in a state of emergency bunker filler order of 10,000 pip pips of tea tally hoe and piffmuffin for supper.

    • @simonhenry7867
      @simonhenry7867 Před 3 lety +2

      So that's what it was all about, I just kept calm and carried on.

  • @Stealth_Robot
    @Stealth_Robot Před rokem +1

    "the only people you should be trusting is the people with verified badges on twitter"
    well that aged poorly

  • @phazix6529
    @phazix6529 Před 3 lety +1

    I'm interested to learn how the scammer was able to send Emails from an official domain, happy to see you back lol. (P.S happy birthday!)

  • @gingerinajacket8519
    @gingerinajacket8519 Před 3 lety +392

    Alternate Title Social Engineering is Perfectly Balanced with No Exploits.

    • @riskyworks
      @riskyworks Před 3 lety +12

      Or "Social Engineering is a Perfectly Balanced concept with No Exploits" (he always seems to add somehing after perfectly balanced like game or company)

    • @nightelfmohawk9821
      @nightelfmohawk9821 Před 3 lety +1

      I think social engineering is just a fancy way of saying manipulative lieing

  • @m.a.d.pandagaming6895
    @m.a.d.pandagaming6895 Před 3 lety +160

    "The Queen was alerted"
    As the good woman should be. Twas a national tragedy

    • @ninjasocks6823
      @ninjasocks6823 Před 3 lety +4

      that's right. everyone wore black for the day and shops were closed. Truly a disaster in the same magnitude of the queen's death, nuclear war or the closing of a tea factory.

  • @oliver_twistor
    @oliver_twistor Před 3 lety +2

    Happy belated birthday! I'm glad you're back. Many people have been a victim or near-victim of this scam, it seems.

  • @igeomagician
    @igeomagician Před 2 lety

    scammer: my intentions are beyond you're understanding

  • @patocat.3141
    @patocat.3141 Před 3 lety +274

    Spiff: gets scammed
    Also Spiff: has a pleasant conversation with the guy that scammed him

    • @katherineminor3402
      @katherineminor3402 Před 3 lety +1

      They probably had a share of tea

    • @melindacadarette3447
      @melindacadarette3447 Před 3 lety

      @@katherineminor3402 Hopefully arsenic tea for the scammer.

    • @ecargfosreya
      @ecargfosreya Před 3 lety +1

      We probably shared some tips and exploits with each other.

    • @nathaniellindner313
      @nathaniellindner313 Před 3 lety +1

      He's a top-tier hustler, he has to respect the hustle.
      The Queen doesn't have to, though, so the Gurkhas have been despatched.

  • @buddycatdudeguy7169
    @buddycatdudeguy7169 Před 3 lety +262

    I find it hilarious that Spiff held some degree of respect for the guy because of the circumstances.

    • @metetural9140
      @metetural9140 Před 3 lety +4

      I doubt it, he probably did what Jim did and tried to flatter him to get him to fuck up somewhere like he did in both cases

    • @rydralle2460
      @rydralle2460 Před 3 lety +4

      As long as the delete was not permanent, i can easily understand the respect. And as many creators have been impacted, it looked like the scam was well thought out, cheers for spiff for this awareness video.

    • @John-bm4mq
      @John-bm4mq Před 3 lety +6

      Spiff is a smart guy*. And he's like the scammer, a very cheeky person. And if he gets scammed, he definitely will be impressed.

    • @thebignappp
      @thebignappp Před 3 lety

      Ya my thoughts exactly,.....bet they are friends now

    • @enjoythestruggle
      @enjoythestruggle Před 3 lety

      He's smart and not showing any annoyance because that's what that no-lifer would want and enjoy.

  • @UltimatelyEverything
    @UltimatelyEverything Před 3 lety +3

    This is why i love this man no matter what the situation is he still has a laugh and a joke about it but at the same time he's serious. Not only that i respect him for admitting he made a mistake and got scammed i'm glad he got his channel back because i legit would be upset if he wasn't here.

  • @091DaDastayla091
    @091DaDastayla091 Před 3 lety +1

    HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY! I was scared when I heard your name under the Victims of the Scam and was terrified by the thought of having to live without those glorious exploits you are doing.

  • @genericname3445
    @genericname3445 Před 3 lety +263

    Spiffy to the scammer: "Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary."

    • @InterludeArchitect1
      @InterludeArchitect1 Před 3 lety +1

      Sadly.. hilarious!!

    • @poilboiler
      @poilboiler Před 3 lety +1

      Instantly fails.

    • @bznshee
      @bznshee Před 3 lety +1

      He failed

    • @genericname3445
      @genericname3445 Před 3 lety

      @@poilboiler no, he's just getting started

    • @Kaltsit-
      @Kaltsit- Před 3 lety +2

      Well he’d also say this
      “Scammers are perfectly balanced people with no exploits”
      *proceeds to call Jim Browning*

  • @JoshFTL
    @JoshFTL Před 3 lety +717

    Happy birthday spiff! You had the queen very worried but that's ok I calmed her down with a cuppa.

    • @Monkeyshaman
      @Monkeyshaman Před 3 lety +2

      Speak English please.

    • @theacidknight6463
      @theacidknight6463 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Monkeyshaman he spoke english, he just forgot a word

    • @kokirij0167
      @kokirij0167 Před 3 lety +1

      What’s cuppa?

    • @mattigan56444
      @mattigan56444 Před 3 lety +7

      A cuppa is a cup of tea

    • @Monkeyshaman
      @Monkeyshaman Před 3 lety

      @@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567 😄 I really don't think he could be on the Internet and be from the black and white Times at the same time.

  • @bucatariamamei
    @bucatariamamei Před 2 lety +1

    A small creator here, but I think if this would happen to me, I would freak out. Creating for CZcams become kinda my life, so here's hoping everything will be ok. Keep up the good work Spiff!

  • @davidross5640
    @davidross5640 Před 3 lety

    It was so deleted that nothing is gone, perfectly...

  • @michaelhajjar4132
    @michaelhajjar4132 Před 3 lety +239

    The person behind the scam was Reanu Keeves. His godliness has escaped the confines of his imprisonment in Skyrim, and he is out for blood and destruction

    • @iglidor
      @iglidor Před 3 lety +9

      You know when meme name got so well established, that I have to think for moment if it is actual name of the actor or the meme name.

    • @343DeltaSpark
      @343DeltaSpark Před 3 lety +1

      Worship him or else he'll paralyze you for eternity

    • @mal2ksc
      @mal2ksc Před 3 lety +2

      His new name is Sonny Jilverhand.

    • @Mikeofthenorth1892
      @Mikeofthenorth1892 Před 3 lety

      My first thought was Reanu.. and he's already been doing the potion/enchant for 3 days solid , upto infinity-x-1337 dmg now!!!! Spiff is gonna feel this!! 🤣🤣

    • @thehajj724
      @thehajj724 Před 3 lety +1

      He has mastered the Spiffing Brit Spicy Tea alchemy loop exploit

  • @jordanevans4657
    @jordanevans4657 Před 3 lety +240

    *guy scams spiff*
    Spiff: "iTunes gift cards are perfectly balanced with no exploits"

  • @bakedpotato7482
    @bakedpotato7482 Před 2 lety

    I am also a Brit and can confirm we had a entire rampage over here with hackers trying to get him his account back

  • @Gormathius
    @Gormathius Před 3 lety

    I thought this'd be some obnoxiously meta "clickbait is perfectly balanced" thing, instead he legit got his channel deleted. Plot twist of the century right there.

  • @jonathanherring4493
    @jonathanherring4493 Před 3 lety +135

    That man was like: "Job interviews are perfectly balanced with no exploits"

  • @NaudVanDalen
    @NaudVanDalen Před 3 lety +212

    "The only people you should be trusting are the people with verified badges on Twitter."
    Except all the celebrities trying to scam their followers with cryptocurrencies.

    • @Mizore2008
      @Mizore2008 Před 3 lety +5

      Trust no-one not even yourself

  • @connorney545
    @connorney545 Před rokem +1

    “Trust everyone with a verified check on Twitter.” This has certainly aged….

  • @danielzaloga-lakatosz5078

    Happy Birthday!!🎁🎈🎂🎊🎉
    Your channel got deleted right when I was at the end of one of your videos and was ready for another one lol. I was so confused.

  • @Guitarded1995
    @Guitarded1995 Před 3 lety +133

    The fact that they got Jim is pretty terrifying to be honest. That guy is a master baiter.

  • @HomingRocket1
    @HomingRocket1 Před 3 lety +742

    "Spiffing Brit is a perfectly balanced channel with No exploits."
    From one smashing brit to another. Happy birthday.

    • @SobeCrunkMonster
      @SobeCrunkMonster Před 3 lety +3

      you can call the two of you a couple of sausages but calling yourself smashing is uncouthly narcissistic

    • @gamer_talking
      @gamer_talking Před 3 lety +3

      The Queen was alerted🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @wulfherecyning1282
      @wulfherecyning1282 Před 3 lety +1

      Calling oneself smashing upends the *principle of self-deprecation* and is thus a breach of the peace.

    • @UltimatelyEverything
      @UltimatelyEverything Před 3 lety

      Well sir that is splendid from one Brit, to another Brit and then another Brit it's a never ending cycle of Brits.

  • @shadyglockgaming
    @shadyglockgaming Před 3 lety

    Happy Birthday, CZcams wouldn't be the same without you.

  • @9forMortalMen
    @9forMortalMen Před 3 lety +2

    Spiffing Brit gets exploited, we’ve truly gone full circle.

  • @DZstudios.
    @DZstudios. Před 3 lety +559

    The Spiffing Brit is perfectly ballanced with no exploits

  • @Tnginangbuhayto
    @Tnginangbuhayto Před 3 lety +238

    *The Spiffing Brit is a perfectly balanced channel without exploits.*

  • @bungiejumper765
    @bungiejumper765 Před 3 lety +1

    For how INCREDIBLY stressful this must have been, you sound rather calm about it

  • @Joker35882
    @Joker35882 Před 3 lety +1

    We should thank you and Jim Browning (and anyone else for that matter) for bringing this scam into awareness. Now less people can be scammed by this tactic.

  • @nazamroth8427
    @nazamroth8427 Před 3 lety +128

    So, pro tip from tech support: Email addresses mean nothing. Literally. We regularly get emails from "ourselves" informing us of some amazing business opportunity. It is apparently called email spoofing, and exploits the minor issue that emails were meant to be a small in-house communication method...

    • @amahlaka
      @amahlaka Před 3 lety +11

      Yup, working in Cyber Security, and A LOT of emails that we come across have spoofed sender address, but what makes this specific scam different is that the email did actually come from google’s domain, as it was not send by the user, but instead from the google chat service, the scammer really managed to find a good social engineering trick

    • @thepenguin9
      @thepenguin9 Před 3 lety +2

      Internal flags are a godsend for this

    • @Regic
      @Regic Před 3 lety

      @@amahlaka couldn't work otherwise, gmail checks e-mail routing data vs sender domain, it would have included a warning when opening the e-mail if sender domain was spoofed.

    • @xutubeify
      @xutubeify Před 3 lety

      Interesting stuff!¡

    • @Cygnus888
      @Cygnus888 Před 3 lety

      You can also set any random address to an e-mail "from" line. Unless you look into the e-mail headers, you might not notice that the mail is from some other address.

  • @jonasgrill1155
    @jonasgrill1155 Před 3 lety +442

    Well, shit.
    CZcams is no longer perfectly balanced.

  • @Buggylt
    @Buggylt Před 3 lety

    Gratz, I also just celebrated my 30 birthday on the 1th of August :D

  • @atypicalviking1369
    @atypicalviking1369 Před 3 lety +1

    Happy Birthday Spiff!!!

  • @Jessterr2
    @Jessterr2 Před 3 lety +731

    You and Jim Browning both did an amazing thing by admitting to being scammed. Letting us know that anyone can be vulnerable to this helps bring awareness of the issues of modern life. Happy Birthday Spiff.

    • @goblinslayer310
      @goblinslayer310 Před 3 lety +4

      oh good, I was about to comment that

    • @Griffination
      @Griffination Před 3 lety +2

      Crazy they both got identically scammed.....

    • @stephen7630
      @stephen7630 Před 3 lety +6

      Yep. Anyone can get scammed in a moment of inattention. One of the most difficult things I have when helping people who get scammed at work is that they tend to lie or mislead what exactly happened, because they feel stupid for getting scammed and don't want to admit to doing something that looks so dumb in hindsight.

    • @williamjenkins4913
      @williamjenkins4913 Před 3 lety +1

      @@stephen7630 Throwing good money after bad is a personality trait that scammer definitely take advantage of. I've had people cuss me out when I tried telling them the IRS doesn't accept Ebay cards as payment.

    • @idkwhyihaveyt8686
      @idkwhyihaveyt8686 Před 3 lety +2

      If Jim Browning got scammed, you know it's a real threat

  • @KK-pt4rq
    @KK-pt4rq Před 3 lety +555

    Spiff: “got scammed”
    Also Spiff: impressive.... most impressive

    • @roberine7241
      @roberine7241 Před 3 lety +1

      @Growth Mindset thank you

    • @caseyhall2320
      @caseyhall2320 Před 3 lety

      @Growth Mindset your wholesomeness is awesome and greatly appreciated. Have a good one 😁.

    • @mildresrivasotanez8952
      @mildresrivasotanez8952 Před 3 lety

      @Growth Mindset ty
      Have a good day fellow stranger

    • @willparry530
      @willparry530 Před 3 lety

      @Growth Mindset how utterly wholesome =3

    • @teaser6089
      @teaser6089 Před 3 lety

      @Growth Mindset Thank you!

  • @NeoN-PeoN
    @NeoN-PeoN Před 3 lety +3

    Well my man. I think the lesson here is one we all have to learn at some point in our lives.
    Never work when on Holiday.

  • @Acid_8501
    @Acid_8501 Před 3 lety +1

    I like how the scammer basically removes their job oppertunity. Then asks if they got a job for them

  • @TheNdoki
    @TheNdoki Před 3 lety +162

    In this story: Man who made a career of exploiting everything, gets exploited.

  • @admpandora91
    @admpandora91 Před 3 lety +533

    Jim Browning is amazing. If he fell for it, I'll cut you a mile of slack

    • @ewanweaver540
      @ewanweaver540 Před 3 lety +14

      Haha i was about to say this. Seems to be a large problem

    • @ZackTanTYZ
      @ZackTanTYZ Před 3 lety +34

      I have a feeling that the scammer scammed famous youtube anti scammers like Jim Browning and the exploiter Spiffing Brit just to prove that he could do that.

    • @Crippling_Depression
      @Crippling_Depression Před 3 lety +17

      @@ZackTanTYZ actually makes sense because some people like hackers, con men and scammers do it for clout to gain a reputation in their circles

    • @ev6558
      @ev6558 Před 3 lety +6

      Spiff deserves a mile of slack because he doesn't present himself as an authority on this type of stuff. Browning falling for obvious social engineering is more an indictment of his own competance, but if CZcams teaches us anything it's that you don't actually have to be competant in your own field in order to appear like you are to people who have zero experience in that field.

    • @guy6074
      @guy6074 Před 3 lety

      What’s your pfp?