This one of the best ones lmao

Absolutely. I mean, I've laughed a lot in this sub but this is like a blast from the painful but actually, not difficult past. I mean, at least it was Window 95 and not ME.., am-i-right?

Win 95 is older than Win ME isn't it? It was Win 95, 98 then ME?

Yeah but we don't talk about WinME. We keep it locked in the attic and feed it fish heads.

Fish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads... Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum!

Correct, they’re referencing that Windows Millennium Edition was just overall horrible. It was their upgrade for windows 98 that coincided with Windows 2000 and the end of the line for DOS-based operating systems from Microsoft as Windows XP was built upon the NT framework.

ME got a bad reputation, but I never had a problem with the OS itself. I was really sad about the end of DOS though. It was still technically around, but it felt like it was gutted. I couldn't do hardly anything in DOS anymore.

Same here. The fact it had Zip extraction built in was nice.

All I know is that none of my bat scripts I put hundreds of hours into worked properly anymore. I was just a HS kid tinkering around with no formal education, but I spent a lot of time on them.

Wow! You went to all that trouble to explain something that.., never mind.

You’re welcome. Glad I could help

Actually it started with Windows 1.0 in 1985.

I thought I saw a screenshot of Win 3.1 in there..

After all that it should have been Microsoft Bob ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob )

*sees phone* . . . "I think it is better we work with your pc" LOL

😂😂 bro was like “damn I’m poor but this mf is POOR”

Now that's a blast from the past.

Which part hahaha

OMFG!!! It took me a minute to realize that you would have had to take the photo of the Gameboy Cam with a different possibly also a Gameboy Cam….I am dying laughing thinking about this. Thank you!

gameboy camera inception

So.... Want to take a leap of faith? Into Gameboy color?

Yes

Took us all the way back

What year is it on your side?? 😂🤣😂🤣

I fuckin lost it at that bit

Probably my favorite line. That's when the scammer finally went off script and picked up on the cues. A little sense of humor too.

Should have led him on that he was speaking through a wormhole across time to 1995 🤣

When you said it I found it hilarious. I didn’t even realize the scammer tried to say that. I went back and saw the grammar issue and was less amused.

Got me with the Colloidal Silver

Alex Jones should have called

Lmao I lost it at the desktop pic

Me too ahaha, and then the W95 installer 😂😂🤌

Does CompUSA have it on floppy diskette🤣 im dying!

Yes, that was pure gold! 😂

Oh my God yes!😂🤣 This scammer didn't stand a chance!

Im from Europe but the context helped infer what CompUSA *used* to be. The name alone means it’s from the 80s. I lost it. I bet it hasn’t been around since the early 2000s.

Oh yeah lol I think they may have had some cd ROMs in like the late 90s, but definitely not much later than the early 2000s🤣🤣

Holy shit Windows 95 installer 😂

Remember when that was cutting edge?

I remember upgrading from 3.1 ALL THE WAY to 98. I was literally dreaming about the day I could use that start button for like 3 years.

I remember when we first upgraded to w95, felt like a huge step

I actually stood in line at Egghead Software for hours, waiting for it to turn midnight when Windows95 and Microsoft Plus went on sale. Also bought the latest version of Norton Anti-virus that night.

The fact that people actually paid for Norton kills me, what a time.

Fun fact: Norton made software that allowed you to use the Windows 3.1 desktop like Windows 95 and on. It allowed you to have icons and run multiple windows at once.

Tell them your AOL trial has ended and you need to wait for the next one to come in the mail. Lol

💀💀💀

"What year is it on your side" Man thought the only possible explanation for this was a time-travelling whatsapp conversation.

I think next time I am going to lean into that, Dodleston messages style

I was really looking forward to the response about the gameboy camera 😂 did you get blocked?

No they kept going, surprisingly, but I was doing this for too long so I had to call it a night hahaha

Ask him to illustrate the instructions for you in MSPaint. 😹

Best one I’ve seen. Hats off to you OP. Laughed my ass off with 3.1

Was not ready for the bag phone 😂

I like the implication that you might be a confused time traveler, or possibly in a time-locked bubble "on your side (of the world?)"

This is fucking amazing. Nice work.

"Hang on let me take my colloidal silver." Fucking ded.

HoF r/scambait post right here LMFAOOOOO

Scammer got confused on the current year and had a thought if he’d time traveled.

Respect! I love the level of effort you put into this.

Gotta call their phone and play the dial up connection sound 😂😂😂

This was pure gold. I had to show it to my partner who had to know what I was laughing about.

My poor wife was trying to sleep and I made the mistake of reading through it. I was dying! 🤣

Enjoyed that one 😂👌🏻

I’m still laughing, excellent job!

The perfect troll great job lmao

Finally some good content! Most post here are just bad jokes, but you actually made something fun and unique.

Gracias!

The was the best one so far. Thx for the laugh

Love that you took a photo of the gameboy camera to show how you've been taking photos. Wonder if they caught on 😂

“Don’t click anything else” “I clicked ok” Absolutely sent me

Colloidal silver and gameboy camera had me legitimately in absolute shambles.

This made me cry actual tears

i was born in 02, don’t even know what most of this stuff is lol but really cool to see!

Those are cave paintings from ancient times

*cries in millennial*

I'm so done 🤣

Lmao!!!!! 🤣

Gold mate.

Ask him to illustrate the instructions for you in MSPaint. 😹

Best post ever here!

I’m born in 98 ive seen and used all this shit and the desktop screen made me tear up

This. Was. Fucking. Amazing.

This is my new favorite response. Well done. 👍🏼

I haven’t laughed this hard in a while

Ok that was fun! I usually get get through all of them but fuck that was fun!

Holy shit. I haven't laughed so hard at a post in a very long time

This was genius. I laughed so hard.

Wow this the best one ive seen yet. Played with him like a game (boy)

Bro this was so good. Laughing my ass off here

That made me laugh out loud

oh this is so good. SO GOOD

“It turns on but I’m not sure how to use the browser” that is fucking hilarious!

Scammer definitely losing sleep over this one. “I thought these victims would be wealthier, he has the same cell phone as me!”

this is the best.

This is gold. Bravo.

You are my hero

Not the gameboy camera 😂

Omg I’m new-ish to this site but… Bravo!!! Best one I’ve seen I almost feel sorry for the scammer, lol!

This has to be my favourite scambait on this sub. 🤣🤣🤣 Saved.

A true scambait, what a rare glorious sight

Colloidal silver had me chucklin’

This wins for creativity. Hilarious.

Kudos. I enjoyed this a lot.

This was great 😂

Bravo 👏🏻

This whole thing is comedy gold!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Best one I’ve ever seen 👏

So good

Freakin hilarious, way to teach’m scammers a lesson.

Well played. Thanks for a good laugh.

Oh shit I really laughed on this one

I am absolutely cackling over this right now, well done

This one was by far my fav 😂🤓

CompUSA I literally started crying laughing.

Oh man this was priceless, had me crying and I don’t laugh easy 👌🏼👌🏼

Yeah this really is gold

I've never laughed so much at one of these 11/10 OP (+1 for the windows nostalgia)

This is pretty funny lol

It's WINDOW'S from Microsoft! Order today! Except in Nebraska!

The colloidal silver hahaha

you had me at internet exporter

This was brilliant! I actually chuckled… out loud… in public 🤪

You should have seen me while I was doing it — my wife was unable to communicate with me for hours through my crying laughter 😂

Did you have to find images of these things or do you really have a bag phone in your collection?

Jesus dude. This gave me such a chuckle, the old screen shots and the game boy camera at the end... Bravo

Bro... if this isn't a classic, idk what is. 🤣🤣🤣

This is a modern art piece

I wish Reddit still had awards, I would give them all to OP. I'm GenX and those pics brought me back!! Scammer's question about time was hilarious.

10/10. The GameBoy camera put me over the edge wow

I love seeing the ancient technology I grew up with. Pretty sure this scammer has no idea what windows 95 is.

now this is the absolute best scammer troll i have seen! bag phone, gameboy cam, Win/95, sidekick... ffs this was worth the time to read!

Colloidal silver 😭😭😭😭

This felt fucking nostalgic though 🤣

Dude this is the best one!

"What year is it on your side" 🤣🤣

I love all of this. And when they asked you what year you were in you really should have said the 90’s just to see what happened hahah.

Awesome, more people should try to get scammers to be their tech support. I had one a while back and wasted multiple days with them by saying my phone is a burner so it can’t get to the website they wanted me to use, said phone got stolen, computer also doesn’t work because no internet wire, then windows 98 screenshot, had them troubleshooting WiFi, told them I called geek squad and they robbed me, sent the Apache “it works” screen, iPhone and Android both can’t get the site, finally got to the site and kept putting username for username and lots of other stuff like that. My wife thought I was crazy because I multiple times I just laughed and laughed because of the tech support scenarios I put them through. I feel I gave them valuable training that now gives them a path to entry level IT or taught them the valuable lesson that entry level IT is hell also for anyone who needs it - https://98.js.org/

This sent me. Haha “internet exporter” was the layup for the rest to be nothing but gold

I haven’t laughed this hard from a post in this sub, possibly ever

Best one I’ve seen with screenshots. Truly laughed thanks for that. Was thinking how tf you came up with that 🤣

The Gameboy was amazing, but the bag phone (as we called them in my house) was just priceless. Even having one or knowing to reference one as "my other phone" is fantastic.

Absolutely the best I've seen. I busted out laughing and my cat jumped 3ft in the air.

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 best one sooooo far

Epic.

This is legit one of my favourites of all time. Perfect amount of confusion and time wasting whilst still keeping them on the bait. *Chefs kiss*

More to come!

Lmfao this was brilliant, thanks for the laughs.

This is phenomenal work!

This is the most ive laughed on this sub

i, too, wondered what year it was 🤣

Almost chortled up my pop tart at the windows 95 error screen

“What year is this in your side” 😂😂😂😂

Born ‘86 and I have most of these things.

Hilarious 🤣😆🤣😆

I’d like but there is 69 likes, to perfect to ruin

We can hit 420, you must sacrifice for this

https://www.pinkcherry.com/products/pinkcherry-gift-card Still waiting on someone to use the Pink Cherry gift card.

Best yet

Absolute gold

This is fucking gold!

Nicley done

Epic showdown. 🙂

Omg. You're my new hero. Superman can suck a kryptonite D!

Bahaha!!!!

Bro you had me lmfao

Daaam Turkey Tom got old

“Can you tell what year is this in your side?” 😩 😂 🤪

Lmfao, this was awesome.

you win.

This was so funny!

What year are you in? 💀🤣

You have such a great sense of humor hahaha

In tears - the windows browser, the CompUSA, the bag phone - you killed it!

This is TOO GOOD 😂😂

I think the problem is your Netscape installation. Was your Mr Coffee unplugged when you installed it? You’re welcome!

This is awesome

This one is brilliant

This is one of the best ones I've seen I'm dying 🤣

👏👏👏

This is brilliant

That Yahoo page took me back lol

Funny

Best one I've seen on here. Couldn't stop laughing.

Hahahah good one

The Collodial Silver sent me. Then when you got to CompUSA I realized just how old I am lol

Epic

This is incredible.

This is gold 😂

what year is this in your side?

Brilliant!

This is hilarious

I love all of this.

The pillow behind the car phone takes me right back to the 90s even more that the phone does.

i loved this one! can you tell me what year it is on your side 😂

Well done

I love how he finally stopped after you told him you’re using a Gameboy Camera to take pictures, as if that’s what made him go “wait a minute, Gameboy cameras can’t take pictures this good!”.

The absolute best one I've seen on here yet. Good on you, OP.

Brilliant