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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You are about to hear a feature that was created
to expose the scammers, thieves, and corn artists among us.
The dialogue and temperament about to be used by Hollywood
Hamilton does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of iHeartMedia.
This is Fraud Friday.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Three.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Yes, did you know that automotive scams one of the
most used scams in the United States today?
Speaker 4 (00:26):
Yeah? I don't doubt it.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
Everybody in the Tri State there is knows a friend
or has a family member. Everybody knows somebody who's been
a victim of this sort of scam, the automotive scam.
And I've got this guy on the phone right now
here on Fraud Friday. His name is Stan from Yonkers.
Stan are you are you with us?
Speaker 5 (00:44):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Welcome to fraud Friday, my man. So tell us, let's
get right into this really quickly. What's happening with you?
Speaker 6 (00:50):
What happened?
Speaker 7 (00:51):
There's a shop by us And it's not just me,
these were my friends too. These guys are the biggest
scammers going. My buddy Boarder's car ran for a simple
tire rotation, and he told him that he had to
get all new tires and there it is their job
to upsell. But I had heard about this shop doing
doing some bad stuff, so I set them up. I
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set my wife in with the car and I asked
for an oil change. Now the car wasn't even due
for an oil change, but I wanted to see what
would happen. So they changed the oil and they used
They used to recycled oil.
Speaker 6 (01:23):
One of the big ones, one of the big scams out.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
How do you know? How do you know if they've
done that?
Speaker 7 (01:28):
You can tell because when you pull a dipstick out,
the oil should be nice and smooth, and oil should
be a nice clear color, but instead it was very thin.
It was very black, and you could feel the granules.
I gets like the metal shaving.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Yeah, this is why you know they think the wife.
The wife comes in, the wife doesn't know to do
something like that. You know they're gonna Yeah, I.
Speaker 8 (01:49):
Don't know anything about oil, just change it.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
I don't care. Okay, but not all females are dumb
like that.
Speaker 8 (01:57):
Okay, but it's good to know that because now you
guess what I'm going to be doing.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
I'm going to be checking now right.
Speaker 7 (02:04):
In addition to that, they changed break fluid. They gave
her a new battery, which she didn't need. They changed
the air filter. There was no reason for any of it.
They hit her with a bill for three hundred and
twenty six bucks.
Speaker 6 (02:16):
Oh they took her. Wow, we took her.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
You're gonna but there's a lot of people that don't know.
They're just gonna pay it. It happens every day, all day.
And what company was its motive?
Speaker 6 (02:26):
Who was the individual you were dealing with?
Speaker 7 (02:28):
She dealt with a guy. His name Tanks had gone there.
Speaker 6 (02:31):
This is gonna be good. It's gonna be great.
Speaker 7 (02:34):
His real name is, but he goes by the name.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
First of all, what are you looking to get out
of this phone call? We've got to define exactly what
you need and what you want out of this phone call.
Speaker 6 (02:44):
Frid Friday, I.
Speaker 7 (02:45):
Would love for ever to know what this guy does.
But you give me my three hundred twenty six dollars
back ninety eight cents whatever the whole bill was, I'm
happy and we'll walk away. But if you don't want
to give it back, I think he needs to be reported.
I also want to put this guy in notice.
Speaker 6 (03:00):
Okay, so you understand Stan.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Understand Stan, but you do understand Stan that if we
get him to pay you the three hundred and twenty
six dollars and ninety eight cents refund you the total
all your money back, we can't report him to the
authorities in which we we're about to threaten him with.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
We're about to really come down hard on him with
a mass amount of resources that we have, people that
we know in different agencies.
Speaker 9 (03:26):
There are several agencies that we can go to now,
not just the Better Business Bureau, but local authorities, the
state attorney general. We have all kinds of options. We
can come down hard on this guy exactly. But if
we can't do that, we're not gonna call our resources.
If he pays you your money back, we're just gonna
put him unnoticed.
Speaker 6 (03:44):
Stand.
Speaker 4 (03:45):
He does need to be put on He does need
to be put on blast about this.
Speaker 6 (03:49):
No, no doubt. Are you kidding?
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Fine, you're listening to Fraud Friday with the KTU Morning Crew.
We'll be right back with part two when Hollywood and
Marine make the call. Buckle up because things are about
to get rough. This is food Friday.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
May I help you, Hi, I'm calling for.
Speaker 5 (04:28):
Help you.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Hi.
Speaker 8 (04:29):
Hey, my name is Jessica. I was referred by a
friend Rochelle. She's got the white Honda.
Speaker 5 (04:35):
Okay, yeah, what can I do for you?
Speaker 8 (04:37):
Well, she suggested, I give you a call because I
think I need to come in and just get the
car checked.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
I think I need an oil change.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
Was what was left time you an oil change?
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Yeah?
Speaker 8 (04:50):
I don't know, like two three months ago. Hit tomorrow,
So I'm overdue for the oil change.
Speaker 5 (04:59):
Yeah. The tuny you get in here, the better, So
I would suggest you come tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (05:03):
Okay, Well, how much for the oil change?
Speaker 5 (05:07):
I mean, I don't know. You have to you have
to come in here. I have to look at it.
You have to come in.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
Oh I do so, you can't just give me a
quote or whatever it's called. What is your name again,
is Jessica?
Speaker 7 (05:18):
How old is the car?
Speaker 5 (05:19):
Jessica?
Speaker 8 (05:19):
It's about three years old?
Speaker 5 (05:22):
Oh? Oh yeah, y' you're you're a joke. You gotta
get ol girl?
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Are you serious?
Speaker 5 (05:27):
I mean, I gotta look at the car. You gotta
come in and tak a look at the car. The
col could be in bad shape.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
I mean you know, I mean I don't know it
drives good.
Speaker 5 (05:35):
You should get that checked right away.
Speaker 8 (05:39):
How often am I supposed to bring the Is it?
Am I supposed to get the oil change?
Speaker 4 (05:43):
Like every month?
Speaker 5 (05:44):
Yes? Every thirty days?
Speaker 6 (05:46):
Is it really every thirty days? Huh? Is that what
it is?
Speaker 5 (05:50):
Hello?
Speaker 6 (05:52):
Is that what you're telling us? Every thirty days? A
brand new cars? Cars?
Speaker 3 (05:54):
It's not even three years old, and you're telling them
And I'll just all you just hold on you, just
hold on him in. My name's Hollywood Hamilton. We're with
w KT Radio and you're on something called Fraud Friday.
You might want to bear with us right now. You
might want to bear with this phone call because if
you end up hanging up on us or you don't
want us to air the phone call, you could be
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in a lot of trouble with us. Not only a
lot of trouble with us, but the vast resources that
we have in order to take care of the fraud
that you're committing, no doubt a daily basis.
Speaker 6 (06:27):
Oh yeah, stand are you there?
Speaker 5 (06:29):
Do you remember me?
Speaker 7 (06:31):
We spoke on the phone. Yeah, you took advantage of
my wife. She came in with the Fort Explorer. He
dropped the oil. Yeah, yeah, you changed transmission fluid, you
gave her a new new battery, break the fluid, all
this nonsense that she didn't need.
Speaker 5 (06:46):
What are you talking about?
Speaker 7 (06:47):
You know exactly what I'm talking about?
Speaker 6 (06:50):
Okay, his wife.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Stan's wife came in for a simple oil change. You
kicked her back with low quality recycled oil. She needed
a new battery, all kinds of fluids. I think three
hundred and twenty six dollars and ninety eight cents. The
car went back to Stan. Stan check the oil out
and it was definitely old, recycled, grungy, grimy oil.
Speaker 6 (07:11):
What do you think you know exactly what I'm talking about.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
Stan has examples of people all over the Yonkers area,
all over the west Chester County area that have come
in and that have been taken advantage of your service.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
Now, no, yeah, all right, go ahead. I want you.
I want you to explain yourself.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
That's not it.
Speaker 7 (07:28):
Be good.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
I mean, I'm a I'm a loose shop here and
I take care of my customers. The lady came in,
she needed toughing. And the stuff I did to a car,
I mean it needed all that, it needed it all.
Speaker 7 (07:39):
Are you absolutely kidding me? I mean, I I had
your name the car.
Speaker 5 (07:46):
No, I agree, you didn't you know?
Speaker 7 (07:49):
He gave me that bill and handled it this way.
That's for sure.
Speaker 5 (07:52):
I've been doing this all my life. I handle my Okay, cause, all.
Speaker 6 (07:55):
Right, here's the deal. You charged your three hundred and
twenty six dollars and ninety eight cents. He wants his
money back. He wants his money back. Okay. Now I
want you to listen to me very carefully, because Marie.
Speaker 4 (08:06):
And I'm not gonna do it.
Speaker 6 (08:07):
No, listen, listen, he's gotta do it. He's gonna do it.
Listen to me.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
Marie and I have incredibly vast resources in different agencies
in New York City. Okay, I can start with the
State Attorney General's Office, Latitia James Boom. I'm gonna make
the call today, the Federal Trade Commission, Better Business Bureau,
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Consumer Fraud Protection Bureau,
State Department of Motor Vehicles.
Speaker 6 (08:32):
You you listen to me. This is this is what
he wants.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
He wants his three hundred and twenty six dollars and
ninety eight cents, and you're put on notice or I'm
going to start making calls today.
Speaker 8 (08:42):
We're dead serious. I can't even imagine. I can't even
fathom how many people you have completely screwed over.
Speaker 7 (08:52):
I don't my friends screwed over them.
Speaker 6 (08:55):
Yeah, and that's another thing, Stan. It's not only his wife.
There is a handful of other people in the community.
They know what you're doing, they know what you're up to.
Speaker 5 (09:07):
What is it you're looking for.
Speaker 6 (09:08):
I just told you what we're looking for.
Speaker 3 (09:10):
We're looking for our money back at three hundred and
twenty six dollars and ninety eight cents. At that point,
we won't go to the agencies that I've just described
a minute ago.
Speaker 4 (09:19):
You want to roll the dice and take that chance,
you do.
Speaker 6 (09:22):
What you want.
Speaker 5 (09:24):
Where do we go from here?
Speaker 3 (09:25):
I'm gonna put you on hold, and you and Stan
are gonna walk this through with one another. Samantha will
be on the line with you, and you're gonna be recorded,
and you're gonna pay the money back, and we're not
going to any agencies.
Speaker 4 (09:37):
You're not doing this anymore. You're gonna clean up your.
Speaker 7 (09:39):
Act, give me my money back. Don't have to deal
with this guy anymore. I will be sending people in
to make sure you're doing what's right.
Speaker 6 (09:46):
Samantha, you got this, I got it all right.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
Fraud Friday, Hollywood, Hamilton and the k T Morning Crew
will be right back.
Speaker 1 (09:52):
Have you been scammed, taken advantage of, will being a
victim of fraud? The Morning Crew is here to help.
Tell us your story. Ktu dot com slash fraud Friday.
That's katiu dot com slash fraud Friday, and believe me,
they will get it done.
Speaker 5 (10:11):
No man loops, open up, man