A Steve Perry Scam & Onions In Your Coffee

Happy Taco Tuesday! Christie and Karena talk about a Steve Perry impersonator who scammed a woman out of thousands of dollars! Plus, there's a new trend involving onions and coffee! 

Episode Transcript

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Please you listening Good Morning Drive withChristy live on demand right here on Nadine's
Plus that what three point seven.Thanks for letting us come along for the
drive. I'm Christy and producer Karinais here. And have you ever been
scammed out of money? It happensmore and more each day. If people
would just use their energy for positivityinstead of trying to take hundreds of thousands

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of dollars from people, especially seniorcitizens, yeah, the world would be
a much better place. I don'tknow if you heard about this story,
but there was this seventy five yearold woman who was ripped off one hundred
and twenty three, no, onehundred and twenty thousand dollars by Steve Perry,
not real Steve Perry, not realSteve Perry, but someone online impersonating

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journeys Steve Perry. I guess theyhit her up on Facebook in January and
they claim to be Steve Perry witha business opportunity, and he said he
needed a woman in his life.And over the next few months she spent
over seventy thousand dollars wiring this fakeSteve Steve Ferry because it wasn't the real

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Steve Perry money and gift cards.Okay, if somebody asked you for a
gift card that's red, that's likea red flag number one, yeah,
plus red flag number two. Christieis a celebrity, wouldn't ask you for
money, That's what. You knowwhat this happens because I used to go

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to this physical therapy office and oneof the nurses there who helped me,
he was like, yeah, youknow, I came in one day and
he was super excited. He's like, yeah, you know I've been talking
to I think it was Mariska Hargateonline, the woman from Law and Order.
Okay, and he was so serious. He's like, yeah, she
hit me up on Facebook. AndI'm thinking, why would you think this

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woman would hit you up? Yeah, And he's like, you know,
she hasn't asked me for any money. You know, she's just she's just
lonely and she's you know, it'shard for her to meet somebody in Hollywood.
That's that's real. So and hestraight up believed that he was in
a situationship with Mariska Hargatea. He'slike, it's not it's not fake.

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You know, this happens to meall the time, like Halle Berry hit
me up a couple of years ago. Are you for real, Bless?
It's hard? And I was tryingto help him. I said, hey,
let me see the let me seethis, let me see the messages.
And I said, you know,she doesn't really have any friends like
Mariska Hargate would have friends and pictures. No, she sent me a picture

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of her, of her dad,And I'm just like, oh, oh,
Bless, it's hard. But Ithink, like you said, people
fall for it all the time.I feel bad for this woman if Steve
Perry hits you up on face.But first of all, Steve Perry is
not hitting you up. I'm sorry. You could be amazing, But I
don't think he's rolling on Facebook likethat, just kind of like, you
know, reaching out to people.I could be wrong. I could get

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a message of DM from Steve Ferrylater on today. I just don't think
it's happening. But if somebody,a stranger you don't know, is asking
you for gift cards, please don'tsend it to him. Christy, I
think she stopped believing after this.You know what, Trina, don't don't
make jumps up in seventy five yearold woman lupit one hundred and twenty thousand
dollars. Sheeez, it's okay.I know, I feel bad for her.

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It's okay. Really you don't it. What's her name, Sherry?
My open arms are waiting to giveyou a hug. Karina over here,
not so much. Swear to God. Man, it sucks so, you
know, because people do get superscammed. I remember I got scammed,
but you know, I was tryingto get a deal. I was trying

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to buy a cell phone at theflea market in Naples when I was stationed
in Italy, and he had allthe things, and then when I opened
up the box, it was abrick. Because that's what I get for
trying to get the hook up.You know, my brother bought a TV,
you know, like that he gotan oven door. No he did,
he sure did. He bought aTV. Like, hey, bro,

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I got this TV you know,blah blah blah, whompy womp.
And he was like, yeah,sure he bought it. It was a
TV box with the oven door.He was supermoted. Have you ever been
scammed? Though it happens? Oneeight sixty six nine hundred and one three
seven or a share tap the redmicrophone on our iHeartRadio app. If you
share your experience, it might helpsomebody else from you know, getting getting

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oetting, getting got exactly I'll getyou on NAG Christie Live. So not
sure if you heard this story,but a woman was scammed out of one
hundred and twenty thousand dollars by someonewho was impersonating Steve Perry on Facebook,
supposedly asking her for money, andshe said it wired him money, gift

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cards, and the only red flagfor her when the person asked her for
pictures of her passport and driver's life. That's when she went to the police.
What but it happens? How didyou get scammed? B So,
I definitely self wore this like Instagramscam. There was like an ad for
a drop shipping store and they weregiving away a backpack for free. You

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just had to pay for the shipping, and I was like, well,
shipping was like kind of expensive,but I still felt like the bag was
worth it, and so, needlessto say, I paid the shipping and
the bag number came. I'm alwaysworried about things like that. That's why
I was so hesitant to use tmove. But now man once you get
on that t move wagon. There'sno stopping it. It's not scam.

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It is, however, a moneypit. You'll spend a lot of cash
there. But yeah, those onlinescams, you just never can't be too
sure. Thank you so much forthe call be Have you ever been scammed?
One eight sixty six nine hundred oneo three seven or you could tap
the red microphone on our iHeartRadio appto send a talk back and share your
story. Hey, it happens toa lot of people. Or maybe you

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had a friend or family member whowas scammed out of some cash. Share
your experience so we all can beon the lookout of what to you know,
avoid Dady's plus and one oh threepoints. So it's time for the
Crazy Train. Unfolding drives with Chrystilightgetting ready to head out on the crazy

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Train. Today, the Crazy Trainis heading out to Colorado, where a
family was awoken in the middle ofthe night by their Apple device showing a
high heat warning in their house,basically a fire and they were like,
oh my god, what happened?They get up and they find out somebody
had set their kitchen on fire.Oh yeah, that's not even the crazy

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part. The arsonist responsible. Thecouple's curious puff was inspecting the stove when
he accidentally popped it with his paw, turning it on, setting fire to
some boxes perched on top the dog. Dog, the dog set the house
on fire, and what's crazy.Thank you to House Stevens first of all

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for sending us this story on Facebook. Uh huh. I always love you
to be a part of the show. But this isn't the first, second,
or third time this happened. I'mgoogling the story like trying to find
out, Okay, dog sets thehouse on fire. This just happened in
Ohio again two days ago. Dang. I guess a couple had dog treats

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near their oven, so of coursethe dog is like, oh, let
me go see what's up, hoppedup, accidentally hit the oven, turn
it on, set the whole houseon fire. Oh gosh, dang,
that is crazy. A dog issupposed to be man's best friend, but
clearly they're over here committing the arson. Watch your dogs. And a cat

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was responsible for another house fire aswell in another city. So that's why
I don't have any pets, right. I think that's pretty cool about that
technology, though, letting you knowthat something is really hot in the house.
Yeah, I've never heard of that. Yeah, if I had one,
it would be going off all thetime because you know, I'm hot.

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Okay, I walked through the door. PDBB. I know. Like
that's a daily crazy news story.You can ride a crazy train every weekday
at seventeen and nine forty and it'son demand too at eighties plus radio dot
com. Share the fun with thefriend, Don't be greedy. Christie Live

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Beastie Boys on eighties Plus at oneof three point seven. It's eight thirty
seven. My name's Christie. ProducerKarina is here and thank you so much
for listening. Whenever I hear thatsong, it reminds me of Revenge of
the Nerds because they were partying backin the day. Do you remember Booger?
Yes? First, I love thatmovie is peak eighties and the Nerds

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win, And I love the factthat the Nerds win in eighties movies.
Christy, deep inside you said youare a nerd. No, not deep
inside. That is like a parent. That's not a secret. I have
a plastic calculator Cassio watch that Iwear every day. That is not a
secret. But Yeah, that songjust totally reminds me of college, even

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though wasn't a member of a fraternityor sorority. I did, however,
go to pretty much all of theBay Area community colleges. Shout out to
Aloney, Laney, DeAnza, Dangwhich others. Chebou went to Chebou College
in Hayward represent and I think I'mmissing one. I'm pretty sure because I

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did a tour of all of theBay Area community colleges. Was this before
you went to the military, Yes, okay, before and after? You
know, I went to Laney anda Loney after a Loney, before Chabeau,
before DeAnza before. I know I'mmissing one in there, but hey,
that's that's part of growing up inthe Bay You gotta at least do

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a semester at a community college.Did you go to a lot of parties?
Now? Really? Well, itwas a big raver back in the
day. But that's a different justa different story for a different day.
I don't know. We're trying toget that deep in the situation. And
shout out to the Becca program producerKarina representing for San Francisco State. Yep,
yep, that was my school.And then before that, I graduated

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from DVC, another Bay Area communitycollege's time growing up in the Bay Area.
You gotta make that track through thecommunity colleges. Why not? We
don't all have money, you know, getting billionaire donations. Did you hear
about this story? Who was it, Michael Bloomberg? Yeah, the Bloomberg

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Foundation. They just gave John HopkinsUniversity one billion dollars with a bee to
help pay for medical school for aton of students. That is amazing because
I guess the yeah, hell yeah, shoot they I guess the average doctor
who graduates is two hundred thousand dollarsin debt. Wow, that's a lot

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of money. Well, yeah,that's a lot of money. Wow,
that's crazy. So, you know, a billion dollars donation, how many
people will that send to school?If it's two hundred thousand dollars? Math,
there's that California Community College just tobring the Cassie you watch. Oh
it was a great It was agreat job. I don't know what to
do math. Just say, don'task me to do math now. Anyway,

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that was a good look though.Every Tuesday and Thursday gotta talk about
the crazy viral trends. Happening inthe world. It's something called you gotta
be kidding me. And there isalways something new that people are trying to
eat and drink on TikTok, ofcourse, But this latest viral trend,
oh my god, you won't believewhat people are drinking now in the mornings

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to set their day off on theright foot. I don't know this is
the way to do it, butfind out about it next. And you
gotta be kidding me? On eightiesplus, Christie Live, poffee bread is
bad enough, and now you wantto add this to your morning cup and
Joe every Tuesday and Thursday here oneighties plus and what three point seven got
to talk about the crazy viral trendshappening in the world and something called you

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gotta be kidding me. That's exactlywhat you'll say when you hear about the
latest TikTok specialty coffee trend. Ican get behind a lavender latte, maybe
a macha latte even know, orchata latte, but the scallion latte trend
on TikTok. M hmmm, I'msorry. Stop by chopping fresh spring on

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you. Then just make a nicelatte. How you would do the ice,
milk, and of course some espresso. Then we have to heavily garnish
our drink with spring onions. Makesure to give it a nice mixed buttoms
up. Why are they putting onionsin their coffee? That is a very
good question. You gotta be kiddingme. People are literally chopping up green
onions, muddling them and then throwingsome milk, some ice, some coffee

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on top, and then chopped greenonions on top. Coffee breath is bad
enough in the morning, and nowyou want to throw some onions in your
coffee. I do wonder if ittastes good. No, it doesn't taste
good. Nobody online who has triedthis has said it is delicious, and
everyone who tries to make it saysthe same thing. I'm trying the viral

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green onion coffee because I have yetto see somebody actually enjoy it. Because
you're throwing onions and coffee. Whatis to enjoy about that? I'm sorry,
that's just brutal. Get it likecoffee, Bruce, No, sorry,
it's a latte. Take in.You gotta be kidding me. Eighties

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plus at one oh three point seven. Time to play. Give me five
with Christy Live Hiarning comes this.This is Keith from San Carlos. Let's
see if you got what it takesto battle the brain freeze. I'm gonna
give you a category, Keith,and all you have to do is give
me five things in that category inten seconds for your chance to win.

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Clock will start when I say,go, Keith, give me five hotel
chains. Go Hiatt Mariot wend tenfour season. Oh we'll give it up,

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We'll give it up. Yeah,barely made it barely baby got off
to him a quick start, butyou pulled it out there in the end.
Congratulations, you're the give me fivechamp Tony. Your rain was short
lived. Step up to the bike. Who or what would you like to
shout out? This Taco Tuesday?Oh? How about to you guys?

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Yay, you guys are great.Thank you so much. I enjoy your
show every day. Oh that's supergood looking out well, thank you very
much. We're gonna keep you asa chance so we could shout ourselves out
all the time. I'm just kidding. Hang on, we're gonna get you
hugged up with something tomorrow. You'llhave a chance to steal his crown.
He coming up around ninety Hopping aboardthe Crazy Train. Got your daily crazy

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