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Speaker 1 (00:01):
You are about to hear a feature that was created
to expose the scammers, thieves, and con 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):
And what an interesting piece of fraud we got. Of course,
this is I don't know if you're just joining us,
ladies and gentlemen. It's where we help get listeners back
their money after they've been scammed, they've been duped, they've
been taken by a piece of fraud. And this week
we have a woman by the name of Vicky on
the line with us right now who brought to our
attention a scam that I had no idea in existence,
(00:43):
the Salvation Army impersonator scam, commonly known as the Red
Kettle scam. Vicky, you there, thanks for having me on,
So tell us a little bit about We understand you
caught a family member involved with this Salvation Army impersonator scam,
which I went to invest When I found out about
this a couple of days ago, I went online, I
investigate this is actually a thing, right, you have a cousin.
(01:06):
Can you tell us a little bit about your cousin.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Yeah, my cousin has been impersonating a Salvation Army worker
with that red signature kettle jar. I actually didn't catch
him at first. My friend Stephanie recognized him and said, Hey,
I think I saw your cousin Roder cutting money. I
thought he was under the.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah, that's what producer Anthony and Samantha told me that
you don't want your cousin to go to jail. You
want us to scare him. Now, normally we get people's
money back. This is a little different.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
So how long has he been out there taking people's money?
Do you have any idea?
Speaker 3 (01:42):
It was around Thanksgiving that I first heard about it
from my friend and I. We have all tried to
get him on the right direction. Everybody has tried, my father,
my mother, you know, his mom and my mom's sister,
other uncles, try to get him a job like we
have all we've.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Collecting money. This is you know, Friday is a feature
where we go after these people and we get people's
money back. That's the whole idea here. Anybody got any
ideas here? This is kind of not like a normal
fraud Friday. This is different this but for the holidays.
I say, we stopped this guy, right, Let's make sure
giving you earn money to a fake collector? Yeah, yeah,
(02:25):
no stealing from people who are in need? This is uh.
I think this is a new low that this guy
what's his name, Roger? Roger stealing from stealing from people
in need? Wow.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
We just I'm so done trying to help him. Everyone's done.
I just I don't want to go to jail. But
he needs to be scared. He needs to stop this.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
So you know, I need, first of all, tell me
where he lives, because I know the angle I'm gonna take.
Tell me where the guy lives?
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Where does he fifty five Well Road, Uniondale, New York.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
He lives over in Uniondale. Okay, what kind of what
kind of car does this guy drive?
Speaker 3 (02:59):
I think it's the Corolla Cola.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Do you have anything else I can use, anything off
the top of your mind that I might be able
to use as a private investigator, because I'm gonna go
after this guy really really hard. What else can you
tell me? I think? Uh?
Speaker 3 (03:17):
On such Okay, So on Sunday he came over and
he whipped out five hundred dollars worth of dollar bills
and showed us to it. And five hundred dollar bills
don't belong to him, they belong to people in need.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
So what you're you're saying, he at you're at, You're
at dinner, and he whipped out a massive wad of bills.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yeah, and he was smirking, and I thought it was
unusual at the time, I'm like, what the he Why
does he have five hundred dollars worth of dollar bills?
That's so weird. And then I put it together because
that's when my friend Stephanie was like, Hey, I saw
your cousin Roger, you know, collecting money for the Salvation
are me. He thought he was on disability.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
So he's not a he's not a stripper. He's not
a stripper. Not a stripper, I got it. So that's
when your friend told you that he was pulling off
this Salvation Army impersonator scam.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Hi.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
I know what I want to do. I know what
I want to do. All right, let's go. Let's go
do Vicky. One last question. What's Rogers's last name? What's
his last name?
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Warreck?
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Warren, Warren.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
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.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Can't get enough of the hot program be recorded?
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Welcome back for part two for this week's Fraud Friday.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Hello, yeah, hello, Yeah, Roger Warren. Yeah, that's me. What's good. Yeah,
my name is Sean Hamilton. I'm a private investigator. Uh.
This is Roger Warn fifty five in Uniondale. Yeah, okay.
We have reason to believe that you have been impersonating
(05:17):
somebody who works at Salvation Army.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
No, no, that's not no.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Oh is that right? Okay, Well, I've been trailing you
for the last three weeks and you know, I obviously
know where you live. Do you drive Toyota Corolla? Roger?
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Yeah, I do.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
So what you have been for quite some time now?
It looks like you've been stealing from people who are
in need and panhandling with the red bucket right out
of the shop right there in Uniondale. No, well, hold on,
hold on. We have Vicky, your cousin, on the phone
with us right now, and she's yeah, hi, hey Roger. Okay,
(05:56):
so what what's happened. Is Vicky your cousin. She has
a friend of hers that saw you panhandle out in
front of.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
So you're not working for Salvation Army.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
I'm I'm I'm helping out.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
There's no crime happening.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
No that what does that mean? You're helping out? Who
are you? Who are you with this? That's Marie. She
works here at the office with us. She's also a
private investigator. This entire team, this entire office, has been
on you for the last two weeks. We've seen you,
We've seen what you've been doing. We've seen you out
in front of We know what you're up to. Apparently
you showed up at a party or a dinner of
(06:33):
some sort just a few nights ago. Vicky was there
and you you actually had the bosom of you actually
had the goal enough to start showing a one dollar
and five dollars and hash it was you know, no, no,
you listen. Let me tell you something. I am five
inches away from hauling you in. I'm talking about everybody
(06:55):
from the FBI to the Uniondale Police Department.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
About what who got hurt?
Speaker 2 (07:01):
About? What you stealing? Money?
Speaker 4 (07:03):
You're stealing.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
You're a thief. It's not a misdemeanor. It is a felony. Roger,
do you know how long you can sing your prison
this type of fraud.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
You are a disgrace to our family. We're literally going
through your.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Mind to say the least. Here we go, Roger, this
is what we're gonna do. I'm gonna give you. I
am shut up. Listen to me. You've got twenty four
hours to take five hundred dollars in cash and donate
it to the Salvation Army. Now, Vicky, I'm going to
need you to monitor this somehow. We're gonna have to
monitor this. We're gonna have to know that he's done this.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
We need to stick this.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
You know, Roger, you have a cousin that actually loves
you and cares about you. Clearly if she's not turning
you in for this, and you are a lucky guy,
because frankly, I think you should be arrested and face
the consequences.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
But you need to straighten yourself out, Roger, Yes or no.
Five hundred dollars needs to go to the Salvation Army
within twenty four hours. Are you going to comply? There's
nothing more I would love to see Roger do five detention.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
Maybe that's what he needs to do in order to
get the message. I don't know that's you know what.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Forget the forget the money. I'm gonna report Vicky. Can
you and I meet for lunch tomorrow. We're gonna have
to press charges on this guy. We're gonna have to
press charges. I'm gonna need you to do it. Okay,
very cool? What wait? What do you talk? Do you
have the five hundred dollars or not? Whatever?
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Are you what sellers? I will deliver the fis to Salvation.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Army, Samantha, you want to do me a real favorite
Salvation Army headquarters in the Uniondale area. Can you tell
me right now, really quickly? You can donate online. We
just want proved. I I don't want to do Okay,
you want to go in a person I want I
want him to go with Vicky to the location with
five hundred dollars cash. Right. I gotta tell you something.
(08:55):
You're like the ultimate scumbag. I never come back crazy.
You couldn't panhandle on your own. You couldn't get your
own little blue bucket. You had to go with the
red bucket and the Salvation Army. You had to impersonate
this wasn't hurting anyone. It's still and it was.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
Hurting not only lots of innocent people, but a beautiful organization.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Okay, look, I don't eat a lecture. I'll deliver the
money to the Salvation Arm good.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Oh excellent. We have an address and we'll give it
to them off the air, no problem. All right, there's
no Salvation head headquarters, so that means it would be
sometime today. We can get this out of the way.
And if you can call Samantha Stander, our director of
operations and let you know that this has been executed,
we're good to go. If he does not deliver the
(09:43):
money today, I want you to let us know. Okay,
thank you, I really appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
And heads up, Roger, We're going to continue to trail
you to make sure you're not doing this again, because
the next time you get caught doing this, we're turning
you in.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
This is a felony and we are going to be
trailing you. We're going to be watching you, Roger. Okay,
So Vicky, hope to hear from you soon. Okay, love,
all right, thank you guys. Thanks Hollywood, Amaze, I gave
you you morning. Oh great, real
You are about to hear a feature that was created
to expose the scammers, thieves, and con 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):
And what an interesting piece of fraud we got. Of course,
this is I don't know if you're just joining us,
ladies and gentlemen. It's where we help get listeners back
their money after they've been scammed, they've been duped, they've
been taken by a piece of fraud. And this week
we have a woman by the name of Vicky on
the line with us right now who brought to our
attention a scam that I had no idea in existence,
(00:43):
the Salvation Army impersonator scam, commonly known as the Red
Kettle scam. Vicky, you there, thanks for having me on,
So tell us a little bit about We understand you
caught a family member involved with this Salvation Army impersonator scam,
which I went to invest When I found out about
this a couple of days ago, I went online, I
investigate this is actually a thing, right, you have a cousin.
(01:06):
Can you tell us a little bit about your cousin.
Speaker 3 (01:08):
Yeah, my cousin has been impersonating a Salvation Army worker
with that red signature kettle jar. I actually didn't catch
him at first. My friend Stephanie recognized him and said, Hey,
I think I saw your cousin Roder cutting money. I
thought he was under the.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah, that's what producer Anthony and Samantha told me that
you don't want your cousin to go to jail. You
want us to scare him. Now, normally we get people's
money back. This is a little different.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
So how long has he been out there taking people's money?
Do you have any idea?
Speaker 3 (01:42):
It was around Thanksgiving that I first heard about it
from my friend and I. We have all tried to
get him on the right direction. Everybody has tried, my father,
my mother, you know, his mom and my mom's sister,
other uncles, try to get him a job like we
have all we've.
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Collecting money. This is you know, Friday is a feature
where we go after these people and we get people's
money back. That's the whole idea here. Anybody got any
ideas here? This is kind of not like a normal
fraud Friday. This is different this but for the holidays.
I say, we stopped this guy, right, Let's make sure
giving you earn money to a fake collector? Yeah, yeah,
(02:25):
no stealing from people who are in need? This is uh.
I think this is a new low that this guy
what's his name, Roger? Roger stealing from stealing from people
in need? Wow.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
We just I'm so done trying to help him. Everyone's done.
I just I don't want to go to jail. But
he needs to be scared. He needs to stop this.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
So you know, I need, first of all, tell me
where he lives, because I know the angle I'm gonna take.
Tell me where the guy lives?
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Where does he fifty five Well Road, Uniondale, New York.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
He lives over in Uniondale. Okay, what kind of what
kind of car does this guy drive?
Speaker 3 (02:59):
I think it's the Corolla Cola.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Do you have anything else I can use, anything off
the top of your mind that I might be able
to use as a private investigator, because I'm gonna go
after this guy really really hard. What else can you
tell me? I think? Uh?
Speaker 3 (03:17):
On such Okay, So on Sunday he came over and
he whipped out five hundred dollars worth of dollar bills
and showed us to it. And five hundred dollar bills
don't belong to him, they belong to people in need.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
So what you're you're saying, he at you're at, You're
at dinner, and he whipped out a massive wad of bills.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yeah, and he was smirking, and I thought it was
unusual at the time, I'm like, what the he Why
does he have five hundred dollars worth of dollar bills?
That's so weird. And then I put it together because
that's when my friend Stephanie was like, Hey, I saw
your cousin Roger, you know, collecting money for the Salvation
are me. He thought he was on disability.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
So he's not a he's not a stripper. He's not
a stripper. Not a stripper, I got it. So that's
when your friend told you that he was pulling off
this Salvation Army impersonator scam.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Hi.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
I know what I want to do. I know what
I want to do. All right, let's go. Let's go
do Vicky. One last question. What's Rogers's last name? What's
his last name?
Speaker 3 (04:19):
Warreck?
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Warren, Warren.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
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.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Can't get enough of the hot program be recorded?
Speaker 1 (04:35):
Welcome back for part two for this week's Fraud Friday.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Hello, yeah, hello, Yeah, Roger Warren. Yeah, that's me. What's good. Yeah,
my name is Sean Hamilton. I'm a private investigator. Uh.
This is Roger Warn fifty five in Uniondale. Yeah, okay.
We have reason to believe that you have been impersonating
(05:17):
somebody who works at Salvation Army.
Speaker 4 (05:20):
No, no, that's not no.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Oh is that right? Okay, Well, I've been trailing you
for the last three weeks and you know, I obviously
know where you live. Do you drive Toyota Corolla? Roger?
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Uh?
Speaker 4 (05:34):
Yeah, I do.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
So what you have been for quite some time now?
It looks like you've been stealing from people who are
in need and panhandling with the red bucket right out
of the shop right there in Uniondale. No, well, hold on,
hold on. We have Vicky, your cousin, on the phone
with us right now, and she's yeah, hi, hey Roger. Okay,
(05:56):
so what what's happened. Is Vicky your cousin. She has
a friend of hers that saw you panhandle out in
front of.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
So you're not working for Salvation Army.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
I'm I'm I'm helping out.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
There's no crime happening.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
No that what does that mean? You're helping out? Who
are you? Who are you with this? That's Marie. She
works here at the office with us. She's also a
private investigator. This entire team, this entire office, has been
on you for the last two weeks. We've seen you,
We've seen what you've been doing. We've seen you out
in front of We know what you're up to. Apparently
you showed up at a party or a dinner of
(06:33):
some sort just a few nights ago. Vicky was there
and you you actually had the bosom of you actually
had the goal enough to start showing a one dollar
and five dollars and hash it was you know, no, no,
you listen. Let me tell you something. I am five
inches away from hauling you in. I'm talking about everybody
(06:55):
from the FBI to the Uniondale Police Department.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
About what who got hurt?
Speaker 2 (07:01):
About? What you stealing? Money?
Speaker 4 (07:03):
You're stealing.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
You're a thief. It's not a misdemeanor. It is a felony. Roger,
do you know how long you can sing your prison
this type of fraud.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
You are a disgrace to our family. We're literally going
through your.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Mind to say the least. Here we go, Roger, this
is what we're gonna do. I'm gonna give you. I
am shut up. Listen to me. You've got twenty four
hours to take five hundred dollars in cash and donate
it to the Salvation Army. Now, Vicky, I'm going to
need you to monitor this somehow. We're gonna have to
monitor this. We're gonna have to know that he's done this.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
We need to stick this.
Speaker 4 (07:38):
You know, Roger, you have a cousin that actually loves
you and cares about you. Clearly if she's not turning
you in for this, and you are a lucky guy,
because frankly, I think you should be arrested and face
the consequences.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
But you need to straighten yourself out, Roger, Yes or no.
Five hundred dollars needs to go to the Salvation Army
within twenty four hours. Are you going to comply? There's
nothing more I would love to see Roger do five detention.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
Maybe that's what he needs to do in order to
get the message. I don't know that's you know what.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Forget the forget the money. I'm gonna report Vicky. Can
you and I meet for lunch tomorrow. We're gonna have
to press charges on this guy. We're gonna have to
press charges. I'm gonna need you to do it. Okay,
very cool? What wait? What do you talk? Do you
have the five hundred dollars or not? Whatever?
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Are you what sellers? I will deliver the fis to Salvation.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Army, Samantha, you want to do me a real favorite
Salvation Army headquarters in the Uniondale area. Can you tell
me right now, really quickly? You can donate online. We
just want proved. I I don't want to do Okay,
you want to go in a person I want I
want him to go with Vicky to the location with
five hundred dollars cash. Right. I gotta tell you something.
(08:55):
You're like the ultimate scumbag. I never come back crazy.
You couldn't panhandle on your own. You couldn't get your
own little blue bucket. You had to go with the
red bucket and the Salvation Army. You had to impersonate
this wasn't hurting anyone. It's still and it was.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
Hurting not only lots of innocent people, but a beautiful organization.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Okay, look, I don't eat a lecture. I'll deliver the
money to the Salvation Arm good.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Oh excellent. We have an address and we'll give it
to them off the air, no problem. All right, there's
no Salvation head headquarters, so that means it would be
sometime today. We can get this out of the way.
And if you can call Samantha Stander, our director of
operations and let you know that this has been executed,
we're good to go. If he does not deliver the
(09:43):
money today, I want you to let us know. Okay,
thank you, I really appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
And heads up, Roger, We're going to continue to trail
you to make sure you're not doing this again, because
the next time you get caught doing this, we're turning
you in.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
This is a felony and we are going to be
trailing you. We're going to be watching you, Roger. Okay,
So Vicky, hope to hear from you soon. Okay, love,
all right, thank you guys. Thanks Hollywood, Amaze, I gave
you you morning. Oh great, real
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