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's Water Boys are accused of using Cash
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App to scam drivers out of a lot of
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money. This week alone, two trusting
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victims have come forward to say they
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were robbed of more than $1,000. They
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say they only meant to send a few bucks
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to the teens who sell water at
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intersections throughout the city. Fox's
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Rob Derenzo is live in Midtown tonight.
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Rob, it's an important warning.
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Yeah, that's right, guys. They say no
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good deed goes unpunished. And these
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victims tell me they were just trying to
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send a couple bucks to the water boys
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over Cash App. But when they handed
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their phones to them to put in their
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usernames, they got scammed.
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If y'all are in Atlanta, do not give any
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money to the Water Boys. It was a bottle
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of water that cost Tristan Richardson
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She encountered Atlanta's infamous Water
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Boys off the downtown connector in
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Midtown earlier this week. One of the
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boys came up to my window and I let my
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window all the way down and I was like,
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"Um, I don't have any cash." The water
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boy told her he'd take cash app. So, she
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put in her $2 payment and tried to get
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his username. And then he was like, he
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took the phone. He was like, "No, let me
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just let me just type it in. You're not
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typing in the right." As soon as she got
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her phone back, she realized she messed
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up. And when he gave the phone back to
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me and I sent the payment, it was
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And it seems to be a growing trend.
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Police say on Monday a man lost $1,000
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at that same exact intersection with the
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water boys using the same exact tactic.
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Last week we told you about a woman who
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says she lost 800 bucks on a QR code
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provided by a group of water boys off
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I20 and Joseph Lowry. If anybody knows
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me, I'm always giving to people. I'm
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always just helping out the community.
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The emotional Tik Tok Richardson made
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right after it happened has gone viral.
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I had so many comments on my video of
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people saying that's the oldest trick in
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the book. I never heard of that trick.
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Like I I live in the suburbs. I was
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raised in the suburbs. She has received
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a lot of support through an online
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fundraiser. But she has this warning to
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others. If you're in Atlanta and you
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come by, you know, you pass by the water
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boys, I wouldn't even press my finger on
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the um roll down window button. I
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wouldn't even press that. Like, don't
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And Richardson has filed a police report
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with APD, who is currently investigating
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this. Meanwhile, she says she's opened a
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dispute with Cash App, but she says this
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could take weeks, maybe even months to
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resolve. That's the latest from here
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live in Midtown. Rob Drienzo, Fox 5
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News. Well, it sounds like they realize
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it now, but it's probably best not to
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give your phone to anyone you don't
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know. Rob, it's important to know that.
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Smart advice. Yeah. All right. Thanks,
