Lyft Driver Tries To Extort Customer For Phone, They're Not Having It

This Lyft customer forgot their phone in the car. It happens,. You'd think that it would be a pretty easy issue to resolve, but that's where things got complicated. In a situation where it could have cost nothing to do the right thing, this guy decided to lie his way into a phone hostage situation. And this person wasn't going to let it happen. For some more scammers not getting what they want, here's the scammer who pretended to be a CEO and then got trolled like mad.

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