Dave & Chuck the Freak talk about a woman who was scammed on social media by a person pretending to be Bruce Springsteen and play out what they think their conversations might have sounded like.
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00:00there's a woman bruce springsteen fan who was boss if you will taken for 12 grand
00:10after developing a year-long relationship over facebook with the boss with the boss
00:15oh my god are you serious no no no yes the boss doesn't want to talk to anybody
00:22no the boss is the boss he's a bruce springsteen the boss is the boss
00:27oh my god lady oh that's it cbs chicago i'll play the love in one yeah has the story here
00:37you're playing oh are you singing that right to me let's listen in
00:42i have been loving bruce springsteen since the 1980s mary who asked us to conceal her identity
00:54says she commented on bruce springsteen's facebook page she then got a message from bruce and i'm
01:00like bruce springsteen i'm good how are you
01:05did you think that you were dealing with the real bruce springsteen yes a search of bruce springsteen
01:15shows there are dozens of facebook pages purporting to be the boss the real verified account is noted
01:22with a blue check mark mary and fake bruce exchanged pics and text messages for almost a
01:27year the tone turned flirty fake bruce told her he was getting a divorce and he said he needed money
01:33i sent him itunes itunes up to maybe four or five six hundred
01:38bruce springsteen needs itunes cards
01:41you think bruce springsteen needs itunes cards
01:45oh my god in heaven he's one of the
01:47he's one of the richest
01:49listen i'm down on my luck if you could send me a couple hundred dollars worth of itunes cards
01:54listen born in the usa is
01:56yeah bruce i will of course i will bruce
01:58his divorce lawyer only works for itunes cards
02:01yes exactly
02:02the only way he accepts payment
02:03you have okay i know it's hard
02:06yeah girl your daddy hold daddy go and leave you all alone
02:11oh my god
02:14that's you
02:15you think it's really him a dude that's worth like almost five hundred million dollars
02:22you think he's gonna need
02:24you can't save everyone
02:25you can't we try we try so hard
02:28marry marry
02:29so easy to scam old people
02:31it's so sad
02:32oh my god
02:32that's just bruce
02:34that's really
02:34that's the boss
02:35i like the idea of the guy calling her and he's got like a thick indian accent and he's like
02:46at night with my face open way
02:49oh my god
02:51it is you bro
02:52wow god you're singing right to me over the
02:55oh
02:57oh
02:57oh
02:58i'm on fire
02:59sounds a little different than you do
03:01i'm on the stage
03:02it is a little bit different because in a live setting it is
03:06more uh different
03:08i cannot believe
03:10than uh you
03:11i kind of
03:12mary ask him to sing born in the usa
03:13you gotta sing born in the usa
03:16born down in a dead end town
03:19the first kick i took is when i hit the ground
03:23oh my god
03:24end up like a dog that's been beat too much
03:27till you spend half of your life just covering up your
03:32oh my god
03:33born in the us of a
03:36oh i gotta sit down
03:37born in the us of a
03:39oh god bruce
03:41born in the us of a
03:44i'm a long dong
03:46daddy
03:47i'm the
03:48us of a
03:49oh my god
03:50did you say long dong
03:51that is that
03:52i love your spin on the lyrics
03:54the new spin
03:54it's so good
03:55i saw you do you remember
03:571989
03:58i do i remember because
04:00you looked out and i swear to god we made eye contact
04:02let's see that's right it was in 1982
04:04that was
04:06oh bruce
04:07in that stadium
04:08oh whatever you need
04:09i'll never forget
04:10whatever you need i'm getting
04:11well i'll tell you
04:12it's tough because i have
04:14oodles of gold
04:16locked up in
04:18in dubai
04:19currently
04:20oh that's a hell of a conundrum
04:21and the only way to
04:23get it out
04:24is uh through
04:26the magic of apple music
04:28oh you gotta
04:28you gotta
04:29you gotta
04:30and if i can please
04:34you know
04:35i'm on my way bruce
04:37whatever you need
04:38it's just your goal
04:39they gotta give you your goal
04:40glory days
04:41oh sing again
04:42then pass you by your glory days
04:46oh beautiful
04:47whenever the young girl is down
04:49the glory days
04:51i'm on my way to get there
04:52glory days
04:53oh bruce
04:55all right
04:56and you're getting a divorce
04:59oh yeah
05:00oh come on boys
05:05keep them rocking now
05:06you guys
05:07we're gonna go home
05:08oh the ladies down in the
05:10bingo hall are never gonna believe this
05:12turn it up
05:13oh god
05:14such rock and roll
05:15oh
05:17so yes
05:17if uh you could please
05:19send me
05:20all i need is about
05:21twelve thousand
05:22that's so reasonable
05:23in uh
05:24itunes
05:25that's not a lot at all
05:26i thought you'd have more money
05:28to get your own gold out
05:29but
05:29maybe we were born
05:30oh no when you sing
05:31i just
05:32i just melt when you sing
05:35like that to me
05:36oh bruce
05:38i don't uh
05:40i don't know this one
05:41i can't remember this one
05:43i couldn't expect you to remember all your hit songs
05:46that's right
05:46you'd probably have help on stage
05:48every once in a while he wouldn't know them
05:51yeah he wouldn't know them
05:52like if she'd ask for a deep cut
05:54and he'd be like
05:54oh boy
05:55that's alright
05:57i can't expect her to remember all that
05:59oh
06:00oh
06:00oh
06:00oh
06:02it's a death trap
06:03it's a suicide trap
06:05oh
06:06mary's never
06:07we better get out while we're young
06:09it's hard to believe someone could fall for it
06:11but they do
06:11traps like us
06:13maybe we were born to run
06:16oh
06:18yeah