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Detroit man steals 800 gallons of gas using Bluetooth to hack gas pump
Some gas station owners are falling victim to a sophisticated scam.
DETROIT (FOX 2) – Some gas station owners are falling victim to a sophisticated scam. Scammers are using cellphone’s Bluetooth option to hack the pump – and get it for free.
“I wish it would go back to $1.99 – it’s almost $4,” said Tywanna Coleman. “I get why people are doing it but it’s still not right.”
Paying at the pump is for chumps – when you can get gas for free – and illegal, but it didn’t stop a Detroit man from stealing almost 800 gallons of gas at the Shell at Eight Mile and Wyoming.
“They just open the pump for them automatically,” said Mo, the gas station owner.
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