# The king of the scammers?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-king-of-the-scammers/188057>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [December 21, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-king-of-the-scammers/188057 "2022-12-21T18:07:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-king-of-the-scammers/188057/1 "2022-12-21T18:07:37Z")

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> **[An Iowa Mechanic Has to Pay $7.2 Million After Allegedly Scamming Repairs on...](https://jalopnik.com/an-iowa-mechanic-has-to-pay-7-2-million-after-allegedl-1849916572)**
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> Craig Hillinger and his shop were accused of scamming the former CEO of Angie’s List on repairs to his classic car collection.

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-king-of-the-scammers/188057/2 "2022-12-21T21:44:13Z")

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While it is good the scammer had to pay, it would seem this falls under the category of fool me once…

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-king-of-the-scammers/188057/3 "2022-12-21T21:54:40Z")

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I guess it just helps to prove that many people who claim to be a business “genius” are anything BUT that description.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-king-of-the-scammers/188057/4 "2022-12-21T22:50:25Z")

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I’d like to hear the mechanics side. Repairing classic cars, very expensive. In a tv show about Jay Leno’s buying a garage-find Bugatti (I think it was) , Jay’s mechanic says after giving it a once-over back at the shop: "Jay, I think this restoration is going to cost quite a bit more than we first thought.There’s a lot of structural rust, and the parts to restore the engine, suspension, and the drivetrain are much more expensive that we thought.

Jay(smiling): "You mean it is going to cost way more than I thought? OMG!! What a surprise!!! " …lol

then Jay says to the camera: " If you think restoring classic cars costs a lot of money , you’d be wrong. It costs way more than that!"

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-king-of-the-scammers/188057/5 "2022-12-22T03:44:09Z")

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> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#):
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> I’d like to hear the mechanics side.

Why? The court heard it and found him guilty. Pretty clear case, it seems.

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**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-king-of-the-scammers/188057/6 "2022-12-22T16:56:40Z")

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> [@VDCdriver](#):
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> I guess it just helps to prove that many people who claim to be a business “genius” are anything BUT that description.

I think you know what came to mind for many of us when seeing the thread title, but let’s not go there. 🇺🇸