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the alhamdulillah peace be with you
welcome to the dean show special guest
this is unscripted unrehearsed this is
something really an amazing show that's
coming up with my friend my new friend
here Frank holis how are you Frank good
how are you had no idea you're going to
be here in Chicago on The Dean show
today did you not any idea at all no but
life is a challenge it's a test as we
come to know the Creator is telling us
that he's created life and death to test
which of us are best indeed we know as
those who have submitted to the will of
God as Muslims that life is a test
there's going to be many challenges and
obstacles but we have to struggle to be
good to do good to be on the way that's
pleasing to the Creator before we meet
him and we had an incredible situation
I'm going to let you into my life a
little bit now and see some of the tests
that we're going going through we have
one situation here that we're dealing
with and we want people to benefit so
you tomorrow can benefit from this story
and avoid something like this happening
to you so how about I start off first
how's that yes okay here's how it goes
here's how we met and we'll bring you up
to speed you know I was uh driving a car
I purchased a a 2004 Ford and I had it
for May about a couple years and I
decided to sell it had about 187,000 Mi
so I had my friend Omar cuz you know I'm
very busy I don't have time to be you
know going on Craigslist and on the
other advert sites and and answering the
calls uh and so I I had somebody Omar a
friend of mine who works for Toyota list
the car and he was the one that was
taking care of all these things for me
he gives me a call and says we got a
buyer come on down now my job is just to
sign the title and count the cash right
so what happens is we end up selling the
car I sold the the car and then sometime
later later I get a call well an
email from my friend Frank here Frank
who's also a a uh kettle bell instructor
for for people know don't know what that
is kettle bell right
yes so come to know that the guy who I
sold the car to he went and did what's
called uh a title jump is that right I
just learned this uh this fancy word
tile jump he altered the title went and
sold it to Frank and we'll continue from
there what
happened well he had sold it to me
saying it had 77,000 miles on it so I of
course took it for a test drive and it
was in great shape he cleaned it up very
well it looked like it was a car that
would had that many miles on
it so um he wrote down 077 on the title
and that kind of was a little bit of of
a flag but I was excited to get this
vehicle because it was a very good price
um for such a low Mile
and afterwards after the excitement the
next morning I woke up and thought that
there were some odd things about his
behavior so I did a Carfax report on it
and found out that indeed it was I was
misled and it had over
177,000 miles on it at that time 187,000
to be specific right um based on what
you're uh document show me it had 100
the Carfax actually showed what was it
it it showed the last reported last
report was 169 which was on the top of
your title but it had actually according
to Eddie and and truthfully it had
187,000 miles on it and it was sold to
me as if it had 77 for obviously a lot
more cash so the people are like well
why didn't you uh look at the odometer
what I mean doesn't the odometer say the
actual mileage the odometer did say
77,000 on it so it it was either it was
most likely modified or replaced or
something so that was tampered with it
actually shows what does it show 77,000
on it right now and now they can see the
title you can see what what when I sold
the the card to the person that we made
a what what a person should do is make
the uh copy of the title right and then
the bill of sale and then you see on
there that it said you know the 100 what
60 well uh when I got it when when when
uh when he got it he had wrote when he
sold it he had written in 18
7,000 that was erased when I I had there
was no mileage written down on that he
had taken Eddie's title and erased
values from it and his own signature to
make it look as though he was Eddie
selling it to me so what did he actually
tell you now that now were you concerned
to say hey well uh this doesn't match up
you know why are you did you ever think
that you're not the actual owner what
did he tell you to to make you believe
now that this the deal is legit he had
he had said that he was selling this for
a friend so he was almost reiterating
what uh Eddie's experience with Omar was
saying he was doing it for a friend and
um that's how he made and he had two
children in the car so I'm thinking that
it's it's you know he's he's a family
man and he's being honest and uh that
he's truthful so um but in fact as it
turns out he had actually altered the
odometer as well as Eddie's title so
that's how we came into contact because
I thought because coincidentally the guy
who bought the car for me he put down
that his name was Frank Castello right
correct so then when I got message at
email from you to my business because
I'm not a hard person to to uh track
down right right right you even got to
watch some of the dean shows didn't you
I actually did I did I did watch a bit
of that and um you know who my father
was his history you know all about us
right so so it was odd that this that I
didn't think it was Eddie that sold it
to me at that that point and plus after
seeing the photos I'm like I knew it
wasn't the same person so I knew
something was definitely at this point
wrong and that's when I actually
contacted Eddie and and went down to
Chicago to meet him in person and uh and
to find out that you know that he really
is who he say he is and uh he's an
upstanding guy well Frank Castello
whoever his name is his legitimate name
he didn't think he'd be on the dean show
too because we got some surveillance
footage don't we yes we do so we we got
his picture his name uh I've got phone
number so we've got a lot to go on
hopefully when we go to the authorities
we can uh we can catch him to prevent us
in the future so now you contacted place
of business I thought I was calling that
guy back cuz I thought well maybe he's
asking me something about the car you
wanted to talk to me so then I called
that number that he left for me and the
guy was like who is this basically cuz I
didn't email you back I called the
number I thought I was calling the guy
that I sold the car to so here we are so
then I call back and the guy's like well
I don't know what you're talking about
he said this is a new number so I guess
the number got like he he gave me a a a
fake number so then I email you asked
for your number I call you and then what
were you asking me I actually called you
and I'm like you're talking about
something and I'm like confused what is
this I was trying to explain that this
guy who called himself Anthony that sold
me it um I was telling Eddie that he
yeah this guy Anthony that you had sell
your car to me had the wrong mileage on
there and and and Eddie's like I don't
understand what you're talking about
who's this Anthony guy so um I sold it
to
Frank a different Frank um so so we knew
something was up and we arranged to meet
here at Gracie Barra so now uh obviously
you know we this is something that you
know no one likes to to have themselves
ripped off because obviously you know
this is something that is sad that it
happens that we have criminals out there
so we wanted I was thinking it's good
that we got to meet we want to look at
there's got to be some greater good
that's going to come from and we as
Muslims we're taught because Islam
teaches us to go ahead and help others
so it's because of Islam that we try to
do our best to help our brothers in
humanity because you know we have
empathy and for for everybody that's out
there we never want something like this
to happen to us so the people who are
watching this now hopefully they can
learn a lesson from this situation
hopefully now this will be on many of
the major networks on there we're on
five satellite channels here the show is
aired in Chicago local TV maybe some CNN
Fox will pick this up put his name out
there we don't know but then other
people now how can they people because
people do transactions all the time
honest legit transactions right they
want to sell their car what lesson can
they learn from this I made a lot of
mistakes I did not confirm the person
with a an actual driver's license and I
did not look over the title carefully to
see you know if if you look carefully
there were some scratches on it and fold
marks that that could have been a sign
um those are things initially and and to
go maybe directly to the currency
exchange to transfer the title right
away uh those are some mistakes that I
had made um that I that I feel you know
bad about because it was not smart in
any way shape or form but um and it's
embarrassing to to an extent uh um but I
want to look past that
and I want to help anybody out in the
future so it's going to I'm going to pay
for this mistake um so hopefully
somebody else does not have to and we
were talking about it can always be
worse right yes we were talking about
that let's say we we might suffer now
maybe to prevent something greater from
happen let's say tomorrow you know uh in
this whole thing we always because we
always are taught to look at those who
have less a situation can always be
worse obviously we want this person to
be brought to Justice and we don't want
this to happen to anybody but somebody
in this whole thing you know maybe your
family could have got hurt maybe down
the line you know hey this can make you
be sharper that tomorrow you know maybe
you're doing a big multi-million dollar
deal and you're not going to ever let
something like this happen again you're
going to be do your more due diligence
right and uh you know it it's all to
make the world a better place to be
safer and and hopefully to um make
people more aware and uh and you know
you don't want it can be a lot worse
there could have been physical harm not
just Financial uh my family could have
been involved and and and that sort of
thing and we want to avoid that we want
to bring these people to Justice um
that's that's all I can say is that we
you know that's why I'm doing this yeah
so next time if you're selling a car
what would you say for the person now
that actually is going to do a
transaction go to the currency exchange
maybe what else can you tell them what
other the tips would you do what would
you do
differently uh I make sure that who
you're who the person is selling it to
is the actual person that matches the
title either with the driver's license
or some other form of identification so
that there it it's not somebody that may
have stolen the car trying to sell it to
you uh that's one thing and I think
after the transaction is complete um it
may be best just to go to the currency
CH exchange with the title to make sure
it gets transferred over and doesn't get
modified in the future to the person
that that you either sold it to or uh uh
well that would be the case where if
you're selling it if I'm if I'm ever
going to sell a vehicle to a stranger
I'm going to make sure that that title
doesn't be carried on or modified and
then hurt somebody
else um those are the
main those yeah those are the main uh
types of tips I again I wouldn't uh you
have to make sure you have the right
person you said something in your
exchange back with the person tell us
you said something that really you you
know we we believe that everyone is born
in original goodness that we all have
theate nature to do good right Society
might corrupt us our friends family but
everyone has been created with a clean
page and they have this ambition to do
good to to to be good and to only
worship the Creator and not his creation
Now when you wrote something in the text
you talked about how can you be um an
example for those kids there was kids in
a car you're talk about that cuz that
would touch someone's heart someone who
has any bit of good that would wake that
that goodness up inside some I did I did
try to tell them what you said I texted
him saying that um because he had
basically said that it was sold as is
and he has a bill of sale therefore he's
not going to deal with me or help me or
anything and I I I felt so now let's get
this straight so now when you you get
the Carfax you see that hey this is not
matching up so now you try to you have
some number that he left you so now
you're you're um what was the first
interaction I was TR first exchange what
did you say I was trying to work it out
with him to to say this is dishonest and
uh I I felt that I I would appeal to him
first before I accused him of anything
and went to the authorities I I figured
maybe I can appeal to the goodness to
have him maybe say I guess you're okay
and I didn't mean to do that and maybe
give me some of the money back I don't
know um his his response was basically
he wasn't he didn't want anything to do
with me uh and then I texted back saying
that I really felt that uh that was very
dishonest and what example was he
setting to the children that were in the
car with him that you know
it I don't know what he told the
children what he was doing but
ultimately it it's it's a bad example to
these children that what you can trick
somebody out of the money and that's a
good thing so I'm hoping that I I would
appeal to him that that it was a bad
example for his children and he's going
to perpetuate this evilness uh unless he
stops it or or gets get stopped so you
know things have a funny way we believe
if you do good you get good what goes
around comes around if you plant seeds
of goodness goodness is going to sprout
if you plant seeds of Evil you will
suffer the consequences and definitely
if not in this life in the next the day
of judgment that's what all the
messengers of God taught not only did
they teach we as Muslims believe that
they all brought the same message
worship the Creator Jesus came with that
same message worship the Creator not the
creation they came with that good news
meaning if you do good you do you get
the reward of paradise if you do evil
you live a corrupt life like this person
you're going to be accountable and
hellfire will be your place so now tell
us for that person that's out there and
like I said funny thing you know he's
watching the TV bam he sees his picture
on there and you got a chance to address
him what would you say to him I I am
disappointed I I don't know why he chose
to do this to somebody like me and um it
it it is not just Financial but it seems
personal
and uh I I would like to think that he
wouldn't put anybody through this type
of of uh trial and tribulation that he
would you know come clean and change his
ways I I I don't have a lot of faith in
him doing that but uh that's what I wish
wish would happen um so the I I'm an
optimistic person I think that that the
world should be a good place and and
that's probably why I fell prey to him
because I I I my idea of how World
should be would not include people doing
these wrongful things like this but
um change change around and and do
what's right and don't do this to other
people yes definitely and we're going to
we're going to goe on what's our next
place going to the police station to
file everything we need to do and and
hopefully uh get past this so we'll keep
you posted let you know what happened
and the next I got a I got a gift for
you I got some gifts for you here you
can't come on a Dean show and I get a
gift we got some nice books for you
because you know we don't think also
this is coincidence now it's a a good
opportunity that we got to meet at least
now right you got to meet a Muslim you
got to learn a little bit about Islam
you got to be on the dean show viewed
internationally all over the globe you
never thought in a million years this
would be happening huh no I didn't so
hopefully you can get get a chance to
check and read you can share that with
your family some some uh some good
information there and we hope that and
we know when we put our trust in the
Creator everything will turn out good so
we have to be patient there is a a verse
in the Glorious Quran where God Almighty
is saying that all mankind is in loss
except those who believe and do good
deeds and then speak the truth live the
truth call to the truth and are patient
and this one of those times where we
have to be patient put our trust in the
Creator and God willing everything will
turn out and everything thank God your
family's okay you're okay and we say
inshallah God willing with God God's
help we turn to him alone and we ask
he'll facilitate a way of ease for all
of us so thank you very much thank you
for being with us and we're going to go
down to the police station and we'll
keep you posting on what happened we'll
be back God willing peace
Salam but you figure out that you know
man has to have a purpose if you were to
take away mosquitoes from the planet
within a few months everything dies you
just took away what the mosquito the
mosquito that's a fact right that's a
fact mosquitoes mosquitoes but if you
take away mankind nothing happens so
this whole ecosystem this whole whe this
whole cycle doesn't need you so why are
you
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dean the peace be with you we are here
with Frank
holes and we're just coming out of the
police station Chicago Police Station
Chicago's Finest and we're going to let
them do their job what happened inside
uh we're instructed to contact the
Illinois State uh police uh they have a
unit that's specializ
in this sort of thing so I'm going to
contact them and and go from there let
them tell me what they need from uh from
me to do it but according to this uh
police officer in here the you know his
name he seems to think that this is a
close-cut case and it's uh we should be
helped so the criminals out there beware
they're coming for you Chicago's Finest
and thank you again and we'll be in
touch to get an update on what's going
on thank you very much thank you peace
Salam and thank you for tuning in to the
Dean show another exciting show you know
what so much crime and so much evil out
there in the world we have to make a
difference the
people good wholesome organic
life living how the Creator wants us to
live we have to help those who are
suffering we have to help those people
who are out there and we have to be the
best examples to mankind so hopefully
from this you get to benefit so this
doesn't happen to you and hopefully for
those people who are doing crimes this
can wake them up and we can touch a good
soft spot in their heart because like we
said all of us are born with original
goodness so there is Never Too Late a
person has been the most wretches the
most evil if they turn their life around
and they repent to the creator of the
heavens and earth God forgives all sins
him alone and only him and we got to
share a little bit of this way of life
the purpose of life a little bit with
our new friend Frank holis you never
lose a great da opportunity so he got to
meet
a Muslim he got to hang out with the
Muslims and you can see that Muslims are
about Justice about peace about doing
good helping our brothers in humanity
and we look and we hope to see you next
time here on the dean show if you have
any information on this criminal who did
this crime go ahead and contact
Chicago's Finest and we'll see you next
time peace be with
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