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Ray Kump's Phone Gets Stolen by a Hype Beast in an Uber Pool
from King of the Restaurant with Ray Kump · #145
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
4 minGuest
Tim welcomes returning guest Ray Kump, who explains how he lost his phone to a sneaker-obsessed thief in an Uber Pool while playing Cuphead, leading to a saga of PayPal fraud, gift card purchases, and a fight with customer service.
- 1:10Ray lost his phone in an Uber Pool while playing Cuphead on his Nintendo Switch.
- 1:42Tim asks why Ray is shooting people as a cup, leading to an explanation of the old-school cartoon-style game.
- 2:08Uber's support told Ray to text a code to his phone—the phone he no longer has—creating a circular problem.
- 2:26The person who stole Ray's phone started making fraudulent PayPal charges and buying gift cards.
- 2:41Ray had an old iPhone 5 charging in the background, which he keeps around and doesn't throw away.
- 3:14Ray went to the bank and closed his debit card after Samsung Pay got activated on the stolen phone.
- 3:35The thief was a young white kid with a box of sneakers—a hype beast, as Tim clarifies the term.
- 3:57Tim sums it up: Ray got his cell phone lifted by a hype beast in an Uber Pool, a classic smash and grab.
- 4:17Ray kept discovering fraudulent gift card transactions while waiting for his replacement phone to charge.
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