Phone Tap: April Fools At The Bank

5 min

•Apr 1, 2026about 2 months ago

Summary

This is an April Fools' Day prank phone call episode where Jose from the radio station impersonates a bank customer service representative to prank a listener named Jenny about fraudulent charges on her account. Jose plays a skeptical bank employee who refuses to help because he's been pranked before on April Fools' Day, ultimately revealing the prank was set up by Jenny's friend Delilah.

Insights

April Fools' Day pranks can be used as entertainment content for radio shows, leveraging listener participation and social relationships
Skepticism about fraud claims increases on April Fools' Day, creating comedic tension between legitimate concerns and expected pranks
Radio shows build audience engagement through surprise reveals and involving listeners' personal relationships in on-air pranks
The prank format demonstrates how trust in customer service can be undermined by timing and context, even for genuine issues

Trends

Radio entertainment leveraging seasonal holidays for prank-based contentSocial engineering through impersonation as comedic entertainment formatListener participation in on-air pranks targeting their friends and familyApril Fools' Day as a cultural moment for radio show engagement and audience interaction

Topics

April Fools' Day pranks Phone tap prank calls Radio entertainment formats Customer service impersonation Fraud claim handling Listener engagement tactics Seasonal radio programming

Companies

Credit Union

Referenced as the fictional financial institution Jose impersonates as a customer service representative

People

Jose

Radio host who impersonates a bank customer service representative for the April Fools' prank phone call

Brooke

Co-host of the show introducing and commenting on the April Fools' phone tap segment

Jeffrey

Co-host of the show introducing and commenting on the April Fools' phone tap segment

Jenny

Listener who receives the prank call about fraudulent charges on her bank account

Delilah

Jenny's best friend who set up the April Fools' prank by contacting the radio station

Katie

Person Jenny suspects of being involved in the prank during the phone call

Quotes

"I'm not falling for that one. That happened last year. I'm not letting it happen again."

Jose

"Everybody knows what day it is today. It's April Fools day. And I'm not falling for this."

Jose

"I have nothing to do with any joke that you think this is. I just want you to look into my account and see what is going on."

Jenny

"I'm at a radio station. This is a prank. My name is Jose from brick and Jeffrey in the morning."

Jose

"I sound like such a. If you really want to get back at your friend Delilah, let me take care of it. I'll take her credit score right now."

Jose

Full Transcript

Alright, it's time for your phone tap. And today... Oh wait, my zipper's undone. What? What the heck? Maybe it's serious? April Fools! Oh god! And I made you look broke! I did totally look. I'm really looking at your junk right now. I'm gonna go left. Alright, we have a tradition on this show where we try to do April Fools phone taps on people and we recorded one earlier this morning with a woman who says she spotted possible fraud charges on her account. So, Jose pretends to be a customer service rep. Oh no. And here's the thing, on any other day of the year he would try and help fix her issue. Of course. Oh, I'm sure he would. But because it's April 1st, he's a little skeptical because he's been the victim of many pranks in years past. Oh, I see. And he doesn't want to fall for it again. Not gonna get me. You'll hear it in your special April Fools edition phone tap. Yay! Right now. Brooklyn Jeffries phone taps on the 20s. Hello? Hi, I'm looking to speak with Jenny please. This is Sheik. Hi Jenny, my name's Bobby Thompson. I work at credit union. I was just calling because we received an email from you about a potential fraud purchase on your debit card. Yeah, could you look into that? There's a couple of charges on the other. I don't recall. Oh yeah. I bet you'd really like me to look into that, wouldn't you? Yeah, that's why I sent an email. Yeah, you'd like that if I looked up your account, right? Let me guess. I'm going to start typing and all of a sudden there's some type of invisible gorilla glue on my keyboard. Yeah, not falling for that one. That happened last year. I'm not letting it happen again. Okay. Okay. Could you just look in my account please? I'm not an idiot. What? Everybody knows what day it is today. It's April Fools day. Okay. And I'm not falling for this. I realized it's April Fools day, but I called into you guys. Because I'm just worried that there's something going on at my account. Can you please look at it, sir? All right, whatever you say. Just tell me about these, quote, potentially fraudulent purchases. Well, they are real purchases. It's just that some of them are mine and some of them I've never been to or used. Like there's one here for Sheila's Day Spa. I've never been there. Never heard of it. So that's why. Okay. Let me guess. You want me to start typing and taking notes on all this? Okay. You're just being rude and I'm asking you to do your job. So if you're not going to wait a minute, are you friends with Katie? What did she put you up to this? Hold on. Katie. Katie is this you? I know this is you. Huh? Don't look at me like that, Katie. You look guilty. Oh my God. Scoundrel. I don't care if it's April Fools day or not. I have nothing to do with any joke that you think this is. I just want you to look into my account and see what is going on. Okay, but only if you promise it's not going to be like last year. Why? Could you just give me a favor? I want to speak to someone else. Could you put me on someone in charge of you? Oh, professional venue. Oh, can I transfer you? I want to speak to your manager. As soon as I press the transfer button, I'm going to get shocked or something. Electrical current is going to run through my body. Oh, got me. All this trick in the book. And when I find out what your name is, I hope you lose your job because you are an idiot. You're an absolute idiot. Well, everybody that knows you is a fool. Okay. Oh, a fool. Oh, a fool. Coincidence that you called me a fool. You know what day it is today? Listen to me, sir. I am a real person with the complaint and now I got to deal with it. Oh, like you give me your boss because okay, you get fired. Oh, I'm going to get fired. Let me guess. My boss is going to call me into the office and the second I walk in, boom, I'm covered in saran wrap April fools. I knew it. I will not fall for that one either. Come on. You have nothing better to do today. Are you bored at your job? Is that why you got to just hit people? I actually am really bored right now. You are. Yeah, because I'm actually not even from the bank or anywhere. I'm at a radio station. You're at a what? I'm at a radio station. This is a prank. My name is Jose from brick and Jeffrey in the morning. We're doing a phone tap on you right now. Are you freaking kid? Who did this? Your best friend, Delilah set you up because she wanted to pull an epic April fools prank on you. I have to freaking kill her and I apologize. Oh my God. And I so envious because this is on the radio. Oh my God. I sound like such a. If you really want to get back at your friend Delilah, let me take care of it. I'll take her credit score right now. I'm at the bank. You're a let's go. Let's go. Boom. It's a three. Oh my God. Hey, happy April fools, Jenny. Thank you. You're awesome. You know you picked me up and paid my day. Broken Jeffries phone taps on the 20s.