BSO: 2 men scammed UberEats out of more than $1 million::Broward Sheriff’s Office stated that the men created several fake accounts by using phony and stolen names.
From what I can gather:
- Scammer A would put in a massive grocery order, up to $700
- Scammer B would immediately accept the order
- Uber would authorize a credit card to Scammer B for $700 to purchase the order items
- Scammer A would cancel the order
- Scammer B would buy a $700 gift card before Uber canceled the credit card
- They kept going using fake and stolen accounts until they got caught
Good scam. I wouldn’t have thought of this.
Not a very good scam when getting caught is pretty much inevitable.
Can I pay my bail with Long John Silvers gift cards?
Not sure how to feel about this one. It’s a shitty crime, but the victim is Uber who themselves don’t really respect their rideshare drivers 🤷♂️
I wonder how things like this affect in-app prices for customers though… raising them would be a bigger payout for the scammers, lowering them could result in a loss when customers place normal orders on there
They used stolen IDs to make the fake account, so real people were affected.
