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.
Probably could’ve gotten away with it if they only did it rarely, but it sounds like they just went crazy with it.
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.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
FORT LAUDERDALE — Two men were arrested this week for allegedly scamming UberEats out of more than $1 million in deliveries, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
BSO stated in a Friday press release that following a nearly eight-month investigation, detectives with the Strategic Investigations Division obtained arrest warrants for Trayon Morgan of Lauderhill, 21, and Roy Blackwood of Sunrise, 38, and both were charged with organized scheme to defraud and grand theft.
According to BSO, the fraud started in January 2022 and took place mainly in Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
The release stated that Morgan used UberEats and would act as the customer and courier by placing orders for pickup under a fake name before accepting them as the delivery person.
On Jan. 24, detectives conducted a surveillance operation and saw Morgan and Blackwood travel to 27 different Walgreens, frauding locations that totaled up a $5,013.28 loss for Uber that day.
According to BSO, Morgan created several fake accounts to keep the fraud going, often using stolen and fabricated identities of other Uber drivers by using their license information and altering them with his own photo.
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