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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.

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[โ€“] lemann@lemmy.one 70 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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 ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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

[โ€“] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They used stolen IDs to make the fake account, so real people were affected.

[โ€“] ilikekeyboards@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because dealing with identity theft and credit fraud in your name is super easy, barely an inconvenience.