Landon EppsJun 14, 2023

🚨PSA: Uber Eats Scam🚨

There’s a scam being run on Uber Eats and I got hit.

* Brand new bicycle delivery “driver” acct
* They use GPS spoofing to fake being at the dropoff
* They message you once, then ignore you for 30 minutes
* Can’t call, their phone number is fake
* They mark your order delivered
* Uber support instantly dismisses it
* Can’t call Uber, no phone #

This WaPo reporter was scammed twice and wrote a summary:
https://nitter.net/chrisd9r/status/1666900028848308224

🚀 and/or tell ppl to stop using Uber Eats

Chris Dehghanpoor • chrisd9r.bsky.social (@chrisd9r)

Anatomy of an @UberEats scam: Bike courier "picks up" order. They idle @ pick up spot after picking up. 10-25 min later, GPS suddenly shows they're @ delivery location. Order's "delivered" - but nowhere to be found. Here's how it works & why it's bad for drivers & customers

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Show threadMark Willard 
@landonepps the easiest/best solution in this situation is file a credit card dispute (if you paid with a credit card). Most likely the amount in dispute isn't even worth the bank's time to investigate so they'll just automatically decide in your favor (and of course, if they do investigate, they'll also decide in your favor). The only potential downside is that Uber may block you as a customer if they get hit with a chargeback from your bank.
Jun 14, 2023 at 2:21pmWeb
Show threadLandon EppsJun 14, 2023

@MarkWillard I wanted it to be my last resort because, as much as I never want to do business with Uber again, in some US cities it’s the only practical way to get around.

I’ve had a bad experience dealing with the repercussions of a chargeback before and I don’t want to be banned by Uber for life. Especially because, after this experience, I think their customer service would just ignore me instead of saying “that chargeback was reasonable, I’ll unblock you”
https://mastodon.social/@landonepps/110542884710303142

Show threadKrupoJun 18, 2023
@landonepps @MarkWillard I mean you could always set up a new account down the road if you really needed to go back to them.