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From my experience with Deliveroo, you can pretty much order at any address, wait for the delivery person at the doorstep and retrieve your order without actual

From my experience with Deliveroo, you can pretty much order at any address, wait for the delivery person at the doorstep and retrieve your order without actually living there.

entity345 8y ago
I once asked for delivery to a pub's car park. No problem and the delivery guy did not ask for any ID or anything.
- coroxout 8y ago
  This is relevant to my interests: I live a few minutes' walk outside the delivery radius for my town, and the nearest identifiable location within the radius is a pub car park. I've heard of people getting deliveries to the middle of the park in summer, or even to a boat waiting beside a road bridge...
  - entity345 8y ago
    That's exactly what happened: I was too far so I set the delivery location to a place they accepted after a few trials and errors.
- ams6110 8y ago
  A long time ago I used to deliver pizza. We'd never take an order like that, it was an easy way to get robbed (business was pretty much all cash in those days so the drivers always had cash on them). We'd only deliver to an actual numbered street address or apartment.
  - astura 8y ago
    Pubs have numbered street addresses though?
martinald 8y ago
But what you going to do with 3 £100+ takeaway orders back to back? You can hardly resell it!
- philpem 8y ago
  Probably something like this: 1) People pay the fraudster for "discounted" food. 2) The fraudster places the order using the stolen account. 3) The fraudster tells the people who paid them: "Go to the pub car park at 9pm and wait for the Deliveroo driver. If he asks, your name is John Smith." 4) Profit.
  - kami8845 8y ago
    Indeed, maybe there's an app called "Delilaloo" on the App Store that serves as the frontend for these scams
    - DoctorOetker 8y ago
      but then THAT should be the real story, why did the journalist stop digging? it's also pretty hard to imagine it's worth the effort, you still need to advertise so people know about your service! the service would have suspiciously similar dishes advertised in menus corresponding to original restaurants etc... the unsuspecting customer gets to open the door for a Deliveroo person! there's just so many ways this would go wrong in the real world that it doesnt make sense to invest time and effort in MitM'ing Deliveroo from a limited set of compromised accounts... This all indicates the fraud is happening from within Deliveroo
- unforeseen9991 8y ago
  Put it in the fridge or freezer? Why would they ever sell it at a loss? Everyone needs food, so they get the value by consuming it themselves.
  - ams6110 8y ago
    When you're not paying for it in the first place, there's no "loss." It's all profit.
stordoff 8y ago
Standard practice at university. Everyone just had a generic <Name>, Selwyn College, Cambridge address, so you'd just meet them at the main gate. Rarely checked ID (non-Deliveroo).

From my experience with Deliveroo, you can pretty much order at any address, wait for the delivery person at the doorstep and retrieve your order without actually living there.

entity345 8y ago

I once asked for delivery to a pub's car park. No problem and the delivery guy did not ask for any ID or anything.

coroxout 8y ago
This is relevant to my interests: I live a few minutes' walk outside the delivery radius for my town, and the nearest identifiable location within the radius is a pub car park. I've heard of people getting deliveries to the middle of the park in summer, or even to a boat waiting beside a road bridge...
- entity345 8y ago
  That's exactly what happened: I was too far so I set the delivery location to a place they accepted after a few trials and errors.
ams6110 8y ago
A long time ago I used to deliver pizza. We'd never take an order like that, it was an easy way to get robbed (business was pretty much all cash in those days so the drivers always had cash on them). We'd only deliver to an actual numbered street address or apartment.
- astura 8y ago
  Pubs have numbered street addresses though?

martinald 8y ago

But what you going to do with 3 £100+ takeaway orders back to back? You can hardly resell it!

philpem 8y ago
Probably something like this: 1) People pay the fraudster for "discounted" food. 2) The fraudster places the order using the stolen account. 3) The fraudster tells the people who paid them: "Go to the pub car park at 9pm and wait for the Deliveroo driver. If he asks, your name is John Smith." 4) Profit.
- kami8845 8y ago
  Indeed, maybe there's an app called "Delilaloo" on the App Store that serves as the frontend for these scams
  - DoctorOetker 8y ago
    but then THAT should be the real story, why did the journalist stop digging? it's also pretty hard to imagine it's worth the effort, you still need to advertise so people know about your service! the service would have suspiciously similar dishes advertised in menus corresponding to original restaurants etc... the unsuspecting customer gets to open the door for a Deliveroo person! there's just so many ways this would go wrong in the real world that it doesnt make sense to invest time and effort in MitM'ing Deliveroo from a limited set of compromised accounts... This all indicates the fraud is happening from within Deliveroo
unforeseen9991 8y ago
Put it in the fridge or freezer? Why would they ever sell it at a loss? Everyone needs food, so they get the value by consuming it themselves.
- ams6110 8y ago
  When you're not paying for it in the first place, there's no "loss." It's all profit.

stordoff 8y ago

Standard practice at university. Everyone just had a generic <Name>, Selwyn College, Cambridge address, so you'd just meet them at the main gate. Rarely checked ID (non-Deliveroo).