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Yikes, I hope that because the scammers used Uber they are a little bit more traceable, my understanding is that police can rarely actually prosecute these crim
by atlasunshrugged 4y ago
Yikes, I hope that because the scammers used Uber they are a little bit more traceable, my understanding is that police can rarely actually prosecute these crimes either because of how complicated the people are to track or because of jurisdictional issues.
- TimPC 4y agoOtherwise blank account from a dummy email with a stolen credit card gives you very little traceability.
- jlund-molfese 4y agoOr even funded with an Uber gift card, procured as part of another scam!
- tablespoon 4y ago> Yikes, I hope that because the scammers used Uber they are a little bit more traceable, my understanding is that police can rarely actually prosecute these crimes either because of how complicated the people are to track or because of jurisdictional issues. If it's traceable, it's probably to some dupe. I got hit by a scam where someone ordered a laptop from Best Buy with my credit card and had it mailed to me. It came on a Friday, and the following Monday a FedEx guy came to pick up the laptop and ship it to the scammer. The idea was I would try to return it, and get confused and think Best Buy sent FedEx. It didn't work with me since I'd already returned it by that point. I didn't put it together until the FedEx guy had just climbed back into his truck. The name on the FedEx label? Some immigrant living in a little apartment in New York City. His name was trivial to Google. He might not have even been aware he was part of a scam, and thought he was working from home processing Best Buy returns or something.