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Slashdot's summary covers it. Two men from the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area scammed Uber Eats out of more than $1 million over 19 months, local police say. T

Slashdot's summary covers it. Two men from the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area scammed Uber Eats out of more than $1 million over 19 months, local police say. The suspects carried out the scheme — which began in January 2022 — by creating fake accounts on the Uber Eats app to act as both the customer and courier when placing grocery orders, the Broward County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. This worked because Uber Eats provides couriers with prepaid cards they can use to purchase up to $700 to complete customers' orders. Police claim the suspects would show up as couriers for their fake grocery orders before canceling them and using the prepaid cards to purchase gift cards at the stores. According to the sheriff's office, "On January 24, 2023, detectives conducted a surveillance operation and observed Morgan and Blackwood travel to 27 different Walgreens committing fraud that totaled a $5,013.28 loss for Uber that day. "

hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
Yes, I understand all that - you just copied the beginning of the article, which I read. But that still doesn't explain why Uber's systems allowed that at all, which seems insane to me. Reading other folks comments, it seems that Uber Eats allows an order to be canceled after it has already been purchased, which to me is already crazy, but if that is indeed something that Uber intentionally allows, what do they tell Uber Eats couriers to do with the purchased items? Do they say "just throw it away"??? I would expect that Uber would require some evidence, or at least give some guidance, on what couriers should do in this situaiton. The whole thing just doesn't make any sense to me.
- Supermancho 3y ago
  > Yes, I understand all that - you just copied the beginning of the article, which I read. Some people have a problem with visiting /. You asked. I said where I got the explanation from so that other people don't have to navigate away. > But that still doesn't explain why Uber's systems allowed that at all What did you expect? Uber to give some sort of explanation as to how their systems can be exploited? It's surprising that the details that were released at all.

hn_throwaway_99 3y ago

Yes, I understand all that - you just copied the beginning of the article, which I read. But that still doesn't explain why Uber's systems allowed that at all, which seems insane to me. Reading other folks comments, it seems that Uber Eats allows an order to be canceled after it has already been purchased, which to me is already crazy, but if that is indeed something that Uber intentionally allows, what do they tell Uber Eats couriers to do with the purchased items? Do they say "just throw it away"??? I would expect that Uber would require some evidence, or at least give some guidance, on what couriers should do in this situaiton. The whole thing just doesn't make any sense to me.

Supermancho 3y ago
> Yes, I understand all that - you just copied the beginning of the article, which I read. Some people have a problem with visiting /. You asked. I said where I got the explanation from so that other people don't have to navigate away. > But that still doesn't explain why Uber's systems allowed that at all What did you expect? Uber to give some sort of explanation as to how their systems can be exploited? It's surprising that the details that were released at all.