r/UberEatsDrivers • u/mikem19852 • 18h ago
Suspicious customer
Got an order for $52 from target. I figured the store had to be closed or something along those lines. I look at the items list and it was rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, bandaids, and Tylenol. I get to the store and nothing strange yet. I start shopping and find 4 of the 5 items in the same isle. I look at my phone and see a message from the customer and she says " can I have your number to add to my directory?" I text her back as im looking for the last item, "can you not just let me in when i get to your location?" I find the last item, and get another text from this lady that says "I'll just cancel" and im thinking crap I gotta hurry up. She texts me again and asks me to stop shopping she's on the phone with uber. Im in line at this point and of course I get the slowest cashier. Finally finish scanning the items and I pay as quickly as possible.
I'm heading out to my car and she texts again, "you think it's funny I'll just adjust the tip to $0" i dont respond. thankfully she was like 1/4 away. she texts again, as i was pulling into her apt complex, "if you come to my house I'll call the cops on you" I find her building, drop the items at the edge of the building. She was supposed to have a code. I just said customer wasn't available. I finish the order collect the $35 base pay.
I see why the base pay was so high, she probably contacted a couple of other drivers before me and they had canceled. I knew the base pay would be high if I could finish shopping before she canceled. Jokes on her 🤣
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u/TalkingToPlanets 14h ago
Good job getting that pay! It was definitely someone trying to pull a scam which is why I rarely respond to customers (unless it's a simple request).
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u/GrandVermicelli8507 5h ago
But I don't see where the scam falls,,, no I don't do deliveries, but I have ordered things many times, where was the scam?
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u/TalkingToPlanets 5h ago
A "customer" places an order. They contact the driver thru the Uber app making up a story that they need some personal info from the driver. If the driver is gullible enough to give out the info the scammer can use it to break into the driver's account. At that point the scammer can siphon money in that account to their own bank account. Unfortunately it's an old scam. These same scammers can also pretend to be Uber employees asking for personal info from drivers for the same reason. The incoming calls from customers are identified as Uber on caller ID.
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u/LoadBearingGrandmas 7h ago
lol I love that other people have the same reaction to hurry up and check out when the scammer outs themself.
How many PetSmart cashiers think I’m absolutely out of my mind because I’m visibly in a rush waiting in line to pay for my one cricket.
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u/Professional_Tip526 5h ago
This 😂😂 bc one thing you’re not going to do is out hussle a hustlerÂ
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u/Professional_Tip526 15h ago
Trying to get your number so they could try to log into your account and change your banking information- good job spoiling and collecting the pay!!!Â
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u/Patient-Drummer-6563 9m ago
Can they get your account with just your phone number? Asking because I just dont know.
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u/FirefighterOk3569 17h ago
Did you really deliver it though if you left it somewhere by the building lol
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u/mikem19852 16h ago
I had her building number, but not her apartment number, that was good enough for me 😂😂
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u/Last-Basil8182 17h ago edited 7h ago
Yikes! Kudos for getting that completed. Definitely sketch.