She’s A Delivery Driver Opening Up About How A Customer Came Close To Scamming Her
In the age of modern technology and the internet, the ability to hide behind anonymity online has opened up a new bag of tricks for scammers to use in the exploitation of innocent people.
For example, an Instacart shopper recently took to TikTok to describe how she nearly got scammed by a so-called customer.
TikTok user Meka Sampler (@sneakymekytv) is not new to Instacart. She’s been shopping on the app for a while, so when something seemed amiss, she immediately caught on to it.
In the video, she explained how she had accepted a small order of $8 nearby.
While driving to the store, she received a message from the person she was shopping for. They told Meka there was a problem with the order and provided a phone number for her to call.
However, shoppers are supposed to communicate with customers through the app only, so that’s what Meka did.
But when she made the call, she was greeted by a voice on the other end of the line claiming to be an Instacart representative instead of a customer.
“Hello, there’s been a fraudulent order. The person who bought these items paid in a fraudulent way. We don’t accept that, so we’re going to go ahead and cancel this order for you,” said the strange voice.
Meka found the situation to be really weird because she’s had orders canceled before, but she had never experienced anything like this.
The voice then praised her for her good ratings and offered her a $30 gas card as compensation for the cancelation.
Meka was confused because that’s not how Instacart operates. The grocery delivery company usually just compensates shoppers for the exact order amount, so in this case, Meka would’ve received at most $8.
When the person started asking for more information to send the gas card to her, Meka hung up the phone and contacted Instacart to report the incident.
Several TikTok users confirmed that this bizarre occurrence was indeed a scam. And some others have experienced similar sketchy events.
“This happened to me on Uber Eats I hung up when they asked for my info,” commented one user.
“Oh, I’ve heard about this, where they’re trying to log into your account and take the money you earned!” stated another.
“I was almost scammed in a very similar way while DoorDashing once,” revealed a third.
Stay safe from scammers this holiday season; don’t give out your info to just anyone!
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