Fast Food Delivery Theft Scam
This particular news from Ms. Raissa Robles‘ Twitter feed has caught my attention and I would like to share it with you.
It seems that criminals are getting more creative in finding ways to steal money from unsuspecting victims. This time, the fast food industry, is their target…. especially those that offer food delivery service.
Their modus…
The thief calls a fast food company pretending to order food.
Fast food company facilitates order and sends the delivery guy on his way. Normally, when deliveries leave their point of origin, they have more than one order to service especially when the areas of these orders are within close proximity. It makes perfect sense since it saves time and money. Note that usually, the delivery guy also carries with him a ton of change which he is supposedly instructed to give the customer upon payment of the bill. For example, if a customer says that he only has a 1,000.00 note for a 200.00 order, the delivery guy would be carrying 800.00 in change.
That’s just for ONE order.
What if he is servicing 3-5 deliveries in one go? Imagine how much money he’s got inside his pocket.
This is perhaps exactly what thieves are targeting when they make their delivery phone call. Not to mention the food as well.
Somewhere in transit, probably near an address specified by these criminals, the delivery guy is stopped and robbed at gunpoint.
Indeed, crime rates skyrocket during the holidays… and their ways and means to accomplish these evil deeds are nothing to be scoffed at. These are real, life-threatening acts that fast food companies need to address soon – for the sake of our hardworking delivery boys who are only looking to make an honest buck through hard work.
How? How indeed.
If you have any suggestions at all on how to resolve this problem or lead us to coming up with a concrete and failsafe solution, leave them on the comments section below. You might just be the guy who can make our Christmas a little bit safer and merrier this year.
December 10, 2013 @ 4:49 AM
Yay.. Thank you for sharing this.. Kawawa naman mga delivery boys..
December 10, 2013 @ 2:34 PM
Yes. Nakakaawa kasi nagtatrabaho lang naman. Sila pa ang ginaganun.
December 10, 2013 @ 7:02 AM
may kilala po akong rider ng fast food, hinoldap ng pinag deliveran tapos kinuha pa po yung motor na pang deliver. grabe mga kawatan ngayon. ingat2 po sa mga rider at pati sa lahat ng fast food chain.
December 10, 2013 @ 2:35 PM
Ingat din. Merry Christmas.
December 10, 2013 @ 10:31 AM
What is happening to the world :( Robbers are getting more creative.. wasted talent :(
December 10, 2013 @ 2:36 PM
Tis the season eh… mataas talaga crime rate pag ganitong panahon. :(
December 10, 2013 @ 10:42 AM
matagal nang modus ito.. sadly.
madalas hindi na sila nag dedeliver sa ganung area kasi nahoholdup sila.. lalo na sa mga eskinita sa maynila.
kinuha na nga yung pera, kinuha pa din yung pagkain na idedeliver sana..
yung friend ko, hindi na makapagpa-deliver kasi looban pa yung bahay nila.
hinaharang daw yung pizza delivery guy tapos bunibugbog pa.. :(
December 10, 2013 @ 2:37 PM
Nakakaawa naman. Binubugbog pa. Wala namang kasalanan ang delivery boy. Yun ang masama eh… nanakawan ka na lang nga, kailangan ka pang saktan. Hay… :(
December 11, 2013 @ 12:21 PM
Prepaid cards.. Fast food chains issue sort of reloadable debit card that they can use for transactions especially with deliveries. This way, drivers need not to carry change, fast food chains also have their loyal customers.. no cash transctions..and the refund should delivery fail is faste.