Posted on 06/02/2021 6:20:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Never use a debit card linked to a bank account.
NEVER, unless you absolutely have no alternative.
Use a credit card only if possible because of the protections from the card company and law that protects you.
That man who was the story behind “Catch Me if You Can” told me that.
Save gas and $$$ with homemade.
No such thing as delivery here.
Yes, so confusing.
Thank you.
What moron wrote this article? What exactly is the scam?
> Mine is set at $250. Ended up charging $600+ on hotel at CPAC. Charge went through... <
Thanks for mentioning that. I would have thought that all charges over a debit card’s limit would have been declined. I’m going to check with my bank tomorrow.
We probably watched the same speech by the same ex-conman. He said credit cards were the most secure form of payment.
But I also read that debit cards offer the same protection (if used as credit cards, maybe?). Wonder if this woman called her bank to dispute the $1500 withdrawal/charge?
With mobile apps venders can run cards at your home.
I paid a guy who put in a new garage door like that
At the best pizza place around here, they never ask for payment when we order on the phone. We pay when we pick up the pizza.
That’s my point: The guy shouldn’t have left with the pizza without paying.
Services & delivery food are 2 different matters
Yep
A pizzeria where you get scammed by your own pie!
Did you use a Wizard tip calculator to figure out how much to tip her?
Almost 30% of delivery drivers admit to taking food from an order, according to a new survey
Just for the novelty of it?
I think he did pay for he pizza. He needed it to pretend to be the delivery person.
Eh. After reading it again, could be.
Regardless, it’s easy to listen in on order calls. Simple scam.
Best pizza in our area is pickup only and absolutely worth not being lazy about it.
“It’s a Willard.”
I prefer to cook food that I eat at home. Restaurant food is for eating in restaurants.
Maybe the restaurant should be held responsible for giving her order to a guy who was “unsure who originally made the order” and who then used that order to steal her money.
Crazy story. Glad I always pick up the pizza and pay in person.
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