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Credit Card Scams: Encounters by a Pizzeria restaurant owner
- 1-9-2010
- Categorized in: Various Scams
Hi guys, we would like to share a scam by a visitor of our website (restaurant) owner, where she was nearly cheated in what we think is a credit card scam. Fortunately, she was quick to sense that there is something wrong here.
"I am a restaurant owner and feel that someone was attempting to scam me yesterday. The restaurant is a Pizzeria - the caller called through an instant message relay service (for the hearing impaired) and asked to order 125 large pizzas to be picked up by a "warmer delivery truck driver".
They wanted to pay by credit card over the phone - they also wanted to add $950.00 to the credit card charge to be given as cash to the driver for the delivery payment.
I asked the person why they wouldn't just pay the driver themselves... "because they do not have a credit card processor". I informed them that I cannot give cashback at any time unless it were a tip to an employee of mine.
I suggested that they allow my hired delivery driver to deliver these pizzas, and they disconnected the call. The caller ID said a different number for every 3 times the caller called me. He asked for my e-mail address and my name (which I gave him), but also asked for my cellphone number (which I did not give). I wonder if it was a stolen credit card - it sure sounds like a scam to me!"
This sounds like someone is using a stolen credit card to get cash by asking for overcharging. In fact, the "delivery truck driver" could be the scammer himself. He could have picked up a lost credit card somewhere, and started using it to order food and converting the limits to cash.
I own a pizzeria and just had somebody try to pull this same exact scam, this is one of the emails, I should've set him up to be arrested...
Thank you for reply sent...Yes i got the prices you Email to me and i want you to add $200 as tips.Alright the favor is that i have not pay for the COURIER that will come for the pick and i Can't do that myself,cos i am presently receiving my hearing treatments at the hospital and am going to have a surgery soon,so i will like you to include extra $950 plus the total price of the order so that you can have all charge on My credit card now and you will have $950 send via western union to the private COURIER that will come for the pick up and is because the courier agent that will be coming to pick up the Order and also be picking the chair and tables they will be using on the Ceremony day,so i can give you my credit card to charge for the total cost of the Order and extra $950 for the COURRIER fees now
Note: If any sales tax or any other side Charges will Charge you before you can help me charge extra $950 and Pay the COURIER fees...I will Pay for the charges too
I received alomost the identical order by relay including paying the warmer delivery truck driver fee of $575.00. He has my email and work phone only. Keeps calling the restaurant every hour to discuss this and I keep hanging up on this scammer. The order was placed yesterday, one WEEK in advance of alleged pick-up delivery. I have not opened his email which is suppose to contain the credit card payment info--could further be a scam to put a virus etc. into my computer and who knows--Identity fraud. Beware--his name is Terry Wilson-probably fake!!