Uber eats

timtim2016 · 10-11-2018 05:20PM #1

Just a quick post to warn people that Uber eats has <SNIP> both myself and partner over the last few days. Starts out strange when signing up, where the verification code arrives through a saved contact on your phone e.g your mam,dad, sister, brother etc . Takes out the money within a few minutes

Atlantic Dawn · 10-11-2018 05:25PM

How does the code arrive? Text, email?

JohnC. · 10-11-2018 05:29PM

Sounds like a scam using Uber's name rather than Uber scamming you. Unless you're in Belfast, I don't think Uber Eats even operate here.

RossieMan · 10-11-2018 05:30PM

Yea sounds like you've signed up through the wrong website or something. That doesn't make any sense that it's come from another contact.

timtim2016 · 11-11-2018 03:02PM

Downloaded the app off the Google play store, signed up to it like normal, they send you out a verification code but it comes through as if one of your contacts has text you

OldMrBrennan83 · 11-11-2018 03:03PM

JohnC. wrote: »

Sounds like a scam using Uber's name rather than Uber scamming you. Unless you're in Belfast, I don't think Uber Eats even operate here.

Are they not the ones running the new McDonalds delivery service here?

RossieMan · 11-11-2018 03:08PM

timtim2016 wrote: »

Downloaded the app off the Google play store, signed up to it like normal, they send you out a verification code but it comes through as if one of your contacts has text you

something wrong with your phone or internet. Have tried it on a couple of devices just to check and it works fine.

Pelvis · 11-11-2018 03:10PM

Op, what does uber achieve by scamming you?

OldMrBrennan83 · 11-11-2018 03:11PM

Pelvis wrote: »

Op, what does uber achieve by scamming you?

The OP already mentioned them taking money. I'd say that's reason enough.

L1011 · 11-11-2018 03:15PM

I would be fairly certain that you have a phone with a virus and the "play store" is not actually the play store.

newirishman · 11-11-2018 03:22PM

How do they take money out? Did you provide card details in that app?

Kenny Logins · 11-11-2018 03:24PM

L1011 wrote: »

I would be fairly certain that you have a phone with a virus and the "play store" is not actually the play store.

If this even was a thing you'd still have to allow unknown sources.

perfectisthe · 11-11-2018 03:30PM

I installed and used uber eats with no issues on friday. Confirmation no was not from a previously stored number. Got a tenner off the first order too.

RossieMan · 11-11-2018 03:30PM

Kenny Logins wrote: »

If this even was a thing you'd still have to allow unknown sources.

I think anything might be possible here, apart from the fact that its actually Uber eats. The OP has a virus or has lost there way somewhere.

Pelvis · 11-11-2018 04:00PM

Patww79 wrote: »

The OP already mentioned them taking money. I'd say that's reason enough.

You do know Uber is worth billions?

timtim2016 · 11-11-2018 04:14PM

I just threw up people to warn, no second agenda and i don't work for rivals, just my own and my partner's experience. We both downloaded the app from the play store, filled n the details, few hours later permanent tsb contacted about strange transactions, I checked my online banking and Uber eats BV Amsterdam had taken 3 transactions totalling about 50 euro

listermint · 11-11-2018 04:17PM

This is not possible.

You've done something wrong. As in fkd up the setup.

L1011 · 11-11-2018 04:17PM

Kenny Logins wrote: »

If this even was a thing you'd still have to allow unknown sources.

It absolutely is a thing, and once you've enabled unknown sources - which hundreds of thousands of people did to install Fortnite for instance - you don't need to do it again.

timtim2016 · 11-11-2018 04:21PM

listermint wrote: »

This is not possible.

You've done something wrong. As in fkd up the setup.

Everything was normal, the same way you fill in any other forms online

OldMrBrennan83 · 11-11-2018 04:24PM

L1011 wrote: »

It absolutely is a thing, and once you've enabled unknown sources - which hundreds of thousands of people did to install Fortnite for instance - you don't need to do it again.

It's slightly different in Android 9 (app by app basis) but yeah, if you turn it on you need to turn it back off.

PopTarts · 11-11-2018 04:25PM

Works fine for me and no issue with the service.

I’d contact them about it - somewwhere along the process it looks like you were scammed but I’d be doubtful it was through Uber.

Will the banks reverse the transactions?

timtim2016 · 11-11-2018 04:32PM

PopTarts wrote: »

Works fine for me and no issue with the service.

I’d contact them about it - somewwhere along the process it looks like you were scammed but I’d be doubtful it was through Uber.

Will the banks reverse the transactions?

Hopefully they will, I'm certain it wasn't Uber aswell, it was just a strange scam wherever they caught me because I put in no bank details

11-11-2018 04:34PM

timtim2016 wrote: »

Just a quick post to warn people that Uber eats has <SNIp> both myself and partner over the last few days. Starts out strange when signing up, where the verification code arrives through a saved contact on your phone e.g your mam,dad, sister, brother etc . Takes out the money within a few minutes

Verification code arriving through a saved contact should have been warning enough. Uber didn’t scam you. Scammers did.

timtim2016 · 11-11-2018 05:00PM

Deleted User wrote: »

timtim2016 wrote: »

Just a quick post to warn people that Uber eats has <SNIP> both myself and partner over the last few days. Starts out strange when signing up, where the verification code arrives through a saved contact on your phone e.g your mam,dad, sister, brother etc . Takes out the money within a few minutes

Verification code arriving through a saved contact should have been warning enough. Uber didn’t scam you. Scammers did.

I know Uber didn't

Pelvis · 11-11-2018 05:04PM

timtim2016 wrote: »

I know Uber didn't

Well that's not what you said in your OP.

G_R · 11-11-2018 05:05PM

timtim2016 wrote: »

I know Uber didn't

That's not what you said in your OP

timtim2016 wrote: »

Just a quick post to warn people that Uber eats has <SNIP> both myself and partner over the last few days. Starts out strange when signing up, where the verification code arrives through a saved contact on your phone e.g your mam,dad, sister, brother etc . Takes out the money within a few minutes

timtim2016 · 11-11-2018 05:06PM

Pelvis wrote: »

timtim2016 wrote: »

I know Uber didn't

Well that's not what you said in your OP.

It's Uber eats, I know it's connected to Uber, but it was Uber eats app that I got <SNIP> with, that's who took the money, Uber eats BV Amsterdam

RossieMan · 11-11-2018 05:24PM

Look, you haven't a clue what you're talking about.

You didn't give them any bank details, did they guess your bank details?

Please, get off the internet. It's not safe for you here.

dudara · 12-11-2018 06:39AM

timtim2016 wrote: »

I just threw up people to warn, no second agenda and i don't work for rivals, just my own and my partner's experience. We both downloaded the app from the play store, filled n the details, few hours later permanent tsb contacted about strange transactions, I checked my online banking and Uber eats BV Amsterdam had taken 3 transactions totalling about 50 euro

OP- please stop saying scammed. Uber is a large company and it’s highly unlikely they have done anything illegal here.

dudara

I downloaded Uber Eats at the weekend on my iPhone. I don’t recall having to enter my credit card details at any point. The fact that you did is making me very suspicious.

oleras · 12-11-2018 07:05AM

To setup an account with Uber eats, you need to scan in a debit/credit card.

Thats as far as i got, i didnt actually enter any details.

OldMrBrennan83 · 12-11-2018 07:15AM

That's the way it comes up for me. Maybe the mobile is randomly generated and it happened to match one in your contacts? Still doesn't explain the money going though.

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