A viral TikTok posted this month sparked debate about the impact of refund scams on DoorDash, an on-demand delivery platform for food and groceries.
The TikTok posted by user @hawkofhell, which has over 387,000 views, shows a fast-food meal from Sonic Drive-In, implied to have been received for free as a result of scamming DoorDash.
“Doordash man strikes again,” user @hawkofhell captioned the video, “known about the doordash method for 2 years.”
The creator of the video liked one comment which explained the common scam.
“For anybody asking what it is basically you tell them to leave it at the door wait 15 mins and say it was stolen and you get refunded,” the comment read.
Other users commented saying they have used similar tactics to get free meals.
“I just say the food is cold or somethings missing. Work every time,” one TikToker said.
“Say it never came and you’ll get it for free,” a second said.
“Order the food u want, when you get the food, wait 15 minutes and report that u never got it,” a third agreed.
TikToker @hawkofhell posts videos playing NBA 2K, a basketball video game. Weirdly enough, another NBA 2K player faced criticism for bragging about a similar DoorDash scam in September.
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