Jurors in Ohio have convicted an 83-year-old man of murder in the shooting of an Uber driver who he thought was trying to rob him after scam phone calls deceived them both.
Yeah it wasn’t super clear from the story except to say they both were being scammed.
She just thought she was there to pick up a package
He thought she was there to steal $12K from him.
Not sure if it was supposed to be a “prank” but shit is fucking awful, and whoever set it up is somehow still out there free to go about their life like they didn’t ruin countless others
As far as I’m aware, it was a scammer that wanted a money mule (someone to pick up a package of money from someone they’d tricked, and deliver it to the scammer or a place where the scammer could then have someone launder it), but they didn’t want to go through the process of actually hiring any kind of person, so they used the Uber Courier service, where any old Uber driver can pick up a package and deliver it to another location/person.
As far as that woman was concerned, someone had probably just left behind a package and needed it delivered to a friend’s house or something. No prank necessary.
Yeah it wasn’t super clear from the story except to say they both were being scammed.
She just thought she was there to pick up a package
He thought she was there to steal $12K from him.
Not sure if it was supposed to be a “prank” but shit is fucking awful, and whoever set it up is somehow still out there free to go about their life like they didn’t ruin countless others
As far as I’m aware, it was a scammer that wanted a money mule (someone to pick up a package of money from someone they’d tricked, and deliver it to the scammer or a place where the scammer could then have someone launder it), but they didn’t want to go through the process of actually hiring any kind of person, so they used the Uber Courier service, where any old Uber driver can pick up a package and deliver it to another location/person.
As far as that woman was concerned, someone had probably just left behind a package and needed it delivered to a friend’s house or something. No prank necessary.