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.
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.
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.