I tried to buy a coffee with McDonalds mobile app, instead I was defrauded $2000

Re:I tried to buy a coffee with McDonalds mobile app, instea... by PaulHoule on Thursday April 25, 2019 @02:16PM (#19750989)

Is that really fraud or did the wires get crossed?

It's hard to believe an individual could eat $2000 of McDonald's food in two weeks. (For that matter, that someone could eat a poutine and not go to the ER afterwards...)

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Re:I tried to buy a coffee with McDonalds mobile app, instea... by whitepoplar on Thursday April 25, 2019 @04:05PM (#19752003)

Maybe they purchased gift cards to resell?

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Re:I tried to buy a coffee with McDonalds mobile app, instea... by PaulHoule on Thursday April 25, 2019 @04:21PM (#19752150)

I saw a screen that showed what looked like a large number of meals.

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Re:I tried to buy a coffee with McDonalds mobile app, instea... by craftinator on Thursday April 25, 2019 @05:57PM (#19752873)

I noticed that is well. My best (and most paranoid) guess is that this is being done by McDonald's employees. Not the ones working at the stores, but ones that run the systems. They capture card info on new subscribers, then generate a bunch of bogus orders. Because they work with the systems, covering tracks is a lot easier. Does this sound plausible to anyone else?

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Re:I tried to buy a coffee with McDonalds mobile app, instea... by PaulHoule on Thursday April 25, 2019 @06:20PM (#19753021)

It seems like they'd get caught sooner or later.

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Re:I tried to buy a coffee with McDonalds mobile app, instea... by Kalium on Thursday April 25, 2019 @06:45PM (#19753202)

Yeah, I would think that inventory would begin to show discrepancies in time. If records says you sold one thousand fish sandwiches but stock says you sold one hundred, and this keeps happening, there might be some questions asked.

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