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Florida Man Strikes Again With A $1 Million Uber Eats Scam

Author Jim Monaghan

Late last week as I was leaving for work at around 4:30 in the morning, I noticed a small bag on our front steps. When I went to take a look at it, I saw that it was a fast food delivery via Uber Eats.

Was it something that had been delivered to the wrong address? Was someone pulling an Uber Eats scam?

Was someone pull

I later discovered that it was a late-night hunger attack my son was dealing with, but I was reminded of that odd package on my doorstep with this story.

FLORIDA MAN STRIKES AGAIN!

DATELINE – Broward County and the Saga of two Florida Men, Trayon Morgan and Roy Blackwood, who the sheriff is calling “Uber cheats.”

Florida investigators have charged these two with a ravenous Uber Eats scam that cost the company more than $1 million.

Apparently, Morgan and Blackwood uncovered a loophole that allowed them to convert prepaid company credit into gift cards, and they did it by pretending to be both Uber Eats customers and delivery drivers.

According to authorities, Morgan used the Uber Eats software application and would act as the customer and courier. According to the Broward County’s Sheriff’s Office, he would place a grocery order as a consumer for pickup under a fake account, then accept the order as the courier.

At that point, Uber gave him a preauthorized credit up to $700 per purchase. However, according to investigators, he would cancel the consumer’s order and then spend the credit on a gift card instead.

So, going back a few months on one day alone, detectives allegedly watched this pair scam Uber out of more than $5,000.

This is just in one day buying gift cards at 27 different Walgreens locations. According to the sheriff’s office, Morgan created several fake accounts just to keep the fraud going. He would often use stolen and fabricated identities of Uber drivers, using their license information and altering it with his own photo.

This is quite a scam they’ve got going on between Uber Eats and Walgreens and then fabricated IDs.

Morgan and Blackwood charged with an organized scheme to defraud and grand theft rocks.

Top 5 “Florida Man Strikes Again” Stories For August 2023

The month of August was pretty wild for Florida Man.

Oh sure, there were the usual drunken adventures and mishaps. And impersonating a police officer, well that’s definitely nothing new for Florida Man.

What surprised us was the location Florida Man chose for some of his antics – like church – and his inclusion of Mom a couple of times.

Even for non-believers, there has to be at least a little concern of “What if…” when you decide to commit any kind of crime in a church or house of worship.

After all, there are so many other places to find victims these days.

Although we will admit that the attempt at salvation via baptism while in the act of vandalizing a church puts a different sort of twist on things.

And when it comes to dealing with Mom….

Look, you can get any member of the family you want angry at you. But Mom?

Come on, Florida Man. You can do better than that.

  • Florida Man Arrested While Trying To Get INTO A Police Car To Threaten Someone

    The month of August started off with one of the more bizarre Florida Man stories we’ve seen in awhile.

    Florida Man has spent a lot of time in police cars, but this might have been the first time he actively tried to get into one.

    Florida Man Arrested While Trying To Get INTO A Police Car To Threaten Someone

  • You See A Church Congregation, Florida Man Sees Victims For His Next Fraud

    Florida Man seemed to spend a lot of time in church during the month of August.

    In this first instance, Florida Man saw a lot of targets for his investment scam.

    You See A Church Congregation, Florida Man Sees Victims For His Next Fraud

  • Florida Man Looks For Some Heavenly Salvation In the Middle of A Burglary

    Back to church for Florida Man!

    This time, he decided that maybe salvation could be found while committing a crime if he took a dip in the sanctuary baptismal pool.

    And why not have a K-9 officer join in too?

    Florida Man Looks For Some Heavenly Salvation In the Middle of A Burglary

  • Florida Man’s Mom Is Not Going To Be Happy About What He Told the Police

    In addition to being in church, Florida Man spent a lot of time with Mom during the month of August.

    Somehow, blaming Mom for her being the one who gave you a container that contained drug residue in it is not going to warm her heart.

    Florida Man’s Mom Is Not Going To Be Happy About What He Told the Police

  • Florida Man Adds Dear Old Mom To His Multimillion-Dollar Theft Ring

    It looks as if Florida Man REALLY wants to get the family together in his ring of theft – even Dear Old Mom.

    This time, Florida Man didn’t even have to throw her under the bus; she was along with him on the bus ride.

    Florida Man Adds Dear Old Mom To His Multimillion-Dollar Theft Ring

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