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Delivery attempt at 2am - charged to redeliver! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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The delivery driver was working at that time, why wasn't the receptionist!?

edit: Thanks to everyone who's pointed out that this is a scam - and who gave advice/or worried about me. I was half asleep this morning, it didn't click (though I did notice that the url wasn't evri - I'm too used to vendors passing me over to third party websites). It doesn't help that the evri helpline is robots only. No bank details lost though.

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[–] [S] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

Not the US, and not complaining about the country. I agree with @theskyisfalling the driver probably just posted that they had tried to meet quotas or whatever, but the business mechanism that tries to trick you into paying a small amount is a feature not a bug. Whatever way you look at it, it's a dark pattern that skims money. [edit:spelling is hard]

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I suspect you've missed the point that it's highly likely to be a scam and refused to pay, so task failed successfully I guess?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Why would a scammer where the rest of the page looks so legit use such a nonsensical time? While I'm suspicious, I'm interested in hearing from OP if it turns out it isn't a scam and the parcel company wants their 1.43.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    No idea - I'm pulling this out of my arse, but perhaps it was either the time on the scammer's computer, the server time when it was generated, or the scammer put a sensible time in not realising it would adjust to a nonsensical GMT... time?

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