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So many technically smart criminals being busted by just not having OPSEC. Dude did the technical theft and left his IP wide open. Get behind seven proxies.
What a fucking moron. Like DoorDash isn't going to notice this shit?
edit: so it's been pointed out that you must have a legit ID to sign up for DoorDash and they probably didn't track him down on the internut. I guess I have to assume that a smart guy that had a DD account found this hole and exploited it with his own DD account. his. own. DD. account. That's super dumb, even dumber than I thought at first. Why wouldn't he use my DD account? Why wouldn't he use yours? (I don't have a DD account)
edit again: why do so many people want to downvote in this thread and not tell me why this motherfucker is one of the dumbest criminals ever? There's been a few that want to argue but no one can tell me why he's not a complete idiot.
Moot point, as DoorDash driver accounts require a verified driver's license, comprehensive background check, and a valid bank account set up to deposit payment (though after setting up a direct deposit bank account, you can add alternative cash out options). Haven't used DoorDash in a while, but UberEats started requiring facial recognition on top of all that, so I wouldn't be surprised if that were in the DoorDash driver app, too. Hiding IP would do quite literally nothing in this scenario, as you can't create an account anonymously. Counterfeit IDs would not work as they are verified against state records. Oh, and yet another step, you have to provide proof of auto insurance, which is yet another connection to your identity.
Hah, yeah what a dumbass
People still don't understand what KYC'd service and keep giving out their data to these parasitea... Jfc
Where did you see that? I didn't see anything in the article or in the linked indictment article.
It's an assumption
Did he really just leave his IP wide open? Or did they somehow manage to get through his seven proxies to find him?
I know I'm being paranoid. What I don't know is if I'm being paranoid enough.
Pro tip if you're going to rob a bank don't use your car as the getaway car. Vinyl wrapping your car doesn't change the fact that it's your car.
do you have any more bank robbing tips, asking for a friend
Reddit had an AMA with a Bank Robber ten years ago that they've since deleted for corpo purity reasons 😂
Here's the big points from it:
He eventually got caught because of the money he had, not because his face was on every security camera.
He recommends not doing this, as do I, as it's just not worth it.
But just in case you wanted to know how it was done a decade ago, fuck Reddit, here's the details they recently deleted.
Reddit used to have an entire shoplifting subreddit (r/shoplifting for the wayback) that regularly made fun of the loss prevention subreddit and the two subs often stole ideas from each other and would taunt each other. There was obvious sexual tension between them
Ofc it got banned even though it was technically a "roleplay" sub
see, some days I'm happy that I didn't grow up on the Internet and on IRC, and some days (today) I'm sad that I missed these bits of internet history. God I love this so much
It is generally advisable to not get caught.
Leave the singing to Sinatra
Bicycles don't have license plates 😉
https://youtu.be/z8-Mp4LPVNw
Ok but what if I take it through the Pay-N-Spray after
Why would you pay for paint when GTA is free?
i’d go with 8 proxies and a dial up modem on one end just to be safe.
Or you could just not rip off DoorDash for 2.5mil
I'm not here to help you commit fraud.
Not sure you can defraud a criminal organization.
I mean, it is fraud, but I didn't see nothin' 😏
Fraud is something that a prosecutor has to prove in the court of lawhat we got her eis some allegations made by a corpo parasite.
Looks like DoJ wasted taxpayer resources to make corporate feel better
Of course you can.
edit: how do people not realize you can steal from criminals?
Bootlicker detected...
Albut hey at least somebody thought about the corpo🤡
I like people like you. You make me feel better about my intelligence.
You remind me of that one kid in class who was intelligent enough to realize the teacher forgot to assign homework, but lacked the wisdom to shut the hell up and walk out the door.
You remind me of that one kid in class who never got a date.
(WTF? How can a joke reply generate this level of acrimony?)
I don't think doordash lets you use a VPN.
Many platforms that deal with finance would reject an order when they detect VPNs or Tor (since that's what fraudsters and scammers use), or they ask for additional verification (like SMS) to verify you are in fact the account holder. So they probably were just using their real IP address.
Well in this case a proxy isn't a VPN, but an intermediate the criminal has taken control of. A proxy does not have to be legitimate.
True, but again, you're making a lot of assumptions here. I don't see anything about proxies anywhere.
He probably got caught because of an internal audit, that's the assumption I would make.