Uber Eats Scams. Have you encountered a scam while being an Uber Eats driver? Whether it be the customer trying to do some slicks so they can get their food free or just missing out on a certain money that you should have been paid? Well, that's what we're gonna talk about here today. I'm gonna give you three commonly known Uber Eats Scams that you should be looking to avoid and I'm also gonna share exactly how you can avoid getting scam so that you can get compensated for your hard work as a driver. So stay tuned. Hello everyone, this is Elijah with The Rights You're Got and in this video, I'm gonna be sharing with you three Uber Eats Scams that result in you either losing some of your money or potentially maybe even getting deactivated in a worst-case scenario and we don't want either those to happen so it's aware it's very key that you're aware of these scams and that you know how to avoid these scams if you find yourself in these situations. So let's get into it. So the first type of scam some of us may already know very well and for those of you that have never used Uber Eats as a customer before, this is the screenshot of the customer app and as you see it has a time guarantee like it you'll get the food between this amount of time and if Uber Eats can't guarantee you'll get the food within a certain time, then you can't order from that restaurant because you're out of range. Okay, and some customers that will first let's start off with the legitimate case. Some customers may legitimately forget to update their address. So when you only went to the restaurant or maybe even afterwards, so contact you and you know, hey, I wasn't I didn't put the right address in up on my work address or whatever and other times is some people actually trying to game a system because there might be a restaurant in six miles away but they can't get food delivered there so they'll put their work address this two miles away from their look from the restaurant and once that happens, then they can just order and then get in contact with you saying that hey, I put the wrong address bring it to this address. One is a scam and one is a legitimate accident, but in both case scenarios, Uber got tired of dealing with this so they actually rewrote in their policy that they're not going to deliver food out of range of that particular restaurant and it gives you as a driver some options. The reason this was a problem before is because you could drop 10 miles away at the new location, but you only get paid for those two miles because that's the address that was entered into Uber and you know, they might say they'll tip you extra, but we know how that goes. Swinging back to Uber's policy, they now state that if it's not within the delivery range, they're not going to do it and for you as a driver, Uber will compensate you based on the current address in the system. So if it's like a mile and a half away, you're going to get payment based on that mile and a half. Now let's say the restaurant is within range, it just may be a few miles further. You didn't have a choice. You can either go ahead and complete the delivery and Uber will reimburse you a amount. Right now that amount is $4 for your extra time and extra mileage, or you can choose not to do it. And I've done this on several occasions. If orders taking me out of my city or would take me out of my city, I just say, no, thanks. I don't want to do it. And Uber's will cancel the order and you'll get paid for the distance to the original addresses in the system. So to wrap this up for this particular scam in both cases, you want to go ahead and contact Uber's support and let them know what you want to do. If it's within range, you have the option to take it to the new address and get extra four bucks or say no and have them cancel the delivery. And you just move on to the next one receiving payment for what's operating in the system. I'm not going to say which one is right or wrong, it really depends on the situation. But now you know that that's not true. The second scam that's been going around on Uber's and can kind of bite you in the butt as a driver is a customer has been reporting that they haven't been getting their food. And this is a casualty due to this new system that's been brought about because of the pandemic. So Uber's has had the contact list deliveries for a little while now. This results in you just leaving the food at the front door or wherever the customer says. And strangely enough, Uber has this option when this happens to take a, well, they have the option to take a picture, but they also have an option to skip taking a picture, which is a little weird. I don't know why I wouldn't just strictly be required, but some drivers are skipping taking a picture. And I'm an Uber's customer. So I can assess it is about like 60% of drivers actually take the picture and then it. The copy of the receipt on my end shows that they took the picture as proof, but 40% don't. And some customers are using that to try and get free food or discount on the next order. They say, oh, I never received a food. And Uber's going to look at that picture. And if there's no picture, you're kind of building a case against yourself. So don't skip out on taking that picture. I don't know why I don't want to skip it in the first place. It takes the extra maybe 10 to 15 seconds, but see it as an insurance policy against. Customers are trying to scam get free food or discount because we know there are some people out there that will try to do that kind of thing. And the last one or the third one is not so much a scam, but a lot of new drivers and even intermediate drivers may not actually know about this. But let's say you're driving, you get a pain to go to a restaurant, you get there and it's closed. Has that ever happened to you? It's happened to me a few times. It can be kind of annoying. But what most people don't know is most people will just cancel and they cancel and they just move on to the next order, but they wasted 10, 15 minutes driving to the restaurant. Uber will actually reimburse you about $3 just for driving to the restaurant. That amount that amount may change over time, but the point is they're going to give you something for going to the restaurant and a lot of drivers don't know that they just say, then it's cut their losses and cancel. No contact, Uber support, let them know the restaurant is closed and usually it's closed for some strange reason like they're supposed to be open, but they're not you called and nothing happens. So what Uber is going to do is they're going to call to verify with the restaurant if they can't get them what the restaurant says when they're taking orders or whatever. Then they're going to cancel the order on there and they're going to reimburse you certain amount of money right now it's $3. And that usually appears between instantly and hours. So sometimes it might not appear like like that, but it is going to appear. So that can make the difference between like $11,000 an hour and $14 an hour. The reason I say that is you spent that time going to that restaurant, you kind of have to take that loss and move on to the next delivery or two. You might be able to slide two deliveries and let's say they paid a $4 each to sort deliveries and throughout tips you made about $11. Well, that extra $3 is boosted you up to $14. Same goes for if you made like $13 to $14 with those two deliveries, including tips. Well, now it's boosted you up to $17. So that's why you want to know that little trick just in case you come up on that situation where the restaurant is closed and there we have it. We have three scams. Well, really two, but the third one is something you should be aware of, but these are instances where money is on the table and oftentimes you end up losing money because of the circumstances or with the case in the second one. If Uber thinks you really are stealing food, that's building the case for you to get deactivated. So be sure to protect yourself from losing money or deactivations by dealing with these situations accordingly. But that does it for this video. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below. And if there's any other Uber-y scams that you heard of, put that in the comments below too. I mean, share with the community. Think of it as a community service. We'll help each other out. And if you like this video, give it a thumbs up. It's much appreciated. It's well subscribed if you knew. You'll find this new videos every single week. So if you have any other questions, feel free to leave us an email or as always leave it in the comments. I'll see you in the next video. Be safe and proud for everyone.