Post

Andy Baio
@andy.baio.net

Does anyone know what this scam is? My wife just got an confirmation email from a Domino's Pizza in New Jersey for a carry-out order for a 2-liter of Sprite. It was sent to her personal email with her full name and cell phone number. We called the store and the CC# used isn't any of ours. WTF?

1 repost6 likes

Eric Hamilton Schneider
@imericschneider.bsky.social

Best guess is it's not a scam and the person ordering has a phone number similar to your wife's that was entered incorrectly and then she gets the confirmation email anyways. I recently got 2 video game codes from Micro Center because someone used my phone number accidentally at checkout.

Andy Baio
@andy.baio.net

She's never had a Dominos.com account, we did a forgot password to check. Double-checked our bank/cards, no unusual transactions. We live on the other side of the country. The store didn't seem to know anything.

Andy Baio
@andy.baio.net

My best guess is that they're doing automated credit card testing with small transactions, using name/phone/email from an identity breach? But this seems like a terrible way to do it. Why use her email/phone number at all? Baffling.

crw
@maybe.fail

indeed, my guess is data brokers get paid regardless of the accuracy of what they supply

John Lethbridge
@archaicjohn.bsky.social

My wife had something similar happen with a Walmart account after a data breach. Had to check her CC statement & it was used to buy a few hundred $$ worth of stuff. She also got the confirmations for the order. I suspect it's a bot they're running en masse to see what they can get through.