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Amazon scammers used hacks and bribes to make millions off fake returns
Submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/8/23993573/amazon-rekk-refund-return-fraud-lawsuit
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PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
pdxfed@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I remember an article around the great recession about a armored car driver who walked off with a few hundred thousand dollars are scoping the setup, don’t know if he was ever caught. His pay for the armored car driver job?
$14/hr.
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 11 months ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Amazon is suing a naughty but enterprising group called REKK for offering a paid service to willing shoppers looking to get big-ticket items like laptops and game consoles for cheap by exploiting its return and refund system.
This isn’t like the times you try to return a small item purchased from Amazon, like a pair of socks, and the system refunds you without telling you to send it back.
As reported by Bloomberg, Amazon’s lawsuit accuses REKK of using social engineering and phishing attacks on Amazon fulfillment employees or bribes to get millions of dollars in refunds without actually sending the items back.
REKK advertised its services to shoppers in a Telegram channel with 30,000 followers, taking payment as a part of the item’s original price and then manipulating the system to log a return, which never happened.
In this case, REKK allegedly used a phishing attack against a fulfillment center employee to mark the iPad returns as received in Amazon’s systems.
Filed Thursday in a US District Court in the state of Washington, it names more than two dozen people from the US, the UK, Canada, Greece, Lithuania, and the Netherlands.
The original article contains 249 words, the summary contains 192 words. Saved 23%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
LemmyFeed@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Nice.
BunnyKnuckles@startrek.website 11 months ago
If only there were a way to make it so employees weren’t willing to risk their jobs scamming the company to just to earn an extra $100. 🤔
0110010001100010@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is a real tough problem here, not sure how we could possible solve it. Clearly the answer is to throw more money at the CEO.
AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Won’t anyone think of the billionaires? They are persecuted every day and lose hard earned money on this. I only hope Jeff can afford to go to space again after this scandal. Thots and prayers.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s not the right answer. First, lez’s hire McKinsey for a few millions to analyze related cases and Amazon processes. After that, we can implement their recommendation of a 5% downsizing, CEO salary increase, and a stock buyback program.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Don’t worry, the robots are in the case