Fake Customer Prank Ordered 20 Burgers Without Paying When Delivered

As our neighbours in Malaysia are in a similar predicament as us Singaporeans, being stuck at home virtually 24/7, the demand for food delivery has shot up.

This has prompted home-based businesses to start offering delivery services too. Many of these businesses usually provide the option of cash on delivery and so are are vulnerable to prank orders.

Recently, a burger seller in Malaysia made a great loss when she received a fake order of 20 burgers and the scammer didn't show up to make payment.

Keep reading to find out more!

On 25 April, a fake customer claiming to be 'Grace Lim' ordered 20 burger sets worth RM140 (~S$45.55).

Photo from Sherley Yu via Facebook

When asked for payment in advance, the customer claimed that she didn't know how to do online banking and requested for cash on delivery instead. The seller agreed and they made arrangements to meet beside the Public Bank in Kuchai Lama at 2pm.

Photo from Sherley Yu via Facebook

Photo from Sherley Yu via Facebook

When the order was ready, the seller travelled all the way to the location with the 20 packs of burgers. After waiting for five minutes, the seller sent over her car plate number to the customer.

Photo from Sherley Yu via Facebook

The customer then revealed that it was all a prank in her message: “Hi 8984 it's a prank I'm ginnyboy from YouTube. You can eat all the Burger”.

After this incident, the seller's sister wrote a post on Facebook to urge fellow businesses to always collect payment from their customers before delivery.

A few netizens speculated that the person behind the prank was YouTuber Jinnyboy (Jin Lim). Jin responded on Facebook to clarify the situation that he doesn't do pranks. He also wrote: "But, what I personally take away from this is that some people are bloody idiots, and there are some people trying to do what they can to make ends meet during this trying times, so of you're ever craving some homemade burgers do consider supporting this lady. I already did."

It's disheartening that someone would pull such a prank on small home-based businesses especially in these trying times of COVID-19. We hope that this scammer will be found and such incidents won't happen to others.

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Text by: GirlStyle SG