If you are a delivery driver for the popular DoorDash service you will certainly want to take the minute or two that it will take to read this article.

Lamon Reccord is a DoorDash driver and a popular content creator on TikTok. He recently recorded a clip describing a new scam with which “dashers” should become familiar. In the clip, Reccord states that he received an order for a single packet of hot sauce. “No food. No drink. Just sauce.”

Reccord went on to say that He received a phone call from “Door Dash” and the caller stated that he was a “detective” from the City of Houston police department. “He said that the order had been fraudulently placed on a card that didn’t exist”. Reccord  quickly figured out the ruse when the “officer” began pressing for HIS credit card information.  “He was like, ‘Can you pull over? Let’s do a three-step verification process,’” Reccord recalls.

However, he says the person asked for his credit card information, which sent off alarm bells. “I called DoorDash and they flagged the whole account,” Reccord says. “So y’all be careful, be mindful, share this with people that DoorDash if you get a call about a detective—it’s fraud. It is fraud. Don’t deliver.”

Reccord’s incident sounds like one that has been recently targeting DoorDash drivers. It takes the tried-and-true method of the typical phishing scam, but remixes it with a new setup: Getting drivers to share one key piece of personal information so they can access their DoorDash accounts and drain their earnings.

How to know if you’re being scammed
The scam is simple, A driver will receive an order for a ridiculously cheap item, like a single container of sauce or a packet of salt.

The driver, just wanting to fulfill the order, takes it, picks it up, but then receives a call from “DoorDash support” telling them that the address was incorrect and that if they still want to get paid, then they’re going to have to follow a set of steps. One of those steps is to share a code they received to their account over the phone.

Never do this.

You’re never supposed to share that code that comes up on your app or via text with anyone because they can then use that to access your account. If you’re a DoorDash driver who has their payouts directly attached to their bank account those scammers, after accessing your account, will lock you out and take your money.