DoorDash bans driver over alleged AI delivery scam: 'Zero tolerance for fraud'

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DoorDash bans driver over alleged AI delivery scam: ‘Zero tolerance for fraud’
by: Michael Bartiromo
Posted: Jan 2, 2026 / 08:40 AM CST

(NEXSTAR) – A delivery driver for DoorDash has been ousted from the platform after allegedly attempting to trick a customer into thinking their order had been delivered to their door with an AI-generated image.

DoorDash customer Byrne Hobart, from Austin, Texas, first shared news of the dubious delivery in an X post on Dec. 26.

“Amazing. DoorDash driver accepted the drive, immediately marked it as delivered, and submitted an AI-generated image of a DoorDash order […] at our front door,” Hobart wrote.

Along with his post, Hobart shared the (obviously) AI-generated image he was allegedly sent by the DoorDasher. He juxtaposed it with a photo of his actual door.

Hobart later explained that he didn’t think the DoorDash driver (or “Dasher,” as DoorDash calls them) was ever physically present at his home, but instead used a number of tactics to make it appear to Hobart, and to the powers that be at DoorDash, that it was a legitimate delivery. Hobart also theorized that the “Dasher” may have been a scammer who simply hacked a legitimate driver’s account, changed the payout information, and attempted to get paid for “a bunch of fake deliveries” before anyone found out.




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