Burger King Sends Out Ghost Receipts for Blank Orders

Some Burger King prospects have been left confused and rightfully somewhat freaked out this morning after they woke as much as a receipt for a quick meals order of their electronic mail—besides they didn’t order any meals, and the receipt is totally clean.

Listen, we’ve all ordered quick meals in the midst of the evening—no disgrace there. But some Burger King prospects have been left scratching their heads upon receiving a mysterious receipt final evening of their electronic mail for a meal they by no means ordered. Even extra curious, the receipt isn’t even for meals: It’s utterly clean. Burger King didn’t instantly return Gizmodo’s request for touch upon the matter, however some individuals took to Twitter to share their experiences.

Caitlyn Ramos, an writer in New York, advised me on the telephone that she deleted Burger King’s app yesterday afternoon however obtained two of the phantom emails final evening. Christian Lathem shared an identical expertise, explaining that his girlfriend shared the e-mail with him, and after checking his inbox, he discovered he obtained one final evening as effectively. Lathem is a musician primarily based within the United Kingdom. Annika Gibson from Ohio shared an identical story. She obtained the receipt at 12:09 AM and hasn’t positioned an order on the Burger King app since August 2.

Mike Marich was truly capable of get in contact with Burger King relating to the refund electronic mail…form of. Marich obtained the preliminary clean receipt electronic mail at 12:09 a.m in a single day, and he reached out to customer support through the Burger King app—he defined to me on the telephone that Burger King had no customer support quantity or contact available on their web site. Shortly after he reached out, Marich obtained one other electronic mail indicating that the corporate had given him a refund for $23.74. The odd half right here is that since Marich’s “most recent order” was a clean receipt, he was refunded for his second most up-to-date order, which he confirmed to me was positioned all the best way again in November.

It seems that these emails have been despatched out in a single fell swoop, round midnight, with some prospects receiving a number of emails. While that is definitely a mysterious prevalence, provided that these emails all went out without delay, it’s possible that that is extra of a system glitch on Burger King’s finish and fewer of a hack from a 3rd celebration.