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Related: About this forumLincoln woman exploits pump glitch to get over $27,000 of free gas, police say
Lincoln woman exploits pump glitch to get over $27,000 of free gas, police sayA gas station in Lincoln has fixed a glitch that allowed someone to pump thousands of gallons of fuel for free.
By 10/11 NOW
Published: Mar. 8, 2024 at 12:04 PM CST | Updated: 22 hours ago
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A gas station in Lincoln has fixed a glitch that allowed someone to pump thousands of gallons of fuel for free. Dawn Thompson, 45, is charged with one count of theft by unlawful taking $5,000+. Police said she used an exploit to pump free gas for more than six months.
Lincoln Police got a call from Bosselman Enterprises loss prevention manager on Oct. 20, 2023. The manager got word from the Pump and Pantry near West O Street and Sun Valley Boulevard that someone had been participating in a fuel scam.
Upon further investigation, police learned that the fuel pumps received a software update in November of 2022. The update managed orders and reward cards, and it was made at the request of customers and staff. .. Unbeknownst to the company, however, the update was exploitable. It allowed anyone to swipe a rewards card twice to enter the pump into a demo mode. From there, the user could pump gas for free.
The loss prevention manager discovered one particular card had been repeatedly used to get free gas. By tracing the cards information, police were able to identify Thompson, court records show.
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Lincoln woman exploits pump glitch to get over $27,000 of free gas, police say (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Mar 2024
OP
Billybob, gimme your car and I'll fill your tank for $5.00--- ah. maybe make it $10
3Hotdogs
Mar 2024
#3
UpInArms
(51,482 posts)1. Wow!
5,000 gallons! $27,000!
In six months!
Somehow something doesnt add up for me.
localroger
(3,687 posts)2. She was obviously selling the free-pumping privilege
More charges to be forthcoming, I suspect
3Hotdogs
(13,089 posts)3. Billybob, gimme your car and I'll fill your tank for $5.00--- ah. maybe make it $10
No, I can't tell ya how I does it.
Klondike Kat
(833 posts)4. The charge was for taking $5000+ of fuel - not 5000 gallons
At $2.50/gallon that's roughly 10,000 gallons.
orleans
(34,500 posts)5. google images LIES
i was curious so i googled the following:
dawn thompson lincoln ne 45
then i clicked on images
first one
white woman
beneath pic: "woman uses pump glitch to her advantag..."
second one
black woman
beneath pic: "woman uses pump glitch to her advantag..."
scrolling down
white man
beneath pic: "woman uses pump glitch to her advantag..."
there is a pic of mtg & biden with the same "woman uses pump glitch to her advantag..." tag
none of the links have a photo other than a gas pump nozzel in a car gas tank