Report: Driver Accounts for Food Delivery Apps Being Illegally Rented to Migrants

DALLAS, TX — A troubling trend has been uncovered involving migrants illegally working as food delivery drivers under false names and identities, according to a report from DailyMail.com.

Venezuela, in particular, has hundreds of migrants delivering food to people’s homes while “renting” someone else’s delivery app account, the report stated.

It calls into question the safety of the apps if ID verification isn’t taking place.

'Before I even left Venezuela to come here, I knew I could rent an account that wasn't mine to work in food delivery,' one migrant who works as a DoorDash driver in Dallas told DailyMail.com.

Posts can be seen daily on Facebook, where migrants are making pitches to have their delivery app accounts rented, according to the report.

'Who's renting a DoorDash account?' posted one woman to the 'Venezuelan Friends in Dallas, Tx' group on Facebook.

The Dallas-Fort Worth area is reportedly home to at least 20,000 Venezuelans, most of whom have arrived since 2021.

Uber and DoorDash both responded to the allegations by pointing to their security measures.

“Our Community Guidelines explicitly prohibit account sharing and it's something we take very seriously,' Uber told DailyMail.com. “If we find that a courier is sharing their account or using a fraudulent account, we remove their access to our platform, no exceptions.”

DoorDash referred to information on its website that describes its process as a “robust, multi-layered identity verification and safety screening.”

Neither app had an explanation as to why these security measures weren’t preventing migrants from renting their accounts openly on social media.