Get Free Meals Via ChatGPT: US Man Uses ChatGPT To Scam McDonald's For 100 Free Meals

We find ourselves in the age of ChatGPT, an undeniable reality.

From securing relationships through ChatGPT, crafting resumes via ChatGPT, to building a career using this chatbot, the capabilities seem boundless.

Now, a U.S. businessman has done the unimaginable - by employing ChatGPT in a scheme to deceive McDonald's into providing him with 100 complimentary meals.

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Hey ChatGPT, give me a free meal

Gage, the owner of the re-selling group All Things Arbitrage, and co-host of All Things The Podcast revealed his strategy on the podcast.

This is the method Gage suggests.

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First, Gage "steals" receipts from cash registers or tables and utilises their unique codes to access a McDonald¡¯s feedback survey.

Gage says to express significant dissatisfaction with each answer, and using ChatGPT for it.

He says to input something like, 'Describe a time when I had a terrible experience at McDonald¡¯s ordering a Big Mac' within 1,200 characters into ChatGPT. This will help you create a negative narrative adding, If it's not negative enough, you can type, "Make it worse," he says.

After entering that and providing an email, a representative will typically email you with one, two, three, or four complimentary meal vouchers within approximately 12 hours completely free of charge.

100 free food vouchers in 11 months

Gage acknowledges engaging in this activity "since the start of the year," indicating the beginning of 2023, as the podcast was initially recorded in November 2023.

In the 11 months since then, he had effectively manipulated the fast-food chain into providing him with 100 vouchers, disclosing that the experience "tastes better when it's free."

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However, Gage says that the nearby McDonald¡¯s is now familiar with him and refuses to provide receipts for any purchases. He mentions that the restaurant has displayed posters encouraging customers to "fill in the survey and mark highly satisfied."

Netizens not so impressed

Some online users expressed their lack of admiration for the situation.

One comment argued, "'It doesn't harm anyone.' It will when McDonald's shuts down that branch due to thousands of negative reviews from someone being too cheap to buy a 99p burger."

Another user stated, "Someone supports their family with that job. You're putting it at risk."

Another commenter highlighted, "This does harm people. The salaried management team are directly financially rewarded for good feedback, and this is affecting their bonuses."

An additional remark suggested, "This is theft by deception... Pretty sure it is illegal."

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