Scammer Targets Idaho Restaurants with Unpaid Pizza Orders

KOOTENAI, Idaho (AP) – Idaho restaurants say they have been scammed out of hundreds of dollars by someone ordering dozens of pizza over the phone but failing to pick them up.

Pizza shop owner Connie Young says a man placed a $375 to-go order at the Hayden pizzeria last Saturday.

She says she contacted the man after he didn’t show up, and he responded, “You’ve been dunked.”

Radicci Italian Bistro owner Daniel Morey says his Hayden restaurant was scammed out of $443 from a 25-pizza order last Saturday.

The pizza shops ended up having to sell the pizzas at a discounted price of $5.00 a pie.