Rideshare Scams
Discuss known or suspected scams in the rideshare industry. Share your experience here.
-
More Cleaning Fees Scam
Saw this this morning
-
What is Lyft's Airplane Mode cheat?!!
I didn't even know such cheat existed. What is this trick that I Lyft is supposedly cracking down on?
-
Uber's 'Vomit Fraud' Sounds Worse Than Surge Pricing [Gizmodo]
I think I saw this on this forum before, but Gizmodo covers it here. Is it really that common or …
-
Driver Scam Equation - Collecting No-shows
1) Driver arrives at a pickup location, switches off the phone. 2) Driver waits for five minutes. Cancels the trip …
-
Rider Scam - Claiming I picked up the wrong passenger.
I am afraid this is getting more and more frequent, where the passenger later claims that they never took the …
-
Mid-Ride Cancellation Scam - Now on Bridges and Tunnels
Are we all aware by now of the mid-ride cancellation scams? What happens if a passenger cancels an Uber ride …
-
Passenger Scam: Riders don't get off.
This happens to be from time to time but I never gave it that much thought in the past. However, …
-
Is this a driver scam? Driver starts the trip WITHOUT YOU in the car. Why? Maybe to find your destination? Then cancels if he doesn't like it.
I've been seen a few scam attempts by drivers. Here's one. I requested an Uber once in Mid-town after my …
-
what is with the starting my trip before you are even on my street ?
This seems to be happening a lot here suddeenly. It amazes me how one person gets an idea on how …
-
Vomit Fraud!!! We've heard of it before, but now it has a name.
It's all over the news today.. There is now a name for those passengers who are charged a cleaning fee …
-
Scam? I requested a Lyft the other day, and the driver saw me, and drove away. The app registered that he had "arrived" and I was charged a "no show" fee.
How is this possible? Of course I disputed the charge right away, but is this something that has happened to …
-
Lyft/Uber: Ways You Might Get Scammed - Protect Yourself [munchkym]
I don't know this rideshare blogger, but the content is solid. Love the delivery too. 1. Impersonating an Uber/Lyft Employee …
-
Have you seen this? "Get free rides by puttin yo uber and lyft drivers on blast"
1. Always rate 1 star 2. Always comment the car smelled, driver was reckless, speeded, ran a red light 3. …
-
Hack Currently Aimed at Uber Drivers
OK, I'm old and I've been playing with computers for more years than most of my riders have been alive. …
-
Naughty Riders. How creative they get to save a few bucks. New scam.
Here's a new PASSENGER SCAM that I suspect is happening. Imagine a rider who has a fairly large group and …
-
New Scam hitting Uber drivers
Drivers and riders are used to various scams on the Uber platform but this one is hitting new drivers particularly …
-
Cancelling rides - Lyft vs Uber should be higher
After arriving at the pickup point, the passenger did cancel the ride and a few seconds later, I saw an …
-
Banned from charging Uber cleaning fee?
I just got a notice that I was banned from charging the cleaning fee! I have charged about 20 cleaning …
-
Pax requested pool ride but showed up with 3 people
I know pool only allows a pax to request 2 spots max in a car but this person has 3 …
-
What is the "cleaning fees" and "vomit" SCAM by Uber drivers? Should I be concerned? How do I avoid them?
I heard from my nephew that Uber drives are sometimes so desperate to make money that they would randomly charge …