“So empties the taxi drivers your bank account after the trip”
“taxi drivers are replacing your card and empties your account.yet warn the police of the decepticons.n– You feel right cheated, ” says Nils, who became of with several thousand dollars for a taxi ride.”
“When you are on the way home from a late night out fits on. They change your credit card towards the same when you don’t see, and when you are trying to pay does not work the pin, despite several attempts. “
“Then they say that they invite on the trip, at the same time that they have taken note of your code. Home with you, you have a completely different card, and this might be the first day after which you discover that it’s not your card that is in your wallet. It is already too late and the account is ransacking.”
“Like this work taxibedragarna usually. During the summer, notice the police an increase of such cases. After each weekend shed it in lots of notifications in the big cities.”
“the Police are now going out on their Facebook page and warn taxibedrägerierna.”
“It’s when people are out, enjoying themselves and getting drunk, then they become easier victims,” says Anna-Lena Tapper, the investigating authority of the police national bedrägericenter.”
“”it Looked like my card””
“One who has been the victim of taxibedrägeri is Nils. It was two summers ago when he would take a taxi home in Stockholm in the evening.”
“– I took a taxi on the street. It was no frills, but I went home and paid with my card. But then I got a different card back, ” he says.”
“He tells us that the driver took kortmaskinen where the receipt would be printed. But he did not notice that it was a completely different card, which he got back.”
” the Card was completely nednött where the numbers and name are so I saw nothing. It looked like my card. I did not any receipt. It does not feel like you wont make it.”
“the Day after, Nils a call from a guy who asked if he had lost his card. The guy had been given a card where it was Nils’s name on, but they could not understand how it was possible. “
“a Traitor on several thousand”
“When Nils checked the credit card in his wallet he discovered that there was a different name on it. Then, they began to understand that it was the taxi driver who cheated them. “
“the Guy who called had lost 10 000 sek. Nils himself was of with 1 000-2 000 kronor.”
” I was lucky for I had not more than that on the card. I called the bank and then they said that someone had tried to take out 10 000 sek. “
“How did it feel to be exposed to this?”
“– It was not especially fun. You feel right cheated.”
“Nils reported to the police the event and managed to get the money back through the return jack of his bank.”
“today, order he time the taxi before he will go anywhere and intend to take a receipt and keep track of kortmaskinen when he pays. “
“Spökterminalen register your code”
“How much money passengers of when they are exposed to taxibedrägeri vary. According to the police, passengers have become of the with between 2 000 and 90 000 sek.”
“the Police suspect that kortterminalerna that fraudsters use in fact can be spökterminaler, thus the fake machines that do not work. It can also be so that they register the code that you turn in.”
“It’s not respectful to the women and men that are out there and are happy and treat themselves to ride a taxi and uses these fraudsters,” says Anna-Lena Tapper.”
“There is not a particular taxi company which has been identified, but police suspect that there are multiple perpetrators involved.”
“Need help with refueling”
“– People have left very different picture, but they are not so exhaustive. There are tracks that we are working for, but we want to hit contact and sign.”
“To cheat passengers money in this way is also common among those who drive unlicensed taxis. But here the procedure is a bit different. “
“Scammers often want you to come with out and helps to refuel the car, then they say that they need help with the payment. Then, they are also suited to replace your card when you do not see.”
“Anna-Lena Tapper would urge taxipassagerare to be aware when it is time to pay for the trip.”
“– It might be good to keep track on your card so you really get the right card back.”
