Would you accept a ride from this driver?

[Randy W]

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Uber Drivers In China Are ‘Scaring’ Passengers Out Of Their Money

 

‘Ghost Drivers’ Plague Uber China

With profile photos that look like they’ve just stepped off a horror movie set, the ghost drivers scare passengers into cancelling their trip, meaning they will owe the driver a few yuan for their troubles.

Another scamming method used by the ghost drivers is accepting rides, saying the passenger has entered the vehicle, and cancelling the trip. The customer will have been taken for a ride worth a few yuan without noticing. Either way the ghost driver wins.

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Zhang Kun’s run-in with a ghost driver cost him 4.20 yuan ($0.60), which Zhang said was such a small amount he didn’t bother to report the incident.