🚨 NYC TLC Drivers Targeted By Thieves
Scheme involves asking TLC driver to change destination on their driver's App, snatching phone, running away and then stealing money from account(s) on phone
NYC TLC drivers working with the Uber & Lyft are being targeted by criminals
Scheme involves asking TLC driver to change destination on driver’s App, snatching phone, running away and then stealing money from account(s)
Group is accused of 24 incidents between July 4, 2022 and January 7, 2023
The NYPD are searching for a group of suspects accused of stealing phones and then subsequently money from NYC TLC drivers.
The group is accused of 24 incidents between July 4, 2022 and Jan. 7, 2023.
In each incident, the group requests the driver to change the destination before taking the victim's phone and running away
- ABC 7 NY
Officials say one of the suspects has a distinctive tattoo on his right hand.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
TLC Drivers Targeted Again
Last October, there were reports on an incident where two TLC drivers were robbed in the same spot, by the same robbers, only a half hour apart. No media reports connect these two incidents to the same criminal group, but we thought it was worth noting.
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Lyft and Uber needs to make it more difficult for these scammers to take fund from the drivers app
Uber/Lyft needs to add a passcode to get into the fund transfer.