Comment by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF a day ago
The confusion around getting the address wrong is an interesting tell. If you think you’re not likely to make that mistake, anyway. It’s also a bit late to realize at that point since you’re already in the bad area.
But it reminds me of tech support scams which usually have an element of convincing the victim that they made a mistake.
Unless they cancel the ride, and you ignore the notification.
I was talking to someone recently, and they were telling me about how they got a (Lyft, I think) ride from the airport (JFK), and the driver picked them up, and said that the ride had been canceled (as they got into the car), but that for $20, he'd take them where they were going (I assume the ride was less than $20).
Apparently, this is fairly common. There's been a couple of articles about how the Uber and Lyft drivers around JFK and LaGuardia have learned to game the system. They can also conspire to drive up the pricing.
Yeah, but the route is on your phone as well. The driver cannot deviate from that course without you knowing.