A granddaughter of former president Tabaré Vázquez denounced that it was Victim of an Uber driver scam after requesting a trip through the application, as published on Twitter and confirmed The Observer.
“I’m going to tell my experience so that it doesn’t happen to anyone else,” he began by saying in a thread Candelaria Vazquez.
Hello, I am going to tell you my experience so that it does not happen to anyone else. Yesterday I asked for an uber and I connected with a driver named FADYR, when he was coming to pick me up he wrote to me asking me to please send him the code that will reach my cell phone for uber’s safety.
– Cande Vazquez (@Candeevazq4) October 1, 2022
According to what he said, when requesting a trip, the app connected her with a driver named “FADYR”. When he was on his way to pick her up, the driver contacted her through platform chat and He asked him to “please” and “for Uber’s safety” send him a code that would reach his cell phone.
“At the same time that you tell me that I get a message from Uber with a code. Therefore, as he asked me, and the message was from Uber, I sent it to him“, detailed the granddaughter of the former president.
Right after I send it to you, the driver canceled the trip and seized Vázquez’s accountsince what he sent him was a “Verification code” which is shipped directly from Uber and is generally used to change passwords.
What the scammer did was change the email address to one that he invented Y changed the password. “I no longer had access to my accountVazquez said.
By hijacking your credentials, the scammer may have access to the cards that the initial owner had entered on the platform and began “transfer dollars”. as he knew The Observer, The man started trips with Vázquez’s account of different routes to steal his money.
In the summary of the Vázquez card, the transactions came with the concept of “Uber trips”. They were trips that amounted to US$ 500, as he learned The Observer.
“Luckily now I canceled my cards and he didn’t keep stealing money from me. Unfortunately I’m not the only one that this same driver did it to. I have an acquaintance that the same driver, with the same excuse, also stole money from her,” he sentenced and advised his followers that do not share codes with drivers.
Vázquez contacted his bank, which canceled the transactions and did not lose any money.
The granddaughter of the former hierarch shared a capture of the driver who took the trip at that time.
– Cande Vazquez (@Candeevazq4) October 1, 2022
other victims
The thread gained popularity and soon appeared new testimonials from users who had also been victims. as he knew The Observernail 30 persons they contacted Vázquez to find out how he had solved the problem.
One of the most repeated characteristics is that the purchases are immediately quoted in foreign currenciesmainly dollars or euros.
Most could notice it right away and claimed before the platform, consumer service or directly cancel the cards at your bank.
According to testimonies made to The Observer, It was detected that the man made transactions through Uber Eats to foreign businesses (the service is not available in Uruguay).
The sum of purchases reached US$ 2,000divided into $500 transactions or less and usually did movements of small amounts at first.
Uber’s response
Asked about this issue, Uber replied that it has a “24/7” support team dedicated “to attending to reports and analyzing each case.” “According to the internal investigation protocols. From this analysis, each case is followed up in accordance with the Community Guidelines and the Terms and Conditions of use of the platform, and if there is improper conduct in the use of the app, it may imply immediate deactivation of the accounts involved,” he said.
The platform said that “it is important to remember that Uber will never ask to share information associated with user accounts to log in to the app, to take a trip or obtain a promotion.” “We call on users and driving partners to report situations of these characteristics”, concluded.
He added that all the trips requested through the Uber app are registered and in case of a problem, it can be reported within the app at any time: Account – Trips – Select the trip in question – Report a security problem – Select the appropriate option.
