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    Angry Scammed by HK taxi drivers again!

    Hey Guys,

    Just wanted to warn everyone off some cheeky taxi drivers trying to scam people.
    I took at taxi from HKIA to TST today and the driver gave me 230 change. one 100 not was Thai Baht. It was folded with a real HK 100 note so I didn't bother to check.

    Wasn't much money but ruined my mood for the arvo.


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    some cab driver tried to give me a $100 taiwanese dollar.


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    The East is red, Mao Zedong


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    I strongly advise calling the police! One time I got a cab late night and driver exchanged taiwanese dollar to me! No way! I didn't have TWD in my wallet!


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    Yea some of the drivers are real scammers. One tried to pull the taiwan dollar trick on me as well. Forced him to swallow the TWD and some coins in the end. I'm surprised he managed to do it,


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    Quote Originally Posted by lylyly:
    Yea some of the drivers are real scammers. One tried to pull the taiwan dollar trick on me as well. Forced him to swallow the TWD and some coins in the end. I'm surprised he managed to do it,
    WTF......seriously? You forced him to swallow it? I really hope that is just an expression and not to be taken literally.

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    OP - did you report this case to the police?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob2020:
    OP - did you report this case to the police?
    Hey Rob,

    yea I did. They told me to find the taxi company my self (wut!?) and ttell them which one it is; that theres nothing much they can do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vcb003104:
    Hey Rob,

    yea I did. They told me to find the taxi company my self (wut!?) and ttell them which one it is; that theres nothing much they can do.
    Sigh...yet another example of how "helpful" the HK police is.

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    That's ... concerning - how about reporting it via the 1823 app?


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