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Old May 21, 2019, 12:23 am
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Another Scam by Uber Drivers (DCA)

As detailed here, the drivers collectively go offline

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-...ronized-scheme

Uber and Lyft drivers at Reagan National Airport have been gaming the system "every night, several times a night," by simultaneously turning off their rideshare apps for a minute or two so that the system is tricked into thinking there are no drivers available, thus creating a price surge.

*** "When we find out what the highest surge is, that’s when we say everybody on. And that’s when everybody gets paid what we think we should be getting paid," said the man.
"It’s like we work as a family, like a team together. Like as a team. We do it. Every night. We do it again. We drop off, come back again, it’s a routine. We do it to 12 o' clock."
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