A new Ola scam has drivers hacking the Ola system, claims Reddit thread
In today's world, scams are becoming increasingly common and sometimes, it is very difficult to save yourself from the treacherous branches of various kinds of scams. Now, in the most recent one, people are claiming that the drivers of Ola have managed to hack into the system and charge high prices.
What
- A Reddit user with the name, "SeaweedUsual" recently shared his Ola cab experience, where she was booking a cab on Ola to go meet her friends but things turned ugly really soon.
- In her story, she says that she booked the cab and then called the driver to confirm her pickup location.
- But then within just 3 minutes, she received a call from an unknown number where a man started to tell her that he was her driver and he was coming to her location.
She says, "I was confused as I had just spoken to the driver from the number provided in the Ola app. This fraud then asked me to give him my exact pick-up address. I told him I just told you minutes ago and confirmed my pickup. I also remember thinking that the driver had sounded older but this fraudulent driver sounded younger and different. He started insisting again that I should give him my address."
- However, luckily she did not give the person the address, and the driver, in turn, started abusing her.
- Upon getting suspicious, she further checked the number on Truecaller app (a app for identifying numbers and spams), only to realise that the number was showing as "Ola Scam".
The scary part
But that's not all. The user further shared that she wasn't able to find the details about the original driver- who she talked to in the beginning.
She claims that someone "entered Ola's system in real-time and their data is erased from Ola server so it can not be traced back!"
Check out the full post here:
Other users share similar experiences
After seeing the post, a lot of people, mostly women, shared their own similar experiences with their Ola/Uber apps. Check out some of them:
Not only Reddit, but several users have taken to Twitter to complain about a similar issue. For instance, a Twitter user, Nachiket Joshi, shared her experience on how she was scammed.
Check it out:
@Olacabs your cabbies are running a well organised scam in Delhi. Once you book a rental they check for payment method. It should be cash or personal payment then only they accept ride. Then a different cab comes. One may not have doubt because it happens. 1/n
— Nachiket Joshi (@jonachiket) December 1, 2023
DailyO has reached out to Ola support on Twitter. The story will be updated if they respond.