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by dEnigma 4110 days ago
But why would anyone go through all this trouble just to impersonate an Uber driver and assault a passenger?
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http://www.januscam.com/index.php/news/125-cab/taxi-security...

http://www.purdueexponent.org/city_state/article_8748c000-a1...

Faking Uber would be easier. Admittedly, iirc, these people were scammed relatively easily and at less of a threshold than pretending to be an Uber drive would require.

Interesting, maybe it isn't that far-fetched after all, though the risks of doing this by impersonating an Uber driver seem a little too hight to convince scammers.