Amazon under fire by Canadian Taxi Association over sale of fake cab signs [Video]

The association representing taxi drivers in Canada is asking Amazon to stop selling fake cab signs on its marketplace over a growing number of card swap scams involving fraudulent drivers.

Canadian Taxi Association president Mark Andre Way sent a letter to the Seattle-based company, calling attention to a growing scam where criminals are able to fool victims with generic “taxi” signs on the roofs of their vehicles, many of which are available on the online marketplace.

Traditionally, roof signs are only available through specialty shops through the taxi industry, where the sellers are able to verify who made the purchase, and in most cases, installed the roof sign on the vehicle.

A Capital taxi and BlueLine taxis await passengers in Ottawa. (CTV News Ottawa)

“On behalf of the Taxi industry in Canada, I am requesting that Amazon to consider no longer selling generic ‘Taxi’ signs. We all fear that something …