Winnipeg taxi scam prompts warning [Video]

Winnipeg police are warning about a new scam in our city targeting our desire to help others. Scammers are operating a fake taxi.

Investigators say the fake cab goes to places with lots of people, like a mall parking lot or downtown. Police say these scammers have fake taxi signs on the roof of their vehicle. One person pretends to be a driver, and the other a passenger. That person then approaches a bystander claiming the taxi doesn’t take cash.

So they ask if the victim will use their debit card to pay for their fare in exchange for cash.

Once they have the card, they use a card-skimming device to take money out of the victim’s account. 

“Perhaps your pin number is being accessed and kept and then reused,” said Const. Dani McKinnon with the Winnipeg Police Service. 

McKinnon said this scam is happening across Canada, and some of …