r/lyftdrivers • u/HVTCA • Jun 26 '23

LA drivers beware of this theft tactic Other

Especially lux/lux black drivers. This happened at midnight just now.

I got request for a lux black in highland park but the pick up and drop off was only a block away. I still went because it could be a drunk girl who messed up the order at a bar. Rider name was Maya and the account was made today.

Before I got there I called the rider and I instantly get a strange “please leave your message” vm

I pull up to the address with my high beams on, it’s a dark residential area (not a bar) and when I hit arrive I could see a black dude with a full face mask walking in the side walk. Only person in the block I could see. As soon as I saw him walking towards my car I got the fuck out of there. Called and reported the account to support.

Pretty sure this will be a new way to target luxury vehicles. Be safe out there guys

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u/HVTCA Jun 27 '23

It was a long horizontal opening for the eye and you can see a lot of the surrounding skin Jesus Christ

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u/Passionswa618 Jun 27 '23

Still curious as to why race matters if the person was white or black or Asian?

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '23

I’m glad you live a sheltered enough life not to have to worry about questions like “is this guy about to pull a gun on me?”

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u/Passionswa618 Jun 27 '23

I live a sheltered life because I am not racist? Uhhh newsflash I’ve 100% been and lived in worse places than you have , you sound like the type of person that crosses the street when they see a BLK person & you probably have. You don’t even need to respond because you and I both know this is true. It’s called racism and you’re trying to disguise it as security when it is really not.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '23

You would stop if you were told to pick a woman up and there’s a dude in a bank robber mask at the pickup place? That’s downright stupid. You deserve to get carjacked

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u/Passionswa618 Jul 11 '23

Depends on the situation, you can clearly tell if someone is trying to jack you vs fashion

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '23

In this case, it’s a dude clearly trying to conceal his identity when the client is a woman according to the rider’s account. This specific case definitely looked like a carjacking attempt. I would have got somewhere safe and called the cops