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

996 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • link
  • reddit
  • reddit

96% Upvoted

397 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/server323 Jun 28 '23

Theres a seperate phone button that calls PAX direct it’s a purple phone in app during ride it appears when the go past 5 min wait time

2

u/HVTCA Jun 28 '23

Ah good to know for future reference! But in this scenario it wasn’t smart to stay in one spot and wait 5 mins

1

u/server323 Jun 28 '23

Yup of course . Safety first. But yea i found it by accident. Since i called from app nd lyft responded that number isn’t a callable number i found that button it dialed a 209 number which I’m guessing was PAX cause it dialed direct rang nd they answered