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NYC Taxi Scam Exposed: How Travelers Get Hustled By Illegal Cabbies
Published 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Description
A tourist who landed at JFK says she was charged $800 for a ride from the airport to Times Square after she fell victim to a notorious New York City scam. WNYC’s Ramsey Khalifeh joins us to explain how a network of unlicensed drivers and dispatchers target exhausted travelers in a hustle that's been going on for decades.
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