Taxi Driver (New Modus: Holdupper)

[rd_heredia]

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No offense to the threadstarter but I saw this article when a friend of mine posted this in FB.

I have a problem with this thread for the following reasons:

1. It sounds like an urban legend. From wikipedia -- Urban legends are sometimes repeated in news stories and, in recent years, distributed by e-mail. People frequently allege that such tales happened to a "friend of a friend" -- so often, in fact, that "friend of a friend," ("FOAF") has become a commonly used term when recounting this type of story.

2. The "facts" are vague and barely verifiable. There are no specifics about the story.

3. If something like this really DID happen, it would be on the news.

4. This thread is not cautionary but alarmist. There are more than enough threats and scary things in the world right now that are very real. We really don't need to be adding more to the list.

5. Before we create a thread, we should post responsibly and do some fact-checking instead of using the "friend of a friend" as a source.

6. Seriously? The passenger riding in the front seat was not seen? Invisible man? How can someone ride in the trunk when SM guards check the trunk of taxis going inside the SM area?

i do agree with flextime that the story lacks some facts jud to make it plausible. mura lang siya gi spread nga rumor bah. that's why i was asking unsa name sa taxi operator so that we can be cautious in the future if we ever hail a taxi cab.

[peewee_toot]

kung tinuod man gani ni, maypag ibalik na ang mga vigilante!

[Peacefulguy]

Kung unsa may tinuod ani, maypag di nalang mag taxi gyud. Dollars na gani kaayo, naa pa gyuy maginamaw nga hilabtan ang metrosan.

[joieboi]

This is a very sad story, I wonder why it didn't even reached media's news today, puro man cybersex issue ilang topic karon....

actually i saw this in TV patrol central visayas..same story ( nga naay nagtago sa atubangan, but the victim is an old women going to carbon...)

maayo sad tong tigwanga ky wa nya nahatag iyahang 20k instead 2k ra iya gihatag..para daw to kompra og baligya nya sa merkado...

[ong76win2]

Please do share your experiences here regarding this topic. Thanks

[Andy99]

My wife's niece was also held up like this a few weeks ago.
She was coming from SM and didn't notice a guy hiding near the front seat of the taxi until the hold up was announced.

[ong76win2]

No offense to the threadstarter but I saw this article when a friend of mine posted this in FB.

I have a problem with this thread for the following reasons:

1. It sounds like an urban legend. From wikipedia -- Urban legends are sometimes repeated in news stories and, in recent years, distributed by e-mail. People frequently allege that such tales happened to a "friend of a friend" -- so often, in fact, that "friend of a friend," ("FOAF") has become a commonly used term when recounting this type of story.

2. The "facts" are vague and barely verifiable. There are no specifics about the story.

3. If something like this really DID happen, it would be on the news.

4. This thread is not cautionary but alarmist. There are more than enough threats and scary things in the world right now that are very real. We really don't need to be adding more to the list.

5. Before we create a thread, we should post responsibly and do some fact-checking instead of using the "friend of a friend" as a source.

6. Seriously? The passenger riding in the front seat was not seen? Invisible man? How can someone ride in the trunk when SM guards check the trunk of taxis going inside the SM area?

Here are some of what people here saw and read and one in particular his wife's niece was the victim herself. Just to suffice the others here for proof, I will try to find a link that is mentioned in the papers.

If my memory serves me right naka basa ko ani sa Cebu Daily news 2 to 3 weeks ago... same Modus operandi... kadtong ako nabasaha duha sila kabuok babae, manag-agaw ang usa kay Fil-Am unya dollars gud na currency ang ilang nakuha...

actually i saw this in TV patrol central visayas..same story ( nga naay nagtago sa atubangan, but the victim is an old women going to carbon...)

maayo sad tong tigwanga ky wa nya nahatag iyahang 20k instead 2k ra iya gihatag..para daw to kompra og baligya nya sa merkado...

My wife's niece was also held up like this a few weeks ago.
She was coming from SM and didn't notice a guy hiding near the front seat of the taxi until the hold up was announced.

[rd_heredia]

thanks for the info! walay naka take note sa mga taxi operator?

[kyawbong]

para safety nlng gyud: before mosakay e check unsa na taxi
ang style ana ablihan nimo ang front seat passenger side unya sulti ka sa driver sa imo destination tapos kung ok ra niya, adto ka mu lingkod sa luyo..pagsakay na tanawn dayun id sa driver..
ana lang mao na ako style hehe

[rd_heredia]

para safety nlng gyud: before mosakay e check unsa na taxi
ang style ana ablihan nimo ang front seat passenger side unya sulti ka sa driver sa imo destination tapos kung ok ra niya, adto ka mu lingkod sa luyo..pagsakay na tanawn dayun id sa driver..
ana lang mao na ako style hehe

to add pud, always take note of the plate number, and the 4 numbers sa taxi. usually in red.