{"id":764479,"date":"2026-06-27T10:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T10:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/764479\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T10:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T10:19:23","slug":"toronto-police-issue-warning-over-taxi-and-food-delivery-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/764479\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto police issue warning over taxi and food delivery scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto police are warning the public about an ongoing taxi and food delivery scam happening across the city.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, it\u2019s been alleged that a woman has been approaching unsuspecting victims from a taxicab with a sob story, claiming that the driver does not accept cash and will only accept debit.<\/p>\n<p>How the scam works is the suspect will offer to pay the victims in cash, if they agree to pay the cab fare with their debit card. The driver of the cab then claims that the tap feature on their payment processing machine is not working and will ask the victim to insert the card.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe the payment machines are modified to record the victim\u2019s card data and PIN number. The victim\u2019s card is then swapped for a replica.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the transaction is successful, the victim is given another bank card that resembles their own,\u201d police explained in a statement released Friday. \u201cThe suspects are now in possession of the victim\u2019s debit card and use the PIN to make a number of fraudulent purchases and\/or withdrawals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are reminding the public to never leave their debit or credit cards unattended inside a point-of-sale terminal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe aware of the driver\u2019s identification that is displayed to the customer in clear view in the rear of the cab,\u201d police added. \u201cIf there is an error code, or the debit machine is not functioning, always REMOVE your debit card before returning the machine for assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police also advise the public not to make payments for an unknown person in exchange for cash and to inspect your card after each transaction to ensure that it is the same card.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCover your fingers when entering your PIN,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto police are warning the public about an ongoing taxi and food delivery scam happening across the city.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-764479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}