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Via iStockphoto \/ @diana_nluca TikTok<\/a><\/p>\n A Texas woman is outraged after she says a man pretended to be the Uber driver she and her friends called. He wasn’t.<\/p>\n An Austin, Texas, woman is warning others about a man who she claims attempted to pick up her drunk friends by impersonating their Uber driver.<\/p>\n TikTok creator Dianis (@diana_nluca) posted the video<\/a> over Labor Day weekend. The video shows a man walking down a street in downtown Austin during the evening hours.<\/p>\n The man is being pursued down Sixth Street by a group of women who claim he tried to pick them up moments earlier by saying he was their Uber<\/a> driver.<\/p>\n The woman recording the video, who is presumably Dianis, yells at the man, \u201cHey, I thought you were my Uber.\u201d<\/p>\n The man turns around but continues walking. \u201cI\u2019m fine,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n \u201cSo where\u2019s the car?\u201d Dianis asks. \u201cWhy would you say that? Why would you say, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m your Uber driver\u2019 and then not be my Uber driver? Were you trying to\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n The man seemingly confirms Dianis\u2019 version of events. \u201cBreak the ice? Yeah. I like your outfit,\u201d he says to another woman in the group.<\/p>\n \u2018Welcome To Stardom\u2019<\/p>\n Dianis says, \u201cSo you\u2019re just a weirdo trying to pick up girls when they\u2019re drunk, not realizing that not everybody is drunk, right?\u201d<\/p>\n At that point, the man turns around and motions for the women to pass him on the sidewalk. Dianis tells him he\u2019s on video, and he\u2019s \u201cgonna be famous.\u201d At this comment, the man blows the camera a kiss, asking, \u201cHow many followers do you have?\u201d before walking away.<\/p>\n Dianis isn\u2019t fazed. \u201cThis is gonna go viral,\u201d she predicts. \u201cAustin<\/a>, Texas. Creepy men trying to pick up women saying they\u2019re Uber drivers, because they\u2019re thinking you\u2019re drunk. Welcome to stardom.\u201d<\/p>\n Did Anyone End Up Seeing The Video? Spoiler Alert: Yes<\/p>\n In the comments section of the video, viewers contradicted the man\u2019s claim that the woman\u2019s video wouldn\u2019t go far and wide.<\/p>\n \u201cATX here! Thanks for sharing,\u201d wrote one viewer.<\/p>\n \u201cWatching from France,\u201d a second person said. \u201cHe\u2019s viral.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShared with my daughter. Thank you,\u201d a third person wrote.<\/p>\n Another person wrote, \u201cThank you, queen, for being a girl\u2019s girl and saving other girls. We love your or your active duty.\u201d<\/p>\n At least a couple of commenters attempted to defend the man. \u201cWhat if he was just trying to flirt and failed?\u201d one person asked.<\/p>\n A second person called it \u201ca bad icebreaker.\u201d<\/p>\n Is It Illegal To Pose As An Uber Driver?<\/p>\n It can absolutely be a crime to pose as an Uber driver and attempt to pick up a passenger, and some states, like North Carolina<\/a>, specifically forbid it. Even if there\u2019s not a specific statute mentioning rideshare drivers, this behavior can lead to other criminal charges.<\/p>\n For instance, a Texas man was arrested<\/a> in 2015 after he posed as an Uber driver and then attempted to hug a Texas Christian University student. Last year, a Lubbock man was charged<\/a> with kidnapping and evading arrest after pretending to be an Uber driver, picking up two women, and then fleeing police.<\/p>\n