“Taxi Passenger Scams: Two Women Caught After Three-Day Manhunt”

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Two passengers in a taxi traveled three hours from Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, to Daejeon.

The taxi fare came out to be 280,000 won, but he ran away after tricking me into sending money, saying he was short of money.

The phone number he wrote down to the taxi driver was also fake.

These passengers were eventually caught by the police after three days.

Reporter Kim Ji-hye covered the story.

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A road in front of a beach in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province.

Two women get into a taxi to go to Daejeon.

Then he said he would pay with a transportation card.

[손님]

″<무슨 카드예요?> It’s a T-money deferred payment transportation card.”

The taxi arrived in Daejeon after driving for over 3 hours.

The taxi fare is 280,000 won.

However, the transportation card was not paid because the balance was insufficient.

[손님]

″I contacted the customer center and they said it was… ″

Then, suddenly, he gets out of the taxi, saying that a car is coming from behind.

[손님]

″Is tea coming? there is a car behind What should I do? Wait.”

Reluctantly, the taxi driver decided to receive the money transfer and even received his contact information, but the money he said he would send home did not come.

The phone number you wrote down was also fake.

[택시기사 가족]

″They didn’t pick up the phone at all, and then they were transferred to a number that didn’t exist at all.″

In the end, the taxi driver returned to Pohang late at night after driving for another 3 hours without even getting a taxi fare.

[택시기사 가족]

″Your father is upset, so have a drink. ′′ why did I do this ′′ while lamenting a little… ″

However, the drunken passengers were caught by the police near the place where they got off the taxi after three days.

The police will see that they deliberately did not pay the taxi fare and will send them to the prosecution for fraud.

This is Kim Ji-hye from MBC News.

Video coverage: Jang Woo-chang (Daejeon)