A year after Toronto Police first warned the public of a few tricky cab drivers switching debit cards when a fare is making payment, the scam is seeing another outbreak. The proximity with the card owner as payment is made also permits the theft of the PIN number, cops say. The rogue taxi driver secretly keeps the debit card and gives back one that’s similar. Now he can clean out the owner’s bank account. The racket is showing up among different cab companies and different banks. It takes advantage of perhaps intoxicated riders who do not pay enough attention to their business with taxi drivers. Police in 51 Division say there have ten cases in that area in less than a month. More
