{"id":108997,"date":"2026-04-10T14:14:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=108997"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:58:26","slug":"campus-safety-warns-of-taxi-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2026\/04\/campus-safety-warns-of-taxi-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus Safety warns of taxi scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brock\u2019s Campus Safety Services team is urging the University community to be vigilant against a common taxi scam targeting Good Samaritans.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The\u00a0scam\u00a0involves individuals posing as taxi drivers and passengers.\u00a0A vehicle, often with a taxi sign on its roof, will pull over\u00a0and the \u201cpassenger\u201d\u00a0accomplice\u00a0will get out, asking passersby for\u00a0assistance\u00a0paying for their ride\u00a0as the driver does not take cash.\u00a0When\u00a0a\u00a0Good Samaritan hands\u00a0the driver\u00a0their card\u00a0to\u00a0pay,\u00a0in exchange for cash from the passenger,\u00a0it is either skimmed or swapped\u00a0and their data compromised.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Campus Safety is reminding the community to never give\u00a0a\u00a0credit or debit card\u00a0to a stranger and to report any suspicious activity to Campus Safety and the Niagara Regional Police\u00a0Service.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If approached, always ask to see\u00a0a\u00a0taxi\u2019s licence,\u00a0which must legally be displayed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If a person claims to need assistance paying for their taxi ride, direct them to contact Campus Safety at 905-688-5550 x3200.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Anyone who has\u00a0recently\u00a0experienced\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a similar incident is asked to contact Campus Safety and the Niagara Regional Police Service.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock\u2019s Campus Safety Services team is urging the University community to be vigilant against a common taxi scam targeting Good Samaritans.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[4912],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108997"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109002,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108997\/revisions\/109002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}