We fell for this Taxi SCAM in Istanbul

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Watch this before you get in another taxi! This is the story of Ali & I's most recent scam encounter in an Istanbul taxi cab. It was actually three scams within 59 minutes but all is covered here (watch now and save yourself).
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@HobartsAbroad 7 месяцев назад

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@PiccadillyPoohBear 3 месяца назад

For those who are going to Istanbul, read this: always take the airport coach Havaist. They have comfy buses going to many parts of the city. The average price is only USD10! Of course the buses won’t take you direct to your hotel. Once you get to the city, their efficient commuter trains and trams should get you closer to your destination for just another USD1!! This is if you don’t mind the small hassle of changing from bus to Train. Way less hassle than getting caught up in a taxi scam!

@Danger.1453 7 месяцев назад

I am Turkish and I hate the scams of Turkish taxi drivers. OĞUZ ERGE'YE ALLAH RAHMET EYLESİN🙏🏻 DELİL AYSAL İDAM EDİLSİN!

@scotfree21 2 месяца назад

Over the years I’ve traveled most of the world with no real problems and soon will be going to Istanbul for the first time. After weeks of doing my homework I am more apprehensive about going to Istanbul then anywhere I’ve ever been. It seems like the whole place whether it be Taxis,hotels or just buying items wants to rip you off ?.

@gezmakan 5 месяцев назад

Police in Turkey is trustworthy most of the time. Taxi trustworthy 1% of the time, more like 0.1%.

@b.a.b7834 21 день назад

Police asked me money in Istanbul!!!

@safrazhusain9612 2 месяца назад

In the end you should have paid him only 600 cash to teach that crook a lesson

@billybobjohn8955 3 месяца назад

Good news, the Metro has opened from the airport to the city.

@tetehl4731 15 дней назад

Hello I am going this July. So w can take the Metro towards the town centre? Do we need to change metro?

@billybobjohn8955 15 дней назад

@@tetehl4731 It goes to Gayrettepe, from where you can take another lane, presuming that you meant Taksim as the city centre or other parts of Istanbul, Gayrettepe is a junction like Picadilly Circus.

@bigjohn5689 5 месяцев назад

I had the same issue with uber in turkey. The Uber drivers allways asking for tolls

@Neddy540 5 месяцев назад

Exactly

@user-dn2mq8jf7e 25 дней назад

So this ain’t normal bc they put already a price before so why they ask more

@johnsinger1887 5 месяцев назад

If you are a foreigner and take a taxi in Istanbul , you will be robbed, this is the rule. It happened to me also , they charged me the double price and then somebody told me that there is UBER in Istanbul. With UBER they never charged me more than the proposed amount by UBER. But even if they do that, you can ask your money back from UBER, so I believe that UBER is mostly a safe option in Istanbul.

@b.a.b7834 21 день назад

They rarly accept uber. they text you first

@maninerror 6 месяцев назад

the year 2024 will come soon and the story about taxi scam in Istanbul still exist and became worst. Hey... where is Istanbul's policemen ? What a story and I can understand you emotion. thanks for sharing.

@istanbulportrait 6 месяцев назад

If you are using a taxi, please pay the price written on the upper mirror. Pay cash, do not use credit card. And also, the friend in the video was not scammed. Paid a normal price.

@HobartsAbroad 6 месяцев назад

If a taxi driver approaches you (not the other way around) and tells you they will do the fare for X amount and later ask for more, DON'T PAY MORE. This is absolutely scammy I don't care what the meter says. But better yet, stop taking taxis, just do Uber or any app where you can agree to the FAIR amount beforehand and it won't change.

@Neddy540 5 месяцев назад

Their too busy posing in ferraris

@bulbulmota4131 15 дней назад

I am going to Istanbul for the 2nd time this month end. The 1st time also I had to take the help of Indian consulate, and that's a long story . The consulate was helpful. I AM SO FRIGHTENED.

@pandor91 6 месяцев назад

I had a similar experience, the fake toll camera, but instead of 900 he made us pay 1500 Turkish lira from airport to the old city center. It's sooooo frustrating! Because you know he is lying, but there is nothing you can do

@HobartsAbroad 6 месяцев назад

So sorry to hear about this! We will definitely only use Uber or Bitaxi when we go back!

@user-qi6xl8hg2j 5 месяцев назад

Earned yourself a like for standing your ground,

@amisa5483 3 месяца назад

They keep the taxi meter open to have it as evidence if you u call the police 😢

@TheTangateam 5 месяцев назад

the same situation, just go back from Istanbul😒😒😒😒😔😔😔😔

@Neddy540 5 месяцев назад

Same, the taxis and curupt restuarants spoil it

@moelu4650 28 дней назад

05/2024 just came back. The same....

@mshep5661 7 месяцев назад

Istanbul is terrible for taxi scams, I went in May. No one would accept uber for short journeys and they all wanted silly prices paying directly. We stayed away but heard so so many bad stories such as a couple being charged £120 for a 30 min journey after a heated argument

@mali5591 13 дней назад

sadly even reporting him would do nothing

@t.laminou2795 4 месяца назад

Hi Hobarts. Trust me İ had a quite similar situation. İn my case it was not an Uber but a normal taxi. Luckily for me it was upon arrival to my apartment that he added 250 liras on top of the meter's indication. İt was the same explanation of toll fee. İ told him that İ was not going to pay that . İ treatned to call the police, he somehow lowered his standing. İ paid him less. Thank you for spreading this awareness. Surely many people have been victim of this scam

@Educator1001 3 месяца назад

I just come back today from Istanbul similar experience . Booked via Uber makes no difference over there because they still charge what they feel like and you do not get a say . To be honest it is over an hour away to the main centre . Having said that I paid about 1100-1200 lira

@ribkaheaven 7 месяцев назад

i feel the frustration, iv gotten back 3 weeks ago and was only there for 5 days, i got scammed in the airport for a shuttle bus, they advertise 19 euro but final price is 55 euro :(

@InKoreaAliveandWell 6 месяцев назад

Omg!!!!!!

@b.a.b7834 21 день назад

I never go back to Istanbul. Things have changed. It's not the city it used to be.

@Godfrey_first_tarnished Месяц назад

I just came back from antalya in turkey and the level of rip off for tourists in the east is unbelievable.

@mskrh640 2 месяца назад

Thank you.

@HobartsAbroad Месяц назад

You're welcome!

@fanofeverything 6 месяцев назад

Honestly, this doesn't seem that bad. There are taxi scammers who charge 10x the going rate with no shame whatsoever

@HobartsAbroad 6 месяцев назад

True! To be honest it's not about money at all, it's about detesting this kind of behavior!

@Neddy540 5 месяцев назад

Its really bad, just come from there, everyone adds to thr bill

@CanberkSezer 6 месяцев назад

heryerde yüzümüzü kara çıkarmayı başarıyorsunuz helal olsun

@billybobjohn8955 3 месяца назад

Yasalar var ama uygulatan yok.

@nadimakhtar2929 3 месяца назад

I feel angry that you offered to pay 750 liras.

@shabannoorani1088 3 месяца назад

happened to also us .. innitially he did knew english later when arguments aroused he forgot his english.. even v hd to experience the scam bootpolish .. cobbler ..these people are killing humanity.. but their karma is following them.

@Fahad-Oslo 2 месяца назад

Any recommendations for me. I land at 23:40pm. Was thinking of booking a hotel and coming back to airport the next day for the istanbul tour

@djmaster360 8 дней назад

Yes

@peterachilles9346 7 месяцев назад

Im going to istanbul in a few weeks for hair transplant surgery. Ive seen a few of these scam videos and Im glad I know what to look out for. I know its not alot of money and I understand you like a person to be honest upfront but at the end of the day it was over just a few dollars and wasnt worth the stress you put yourself through. If it was me and I agreed with a taxi 600 lira, Id pull it out in cash and show it to him and anything he asks further I just say NO. 600 only. Id tell the driver Id offer a generous tip if he did a bit of a tour of the town for me.

@Skeete1 6 месяцев назад

Agree 100% and I hope it goes well for you bud. I'm thinking of doing the same in March and have been researching a fair bit. What company did you decide on in the end and approx price point if you don't mind me asking?

@peterachilles9346 6 месяцев назад

@@Skeete1 i used Heva clinic. Paid 2100 usd which included accomodation all transfers by private van. I did mine on 23rd Dec and left to come home the next day. Flew from Australia. There are many hair transplant clinics in istanbul and you will see many men walking around the streets and airport having only just had the surgery. I was very happy so its worth checking them out

@shabannoorani1088 3 месяца назад

hope hair trans guys are not a scamers n does good best job. i surfed many but cannot trust them. bombay is best v can fite bk ...

@rofl315 5 месяцев назад

I completely understand why you're so outraged! I've been living and working in Istanbul for 3 years now, and about 2 weeks ago my mother and sister came here for the first time for a weeklong visit. I rarely get taxis when I'm on my own, but I had to during my family's stay because of my mother being less mobile. I entered into 3 verbal arguments and one near-physical fight with drivers who were trying to scam me. The most frequent scam was asking for toll-related charges on top of what I had to pay every time we had to go from the Asian side to the European side or vice versa on the pretext that taking bridges or underwater tunnels required paying a toll, which they do, but it's already included in the total amount you'd have to pay on Uber or BiTaksi. Not to mention the unnecessarily long detours they took to make our trip intentionally longer. The sad part is, my family really enjoyed their time here but these experiences left a very bad taste in their mouth. It's a shame the authorities don't give a flying f*** about something that tarnishes the reputation of their country so badly and yet can be easily fixed.

@boyun_egme 4 месяца назад

Shame you didn't film it

@rumoaliberdade2024 6 месяцев назад

I'm so nervous with your story BUT I had to laugh a lil bit cause it sounds like a joke... serious... whats the drivers problem saying "it will cost 800 liras" since de beginning of the ride?

@Neddy540 5 месяцев назад

Simple solution, avoid turkey and go dubai instead

@HobartsAbroad 5 месяцев назад

😂

@SteveLeckie 2 месяца назад

I got scammed by a taxi in Dubai! Twice

@Let_Walk_Around 5 месяцев назад

Next time record and share the video asap with a friend, or to another phone. If you have to delete in front of them go ahead cause then you can tell your friend to resend the video to you.

@poe- 3 месяца назад

Record video of price

@sozl Месяц назад

06:15 isnt true dude. Toll isnt 8 lira thats before inflation. Dont spread false information

@GSE1480 Месяц назад

My advice to all of you guys !!!! ..Never .ever...ever ..take taxis in Istanbul ...You can use either Coach or Metro line ...Now they have metro inside new airport ...start from Istanbul airport to kağıthane station and you have to change from there to where you want ..simple as that ...Hardly you find honest taxi drivers over there ...

@Random-user-tu2ez 2 месяца назад

You and your wife, both need to start seeing other men

@shes.crafty 6 месяцев назад

😮

@houseatreides1 29 дней назад

Jesus ! You’ve rambled on and on for 20 mins to explain something that could have been said in 2 mins! No wonder he tried to charge you more ! The rest was a fee for listening to you😅😅😅😅

@istanbulportrait 6 месяцев назад

Brother, you were not ripped off, you paid the taximeter price. You don't need to shout so much. Last week, a taxi driver withdrew 2500 lira from one of my customers.

@ankurpatel1131 5 месяцев назад

Dont brother him! You are from Istanbul based on your name. You're people that drive these yellow cabs are pure crooks. Too bad you feel that way. Come to the states and i hope you get the same treatment so you know how it feels!

@Neddy540 5 месяцев назад

Propa scammers

@noface_777 2 месяца назад

It’s a matter of principles, it’s never about the money. If you let the taxi drivers in Istanbul keep this up, it’s only going to get worst. Greed is a hell of an emotion and terrible human behaviour. They already have a bad reputation.