In a now-viral set of videos, a Texas woman said an Uber driver tried to scam her out of $150.
The videos were posted to TikTok on August 2 and 3 by Mia Prado, who wrote: “Make sure y’all check your charges, don’t let these scammers get you.” The posts have amassed more than 4.7 million views and thousands of comments while highlighting a scam known as “vomit fraud.”
In her first video, Prado said she and her friends called an Uber one morning at 5 a.m. and wound up being picked up by a “nice college kid” in a BMW. They made it home safely, but two days later, Prado’s card was hit with a $150 cleaning charge. She immediately texted her friends and confirmed that no one had made a mess inside the car. Then, she contacted Uber.
“Uber [sent] photos of hella gross throw up on [the] side door,” the video’s text overlay read. “Ain’t no way.”
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As it turns out, the mess wasn’t theirs, Prado said, who added that the photo wasn’t even taken inside the same car they were in.
“[The] BMW was brand new and had interior accent lights on the door,” read the video’s text overlay in Prado’s second video. “The picture had crusty leather and no lights.”
She sent the picture to a friend, who quickly found the image after Googling the phrase “throw up in car.” When Prado sent the evidence to Uber, she received a full…
