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One scam is taxis with a meter running fast. When you get in, check the time. As you travel, use your stopwatch function on your phone to check meter accuracy, one taxi was ticking over 1 minute in 35 seconds. Another showed the trip took 1 hour and 30 minutes, my watch said just 40 minutes. There are as many more scams, too many to mention individually so take care out there.

One scam is taxis with a meter running fast. When you get in, check the time. As you travel, use your stopwatch function on your phone to check meter accuracy, one taxi was ticking over 1 minute in 35 seconds. Another showed the trip took 1 hour and 30 minutes, my watch said just 40 minutes. There are as many more scams, too many to mention individually so take care out there.

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The one time I took a taxis, I let the driver scam himself. As regulars on this forum may recall me talking about S&R. I visit S&R monthly for the last seven years using Grab. (Well Over 100 times) So I know the fare in advance, and the same route over & over.

The one & only time I took a taxis I received a wonderful sightseeing trip. The extra fare was taken out of his tip so he received P10.

@Enzyte Bob

Lol.

I recall the the brilliant 1968 movie 'Coogans Bluff' with Clint Eastwood. An Arizonan (no not Texas according to Lee J Cobb) arriving in New York to collect an escaped fellon wearing cowboy boots and a stetson. Hails a yellow cab from Kennedy airport carrying just an attaché case to which the cab driver insists on charging extra for and seeing a cowboy takes him the scenic route into downtown New York. On exiting the cab Coogan asks 'How many Macy's' stores are there in this town?' Driver says 'one why?' Coogan replies 'Thats interesting we passed it twice.' Coogan pays the guy whats on the meter and says 'Thats including the tip'

@Cheryl

Is there such a thing as a legal scam ?

The answer to which is an emphatic YES. The Banco Central NG Pilipinas (BSP) , the Philippines financial regulator, refusing to revoke the license for GCash to operate in the country.

Since GCash does not have bank status, the ₱500,000 protection of funds deposited in a bank by the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation is not available for e-money issuers .

Could this have something to do with the fact that  GCash is predominantly a Philippine owned outfit and touted as a fintech unicorn company with a valuation that exceeds $5 billion?

º£½ÇÂÒÂ×s can afford to be conned out of a thousand pesos but what about  hard working Filipinos on a minimum wage?

Is this just another example of the venal deep seated corruption that pervades just about every sinew of this impoverished country?