Barranquilla taxi scam

CakeDesigner-wannabe says on Sep 18, 2009, 14:48:

Why do you put headline "Taxi scam" in ENGLISH when you are writing in SPANISH???

lol

I would appreciate reading it in English :P

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goin_south says on Sep 18, 2009, 15:12:

Cakemaker=wannabe.... here it is, from altavista, jus ... for......u :

HELLO VERY GOOD MORNING TO ALL THE FOLLOWING MAIL IT IS FOR TELLING THEM ABOUT A THIEF elmodefoqu WHO DOES NOT WALK ON FOOT NOR IN MOTORCYCLE… THEN THIS SHE IS A TAXI DRIVER nephew delmodefoqu WHO WORKS IN THE STREETS DE BARRANQUILLA, AND THIS DOING OF THIS MODEFOQU ALONG WITH OTHER TYPES THAT WALK IN MOTORCYCLE I NUMBER, THEM OF THE PLATE OF THE TAXI ARE: (UYS 879) THE TAXI; IT SAYS 3222222 BUT NO LONGER elmodefoqu WORKS THERE; MANY PASSENGERS WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS CALL THINKING THAT THIS AFFILIATELMODEFOQU WORKS BUT THE TAXI THERE NOT ALREADY. VERY PENDING ESTEN OF THIS PLATE SO THAT THEY ARE NOT VICTIMS OF ELMODEFOQUEN THIEF. OR IF THEY SEE THE TAXI IN SOME SIDE CALLS TO THE POLICE SO THAT THEY DO NOT APPEAR MAS HOLDUPS. WE DENOUNCE NOT TO BE THE FOLLOWING VICTIM OF THIS MODEFOQUEN THIEF. THEY PASS THE MESSAGE TO ALL THE BARRANQUILLEROS THAT KNOW. PENDING ESTEN SINCE THEY WANT TO BRING THE SO FAMOUS MODALITY elmodefoque A B/QUILLA OF PENDING STROLL MILLONARIO.ESTEN.

nothin I say is to be takn for my words, but rather for the words of Sailor Jerry.

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Miguel_Clavo says on Sep 18, 2009, 15:21:

i bet it is one of Elmos taxis like GS mentions.......=)

RVW orderded me to remove my tagline congratulating the PBH Mods New Golden Boys. Lame.

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teeo9111 says on Sep 18, 2009, 15:22:

Antithesis- Why would they have a fake numbers if they are not thieves?

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Miguel_Clavo says on Sep 18, 2009, 15:24:

the number goes to a taxi company, but that taxi is not associated with the company.

"no longer works there"....probably too lazy to remove the stickers....

RVW orderded me to remove my tagline congratulating the PBH Mods New Golden Boys. Lame.

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Darloup (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 18, 2009, 15:41:

kenblanquito says on Sep 18, 2009, 17:15:

I am sure somebody will thank you Darloup for your very responsible post. Cheers!

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Miguel says on Sep 19, 2009, 17:36:

While Darloup forwarded an email that circulates frequently in Barranquilla, there are more incidents involving shady taxi drivers. My brother in law was in a taxi on la 20 con 21 in barrio San Jose night before last. The taxista made a cell phone call and two minutes later a car with four guys overtook the taxi. They exited the car and approached the taxi with pistols drawn, robbed him of everything except his shirt and pants and then with a "bajate y corre o te vamos a matar", they left him on the street and drove away, as did the taxista.

"There is nothing lower than the human race...except for the French." - Mark Twain 1878-79

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webmanco says on Sep 19, 2009, 17:59:

No hay extremo cierto o verdadero, porque los extremos opacan, enruedan, (lavan cerebros) verdades. Yotas

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goin_south says on Sep 19, 2009, 21:02:

I worry every time I get in a taxi.

and, well you should.
Haven't you read the recommendations here, about having a local establishment call for a taxi for you?

nothin I say is to be takn for my words, but rather for the words of Sailor Jerry.

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xkss2002 says on Sep 23, 2009, 20:37:

No gringo prices, Elmo??? What would you consider an attempt by your nephew to charge me 35,000 pesos for a trip from the airport to la 43 con 80? I even showed him that the ticket from the window at the taquilla would have been for 18,000, had I used one of the airport taxis. With one short stop and wait along the way, it was hardly worth double. And every subsequent short trip around town was always 1000 pesos more than normal. He also charged me two fares for a short trip where I asked him to wait 20 seconds while I entered a discoteca to see if it was worth the trouble, while my date waited for me in the taxi. No other taxista in Colombia has charged me as if it was a completely new carrera. No thanks. I eliminated his # celular, and now hail taxis in the street, where I am less likely to be overcharged. This is not a commentary against you, Elmo, but rather a heads up to others to be aware that nothing really ever changes in Colombia. It only gets swept down the calle in the next arroyo, to be deposited on the lawn of the next poor sap.

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billyb says on Sep 24, 2009, 09:46:

I'm thinking Hugo is removing Elmo from his Xmas list and putting him on the list with that other "capitalist devil", Little Bush.

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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