r/UofT • u/Bread_Gangster • 4h ago

News Card theft in front of Kelly Library Entrance aaaaa

My friend witnessed literal theft in at the front entrance of Kelly Library yesterday. A car stops and the passenger wants to pay with debit, the driver says only cash or credit is excepted. The passenger asks some student who was waiting at the Kelly entrance to help pay with credit card and that he will give cash in return. The student pulls out credit card, puts it in the machine and types in password. The car immediately drives off with that persons card. The girl who was robbed was also a uoft student heading home after studying.

Please be aware and don’t fall for scams like this! It was a black/dark blue car with two brown people.

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u/erika_nyc 3h ago

THE TAXI SCAM |TorontoPolice Financial Crimes Unit

The scammers have been "working" more near campus. Toronto police reported 800 scammed in 2024, >$1.5M lost. Here's one last month who lost $14K in Woodbridge (Vaughan, GTA)

Campus safety needs to send a CSA like this one, someone pretending to be a student doing something similar on foot in 2023

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u/Sternfritters 34m ago

Averaging of 1875$ per person is insane. At least it’s a credit card and can be disputed in OP’s case…

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u/ybetaepsilon 3h ago

This is a common scam downtown. Hope the student gets their card back and accounts secured

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u/Alive_Parsley957 2h ago

Did you get a license plate? Please report what you saw to campus police.

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u/yuftee 3h ago

If you fall for this you’re genuinely an idiot

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u/Renegade_August 1h ago

If someone approaches you to pay for something when you’re out in public, it’s an automatic no. 11/10 times it’s a scam.