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"ROSSEN REPORTS" THIS MORNING ABOUT FAKE UBER DRIVERS
ATTACKING PASSENGERS. >> ONE IS SPEAKING OUT IN A NEW
INTERVIEW. JEFF ROSSENOSSEN HAS MORE ON TH.
JEFF, GOOD MORNING. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING TO
YOU. IMPORTANT WARNING HERE.
IF YOU USE UBER, CHANCES ARE YOU'VE DONE IT.
SOME CAR PULLS UP AND YOU JUST GET IN.
IT LOOKS LIKE AN UBER. THE DRIVER SAYS HE'S FROM UBER
AND IS THERE TO PICK YOU UP. NOW, POLICE SAY DANGEROUS
PREDATORS ARE POSING AS UBER DRIVERS.
AND ONCE YOU GET IN, THEY DRIVE OFF AND ATTACK YOU.
NEW CASES POPPING UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THIS MORNING, IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN.
AND THE VICTIM IS SHARING HER STORY WITH US, TO HELP PROTECT
YOU. IT WAS PAST MIDNIGHT IN LOS
ANGELES. CARLA SAYS SHE WAS AT THIS
NIGHTCLUB AND WANTED TO LEAVE. SO, SHE ORDERED AN UBER.
>> WAITING FOR AN UBER OUTSIDE OF A CLUB, WHERE THERE'S TONS OF
CARS, TONS OF PEOPLE. I'M OUT, LOOKING FOR A CAR.
YOU WANT TO GO HOME. IT'S THE END OF THE NIGHT.
YOU'RE TIRED. I JUST SAW A CAR OUT ON THE
STREET THAT LOOKED LIKE AN UBER. THE WAY HE WAS OUT THERE, JUST
WAITING. AND THEN, I GOT IN THE BACKSEAT.
HE ASKED ME FOR THE ADDRESS. AND THEN, I FELL ASLEEP.
>> Reporter: SEEMED LEGIT. >> YEAH.
>> Reporter: BUT IT WASN'T REALLY YOUR UBER.
>> NO. IT WAS NOT MY UBER.
>> Reporter: THE DRIVER, AN ALLEGED UBER IMPOSTER.
PARKED OUTSIDE THE CLUB, WAITING FOR A WOMAN TO GET IN.
>> I LITERALLY WOKE UP TO HIM IN THE BACKSEAT WITH ME.
AND HE'S JUST BANGING MY HEAD AGAINST THE SEAT.
AND JUST A VERY CONFUSING THING. YOU'RE INSTINCT IS TO SAY STOP.
GET OFF ME. LIKE, YOU'RE FIGHTING.
AND YOU'RE -- YOU KNOW. AND YOU REALIZE, WOW, THIS IS
NOT CHANGING ANYTHING. HE'S STILL OVERPOWERING ME.
WELL, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Reporter: AND HE SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED YOU. >> YES.
>> FOR HOURS. >> FOR THREE HOURS, YEAH.
>> Reporter: POLICE RELEASING THIS SKETCH OF THE SUSPECT.
DESPERATE TO CATCH HIM BEFORE HE STRIKES AGAIN.
AND IT TURNS OUT, THE FAKE DRIVERS ARE STRIKING
COAST-TO-COAST. SOME USING FAKE STICKERS TO
TRICK YOU. RHODE ISLAND, CONNECTICUT, OHIO
AND LOUISIANA. IN ILLINOIS, POLICE SAY THIS MAN
POSED AS AN UBER DRIVER, NOW CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TWO DIFFERENT WOMEN HE PICKED UP.
>> WAS ABLE TO GET THE VICTIMS TO COME INTO HIS CAR, UNDER THE
GUISE THAT HE WAS THE ASSIGNED DRIVER.
>> Reporter: IN GEORGIA, POLICE RELEASING THIS SKETCH OF A MAN,
ACCUSED OF DOING THE SAME THING. AND IN TEXAS, THIS SUSPECT
ACCUSED OF POSING AS A LYFT DRIVER AND KILLING A PASSENGER.
SO, HOW DO YOU AVOID BECOMING A VICTIM?
BOTH UBER AND LYFT HAVE GREAT TIPS TO HELP YOU OUT.
WHEN YOU ORDER A CAR FROM EITHER OF THE COMPANIES, RIGHT HERE ON
THE APP, IT TELLS YOU INFORMATION ABOUT THE DRIVER AND
THE CAR. TELLS YOU THE MAKE AND MODEL OF
THE CAR, GIVES YOU A PICTURE OF THE DRIVER AND GIVES YOU THE
LICENSE PLATE. YOU WANT TO CONFIRM ALL THAT
BEFORE GETTING IN. SAFETY EXPERTS SAY YOU SHOULD GO
AN ADDITIONAL STEP. AND JUST TAKE A PHOTO OF THE
LICENSE PLATE. THAT WAY, IF IT IS A BAD GUY,
YOU HAVE A RECORD OF WHAT CAR YOU ACTUALLY GOT INTO IF
SOMETHING HAPPENS. HERE'S ANOTHER GREAT TIP.
AND IT'S A MISTAKE SO MANY OF US MAKE, INCLUDING ME.
WHEN MY UBERS COME, I JUST JUMP RIGHT IN.
AND I SAY, HERE FOR JEFF? HERE FOR JEFF?
AND THEY SAY, YEAH. IF IT IS A BAD GUY, YOU JUST
GAVE HIM THE ANSWER TO THE SECRET QUESTION.
SO, LESO, LET'S REWIND. AND HERE'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
DON'T GET INTO THE CAR. WALK UP TO THE CAR, OPEN THE
DOOR UP, LEAN IN AND SAY, WHO ARE YOU HERE FOR?
THAT WAY, THEY HAVE TO SAY YOUR NAME.
IF THEY GIVE YOU YOUR NAME BACK, YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT
PLACE. UBER AND LYFT, TELLING NBC NEWS,
THEY ARE COMMITTED TO GETTING FAKE DRIVERS OFF THE STREETS.
NOW, CARLA IS ISSUING HER OWN WARNING.
THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO HER CAN EASILY HAPPEN TO YOU.
WHY SPEAK OUT ABOUT THIS? >> BECAUSE WE NEED TO FIND HIM.
THIS GUY COULD BE OUT THERE. HE COULD BE DOING THIS TO
SOMEBODY ELSE. HE NEEDS TO BE CAUGHT.
AND THERE'S SO MANY WOMEN THAT HAS SO MUCH SHAME, THEY NEED TO
REALIZE THIS IS NOT THEIR FAULT AND BE STRONG AND SPEAK OUT
ABOUT IT. OTHERWISE, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE
SUPPRESSING OURSELVES AND ALLOWING THIS TO CONTINUE.
>> SHE IS BRAVE TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT HER STORY.
HERE'S ANOTHER TIP. WHEN YOU ORDER AN UBER ON A
LYFT, WHEN YOU START YOUR TRIP, THERE'S A BUTTON ON THE APP TO
SHARE YOUR RIDE WITH FRIENDS. THEY'RE ABLE TO TRACK YOU IN
REAL TV TIME, YOUR EXACT LOCATION, WHAT TIME YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO GET THERE. IF YOU DON'T ARRIVE ON TIME,
THEY KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM AND CAN TRY TO CALL YOU.
>> THAT'S FOR AN