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Following the recent news about Uber’s CEO leaked email revealing the company’s growth in China, Tencent published a report showing that the reality behind the stunning figures might not be as rosy as one would expect. According to the report, Uber drivers in China are generating millions of fake rides to collect more driver subsidies from the company. The most widespread method is referred to as βAcupunctureβ and only consists of a few simple steps.
First, the driver needs to buy an Uber driver account, which are sold online and available even on Taobao. Some of the sellers also provide guidelines to learn how to fake rides.Β Once the account is purchased, the driver needs a partner passenger to book the fake rides while making sure that the location service is switched off. Following that, the driver takes the empty ride and then pays back the ride fare to the passenger.Β At the end, the driver and the passenger are sharing the subsidy paid by Uber.
China monthly trips growth compared to the rest of the world.