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Taxi passengers say a Montreal cabbie has been overcharging their credit cards.

In a Facebook post, passenger Éliane Lévesque said her driver used the contactless payment feature on her credit card to surreptitiously apply extra charges before proceeding with the actual fare transaction.

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Montreal police said the incident occurred around 2 a.m. on June 18. The story was reported by TVA Nouvelles.

“Never give your credit card to the driver so that he can insert it into the machine himself,” Lévesque advised other passengers.

In addition to her $25 ride, TVA reports the driver debited an extra $95 and provided a receipt with a fake phone number.

Responding to Lévesque’s account, one commenter said he had been scammed by the same driver: “He passed my card four times in ten minutes.”

“There is a taxi driver who pretends to be one of our drivers and the Montreal police has launched an investigation,” a Taxi Pontiac official wrote in response to Lévesque’s post.

Customers who feel like they have been victims of fraud are encouraged to communicate with the Bureau du Taxi de Montréal (514-280-6600).

Montreal police said their fraud department has received a report outlining the details of the event.