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Lyft allowed unauthorised access to my account

When I travel to the US I usually buy a pay as you go AT&T sim card to use during my stay. I used to take Lyfts to move around, till today.

If you have a phone with pay as you go service and for some reason you don't pay the bill for a month, you will lose your number. Then a few months later someone buying a new sim card will have your old number, so if they download lyft they will have your account with your credit card. And guess what? They can have free rides charged to your credit card!!!

So there's a creepy guy taking lyft rides in san francisco with my account. The best part is that I can't remove the credit card from that account because I no longer have that phone number, so I can't access my account!

I sent an email to Lyft support but no one answered.

126 points dayanajabif 11 years ago 74 comments

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