A man claims he was tricked into paying an £80 cleaning fee by an Uber driver who used a widely circulated photo of vomit as evidence.
A furious customer has vowed to never use Uber again after he claimed the driver used a viral photo of vomit to scam him into paying a large cleaning fee . Adam Frame, 29, from Sunderland, was shocked when he realised he had been fined £80 after a Christmas night out in Newcastle last month. And when he asked for evidence, Uber sent him a photograph of the back seat of the vehicle apparently covered in vomit.
But Mr Frame said this was '100 per cent not true' and that he quickly found the 'viral' picture on Google and Reddit. He told MailOnline: 'We had been out for Christmas drinks and food and booked an Uber outside Dean Street in Newcastle. 'Around a mile from the house my girlfriend felt a bit sick and the Uber driver pulled over. 'He was super helpful at first, checking if she was okay and came over with the sanitiser spray. 'At the end of journey we gave him some cash for stopping and he said thank you very much.' Have YOU been caught out by this trick? Email: [email protected] A screengrab of Adam Frame's post on social media about his fine - showing pictures of the vomit photo on Uber and Reddit Image appears to show the photo of the vomit on the Uber account Image appears to show the vomit picture on Reddit He said it was not until the next day that he realised they had been charged an £80 cleaning fee. 'We requested a photo and I googled the picture. It was the first one that came up and had been posted on Reddit,' Mr Frame said. 'That was unbelievable.' And when asked if he would order an Uber again, he added: '100 per cent I will never use Uber. A lot of taxi companies can't compete with them. 'I will definitely be supporting my local taxi service from now on.' Mr Frame said he has now got a refund from Uber after raising concerns with the company about the cleaning fee. MailOnline has contacted Uber for commen
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