Australian Uber users warned over dodgy credit card charges

UBER has issued a warning to Australian customers after numerous users of the ride-sharing service were hit with suspicious credit card charges.

UBER has issued a warning to Australian customers to be on the alert after numerous users of the ride-sharing service were hit with suspicious credit card charges.

A Wodonga woman, who did not wish to be identified, contacted the company after she noticed two charges on her credit card on Saturday that she said were billed without authorisation, Yahoo7 reports.

Uber has warned Australian users to be on the alert after reports of credit card fraud.

Another user from Sydney tweeted that he had been charged a $10 cancellation fee for a car he had never ordered.

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The Wodonga woman told Yahoo7 the small amount of 35 cents was charged to her credit card on Saturday night and after that $49.82 was debited.

.@Uber_Australia just charged $10 cancellation fee for a car I never ordered. Your business is a sham & I will be reporting this to the Australian regulator #Uber #UberAustralia #UberFail

— Correz Pond 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍🌈 (@correzpond) March 28, 2018

She was forced to cancel her credit card and put a block on international transactions.

The woman noted that a friend who had never even used Uber before also told her she fell victim to a similar scam about a month ago.

The ride-sharing service fell victim to a massive 2016 breach that exposed the data of some 57 million users.

Uber has warned Australian users to be on the alert after reports of credit card fraud.

Uber told Yahoo7 it was an “unfortunate reality” that the ride share provider could have been a target of phishing attacks aimed at stealing the personal information of users, such as passwords.