The FBI has put out an alarming warning that to watch your children about criminals using ride-sharing companies to abduct their children. Apparently ever since the pandemic, the police have received different reports of ride sharing services used to target children by abducting them.
Apparently it’s been happening across the country in states such as Oregon and California as well as internationally in Mexico City. According to the federal agency, criminals have been using these ride-share services such as Uber and Lyft since they’re so easy to book and because the security protocols are not very strict. They also have said detection is less likely, and because of the COVID-19 guidance, masks also make it harder for any witnesses to identify criminals.
However an FBI special agent out of Pittsburgh said that this is rare and instead this is what they’ve been seeing happen in their area.
However, an FBI special agent in Pittsburgh said this is rare. Instead, this is what they’ve seen happening in our area. Tim Wolford, a special Pittsburgh FBI agent said, “What we have seen is subjects talking to children online and they are looking to groom those children in order to meet them for a sexual encounter. Oftentimes they will offer to send an Uber or a Lyft to pick the child up to bring them to a location where they can meet in person.”
The agent this had happened around Pittsburgh a handful of times in the last two years and they are now warning other families in the area.
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