120 thousand yen. That was what the Japanese influencer saw charged to his card after taking a taxi in Mexico for a ride of barely 5 minutes. 😤 Nearly $650 — about 13 thousand Mexican pesos — for something that should have cost less than $3. “What the hell?”, he wrote on social media, still processing the number on his screen.
The man, identified on social media as @Unparunpa.1028, had traveled from Japan to experience the World Cup, support his national team, and enjoy the football celebration. He had not even been in the country for a day when they had already emptied his card. The case immediately went viral, and the reason is simple: it is not an accident or a misunderstanding. It is calculated abuse against someone who does not know the language, the fares, or how to defend himself. Exactly the profile certain taxi drivers seem to look for as soon as people leave the airport. 🚕
Hours later, the fan posted that he would take Uber from then on and clarified that he does not judge all of Mexico by what happened to him. Generous of him. Because the World Cup has not even started yet and already there is an image circulating around the entire world: that of the tourist who arrives excited and the first thing he finds is someone who sees him as a wallet with legs. 🌎