A furious customer has vowed to never use Uber again after claiming the driver used a viral photo of vomit to scam him into paying a huge cleaning fee.
Adam Frame, 29, from Sunderland, was shocked when he realized he had been fined £80 after a Christmas night out in Newcastle last month.
And when he asked for proof, Uber sent him a photo of the back seat of the vehicle apparently covered in vomit.
But Frame said this was “100 percent fake” and quickly found the image “viral” on Google and Reddit.
He told MailOnline: ‘We were out for Christmas drinks and food and booked an Uber off Dean Street in Newcastle.
‘About a mile from the house, my girlfriend felt a little sick and the Uber driver stopped.
“He was very helpful at first, checked if I was okay and came with the disinfectant spray.
“At the end of the trip we gave him some money for stopping and he said thank you very much.”
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A screenshot of Adam Frame’s social media post about his fine, showing images of the vomit photo on Uber and Reddit.
Image appears to show the photo of the vomit on the Uber account
The image appears to show the vomit image on Reddit.
He said it wasn’t until the next day that he realized they had been charged an £80 cleaning fee.
‘We requested a photo and I Googled it. “It was the first one that came up and was posted on Reddit,” Mr. Frame said.
“That was amazing.”
And when asked if he would order an Uber again, he added: “100 percent I will never use Uber.” Many taxi companies cannot compete with them.
“From now on, I will definitely support my local taxi service.”
Frame said she has now received a refund from Uber after raising concerns with the company about the cleaning fee.
MailOnline has contacted Uber for comment.
It comes after an Uber driver was accused of taking advantage of a drunk passenger by taking her on a 40-mile detour off the M25 in the summer.
The woman was allegedly charged £156 for a trip that normally costs £25.
The shocking incident allegedly occurred after the passenger fell asleep inside the Uber during the journey from central London to her home in east London.
Adam Frame, 28, from Sunderland, was shocked when he realized he had been fined £80 after a Christmas night out in Newcastle (pictured) last month (file photo).
It comes after an Uber driver was accused of taking advantage of a drunk passenger by taking her on a 40-mile detour off the M25 in the summer (file photo)
Uber told MailOnline at the time that what was described was “totally unacceptable”, that they had launched an investigation and would take “appropriate action”.
An image showed the route the driver took, starting at the collection point in central London before heading north on the M1 towards Barnet.
The driver, listed as a man called Amir, then turns towards Potters Bar and heads towards Epping in Essex before passing Brentwood and finally returning to the destination via Barking.
The trip was booked at 11:45 p.m. and Amir arrived 14 minutes later, one minute before midnight.
A map post from the trip was shared online with the caption: “My friend took a taxi from Soho to Limehouse after a night out.”
‘The taxi driver, seeing her drunk and asleep in the back seat, decided to take a detour along the M25.
‘She approached Uber and they defended this driver stating that there were road works so he had to take a detour.
“I have never heard of a detour requiring driving around the M25 to get from central London to zone 2.
“I’m concerned that there are drivers willing to take advantage of vulnerable women, it makes me sick that Uber continues to work with someone like that.”
‘How can I get them to take this more seriously?’