Fake flights, expensive tickets, and deceived passengers: The Ministry of Transport warned
Scammers claim there are no tickets left at the ticket offices and offer them to passengers at several times the price.
The Ministry of Transport of Uzbekistan called on citizens intending to return to Uzbekistan from Russia by bus to beware of scammers.
According to the ministry, recently on social networks and YouTube channels, cases of posting fake flight announcements using photos and videos of buses of the «Uzautotrans Service» company have been observed.
Scammers tell passengers that they will send them to Tashkent via the company's buses, citing that there are no tickets left at the ticket offices for the relevant flights. After that, they offer to buy tickets directly from them at a price several times higher. Some passengers, after purchasing a ticket, are sent onto buses operating illegally.
According to the Ministry of Transport, the «Uzautotrans Service» company operates bus services from the «Novoyasenevskaya» and «Kotelniki» bus stations in Moscow to the Tashkent bus station on Mondays and Thursdays of the week.
Tickets can be purchased at the ticket offices of these bus stations, as well as online through their respective mobile applications and official websites.
Ticket prices:
- on regular flights — 8,500 rubles;
- on additional flights organized on the same day — 7,000 rubles.
The ministry called on citizens not to fall into the trap of scammers.
