Saturday night, I was out for a friends birthday downtown, I was walking down Erie Street to find hall street (where I parked my car) when I approached a cab to drive me there because I wasn't sure where the street was. I got into the back seat of the cab and as soon as I got in, he asked me how I was paying (Cash or debit) I said cash. He refused to let me pay cash and pushed me to pay with debit instead. He did not put the meter on and told me that it was $10 which I knew it was supposed to be less. He continued to push paying debit on me, so I gave in because I just wanted to go home and get out of the cab. I found it a little strange but did it anyways. He passed me the debit machine where it said $10, he grabbed my debit, and put it in his portable machine and passed it back to me. Before I put my pin # in, he told me that it would say 'communication error' so we might have to do it a second time. I put my pin # in the machine and it said 'communication error' (just like he said) so I did it a second time, and again the machine came up as 'communication error'. I got frustrated and told him, "I'm just going to give you cash!" He said "that's fine", and while I was going through my purse to grab my money, he had my debit card still with him. As I was getting out of the cab, I told him to give me back my debit card. He said "Oh, Oh Sorry" as if it was a mistake. The next day, I went to TD bank to take out some cash and put my card in and it said 'invalid pin, card disabled' right away I called my bank and read them my access card # and they told me that it wasn't my card. So I checked my online banking and it wasn't the same number. So while I was in his cab, he swapped my debit card with a stolen identical debit card so he could drain my account. Good thing I got to it in time. I've done some research and this has happened in Toronto and Montreal. Beware to all younger girls who are taking cabs in downtown Windsor, especially late at night! The police have been notified.