First off, the police need to investigate the driver’s past pickups and locations to see if any match other scammer-victim residences. THEN, proceed with the case as “driver-not-part-of-scam.”
“First off, the police need to investigate the driver’s past pickups and locations to see if any match other scammer-victim residences.”
There would be no sure way to get your selected driver to be assigned a pick-up. With Uber, a customer requests a vehicle, and a random driver can select the the trip.
If it were the case that the scammer and driver were working together, why use the Uber platform as a middle-man?