MEL taxi scam

What has always puzzled me is why it's such a big problem in Melbourne but not other Australian cities. I remember this happening right the way back when I first started visiting Melbourne back in the early 2000s. While I have occasionally seen touts at Sydney, Brisbane or Perth, I've never seen them on the scale that they are at Melbourne.
 
What has always puzzled me is why it's such a big problem in Melbourne but not other Australian cities. I remember this happening right the way back when I first started visiting Melbourne back in the early 2000s. While I have occasionally seen touts at Sydney, Brisbane or Perth, I've never seen them on the scale that they are at Melbourne.
Could it be that all the MEL terminals are in a row rather than at different places around the airport so, if they see security in one area, it is easy to try another terminal without having to move their car.
 
What has always puzzled me is why it's such a big problem in Melbourne but not other Australian cities. I remember this happening right the way back when I first started visiting Melbourne back in the early 2000s. While I have occasionally seen touts at Sydney, Brisbane or Perth, I've never seen them on the scale that they are at Melbourne.

They were doing it in the 70s. Its a long tradition.
 
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Could it be that all the MEL terminals are in a row rather than at different places around the airport so, if they see security in one area, it is easy to try another terminal without having to move their car.
Those touts are not the drivers.
The touts hold a smartphone in their hands, held casually behind their backs.
They mutter taxi but not very loud, and they pick people to ask.
More covert now.
And then they then send pax to friends pick up under thr multi storry carpatk, not the taxi pick up.
Up front of the whole curved row from T1 to T3 curve, its 99% uber now.
I confrontef one of the walla and he looked ay me, but then went on with his muted speil.
 

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