I think in general cab drivers all over the world are in general just scum-bags who will gladly expoit you if they think they can.
I’ve had a Mexican cab driver try and drive me and some friends past our hotel and into the middle of nowhere probably to have us robbed.
I’ve had a NYC cab driver try and drive us in circles around Penn Station because one of my friends was drunk.
Even local cabbies have tried to scam me. They’re just trained to look for some kind of weakness (are you a tourist? Don’t speak the language? drunk? on a date?)