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CAUTION WHEN ADVERTISING
I MADE A MISTAKE BY ADVERTISING FOR PARTS I REQUIRED FOR MY NISSAN 1400 BAKKIE. EARLY FRIDAY 1 I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL PUPORTING THE SELLER TO BE OPERATING FROM NEAR BLOEMFONTEIN. HE SAID HE HAD THE PARTS AND MUTUALLY WE AGREED ON A PRICE. IF I PAID IN A PORTION OF THE MONEY HE WAS GOING TO BE IN PORT ELIZABETH FOR OTHER CAR BUSINESS ON SATURDAY MORNING TO SELL MORE CARS AS THEY HAD STOCK OF 200 IN BLOEM. LIKE I FOOL I WENT TO PEP AS HE REQUESTED AND PAID. WITH THE BANKING SYSTEMS ALL BEING INTERLINKED HE QUOTED NEDBANK/ABSA/PEP IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR HIM WITH CODE PEP GAVE TO WITHDRAW THE MONEY IN CASH. THANKFULLY PEP REQUIRE ID TO BE PRODUCED TO GET YOUR CASH SADLY ABSA NOT AND MERELY GOING TO ANY ABSA ATM YOU GET THE FULL AMOUNT. ALLEGING HE WAS STUCK IN CRADOCK AND HAD BEEN ****** HE REQUESTED MORE MONEY TO GET HIM TO PORT ELIZABETH AS HE HAD NO ACCESS TO THE R98,000 IN HIS ACCOUNT . REALIZING I WAS BEING ****MED I SENT A MESSAGE SAYING I WAS SENDING HELP TO BRING HIM MONEY. I WAS GOING TO SEND THE SAP TO END HIS SCHEME. WE PUT A TRACE ON WITHDRAWAL OF THE MONEY AND FOUND OUT THAT THE CASH HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN AT BRACKENGATE ABSA ATM NEAR BRACKENFELL CAPE TOWN. THE SAP ARE NOW MONITORING THIS FOR HIS FUTURE ACTIVITIES. NO FAULT WITH GUMTREE OR JUNKMAIL AS THEY DO WARN YOU ABOUT . IF I MAY MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT REALLY WORKS. ON RECEIVING ANY UNKNOWN CALLER YOU START OUT BY SAYING. I DO NOT KNOW YOU ( ASKING A NAME MEANS NOTHING AS THEY CAN USE ANY NAME) PLEASE AS I AM CAUTIOUS ON MY OTHER PHONE CAN I BY BEACON TRACE EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE CALLING FROM ? ( THIS ASPECT OF LAW REQUIRES YOU TO ASK PERMISSION) IF THEY REFUSE THEN END THE CONVERSATION OR MAYBE IF THEY ARE ****** THEY WILL HANG UP . PLEASE SOUTH AFRICANS LETS RID THIS COUNTRY STEP BY STEP
