The Benoni SAPS is pleading with community members to be careful when purchasing vehicles advertised online.
A case of robbery with a firearm was opened at the Benoni Police Station after a man was robbed of money after agreeing to meet with someone who was selling a vehicle online.
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The case was reported on April 14 following the incident on Tom Jones Street at about 8.30am.
Capt Nomsa Sekele, the Benoni SAPS spokesperson, said the 39-year-old man saw a vehicle on a website and contacted the seller, who alleged that he works for a certain car dealer.
“They agreed to meet with the unknown person on Saturday on Tom Jones Street, Benoni CBD,” said Sekele.
“The man travelled from KwaZulu-Natal to get the vehicle.”
Sekele said when the man got to Benoni, he waited and looked at some vehicles displayed at a car dealer shop on Tom Jones Street, as the dealer was still closed.
“As he was waiting, two men approached him and convinced him that he could get a cheaper vehicle at another car dealer on Bunyan Street.
“While they were walking there, one of the men pointed a firearm at him, demanded money and told him they knew he had cash as they spoke to him about purchasing a vehicle.
“The man said he didn’t have money.
“They then took his bank card, forced him to give them a pin and transferred the money to their account.”
The man was robbed of R19 500.
No arrest has been made.
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