Be careful of what and where you buy

VEREENIGING. – Vereeniging Police Spokesperson Captain Fikile Funda has warned the public about scammers on the popular OLX site, as well as Facebook and other sites, who pretend to be selling merchandise at a cheaper price. Funda says that people must be careful as this is just a trap to con them out of their …

September 13, 2017

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VEREENIGING. – Vereeniging Police Spokesperson Captain Fikile Funda has warned the public about scammers on the popular OLX site, as well as Facebook and other sites, who pretend to be selling merchandise at a cheaper price. Funda says that people must be careful as this is just a trap to con them out of their money. “The interested buyer will contact the…

April 13, 2016

“The interested buyer will contact the seller where an account number to deposit the money will be provided. The buyer will then promise to get the item delivered at a communicated

place and time.” Funda says by the time the item has to be delivered at a said place and time, the seller would have dissapeared into thin air.

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September 13, 2017

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Liezl Scheepers

Liezl Scheepers is editor of the Parys Gazette, a local community newspaper distributed in the towns of Parys, Vredefort and Viljoenskroon. As an experienced community journalist in all fields for the past 30 years, she has a passion for her community, and has been actively involved in several community outreach projects as part of Parys Gazette's team.