A case of theft has been opened at the Ikageng police station after a bogus prophet duped a 17-year-old girl into giving him a laptop and three cell phones worth about R12 000, last Wednesday.
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The teen girl told the Ikageng police that at about 14:00 last Wednesday, an African approached her and prophesied over her and her mother.
The Ikageng police spokesperson, Sgt Kelebogile Trom said the girl believed he was a prophet as his facts were correct.
‘However, he offered to help her provided that she gave him her urine. She drove with this man and his friend in their white VW Golf to a garage in Ikageng industrial area. He prayed over the urine in the car and in her presence,’ said Trom.
Trom added that the three of them drove to Ikageng township where the ‘prophet’ asked her to provide him with a laptop and five cell phones in order for them to pray over them. ‘The girl alleges that she went and borrowed a laptop and a cell phone from two friends. She continued and drove with these two men to another friend where she borrowed another cell phone.’
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Trom says the false prophet then parked the car and went out to pick up a stone which he placed outside a nearby house. The girl was then told to go and get the same stone. She left them in the car and when she returned the two were gone with the laptop and three cell phones. The total value of the good amounts to R12 900,’ said Trom.
Trom has warned the community to avoid any unknown people in the streets masquerading as prophets claiming to know about their misfortunes and prophesising about them and their families.
‘The community must not be tricked into giving away their hard-earned belongings for ‘blessings’ or ‘prayers for good fortune’. They are only after your cash and electronics,’ she warned.
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