Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Dial S for scam

He desperately wanted an Apple iPhone, and he'd asked his Vodacom outlet to reserve one for him. But he wasn't all that keen to pay R6 500 for it.

"And then something came over me," is how a Durban businessman describes his sudden determination to find a bargain iPhone online earlier this month.

He went on to Gumtree, the free local online advertising site, and found several appealingly priced iPhones, settling on one advertised for R3 600.

He called the cellphone number listed in the advert, and "Edmund", who had an accent that sounded Nigerian, said he would SMS his banking details to the businessman.

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