A woman from Westgate, Harare, lost more than US$4 000 cash in a botched car deal involving a man she met on Facebook.
Vongai Pepukai (23) was allegedly scammed by Itayi Chikeya of CarsWorld who had promised to deliver a brand new Chevrolet Cruze after making payment through a money transfer agent.
Pepukai paid for the vehicle sometime in February but she is yet to receive the car. Harare provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Luckmore Chakanza, confirmed the case to H-Metro. She said:
Police are investigating a case where a woman lost money to a man she found on social media. The circumstances are that the complainant was defrauded of cash by the accused person.
He placed an advertisement on Facebook that he was an agent of a company called CarsWorld, which imports vehicles from South Africa.
She chose a Chevrolet Cruze on the accused person’s Facebook account, which was going for US$4 181.
She was told it included import duty.
She was told to deposit money through a money transfer agent based at Avondale Shopping Centre, which she did on various occasions.
The vehicle was not delivered as agreed, and that is when the complainant realised that she had been scammed.
Source: Pindula News
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