Another gullible person has learnt the hard way that if something sounds too good to be true, it is too good to be true.
An old-age pensioner was visiting a herbalist in January when he was approached by a man who told him that he could multiply his money.
All he had to do was place a substantial amount of money in a container and wait for the money to multiply.
The victim was told the trunk would not to be opened, as the spell would not work. He repeatedly paid the “miracle-worker” sums money that were supposedly put into the container.
A friend of the pensioner became suspicious when he was told of the old man’s good fortune and insisted that the container be opened.They found heavy stones in the bottom of the container covered by a piece of cardboard with photocopies of R100 notes on top of it.
The pensioner lost R500 000 of his savings.
Police urge people not to fall victim to scams that involve making lots of money or making money quickly.
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