Criminals in Pretoria appear to have come up with a new ploy to lure people to open their front gate.
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A concerned resident recently spread the word on social media, saying that she found a man, appearing to be dead in front of her gate right after she got home.
“I saw him through my window. When I tried to chase him away, he did not respond,” the resident said.
“When I phoned the police and he heard me, he got up and walked away. It seemed that he was doing this so that I would open the gate for him.”
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Hannes du Buisson from Centurion Concerned Citizens, where the resident posted the warning, said he was not aware of this new trick.
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