This is a re-post from Durban North Neighbors and huge thanks to Marshall Security
Be very careful to whom you give a kind lift to. Innocence is not always what it seems
Hello neighbors, please please be careful
Tonight I was driving home from the Engen on Northway, as I passed chicken licken going up high ridge road there was an elderly lady looking for a lift, assuming that it was one of the maids from the neighborhood maybe too tired to walk up the hill I decided to pull over(yes I was taught never to pick up hitch hikers but in my mind it was an elderly lady who could do me no harm) however as soon as she sat in my passenger seat she started to cry (very much fake cry may I add) this was my first red flag, as I recall seeing many stories about con ladies getting people to draw them cash. I therefore immediately stated that I have R10 on me and my purse is at home as she continued with some sob story about rent being due. Whilst this was happening Marshall pulled up next to me, I reassured him that I was okay and I was merely assisting the lady, once I had made it clear that I was going in any opposite direction she was going in she started to seem to get ready to leave my car, as she thanked me she turned around somewhat conveniently and there was a white Sudan with hazards on and a guy walking towards us, she became frantic about how scared she is of this guy and she doesn't trust him and so I pulled off as I pulled off the guy returned to his car, catching up to the same Marshall security I flash him down and he pulls over, the lady gets out of my car and starts putting on a show for the security officer, I tell him about the car and he says that's why he had asked me if I was okay (I had not been aware of the car at the time) seeing that the lady was now out of my car and speaking to the officer I took this opportunity to carry on driving home, it all added up, I may be very wrong but it seemed as if the lady and guy were working together.
I regret not getting the name of the security officer but I was a bit shaken up and wanted to get home.
I cannot imagine what would have happened if he had not been there.
So a huge thank you to Marshall.
This just goes to show, no matter how close to home you are and how innocent something may seem, it can still be very dangerous ... See more
