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Please people be aware when you go to the ATM, just had an incident at Tiffany’s where 2 men tried to get hold of my card , the one wanted to take my card and insert it, whilst the other one was at my back, and checking my pin, I have told them both to leave me alone, luckily the security guards saw it and warned me , I have phoned my bank and they confirmed that this is how they operate, the one will cancel his transaction, and take your card to ‘assist’by inserting it, somehow the card will not come out, and that is the reason for the other one checking your pin, when you leave, they take your card out and draw some cash, the bank canceled my card, so hopefully everything is ok, this is the last time that I will make use of an ATM, I would rather go to the Spar or Checkers and draw money at the till. ... See more

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SCAM alert:

Hi all

Want to warn you about a car sales scam that is taking root in Ballito.

Our guesthouse has a guest that flew down from Gauteng to buy a car from a Pandora’s Motors in Ballito (can be found on Google Maps by the way). But it does not exist. Which he discovered to his horror.

The dealership does not exist. They scam people by getting them to a point and then use ways to extract money from you.

To quote our guest “a certain Alfred, with cellphone number 0658180109 is the contact person for the bogus dealership.
The “dealership” is listed as Pandoras Motors Ballito”

Luckily our guest did not lose any money as he was wise and arrived a day earlier than expected by the scammer. ... See more