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The 14th annual Metlife Mall/Die Burger “Love to Run” Valentine’s Road race takes place on Saturday, February 14 on Valentine’s Day. The 10km starts at 6am and the 5km at 6.25am. Runners can enter at leading sports stores, Ladybugg at Metlife Mall, as well as by completing the entry forms published in Die Burger. Entries close on Wednesday, February 11 but late entries will be accepted. For more info call centre manage ment on 041 360 4100. Pictured are two sets of twins who are all fired up for the race. From left are Lincoln Creigh ton(6), Rachel Creigh ton(6), Erin Beling (5) and Wade Beling (5). PHOTO:THEO JEPTHA
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ICTIMS of card fraud who are losing thousands of rands in the process, are taking to social media to vent their frustration as the spate of card fraud cases becomes a grave concern for local police. Police say they are investigating several
cases of card fraud with a special task team assigned to investigate the problem. Police spokesperson, Sandra Janse van Rensburg said, “There has been a drastic increase in ATM card swopping crime over the last eight months. At the same time there has, however, also been a decline in ATM handheld card skimming. The decline in skimming can be related to the almost complete roll-out of the chip bank cards by all the
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banks.” Janse van Rensburg said it was a known fact that ATM card crimes were committed by organised groupings. “It is also apparent that these syndicate groups do not restrict themselves to a particular area.” One of many local victims who has been hit by card fraud said he has lost over R3000. Xolisile Trongo, who banks with African Bank, said he was awakened by an SMS no-
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tice on January 18, stating that he had withdrawn an amount of R1 169. “The first thing I did was locate my wallet. I could not believe it, because my card was still in my wallet,” Trongo, a barman at Walmer Country Club, said. The next day, another R1 594 was withdrawn from his account before he could alert his bank of the problem.
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