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Beware of jewellery con man
HEILIE COMBRINCK
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EWARE of a smooth talker, neatly dressed con man who currently operates in Uitenhage residential areas requesting to purchase or assess your antique jewellery!
even gave my mother his cell phone number, which we later found out does not exist.” The UD News’ sister paper in Port
Elizabeth, the PE Express, recently reported about similar incidents which happened in Mount Pleasent and Westering where the con men made use of
the same modus operandi. Apparently the vehicle used by them was a white Corsa with a CY registration. “We urge the public to be cautious
of strangers wanting to have access to homes. Rather make use of well known registered goldsmiths to have your jewellery assessed,” said W/O Swart.
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“The police warn the public to be very cautious of people going around in town and requesting homeowners regarding jewellery and especially gold,” said police spokesperson W/O Gerda Swart. In the latest incident a neatly dressed man, driving a white bakkie stopped at a home in Penford and enquired from the homeowner whether she might have any jewellery, specifically gold, that she wanted to sell and whether he could have a look at it. “She let the unknown man in and took him to her safe where she showed him the jewellery. He then informed her that there was someone at the front door,” said W/O Swart. Obviously there was no one at her front door and when she returned he pretended to have assessed the items and left after a while. “The homeowner later decided to check her jewellery and discovered that three rings, worth more than R60 000 were missing,” said W/O Swart. According to a daughter of the elderly woman who fell prey to this con man, her mother acted totally out of her nature by giving the stranger access to her house. “She said he was well spoken and neatly dressed and for a split second left him alone with the jewellery. When she returned he said that he was not interested, but would come back to have a look at her antique furniture” said the daughter who prefers to stay anonymous.” “He said his name was Nico and
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