A 78-year-old woman is appealing to fellow pensioners to be on their guard after she was scammed of her pension.
|||Cape Town - A 78-year-old woman is appealing to fellow pensioners to be on their guard after she was scammed of her pension last month.
Sheila February of Kensington says she was robbed of R650 by a woman who gave her name.
“I know her vaguely from church, but I didn’t know much about her.”
February claims the woman approached her in tears outside a shop in the CBD.
“She said she needed money urgently because her brother-in-law died, and had to be cremated,” February said.
According to February, the woman requested an amount of R800 with a promise to pay her back.
“She was crying and I felt sorry for her so I gave her R650 and asked for her details. She gave me her phone number and address.
“That was the last time I saw her.”
When February got home, suspicion made her phone the number given to her by the woman.
“The number did not even ring. It doesn’t exist.”
February wished to warn others to be on alert for people who scam pensioners.
“They are everywhere, and it can be anyone - even people you know,” she said.
sibusisiwe.lwandle@inl.co.za
Cape Argus