Beware Facebook robbers‚ say police

14 September 2016 - 09:37
By TMG Digital

A young man who hoped to get a good deal on a second-hand car he saw advertised on a Facebook post was instead robbed at gunpoint. He had even taken the precaution of being accompanied by friends to view the car.Issuing to a warning to the public‚ the South African Police Service's Captain FC van Wyk said the crime highlighted the dangers of responding to social media adverts.

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