Another car stolen in test drive scam

Tuesday, May 06, 2025 | 180 Views |

Just two weeks after four suspects stole a Mazda Demio in Mogoditshane under the pretence of a test drive, another similar incident occurred at the same peri-urban village, this time, involving a Honda Fit.

Mogoditshane Police Station commander, Superintendent Mbiganyi Letsholathebe, told The Monitor that a 32-year-old man recently lost his car after meeting with a potential buyer he interacted with on social media.

According to Letsholathebe, the victim had advertised his Honda Fit on Facebook, where an unknown man expressed interest in buying the vehicle.

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