Thamaga Woman Scammed Of P3,000

Since last year the scammers have been targeting women who drive expensive cars in Gaborone prompting cautionary messages targeted at women.  As a result women are being warned to watch out for the fraud syndicate that has taken huge sums of money from the victims.

The warning comes after a 56-year-old woman of Ga-Matsila ward in Thamaga was recently swindled money amounting to P3,000.  Last year Mogoditshane police station recorded a number of similar cases in which women were swindled thousands of pula.The criminals target unsuspecting women who they con into disclosing their financial details, before emptying their bank accounts. The fraudsters’ cover story is that they are police officers with the Criminal Investigation Department and then they deceive their victims into robbing them.