Woman Speaks On Being Swindled Of Half A Million

Elsie Letlole, 65, of Manyana shared how two scammers who claimed to be prophets took half a million from her account. She claims that not only has she been robbed of her money but also of her spiritual faith and trust.

It took five months for Letlole to withdraw all of the half a million from her Barclays Bank account, where she had saved her money.  She withdrew all her money in the hopes of getting spiritual assistance, but instead she was left broke and miserable.

Narrating her sad plight to The Monitor, Letlole said the two fraudsters – one claimed to be Thuso Thuso from Letlhakane village and another identified himself as Khumo Seabelo, who worked as a police officer at Ramotswa police station – tricked her into believing that they were genuine prophets.

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