Butha-Buthe man loses M53 000 to con artists
MASERU — A 30-year-old man from Butha-Buthe lost M53 300 to conmen who tricked him into believing that they had magical powers to make money multiply.
The man was conned by six men who promised him that if he gives them some money they could make it multiply within days.
Police spokesperson Masupha Masupha said the suspects first asked for M100 from the victim.
A few days later the suspects gave the victim M1 300.
“The suspects were using the “black money scam” to defraud the victim.
They told the victim that they were short of M90 000 to wash their money that had been destroyed,” Masupha said.
“The victim gave them the first M100 and then they gave him M1 300. He went to the Central Bank of Lesotho (CBL) to check if the money was genuine and it was proven that the notes were real,” he said.
Believing that the transaction is genuine, the victim then gave the suspects M53 300 after a promise that it would multiply to M69 290 000 within days.
“The suspects then disappeared with the victim’s M53 300.”
Police have since arrested four of the suspects.
They are now looking for the two other suspects.
In a separate incident, a 26-year-old man from Sea-Point lost M5 000 to a suspected conman who had promised to sell him a car.
According to a police report the suspect asked the victim to pay the money before he could give him the vehicle registration documents.
He allegedly told the victim that the documents were somewhere in Khubetsoana.
The suspects then took him in his car to get the papers.
In the car were the victim, the suspect and his friend.
On their way to Khubetsoana the driver told the victim that he could not proceed because he had to rush somewhere.
“The suspect said he will be back soon but he never came back.
“That’s when the victim realised that he had been robbed.
“He later reported the scam to the police,” he said.
No arrests have been made.
Masupha warned people not to give out their money to strangers.
Comment by Musa on 28 June 2012:
Oh, God! Some people are so stupid!
Comment by Organic on 28 June 2012:
hihihihihihi …………, lithoto ke lefa la ba bohlale. hopolang mantsoe ana lona lithoto.
Comment by tman on 28 June 2012:
Ichu!! ba tsoana hantle le bana ba fileng thebe era khale chelete, ke hore meharo ke moea oa bosatane, motho una le 53 000 fela u ntsa batla ho gambola, seeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Exporter on 28 June 2012:
Oh stupid poor man!E be e sea phongola?Hesesss..
Comment by Lefefooane on 28 June 2012:
Thebe ea khale tricked thousands of Basotho into believing the moneyt would magically multiply. Oh, poor Thebe ea Khale.
Comment by Nkalakatha on 28 June 2012:
Spoko-poko.
Comment by OA BEREA on 28 June 2012:
Ha ho sitana barutehi,maparamente,li ps,matona le liclever tsa Maseru moo ba jooe ke MKM.
Comment by molemi on 28 June 2012:
o tla tsooa.
Comment by mkk on 28 June 2012:
Ntete tumelo le tsepo li kopana li qetella ka tsela yona ena.
Comment by Linono on 28 June 2012:
Botha Bothe, e be haa jooa ke li home boy tsa hae tsa li con artist bo Ra… Qhobela? there is no way he cud have given money to people he did not know.shoooo poor man, haa bolaee motho.
Comment by Mentu on 28 June 2012:
Chee ke Spoko-poko struu … mehleng ee eo ho leng thata tjee??? Le eena o meharo.
Comment by Pong pong on 28 June 2012:
Shame on you guys, le ba ha majooa ke batho, ha le ba pele ebile ha le ba ho qetela. Se ba le bangata pele ho lona le ba bang ba ntse ba bala mona ntse ba tlo latela. Ntho e kholo e ea reba. Phepi ha beli ha raro.
Comment by Theido on 28 June 2012:
Ache motho oa batho ha rena mats’eliso ruri hoba haoa sechoa ke uana ea its’echileng a fana ka chelete.
Comment by kwating! on 28 June 2012:
okile ae bona kae chelete e imenahanyang ka matsatsi? ona bna etloba millionier in jst afew days. kile ae bna kae nthoe jwalo? ena haipotse y ths good samaritans ese millioniers. oikentse
Comment by Young on 28 June 2012:
@Oe Berea…Kea o tlatsa ka MKM. Hee e terapile bohle hee eona. Ho tloha ka sethoto hoea ka no 1 clever.
Comment by Lai Thekhe - Motho a oa on 28 June 2012:
Why were they arrested? What crime did they commit? The second incident is clear robbery but definately not the first incident. The stupit guy gave away M53k away willingly.
Comment by tman on 28 June 2012:
Haeba ba ts’oaroa le Thebe ea khala a ts’oaroe hobane le bona haba secha motho eno empa u ba file ka lerato!
Comment by tman on 28 June 2012:
Young u so khutlile SA kapa uno shapa touch fela? Ene rene re pholile!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Tsehla on 28 June 2012:
This is a lesson, and people should learn by mistakes. It does mean that the guy was so stupid that he can give out that some of money to the thugs. Sometimes a person can have an over-sight or be tricked. Even an educated person or a professor can fall a victim to this kind of a funny scam. But the problem is when a person is cheated by someone who does not even have some money. For instance, I cannot agree with a herdboy when he clamis that can multiply my money.
Comment by Mohahlaula oa tlasa Thaba on 28 June 2012:
1300/100= 13
therefore 13*53300 will equate to 692900 not 6929000 as mMe Mantoetse mentioned tabeng tsa hae.
Che koana haho nyeoe ngoaneso. Lefa la ba bothoto le jeoa ke ba bohlale…
Comment by Mosotho on 28 June 2012:
To Mohahlaula oa tlasa Thaba, ekare u motle lipalong empa ha hoo moo ‘m’e Mantoetse a itseng linokoane tseo li itse M100 e lekana le M1300. O itse o fane ka M100 ho linokoane eaba ba mo fa M1300 ka mora matsatsi. ka mora ho fana ka M53300.00 o ne a t’sepisitsoe M6929000.00
Comment by tman on 28 June 2012:
@Mohahlaula…
joale ua pota moshanyana ehlile haeba 100 etsoala 1300, 53 000 etla tsoala 689,000 ea maloti! aku utloe chelete e kaalo ngoana monna enoa une a tsoile ka forong!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Lekaota on 28 June 2012:
O betere hobane o jeloe ke batho baa bangata ena a le mong.A ko bone ha lele Bangata hakana e be Motho a le mong o le jella 20 million.
Leqeba la monna e mong ha le ts’ehoe ke hona retlo utloa bo stupid ba lona ka mokhoa oo le jeloeng lichelete tsee ngata feela le le bangata ha kana.
Comment by stebe on 28 June 2012:
“anything that promises lots of money is not real,” motho enoa should have thought hore na if the person can make money why does he have to make it for other people and not make it for himself.
Comment by stebe on 28 June 2012:
its so clear hore the guys could multiply chelete in few days, hobaneng ke le motho ke sa ipotseng hore haeba this was true motho enoa ekebe e se khale a na le eo a seng antse a tsetela a sa hloke ea batho ba bang, hobane ho hlakile hore ha e nke nako ho e tsoalisa its a matter of days.
Comment by Lethula MF on 28 June 2012:
Enoa oa BB ha fapana ho hang le batho bohle baa file thebeeakhale lichele tsa bona.Babelaelloa ba malimabe.Hoja ba jele batho ba moo M2 million ele hore ‘muso o tle o ba lefelle bothoto boo ba bona.
Comment by skwada on 29 June 2012:
ache ntate akere hawa sechoa joale u llelang nnake ra meharo
Comment by mabita on 29 June 2012:
dat is not robbery. you robbed yourself. public poho
Comment by Mokotla on 29 June 2012:
Banna eeeeeeeeeeeee! Likila ha li je limenye-menye,le mpotse.Ke kasie ea ka da.Ha o robetse o tla tsoha.Monna eo eena ke sehole he,i hope le mosali a ka mo hlalla bo otse-otse bona,kapa banna le eena eo….*ere ke itholele ngoana Mokotla* Anyway,nonyana e haela ka ts’iba tsa e ‘ngoe
Comment by Kobotata la Mosalemane on 1 July 2012:
khele e mpe ntho ea hore motho a nyamelloe ke chelete ka mabaka a sieo. Ba fumanoeng ba ahloloe haholo.
Comment by 'Maba on 2 July 2012:
Eish!! batho ba na le chelete ea ho bapala yo! money is “manufactured”, nothing more,nothing less. Including mekoebe.
Comment by kompi on 2 July 2012:
the man who has been robbed so much must be so frustrated, loosing ten maloti is bad enough.Sorry man, life has ups and downs.
Comment by Lekholokoe on 2 July 2012:
Joale he hona ke poko poko monna eo ona nahana hore chelete e theoha marung joale ka pula sekila sa heso o sephoqo feela hotla loka ngoana monna ba o tabotse ichu kabaka seoa ke mala khilik 53000 gone feela joalo hona he ke eona satanism eseng mepoto ena e buang ke litsubi tsa matekoane ha litaooe ke lizolo
Comment by Setshoana on 2 July 2012:
Piece of advice hleng bana beso!!! Sheba batho bao ba u tshepisang mehlolo eno!!! Haeba ke ntho e teng why ba sa iketsetse ba khaohana le ho tswalisa tsa batho???
Comment by SORRY on 3 July 2012:
@Pong pong-KE LUMELANA LE UENA NTHOE KHOLO EEA REBA KE JEOE MAKHETLO NTSE KE RE KE LI SHEBILE TJENA NTATE PHEPHI
Comment by Ntja Mokoena on 4 July 2012:
Ha!ha!ha!hee, banna! Basotho hase lihole! Ache! Where on earth can just an ordinary poor man multiply your money? Even a money-maker like Central bank would never multiply your money. Some Basotho are so stupid. Thats the reason Thebe ea Khale had defrauded thousands of uneducated and educated Basotho because Basotho are so arrogant. Ha fela le hlahile le sa tsebe molemo oa lichelete tsa lona, ke hona ba tla le ja kaha lithoto ke lefa la ba bohlale!!!
Comment by morolong on 4 July 2012:
monna eo ha tlamela ho etsa mabaka ka chelete u fana ka eona? ha na kelello…..ke sehole hole hole
Comment by Let'sa la Malibamat'so on 4 July 2012:
koakoakoakoakoa!!!! he joale rea rata chelete. monna eo u fa litsotsi chelete e teng moo a batlang e sioe