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Cape Town – A Kensington man says he was the victim of scammers who sold him a stolen car.
It’s been more than a month, but Nezaar Adams, 46, still can’t believe he spent R72,000 without a car to prove it.
“On December 7, I went into Facebook Marketplace and saw a Toyota Corolla Quest for R78,000,” he explains.
“I got in touch with the guy who was selling the car and we started chatting on WhatsApp, where we agreed to meet at BP’s garage in Salt River at 9:30 am that day.”
Nezaar said the seller, identified only as Max, told him that another guy, Thando, was bringing the car that had Free State plates.
“Just before 10 am, Thando stopped and I checked the car and everything was in order,” he says.
“Thando had all the paperwork for the car registration, the VIN numbers checked and there was a settlement sale.
“The only thing I noticed was that the paperwork had a woman as the owner, but Max told me she was his wife and they showed me a signed permit with a copy of her identification, so we made the deal.
“We even managed to lower the price of R72,000 in cash.”
The next day, December 8, he took the car for a roadworthiness test and the next day he transferred it to his name. But on January 19 he knocked on the door.
“The police came to my house and said the car was stolen from a woman in Free State on December 6 at 6.30 pm, but she only reported it on the 11th,” says Nezaar.
“This is how I was able to transfer it to my name, but at the end of the day, the car was stolen and now it must be impounded.”
Nezaar said he tried to call Max, but the number was disconnected. He even tried to get video footage of all the public places he and Thando visited that day, to no avail.
“How could they get a car in Free State at 6.30pm and drive it to BP in Salt River at 9.30am when there was a curfew at that time?” he asks.
“I tried to hire a lawyer to help me, but that will cost me R50,000 if I am lucky, so it is not worth it.”
Nezaar opened a fraud case at Kensington SAPS.
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