Please inform readers that guys
are going around poisoning dogs again in
the Avondale area. Our two
little dogs were poisoned last night, they were obviously trying to get our
electric gate motor as the gate was de railed, but they could not get in.
Please all just be aware that these callous people are around.
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We have since had a break in and
while these may be totally unrelated I thought it best to mention that there is
a group targeting the Drew Road Kambanji area
as our neighbour was also hit twice in the same week. Unfortunately I went to
tell him imediately and he only explained his situation then. If he had told me
his situation we would have been more vigilant. We woke up to find a thief in
our bedroom and if my wife who is a very light sleeper did not wake up they
would have totally cleaned us out. The old 70's style Double glass verandah
doors are easily forced open with a crow bar even when locked. Burglas bars
that are not welded on but are rivited in place are easily removed.
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Con Artist Hi Mike, I had an incident at my flat
this afternoon, and thought maybe through your mailing list I might be able to
recover a stolen item.
A woman con artist (well dressed and in high heels!!!) came to my flat in
Avondale whilst I was away and conned her way into the flat. She was very
confident such that my maid allowed her in, she sat around, had small talk even
took of her shoes in the lounge. She proceeded upstairs, went into the main
bedroom and actually had the nerve to use my toilet.
She asked my maid for a plastic bag because there were some books she had come
to collect from me, but then told her not to worry about the plastic bag. She
went into my study where I had left my laptop on the desk as I had been working
on it in the morning and had just nipped out for a while. She took of with the laptop and some books. The
matter is now being investigated by Avondale police.
I am offering a reward for the return of the laptop, as it has a lot of
personal information. The machine is an HP Proobook Core i3 Serial No.
CNU1292V4L.
If anyone out there in
anyway comes across this laptop, or someone tries to sell it to you, can they
please contact Herbert Chitate on 0776165599
hchitate@hotmail.com
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I was shown a very convincing fake $50 this morning.
It feels right but does not have the metal strip in it and the $50 numerals do
not change colour. These were presented by `very respectable` gentlemen who
came into a shop while the staff were busy and hid the note under a bunch of
others. Hope the police can nail the rest of the gang?
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Please advise your staff that that there are some guys
walking in the street that approach people and ask for change – then give them fake notes. It happened to my
brother’s maid in Mount Pleasant, at Pendennis & Twickenham T junction.
They asked if she had change for $100, she gave them 2 $50 notes and they gave
her a fake $100.
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Northwood Rise has been hit 3 nights in a Row. NO
5 and 7 hit twice boreholes gone the first night and then tried to get to the
generators the next night. They broke the bottom panels of the Dura Wall/ Last
night my Gardener heard them trying to break the bottom panels of my wall, but
it is plastered. It would have been interesting if they had succeeded as I do
have down wires on the electric fence.
About a month ago I was lax as the alarm on my
electric fence kept on going off so I stupidly turned it off. Hey Presto they
cut it and tried to find the borehole pump which is long hidden under grass.
Maybe you could send out a tip to get everyone to start burying their pumps
under the grass to stop the thieves from locating them. I do know they reported
it to the police but still see no police presence around.
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We would really appreciate getting more
publicity for our neighbourhood watch in Emerald Hill. we are a small committee trying to service a large area and
really need more people willing to contribute. We have had some really
positive contributions from other areas and would be happy to liaise with other
Neighbourhood watch committees and information share. Our email address
is ehnw@zol.co.zw
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Thieves using email
classifieds to target their victims Beware of two guys
and a woman driving a blue Honda RVR pretending to be buyers. They stole a
Toshiba laptop, $500(money) and an iPhone 4s from me Saturday afternoon. Value
$2500. They called from the following number +263 779xxxxxx. Woman is short
and dark in complexion maybe in her mid 30′s and one of men was tall and looked
very frail in health. The driver of the car seemed in his mid 40′s and was
short n slim.
That was the message (you will need a login to access) one man recently
posted on the popular local classifieds mailing list (opposition!). We
exchanged a few emails with him afterwards and he indicated the police are
trying to gather as much data as they can so they can make an arrest. He also
indicated that he has since learnt there are many more users of the platform
that have been targeted by these robbers.
We are glad that this
guy wasn’t injured but that does not imply that the other victims
weren’t because it’s common for people to resist a robbery.
Since its early years the internet
has been a thriving platform for scammers, rapists, robbers and child
traffickers. If Zimbabweans are losing money to con artists over the
internet before online transactions go mainstream it means things may only get
worse in future. Classifieds websites are a common target for unscrupulous characters.
The global Craigslist,
arguably the most popular in this category, has recently become a target for
paedophiles offering “free” babysitting.
Some safety precautions that should
be taken when meeting a potential buyer or seller. This includes meeting them
in a public place such as a cafe, and not to have them pick you up in their
car. And even when you meet in a public place, once has to take precaution to
ensure they are not followed after the meeting. Do spread the message of
awareness. How else can people trade safely?
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Pink Vitz Reports On Thursday while down in RSA my wife phoned after receiving a
phone call from the police informing her that the people who conned me had been
arrested and that on my return I must report to police central.
I reported this morning and gave my affidavit upon which I
had to go to court this afternoon. The 4 accused have been arrested, detained
and now brought before the courts. The taxi driver has turned state witness.
The plain clothed policeman is a criminal and the other two are policeman with
the special constabulary unit. There case has now been remanded to 6 June and
all 3 accused are out on remand and told not to interfere with the state witnesses.
While there I learnt that these men have admitted to my case
and where operating together with the pink Vitz vehicle. Furthermore it would
appear that I am the only one that has laid official charges with the police. I
certainly told the police that everybody in Zimbabwe has lost faith in the
police and therefore people will not report anything. Further the police are
corrupt.
However in my case I can only talk of professional police
work and assistance. They have really gone out their way.
I did indicate to the investigating officer of the pink Vitz
gang. He responded by telling me it is a syndicate that work hand in hand with
my accused and change vehicles to achieve their victimization of people. The
investigating officer asked me to assist where possible in helping them attain
more evidence and affidavits against the 3 accused and hopefully arresting the
outstanding members of the syndicate.
You now have my story and I am very happy for you to put it
out to your email list. If it is at all possible to ask the public out there
who have been CONNED and money taken from them to please come
forward and help the ZRP. I am willing to assist where possible.
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