Andre Botes scammed me on facebook

[Matthew._.]

A guy on Facebook who goes by the name andre botes advertised a garmin edge 540 and agreed to sell it to me with a couple other things for a total of R6400.he then shipped me a bag of sunlight soap

I have voice notes,his number,his id and a pic of him next to his id.

What should i do now?

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

You need to lay a criminal case at SAPS and inform your bank. 

Unfortunately there’s a very slim chance of you getting anything back, and the ID he used is most likely stolen. 

There are lots of these types of scams across all hobbies, interests, baby items, you name it 😞 

[OVERDRIVE]

So sorry what happened to you. 

When you say sunlight soap do you mean this literally? Like 

[Matthew._.]

1 hour ago, OVERDRIVE said:

So sorry what happened to you. 

When you say sunlight soap do you mean this literally? Like 

 

[OVERDRIVE]

5 hours ago, Matthew._. said:

 

Am speechless. 
 

So sorry for you my bud. 

[Balooba]

13 hours ago, Matthew._. said:

A guy on Facebook who goes by the name andre botes advertised a garmin edge 540 and agreed to sell it to me with a couple other things for a total of R6400.he then shipped me a bag of sunlight soap

I have voice notes,his number,his id and a pic of him next to his id.

What should i do now?

Bastard... The ID with a pic of an ID is a dead giveaway that you are dealing with a scammer... had the same issue last week on marketplace... Told the chap to go #%$@ himself.

[CARANXCycleMobile]

Wash some clothes, stop buying on DIE FACEBOEK" 

Sorry to hear this, I also had to learn the hard way (once) buying on FB is a gamble and authorities doesn't give a "shyt" 

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

Some people have received packets of pasta, old books, magazines - these guys just chuck whatever they feel is a reasonable weight into the packaging and happily send you a photo of the parcel at the courier company. 

Only way to avoid it is due diligence - don’t trust any FB profiles that are locked, or are joined in 2023/2024/2025. Ask for a video call with the item - which is not necessarily a guarantee but it’s a step. Watch out for words and phrases like “my dear” or “buddy/any other overly familiar words” or “dood reg” or “I’m Christian/a person of God” etc. None of these suggestions are fail-safes but they could help. 

A lot of them use smaller banks like Tyme Bank, African Bank, Grindrod.

A photo holding the ID - a definite nope. In fact even a willingness to send the ID is a nope from me. That’s someone who doesn’t care what happens to “their” personal information. Because it’s not theirs. 

You must get hold of their bank with your SAPS case number. 

I suspect that ChatGPT helps these scammers a lot - they can just translate whatever they want in whatever language they want.  

 

[AfricaMike]

Motorbike stuff gets bought/sold on the Wilddog Forum, bicycle stuff on BikeHub - everything else goes to Cash Crusaders or donated on a pay-it-forward basis....... Facebook Marketplace is almost as bad as scumtree (oops, gumtree).......

[Shebeen]

9 hours ago, Matthew._. said:

 

apologies, but did you do an unboxing video?

 

this oke is a 1st class cardboard square thing

[BuffsVintageBikes]

I'm just fascinated you actually got something for your money, even if it was only soap.

A thief with a "slight" conscience 🙄

[Matthew._.]

The weird thing is that the guy banks at bidvest and the beneficiary name is "A Botes" so i assumed all was in order☹️

[milky4130]

my alarm bells would be going off at a device that currently retails for anything between R8K to R10K selling for R6K

[LubedUpGarage]

Hi. Does the Bidvest Account number end  in 370994? 

[Tomik]

Banks don't use names when doing the transfers. Only account numbers. File a case and contact the bank's fraud department - maybe they will help you, or at least look into his activity.

 

[Matthew._.]

34 minutes ago, LubedUpGarage said:

Hi. Does the Bidvest Account number end  in 370994? 

Nope