Thats one of the oldest 419 tricks. How can you get caught by such? Report Abuse
May 4, 2012
RobinH
guiliano. Who needs the papers to be able to figure out for oneself that a piece of paper won't miraculously change denomination and serial numbers etc. no matter how much is boiled. It's called COMMON SENSE. The rarest commodity in SA today. Report Abuse
May 4, 2012
MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
Mzansi alive with possibilities........... we now cook currency.......... itjo Report Abuse
May 4, 2012
MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
If stupidity was contagious.......... we would not have enough space to quarantine "sufferers" Report Abuse
May 4, 2012
TheDictator
@RobinH
It's called COMMON SENSE. The rarest commodity in SA today
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That's a good one Robin......... Report Abuse
South Africans are so gullible...If I tell them that I have the cell numbers of God they will be willing to pay me any amount of money to hook them up! Report Abuse
May 4, 2012
Blackstone.lebs
From Tastic Rice...to Tastic Money. It's possible, only if you're a perpetual fool with idiotic intentions. Report Abuse
May 4, 2012
MommaC
Is this like when my mom used to boil my dad's overalls?
We now have a new xtreme sport called xtreme money laundering Report Abuse
May 4, 2012
RobinH
MommaC: "Extreme money laundering" ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. I LOVE IT! Report Abuse
May 4, 2012
Magwabane
ai I have to say if you as an adult believe that maybe you deserve it don't know whether its greediness, stupidity or being desparate. She should be old enough to know that nothing worth having comes easy, that the fundamental of life. Report Abuse
May 4, 2012
tokolosi
The Shebeen Queen is enjoying too much of her stuff......go easy mama Report Abuse
May 4, 2012
sabza007
Stupids, it serves them right. But if this incident had happened somewhere in JHB CBD, these scamsters could have won.We have many desperate people in Jozi, they believe anything from anyone. No wonder we have foreigners who came with nothing and turned rich people overnight because of desperate South Africans. Report Abuse
They need to learn how to do it well but remember we all want to be rich Report Abuse
May 4, 2012
tumzangwana
"The 46-year-old tavern owner was then told to withdraw R1000 which would be cooked and would become thousands of rands. It is alleged that she withdrew the money, but before it was cooked police were tipped off about the scam," he said.
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you were very lucky sister, those tsotsis would have taken the money and ran. im just wondering what kind of chemicals were used to "cook" the money in. metlholo ga e fele struu.
The suspects mixed the money with certain chemicals and boiled it," he said. They returned with three R10 notes, each with different serial numbers.
Manatha said the notes were later found to be "high quality forgeries" which, "given to an unsuspecting person, they would not know they were fake".
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Can we talk abou this one.... finf how is daone, and how is this avaoidable.. that loughing at the sheeben queen
Its so sad that the same people who think they could never fall for a scam like this old gogo are being taken for a ride daily all their life. Each scam has its own level of sophistication for the different classes of society. think. Report Abuse
eastern cape people with money scams! was aproached as well by some woman, saying she can help me tripple my money, I refussed when she said I must give her the cash, she'll come the following morning! Report Abuse
May 9, 2012
Polelo
I guess it would never end no matter how hard ppl r educated bt dey always fall 4v da stupid scams Report Abuse
May 9, 2012
eisleben
How do I go to Stupidville or is it Moronstan, I would not mind if it got renamed Idiotstat? Every single day people get warned about such scams and they still fall for it. It just goes to show the South African mentality of entitlement. We always want to claim money for a competition we won that we never participated in. If you do not remember participating in any competition, how do you get convinced to present your confidential information to claim the price? For some of these people I always say to them that it serves them right for believing in the impossible. Boiled brains. Report Abuse
May 14, 2012
silentdikeledi
lol...batho ba rata zaka man.............. Report Abuse
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MommaC
LOLAlchemy is alive and well and living in Stupidville
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TKay
lol!Report Abuse
Shaz-B
Stupidooooooooooo!!! LolestReport Abuse
missAYA
You sh*ting me right!LMAO!
Are people really that naive?
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RobinH
How stupid can one get.Report Abuse
McKena
How can you get rich by cooking money. M0R0NSReport Abuse
guiliano
These people don't learn we have heard stories like this before, don't they read papers?Report Abuse
Mxcm!!!
Greed...plain and simple Greed.Report Abuse
TheDictator
Stupid is an understatement..............This is beyond stupidity!Report Abuse
WordofGod
lol!!!! haike...Report Abuse
Firefly
Thats one of the oldest 419 tricks. How can you get caught by such?Report Abuse
RobinH
guiliano. Who needs the papers to be able to figure out for oneself that a piece of paper won't miraculously change denomination and serial numbers etc. no matter how much is boiled. It's called COMMON SENSE. The rarest commodity in SA today.Report Abuse
MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
Mzansi alive with possibilities........... we now cook currency.......... itjoReport Abuse
MsKinkyakaKamaSutra
If stupidity was contagious.......... we would not have enough space to quarantine "sufferers"Report Abuse
TheDictator
@RobinHIt's called COMMON SENSE. The rarest commodity in SA today
....................................................................
That's a good one Robin.........
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RobinH
Dictator: Thanks.Report Abuse
TheDictator
South Africans are so gullible...If I tell them that I have the cell numbers of God they will be willing to pay me any amount of money to hook them up!Report Abuse
Blackstone.lebs
From Tastic Rice...to Tastic Money. It's possible, only if you're a perpetual fool with idiotic intentions.Report Abuse
MommaC
Is this like when my mom used to boil my dad's overalls?We now have a new xtreme sport called xtreme money laundering
Report Abuse
RobinH
MommaC: "Extreme money laundering" ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. I LOVE IT!Report Abuse
Magwabane
ai I have to say if you as an adult believe that maybe you deserve it don't know whether its greediness, stupidity or being desparate. She should be old enough to know that nothing worth having comes easy, that the fundamental of life.Report Abuse
tokolosi
The Shebeen Queen is enjoying too much of her stuff......go easy mamaReport Abuse
sabza007
Stupids, it serves them right. But if this incident had happened somewhere in JHB CBD, these scamsters could have won.We have many desperate people in Jozi, they believe anything from anyone. No wonder we have foreigners who came with nothing and turned rich people overnight because of desperate South Africans.Report Abuse
Nolyli
Akamuncu!!!Report Abuse
chidi
They need to learn how to do it well but remember we all want to be richReport Abuse
tumzangwana
"The 46-year-old tavern owner was then told to withdraw R1000 which would be cooked and would become thousands of rands. It is alleged that she withdrew the money, but before it was cooked police were tipped off about the scam," he said.;;;;;;;;;;;
you were very lucky sister, those tsotsis would have taken the money and ran. im just wondering what kind of chemicals were used to "cook" the money in. metlholo ga e fele struu.
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Dikdonner
The suspects mixed the money with certain chemicals and boiled it," he said. They returned with three R10 notes, each with different serial numbers.Manatha said the notes were later found to be "high quality forgeries" which, "given to an unsuspecting person, they would not know they were fake".
___________________________________________________________________________________
Can we talk abou this one.... finf how is daone, and how is this avaoidable.. that loughing at the sheeben queen
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Papage
When will people learnReport Abuse
tpaz
i will never be conned by a poor man.....Report Abuse
Kekgethegile
Dumbest shebeen owner everReport Abuse
RobinH
tpaz: And a rich one?Report Abuse
iPhone4
Why work for it if you can cook it? Only in Mzansi infestedReport Abuse
Bebesocs
Watch out.Report Abuse
MommaC
How was she going to explain the extra money?Was she going to 'cook the books'?
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RobinH
MommaC: On form today, aren't you!Report Abuse
Honeybadger
Its so sad that the same people who think they could never fall for a scam like this old gogo are being taken for a ride daily all their life. Each scam has its own level of sophistication for the different classes of society. think.Report Abuse
MommaC
RobinHThis story brings out the wicked in me :)
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Mygirl
People are abusing being stupid jeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr.Report Abuse
RobinH
Honeybadger: And now who's being all superior?Report Abuse
Mosquer
Mabhuti kwankwa!!!!!!!!!!Report Abuse
manyobaa
Stupid womanReport Abuse
serobapipi
a$$ holeReport Abuse
MSG_S
hay unzima lomthwalo. talk about desperate times desperate meassures.Report Abuse
MSG_S
You boil someones note..he gets 2....he tells another one and he gets 6..on and on and on. There probaly lot of Billioners in EC.Report Abuse
Bara_product
weak scamReport Abuse
swona
eastern cape people with money scams! was aproached as well by some woman, saying she can help me tripple my money, I refussed when she said I must give her the cash, she'll come the following morning!Report Abuse
Polelo
I guess it would never end no matter how hard ppl r educated bt dey always fall 4v da stupid scamsReport Abuse
eisleben
How do I go to Stupidville or is it Moronstan, I would not mind if it got renamed Idiotstat? Every single day people get warned about such scams and they still fall for it. It just goes to show the South African mentality of entitlement. We always want to claim money for a competition we won that we never participated in. If you do not remember participating in any competition, how do you get convinced to present your confidential information to claim the price? For some of these people I always say to them that it serves them right for believing in the impossible. Boiled brains.Report Abuse
silentdikeledi
lol...batho ba rata zaka man..............Report Abuse
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