Police warns against con-artists

The community should take note of the la-test fraudulent ways that criminals use to get innocent people to part with their money, says Lephalale police spokesperson warrant officer Frans Mokoena.
Fraudsters phone random victims and tell them that they can help them land big contracts at various companies. They then request the victims to deposit money into a bank account.
Once the money is deposited, the culprits disappear with the money, never to be heard from again.
Two of these cases were reported at the Lephalale police station in the past week.
“Please be cautious and make sure the person on the phone is who they really say they are,” says Mokoena.
* In a separate scam, fraudsters phone victims informing them that they've won a cash prize via the lottery. All they need to do is purchase air time as an 'administration fee'. The victim then buys and transfers the airtime. The fraudster then disappears.
** In another scam, fraudsters contact business and claim to have paid over a huge amount of money into their bank account. Usually the reference is not unknown to the business. They ask the business to refund them. The next day the cheque paid into the business account is returned and the money  disappears as it was never a valid payment.