[LuluCpt]

I was the victim of a deposit scam when i advertised a video camera for sale on gumtree. a man in jhb called to say he was interested, i am in cpt. He promised to deposit the money before i sent the goods which he did but the scam is that they disguise the cheque deposit as cash so it looks like it's cleared immediately on the Friday. When i phoned my bank, they indicated it was cash and had cleared so i posted the goods. When i checked my account on Monday, the cash had bounced and was in fact an RD cheque and the goods were out of my hands. This has become a common scam - see home page of www.gobanking.co.za for warning.