He was in Obs yesterday for quite a few hours. I was walking to the holistic fair yesterday (12h30) and I noticed him right away as being suspicious. As I walked past him he started banging the phone against the booth across from Spar. Then later that night (20h00) I saw him walking down Fairfield Rd towards the train station. He looked up to no good.
Best regards Trevor McPherson On 06 Jul 2009, at 6:21 AM, David Raphael wrote: > See this Rondebosch warning > > David Raphael > 072 065 7223 > <image001.gif> > > From: Gill Lanham [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 05 July 2009 05:17 PM > To: John and Gill Lanham > Subject: RNW newsflash 119 -" Bandana Man" back in Alma Rd > > > Dear Residents > > I am afraid that the "Bandana Man", managed to con an Alma Rd > resident last week. Please see report below. > I am attaching the photo and report sent by an Alma Rd resident last > year. As reported, I have seen him on a number of occasions at the > Alma Cafe. If anyone is prepared to lay a charge, we can call the > police. If not, we can only warn people. > > "I have felt so foolish about this that I haven’t wanted to write at > all, but lest others be conned, feel I’d better…… > Last week there was a ring at the door and a young man (white, > mid-30ish, alternatively dressed and with piercings and a bandanna) > told me he was one of a group of artists in Hout Bay working to > empower people in the informal settlement by having them make > ‘dolls’ out of recycled materials. He persuaded me to come to the > gate to see what he meant and I was suitably impressed by the > ingenuity and creativity so that I bought one. I did ask him how it > was that if he was selling them on behalf of others, how come he had > only one. He had a quick response, part of which I’ve forgotten, > but part of which was that he had been robbed previously when > carrying too many. The doll has graced our lounge and I have > enjoyed its presence, feeling that even if the story were not wholly > true, this was a creative venture and worthy of support. > > A couple of days later I was surprised by the same young man at the > gate saying he was now housesitting in the area and while moving > into the house the door had slammed shut in the wind with the house > keys inside. He protested he felt very foolish. Could I please > phone his sister to ask her to bring his spare keys. At least I did > not hand over the phone but phoned the number myself only to find > that it went straight to voice mail with no facility to leave a > message. Then, of course, he asked if I could help him with R40.00 > to get to Hout Bay to collect the spare keys. He took off a cord > round his neck from which dangled various talismans(men?) and > offered this to me as security. He said he would return that > afternoon. Completely gullible, I said, no, that I didn’t need > ‘security’. (In hindsight, of course, why would he have spare keys > in HB if he were housesitting in Rosebank….?) > > Needless to say I have not seen the R40.00 or the young man and the > affection for the doll has palled more than a little….. Just to add > that he was persuasive in an understated sort of way and had very > slick answers for any queries. > > This was last year's report: > "I have attached a photo of a gentleman who has done me out of R30: > On Sunday 26th of October he came to our house and requested R50 to > get a taxi back to Hout bay to get keys for the house he claimed to > be sitting (no. 37 Alma Rd). I gave him R30 as I had bought a hand- > made doll from him a few weeks back & we had a good conversation at > the time. > He said he would reimburse me the same evening he took the money- of > course he has not returned to date. > Kindly circulate the photo to alert the RNW (taken with his > knowledge as a precaution on the day he received the money) of this > situation/forward information on where I might be able to contact > the gentleman." > > regards > Gill Lanham > > > > > > > > > > <DSC00919.JPG> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
