I was conned by this same man when i lived in Muizenberg - same story about locking himself out. Seems he gets around.
Nicky On Jul 6, 1:24 pm, Trevor McPherson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
