“All pensioners are sternly warned not to believe anyone coming to their residence but to rather go personally to their previous place of employment should they have any enquiries,” said police spokesperson Captain Stephen Thakeng on Friday.
He said that on 1 April, two men and a woman pulled up to the miner’s house in Rheederspark, Welkom, in the latest Renault.
That money was part of the balance they gleaned from the pensioner’s bank statement when they had it in their possession during the “formal” meeting.
A case of fraud is being investigated and Detective Sergeant Malefetsane Tilo of Welkom detective services would welcome any leads in finding them to get the miner’s money back.