Camps Bay in Cape Town. Image: Canva.
Holiday house scam: Belhar woman gets duped out of R12 000
A Belhar mother has been scammed of R12 000 after she paid for a Camps Bay holiday house which turned out to be a scam. Here’s the details…
Camps Bay in Cape Town. Image: Canva.
Camps Bay holiday house scam
A Belhar mother has claimed that she was scammed out of R12 000 after paying the deposit on a rental for a luxury holiday house in Camps Bay this December.
As reported by IOL, the woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said she saw the beautiful house on Perfect Holidays’ Cape Town’s Facebook page and enquired about it in January earlier this year.
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“My cousin went on Facebook and she showed me the place. I then called and a man by the name of Gary referred me to his colleague, Zephane, who said there was an availability,” the Belhar woman said as per IOL.
With the holiday house seemingly perfectly suited to their needs, she paid the deposit of R12 000 to secure their stay for 18 guests from 26-29 December to celebrate her son’s crown birthday on the 27th.
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A visit leads to shock and disappointment
The woman then revealed that before she could pay the outstanding R11 987, she decided to drop by the holiday house for a visit.
She said that they when they got to Camps Bay, “Moolman Road”, which the holiday house was reported to be on, could not be found.
“We searched and searched and then we went to the police station and were told that there wasn’t an address like this.” the woman stated.
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A few days later the Belhar woman found the address for the holiday house in Blaauwberg instead, only to find out that they had been scammed.
“When we got to the address in Moolman and knocked on the door, a lady came out and said the house is not for hire or any rentals.” she said.
Perfect Holidays’ Cape Town has since allegedly blocked the woman’s number and is ignoring all her messages.
“Since we found out, I can’t sleep properly, but I have also found another venue to accommodate my son’s friends,” the devastated woman said.
