Woman loses car and R400 000 to Uganda charmer

A convincing scamster allegedly persuaded a KwaZulu-Natal woman to part with her life savings and drove away with her brand-new R750 000 sports car.

The former nurse who worked at Greys Hospital in Pietermaritzburg and Durban’s Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital alleged that the man did not only steal her brand-new Maserati sports car but he also escaped with R400 000 cash which he persuaded her to withdraw from her account.

The 49-year-old woman said they first met in July last year, and that the man said he was a 54-year-old businessman and a prophet from Jamaica.

However after sometime the woman said she discovered that he is actually from Uganda.

The woman, who resigned last September and received a R1.3 million lump sum, said she tried to open a case with the police but struggled because the paperwork needed was all in the car.

Meanwhile, the man claims he bought the car with his own money, and that the mistake he made was to pay it off, using her account.

He said the police have contacted him, but he has not been charged.