Tinaye Agere
Online Reporter
THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has urged members of the public to be wary of fraudsters who are posing as licence agents’ distributors.
The scammers send fake text messages and demand payment from prospective individuals in exchange for fake driver’s licences.
They direct people to Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) offices in Eastlea, where they ask for a certain fee before they vanish.
The Civil Vehicle Registry (CVR) department confirmed the incident on their X handle.
“It has come to the attention of Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) that a fraudster with the following Econet numbers — 0779 171 199 and 0783 123 505 — is sending text messages to prospective drivers advising them that their driver’s licences are ready for collection.
“He interchanges the following names Mr Moyo, Mr Sibanda, Mr Nkomo or Mr Dube from VID Eastlea,” said CVR in a statement.
“Once the victims arrive in Harare, he directs them to deposit US$ 50 into either OneMoney or EcoCash account, whose details are 0715 107 676 or 0715 107 468 Ecocash 0786 721 613.”
Once the money is deposited, he then blocks the victim.
The public has been urged to be vigilant and report such incidents to the nearest police station.
“Secondly, do not deposit any money into an account provided by a stranger. Report to the nearest police station if you are texted by any of the above listed numbers to help the Zimbabwe Republic Police apprehend the fraudsters,” adds the statement.
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